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of the Augsburg Now magazine!
We welcome
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E-mail: now@augsburg.edu
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Augsburg Now is all
the page with a letter to you from President
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about-telling stories of
our students, faculty and staff, alumni, parents,
and friends.
This premiere issue takes you back through
the halls and history of Old Main, the one
place on campus shared by a1l of our alumni,
as we look forward to its centennial celebration
at Homecoming. You'll also read about several
families for whom Augsburg has been an
educational tradition over the generations.
We close with reflections on how one
approaches the task of telling the story through
written histor¡ in comments by Rick Nelson
and Dave Wood about their forthcoming book.
In future issues, this page is reserved for
your letters, whether they be of comment,
praise, correctìon, or exception to what appears
in t"he magazine. In this issue, we inaugurate
Frame.
Over the past few years, as this publication
has changed in small ways or through a major
transformation, the Augsburg Now name has
been maintained as a constant reminder of the
importance of keeping Auggies connected to
one another and to the College. We are proud
ol the AugsburgNow and hope you feel that this
new magazine Iives up to it-s name.
We want you to stay connected and
interactive-don't be shy about sending your
letters and keeping in touch with your stories.
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Betsey Norgard
Editor
Dear Augsburg
alumni and friends,
W
ith this issue of Augsburg Now we not only
introduce a new "look" to the primary
publication that serves you, but we also usher in
weekend of activities and recollecti.ons. Re-connect
Co1lege, your classmates, and friends, and
learn more about the many programs that have
resulted in Augsburg being named one of the
nation's leading servicelearning institutions.
As the College enters its l32nd year,we arc
rededicating ourselves and our resources to
continuing this historic task of educatlng persons
for a changing future. Please know that we welcome
your input, support, and presence at this special
place-not only at Homecoming but throughout the
with the
a
new academic year. Augsburg continues to move
forward in many excitlng ways, including a number
of construction projects that are rehabilitating and
refurbishing our facilities.
An enthusiastic new first-year class, the Class of
2004, has arrived and joì.ns v/ith the rest of our
outstanding student body. It is a student body
hungry for learning and challenging us to provide
the "transforming" education that unites the liberal
arts with the practical, preparing each of our
graduates to truly make a difference in the world we
academic year.
Sincerely,
are educating them to serve.
This issue ol AugsburgNow also provides us with
a means of inviting each of you to come to the
campus to participate in Homecoming. I want to
extend my personal invitation to join us for a
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Vol.63, No. 1
Fall 2000
Augsburg Now is published
quarterly by Augsburg College,
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Minnesota 55454.
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Betsey Norgard
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Remembering Main
Lynn Mena
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Approaching its centennial, Augsburg
stops a moment to remember Old Main,
a building that has had to earn its place
on calnpus as ø treasure oJ history
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The Augsburg tradition in some
Jamilie s include s p arents, slblings,
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of ll Twin Cities elementary and secondary
school teachers to Namibia, June 29-August 2,
under a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects
Abroad grant awarded to the Center for
Global Education. While there, the teachers
worked with Augsburg staff through a
program of field trips, meetings with
governmenl and community leaders, and
homestays in a variety of Namibian
communities. Their experiences would
contribute to learning plans for their own
students upon their return.
During the five weeks, the teachers
visited schools in Windhoek, the capital city,
and traveled to Okakarara, a Herero village
about 150 miles away, where they stayed
with families and visited local schools. In
addition, the group met participants of a
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women's craft center and heard from UN
officials about efforts to conrrol the AIDS
epidemic.
The teachers had an opportunity Lo
spend an evening with Namibian Prime
Minister Tjitendero. He reiterated to them a
message they had akeady heard from
others-Namibians have chosen to forgive
the past Ìnjustices to them, and joln hands to
work together.
Irvine sent back notes during the fiveweek period, which were posted on
Augsburg's Web site. To read more, visit
<www augsburg. edu/namibiæ.
In one report, Irvine summed up her
meeting and discussion with a local school
teacher: "I am thankful for this opportunity
to learn through direct- experiences in a
community that is very different, and yet in
many rvays similar to my communiqr"
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students and their families during the
this year's second Auggie Adventures
orientation weekend, giving students
their first opportunity to meet
classmates, take assessment exams, and
register for classes,
The Saturday family program
provided both parents and students
chances to hear from various campus
offices about enrollment procedures,
campus services, residence life, study
abroad, and generally what campus life is
all about.
Saturda¡ September 2 was Move-in
Day for new students, and classes began
on Sept. 6.
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Twenty-six physician assistant students received their
certificates at the commencement ceremony on Aug. 13
Five of the students also completed bachelor of arts
degrees in physician assistant studies. This Class of 2000
is
the fourth physician assistant class to graduate.
Dr. Byron Crouse, chair of the Family Medicine
Department at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and
director of the Rural Health School, presented the
keynote address.
Physician assistant students spend 27 months in both
academic and clinical programs. ln order to practice in
the state of Minnesota they must also pass the board
exam from the National Commission on Certification of
Physician Assistants.
ln June 2000, the physician assistant program became
Augsburg's fourth graduate program, and now offers a
master of science degree in physician assistant studies.
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The Enrollment and Financial Services
Center opened in newly-renovated
Sverdrup Hall.
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Augsburg's Jazz Ensemble and Gospel Praise energized 38,000 Lutheran youth at their
national gathering in St, Louis in June,
Gospel Praise 'Dances at the Crossroads'
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undiminished by the long rides, heat, and
humidity For two weeks inJune,38,377
youth descended upon St. Louis for an
arnazing experience at the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America's Al1 Lutheran
Youth Gathering.
Gathered under the theme "Dancing at
the Crossroads," yollth were encouraged to
question, cry, cheer, and, most of all, to learn
about God's special invitation to be a dance
partner rvith God through ChrÌst. And part
of.it al1 during [he seconcl week was
Augsburg's ownJazz Ensemble and Gospel
Praise, rnaking their thlrd appeârance at the
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reg¡stration,
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national youth gathering.
Augsburg's ensernble of 27 musicians, 1ed
by Robert Stacke'71, played for youth
crowds large and small at morning worshÌp,
evening entertainment, and in an exhlbit hall
called "The Beat."
"No rnatter how the audience size varied,
there were always kids dancing and clapping
along, rvho were energized by the spirit
through the music we were playing,"
reflected saxophonist Brendan Anderson '02.
"lt didnt lnatter if there were only l0 people
there. If those 10 people were moved by the
nessage of the music, then our.lob of
ministry was accomplishecl. "
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Sverdrup HalÌ to offer one-stop shopping for
students taking care of regÌstration, financial
aid, and student billing and account
questions. The academic advising and
registrar's offÌces are located ln the same
alea.
This "one-stop shopprng" is especially
important to Weekend College students, for
whom convenience is a significant lactor in
their stuclies. In addition, over the next two
years, more and more of the College
enrollment lunctions will become Webbased.
windor.vs in the EFSC
are wheelchair accessible, as well as the
All counters and
compllter kiosks where stuclents can access
their accounts.
irst-year students this year will move into newly-refurbished rooms in Umess Hall. All new beds,
dressers, and desk chairs wili greet the 306 students living in the residence hall.
This fail also marks the launching of ARC, the Academic Resource Center, iocated in Urness Hall, with
satellite centers on each floor. Resident advisers are partnering with the First Year Experience program
faculty to sewe as academic mentors to the students on their floors, helping with study skills and in other
lvays to ease adjustment to academic life.
Commuter students will also be connected to student clusters on the Umess floors, giving them the
same opporrunities to participate in the Flrst-Year Experience and to become more involved in campus life.
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received gifts of more than $500,000 toward
a goal of $1 million by year end.
Three major gifts have led the way in
the drive, with the most recent, $250,000
from James and Eva Seed of East
Greenwich, R.I., being the largest. That
followed closely on pledges of $200,000
from the Piper family of Minneapolis, and
$65,000 from the Huss Family Foundation
in St. Paul. The Piper gift was sparked by the
efforts of Augsburg graduate Toby LaBelle
'96, an investment officer for PiperJaffrey.
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Arbeìderbladeú in a full-page story about her teaching experience in their city.
Student teaching,
Scandinavian style
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teach," she quipped as she recounted her seven weeks in an elementary school with a
class of 27 in Halden, Norway, southeast of Oslo.
The opportunity was arranged through Intemational Partners, an Augsburg program
that collaborates with schools in Norway and Germany; Jacobsen was the first student in
the program for student teaching.
Jacobsen worked out the teaching requirements with her Augsburg education adviser
and the teacher of her Norwegian school class-coincidentally, all three with the last
name of Jacobsen. Augsburg professor Mary Jacobson was able to arrange a side trip on
her European vacation to visit Norway and carry out the required student teaching
observations.
Jacobsen is currently seeking a teaching position in the T¡¡in Cities area.
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The Huss gift funds a new asslstant
director as part of the plan to expand the
program; and the Seed gift came from
grateful parents whose son was helped by
the program and now is enrolled at Brown
University
"The StepUP Program is a fabulous
story," said John Knight, director of
corporate/foundation relations, "and as
more and more people recognize that, they
are making major contributions toward it to
ensure that its work is not diminished. The
Seeds told me they are grateful both for the
program's effectiveness and the fine
education their son received at Augsburg in
conjunction with it."
Knight said a number of smaller gifts,
but some as large as $10,000, also have
come from parents of other students in the
program, and while there are several
hundred thousand dollars yet needed to
achieve the goal, he is confident that it will
be done.
The StepUP Program was started in
1997 by Don Warren, then director of
academic enrichment at Augsburg, who
decided he wanted to do somethì.ng to assist
students who were in recovery from alcohol
and chemical abuse. Warren now serves as
fuli-time director for the program, which
has grown to 43 students this fall.
The program's mission is threefold: First,
it strives to affirm the College's commitment
to provide a high-quality liberal arts
education for students with diverse
backgrounds, experiences, and preparation.
Second, it provides students in recovery
who demonstrate the willingness and ability
to participate in college-level learning with
ongoing study and living skills that support
them in their academic progress toward a
degree. And, third, it supports students in
their commitment to sobriety
For more information about the StepUP
Program and its goals, contact Don Warren
at (612) 330-1166 or by e-mail at
<warren@augsburg. edu>.
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for Augsburg's Heritage Society
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driving force to help the College move
forcefully into the new centur)¿
ob Arnold has a passion for Augsburg
College and a vision for how to help it
succeed.
"This is a crucial point in Augsburg's
history," Arnold noted. "This college has rediscovered itself-who it is and what it is
about. Now, hopefully, our alumni and
friends will discover what their role should
be in helping the vision of the College
become reality. A single donor or group of
donors can make a significant difference for
this institution, and I want to be a key part
of making that happen."
Arnold, who attended colieges and
universities in lowa, had a career in the
investment, money management, and
banking industries before becoming
Augsburg's director of principal giftsHeritage Soclety It is an organization that
he hopes to both rcvitalíze and establish as
a
"We're calling the coming year-from
Homecoming 2000 to Homecoming 2001'The Year of Reaffirmation'," Arnold said.
"We are going to both reaffirm the
importance of the Heritage Society and at
the same time build upon the base that's
already in place to establish new levels of
support."
The Augsburg Heritage Society abeady
has about 150 members, and Arnold's dream
is to add 100 new members during the Year
of Reaffirmation.
"The Heritage Society just by its name
implies something that can be passed on
from our alumni to current students and to
those who will follow," Arnold said. He
pointed out that it also acknowledges the
generosity of those who have made planned
gifts and encourages
additional planned giving by
virtue of the connection and
ownership that its members
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distinct purposes, or it can go directly into
the College's endowment fund. Some
donors use their bequest to fund
scholarships; others to fund individual
programs, academic departments, athletÌcs,
or the College's religious heritage.
And, it is both Augsburg's heritage and
vision for its future which brought Arnold to
the College in the first place. "A year ago,I
had offers from both the University of
Minnesota and Augsburg to do this kind of
work," he said. "Going to the university
probably would have been the correct
'career' move, but after coming here and
meeting the students, faculty, and staff and
hearing of the College's vision, the decision
was eas)¿ My career could have been with
the university, but my heart was with
Augsburg."
experience.
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experience the joy and
recognition of that gift before
passes from their estate.
Augsburg would much rather
thank a donor in person than
thank the donor's heirs."
Planned gifts also may
provide donors with a varieLy
of tax advantages as well as
create cash flow to either
themselves or their heirs.
Arnold said that a planned gìft
can be designated for many
it
A Heritage Society board has been organized and
will use their individual skills and experience to
assist in both the promotion and retention of
planned charitable gifts to Augsburg. Members of
the board pictured at â recent meeting are: (L to R,
standing) Rob Arnold (director), Orville Olson '52,
Mary McDougall (chair), Robert Herman'55, Robert
Kincade, Arnie Skaar'48, and Edward Lindell;
(seated) Elizabeth (Anne) BatAz'82, Patrick Sheehy
(Augsburg's new director of development), and
Joyce Spector'70. Board members not pictured:
Roselyn Nordaune '77, toan Volz'68, Anne Frame,
Robert Tufford '53, and Bill Anderson '86.
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Arnold is a firm be]iever in
pianned gifts for t\Mo reasons:
"First, charitable trusts and
annuities allow donors Lo give
a future gift that is much
larger than could be found
today in their checkbooks or
savings accounts, yet the
donor continues to receive
income and tax write-offs from
the gift. Second, donors can
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To learn more about the Heritage
Society or how to make a planned gift
or bequest to Augsburg College, call
Rob Arnold at (612) 330-1512, or write
to Heritage Society, Augsburg College,
2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
55454.
All donors who have made a
deferred or planned gift to Augsburg
become members of the Heritage
Society and will receive special
recognition from the College, a gift
from the Heritage Society Board, the
opportunity to attend special seminars
and programs, and an invitation to the
annual Heritage Society recognition
event-this year a brunch and hymn
sing on October 8.
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ff ugsburg College will honor some of the top athletes in school
Flhirto.y during Homecoming weekend, with the annual Athletic
Hall of Fame banquet. Eight former Auggie student-athletes will be
inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame.
The annual banquet will be held Thursday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at
the Christensen Center. For more information on the banquet and to
make reservations, contact Irene Steenson at (612) 330-1245 or
Norm Okerstrom at (612) 330-I6L6.
The Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1973 to
recognize male athietes who made special contributions to the
College's athletic histor¡r In 1989, female athletes were first inducted
into the hail. Recipients are chosen each year on the basis of
performance in Augsburg athletics, service to the school, civic and
professional achievements, and leadership.
Honored in this year's class of inductees into the Augsburg
Athletic Hall of Fame are:
Jon Bergherr'76
Jeff Nessler'76
Jane Helmke'83
Calvin Peterson'65
Men's hockey
An NAIA All-American on
Augsburg's 1976 national
tournament team.
Men's basketball, baseball
A solid guard on Auggie teams
Softball
A member of Augsburg teams
thal won the MAIAW state title
four years in a row and finished
Football
A co-captain ín 1964 and the
rhar won MIAC rirles in L97475 and 1975-76, Nessler (22) ís
llth in school history in career
scoring (1,094 points).
13th in the nation in 1982.
team's leading scorer in 1963 as
a running back, Peterson was a
key member of an Augsburg
squad that finished 6-3 overall
and in second place in the
MIAC in 1964.
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Men's basketball
A top inside player for the
Auggies, Cornell (50) is sixth
in school history in both career
scoring (I,338 points) and
rebounds (653).
Kim (Olson) Miklya'82
Darcy Debing'77
Men's soccer
One of Augsburg's first threetime A11-MIAC players, Debing
was a key lorward on Auggie
teams that won three straight
MIAC titles.
Gymnastics
An individual all-around
national meet qualifier, Miklya
earned Augsburg Women's
Athlete ol the Year honors in
1982.
Scott Smith '76
Men's hockey
An NAIA All-American in 1976,
Smith is second all-time in
career goals scored at Augsburg
(8ó) and lourth in total poinrs
(161).
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Augsburg College Auggis5Fall 2OOO Sports Home Games
Football
Vollevball
Men's soccer
Women's soccer
Sat., Sept. 9
Wed., Sept. L3
Concordia-M'hd* 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 12
Buena Vista (IA) 3 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 12
Buena Vista (fA) 5 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 16
Sat., Sept. 16
Fri., Sept. 22
Tues., Sept. 19
Carleton 7 p.m.
Alumni Match 1 p.m.
Northwestern
Sat., Oct. 7
St. Thomas*
Sat., Sept. 23
Sat., Sept. 23
Alumni Game 1:30 p.m.
Alumni Game 11:30 a.m
(Homecoming)
Sat., Sept. 23
Augsburg Junior Varsity
Tournament
Sat., Oct. 7
Wed., Sept. 27
Sat., Oct. 21
Fri., Sept. 29
Hamlinex 6 p.m.
St. Benedict* 7 p.m.
Carleton* 7:30 p.m.
Tues., Oct. l0
St. Olaf* 7 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 30
St. Thomas* 5 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 22
Tues., Oct. 3
Carletonx 7 p.m.
Wis.-Eau ClaireT p.m.
Gustar,-us
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Adolphus*
Sat., Nov. 4
Concordia-M'hd*
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Metrodome
Sat., Nov.
Bethel*
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Wed., Oct.4
St. Thomas* 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. l1
Gustar,rrs* 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Oct. l8
Bethel* 7:30 p.m.
(IA) 6:30 p.m.
Wis.-Superior 3:30 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 28
Gustar,us*
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Bethel* 6:30 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 9
Northland (Wis.) 4 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 22
Wed., Oct. 25
Wis.-Superior
Hamline* 7:30 p.m.
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Sat., Oct. 28
Fri., Oct.27
Gustar,-us 3:30 p.m.
N'western-Rose. 7 p.m.
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Foss Center is reflected in the newly-installed
windows in Melby Hall, replacing the blue panels
from the building's origin. Extensive renovation is
being completed in the nearly 40-year-old building
that includes a new gym floor, expanded fitness
centet new heating/air conditioning system, and
new offices for the athletic staff.
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Old Main-it's that
quintessential symbol at many
colleges of campus spirit,
heritage, and history. At
Augsburg, howeven the
building known today as Old
Main has had quite a time
finding its identity and earning
this reputation. For decades it
had another name, and the
date chiseled above its front
door is neither its beginning
nor completion. At one time it
was even slated for demolition.
While it may have sat deserted
and unfinished at the turn of
the last century, it begins this
century as a national landmark
and an Augsburg treasure.
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ld Main was buiit on the southwest corner
of the Augsburg quad, near the earlier
Old Main. It was called New Main until the earlier
building's demolition in the mid-1950s. For many
years, it was the most imposing building in its
vicinity and prominently marked the Augsburg
campus. But, construction of the freeway and new
high-rise dorms, and the growth of the surrounding
neighborhood gradually diminished its physical
prominence.
Although it took more than two years to
complete because of financial difficulties, Old
Maln's dedication on New Year's Day in 1902 was
joyful. It renewed College spirits that had been
dampened by a difficult decade. The multipurpose
building gave the College's 200 students muchneeded classrooms, a lofty chapel, library,
gymnasium, and office facilities.
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The main floor contained stately,
spacious classrooms, administration, and
faculty offices. Below was the gymnasium
and library; the second level contained
additional classrooms. The second lloor had
large skylights, and a glass block floor in the
center allowed light to filter below to the
main lobby, which also received light from
the two entrances.
The building's most striking architectural
space, however, was the chapel, and for
decades, it was the focus of College life.
Until 1920 or so, chapel services began the
day at 7:30 a.m. ; later they moved to I0
a.m. Attendance was required and roll was
taken. Men sat on one side; women on the
other. In the earlier
days, faculty sat on
the raised
stage area,
and only they
were allowed to
ascend the small,
carved stairway
from the main
lobby
Much of the
chapel's aura,
however, grew
from the
splendor of the
carved, plaster
decoration that
surrounded the
room Ìn Ìts seeming immensity It was no
accident that the chapel ¡Mas the building's
largest and most ornate space.
Until 1955, Room 18 was the main
theology semÌnar room. Students sat at
double desks in this most stately of all the
classrooms. Theology candidates were
required to present their trial sermons to
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The hub ol stuclent hle was on the lower
level in the library and the gymnasrum. The
library was small-only 30 by 43 feet-ancl
in its lirst
decade r.vas siudent-run
The gymr-rasium lvalls 1e[t almost no
room around the marke cl floor, and Jeroy
Carison '48 recalls how a basketball lay-up
shot was impossible withou¡ banging into
the wall. Spectators stood in the narrow
edges around the court. At Christmas the
gym wâs dressed up with a Christmas tree
rnd hostcd scasonrl lcslivitics.
The moclern plr"rmbing that lirst
appeared on campus in Old Main challenged
the Medical Aid Sociery, a strlclent-fâculty
organization ihat oversaw campus medical
servrces and sanitary practices. Professor
Emeritus Carl Chrislock '37, in From Fjortl to
Frecway, quotes the Society's "Rr-rles
Governing Baths and Lavatories": No one
could "occupy a bathroom more than 30
minlrtes, nor remair-r under a shou'er more
tl-ran 10 minutes." The mer.nbers were
entitled to "one bath a lveek (tub or shower),
lree of charge."
Making money by u'hatever means was a
constant necessity for the Coilege during the
1930s and .1 940s. Ernre Anderson'37
recalls in the Winter 1995 Augsburg Now the
1itt1e candy concession that was below the
steps of the chapel where one could buy
"They gave their all that men might be free
lreals. One day in 1932, however, Anderson
clecicled his cancly money r.vor-rlcl go into the
College till when Presrdent Sverclrr-rp
announced that nnless money could be
raised to br-ry a load of coal, tl-rere wou1c1 be
no classes the following da¡r
Whrle no ghosts or spirits are knowrL to
inhablt Olcl Main, ghost stories 1-Lave a place
rn the building lore. Or.r a Hallorveen night
rn the 1960s, speech professor Arlene Cole
took her class to the spaclous, if not rather
spook¡ attÌc to practice their narra[ion skills
by telling ghost stories. "We had to be
carefnl where we lvalked, ancl the students
hacl to knorv the stones very well since il
was dark," she recounted, but she believecl
all the students had a good time.
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Beginning in 1942, the halls of Old Main were quieted as many students and some faculty were called
to duty in World War ll. More than half of the student population did not return to classes in
September 1943. Jeroy Carlson '48 remembers a special chapel service held in May 1943, at which he
was asked to speak on behalf of the men who were leaving for service. Photos at the service identified
those who had already enlisted.
During the war years, the bulletin boards on both sides of the Old Main lobby were filled with news
and information about the men in service. News of promotions. of assignments, and letters home were
posted to help the small Augsburg "family" stay close to its men.
Twenty-one Augsburg students lost their lives in the war. The 1947 Augsburgian yearbook listed their
names and was dedicated to them.
The post-war years more than recouped the wartime loss of students, with the campus population
quadrupling from 1945 to 1950.
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ln recent years, a rather large photo collage of
these 21 men (shown at left) was found among
items in storage. Can anyone help identify the
origin of this photo collage? Please let us know!
The names of the men who died are: (top row, L
to R) Gerald Anderson, Edward Berntson, Arnold
Gustafson, Charles Held, Keith Hoffman, and
Curtis Johnson; (middle row, L to R) James
Johnson, Mentor Johnson, Norwood Johnson,
Virgil Knudson, Arthur Lawien, and Arthur Molvik;
(bottom row
L to R) William Muelleç James
Mydland, Joseph Nelson, Lynn D. Peterson,
Richard Pederson, Robert Tousley, Leland Vojta,
Robert Watson, and Ellard Wold.
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Photo @2000 Stenb ahhenlStenbahhen.
MCM-what does it signify?
The date chiseled in stone above the front entrance of Old
Main is MCM-1900 in Roman numerals, and the date of
the building's expected completion when it was begun.
Construction on Old Main began in 1899, but was stopped
when funding ran out. lt wasn't until the 1901 annual
conference that the Lutheran Free Church allocated
sufficient funds to complete the building. lt was dedicated
amidst pomp and circumstance on New Year's Day 1902.
Art professor Kristin Anderson offers an additional
explanation of the MCM from campus lore-that among
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early seminary students, MCM was suggested to stand for
Moses, Christ, and Mohammed.
This year, 2000, was chosen to begin the recognition of
Old Main's centennial. By New Year's Day 2002, Augsburg
plans to have collected many more than 100 memories
and stories from alumni and friends and completed the
renovations necessary to celebrate Old Main with
respect, appreciation, and joy.
What to do about renovat¡on?
By the mid-1960s, however, Old Main was no
longer the sparkling gem on campus, as several newer
buildings outshone it. Much of the vital campus hfe
in Old Main had moved, leaving it primarily a
classroom and office building-with a future in
question. Years of coal heat had tarnished and
darkened the interior, and a fire in 1960 had caused
minor damage to religion professor Marlo Colacci's
office. An October 1967 AugsburgEcho article, titled
"Old Main Stili Alive, Kicking," quoted Burton
Fosse,
vice president for business affairs, as saying that
campus planners weren't sure of its future.
In the mid-1970s a planning commission
recommended the demolition of Old Main for
construction ol a new building. However, the
resulting discussion of its history and heritage led ro
criticism from alumni, students, and others arguing
its historÌcal significance and aesthetic appeal. A
reconsideration of the proposal was forced, and the
revised decision recommended complete renovation
and study ol malor changes in iLs use.
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The 1979-8O renovation
and renaissance
The major physical changes included updating
heating, ventilatlon, and insulation for energy savings;
instaliing security systems; and making the building
accessible with the addition of an elevator and entrance
into the campus tunnel system. Through it all, though,
classes met. Professor Emerita Ruth Aaskov '53 recalls
how she prepared some extra French vocabulary lessons
about the construction going on in their midst.
The cost of the renovation nearly doubled by its
completlon. In a paper assessing the clecision to preserve
the building, art department chair Kristrn Anderson noted
that, despite its cost, the College gained much more than
additional classroom space. The care given to preserving
Olcl Main's aesthetic character, in both the exierior
decoration and lnterior woodwork, increased Ìts historical
significance, to both its Augsburg heritage and the role it
played Ìn the neighborhood and city
And, the completion of the renovation re-instlllecl a
sense of renewed spirit and pricle in both the builcling
itself and the College. Anderson noted that for nearly a
decade Augsburg's logo featured Old Main.
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Another surge in student population
occurred as Auggie men returned from
World War llto finish their education.
Between 1945 and 1950, the student
population nearly quadrupled.
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The lower level library became
more crowded after coeds were
admitted in 1921and the student
population continued growing.
Gaining architectural
recognition
While much of the campus llfe of its
earlier years-chapel services, basketball
games, etc.-had disappeared, Old Main
still impressed Augsburg students. "I loved
having classes in Old Main," recalls Laurie
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(Ofstedal) Frattallone '84, "it was old, rt
was quiet, and stately"
In the early 1980s, as Weekend College
was launched, Old Mrin on( e 3g3in
assumed a role of hospitality and fellowshlp
for a smal1 community of Augsburg
students. Rick Thoni, lounder of WEC and
director ol the Rocl-rester program, said that
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ln Olcl Main, wÌth Room 18 serving as a
gathering place. Here students came to talk
with facult¡ mee[ each other, snac]<
between classes, and builcl this cornmunity
of worl<ing stndents returning to col1ege.
The art departmenl is now housed in
the chapel and the lower level, ancl
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€ollege was placed on the
National Register of Historic
Places.
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Fire and smoke
caused minor
damage to
Professor Mario
Colacci's office.
1979-80
Major renovat¡on updated the functioning of
Old Main as a classroom building and returned
the architectural and decorative features to their
former splendor.
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painting easels line the room where pews
once stood.
In 1983, Old Main was placed on the
National Register ol Historic Places. This
now assures its preservation but requires
additional care and maintenance from the
College. The last decade has once again
shown its wear on the building; the glass
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block floor on the upper level (that is
rumored to have been off limits for early
coeds for fear of revealing too much to those
on the main floor below) has been found to
be structurally weak, necessilating
replacement.
Special efforts are planned for
Homecoming 2000 and for the next two
years leading up to the anniversary of Old
Main's dedication to capture the memories,
storles, and heritage of this historic
treasure. And to encourage current
Augsburg students to lÌsten lbr the quiet
echoes from the trial sermons of those early
seminary students.
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L¡*e the branches of ûees rcaching out and
intertwining, many siblings, children, and
cousins of Augsburg families share traditions
and interconnect over several generations.
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fa1l, as Augsburg celebrates the l00th birthday of its oldest standing building, Old
Main, it's hard not to attribute a symbolic value to this stately campus cornerstone. Much
like an old tree whose roots spread deep into the ground, Old Main provides a nucleus for the
many generations of families who have chosen to make Augsburg a family tradition.
The 'Augsburg families' arc easy to identify; several lamily trees can be traced withìn the pages
of the alumni directories. Family names like Strommen, Torstenson, Quanbeck, and Hoversten
it wouid be impossible to list every name here. Accordingly, the names that do appear in this article are meant to pay tribute to all alumni who have made Augsburg part of their family.
Together, their stories and memories form a unique page in the history of our College. We invite
you to submit your famlly stories for future issues of AugsburgNow.
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The Hoverstens
Elias Hoversten, the son of Norwegian emigrants, was a stern and practical man who farmed the
land near Marshail, Minn., in the first half of the I900s. When his oldest son, Knut, grew into a
young adult, Elias feared that his son's bad hip would prevent him from being a successful farmer.
So in 1926, he sent Knut to the city to get an Augsburg education. After Knut graduated in 1930,
more than 40 members of the extended Hoversten family also attended.
Garfield Hoversten, a real estate executive, was one of three of Knut's siblings to graduate in
1950. "I definitely gained a great deal from attending the same college as so many other family
members," says Garfield. "My favorite memories of Augsburg are the associations and friends I
made and the times we had together
those are lasting associations."
Garfield's niece, Annette (Hoversten) Hanson '68, heard a lot about Augsburg during her
childhood. "Whenever my dad (the Rev. Chester E.'44) and his friends or other family members
would get together, they would always talk about Augsburg," says Annette, a medical director and
associate clinical
professor in
Massachusetts. "There
was lots of laughter
and many stories
about what seemed to
be the best times in
the world.
"And if you wanted
to get married, you
went to Augsburg," she
jokes. "I met my
husband, Robert
lHanson] '68, here. I
think that while I was
a student, I didnt
attach much meaning
to the fact that so
many other family
members had
attended. But
subsequentiy, it has
become much more
important to me.
What a rich,
precious environment. "
Hoversten family members gather in Hoversten Chapel in 1989 for
the dedication service of the <hapel they funded. At left are
(Standing) Allen Hoversten'64, L. Berniece Johnson, Knut Hoversten
'30; (kneeling) Garfield Hoversten and Clarence Hoversten '41. At
right are: (Back row) Brian Livingston, Kyle Hoversten, Rev. Joel
Njus, Augsburg Pastor Dave Wold; (front row) Rev. Thomas
Hoversten '56, Rev. Chester J, Hoversten '60, Rev. Chester E.
Hoversten'44, and Augsburg President Charles Anderson,
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The Quanbeck lamily has planted deep
roo[s at Augsbr"rrg. More than 40 family
members have attended the College,
datlng back to the Class of 1924 with
Aron and Caleb Quanbeck. In addition,
Martin Quanbeck '29 spent 32 years al
Augsburg as professor, registrar, and
Dora (Frojen) Quanbeck
dean. His nephew, Philip Quanbeck '49, senior class picture
'50, is professor emeritus ol religion,
and Philip's son, Phil II, has sen'ed on the religion faculty since
The Strommens
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Dora Anne (Frojen) Quanbeck '49, a retired media specialist
and librarian, recalls her first day on campus. "l remember arriving
by train in Minneapolis at the Milwaukee Depot with my twin
sister, Dorls (Frojen Bretheìrn '51), and taking a cab to Augsburg
College," says Dora. "l know I hacl some apprehension about
coming to this large city from a rural setting, but it wasn't long
belore we were settled in Memorial Hall and the routine of college
life. The first person we met on the campus was Martin Quanbeck
iittle did I know that lour years later I wouid marry his nepheq
-Philip Quanbeck."
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This September, Hans Strommen '04,3oins his
cc'rusin, Becky Stensvaag'12, as the fourth generatlon
ol Strommens to attencl Augsburg. Their greatgrandfather, the Rev Peter Andrew (a.k.a. PA.), was
among the first generation of Strommen Auggìes. To
date, more ¡han 30 members of the extended
Strommen lamily have attended.
"From my earliest age I remember hearÌng about
Augsburg in my father's prayers," says Luther
Strommen '39, a retired pastor of the two largest
Lutheran churches 1n Illinois and Ohio, of his father,
PA. "It never occurred to any of the Sirommen
brothers that there was any other college to attend."
Clair Strommen'46, a retired business owner and
former president of Lutheran Brotherhood, agrees
with his brother. "Our lather was a parish minìster in
a downtown Seattle church, but in 1934 he came
back to Minnesota because he wanted his lour sons
to attend Augsburg. He had a deep love lor the
school. In the late 1930s, my father took the only
savings he had and gave it to Augsburg
that was
¡he level of commitment my father had to the
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Philip Quanbeck Sr. '50 became a Distinguished Alumnus in 1996.
Pictured with him on that day are his wife, Dora (Frojen) '49, and
their children (L to R), JuliAnn (Quanbeck) Erdmann '82, Thomas,
Mary (Quanbeck) Barber'77, and Philip ll.
Stan Quanbeck'59, a medical missionary in Madagascar,
remembers feeling a close link to the College even as a child.
"When I first came to the United States as an ll-year-old I was
introduced to the famous Augsburg College that was so intimately
tied to my family through two generations before me," says Stan.
"For most ol my youth I was not aware there were any other
colìeges! My mother and father both graduated from Augsburg and
my maternal grandrnother, as a widow, served in the infirmary. My
maternal grandfather and paternal grandfather both graduated from
the Augsburg Seminary, as well as my lather."
Augsburg's new-est Quanbeck, Becka, daughter of PhÌl ll, will
continue the far-nily tradition as a mernber of the Class of 2004.
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Strommen brothers (left to right) Merton '42, Clair
'46, and Luther'39
Clair ancl Luther's brother, Merton Strommen,
has worn many hats at Augsburg since he graduated
in 1942. Mert
has sen'ed as campus pastor, news
clirector, religion teacher, and in l9B7 lounded the
Youth and Family lnstitute in memory of his son,
David Huglen Strommen'83.
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Clair Strommen'45 and
granddaughter Becky Stensvaag '02
A fourth brother, Abner '38, who passed
away last October, had a long and distìnguished
career ìn Minnesota high school athletics as a
coach, teacher, and athletic director. He was
honored as athletic director of the year in
Minnesota in Ì980 and athletic director of the
year nationally ìn 1981.
Nancy Stensvaag'71, Clair's daughter, was
part of the third generation of Strommen
Auggies. "In the years since graduation, the
strong connectìons with my extended family
have continued in a way that mìght not have
happened if so many of us had not had a
common college experience," says Nanc¡
executive director of Habitat for Humanity-Iowa
Valley. "lt is now a thrili to have our daughter
Becky enjoy being at Augsburg, and to have her
experìence enriched by being joined there by
her cousin Hans."
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Robert Strommen '74 (Clair's son) and family.
Left to right Hans 'O4, Andrea (Johnson) '75,
Tjersti, Robert, and Bjorn
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My husband and I met at
Augsburg and we were
married in what was then
the new Science Building.
There was a lovely small
chapel in the building and
we were marrìed there on
August 29,1950
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Ethel A. (Anderson) '50 and
Robert W. Andersen '50 in the
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Lois (Batalden)'69
and Wayne Hansen '68
My husband and I met at Augsburg; we were engaged in the
fall of 1968. He presented me with a ring while we were in Dr.
Holman's office for pre-marital counselingl
Wayne, having graduated the previous spring, was facing Viet
Nam. He joined the Air Force, and we knew there would be a
limited amount of time and limited dates for a wedding. He had
three weeks leave in April of 1969, so we planned our wedding
for the day before Easter. I made wedding plans while living in
Urness Tower, and all went well despite some heavy spring rains
and a few flooded highways in southern Minnesota.
When I returned to classes after the Easter break, we stayed
in a borrowed Minneapolis apartment until Wayne went to his
first Air Force assignment. I then moved back into the clorm and
finished the last six weeks of my senior year. I'11 never forget Miss
Lund going around the classroom asking what everyone had
"l got married!"
done over Easter break. I had the best answer
On graduation day, I went lrom Commencernent exercises to
the airport to join Way-ne in Alabarna. I was laden down with
graduation gifts and a few late weddlng gifts. Getting to rn1'
connection in O'Hare Airport lvas the worst run I'r'e el'er taken,
but I made it and was with my new husband by evening.
Augsburg brought us together and we'r'e lived happily ever
after.
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The Torstensons
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"ln the 1920s and'30s,
Presrdent George
Sverdrup began
changing the College
New Traditions
curriculum to inciude
liberal arts," says Jeroy
Carlson '48, a senior
development officer at
Augsburg and i¡s
'unofficial' hisrorian.
'Joel Torstenson was a
significant element of
that change
he had a
- it. He is
lot to do with
known for being a social
developer, and has done
a lot of outreach to other
states nationally."
Torstenson'38,
professor emeritus of
sociologr, joined the
faculty in 1938 as a parrtime instructor of history
and sociai science, which
led to full time two years
later when he received
Professor Emeritus of Sociology his M.A. degree. During
Joel S. Torctenson'38 in Old Main WW ll, Torstenson lefr
in 1943 to farm, later
becoming involved in a rural cooperative organization. He
returned to the faculty in1947, and began reorganizing and
broadening the sociology department.
"Within the social science division, sociology was the most
innovative department," writes Carl H. Chrislock'37, in his
book about Augsburg, From Fjord to Freeway. "When Torstenson
became chairman in 1947, a general sense of direction was
evident ... within the Minnesota private college community its
field experience venture became a pace setter, and on campus it
sharpened awareness of the school's potentialities as an urban
Patricia Lowman watched her son, Dwayne Lowman,
excel at Augsburg. The 2000 graduate, who recerved the
Marlna Christensen Justice Award in June and wâs âcti\/e
in numerous activities both on the campus and in the
community, serr,ed as inspiration for his mother to return
to schooi and complete her bachelor's degree. Last spring
she enrolled in Augsburg Weekend College, and plans to
study elementary education and art.
"Dwayne really enjoyed the community here, and I
just thought the whole school was more of a family," says
Patricia. "My first day of class, I was all prepared. I had
my book bag, my notepad, everythlng
but no pen! I
panicked, and went searching for a pen. I stared at thrs
pen chained to an Ìnformation deck, all the while
wondering'what will my teacher think?"'she laughs. "The
woman at the desk gave me a pen, she was so nice.
Everyone here has been so helpful ... I really feel at
home."
Shari (Holt)
Garland's
daughter, Katie, is
a
junior
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at
Augsburg,
studying English
and history Shari,
a member of the
Class
of 1974 and
an administrative
assistant in the
Office of
AlumniÆarent
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Relatlons, ls
Dwayne Lowman,O0, at
thrilled that her
Commencement in June
daughter chose
college."
Augsburg.
More than a dozen other Torstensons have attended
Augsburg, and all have followed Joel's path into professions that
"I wanted her to come here not just for the education,
but for the faith. This is one of the most important
reasons
it's such a positive thing. I recognized it when I
was a student here, and I wanted her to experience that
atmosphere too," says Shari, who met her husband, Rich
Garland'75 on campus, and whose uncie and two cousins
emphasize social consciousness/awareness, such as education,
medicine, and city planning.
"I went to Augsburg because Joel was there," says Beth
Torstenson '66 of her uncle. "My parents never pressured me to
pick Augsburg
they just said 'you're going to college"' jokes
Beth, a high school art teacher. "Augsburg was the best place
for me. There was a comfort of going someplace where there
were some ties."
also attended.
"l was lamiliar wlth a 1ot of the familles who had sent
their children and grandchildren here, and I thought
maybe she would also lind a place in this community of
traditlons, of faith."
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Gonvocatíon
Seríes zooo-01
SCIENCE AIìII' RETIGION IN I'IATOGUE
daes relígíott "fit" ín the øge of cotnþuter techrwlngy, exþlmatiotr of the frontíers of
Where
genetics, ond the scienrifíc search for extrqtenestri.allífe? Mørk yow calenàar and, plmr to
joín the díalnpe with sonæ of the natimls lnøÃíng sci¿núists atd theolagíøns in Augsburg
College's þrwocathte new conuocati.on seríes.
SEPTEMBER 2.4'261 2OOO
The 2OOO Ch¡istensen Symposlum:
"Ghanging Cosmologies and the Ghurch"
Sun., Sept. 24-7 p.m. Reatlings frorn Berroh Brechri Galilecr
Monday, Sept,25-7 p.m. Euerràrg Conuocatíon
Tuesday, Sept. 26.11 a.m, Conuocatiott on Galileo
Dr. Owen Gingerich, senior astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and pro{essor of astronomy
and of the history of science at Harvard University. Gingerich is a leacling authority on the 17th-century German
astronomer Johannes Kepler ar-rd the 16th-century cosmologist Nicholas Copernicus. Besides his rnore than 500
technical or educational articles and reviews, Gingerich has u'ritten rnore popularly on astronotrìy in several
encyclopedias and journals.
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Darwin"
Thursday, Oct, 19.7 p.m. Public Lecture
Friday, Oct. 2J.ll a.m, Convocation
OCTOBER 19,20,
..God after
Dn John Haught, Landegger Distinguished Professor of Theology, Georgetown University. At the beginnir-rg of the
21st century, can we arrive at a plausible unclelstancling ofGocl that is both consistent with tladitional beliefand
adequate to the reality of evoLutionary science? Evolutionary portraits of life rnay open up fresh ways of thinking about
clivire providence and cosmic purpose.
NOVEMBER 9,1O,
2OOO
Thursday, Nov. 9-7 p.m.
PtLblic Lecttne
"Hístory of Scientífíc Creationism
Dr. Ronald Numbers, William Coleman Professor of History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin.
Professot Ntulbers will explore the origins ofconternporary evangelical opposition to evoLution and the nature ofits
concerns as it sttuggLes to co1ììe to tenns with nLodern biological science. Nurnbels has specializecl in the history of
evangelical challenges to biologicaL evolution.
MARCH
2.3,2OOl
"Religíon ín the Computef Age"
Friday, March 2.10 tm. Conwcntion
Saturday, March 3.12:10 p,m,LectnreforWeekendCollege students
Dr' William Grassie, executive director of the Philadelphia Center {or Religion and Science, and editor of the Meta
Lists on Science and Religion. The inventior-l of the moveal¡Le type press in the 15th century made possible the
Protestant Refonnation ancl religious levolutions in Etuope in the 16th century. The advent of comp.uter technologies
in the 20th ccntLlry will also have proforurd effccts on our religious urclerstancìing and practice in the 21st century.
MARCH 29.3Or 2OOl
19th Annual Augsburg Seminar ín Applled Ethícs:
"Patentlng Life"
Thursday, March29.7t30 p.m.Lccttu'e
Friday, March 30-10 a.m. Co¡uocatiott
Friday, March 30.11a.m. Parrel disc¡¿ssion
Dn Audrey Chapman, director, Science and Human Rights and Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, American
Association for the Advancement o{ Science. The ger-retic revolution has becn accornpanied by controvcrsy al¡out the
status ofcreatecl life forms. Currently, patents ale being issuecl to researchers:ìnc] privatc industry, L.ut many in the religious
cotntnunity have opposed lifc ¡ratcnts. The syrrposium will expLorc thc cthical issues regartling owncrship of humanly
createcl uew Lifc forms ancl the reasrxring usccl by persons or1 hoth sicles.
APR¡L 9,1O,2OOt
2OOl Sverdrup Visitíng Scientlst Lecture:
"F¡om Antarcfica to Mars and Europa:
The Search for Lífe"
Monday, April 9.8 p,m. Lcctru'e
Tuesday, April 1O-noon Noon r¿ll¿
Dr. Christopher
P. McKay, planetary scientist, Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center. His current
rcscarch focuses ou the evolutiur of thc solal systcm ancl the origin of life. He is also actively plamring firture Mars
urissions, incLtrcling hutlan settletnents. McKiry ¿rlso has been invoh'ecl with polar rcsearch, traveling to tl-re Antarcric dry
valleys and Sibcrian aud Canacli:ru
Atctic to colìLfuct rcscarch in these Mars-life environr¡cnts.
All events are Íree, open to the publíc, and wíll take place (unless oûher$¡lse not€d)
in Hoversten Chapel of the Foss Center on the Augsburg College campus.
For informatíon, call (6f2) 330,11t0
Fall 2000
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Welcome the
Christmas season
in Scandinavian
tradition with the
Augsburg
Associates:
l0:20 a.m.
Christmas service
and music, with a
Begin the Christmas season
with a majestic service of music and liturgy
visit from
St.
Nicholas,
Hoversten Chapel
The 2lst Annual
Augsburg College
tLdvent ïús
ers
O Holy Night
II
a.m.-3 p.m.
Open house with
Scandinavian treats
and a gift shop
with hand-crafted
items, Christensen
Center
Friday, December 1, 2000
6:00
as
9:00
p.Na.
Saturday, December 2, 2000
5:00 e¡ B:00 p.v.
Central Lutheran Church
For seating information: (612) 330-1265
ll
a.m.-2 p.m.
Special Hardanger
fiddle music and
demonstration,
Christensen Center
ô
Central Lutheran Church is located
next to the Convention Center in Minneapolis
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December
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Greetings from
the Alumni
Board President
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n behalf of the Augsburg Alurnni Association, I welcome you to tl-ris premiere issue of
you. updated collà'ge publication, Augsburg Now.
The Augsburg Alurnni Association is a big group
some 17,000 people. As alumni ol
- school and helping to keep it a vibrant
Augsburg College, we are interested in supporting our
place for students to get an education, both insicle and outsìde of the classroom. A smaller
group of alums serves on the Alumni Board, at this tirne there are 21 indìr'iduals, including
six new board mernbers (see page22). The Alurnni Board seeks ways to connect the College
of today rvith its alun-rnì lor mutual benefit.
We have organized our board by forming comrnittees to address our three main efforts
with aiumni: communications, events, and "connections." The next year will be spent in
several key areas, including the possibility of developing regional chapters ol Augsburg
alumnl around the country. Concurrentl¡ we woulcl like to open up the Alumni Board to
people who live outside o[ the Twin Citles.
I have been on the Alumni Board since 1996. Why dicl I become invoh'ed? Because
someone asked! That has been my experience since. Our alumni are r'vonderfully wìlling to
help theìr alma rnater
it just takes someone to ask them. I have been impressed with the
other people who have sen'ed on the board, whether older or younger than I, ancl admire
their cledication to Augsburg College. lt is also gratifyrng to know that Augsburg is still
changing lives, as well as provicling a good education. So promote our school, whether you
you'll be surprised at what we can do
are at your church, at work, or i,vith neighbors
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together!
?r,.¿WIk!-=
Paul Mikelson, '70
Presiclent, Alumni Board
Nancy Toedt '94, Director of AlumnilParent Relations
Jeff Krengel '93, Assistant Director of AlumnilParent Relations
Shari Garland '74, Administrative Assistant
Teleph one: (612) 330-1178 or (800) 260-6590
Fax:
Fall
2OOO
(612) 330-1499
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E-mail:
alumni@augsburg.edu
Web site:
<wwwaugsburg.edu/alumni>
Mail:
Office of Alumni/Parent Relations
2211 Riverside Ave., CB 146
Minneapolis, MN 55454
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Six alumni appointed
to Alumni Board
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as a volunteer on several boards of
by Maggie Weller'01
T he Augsburg Aìumni Board of Directors
I appointed six new members inJune
and elected Paul Mikelson '70 as president
and Jackie (Kniefel) Lind '69 as presidentelect. The new members are as follows:
Jeff Elavsky'68
Jeff Elavsþ graduated
from Augsburg in 1968
with a bachelor's degree
in social science. He is a
school administrator for
Wayzata Public Schools
and volunteers with the
Courage Alpine Skiers
and as a deacon at
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Central Lutheran Church.
Chuck Gabrielson'77
A political science
major, Chuck Gabrielson
graduated from Augsburg
in 1977. Gabrielson,
executive director for a
non-profit organization,
has been involved in
extensive volunteer
activities, including acting
as the chair for Minnesotans for Improved
Juvenile Justice and associate member of the
Carver County Sheriff's Mounted Posse.
Gabrielson has been honored with Alumni
Honors and is a recipient of this year's Spirit
of Augsburg awards.
Rev. Thomas Hanson'66
Thomas Hanson
graduated from Augsburg
in 1966 with a bachelor's
degree in speecMheatre.
A Lutheran pastor,
Hanson has been
recognized as an
Augsburg Distinguished
Alumnus. He also serves
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Augsburg
Centennial
Singers
directors, including the YMCA, Mental
Health Center, and Senior Adult Housing.
Christopher Jan Haug '79
Christopher Jan
Haug graduated from
Augsburg in 1979 with
a bachelor's degree in
studio art. He is a
customer service
supewisor for Lutheran
Brotherhood, and
volunteers as the
director of evangelism on the Mount Olive
Lutheran Church Vestry.
Andrew Morrison'73
Andrew Morrison
graduated from
Augsburg in 1973 with
a degree
in political
njoy a musical concert by
E Augsburg alumni and friends,
carrying on the choral traditions of
Augsburg College.
Oct. 1, 4 p.m.
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Oct. 14, 7 p.m.
Association Bible School
Pl)¡mouth
Oct. 15, 4 p.m.
Zion Lutheran Church
Anoka
Oct,21,4:45 p.m.
St. Michael's Lutheran Church
Bloomington
science. He is an
attorney and lobbyist
for Koll, Morrison,
Sharpentier LLP He
also chairs the
Minnesota Institute for Legal Education
Self Insurance Seminar and volunteers as
a Minnesota Mock Trial judge.
Oct'22,4 p.m.
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
Eden Prairie
Oct. 28, 7 p.m.
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church
Mahtomedi
Beth Torstenson'66
A theatre, speech,
and art major, Beth
Torstenson graduated
from Augsburg in
1966. For 34 yearc,
Torstenson has worked
as a high school art
teacher, and was
named the Minnesota
Secondary Art Teacher of the Year for the
1993-'94 academic year. In addition to
teaching, she has volunteered to jury
community art fairs and has been on
various professional and community
boards and committees.
Oct. 29, 4 p.m.
House of Prayer
Richfield
Nov.4 3 p.m.
North Heights Lutheran Church
Arden Hills
Nov. 5, 4 p.m.
St. James
Lutheran Church
Crystal
Fall 2000
Rememberirg OLD MAIN:
100 Yn¿ns, 700 MnuoRIEs
Wednesday, Oct. 4
Saturday, Oct. 7
Class of
Augsburg Associates Annual Fall Luncheon
Decathlon Club
Millennium Choir Songlest
Christensen Center
(open to all Augsburg College choir alumni)
8:30 a.m.-no6n-fl6v¿¡5¡en Chapel
Contact: Ryan Larson, (6L2) 330-1265
Cost: $10 reunion social only; $20 social
and dinner
10
a.m.-Craft
Noon
Sale
-Luncheon/Program
l9ó0 Reunion Social
:30
p.m.-Minneapolis Room,
3:30-5
Guest Speaker: Kim Ode, Columnist for the
Class of 1960 Breakfast
9 a.m.-East Commons, Christensen Center
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Cost: $20
Gallery, Christensen Center
5:30 p.m., Dinner-Commons, Christensen
Reservations: Betty Arnold, (612) 330-l i71
Center
Cost: $15
Augsburg Parent Program
9 a.m.-11 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 5
Homecoming Socìal and Dinner
4:30-5:30 p.m., Social Hour-Alumni
Contact: Jeff Krengel, (612) 330-1,173
Class
Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet
5:30 p.m., Reception-Alumni Gallery and
Plcnlc in the Park
Commuter Lounge, Christensen Center
6:30 p.m., Banquet-East Commons,
Cost: $7
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a.m.-
lp.m.-Murphy
Christensen Center
Square
Cost: $10 reunion only; $20 reunion and
dinner
Christensen Center
l5
of Ì975 Reunion
7:30 p.m., Reunion Party-Marshall Room,
Reservations: lrene Steenson, (612) 3301245
Old Main Tours
1la.m. and 3 p.m.-First Floor Lobby,
Old Main
Friday, Oct. 6
Join Augsburg faculty emeriti Ruth
Aaskor"53 and Phil Quanbeck'50
7:30 p.m., Reunion Party-Old Maln Lobby
Cost: $10 reunion only, $20 reunion and
dinner
of 1950 Golden Anniversary Reunion
a.m.-4
p.m.
9:30
Homecoming Footbail
Game vs. University of St. Thomas
Sunday, October 8
Cost:
$
Class
Homecoming Chapel 6¡ Community Tìme
l0:20-l
I ¿.¡¡.-flevs¡sten Chapel,
Foss
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p.m.-Anderson-Nelson Field.
Tickets: $ 5 Adults, $2 Children
Ticket office: (612) 330-1249
Class of 1990 Reunion
Worship Service
11 a.m.-Ho\¡ersten Chapel, Foss Center
Center. Special guest speaker: Andy Balerud
'50.
Old Main Tours
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and 2 p.m.-First Floor Lobb¡ Oid Main
Augsburg facr-rlty emeriti Ruth Aaskor' '53
and Phil Quanbeck'50
Consult the
Homecoming 2A 0 0 br o chur e
Class of 1960 Gathering
6 p.m.-Augsbr-rrg House
Contact: Nancy Toedt
(612) 330-1525
Variety Shou, and Coronatìon
7 p.rn.-Hor/ersten Chapel, Foss Center
Contact: ASAC, (612) 330-lltl
Fall 2OO0
f or additional br eahf østs, toLlrs,
and events during the weel¿end.
For informntion,
call (612) 330-1178
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Four named as
2OOO Distinguished Alumni
by Maggie Weller'Of
our alumni join
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others as Distinguished Alumni of Augsburg College. Recipients are recognized for significant achievement in their vocations
years of preparation, experience, dedication, exemplary character, and service.
F and outstanding contrlbutions to church and community, through
Oscar A. Anderson'38
David Cherwien'79
Oscar Anderson was educated at
Augsburg and St. Olaf College,
where he received his B.A. in
1938. After graduating from
Luther Theological Seminary in
l942,he entered parish ministry,
he later completed graduate
study at Union Seminary New
David Cherwien graduated from
Augsburg in 1979 with a B.A. in
organ performance and music
education. Since then, he has
eamed a M.A. from the
University of Minnesota in theory
and composition. He is enrolled
in the D.M.A. program in organ
performance at the University of
York.
Anderson was president of
Augsburg from 1963 to 1980.
Prior to his presidency, he served
as senior pastor at Ttinity
Lutheran Church, Moorhead,
Minn. He has also worked
as
pastor at l-ake Harriet Lutheran
Church, Minneapolis, and
executive director of the
Intemational Young People's
Luther League.
A nationaþ known preacher,
Anderson has received many
honors, including the Paul Harris
Fellow from Rotary Intemational
and the Distinguished Alumni
Citation from St. Olaf College.
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Minnesota.
Cherwien, organist/cantor of
Christ Chapel and visiting
instructor of music at Gustavus
Adolphus College, is a published
composer of over 30 collections
of hymn interpretations and over
40 choral octavos. He is also the
author of kt the People Sing! A
Kqb o ardßt\ Cre ativ e and P r ac ttcal
Guide to EngagjngGod\ People in
Meanin$ul Song.
Ellen (Stenberg) Erickson
'51
M. Annette (Hoversten)
Hanson'68
Ellen Stenberg Erickson
graduated from Augsburg in
I95i with a parish worker's
certificate. After graduating,
Erickson did parish work for
Concordia Lutheran Church,
Minneapolis.
Now retired, Erickson also
worked for the Lutheran Social
Service in South Dakota and
Minnesota and was vice president
from 1987 to 1995. She currentþ
volunteers on the social
ministries committee of Glen
Cary Lutheran Church, a countywide prqect to provide housing
for the homeless and a Lutheran
Social Service's effort to help
Dr. M. Annette Hanson graduated
from Augsburg in 1968 with a
B.A. in biology She went on to
eam her M.D. from the
University of Minnesota and a
M.B.A. from Northeastem
University Hanson completed her
postdoctoral training at
Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge,
Mass.
Hanson is currently serving
medical director for the
Division of Medical Assistance,
Executive Office of Health and
as
Human Services, Massachusetts,
refugees get their green cards.
Erickson was honored with
the Donald H. Larsen Award
and as an associate clinical
professor, University of
Massachusetts Medical School.
She has eamed a national
reputation lor her expertise in
managed mental heath care,
lrom the Lutheran Immigration
and Refugee Service for her 20
public sector managed care
programs, and quality
years of work with refugee
resettlement.
management.
Fall 2O0O
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Augsburg alums receive new awards
by Lynn Mena
n addition to the Distinguished Alumni Award, Augsburg is
pleased to announce the creation of two new annual awards: the
First Decade Award and the Spirit of Augsburg Award.
The First Decade Award is presented to Augsburg graduates of
the last l0 years who have made significant progress in thelr
professional achievements and contributions to the community, and
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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 which contributes
substantially to the well being of Augsburg by furthering its
purposes and programs.
in so doing exemplify the mission of the College: to prepare future
Jennifer Peterson'9O
Karen Reed'90
Kurt Wehrmann '90
Peterson is
executive director
A music therapist
of Helping Paws
of Minnesota,
Inc., a volunteer-
Hospital in
Wehrmann is the
founder and CEO
of Northern
Scientific, a
worldwide buyer
and seller of preowned medical
equipment. He is a former
member of the Alumni Board of
at Atascadero State
Atascadero, Calif.,
Reed works
in
based, not-for-
forensic
proflt organization whose
mission is to further the
independence of individuals
psychiatry She
with physical disabilities
through the use of service dogs.
Peterson's past honors include
Ms. Wheelchair Minnesota
(1987), and national and
intemational wheelchair archery
titles (1994, 1995).
established a gospel choir of
inmates of the California
Department of Corrections, and
is an intemational gospel
saxophonist, a renowned
speaker, and author of the
2O0O
executive director
Chuck Gabrielson'77
Gunnar Wick
Gabrielson is a
member of the
When Wick's two
Alumni Board and
Augsburg, he
chair of the Class
Agent Advisory
Council. During
managed the
concession stand
at athletic events,
organized
the last three
years, Gabrielson has led six
Class Agent Workshops and
Fall
associate
Directors.
ís the Master Key.
This group of 20+ women is comprised of retired faculty, staff, and
spouses. Led by Kate Anderson, they gather on Tuesdays to assist the
College in processing direct mail, saving the College thousands of
dollars in labor every year.
Woodrich is
of the Division of
Indian Work for
the Greater
Minneapolis
Council of Churches. She is
also the recipient of a yearlong
leadership work and study
grant from St. Paul Companies
to study leadership roles of
Indian women in their cultures
and their own families.
recentþ published book, Music
The "Tuesday Volunteers"
Noya Woodrich '92,'94
MSW
recruited more than 25 new
Class Agents. He spearheaded
last November's Augsburg
House Shower, which raised
nearly $20,000 to purchase
china, Ílatware, and stemware.
He also organized and hosted
alumni gatherings in Arizona
during the recent band and
choir tour,
sons attended
volunteers, and sold
merchandise including cowbells
to increase Auggre spirit at
games. Wick continues to
contribute many hours of
service on behalf of Augsburg's
athletic program, and provided
the lead gift for additionál
upgrades to the AndersonNelson Athletic Field.
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Honoring the Golden Anniversary Class of 1950
Ocronnn 6, 7 eNo 8, 2000
"The senior class of 1950 looks back with pleasure at the past four years
... The largest visible progress has been the completion of the Science
Building ... We have participated in athletics, clubs, musical organizations,
and the Augsburg publications. Thus we have grown in friendships,
understanding of others, and in sportsmanship ... We go forth in many
different directions, with varied interests and abilities."
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from the 1950 Augsburgian
Members of the Class of 1950 participated in
this year's Commencement ceremony. (L to R)
Lola Lidstrom Berg, Shirley Dahlen, Robert
Paulson, James Peterson.
Senior class officerc meet in the new student lounge.
(t to R) Paul Konsterlie, vice president Ann Bueide,
social directoü Andrew Balerud, presidenû Harriet
Skonnard, secretary; William Robbin+ treasurer.
King Bob Howells and
Queen Ann Olsen ruled over
the festivities at Winter
Sports Ðay.
Delores Johnson and Arlo Dahlager take part
in intramural bowling.
Dorothy Gramling, Helen Green
Eugene Campbell, editor-in-chief of the
Augsburgian, meets with his staff. (Standing,
t to R) Eugene Campbell, LaVon Moderow, Paul
Konsterlie, William Halvorson, James Andress.
(Seated, L to R) Dean Erickson, Betty Munson,
Ray Huglen, Don Ditmarson, Robert Paulson.
Ernest Hone scores despite
the efforts of St. Olaf.
TH¡s vren's HotvncoMrNc CntnsRcrtoN ALso HoNoRs
rHE CLAssEs oF 7960,1975 AND 7990.
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Robert W. Hagen, Norman C. Hoium
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Magdalene (Gronseth) Stolee,
Kenyon, Minn., and her husband
Amos "retired" again and moved
into a townhouse in Kenyon.
1948
Gordon Ahlquist, Minneapolis,
recently performed on piano for the
American Swedish Institute's
membership dinner. He has served
as organist and choirmaste¡ at
Central Free Church and Salem
Covenant Church and has been the
organist at First Covenant Church
in Minneapolis for 40 years.
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Rudolf Engelmann,
Potomac,
Md., has been a consultant to the
U.S. Department of Energy on
issues of emergency response,
environment., NEPA, worker
exposure to radiation, and safety
since 1988. He was also a chief
1
Energr (environment safety and
health); chief of technical staff for the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration; deputy director of
environmental assessment for the
United Nations Environment
Programme; director of the AÌaskan
Outer Continental Shelf Program;
and more. He and his wife, Virginia,
have six children and seven
grandchildren.
Lillian (Johnson) Ingersoll,
Toledo, Ohio, recently returned from
a trip to Iceland and Norway. She
has also traveled throughout Canada,
Alaska, the continental United States,
and the British Isles; she lived in
Singapore for one year with her
husband, Henry She is active in the
Presbyterian Church, sewing as elder
and on the adult Christian education
committee. She and her husband
have two daughters and five
grandchildren.
1970
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Faith (Carlstedt) Dippold,
Sherman Danielson, Stiìlwater,
Jacksboro, Tenn., retired eight years
ago as a doctor of naturopathy and
reflexology She is an active member
Minn., was named the 1999'person
of the year' by the Stillwater Gazette
of her church (church organist),
sings with her community choir,
volunteers for Habitat for Humanity,
and more. She and her husband,
Edward, enjoy traveling around the
United States to visit their three
children and grandchildren.
newspaper, in honor o[ his
dedicated work on behalf of
students as activities director at
Stillwater Area High School.
George M. Melby, Kansas City,
Mo., is a student pastor at United
Chu¡ch of Christ; he is attending
Central Baptist Theological
1961
Seminary
Curtis Haney, Billings, Mont., has
left Friendship House of Christian
Service (where he serves as
1975
executive director) to enjoy a twomonth sabbatical and begin serving
smaller Montana ELCA
congregations, and continue to
coordinate Montana Synod antiracism and multicultural ministries.
in Kansas City.
Stephanie R. (Gierke)
Gustafson, Minneapolis, is
director/teacher of Christ Church
Lutheran's preschool learning center
in Minneapolis. She was recently
featured in an article in the
Southside Pride newspaper, which
honored her 25 years as an earþ
childhood educator.
scientist for the Department of
Alumni at the Oberammergau Passion Play
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Kneeling front: Nancy Turpie, Marie-Agnes Duijs-Lange (tour guide), Hans (bus driver). First row standing: Max and Jan lrving,
Marie Kneeland, Maryon and Harris Lee, Henry and Helen Follingstad, Mary McDougall, Colleen Watson, Karen and Ted
Anderson, Second row: Arlo Kneeland, Harriet and Forrest Anderson, Esther and Malcolm Watson, Dee Hoffman, Carolyn
TerEick, Nancy Garwick, Russell and Helen Lee, Back row: David Harstad, Katharine Wellef Sandy Harstad, Dot Hoice, Joceyln and
Wayne Palmer Ken Hoffman, Bill and Myrna Anderson, Jerry TerEick, Jan and Arnie Cutle¿ Mae Peterson.
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Class Notes
1975
1984
continued
Linda M. Haven, Sandvika,
Steven V. Larson, Coon Rapids,
Norway, teaches grade school and is
pursuing post-graduate studies in
special education at the University
of Oslo. She has three children,
Minn., an investment/insurance
representative for Lutheran
ages
17,15, and 12.
1978
Jim Bernstein, MinneapoÌis, was
recently appointed as commissioner
of the Minnesota Commerce
Department. A former advertising
company executive, he was deputy
commissioner and had been serving
as the acting head of the
department since February He also
serves as a member of the Augsburg
Now Alumni Advisory Committee.
Brotherhood, qualified for Million
Dollar Round Table honors, attained
only by those representatives who
have demonstrated exceptional
professional knowledge, expertise,
and client service.
demonstrated exceptional
professional knowledge, expertise
and client service. Gary ranked 5th
out of about 1,500 Lutheran
Brotherhood representatives
nationwide.
f983
Gary Tangwall, white Bear Lark,
Minn., a financial planner with
Lutheran Brotherhood, qualified for
Million Dollar Round Table honors,
attained only by those
representatives who have
Fraser School in Richfield, was
featured in a Channel 9 news story
in April.
Julie Rykken, Elburn, lll., married
George Coyle
in 1993; they have
two children,
ages
4 and
2.
D.C., is a foreign service officer with
the U.S. Department of State; she
was posted to Cuba for a two-year
tour that began inJuly. She will be
working in the U.S. interest section
of the Swiss Embassy in Havana.
Tom Weidner, Stillwater, Minn.,
Kay Luedtke-Smith, Hopkins,
Minn., a music therapist at the
1980
Ann E. Gabrielson, Washington
was recently selected as a "rising
star" in the Minnesota legal
community "Rising stars," chosen
by Minnesota's top lawyers, are
lawyers who are either under 40 or
have been in practice for l0 years
or less. He is a partner in the
Stillwater law firm of Eckberg,
Devean George
What a first year!
ci
by Don Stoner
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Augsburg's Devean George '99 will have a special piece of jewelry to wear very soon. George will
earn an NBA world championship ring after his Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA title in his first
year with the team.
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with the Lakers was a wild ride. The first NCAA Divlsion III player ever
selected in the fìrst round of the NBA Drafi, George made the adjustment from small-college
basketball to the NBA smoothly, as a key player off the bench durÌng the Lakers' run to the best
record in the league during the regular season. The guard,/forward appeared in 49 games, averaging
3.2 points and I.5 rebounds in seven minutes of playng time per game. George's playing time
diminished during the playoffs and NBA Finals, as he was only able to play in one game during the
Lakers' championship series win over the Indiana Pacers. However, as he told the Minneapolis StarTribune's Dan Barreiro during the finals, he was still able to learn a lot from the experience.
George's rookie season
"This whole experience, reaching the finals, has just been wonderful for me. It's been everything I
could have dreamed of and more. I'm like everybody e1se. I want to pla¡" he said in the June 15
issue of the Star-Tiibune. "But I can learn so much just watching what's happening there on the
court, soaking it all Ìn. To me, the regular season seems so relaxed compared to this. Everythingthe play on the court, the fans-it just seems like everything is so magnified. The inrensity is just
unbelievable."
George earned praise from Lakers
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Devean George '99 found plenty of
excitement in his rookie year as the
Lakers dribbled and shot their way to a
national championship.
coaches during the season,
includlng head coach Phil
Jackson, and should receive more
playing time next year, as several
veterans who were ahead of George
on the Lakers' depth chart are not
returning to the team.
"This whole experience,
reaching the t'inals,
has just been wondert'ul for me
It's been everythingl could
have dreamed oJ and more."
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Lammers, Briggs, Wolff & Vierling.
He is also a member of the Board of
Governors of the Minnesota State
Bar Association and president of the
St. Croix Valley Heart Association.
C.
Anderson, Srillwarer,
Minn., a district representative for
Lutheran Brotherhood, qualified for
Million Dollar Round Table honors,
attained only by those
representatives who have
demonstrated exceptional
professional knowledge, expertise
and client service. Bill was in the
top one percent (out of 1,500
Lutheran Brotherhood
representatives nationwide) when
measured by amounts of life,
health, annuity and investment.
products issued.
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Neal R. Hauser,
Savage,
Minn.,
received a Master of Arts in
Leadership degree from Augsburg
inJune.
Daniel Wright, Portland, Ore., is
a self-employed computer
consultant. He married Kristen
Haglund in September 1999. After
honel'rnooning in Spain, Morocco,
and Portugal, they settled into their
1925 Spanish house, which they
finished restoring last year.
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Ly$a Morehouse,
Sr. Paul,
recently sold her first science fiction
novel [o Roc, a science fiction
imprint of Penguin Putnam; the
expected publication date of her
book, Archangel Protocol, is spring
2001. The book explores
theological issues in a iuturistic
science fiction setting.
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Judy (Goede) Luers, Eden
Prairie, Minn., was recently
featured in the business section of
the Star Tribune as its "spotlight"
business professional. She recently
became associate vice president and
director of marketing at HammeÌ,
Green and Abrahamson, lnc., in
Fall 2000
1991
Jeff Ronneberg, Circle
1986
Bill
Minneapolis. She and her husband
Scott., have a son, Andrew, and a
daughter, Sarah.
of Minnesota; he is employed as an
elementary principal in Fridley
Kevin Ronneberg, St. Louis Park,
Minn., compÌeted his residency in
family medical practice at Methodist
Hospital in St. Louis Park in June;
he graduated from the University of
Minnesota Medical School in 1997.
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Tiffany Bjerga,
Keller, Texas,
recently married Chris Bruce'96.
Tiffany is a civil engineer for
Kimley-Horn; Chris is a recruiter for
Oracle.
Pines,
Minn., recently received â doctorate
degree in educational policy and
administration from the University
Tim
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VanRooy, Roseville, Minn.,
a financial analyst for Lutheran
Brotherhood, qualified for Million
Dollar Round Table honors, attained
only by those representatives who
have demonstrated exceptional
professional knowledge, expertise
and client service.
1992
Jennifer Norberg, Maple
Grove,
Karen (Anderson) Dee, Oakdale,
Minn., was recently named the
Oakdale Business Association
contact. for Burns Personnel. She is
pursuing a Master o[ Arts in
Leadership degree at Augsburg.
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graduated from the University of
Minnesota Medical School in May
and will start his residency in family
medical practice at St. John's
Hospital in Maplewood.
1997
industry during which she
David.
Erik Hagestuen, Baudeue, Minn.,
was awarded his Ph.D. in analytical
Kathleen J. McDonald,
Minneapolis, is a bilingual
classroom teacher at Aurora Charter
Elementary which is a dual
language bilingual program for
children whose families come from
Spanish-speaking countries.
John Stover, Burnsville, Minn.,
996
Tim Ronneberg, Minneapolis,
998
David Peters, Maple Grove,
Minn., earned an MBA in April
recently accepted a position as a
software engineer at Lockheed
Martin Naval Electronics and
Surveillance Systems-Tactical
Systems in Eagan. His a¡eas of
expertise are in simulation,
modeling and Web support.
Joseph Tucker, Brookþ Park,
Minn., married Ericka Carlson in
June.
Births
Laurie Beckman Yetzer,
Bloomington, Minn., received a
Master of Arts degree from Luther
Seminary in May.
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recently joined Target Corporation
Susan Scott Lundquist,
Woodbury Minn., received a Master
of Science degree in May; she is
currently serving in the Peace Corps
in Honduras with her husband,
r 993
Grove, Minn., is director of
mathematics at Huntington
Learning Center; she is also still
singing "as much as possible" with
various projects.
as a business analyst.
Minn, joined Carmichael Lynch
Spong as a counselor. Prior to
joining the public relations firm, she
was an independent public relations
consultant to the health care
organized the fetal alcohol slmdrome
public awareness campaign for
Minnesota. She also served as
director of public affairs for the
Minnesota Department of Health.
Jennifer Petra Grimm, Maple
Tim Benson, Burnsville, Minn.,
Craig Schwalbe, Faribault, Minn.,
was included in an article in the Le
Center Leader newspâper that
featured Cedar House, Inc., a
community based mental health
center in Le Center, where Craig is
lead therapist.
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Lynn (Gustafson) '85 and Gary
Gnirk, Willmar, Minn.
a
daughter, Courtney Lynne, in April.
She joins brother Aaron, 5.
Debi (Mattson)'89 and Steve
at
Casperson '89, Minneapolis
in March.-
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chemistry from North Dakota State
University in May 1999; he works as
a research scientist for Solray
the Carlson School of Business at
the University oI Minnesota.
daughter, NaraJolie,
Jason Wardlow, Pensacola, Fla.,
Pharmaceuticals.
is a second lieutenant
Jeff Ronneberg '91 and his wife,
Jill, Circle Pines, Minn.
- a son,
Samuel Jacob, in March.
Doris S. Rubenstein, Richfield,
Minn., recently contributed a guest
editorial to the business journal
CityBusiness; her editorial focused
on the importance of corporate
philanthropy. She is the principal
consultant with PDP Services and
has more than 26 years of
experience in the field of
philanthropy.
in the U.S.
Marine Corps. He married his wife,
Vanessa,
inJuly
1999.
Erik Hagestuen '93 and his wife,
Maureen, Baudette, Minn.
daughter, Nora Kathleen, in
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Clarette (Jorenby) Arnold '29,
Alton H. Bjurquist'48,
Rochester, Minn., died inJune; she
was 96. A retired teacher, her
passions included reading, writing,
travel, and music. She was preceded
Minn., died in May after a long
illness; he was76. Prior to his
in death by her husband, Luther
Arnold '29; the Arnold Atrium is
named for their gifts to the College.
Russell Helleckson'40, Richfield,
Minn., died inJune, he was 82. He
was a retired naval commander and
a former Washington High School
teacher, football coach, and
assistant principal.
Helen M. (Sateren) Quanbeck
'64, Roseville, Minn., died inJuly;
she was 81. A retired teacher, she
touched many lives with her special
sense of caring; her life revolved
around her husband (the late Rev.
Russell Quanbeck'47), her famil¡
and her faith.
Rochester,
retirement in 1985, he spent more
than 20 years at John Marshall
Senior High as a teacher, DECCA
advisor, and coach.
The Rev. Marvin C. Andros'51,
Richfield, Minn., died inJuly; he
was 77 . A veteran of WW Il, he
served pastorates in the United
Methodist Church for more than 30
Anne (Berg) Oie '59,
years.
The Rev. Rudolph "Rudy"
E.
Edman J. Saland'+8,
Berntson'53, Zumbrota, Minn.,
Bloomington, Minn., died in May of
congestive heart failure; he was 76.
He worked for both PilÌsbury and
Prudential, and retired in 1983 after
23 years âs manager of the advanced
financial planning department of
American Express Financial
died in May; he was 72. He was
ordained in i956 and served
parishes in both Minnesota and
North Dakota; after he retìred in
1992he served as the fiÌl-in pastor
for many local churches.
Services.
Norman "Norm" C. Anderson
'50, died unexpectedly in May at his
home; he was 69. He worked for
the U.S. Forest Service for 28 years
ln the national forests of ldaho,
California, and Arizona. He also
Kenneth L. Walsh'48,
Bloomington, Minn., died inJune,
he was 77. He was a social studies
teacher and a retired lieutenant
colonel of the U.S. Air Force.
worked in the Washington D.C.
office from 1967-'70 and headed
the Boise Interagency Fi¡e Cente¡ at
its inception.
Roseau,
Minn., died inJune; she was 64.
She taught school in Roseau for 34
years as a family living teacher, and
was aciive in several community
activities, including Messiah
Lutheran Church, Roseau Arts
Association, Roseau Historical
Societ¡ Friends of the Library, and
more.
Elizabeth M. Petersen'63,
Minneapolis, died in August after a
three-year battle with cancer; she
was 59. She had a long career in
chiìdren's book publishing, working
at Lerner Publications in
Minneapolis for over 20 years as
editor and editorial director. She
aÌso served as a literary agent and
freelance publishing consultant.
James B. Dahlen'78,
Minneapolis, died in May; he was
44. Through self-employ'rnent in
cabinet making, he became involved
in the art, music, and theatre
by Tony Bibus, associate professor of soc¡al work
community He was passionate
about the arts and at the time of his
death was pursuing a career in art
education.
Professor Emeritus Paul T. Steen, Minneapolis, died July 23 after heart
surgery in Springfield, lll.; he was 88.
We will miss Paul deeply
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his contribution
to the social work
With Joel
Christine Prestly '89, died inJune
department at Augsburg College is beyond measure.
Torstenson, professor emeritus of sociology, Paul launched our social
work program and curriculum; during retirement he maintained
continuous supportive contact with faculty, staff, and students. He
was an active, enthusiastic, nurturing, wise, constructively demanding,
and forward-looking member of our advisory committee. The Steen
Family Scholarship helped fund the education of numerous social
work students of color.
1998 of liver cancer; she was 30.
Mary Ann Bayless, Elk River,
Minn., died in July after a
Paul Steen, on his
80th birthday
Until this year when he became ill, Paul regularly participated in the annual spring senior
celebration honoring the accomplishments of our students. His joy in students' learning and love
for social work were evident both in informal conversations and in formal presentations as he,
with Joel as always by his side, handed out the Steen-Torstenson Award to seniors who
exemplified the best in their class. He was a mentor and model to social work faculty.
Although we will no longer have the privilege of working with Professor Paul Steen, we will
remember his spirit and sustain his legacy of devotion to human rights, reconciliation of the
races, and social justice.
courageous four-year struggle with
breast cancer; she was 62. Bayless
joined the Augsburg faculty in 1990
as an associate professor o[
education, with a focus on teaching
health and physical education.
FollowÍng her diagnosis and
treâtment, Bayless continued to
teach for two years, and although
she was unable to teach for the past
year and a half, she continued to
play an active role in the College
community. She was a former
professor at the University of
Wyoming and the University of
Minnesota.
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John L. Werness, Edina,
Minn., died inJuly; he was
93. He served on the
Augsburg Board oI Regents
in the 1960s. He was
president and co-founder of
Born and raised in Hunan, China, by Lutheran m¡ssionary parents, he came to the U. S. in
1939 to attend Augsburg. Upon graduating he returned to China to pursue graduate studies
until he was interned in a Japanese prison during WW ll. While imprisoned, he met Joyce
Stranks of Australia; they married in 1948 and returned to the United States, where
Ditmanson studied medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He died in June
in Green Valley, Ariz.
Werness Brothers Funeral
Chapels, and past president
of the Minnesota Funeral
Directors Association and
the National Funeral
Directors Association. He
was also past president of
the Downtown Y's Service
Club and founder o[ the
Christmas Tree Project that
ln 1957, the Ditmansons moved to Taiwan and opened a clinic, which started out in their
living room and ultimately became the Chiayi Christian Hospital. ln the 1970s, the
Ditmansons also worked in the surgical unit of an improvised orthopedic hospital for the
victims of the civil war with Pakistan. They returned to the Twin Cities in 1981, where
has spread throughout the
world.
Ditmanson practiced orthopedics in a North Minneapolis clinic. From 1993-'97, the couple
made yearly trips to China to conduct teaching seminars on the rehabilitation of disabled
children under the auspices of Wheat Ridge Foundation and Amity Foundation.
Ditmanson has been honored for his service with Augsburg's Distinguished Alumni Award
as awards from the University of Minnesota Medical School and the governments of
Taiwan and Bangladesh.
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by Betsey Norgard
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ow does one aooroach the task ol
writlng the history ot a college? This was
a question I posed to Rick Nelson and Dave
Wood, authors of a soon-to-be-published
book, The Anderson Chronícles, a look inside
the Oscar A. Anderson and Charles S.
Anderson administrations at Augsburg
College, from 1963 ro 1997.
Nelson, professor emeritus of history and
recently retired after 32 years at Augsburg,
was approached by college officials shortly
after Charles Anderson retired in 1997. After
the work was commissioned, he recruited his
long-time friend and colleague David Wood,
who had taught English at the College for 13
years and who, in I976,had published a
collection of interviews with Augsburg
alumni, TellingTales out of School.
"We'd like to do something about
Augsburg in the news, about Augsburg
humor; we'd like to do interviews with the
presidents," Nelson proposed to thenacademic dean Marie McNeff, "and we'd like
to have something that would deal with the
growth and development of Augsburg, not
"We approochedit
with the ideø thøthistory
is to an institution or to society
as memory is to øn individual.
Ithelps us understand
who were are,
how we got there."
necessarily in brick and mortar .. . but mainiy
on the growth of the place as a college, as a
place of learning, as a place of community
and worship.
Professor Emeritus Richard Nelson (left) and former professor David
Wood (right) review final changes to the¡r book, The Anderson
Chronicles, which will be available at Homecoming.
"We approached it wirh the idea that
hlstory is to an institution or to society as
memory is to an individual," he said. "It
helps us understand who we are, how we
subject." Nelson added that they intend it
for both an audience that knciws Augsburg
got here. "
Nelson did the "heai.y lifting" (as Wood
all.
described it) in researching files,
publications, committee minutes, ietters,
memos, and other public documents. Wood
contributed interviews with the two
presidents emeriti and others who shaped
the iife of Augsburg during that period, as
well as chapters on other topics, some of a
light-hearted nature.
It is not a classical college history like
Professor Emeritus Carl Chrislock's
centennial histor¡ From Fjord to Freeway,
and lt is not chronological, said Wood. "l
think it's a book of essays on the same
Co1lege, but perhaps doesn't know
it
wel1,
and others who do not know Augsburg at
The Anderson Chronicles is being
published by Kirk House Publishers, and
will be available at a booksigning session
during Homecoming 2000, on October 7.
While the two-and-a-half-year project
may have been greater than either
anticipated, Nelson and Wood describe it in
terms of an opportunlty to tell Augsburg's
story from the heart.
"I told Marie [McNeff] that I was doing
it as an act of love-not as an act of faith or
act of hope, and certainly not one of
contrition, but one of love," said Nelson.
Wood wholeheartedly agreed.
lf you would líke to contribute to Auggie Thoughts, contact the edítor for submission guidelines.
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Oct. 6
For more inJonnatiott on any oJ these events,
call (612) 330-1265.
Anita Gay Hawthorne Jazz and Poetry Bash
Ocr.29
7 p.m.-Tjornhom Nelson Theatre, Foss
Center
Nov. 3-12
Honoring Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt
on his 75th birthday
7 p.m.-Wayzata Community Church,
Buried Child
by Sam Shepard, directed byJulie Bolton
Nov. 12
Faculty Recital, Angela Wyatt, saxophone
4 p.m.-Sateren Auditorium
Nov. 20
Concert Band in concert
7 p.m.-Central Lutheran Church, 333 South
Performances: November 3,4,9,10, 1l at 7
p.m., November 5 and 12 at2:00 p.m.
ljornhom-Nelson Theatre, Foss Center
Dec. B ancl
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Everyman
directed by Kirsten Solem
7 p.^., lornhom-Nelson Theatre, Foss
Center
12th St., Mlnneapolis
Nov.
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Exhibits
For gallery int'omntion, call (612) 330-1524.
Concert
Gage Family Gallery hours: Mon.- FrL.,9 a.m.- 9 p.m;
Sat.,9 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Sun., noon - 5 p.m.
Dec.
1
Velkommen Jul
li a.m.-3 p.m., Christensen Center
Dec. 1 and 2
Advent Vespers
Dec. 1-6 and 9 p.m., Central Lutheran
Church, 333 South 12 St., Minneapolis
Dec.2-5 and B p.m., Central Lutheran
Church,333 South 12 St., Minneapolis
Dec. 10
Sept.B-Oct.
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"lslamic Prayer Rugs: A Creed in Color"
Sacred Arts Exhibition Series
Gage Family Art Gallery, Lindell Library
Opening reception, Sept. 8, 6-9 p.m.
Nov. 3-Dec. 14
"Black, White, and Red All Over"
Lee Anne Swanson
Gage Family Gallery, Lindell Library
Opening reception, Nov 3, 6-9 p.m.
4 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
Seminars, Lectures, and Films
Däc. B ancl 9
Sept.
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Annual Benefit Concert and Silent Auction,
lllus. lecture on William Gilbert, physician
Center for Global Education
Featuring Marty Haugen and Mary Preus
to Queen Elizabeth l, and author of the
first scientific study of magnetism.
7p
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Hoversten Chapel
David Stern, theoretical physicist, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
7
p.^
, Location TBA
For information, call (6L2) 330-1067.
Theatre
Sept. 24
2000 Christensen Symposium
Scenes ftom Galileo, by Bertolt Brecht
7 p.m.-Foss Center
1l a.m.-Convocation on Galileo,
Hoversten Chapel
For information, call (612) 330-II80.
Oct. 19-20
"God after Darwin"
John Haught, Landegger Distinguished
Professor Theology, Georgetown University
Oct. 19, 7 p.m.-Public Lecture, Hoversten
Chapel
I I a.m.-Convocation, Hoversten Chapel
For information, call (612) 330-1180.
Oct.24
10:30-1
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Oct. 30
The Rev. Mitri Raheb, Christmas Lutheran
Church in Bethlehem, Palestine
10 a.m., Hoversten Chapel
Nov 9-10
"History of Scientific Creationism"
Ronald Numbers, William Coleman Professor
of History of Science and Medicine, University
of Washinton
Nov. 9, 7 p.m.-Public Lecture, Hoversten
Chapel
Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-Convocation, Hoversten
Chapel
For information, call (612) 330-t 180.
Jazz Ensemble Concert
For ticket information, call the Center for
Global Education, (612) 330-1159.
Hoversten Chapel
The Rev. Jean Vanier, founder of the
UArche Community
Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Music
7 p.m.-Sateren Auditorium
Sept. 25, 7 p.m.-Evening Convocation,
Sept. 26,
Masterworks Chorale of Augsburg College
Wayzata
Sept. 24, 7 p.m.-Readings from Bertolt
Brecht's Galileo, Foss Center
Sepr. 24-26
2000 Christensen Symposium
"Changing Cosmologies and the Church"
Owen Gingerich, senior astronomer,
Smithsonian Astrophysicai Observatory, and
professor of astronomy and of the history of
science, Harvard University
Other Events
Oct. 5-B
Homecoming 2000
"Rememberlng Old Main: 100 Years,100
Memories"
See
calendar of events on p. 23.
Oct. 15
Augsburg Sunday in area churches
For information, call (612) 330-1732.
Dec.
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lI a.m.-3 p.m., Christensen Center, featuring
Scandinavian treats and Hardanger fiddle
music
HoxonrNc rHE 2000 DrsrrNcursngD AlurlrNr
Oscar A. Anderson'38, David Cherwien'79, Ellen (Stenberg)
Erickson'51, and Annette (Hoversten) Hanson'68
Snlur-rNc rHE Golo¡N ANNlvrnsARy
Cless oF 1950
and the reunion classes of 1960, L975, and 1990.
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Those last few lazy, hazy, crazy days
reparing ths lall issue brings home
the realiLy that summer is nearly
gone. Poet Elinor Wylie described thls
time of year as "summer, so much too
beautiful to stay"; and we also must
come to grips with the ephemerality of
lhe season, as hot and ... Show more
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Those last few lazy, hazy, crazy days
reparing ths lall issue brings home
the realiLy that summer is nearly
gone. Poet Elinor Wylie described thls
time of year as "summer, so much too
beautiful to stay"; and we also must
come to grips with the ephemerality of
lhe season, as hot and dry as this one
has been in Minneapolis.
Life is differenl on campus during
the summer. As most students and many
faculty depart for travel, research, work,
or vacatÌon, completely different
populations arrive to keep our residence
halls and buildings full.
In this issue, we look at life at
Augsburg during the summer, for a
couple of reasons. One is to illustrate
Augsburg's outreach to populations other
than our college-age students-junior
high and high school students, church
groups, educators, and other
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organizations. Photos from their campus
activities tell their stories.
PIus, many ol our own communit-y
who are not here these three months
miss the chance to see the campus at its
most beautiful, when flowers surround
the benches and the canopy of trees in
the quad offers a welcomed respite from
the ci.ty's heat.
After hearing a number of comments
on how especially beautifui the campus
looks this summer, we invited the
Augsburg community to wander around
with cameras and capture on film the
places or settings that were especially
appealing to them. See our feature called
"Home Sweet ... Campus."
Lest we bestow too much attentlon
on place, we are reminded on our
Auggie Thoughts page thal the real
future of this College is not in a splendid
campus, but in the "nurture of
distinctive attitudes toward truth and
life, toward God's good creation, and His
beloved human famÌ1y"
This was written by President
Emeritus Oscar A. Anderson tn a I976
column in which he eloquently discusses
the impact on Augsburg made by his
predecessor, Bernhard M. Christensen.
We reprint thls column as we mark
the t00th anniversary of the birth of
Christensen in October.
Enjoy the few remaining days of this
"too beautiful" season.
Ww
Betsey Norgard
Letters to
the editor
¡F ongratulations on your great innerL.ity involvemenl program, especially
on the Cedar-Riverside School and the
Tiinity Lutheran Church Wednesday Night
Out program. These are "textbook
examples" of the kinds of things that make
for real social change and lasting peace
and understanding in the world.
It was for the same reason that as an
Augsburg undergraduate my reaction to
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interaction. I don't know how long the
program lasted after I left but I've kept up
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a half
million-
dollar grant by the
WM
Keck
Foundation of Los
Angeles to support
the development of
statistical literacy
Prof'Miloschield
as an
interdisciplinary
curriculum in the liberal arts. This
interdiscipiinary project will help bridge
the gap between formal mathematical
statistics and informal critical thinking,
beiween experimental studies and
observational studies in the physical
sciences, and between the sociai sciences
and the humanities.
The goal of this project is to reform
the teachÌng of statistics to include the use
of observationaliy based statistics. Milo
Schield, business administration professor,
is the project leader and organizer of the
proposal.
This is the first time the WM. Keck
Foundation, one of the top national
science funding foundations, has awarded
a grant to Augsburg College.
John Knight, director of corporate and
foundation relations, calls this "groundbreaking" for the College. Guided and
driven by Augsburg 2004, Augsburg has the
opportunity to forward its vision through
this project, create a new dlscipline that
informs and is informed by orher academic
disciplines, and extend the value of this
work to instructors across the U.S.
During the three-year project, Schield
will be responsible for writing a statistical
iiteracy text that is useful to students and
usable by faculty in various disciplines.
There will also be a phase for training
teachers and testing materials. Elght other
faculty members will be team-teaching
wirh schield.
This project will introduce new ways
of thinking about age-old problems in
statistical education and ultimately in al1
ol undergraduate education,
Augsburg Concert Band tours lreland
StalJ photo
fhe 65-member Augsburg
I Con..tt Band toured ]reland
for 12 days in May, perlorming
aL
schools, churches, and pubs. Led
by Professor Robert Stacke'71,
the tour also included
performances by the Augsburg
JazzEnsemble and Gospel Praise.
The tour wasn't all
performances. "We really tried to
build the students not just in
performance, but educationally as
well," Stacke said. Guided
The Augsburg Concert Band performs at Colaiste
informational tours in Derry
Muire School, a secondary school for girls in Ennis,
Dublin, and Calway were just a
Augsburg student band members Brendan
few of the stops along the way
Anderson and Ben Duane were also played
This tour, "Music of the Americas,"
For photos of the Augsburg Concert
featured works by composers throughout
Band in lreland, r,rsit <www.augsburg.edu/
the Americas (including ArgentÌna, Mexico,
music/lreland>.
Cuba, and the U.S.). Compositions by
September 23-24,2001
"Global and Local Neighbors:
Christian Faith across Cultures"
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Symposium features
a leading scholar of
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Dr. Lamin Sanneh,
the D. WillisJames .
Dr. Lamin Sanneh
Professor of
Missions and World
Christianity at Yale University
A naturalized U.S. citizen, he was
educated on four continents. He has been
actively involved in Yale's Council on
African Studies and is an editor-at-large of
the ecumenical weekl¡ The Christian
Century. His work includes more than
100 articles on religious and historical
subjects, and several books.
This year's Christensen Symposium
features a musical worship celebration on
Sunday, Sept. 23, with choirs from global
cultural traditions. Dr. Sanneh will
present the homily FollowÌng this service,
conversations about global Christianity
will continue in smaller groups.
Sunda¡ September,
23-
"Celebrating Christianity in Global Cultures"
3:30 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
Musical worshlp celebration with
choirs stemming from Liberia, lndia,
Oromia, Latin America, the Hmong
tradition, and the Agora Ministries
Choir. Homily by Dr. Lamin Sanneh.
5 p.m.-Foss Center
Group conversations, "Getting to Know
Our Neighbors: A New World to
Explore." Join discussion with
Christians from different parts of the
world.
6 p.m.-East Commons, Christensen Center
Light supper-RS\? to
Monda¡ September
6
l2-330-1 160.
24-
"Race, Culture, and Chrìstian Mission"
10 a.m., Convocation-Hoversten Chapel,
Foss Center
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The Maroon & Silver Society leads the way
Aîi*tï.ffiïTffiiî:;::T'
In appreciation for their
leadership opponunity for Augsburg
alumni and friends to help current
students. Maroon 6¡ Silver Society donors
pledge to sponsor an Augsburg
scholarship for four years, with gifts
ranging from $1,000 to more than
$10,000 per yeat.
Augsburg College has steadfastly
maintained its commitment to keeping an
Augsburg education affordable for the
broadest range of diverse and talented
students. Toda¡ 81 percent of Augsburg
students receive some form of financial
assistance, made possible in part by the
generosity,
generous financial commitment of
Maroon 6¡ Silver Society members.
"The Maroon 6¡ Silver Society is the
College's highest fundraising priority,
needed to create a solid foundation of
annual financial suppoft essential to
attracting and retaining outstandi.ng
meet students
benefiting from
students," explains Donna Mclean,
director of The Augsburg Fund, the
College's annual fund. "Charter members
of the Maroon & Silver Society encourage
others to join them Ìn building the 'living
endowment' provided by an annual
Augsburg continues to provide students
with an academic and spiritual
foundation that not oniy prepares them
for their life's work, but also to lead as
thoughtful citizens," say Maroon 6¡ Silver
Society members Philip '79 and Julia
(Davis) '79 Styrlund. "We are committed
fund."
Maroon 6¡ Silver
Society members
will be invited to
special Maroon 6q
Silver events and
receive special
updates from the
president on the
College's
progress.
Members will
also have the
opportunity to
their support at
an annual event.
"As alums,
we are proud to
watch
President and Mrs. Frame hosted the Maroon & Silver Society
inaugural event in June at Augsburg House. (L to R) Mert Johnson
'59, JoAn Johnson, President Frame, Anne Frame, Normâ Hall, and
John Paulson.
as
to doing our part to insure that today's
dynamic and talented students have the
same opportunity we had to obtain an
outstanding education at Augsburg."
For information, call Donna Mclean,
director of The Augsburg Fund, at 612330-1179 or I-800-273-0617; or send
e-mail to <mclean@augsburg.edu>.
YFI hosts church leaders
F\r. Martrn Martv
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featured speakers at
the Youth and
Family Institute's
fourth annual
Augsburg and the StepUP program volunteer advisory board
will recognize Tad and Cindy Piper for their leadership gift
toward an endowed position in the StepUP program at a
special event on Oct. 26, at7 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel. Earl
Hightower, noted authority on addiction intervention and
international
ecumenical
conference this
summer, which
brought 155 people
treatment coordination, will be the keynote speaker.
Augsburg's StepUP program is one of only three such
programs in the country and unique in several aspects. lt
assists Augsburg students in recovery from alcohol and drug
addiction in achieving academic success.
For ticket information, call Kara Malmgren after Sept. 1
612-330-1405.
from nine major
denominations,
representing six
countries.
at
The Rev. Martin Marty
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Around the Quad
The 2001 -O2 Augsburg Convocation Series
Race: Dividing and Uniting
f
he lace and shapc ol American society
I is radically ehanging. While racinl
issues have and still do drvrde us and
deserve serious attention, we look for
ways to embrace racial diversity in one
socì.ety and internationally that champion
freedom, justice, compasslon, and
Monday, October 22, 200'l
"Counting incidents or Telling Tiagedies?
Writing the History of Worklng Class Race
Relations"
10 a.m., ConvocatÌon-Hoversten Chapel,
Foss Center
equality of opportunity.
November 15*16,2001
THE 2OO1 CHRISTENSEN SYMPOSIUM
"The Influence of Afro-American Culture
on American Music"
September 23-24,2001
"Global and Local Neighbors: ChrÌstian
Faith across Cultures"
Sunday, September,23
3:30 p.m., Musical worship, Hoversten
Thursda¡ November 15
7 p.*., AugsburgJazz Ensemble Concert
Frida¡ November
16
10 a.m., Convocation-Hoversten Chapel,
Chapel, Foss Center-"Celebrating
Foss Center
Christianity in Global Cultures"
Dr. William C. Banfield, Endowed Chair in
Humanities and Fine Arls, associate
professor of music, and director of the
American Cultural Studies Program at the
UniversÍty of St. Thomas. He will use the
Jazz Ensemble to illustrate the role of
Black music in shaping American identity.
5 p.m., Group conversations, Foss
Center-"Getring to Know Our
Neighbors: A New World to Explore"
6 p.-., Light supper, East Commons,
Christensen Center
Monday, September 24
10 a.m., Convocation, Hoversten Chapel,
Foss Center-"Race, Culture, and
Christian Missìon"
Dr. Lamin Sanneh, D. WlllisJames
Professor of Missions and World
Christianity and professor of hÌstory, Yale
University, with choirs represenLing
cultural groups from around the world.
Monday, October 8, 2001
"An Evening with Maya Angelou"
7:30 p.m.-Melby Cymnasium
Dr. Maya Angelou, award-winning poet,
educator, historian, actress, p1a1'wright,
civil rights activist, producer, and
director.
General admission tickets are available
Sept. 15 from TicketWorks at
<wwwticketworks.com> or 6L2-3433390. Free admission for Augsburg
students, faculty, and staff.
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Monday, January 21, 20Oz
"HealÌng the Violence of Racism"
Chapel, Foss Center
Nontombi Naomi Tutu is program
coordinator, Race Relations Institute at
Fisk Unlversit¡ and instrucior in the
School of Education, University of
Connecticut-Storrs, and is the third
daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tìrtu
Wednesday, February 27, 2002
"The Changing Face of Minnesota and the
Twin Cities: The Contribution and
Consequences of RaceÆthnicity from the
Census 2000"
l0
Cultural Quest"
1 1: 15 a.m., MinÌ-convocation-Hoversten
Chapel, Foss Center
Theater Mu, the premier Asian American
theatre company in the Miclwest, will
present taího, the ancient Japanese
expression ol communal unÌt¡ and a
theatre piece explorÌng issues of Asian and
Asian American identity.
THE 2OO2 BATALDEN SEMINAR IN
APPLIED ETHICS
April4-5,2002
"Affirmative Action: Rethinking the
Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation:
I p.m.,-Hoversten
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
"Theater Mu: Drumming, Ritual, and
a.m., Convocation-Hoversten Chapel,
Foss Center
Claims olJustice"
Thursda¡ April4
"Affirmative Action: Solution or Problem?"
7
p.^., Public lecture-Hoversten
Chapel,
Foss Center
Friday,
April5
'Justice over Time: The Fathers Have
Eaten Sweet Grapes and Their Children's
Teeth Are Set on Edge"
10 a.m., Convocation-Hoversten Chapel,
Foss Center
ll
a.m., Panel discussion
Dr. Darryl Trimiew, dean of Black church
studies andJohn Price Crozer Professor of
Christian Social Ethics, Colgate Rochester
Divinity SchooV Crozer Theological
Seminary He will examine the changing
attitude toward affirmative action and why
justìce is best understood as an ongoing
process over
time.
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and open to the public.
F or
inf orntation, c all
6 1 2 -3 3 0 - 1 1
80.
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a.m., Panel discussion
Dr. Tom Giliaspy, Minnesota stâte
demographer
Fall 2OOf
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Masterworks Chorale sings Martin Lutherthe opera
by Maria rhompson
and have worked with him. Plus, the opera
needs a good-size chorus."
Staglng the U.S. prerniere of Luther at
Central Lutheran Church is no accident.
The production was designed with Central
specifically in mind. "I have visited Central
many times while participating in past
Reformation Festivals," said Tikka. "The
congregational singing was tremendous. I
had never heard anything like it! From
1996 on I had visions of creating
something for Central. Lutlrcr ishighly
inspirecl by this wonderful church which is
at irs best when crowded with spirit-filled
1J*rongtlt to put the two together. But
spend a few minutes with Karì Tikka or
Gracia Grindal and you'll think differently.
Their passion for the Luther production lets
you know that this is something
extraordinary. lt highlights the remarkable
story of Martin Luther, his struggles, loves,
and all-out battles with Satan. The U.S.,
Englishlanguage premiere, wili be at
Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis,
Ocl25-27.
Kari Tikka, a conductor with the
Finnish National Opera, composed,
condr¡cts, and co-wrote the libretto for
Luther. Gracia Grindal '65, professor of
rhetoric at Luther Seminary, serves as the
.translator and artistic director for the U.S.
premiere. Composed originally in Finnish,
the production prerniered in Helsinki,
Finland, to sold-out performances and
excellent reviews in December 2000.
The six Finnish National Opera
prÌncipals lrom this production will
perform in Minneapolis, joined by
Augsburg's Masterworks Chorale and a
26-piece orchestra. For Masterworks,
Augsburg's choÌr of alumni, students, and
cclnrnrunrty lriends. Lhis is a rare
opportunity. "The connection with Gracia
and our Lutheran heritage makes this a
perfectly natural ht," says Peter
Hendrickson '76, director of Augsburg
choral activrties, "and I l<now Kari Tikka
Fall 2001
<www.luthersem. edu/Luther>.
Mana Thompson is director
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cotnmunication
at Luther Seminary.
voices."
¡F\pera. Luther. You may have never
Luther Seminary's 2001 Reformation
Festival. It is presented by Luther
Seminary, Central Lutheran Church,
Augsburg College, the Finnish National
Opera, and Lutheran Brotherhood.
Tickets can be ordered through
TicketWorks-$ 12.50 for general
admission, and $10 for students and
seniors. Visit <www.tlcketworks.com> or
call 612-343 -3390. For additional
inlormation on Luf he r, visit
Tikka had been thinking about a
production on Martin Luther for quite
some time and is convinced that Luther
has a lot to say to those of us in the 2lst
century. "This theme-Luther-has been in
my mind for more than 20 years," he said.
"Luther's theology has been vitally
important to me. Salvation is 100 percent
God's gift. Faith, too, is a gift. After reading
much of Luther 7 realized I had gone
through similar tnals and tribulations. I
wrote thÌs opera so that many would hear,
see, and understand that God in his son
Jesus has gone through all of our battles
and won for us llberty."
Unlike most operas, the audience is
encouraged to sing along in Luther.
Between scenes the audiences sing
several of Luther's hymns.
Congregational choirs will be "planted"
throughout the sanctuary to lead the
singing.
Although Luther's theology and
life story have been in print for
nearly 400 hundred years, this is a
first in the form of an opera.
"Opera is a wonderlul way to tell
stories," said Tj.kka. "It's not only
music. It's also theater. It's visuallÌghts, costumes, sets-and it's llve.
Opera can touch the mind and
soul in ways that words alone
cannot. At its best, opera can be
psychoanalysis or pastoral care."
Luther is the centerpiece of
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Martin and Katie Luther are portrayed by Finnish
National Opera singers in the production to be staged
at Central Lutheran Church in October,
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AUGSBURG COLLEGE WELCOMES
four dynamic women to camplls ¡his fall:
Sarah Weddington, the attorney who
snccessfully argued Roe y. Wade before the
U.S. Supreme Court; Dr. Maya Angelou,
accLaimed author, poet, actor, and activist;
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a psychosexual
therapist; and Judy Shepard, mother of
hate crime victim Matthew Shepard.
Built around issues of diversity, the
"Women in Action" speaker series is
sponsored by the Augsburg Student
Activities Councrl (ASAC), with support
"WOMEN IN ACTION"
For times and location, see the calendar on the inside back cover
Tuesda¡ September
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Sarah Weddington
"Some Leaders are Born Women"
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from other campus departments and
Monda¡ October
Anthony Shane Florìst. The four women
bring messages of strength and action to
their presentations-Maya Angelou's
Dr. Maya Angelou
"An Evening with Maya Angelou"
Ticket info: www.ticketworks.com or 612-343-339O
creative gifts and experience, Judy
Shepard's message of tolerance, Sarah
Weddington's articulation of leadership
roles for women, and Dr. Ruth's humorous
treatment ol contemporary issues.
The events are free and open to the
public, with the exception of Angelou's
presentation. Tickets for "An Evening with
Maya Angelou" are available through
TicketWorks, 612-343 -3390 or
<www. ticketworks.com>.
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Tuesda¡ November 6
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
"Sexually Speaking with Dr. Ruth"
Thursday, December 6
Judy Shepard
"The Legacy of Matthew Shepard"
Social Work
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students visit
Slovenia
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Six Augsburg graduate and
undergraduate social work students
spent two weeks in Slovenia with
Professor Laura Boisen studying family
and child welfare services as compared to
those in the U,S. Next summer Slovenian
students will come to Augsburg as part
of the ongoing partnership with the
University of tjubljana.
Pictured in the dining room of Prof. Gabi
Cacinovic Vogrincic are: (back row, L to R)
Prof. Lea Bohinc, University of Ljubljana;
Prof, Laura Boisen; Erika Rosted; Tanja
Medvesek; Charley Price; Nin Sadovsky,
Simona Hrvatin; (front row, L to R) Kristy
Bleichner; Lyra Peterson; Prof, Vogrincic;
Tina Mihic; Dragana Kojic; Robin Hesser,'
(kneeling) Rachel Olson; V¡oleta Potocnik.
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A conversation with Maya Angelou
by Thomas B, Howard, tr,,'O2
RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE
to speak with Dr. Maya Angelou
in anlicipation ol her visil Lo
Augsburg. Excerpts lrom that
conversation follow.
TH: My first question ... what do you
leel is one o[ the most important issues
facing today's college student?
MA: There is a full length of issues and it
is hard to say which is most important. I
think we are in a kind ol moral crisis in
our countr)¿ Young men and women have
had a scarcity ol people to pattern after;
that is, role rnodels are few and far
between when 1t comes to morality I will
probably speak at length about heroes and
sheroes because I think people live in
direct relation to whom they have access.
And, I'm sorry to say, a number of young
people have chosen as their rnentors and
role models mega stars-a lot of people
who are featured in the tablords and on
the silver screen and so for¡h. Quite often
those are people who wouldn't give a fig if
those young people lived or died.
So, my encouragement is to look in
the family, look in the church, look in the
synagogue, in the temple; look around the
school, Iook in history for people who had
enough courage to live lives that mean
something ... [a lifel that 1s uplifting and
encouraging and healing. I think that that
'is one of the crises.
TH: Many students go to school
thinking "I am going to school so I can
get a job," not "I'm going to school to
learn a vocation." What are your
thoughts on vocation versus just getting
a job, and how have you defined your
vocation?
The young
man or woman
a
who follows her
passion or follows
his heart is more
likely to succeed
than the person
who follows the
paycheck. If you
find something
you love to do
and you stay in
school and you get the training in how to
do it, then it is likely you will succeed,
and in every way That is following the
passion. Reall¡ it is likely you will do well
financially and in other tangible ways il
you follow your heart and your passion.
That is when vocation really is your
calling-it is more than a 1ob.
fauna. So arnong human beings there is
diversity among looks and personality
and attitudes. It is wonderful to have
those, we are enrichecl. We are made to
see ourselves and others, rnade to see
ne\M things. To hear new ways of
describing the sunrise makes you see
the sunrise with a dilferent value.
We should have it in our lives and
understand that the tapestry of iife is
made up of many colors and threads.
No color is rnore valuable than the
other or less. No thread more precious
or less than the other. They all make up
the tapestry of life.
TH: Diversity has become al¡uzz t-errn
lately and in some ways may become a
cliché. How do you define diversity and
MA: My encouragement would be to
give out a song-a spirirual, which is
There is a BaIm in Gilead. It's wonderful.
(Singinþ There is abalm tn Gilead, to heal
s
s
what role does it play in a human being
becoming more tolerant?
MA: Just the use of the word has reduced
what it originally meant, much like love,
I'm sorry to say Love is the most powerful
condition on the planet and maybe in the
universe. I love those socks. I love that
sitcom. It is sad that diversity has fallen
prey l-o that as wel1.
The truth is, it is in diverslty that we
enrich our lives. That is true in one family,
it's true in a house. Il we had a house that
had one color, the interior one color, and
no rellef 1n sight, it would just run us
rnad. If we ate the same meals at breakfast,
dinner, and supper-I knoq I seem to be
reducing the large meaning to something
that is meaning less, but i am afraid it is
TH: What guidance would you offer
college-age students who are fearful
of change and yet have the desire to
help others and to make a difference?
the sin sich soul. There is a balm tn Gtlead,
to make the wounded whole, to mahe the
wounded whole. If vou cannot preachlihe
Jesus, and cannot singlihe Paul, you can
tell the world of Jesus and say he díed t'or
all. There is abalm ín Gilead.
I did not thrnk of the verse as
much as I thought ol the refrain-there
is a balm, the idea is in their coming to
a place where they can find the ba1m,
which can heal not only their sÌtuation,
but prepare them to heal the world. I
-Thomas
Howard'02 is a senior in
social worh and is the major events chair
the Augsburg Stu(lent Activities
Council, co-commissioner o.f Queer and
Straight in Unity, and a McNair Scholar.
for
not meaningless.
MA: I have many I am happy to say I am
writer, that's how I deline myselI, br-lt on
the other hand I am a teacher. I used to
think I was a writer who could teach, but
over the last few years I think I am a
teacher who writes. I do love to teach.
Fall 2001
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We physÌcally and intellectually and
spintually need diversity. God has
For the complete interview, visit the Now
Ortline at <www augsburg. edu/now>.
provided us with the diversity of the
seasons and the diversity of flora and
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Swenson earns top coach
honors, named to new
athlgtic position
byDon stoner
ïen to earn
Athletic Hall of
Fame honors
by Don Stoner
Chafles
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ugsburg College wrestling
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Ar
r coach
,,,r, r-rr. Swenson has
Flheacl
Jell
the annual Athletic Hall of Fame banquet.
Ten former Auggre student-athletes will be
inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame:
received both honors and a new
job this summer.
InJuly, Swenson, who has
coached the Auggie wrestling team
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to seven NCAA Division III
national championships in the last
11 seasons, was named Lutheran
College Coach of the Year by the
Lutheran Brotherhood financial
services firm.
"While there are
a
lot of
Lutheran
rr
colleges' lew nave Deen aDle^to
matchJeff's team tradition of
winning champlonships while
Augsburg wrestling head coach Jeff Swenson (center)
watches the action, along with assistant coaches John
Pena, Dan Lewandowski (to swenson's left), and Scott
whiriey (to Swenson,s right) during the MtAc Team
Duals at Augsburg in February.
successful coaches at
maintaining academic success," said
Swenson was inducted into the Augsburg
David Angstadt, Lutheran Brotherhood's
cnrel marKetrng olïlcer, ln presentlng
-, --- - o tne
'
nonor to t*tttlt
^ ,, nameq
ln /î'ugust, tne LoLlege
5wenson to a newly-crealecl posrtron ol"
lnre'm asslsranr oean 1or arnle*cs ano
recreatron. In [nls posil"ron, >wenson will
.
super\nse tne mens ano womens atnletrc
departments, along with the athletic
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lacrlrtres deparlmen[. He wlll retarn nrs
wresttlng nead-coacnrng responsrDrlrtres,
but wil give up responsibirities as assistan,
athletic direcLor and College
-o-strength
o and
conclltlonlng coacn
A,1979 Augsburg graduate, Swenson
was nameo wresllrng neact coacn rn 19öu,
and has coached at Augsburg lor 19
seasons (1980-84, l986-present). He
received his master's degree in health from
the university of Minnesota in 1982.
Collese AthLetic HalL ol Fame in 1999.
During his coaching tenure, Augsburg
has earned an NCAA-recorcl seven Division
national championships, and has
finished in the top lour in Lhe naLion 16
times. includins the last l3 seasons in a
row Aussburs has won the Minnesola
TII
Intercollegiate Athletic conference
wrestlinq title l8 times under Swenson, has
linished in the toD lour in the NCAA
Division iII national tournament in each of
the last I 3 seasons, and finished in the top
20 nationally every year since 1971. He
has earned National wrestiing coaches
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.
.
Dick Bain'80 (men's hockey)
Jeff Blixt '77 (wrestling)
Greg Boone '81 (men's basketball)
John Fahlberg'68 (football, baseball)
Julie (Goldstein) Yeazle'83 (women's
basketball, softball)
Ronnie Henderson'Bl (men's basketball)
Wllliam Lundgren'73 (men's hockey,
footbali)
Phil Olson '76 (men's soccer)
Carolyn Ross '89 (women's track
and field)
Karen (Sterner) Engel'87 (women's
track and field)
The Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame
was established in 1973 to recognize male
athletes who made special contributions to
the Coliege's athletlc history In 1989,
female athletes were first inducted into the
hall. Recipients are chosen each year on the
basis of performance in Augsburg athletics,
service to the school, civic and professional
achievements, and leadership.
a
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Association (NWCA) Division lll National
coach of the Year honors five times (1983'
I
1991' 1995' 1998' and 2000)'
-Don
stoner is sports ínformation coordinator
Dedication of Edor Nelson Field o Sat., Sept. 22, at 1 p.m. r Augsburg v5. St. John's University
Pre-game brunch and program, 10 a.m., Christensen Center
For information, call Norm Okerctrom, 612-330-1616
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Dedication during game halftime
,',
Edor Nelson '39 in a baseball
coaching photo from the 1950s.
Fall 2001
Top student-athletes earn awards
I n May, live Auggies earned Honor Athlctc
I clcsignation, the highest honor the
pnrt ol three Division liI
national title tearns. A
College gives its senior student-athletes.
ln addition, Augsburg Leadership in
Women's Athletics awards were awarded to
seniors Brenda Selander and Cassi Van
Ausdall, and earning Augsburg Male
Athlete o[ the Year honors were Ben Bauer
management
ancl Ryan Mclntosh.
Athletic awards are voted on by
coaches in Augsburg's men's and women's
information systems
major with a 3.0 GPA,
Lewandowski earned
National Wrestling
Coaches Association
Scholar All-America honors twice, and was
team co-captain his junior and senior
seasons.
athletic departments.
2000-01 Augsburg Honor Athletes
Todd Boerboom-
vol1eybal1 and women's
hockey, Rieger earned
A11-MIAC honors twlce
A four-year starter
and Lutheran
1n
football, Boerboom was
a team co-captain his
senior year. A
marketing and
management double
major with a 3.652
grade-point-average, Boerboorn earned
MIAC Academic All-Conference honors
three times, and Verlzon Academic Al1District honors twice.
Jaime
Kingsley-
A team leader in
women's basketball and
cross country, KÌngsley
was a team co-captain
rn both sports her
senior year. In cross
country, she was the
team's consistent No. 4 runner, as well as a
rnember of the track and fieid team for two
years. ln basketball, Kingsley earned AllMIAC first-team honors. An Augsburg
President's Scholar and biology (pre-med)
major with a 3.8 GPA, Kingsley earned
MIAC Academic All-Conference Honor
Roll honors three times. She was a Verizon
Academlc All-District first-team selectÌon in
basketball this season.
Nik Lewandowski earned four AllAmerica honors and four MIAC individual
championshrps, a feat just three other
Auggies have ever accomplished. He was a
Fall 2001
Angie Rieger-An AllMIAC selection in both
Brotherhood Lutheran
College All-Amerlca
mention
honors her senior year.
honorable
hocke¡
Rieger holds every
In women's
single-season ancl career scoring record. She
earned All-Amerlca honors three times and
National Player ol the Year finalist honors
twÌce, in addition to being named MIAC
Player of the Year herjunior and senior
years. An international business major with
a 3.8 GPA, RÌeger earned MIAC Academic
All-Conference Honor Roll honors three
times in both volieyball and hockey, and
became the first Augsburg student-athlete to
earn Verizon Academic All-District firstteam honors in two sports in a single school
year, in volleyball and falVwinter at-large
(hockey) Ìn 1999-00.
byDonstoner
2000-01 Augsburg Leadership in
Women's Athlet¡cs Award Winners
Brenda Selander-Augsbtirg's only threesport âthlele (women's soccer, hocke¡ and
softball), Selander was the team's leading
scorer three seasons in women's soccer,
earning AII-MIAC first-team honors her
senior season. She was a lorward for
Augsburg's wornen's hockey team and a
two-year starting centerfielder for the
softball team. A health and physical
eclucatlon major with a 3.3 GPA, Selander
served as a student-athlete mentor.
Cassi Van Ausdall-A four-year starting
outside hitter for the vo11eyball team, Van
Ausdall earned All-MfAC second-team and
Lutheran Brotherhood Lutheran College AllArnerica second tearn honors her senior
season. A history major wrth a 3.8 GPA, Van
Ausdall earned Verizon Academic All-District
second-team honors in volleybail her senior
year, in addition to MIAC Academic AllConference Honor Roll honors three times.
She is active in Augsburg's FellowshÌp of
Christian Athletes chapter.
2000-01 Augsburg Male Athletes
of
the Year
Ben Bauer-Bauer excelled in both
wrestling and track and field at Augsburg. ln
wrestling, he won a second Division III
national title this year, finlshlng 36-3, and
MIAC individual tLtles at hear,yweight three
tlmes in his career. In track and field, Bauer
Mike Schwalen-
competed in three drfferent weight
A four-year starting
disciplines-shot put, drscus, ancl weight
throw He is an elementary education major.
infielder for Augsburg's
baseball team, Schwalen
earned AII-MIAC
honors in 1999. A
business administration
major with a3.7 grade-
point average, Schwalen has earned MIAC
Academic All-Conference Honor Roll
honors tl-iree times, as well as earning
Dean's List honors each semester. He has
earned Verizon Academic All-DistricL
honors his last two seasons, inclr-rding firstteam honors this year.
Ryan Mclntosh-A four-time AII-MIAC
first-team selection in men's hockey, he
earned All-America honors his fi"eshman
year; he was MIAC Player of the Week fÌve
times and U.S. College Hockey Onllne
National Player of the Week twice. He
made his prolessional debut in April wÌth
the Quad Clty Mallards of the Unired
Hockey League bclorc retulning to
Augsburg to finlsh his biology studies. I
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most stuclents and many
faculty are
^way
for the
surnmer, the Augsburg
campus is far frorn quiet. Many younger students
spend time here-learning how to build Lego
robots, how to wrestle, studying the life of
Monarch butterflies, and playing 1oß of music. A
number of conferences also take place that bring
GEMS (Girls
church groups, international church leaders, and
advanced placement teachers to campus. Here are
some snapshots from summer 2001:
SuUMER
in
Engineering, Mathematics,
and Science)-Augsburg's summer portion
of a Minneapolis Public Schools program
that brings 100 young girls, grades 4-12, to
campus to explore problem-solving projects,
opportunities to present their work, and
ongoing mentoring.
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WRESTLING CAMP-800 elementary through
high school wrestlers attended two week-long
clinics, taught by world and Olympic champion
wrestler John 5mith.
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT INSTITUTE-Over 100 high school,
middle school, and junior high teachers spent a week honing
their skills in teaching advanced placement courses.
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LUTHERAN SUMMER MUSIC CAMP-160 high
school students from across the U.S. spent four
weeks in a musical and spiritual community,
taught by more than 60 faculty and staff.
GET READY!-A week-long camp for 4th-6th graders
from families with little college background. to learn
computer-driven Lego robotics projects, hosted by
Augsburg's library and information technology
department.
SunnuER IN THE CITY...
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ugsburg College's 23-ocre compus is bordered by on interstote highwoy on one
fuA
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äside, ond o mojor city ovenue on the other. This enclosure, combined with the
presence of Murphy Squore, Minneopolis's oldest pork, gives the compus q smolhown
feel, despite ils urbon oddress. Collecied here ore imoges of Augsburg in the summer,
when the compus's beouty provides q colorful bockdrop for reflection qnd relqxotion.
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Mihe Habennantt
ew benches ond flowers provide o respite ond ploce for
reflection (quite literolly) on lhe new Poutz Plozo in front
of Melby Holl (below)
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"1) O Elements," o sculpture by Henry Londe, wos o gift to the
LColl"g" from Honeywell, lnc. lt wos dedicoted in memory of
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Ronold K. Speed, vice president for public offoirs ot Honeywell
ond o regent ot Augsburg.
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rom miles oround, the Augsburg logo is now visible on
F the top of Mortensen Holl, thonks to the generosity of
the Lelond Sundet fomily, the Closs of I 999, ond Chuck
Gobrielson'ZZ (deceosed).
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THE APARTME
CAh4PLJS LTVI
FOR TODAY'S STI]DET\
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by Judy
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New Hall, which opened in 1999, establíshes
the western edge of Augsburg's campus and
is designed to complement the surrounding
neighborhood.
:
[-t emember what dorm room living was like 10, 20, 30 years
]</ ago-small, cramped rooms that you shared with a roommate
I\tJr two!), setting your alarm cloci< an hour earlier than everyone
eìse on the floor so you didn't have to wait in line to use the shower,
and eating every meal in the school cafeteria? While you still may see
the last remains of the old dorm room style of living, it is more likely
you will see a ne\M style of residence life on college campuses. Like the
legendary phoenix, student housing is risìng fresh and young from the
ashes of its former seif. Resident living on college campuses is evolving
to meet the changing life styles ol today's students, and Augsburg
College is at the cLrtting edge of this rebìrth.
The idea to build a new type ol housing at Augsburg in order to
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arrracr and retain students actually began back in I972-73 with the
construction of Mortensen Hall. Students were involved from the
planning stage on and said they did not want dormitory rooms. Rather,
they wanted apartment-style living, where they couÌd be more
independent. The building, a l5-story high rise, has 13 residential
floors, each with four one-bedroom and four two-bedroom
apartments-a total of 104 apartments housing 312 students.
Kari (Eklund) Logan, a 1982 graduate, said that one of ihe reasons
she chose to attend Augsburg was in part because of Mortensen.
"There were no other prìvâte colleges at that time with on-campus
apartments," Logan said.
In 1993, Augsburg went a step further i,vith the construction of
Anderson Hall, which contains one-person suites; four-person
apartments; eight-person, two-story townhouses, and l5-person
lloorhouses, which allow students in various interest groups or
academic majors to live together.
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Norv, Augsbrtrg has gone )'er anorher
step i,vith the operring rwo )/ears ago of
Ner'r,Hall (not ¡'et nar.r.recl). This housrng
complex olfers studenrs state-of-the-art
heating and air conditionìng, plr-rs lull
secllnt)r It features
ba1' windor,vs, nìne-
foot ceillngs, kitchens, and nnclergrouncl
parking. The br,rilding is fr-rlly ri lred
throughor-rt lor present and anticipated
l
I
needs
in computel technology.
Sorne
apartments e\¡en come lurnished.
David Graham, prÌncipal partner of
Elness Slvenson Graharn Architects, Inc.,
and a national expert on trends in
student housing, is one ol the deslgners
ol this new hall. He said that neighbors
lir,ing nearby like the Ìdea ol a
residential building defining the edges of
campus.
Neli, Ha1l was placed at the campus
edge to gil'e a leeling of off-campus
living, yet stil1 be close enough so
students can participate in academic ar-rc1
extracurricular activities and part-time
jobs. They have the option to sign fullyear leases, rnaking them true residents
of the nelghborhood. The ph1'siç¿l le6L
for the neighborhood was kept in mincl
when choosing the building materials,
which include residentiall), scalecl
elements, such as brick, stucco, and
architectural nretal.
C(ìl¡
t(
Elness Sr,r'enson
Graharn (ESG)
Architects are also
responsible for the
renovation ol
Sverdrup Hall,
clesign of the ner,v
Paulson Atrium-
Link, and the
upclating of the
Augsburg Campus
It4aster Plan,
oi
lvhich housing Ìs a
key part.
ESG's goal is to
der,elop student
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Tim Elness'89 (right) and David Graham (left) were part of the
Elness Swenson Graham architectural team that designed New
Hall as an apartment-style residence hall to encourage juniors
and seniors to stay on campus.
housing that focuses
on creating an academic village and
url:an diversit;', ¡¡. strengths ol the
College. "We'r'e beer-r tracking Augsburg
College for slx to se\¡en years, and
Augsburg has consistently been
exploring how to get more iuniors and
seniors to sta)¡ on campus," Graharn
saicl. "The goal has been to increase this
number and continue creating a high
quality ol lile to make the campus a
Iiving/learning village.
"lti r unique experience to come to
school and at the same tìrne har,e access
to all the amenities the clties have to
offer," Graham continued. "Augsburg
uses the Ti,vin Cities as a classroom and
an extension of its academic programs."
He saìd the1, þ¿.'. been researching
national trends in student housing ar-rc1
Augsburg is at the leading edge.
Research proves that rvhen a student
lives on campus all four years, they
pârticipate more in extracurricular
activÌties, develop more lasting
iriendships with classmates,
consistently earn higher grades, and are
more llkely to complete their degrees
successfully. Older students become
mentors to underclassmen, whlch
ultirnately impror,es the over-all college
experience.
Obviousl;', this plan has worked at
Augsburg. Ann Klarner, director of
residence life, saÌd that about 50 to 60
percent of Augsburg's da1, popuiation
s\' ¡rl'ESG Ari hilr'r ts
Elness Swenson Graham Architects are working with
Augsburg to develop a long-range master plan for the
Augsburg campus. Here, the concept of a student residence
quad gives the atmosphere of a neighborhood square.
Fall 2001
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FTJTURE TRENDS åN
RNSTNEI\ CE LTFT:
According to Graham, a ke;' lactor in
higher eclucation cnrrently' shaping
calnpus planning is the need to replace
physicalll' ancl fr,rnctionally obsolete
resiclential strllctlrres. lr4uch of the
housing ri'as built in the 1950s ancl
1960s ancl sirnpll, no longer meets the
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Some of the apartments in New Hall feature large corner windows and
spacious ceiling heights.
to a Ló percent higher
retention rate, partly due to the addition ol Ner,v Hall.
For Klamer, the value in residential lii,ing lies in the
opportunlties lo¡ students to siudy, plal', 11'e¡51-rip, and grou'
togelher. Augsburg Sen-rinar, the lreshman orientation
program, bases i¡s academic and extracurricular experiences
for lreshmen around the floor groups in Urness Hall.
nor,v ln'es on cal-rìpus, leading
Tim Elness, Elness Swenson Graham's director ol
development ancl a 1989 Augsburg graduate, r'vho was
invoh'ed in the planning oi New Hall, said that being an
alum has enabled him to brìng an rnsider's perspective into
the project.
"We wantecl to ìncrease a sense of place and encourage
junlor
the
and senior students to stay on campus," Elness
saicl. "Hower¡er, we don't wanl to do away with the
freshrnan experience ol dorm 1ife. That experience creates a
collegiate atmosphere."
Elness lived on camplls u'hen the "houses" lvere
still
a
part ol the living experience. For more than three clecades,
upperclass students could choose to live in a number of
residential houses on streets
surrounding the campus.
Manl' of the fondest alumni
memories and lifelong
lriendships developed as
students who livecl together
Happo
in the houses.
needs ol contelrporarl' sluclents.
Graham sees higher educatÌon
movir-rg tou'arcl increasÌr'rg the number
of resiclential students ancl a greater
\'.ìriet)' ol resitlential trppoltrrnities in
apartment-style living ollered to them
ftom lreshnlan through senior 1'earli,ithout the need [o commu[e. The
qualitl' oI r'esidential expcrience a
college or unir,ersity can offer r'i,ill be a
significant factor in student recruÌ[rng.
Features ol resiclential livrng that
Grahan-r envisions include stucly l-ralls
with a 24-hour "cyber café" r'vhere
laptops can be plugged in lrom any
location. The trend, he addecl, is lor
computer accessibility throughout
buildings, thus lessening the need lor
special computer 1abs. He also sees
more fitness centers, "grab and go" food
stores, and "lir,lng/learning" spaces. I
-Judy
Petree is n'tedie relatiotls nlanager.
G¡rls Drcam
Concerns for salety and
cost of maintenance were ihe
major factors that led to a
phasing out of house ìiving
as new residence halls u,ere
bui1t. N4an;' ol the l-rouses
have since been razecl to
make lvay for nerv College
buildings.
"The houses r,vorked r,vell
because they u'ere pliable,
ancl that is hou' the ner'r, hall
t:t"l
,:i.
works," sald Elness.
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Homecoming was an opportunity for the various houses to compete for
decorating honors. Here, the Kappa House girls show off their Peanuts cartoon
motif at Homecoming festivities during the 1960s.
Fall
2O01
By Amy Funk'03
Testins
I
vocal abilitv is
'
stand"ard fn. ,.'.,
student interested ín
slnging in Augsburg's
choirs, but vocal skills
testing for a band
member? While his
students were often
surprised, it made sense
to Mayo Savold, who
first tested students'
vocal ability before
hearing their
instrumental skills in an
audition.
A. Mayo Savold,
director of the Augsburg
College Band from 1952
until 1973, believed
that singing helped
band performers
appreciate instrumental
tone and balance.
"It was part of his
music philosophy-if
you can't sing, you can't
play a musical
instrument,"
says
Stephen "Gabe"
Gabrielsen'63,
professor of music at
Augsburg who was a
student of Savold's and
also taught with him.
Audiences weten't surprised during
concerts when band members belted
out a song, using their vocal cords
rather than instruments. Mayo Savold's
group became widely known as "the
singing band."
Besides turning band members into
vocalists, Savold made numerous other
contributions in the field of music,
helping establish the instrumental
department at Augsburg. Teaching and
conducting led Savold to innovations in
training and placement of instruments
in concert setting-ideas that became
widely known for improving the clarity
and unity of sound.
Savoid was born in Maddock,
N.Dak., in 1915, and by 1937 he was
ready for college life at Luther College
in Decorah, Iowa. Savold majored in
history and music, he directed
numerous choir and bands while in
co11ege, a small preview of what was to
come.
Soon after graduating from Luther,
Savold married Melba Woyen and
served in the U.S. Army from 1942-46.
Even war \Masn't enough to stop Savold's
love for music. At one time, he was
assigned to General MacArthur's
headquarters and conducted the
Headquarters Chapel Choir. \n 1944,
Savold brought Christmas to those in
the war. Via radio, he presented a
concert that was broadcast to fighting
fronts across the world. Through a
bombing raid and combat conditions,
Savold directed the choir and continued
with the performance. MacArthur is
reported to have said that if all fighting
men had the courage of these singers,
there would be nothing to worry about
for the rest of the war.
After military service, Savold taught
and directed music in a safer work
environment at Glenwood High School.
His success with the band and choir
there led to hls recruitment by
Augsburg College ín 1952 to do the
same here.
During his first yeat at Augsburg,
Savold developed the band from 28
members to a 55-piece organization that
became recognized natì.onally as one of
the best. Especially noted by audiences
was the precise, professional quality of
playing-something quite unique for a
college band of that time. Savold also
served as associate professor of music
and director of the Augsburg Repertoire
Band.
at Augsburg, Mayo Savold built the
into a nationally-respected musical
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travel by bus ovcr the Alaskan Highway.
Anolher famons tollr was the Jol-rn
F Iiennedy memorial toLrr in 196'1, to
tl-re late presrclent who was a strong
slrpporter ol tl-re arts. Mayo Savolcl later
hacl the honor- ol prcsenting a recorcling
flon] thal tour lo altorncy general
Robcrt
F. I(ennccly.
Savolcl retlred
tn I977 alter
25
)'e¡rs ol servicc at Augsburg ancl
I983 after a lengthy illtress.
t )n ()l tohcl' I ì. dLrring
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Music students spoke about the ability of Mayo Savold to inspire musical
self-expression and encourage their leadership skills.
Robert Stacke '71, current
band director and c1-rair ol the
Augsburg music department, was a
stuclent of Savold's in the late '60s
and never envisioned that he
rvoulcl follow in his footsteps.
"I highly respected him,"
Stacke says. "He really did so
much for this coilege. He
motivated us and iet us come to
the foreground wher-r we had
something to offer."
Savold was careful not to 1et
his group prodr,rction be mass
production. His desire was that
playrng in the Augsburg College
Band should lnspire the greatest
ptrssible indivitlrral parl i( il)atiorì,
sel l-dìsciplinc. rnd sel l-ex¡ression.
Str"essing that individuals believe
1n iheir abilities and take
leadership roles allowed Stacke to
start lhe jazz program while still a
college sludent.
Colleagr"res of Savold say that
he could rnspire any student
displaying even the slightest abilÌty
to play. His charm and inlectious
sense of humor were enolÌgh io
captÌvate students lo jorn band. "He
always had a sparkle in his eye," says
Gabrielsen. "He was always telling
funny stories" and had a "marvelous
abrlity to lead students."
Savold was also
l<norvn for his
famous band tours
throughout the
Upper Midwest and
c1iccl
in
l{omecoming ancl Family Week 2001,
jazz ancl concert hand mcmbers from
the last 40 years are invitecl to gather at
a leunion and concert ln tribute to
Mayo Savold. Bring lnstruments for a
proglam ol continental breakfast,
rehearsal, ancl a concert to be presenled
et Ìl a.m. in Hoversten Chapel. For
adclitional information, see the
Homecomrng brochure clr call thc
alumni/parent relatlons office at
612-330-1178 or 1-800-260-6590
-Amy
Funh'03 is o jtu'tior majorLng
in
English.
a
l,
!
west. One "exotic"
trip came in 1960
when the Ar"rgsburg
College Band was
chosen as the official
bancl of the Alaskan
Music Festival.
After a sllmmer
tour throughout
Canada and Alaska,
the band presentecl
the opening concert
celebrating the first
year of Alaskan
statehood. This band
lvas also the first
college band to
After the band tour in memorial to John F. Kennedy, band director
Mayo Savold presented the tour recording to then-attorney general
Robert
F.
Kennedy.
Jazz and concert band al umni
Bring your ¡nstruments and play ¡n the tr¡bute concert to Mayo Savold at Homecoming on October 13;
see the Homecoming brochure for more detai¡s.
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tl I
From the Alumni Board president's desk ¡.,
I
I
recentlv
utr.,ld"d
o
memorial service
for a member of
our Alumni
Board, Chuck
(râbnelson '/ /
Among his many
accomplishments
were those that
supported and served Augsburg College. I
saw the impact one individual can have on
an institution and in people's lives.
However, I think Chuck would have been
the first to say that no one can do it alone.
This ìs the paradox for our Alumni
Association as we begin a new year: to
make a difference as individuals, yet
recognize we cannot do it alone.
Individually we can recruit ner.v students;
contribute resources to sustain the students,
faculty, staff, and facilities, and speak about
Augsbury to our neighbors across the
country so Augsburg's quality education is
no longer a well-kept secret.
The other side of the paradox prompts
us to join with others to nurture our alumni
community. Think about hosting a
gathering of Auggies in your town-we'll
help you with the event. Or plan now to
attend actir.ities on campus-such as
Homecoming-and bring along your
classmates from years ago.
As your new president, l'11 be working
Paul Mueller'84, Bill Vandenvall'93 WEC,
and Jan Marie Voelker '90.
I hold trvo degrees from Augsburg: a
bachelor's in education ('69) and a master's
in leadership ('94). The long-term value of
my degrees-and yours-is contingent on
Augsburç continued success and
reputation. Individually and together we
can support the College as iI continues to
ser\¡e us today through the degrees we
hold, and through alumni opportunities for
connecting with old and new friends.
with the board and staff to build
connections between aìumnì and the
Augsburg community, communicate with
new regional chapters, organize alumni
events, and recognize alumni
accomplishments. We have talented and
enthusiastic new members joining the
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Jackie (Kniefel) Lind '69, '94 MAL
President, Alumni Board
board: Susan (Horning) Arntz '94, Paul
Fieldhammer'65, Lisa (Svac) Hawks '85,
Rob LaFleur'80, Terry Marquardt '98 WEC,
Strommen family honored w¡th new award
à uesburs announces the creation ol a
fl."* award, the Distinguished Service
Award, which will be given annually to the
College's "formative families"- families who
have made substantial and continuing
contributions to Augsburg.
This year, the ar'vard goes io the
$trommen family, and will be presentecl
during Homecoming festivities in October.
The Rev. Peter Andre'"v Sirommen
(a.k.a. PA.) was aûìong the first ol four
generations of Strommens to attencl
Augsburg. A graduate from Augsburg
Seminary in 1913, he rvas a parish minister
in a downtor,in-r Seattle church until 1934,
r,vhen his cleep love of the College brought
him and hìs wrfe, Nellie (Framstad), back to
Minnesota so ¡heir lour sons, Abner '38,
Lu¡her '39, Merlon '42, and Clair '46, couid
attend his alma mater. His clevotion to the
College didni end there. In the late 1930s he
took the only savings he had and gave it to
Augsburg.
To date, more than 30 rnernbers of the
extended Stromrnen famìly have attended.
This is a truly unique family Augsburgs
motto, "Education for Sen ice," defines the
grandchildren. The Strommen lamilies have
been major contributors to Augsburg in all
aspects, and what they have achieved
Strommen family-starting with PA.
Strommen and all the way down to his great-
through their vocations has affected
thousands of people.
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At Homecoming in October, Augsburg will present a new award, the Distinguished
Service Award, to the Strommen family, which has included more than 3O graduates.
Pictured, left to right: Gladys (Boxrud) '46 and Clair Strommen '46 (deceased, see page
3O); Merton '42 and A. trene (Huglen) '43 Strommen; and Helen and Luther'39
Strommen.
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Alumni News
Seven alumni appointed to Alumni Board
by Lynn Mena
f
Paul Mueller'84
he Augsburg Alumni Board of
Dir..torr appointed seven new
members and elected Jackie (I(niefel) Lind
'69 ('94 MAL) as president and Andy
Morrison'73 as president-elect. The new
members are as follows:
I
Susan (Horning)
Paul Mueller
graduated from
Augsburg in 1984
with a B.A. in
chemistry. He is a
physician at the
Arntz'94
r
Mayo Clinic.
New ass¡stant
director joins
AIumni/Parent
Relations
Ia n lulv.t' Amanda
^' ...lornecl
I sumrnskl
Susan Arntz
graduated from
BillVanderwall'93 WEC
Augsburg in 1994
with
a B.A.
in
political science.
She is city manager
graduated from
Augsburg Weekend
for the City of
Waconia, Minn.
College in 1993
with a B.A. in
Lisa (Svac) Hawks'85
communication. He
is the social service
director at Lutheran
Lisa Hawks
graduated from
Augsburg in 1985
with a B.A. in
Social Services.
Jan Marie Voelker'90
Jan Marie Voelker
graduated from
Augsburg in 1990
with a B.A. in
Musicland/Best Buy.
communication.
She is a customer
Rob LaFleur'80
category manager at
Kraft Foods in
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Rob LaFleur
graduated from
Augsburg in 1980
with a B.A. in
business
specialist in
Augsburg's Office of Public Relations and
Communication, Suminski will oversee the
Class Agent Program, the Parents
Association, Homecoming planning and
other special event planning, and more.
Suminski received a B.A. in
communications from the University of
North Dakota in Grand Forks, where she
was a leader in student, alumni, and
parent programming. She has worked as
volunteer at several Augsburg alumni
a
events.
ñf.Tilr¡rtNZ
DISCOVER NORWEGIAN TREASURES AND HERITAGE
administration/
accounting. He is
an attorney at
Chestnut 6¡ Cambronne PA. in
Minneapolis.
Join President and Mrs. William V Frame and Professor Frankie Shackelford
on a journey through Norway in the summer of 2002. This l2-day tour
program features five nights on the world-famous Norwegian coastal voyage,
sailing south from the "top of Norway" to Bergen. The tour has very few spaces
remaining; call the alumnl office at 612-330-1178 or
t-800-260-6590 for more information.
Terry Marquardt'98 WEC
Terry Marquardt graduated from Augsburg
Weekend College in 1998 with a B.A. in
business administration/
management. She is manager of sales
and planning operations for 3M's
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assistant director.
Formerly a
communications
communication.
She is the
communications
director at
medical businesses.
the Office of
AlumniÆarent
Relations as its new
Bill Vanderwall
Upcoming Norway Tour Information Meeting "Are Norwegians Europeans?"
A look at the cultural and political situatlon of Norway in the context of the
European Union and the factors that unite and divide the citrzens of Norway
September 30, 2-4 p.m.
ù
.
Marshail Room, Christensen Center
RSVP required; please caII one of the numbers listed above.
Fall 2OOl
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AUGSBURG
""QPrå.dB.
Homecoming and Family Week 2001
Augsburg on Parade
I
Monday, Oct.8
Saturdav Oct. 13
.
.
.
.
An Evening with Maya Angelou
Wednesday, Oct. f 0
.
Augsburg Associates Annual Fall
Luncheon
Thursday, Oct. l1
.
.
Flamenco Dance Performance
International Student Alumni
-
Variety Show 6r Coronation
.
.
.
.
Gathering
.
.
Fridav, Oct. 12
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Class
of 1951 Registration 6r
Continental Breakfast
Homecoming Chapel 6l
Community Time, featuring the world
premiere ol The Word Became Flesh, a
new choral piece by Norwegian
composer Knut Nystedt
Class of 1951 Luncheon
The Living History of Augsburg (with
professors emeriti Carl Chrislock '37
and Philip Thompson)
Campus Tour
CLASS Program Homecoming Reunion
Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet
Fall 20Of
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
5K Mississippi Run/Walk
Registration 6¡ Continental Breakfast
Concert Band &. Jazz Band Alumni
Reunion and Concert
Business Administration Department
Reunion
Open House at the Augsburg House
Campus Tour
The Living History of Augsburg
(with professors emeriti Carl Chrislock
'37 and Philip Thompson)
Nursing Alumni Brunch
SWAN (Social Work Alumni Network)
Brunch
Urness Hall Floor Reunions
Pan-Afrikan Alumni-Student Basketball
Game
Campus Tour
Picnic in the Park
Augsburg Parade
English Alumni Luncheon 6t Reading
Homecoming Football Game vs.
Macalester College
Lindell Library Tour
Campus Tour
Book Signing & Reading
(Bill Halverson'51, Edvard Gneg:
Diañes, Articles, and Speeches)
.
Homecoming Social
.
Dinner
Fifth Annual M. Anita Gay
6ø
Hawthorne Jazz 6z Poetry
.
.
.
.
Bash
Class of 1951 Reunion
Class of 1961 Reunion
ClasS
ol1976 Reunion
Class of 1991 Reunion
Sundav Oct. 14
.
.
Worship Service
Heritage Society
Recognition Brunch
Consult the Homecoming 200
1
for additional
information, or call
612-330-1178 or
1-800-260-6590.
brochure
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AUGSBURG
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Four named as 20Ol Distinguished Alumni
by Lynn Mena
our alumni join 155 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.
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George S. Dahlman'72
Burton R. Fosse'44
Kathleen D. Lake'76
Neal O. Thorpe'60
George Dahlman graduated
from Augsburg in 1972 with a
B.A. in mathematics.
He is a managing director
and a senior research anaþt at
U.S. Bancorp PiperJalfray in
Burton Fosse was educated at
Augsburg and the University
of Minnesota, where he
received his B.S. in
Neal Thorpe graduated from
Augsburg in 1960 with a B.A.
in chemistry and mathematics.
He earned his Ph.D. in
physiological chemistry from
the University of Wisconsin-
Minneapolis, specializing in
food and agribusiness.
Nationally recognized for his
perceptive anaþis, Dahlman
is a chartered financial analyst
and has been named a Wall
Street Journal All-Star Anaþt
in 1953 and served
Kathleen Lake graduated from
Augsburg in 1976 with a B.A.
in biology and chemistry. She
earned her B.S. and doctorate
degrees in pharmacy from the
University o[ Minnesota.
She is director of clinical
research and transplant
therapeutics at the University
of Michigan Medical Center;
senior associate research
scientist in the medicine and
surgery departments at the
University of Michlgan
Medical School; and clinical
professor at the University of
Michigan College of Pharmacy.
Actively involved in
numerous professional
organizations, Lake is an
extensively published author
who is sought to serve on
editorial boards and to act as
reviewer for professional
journals. She has received
been an active member of
several congregations and
professional organizations, and
has received many honors and
awards, including an Honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters
from Rocky Mountain College
four times.
At his congregation, Faith
Lutheran Church in Coon
Rapids, Minn., Dahlman is
dedicated to the work of its
Global Mission Committee,
and has served as president of
the congregation and on
numerous committees.
When the ELCA was
established, Dahlman was
elected to the first Augsburg
College Board of Governors
from the Minneapolis Area
Synod, sewing for four years.
He has also served as chair of
Augsburg's Heritage Society
Advisory Committee.
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engineering.
He returned to Augsburg
as vice
president for business and
finance for more than 25
years. Driven by wide-rangrng
passion and vision, Fosse
played a major role in the
College's growth and
development. He supervised
the building of 13 projects and
was a significant contributor
and peacemaker in the
development of the CedarRiverside neighborhood.
Fosse served for several
years on the Burnsville School
Board, headed literacy
programs in Bonita Springs,
Fla., and has been an active
member in several
congregations. He is the owner
of Burton's Frame Shop and
president of Picture Framers of
America.
many awards and honors,
including the prestigious
Hallie Bruce Memorial Lecture
Award from the Minnesota
Society of Hospital
Pharmacists for her
contributions to the growth
and development of the
pharmacy practice.
Madison.
Following his
distinguished academic career,
which included22 years
as an
Augsburg biology professor,
Thorpe began a second career
in philanthropy at MJ.
Murdock Charitable Trust in
Vancouver, Wash. As executive
director and trustee, Thorpe
has advanced its reputation as
the leading private charitable
foundation in the Pacific
Northwest.
In addition to numerous
articles and papers, Thorpe is
the author of CellBiolog Qohn
Wiley and Sons, 1984). He has
in Billings, Mont.
Fall 2O01
Alumni and friends named as First Decade
and Spirit of Augsburg award recipients
bylynnMena
f, ugsburg is pleased to announce the 2001 recipients of the second annual First Decade and Spirit of Augsburg awards.
|ll fn. First Decade Award is presented to Augsburg graduates of the past l0 years who have made significant progress in their
professional achievements and contributions to the community, 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 which contributes
substantially to the well being of Augsburg by furthering its purposes and programs.
DanielC. H¡ll'9f WEC
Lisa (Carlson) Sackreiter'95
As an IT
project leader
at GE Capital
Fleet Services
in Eden
After three
Prairie, Minn.,
service at the
Hill oversaw the company's
Y2K conversion for its systems
in North America and Mexico.
ln appreciation for his efforts,
he was awarded the company's
Circle of Excellence Award. He
has hosted four foreign
exchange students and donates
much of his time to hls church
and community.
Colleen K. Watson'91 MAL
involvement
Watson is cofounder and
CEO of Career
with
Professionals,
years of
community
Blake Upper School in
Minneapolis, Sackreiter was
selected as the school's first
PK-12 community service
coordinator. In addition to
expandrng the program, she
created and supervised service-
leaming activities with teachers
at all levels. She is co-class
agent for the Class of 1995.
an employment
placement service that has
established itself as the top
entry-level agency in the lvin
Cities area for recent college
graduates. She is a member of
the Alumni Board, past
president of the Alumni
Association, and a key player
behind both Augsburg's Career
Roundtable and the first
Kristin (Dragseth)
Wiersma'9f
Wiersma is
vice president
for marketing
and sales for
Seraphim
Communications, a media production
company Her passion to "pass
on the faith" is evident in her
extensive outreach endeavors,
aided by her remarkable talent
to connect with people of all
ages and backgrounds.
AlumniJob Fair.
Marolyn (Sortland)'51 and
William Halvorson'51
The
Halvorsons
have
developed
five
scholarships
in their
children's
The
Associates
The Augsburg Associates are made up of alumni, friends, faculty, and
staffwho generously donate their time and energlr to raise money for
the College. Contributions have included the organ in Hoversten
Chapel and renovation of Foss Center's Green Room and Christensen
Center's Marshall and Augsburg Rooms. They also raised money to
help build Lindell Library and established a scholarship for current
students. The photo above is from VelkommenJul, their popular
holiday event.
Fall 2001
names. In addition, it was
through their professional
contacts that the music
department was able to finally
is Scandinavian music
collection and acquire the
collected works of Grieg and
Kjerulf. MoreoveE they recently
commissioned a new work by
Iftrut Nystedt for the Augsburg
Choir to premiere at
Homecoming 2001.
evaluate
Marie McNeff
McNeff retired
last year after
completing 30
years of
service to the
College as a
professor of education,
ffi
director of faculty
development, dean of the
College, and academic master
planner. Her willingness to
think beyond traditional
boundaries and take calculated
risks serves well as a model for
the Augsburg community Her
commitment to the mission of
the College-even after
retirement-embodies the
spirit of Augsburg.
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2s
-
a
o
1942
Merton
Volunteer
Service Award.
P.
Strommen,
Richfield,
Minn.,
published a new
book,
Th¿
Church €¡
H omo s exuality :
Se
ar ching
fo r a
Middle Ground (Kirk House
Publishers). The product of three
years' research, his book presents
a middle ground between
condemnatlon and rejection of
gays and lesbians in the church,
and adoption of what he terms the
The award
honors her
contributions to
Hennepin park
as a raptor
surveyor, deer watch interpreter,
blue bird monitor, and for her
service at a variety of nature center
programs and events.
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The Rev. Mark
5. Hanson,
Minneapolìs,
was elected the
"militant gay agenda."
r
9s3
Rhoda Carlstedt, Kissimmee, Fla.,
retumed to the U.S. in December
1998, after living in Papua, New
Guinea, for 37 years. Before settling
in Kissimmee, she spent time
visiting fúends and family in
Australia and throughout the U.S.
third presiding
bishop of the
ELCA to
succeed retiring presiding bishop
George Anderson. Hanson will be
installed on Oct. 6.
Carolyn
(Hanson)
Schildgen,
Northbrook,
f 960
Ill., retired after
Judy (Johnson) Peterson,
32 years of
Bloomington, Minn., was one of
six recipients of the Hennepin Park
District's 2001 Distinguished
teachìng high
school Spanish at Highland Park
High School in suburban Chicago.
Her career included a Golden
A.pple Award nomination and
various district awards for
teaching excellence. Professional
development opportunities
allowed her to live and study in
Spain, Ecuador, Mexico, Costa
Rica, and Argentina.
1972
Calif., received his associate's
degree in computer and
informat ion sciences-network
administration from Solano
Community Junior College in
Fairfield. He also recently earned
certification as a Microsoft.
Certified Professional and a
Certified Novell Administrator. In
his spare time he is an avid
amateur bowler and within the
Iast year rolled his third
sanctioned 300 game and his first
800 three-game series. Both
accomplishments are listed in the
St. Louis Bowling Hall o[ Fame.
Awarded to Augsburg College alumni in recognitìon of slgnificant
achlevement in vocation, fo¡ outstanding contribution to church and
communit¡ and for a life that exemplifies the ideals and mission of
Augsburg College. Augsburg alumni (graduates and non-graduates)
are eligible.
eVau Ø **
Barbara (Shirley) Steinhauser,
Fine Arts in Writing for Children
degree from Vermont College in
Jul¡r She can be reached via e-mail
at <flamelin3T@aol.com>.
Jerome Rokke, Minneapolis,
received a master's degree in
management from the University
of St. Thomas in May; he works
for IBM Global Services.
1978
P.
Dawn (Heil) Taylor,
1979
Jeffrey
urLL
aú"rr,¿
Awarded to Augsburg College graduates of the past 10 years who have
made significant progress in their professional achievements and
contributions to the community, and in so dolng exemplify the
mission of the College: to nurture future leaders in service to
the world.
F.
Swenson,
Minneapolis,
Lutheran
East Lansdowne,
Brotherhood's
flight attendant
with Northwest Airlines since
1975. She and her husband,
2000-01
Lutheran College Coach of the
in identifying members of the Augsburg
t/aør/rt/.,,,f aø"'*r,¿
Honors Augsburg alumni and friends of the College who have given
exceptionaÌ service that contributes substantiaÌly to the well being of
the College by furthering its purposes and programs. Alumni, friends,
faculty, staff, and groups who have served the College are eligible.
Please take a few moments to consider
aøhn
Des
Moines, Iowa, received a doctorate
degree in education from Drake
University. She can be reached via
e-mail at <dawn@taylorball.com>.
was named
Pa., has been a
aryr¿.-r
-year-old
Parker, Colo., received a Master of
1975
Olando Smith,
7
1976
Dean C. Anderson, Fairfield,
The Augsburg College Alumni Association Awards and Recognition Committee seeks your assistance
community to be consìdered for recognition.
Ø^a^y"*Ll aøt/n¿r'o aøt".r,¿
Daniel Sweeney, have a
daughter, Narita.
from among your friends
those who might be honored for these awards. Your nominations and
build these important programs
to celebrate the accomplishments of the Augsburg community.
suggestions are critical in helping to
To make a
nomination online, go to:
www. augsburg. edu./alumni./nomfo¡m
To receive a nomination packet, contact:
Office of AlumniÆarent Relations . Phone: 612-330-1178 or 1-800-260-6590 . Fax: 612-330-1499
E-mail: alumni@augsburg.edu . Web site: www.augsburg.edu./alumni
The deadline Jor nominations Jor 2002 is March 15, 2002.
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Making history from history
bywendyErorson
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Sisters Gracia Grindal '65 and LaRhae (Grindal) Knatterucl'70 have several sharecl interests: both
are Augsburg graduates rvho have ren-rained very connected to therr alma mater, both have a
tremendous faith as well as a great appreciatron for Lutheran traclition; and both love music.
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with the prodr-tction of Luthtr, an
interactive musical that highlights the ex[raordinary life of Martin Lr-rther (see story on page 5 for
more rnformation).
These shared interests have resulted rn their clua1 involvement
In October, Luther wIlI make its North American, Engllsh-language premrere at Central Lutheran
Church in Minneapolis, ancl will leature Ar-rgsburg's Masterwor]<s Chorale and singers frorn the
Finnish National Opera. The musical is the centerpiece of Luther Seminary's Reformation Festival,
an annual event created by Gracia for the purpose of strengthenlng the connection between LuLheran Gracia Grindal '65 collaborated with
Kari Tikka, the director and composer
colleges and Lhe seminary.
o'f Luther, an interactive musical about
Gracia, a recipient of Augsburg's Disringuished Alumna Award, is a professor of rhetoric at Luther
Seminary She is also an accomplished poet and hymn translator. She had collaborated with Karl
Tikka, the clirector and composer onLuther, prior to hls compositron of this par[Ìcular opelâ.
the Iife of Martin Luthet which will
make its North American, Englishlanguage premiere at Central Lutheran
Church in Minneapolis in October,
The idea of doing the play emerged from one of Tikka's personal experiences. According to Gracia,
Tikka, like Lr-rther, "experienced the understanding of the unconditional love of God alter he had been troubled by his conscience." Interestingly,
Gracia encouraged Tikka to shape his idea of a play about Martin Luther's life into a reality She attended the premrere of Luther in Helsinki, and
eventr-rally helped Trkka translate the opera into an English vetsron.
LaRhae, a planning director for the Minnesota Departrnent of Human Services's aging inltiative, majored rn rnnsic at Augsburg ancl will showcase
her singing taler-rt in Luther as a member of the Augsburg Masterworks Chorale. The interactive aspect of the opera will consist of the
Mastenvorks Chorale and the Finnish National Opera prrncrpals leading the congregation in singing several Martin
Ltrther hyrnns, inclr-rdìng Out oJ thc Depths, Christ Lay in Death's StrongBands, and Dear Christians Onc and AIL
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s.
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with many other fanlily members, share a long history with Augsburg that clates back to
l868 rvhen their great-grandparents, Ole andJonettaJacobson, were married by the Rev Ole Paulson, an Augsburg
founder ancl early supporter. Both of Gracia and LaRhae's parents (now deceased), the Rev Harald Grindal'42 and
Jonette (Tinseth) Grinclal'41, and their brother, Ted Grlndal'76, are also Ar"rgsbr.rrg graduates. Ted is a current
Gracia ancl LaRhae, along
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member of the Augsburg Board of Regenis.
Both Gracia and LaRhae have loncl memories of thet years at Augsburg. For Gracia, one particularly memorable
aspect of her Ar.rgsburg experience was the extraordinary and talented leadership of such figureheads as Dr. Bernhard
Christensen and Dr. Warren Quanbeck.
LaRhae (Grindal)
Knatterud'70, sister
of Gracia Grindal '65,
will sing with the
Augsburg Masterworks
Chorale in the
production ol Luther.
"They knew how to give great speeches that rvere extremely funny and moving, and rvould make you die lar-rghing
and then rveep for ¡he sheer beauty of the language," says Gracia.
LaRhae says that "being ln the choir and beìng directed by Dr. Sateren rvas an experience that
duplicated. He was a greal rnan ancl lve made great music."
-Wcndy
Year. The Augsburg wrestling head
coach and interim assistant dean
for athletics and recreation led the
College to its seventh NCAA
Dir,ision III wrestling national
championship in the past I I
years, and its second national title
in a row (the most in Division 111
history).
See story, page B.
1984
Chris Dykstra, Minneapolis,
accepted a position as senior vice
Fall 2001
Elolson is an irrt'onnation specialist.for AtLgsbrrrg! ittstittttional advanccment of[ice
president with EPAM Systems,
custom soltrvare- and Webdevelopment [i¡m.
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Connie (Wendland) Bouley,
Long l-ake, Minn., joined Len
Busch Roses in December as a stafl
accountant.
Todd Erickson, Maple Grove,
Minn., u'as named to Entrepreneur
magazine's top 100 for his
compan)', ì nternat ionel Logistics,
Inc., in Plymouth, Minn.
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Scholars of English Associatìon
Faculty Teacher o[ the Year Ar,vard
989
Dawn Givans, Marina del
will never be
Arizona State Universit),. This
fall she joins the faculty of
Louisiana State University as
assistant professor of English; her
husband, GeorgeJustice, rvill be a
at.
Re1',
Calif., married Patrick Lander, a
British actor who has appeared in
the film Armagedclon and several
Shakespeare theatrical
productions, ìn December 1999.
The couple plans to remain in the
Los Angeles area and start a family.
Devoney Looser, Baton Rouge,
La., lvas ar.varded the Gracluate
visiting assistant professor oI
English at LSU during 2001-02.
Mary Saugestad, Brooklyn
Center, Minn., is a licensed in-
home childcare provider.
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Eloisa Echávez:
Seizing La Oportunidad
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"l hate it with all my guts," says Eloisa EcÌrávez with a chuckle, referring to Minnesota's co1c1 winter rveather. "Every
year I say it's my last year', but I fincl myself here again." Coming from Colombla, South America, this 1s no sttrptise.
But Echávez's involvement wrth the Latir-ro community ìn the Twin Cities ancl her passion for hel work keeps her
here, despite the rvinters.
Echâvez is executÌve director of La Oportunìdad, Inc., a local nonprofil organization seiwing more than 2,000 l¡tino
families each year that works to promote and strengthen peace rvithin the community Started in 1987, La Oportunidacl's
promoting transitronal sewices to ex-offenders. Under Echávez's leadership, the orgamzation has
lrrth a new vision for a stronget, more peacefu1 community Today, La Oportr-rnidad
focuses on peacemaking and many new programs inclucling violence prevention and Latino youth serwices.
n-rain focus was on
developecl a three-year strategic plan
Eloisa Echávez'94
('98 MEt) was recently
honored by INROADS for
her work with the Latino
community,
"I absolr-rtely love the peacemaklng aspect," says Ecl'rávez, who has been rvrth the organtzatton since 1998. "la
Oportunldad looks at making peace withrn the self, within the famlly, wrthin neighbors-even within a global
perspective. This work relates to my personal vahtes."
Echávez was an elementary school teacher lor three years rn Colornbia before coming ro the U.S. in l9BB. She hacl
wanted to study in the U.S. and heard about many co11eges, inclr,rdlng Augsburg's Weekend College program. Echâvez
attended one meetrng at Augsburg and left the r-neeting signed up for classes.
In1994, Echávez received a B.A in computer science and returned [o receive
a n-rasterb degree
in education and leadership ln 1998.
education-she also directed the College's Hispanic/Latino Student Services from 1993-98,
helping to develop ancl manage the program since its inception (she continnes to stay involved with the program). She also coordinated Augsburg's Têachers
of Color Program and served as the Collegeb muÌticultural coordinator from 1993-97.
Echávez's relatlonship with Augsburg doesnt end wrth her
In addition to her work, Echâvez somehow manages to frnd time to fLrlfill her love of motlvational/keJ'r-rote speaking at numerous conferences and special
events. Echávez's favorite audiences are high school and pre-college students.
"I like to lmpror,rse," says Echávez. "I never prepare a speech untìl I get on the stage." Talking to the audience beforehand gives Echávez an iclea of the
direction she'1l take during her speech.
For her work with the cornmunlty Echâvez has received several awards ancl certificates, incÌuding the Outstanding Community Sen'rce Award from the
State o[ Minnesora and the Educator of the Yeal Award from INROADS (a national organization that develops and places talented minority youth into
businesses to prepare them for corporate and community leadership). Echávez helped to develop Augsburg's partnership wrth INROADS through her'
various roles and actlr,.rties at the Co11ege.
"My best reward is seeing the students r.vho are taking advantage of INROADS' opportunities to be successful, and becoming those needed leaders in our
communities of coior," Echâvez said upon receivrng her award fiom INROADS.
-A^y
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993
Steve
Kelly'94, Lisa Laehn'94,
Lonnie Laehn '94, Jennifer Olsen,
Jeff Krengel '93, Kurt Clark '94,
Marshall Johnson '95, and Erica
apprentice member of the Lakes
and Plains Carpenter's Union in
St. Paul, and works lor Pink
Business Interiors.
Bentley'95.
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Deb (Walstrom), Cottage Grove,
Minn., married Darren Riske in
Jeff Krengel,
St. Paul, Minn.,
married Jennifer Olsen in June at
Boe Chapel in Northfield, Minn,;
the couple hone)¡mooned in Banff
National Park. Krengel is an area
coordinator at the University of St.
Thomas. Pictured, left to right:
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June 1996. She has three children:
BriannaJoyce, 12; Helen Marie, 2;
and Zane
A¡thur,
I . She is a
government clai ms representative
at HealthEast's corporate offices in
St. Paul. She is also a member of
Minnesota Quilters and River
Valley Quilters. Her husband is an
995
Jon Olsen, Piedmont, S.Dak.,
and Leann (Freeberg)'96
celebrated their [ifth wedding
anniversary in August.
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Susan (Conway) Jackson
moved to Aurora, Ill., in 1996 and
got married; she has a 3-year-oId
son. She has been a daycare
teacher for children aged 4 and 5;
fuil-time teacher of an autistic
third-grader; and a kindergarten
a
teacher.
Tracy (Mazion) Ose, Inver
Grove Heights, Minn., married
Drew Smith in August in Estes
Park, Colo.
1997
Liddy J. Howard, Golden
Valley,
Minn., received a Master of
Divinity degree from Luther
Seminary in May; she has accepted
a call to serve Ttinity Lutheran
Church in Bruning, Neb.
Fall 2001
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Jennifer Ringeisen, Inve¡ Grove
Heights, Minn., recently accepted
position as an employment
consuitant at Regions Hospital.
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Dustin Froyum, New Brighton,
Minn., received his Juris Doctor
degree from Hamline University
School of Law in May.
Brent Grier, Walnur Creek,
Calif., was promoted to an
underwriting and sales position at
Aetna, an insurance compan¡ and
transferred to Walnut. Creek, near
San Francisco.
Mary Pennington,
Shakopee,
Minn., is a project manager for
Dakota Count¡ where her focus is
construction management and
facilities planning. In April, she
was appointed to the City of
Shakopee Envi¡onmental Advisory
Committee, which works to
presewe and protect natural
resources amid the area's
continuing growth and expansion.
She is a music therapy intern at
Northern Wisconsin Center for the
Deveìopmentally Disabled in
Chippewa Falls, Wis.
a son, Paul Charles, in March. He
joins older sister Kristi.
Births/Adoptions
lsaac Stephen, in May. He joins
oider sisters lGtie, 10, Megan, 6,
Diane (Reule) '84 and the Rev.
Steve Brandsrud'83, Huron,
S.Dak.-a daughter, Abigail
Kay, in March.
She
joins older
brothers Seth, 11, Sam, 9, and
Micah, 2. Diane received a
bachelor o[ science in nursing
degree from Huron University in
May; she has been a registered
nurse at Huron Regional Medical
Center for three years. The Rev.
Brandsrud is senior pastor at
American Lutheran in Huron.
Terry A. Claus'88 and his wife,
Lisa, Excelsior,
Minn.-a
son,
and Courtney, 4. Terry is senior
vice president for investment sales
at Miller Johnson Steichen Kinnerd,
and can be reached via e-mail at
<tclaus@mjksales. com>.
Donna (Zummach) Martin'90,
and her husband, Dean, Waconia,
Minn.-a son, Dawson Dean, in
May He joins oÌder brother Derek.
Donna is a field performance
business analyst for Luthe¡an
Brotherhood.
Kindwall '86, Seabrook, S.C.a son, Colin Worth Kindwall, in
Laura (Carlson)'92 and Patrick
Guemsey, St. Paul-a son, lan
Patrick, in March.
July He joins older siblings Ethan,
Kim (Swanson)'93 and Jeff
Lisa (Worth)'85 and Jim
B, Kaitlin, 6, and Allison, 5.
Meslow'92, Pll'rnouth, Minn.-
Karin (Sabo) Mantor'86 and
a daughter,
Jillian, inJune.
2001
her husband, NichoÌas, Bumsville,
Minn.-a son, John Bjorn, in
January He joins older siblings
Emiìy and Thomas.
Amy Leanne Stier,
Christopher Schulz'87 and his
Belle PÌaine,
Minn., marriedJeff Eppen inJune.
wife, Maureen, Omaha,
Neb.-
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Devean George:
Two-time NBA world champion
C.J.
Beaurline '94
and his wife,
Christin, Coon Rapids,
a son,
Mlnn.-
Simeon John, in May. He
joins older sister Savanna, 2. CJ. is
a sales representative for Unique
TèchnoÌogies, Inc., a distributor of
semiconductors; his wife is a violin
teacher and a Creative Memories
consultant..
The Rev. Steven Dow'95 and
his wife, Sarah Schaffner, Elizabeth,
lll.-a son, lsaac Mark, in
January Steven graduated from
Wartburg Theological Seminary in
May, and was ordalned inJune; he
serves as pastor of St. John
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Elizabeth.
Jim South '96 and hÍs wife,
Robin, Cottage Grove,
a daughter,
Minn.-
Holly Lynn, in
January
Ally
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Photos by Andrew D. Bemstein
Heidi(Wisner)
Staloch '93 and her
husband, Mark, St.
Paul-a son, Mac
Fels, in March.
¡v Don stoner
in professional basketball,
with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Devean George'99 hasjoined a unique fraternity In his first two seasons
he has been a member of two NBA world championship teams
The l¡kers finished thelr back-to-back championship nrn lnJune, rvhen they defeated the
Philadelphia 76ers in five games. After a slow start to the season, the Lnkers dorninated tl-uough the
playoffs, srveeping three series before losing just one gar.ne in the NBA Finals.
Many ol the game's greats have yet to w1n NBA charnpionships, rvhich has given George-arlc1 by
extension, hls Augsburg fans-a special sense of pride.
"I think about thaL stuff aÌl the time," George told the Minneapolis Star-Ttibune in a June 14 srory
dr.rring the NBA Fìnals. "Guys like [Charles] Barkley ancl lPatrick] Ewing never have r.von one . . l'm
just trylng to learn."
Devean George'99, here shooting a basket
during the 1999-01 season, became a tuvotime world champ¡on when the Los
Angeles Lakers won the NBA Finals in June,
George sarv hls role on the clu'b increase in his second season, as he playecl rn 59 regular-season gatnes (one start), averaging
ln seven playofl galne appearances, he avelaged 2.0 points and 0.7 rebonnds per gatne.
3.I points and
1.9 rebouncls per
game.
He will enter the tl'rircl year of a guaranteed contlact with the Lakers in the 2001-02 season, a crucral year for him for his furture in prolessional basketball.
The Lakers hold the optlon on a lòurth season. This pâst snmmer, he excelled in a surnmer pro league for rookies and prospects, leading the L,rkers in
sconng (16,8 potnts per game) ancl rebouncling (7.4 per game), incÌuding two double-doubles in seven games
-Don
Fall 2001
SLow is spotts inlorm(tti.ott cootdhtatot.
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Clair Strommen, alumnus and long-time
friend of the College, dies at 77
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1946 graduate of
Augsburg and past
member of the
Board of Regents,
died of cancer July
20 in his home in
Roseville, Minn., surrounded by his wife,
Gladys (Boxrud)'46, and family members.
"We have lost the advice, the energetic
support, and the profound affection of one
of the remarkable members of the College's
alumni," said Augsburg President William V
Frame.
As a student, Strommen was a member
of Augsburg's basketball and baseball
championship teams. After graduation, he
signed a contract wlth the St. Louis
Cardinals and pitched his way to â top
minor-league club.
Although his dream ol playing for the
major leagues was cut short after he contracted
tuberculosis, Strommen recovered and became a
success in the business world. In 195i, he
returned to Augsburg and served as its public
relations director. F¡om there, he worked as an
agent for Lutheran Brotherhood in Fargo, N.Dak.,
and Moorhead, Minn. In 1960, he founded
Strommen 6q Associates in St. Paul, and made it
Central Life of lowa's ieading agency.
Twenty years later, Strommen returned to
Lutheran Brotherhood in Minneapolis, taking over
as president, chief executive officer, and chairman.
From l9B0 to 1994, he helped build the
organization into one o[ the Ìargest fraternal
insurance companies in the nation.
For more than 50 years, Strommen and his
family have graciousiy contributed their time,
support, and resources to the College. Upon his
retirement in 1994, and in honor of his long and
remarkable sewice, the Lutheran Brotherhood
board designated a gift of $250,000 in his name.
Strommen, along with his wife, Giadys, decided to
give the gift to Augsburg. The Strommen FamiÌy
Business Endowment lvas started, which the
family has committed to fully endow This has
enabled Augsburg to establish a major in
marketing for both day and weekend students.
Clair Strommen Ìs a Distinguished
Alumnus, a former regent, and a member of the
Athletic Hall of Fame. He has received honorary
doctoral degrees lrom Wittenberg University
and St. Olaf College. In l9B2 he was honored
by the insurance industry with the G. Bennet
Serrill Awa¡d, the highest given to a member of
that profession in Minnesota. ln 1992 he
receìved the Wittenberg Award from the Luther
Institute for outstanding service to church and
society.
At Homecoming this October, the
Strommen family will be honored with the
Distinguished Service Award (see story on page
21). He is survived by his wife, Gladys'46;
daughter, Nancy'71 (John-Mark Stensvaag'69);
son, Robert'74 l{ndrea (Johnson)'75ì; and
eight grandchildren.
Chuck Gabrielson, dedicated Auggie and
youth advocate, dies at 45
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"Chuck"
cuun.lson, an
alumnus of the Class
1977 , dìed June l2
of colon cancer at. St..
Cloud Hospital in St.
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Cloud, Minn. He
was 45.
Gabrielson's passion for Augsburg was
honored during Homecoming 2000, where he
been known to provide special treats for the
choir members as they embarked on tours. He
presented a challenge gift to the 1999 senior
class gift project and also spearheaded the
Augsburg House Shower, which raised almost
$20,000 to purchase 50 place settings of china,
flatwa¡e, and stemware for the ColÌege official
presidentiai residence and gathering pÌace. He
also organized and hosted alumni gatherings in
Arizona, where he worked to establish an
was presented a Spirit of Augsburg Award. He
alumni chapter.
exemplified 'Augsburg spiril through his iongstanding commitment as an alumni volunteer
and faithful donor, by his innovative ideas,
Always active in musìc, Gabrielson
performed with the Dale Warland singers and
Augsburg's Masterworks Chorale and Centennial
Singers. He also performed as a sololst for
numerous weddings and funerals, and served as
and through his unwavering energy as he
continued to press Augsburg forward to realize
its full potential.
Gabrielson served on the Aìumni Board,
represented his cìass as cÌass agent, and
chaired the Class Agent Advisory Council. His
love of music kept him closely involved with
the music department; over the years he had
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choir director and soloist at several churches.
Gabrielson had been active in Republican
Party politics for the past 35 years at the
count¡
state, and national levels, including managing
several successful campaigns
in Minnesota,
North Dakota, and Louisiana. He aÌso served on
the Republican State Central Committee.
From I9B2 to 2000, Gabrielson served as
executive director of Mid-American Baptist
Social Service Corporation (MABSSCO). Under
his leadership, MABSSCO enjoyed substantial
growth in faciÌities, staff, residents, and funding.
The lnitial facility, Gateway, doubled in size and
continued its mission of helping at-risk
adolescent boys. Another
facilit¡
STEP, was
added to heip at-risk teens develop independent
living skills. As recently as 2000, GabrieÌson
Iocated and was instrumental in starting another
group home for at-risk adolescent girls.
In addition, Cabrielson was an associate
member of the Carver County Sheriff's Mounted
Posse, commissioner of Corrections CARE
Advisory Committee, and board member of
Minnesotans for Improved Juvenile Justice. He
was also active ìn fostering and rehabilitating
abandoned and abused animals of all kinds
through his involvement with the Hennepin
Humane Society
Fall 20Ol
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Harold
F.
Groth'36,
Edina,
Minn., died inJuly; he was 87. He
elementary school teacher and
social worker.
sewed as a lieutenant in the U.S.
Nary during WWII, and was a
3M executive from 1941 untii his
early retirement in 1975. That
same year, he was inducted into
the Augsburg College Athletic Hall
of Fame.
Myrna G. Liebers '67, Marine
on St. Croix, Minn., died of
cancer inJune; she was 56. She
was a library acquisitions assistant
at Augsburg in the 1970s and 'B0s
prior to establishing he¡ own
The Rev. Kenneth M. Englund
'52, Abbotsford, 8.C., Canada,
White, Inc., near Stillwater, Minn.
Her library colleagues and other
died inJune; he was 84. He was
long-time minister with the
Evangeìical Covenant Church.
Augsburg acquaintances especially
remember her keen wit, integrit¡
and compassion toward students.
Marvin W. Field'56,
a
McGregor,
market. research firm, Liebers
Harold'Crusher'
F.
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Schliep
Minn., died inJuly; he was 73.
'67, Clarks Grove, Minn., died in
Before managing the Carlton
June; he was 55. He was a
member of the Army Reserves at
Fort Snelling from 1966-72, and
worked lor 7 -Up Bouling Co.,
County Electric Co-op from 1979he served in the Army in
Germany and also taught biology
and chemistry. He retired to his
farm in Rice River Township in
I99I. He was a former Golden
Glove Champion in St. Paul.
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LeRoi T. Elias
'58,
Minneapolis,
died inJune; he
was 68. He was
a retired
Northland Beverage, Waste
Systems, and American Bottling
Co. He enjoyed practicaljokes,
hunting, sports, and treasured his
wi[e, kids, and grandchildren.
Patricia (McDonald) Fulton
'71, Bloomington, Minn., died in
JuÌy after a courageous battle with
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will be deeply missed by the
Steven Carl Psihos'80,
Chaska, Minn., died inJune; he
was 43. He enjoyed horseback
Augsburg community.
riding; gardening; reading; tiedying clothing with his wife,
lfñriltr:füIîIllEf[lì
Mary; listening to classical music;
and especially spendìng time with
his family.
Jean G.
(Shillinglaw
Tigwell)
Mel Riley'80,
St. Paul, died of
cancer inJune; he was 55. A
highly respected Minnesota sports
figure, Riley was a college
basketball player at both
Augsburg and Concordia
College-St. Paul. He was head
basketball coach at Minneapolis
Community and Technical
College. An avid golfer, he most
recently worked at the Arbor Goìf
Course in Inver Grove Heights,
Minn. He was also a partner with
his wife, Peggy, in their consultant
firm. He hosted Mel Riley\ Sportson-the-Run show, a popular Ìocal
cable-TV sports show
Lindell,
Woodbury,
Mlnn., died in
July; she was
l. A great
friend of Augsburg
College, Jean, along with her
husband, James Llndell '46,
contributed the major gift that
made construction of the James
G. Lindell Library possible. She
was vefy ac[ive in attending
many Augsburg events; many of
her children and grandchildren
were Augsburg graduates. The
Augsburg community has been
very fortunate to knowJean and
will miss her deeply
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2I, 2001, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Bernhard M. Christensen, Augsburg graduate, professor, and
president from l938-62.
Through the work of the Christensen Endowment, the tangible
legacy that has been made possible by
Augsburg alumni and friends, the principles
and commitment of Bernhard Christensen to
academic integrity and Christian community
can continue to shape our vision.
The following excerpts from a column
written in 1976 by President Oscar A.
Anderson eloquently illustrate Bernhard
Christensen's legacy to Augsburg.
A. Quanbech, assistant professor of
-Phílip
religíon
and member of the Chnstensen
Endowment Committee
Bernhard M, Christensen
Bernhard M. Christensen and his wife, Lilly Gracia
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r. Christensen was president of Augsburg for 24 years and
before that served as a professor here. He, perhaps more
Now, I confess to a presenl and personal uneasiness at this
point. Have I been as dedicated to "the inner pilgrimage" as I am to
than any other person, brought Augsburg College into
the outward progress at Augsburg College? When a1l is said and
the modern era as an accredited American college.
done, have we at Augsburg maintained some peculiarity of the
The book he has written lThe Inward Pilgnmagel, however, is a
powerfui reminder to all of us at Augsburg today that Dr.
heart which imprints those who teach and learn and earn here? Or
Christensen's most significant contribution was to the essentìal
us have amassed, enjoyrng the interest but not replenishing the
spirit of this institution-the essential Christian spirit of Augsburg
principal? Are we content to let the Christianness of Augsburg be
simply an old historical notion rather than a present day reality?
College.
He knew that this college had as its purpose the freeing of the
are we simpiy living off the "spiritual capital" which others before
The real future of this college lies not in a prestigious facult¡
a
mlnd for the rigorous and relentless pursuit of truth. He kneq
briliiant student body, a splendid campus, or a balanced budget
also, that thÌs college required a body, so-to-speak, namely, the
with all the emoluments everyone
physical and programmatic facilities essential to the fulfillment of
its mission. He was, in every way, a builder. But most important of
the nurture of distinctive attitudes toward truth and 1ife, toward
God's good Creation and His beloved human family. It lies in an
all, he will be remembered as a president who was dedicated to the
proposition that a college is essentially spirit-that mind and body
unapologetic bias toward the Spirit of Jesus, whose Living Presence
we have just celebrated at Easter.
function according to inner dictates, that education without
direction is dangerous, that "out of the heart are the issues of life."
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desires.
It lies beyond
these,
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Jrom "Augsburg Confesstons," Augsburg Echo,
Apnl 30, 1976.
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For more information on any oJ these eyents
(unl e s s o t"het'wis e note d), c all 6 1 2 - 3 3 0 - 1 2 6 5
October 13
Homecoming Concert Band and Jazz
Band Alumni Concert
I 1 a.m.-Hoversten Chapel
Theatre
November
Writing the History of Working
2-\1
Our Town
by Thorton Wilder; dlrector, Julle Bolton
Performances: Nov 2, 3, B, 9, t0 at 7 p.m.;
Nov.4andllat2p.m.
-I.1-ornhom-Nelson
Theater, Foss Center
For tlcket information, caII 612,330-1257
October 14
Faculty Recital, Stephen Gabrielsen '63
4 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
October 23
Riverside Singers and Men's Chorus
Concert
7: 30 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
David Roediger, Unlversity of lllinois-Urbana
10 a.m., Convocation-Hoversten Chapel
October 2ó
Lecture by Earl Hightoweri on addiction
intervention and treatment coordination
7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
For information, call StepUP program,
612-330-t405
Exhibits
For gallery inJormation, call 612-330-1524.
November 6
September l4-October 24
"Sexually Speaking with Dr. Ruth"
"Woodgrain: Vertical and Horizontal,
With and Without Knots"
by Patricia Scott
Gage Family Gallery, Lindell Library
October 25-27
Class
Relations"
Ruth Westheimer, psychosexual therapist
7:30 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
For information, call 612-330-1124
Opening reception, Sept. 14, 6-9 p.m.
November 15-1ó
Featuring Masterworks Chorale (see story
October B-14
on page 5).
7:30 p.m.-Central Lutheran Church,
Minneapolis
For tickets, call TicketWorks at 612-3433390 or visit www.ticketworks.com
Augsburg Homecoming Art Show
"The lnfluence of Afro-American Culture
on American Music"
William C. Banfield, University of St.
Luther
Paintings, photography, and sculpture by
Augsburg alumni
Thomas
Alumni
Ensemble
7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
GaIIery, Chrlstensen Center
l\ovember 9-December 19
November 19
"Seamless: An Exhibition
Augsburg Orchestra Concert
7 p.m.-Sateren AudiLorium
of Paper
Garments"
by Erica Spitzer Rasmussen
Gage Family Gallery, Lindell Library
November 20
Opening receptìon, Nov. 9, 6-9 p.m.
Augsburg Concert Band Concert
September 1B
1
.Advent Vespers
Nov. 30-6 and 9 p.m.
Dec. I-5 and 8 p.m.
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
For information, call 612-330-1265
December 7-B
1 th Annual Benefit Concert and Silent
Auction, Center for Global Education
7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
"Some Leaders are Born Women"
Sarah Weddington, attorney, former
presidential special assistant
7:30 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
For information, call 612-330-1124
Septenrber 23*24
2001 Christensen Symposium
"Global and Local Neighbors: Christian
Faith across Cultures"
Dr. Lamin Sanneh, Yale University
For schedule, see page 2
For ticket informatlon, call 612-330-Ì159
December 9
Augsburg lazz Ênsemble Concert
4 p.m.-Hoversten ChaPel
December 6
"The Legacy of Matthew Shepard"
Judy Shepard, speaker and activist
p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
Seminars, Lectures, and Films
Minneapolis
or l-800-299-8889
Nov. 16, Convocation
10 a.m.-Hoversten Chapel
B
7 p.m.-Central Lutheran Church,
November 3O-Decernber
Nov. 15, Concert, AugsburgJazz
October
B
"An Evening with Maya Angelou,,
7:30 p.m.-Melby Hall
For tickers: TicketWorks, 612-343-3390,
or www. ticketworks.com
December 10
October 22
Chamber Music Recital
7 p.m.-Satcren Audit orium
"Counting lncidents or Telling Tragedies?
Other Events
October B-14
Homecoming and Family Week 2001
"Augsburg on Parade"
October
B
Diversity Scholarship Day
l0:20 a.m.-Special Chapel service
For information, call 612-330-1 180
Octobe:' 13
5th Annual M. Anita Gay Hawthorne
lazz and Poetry Bash
7 30 p.m.-Tj ornhom-Nelson Theater
For information, call 612-330-1022
:
November 30
Velkommen Jul
I0:20 a.m.-Special Chapel
service
For information, call 612-330-1 180
10:
l5 a.m.-Hoversten
ll a.m.-2
Chapel
p.m., ChrÌstensen Center,
featuring Scandinavian treats and gifts
HOMECOMING & EAMILY \üíEEK 2001
AUGSBURG on
OCTOBER S-14
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Honoring the 2001 Distinguished Alumni
George S. Dahlmarr'72, Burton R. Fosse'44,
Kathleen D. Lake '76, and Neal O. Thorpe '60
Saluting the Golden Anniversary Class of 1951
and the reunion classes of 1951, 1961,1976, and 1991
Looh
for detøils in the special Homecoming
sectíon, pnges
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Fine arts at Augsburg
Reaching beyond
the campus
Departments
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Around the Quad
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Sports
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Alumni awards and honors
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Auggie Thoughts
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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.
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Musictech College collaborates w¡th Augsburg
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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"
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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
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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
.
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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.
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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).
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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:
.
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.
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:
.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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James S. Hamre'53
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James S. Hamre,
s.
Ph.D., graduated
from Augsburg i.n
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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Ko Ly'97
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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.
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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.
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Orval Moren'57
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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
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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,
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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collaborations offer students nnnsual
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opportunities.
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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.
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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
industп
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
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degree
in architecture.
e-mai I <admissions@augsburg.edu>.
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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.
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FOR WORD
AND IMACE
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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
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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."
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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.
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COSTT]MII\G
CHARACTERS I N CHARACTER
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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
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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
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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6
THE
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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
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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
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Nicole Ari Parker and Terrence Howard appear in Spark, Garret
Williams'film that explores issues of racial tension and suspicion.
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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
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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
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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).
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by Cherie Christ
international
collaborations with
prestigious arts
organizations, including
the Minneapolis Institute
of Arts and the
Smithsonian Institution.
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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
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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
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j;ï:,i
instructor Toshi yoshida.
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REMEMBERII{G ESTHER OLSOI{:
JOYFUL STRUCCLE AND A ',|OIE DE VIVRE'
,,GaryK.otson'65
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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
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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.
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From the Alumni Board president's desk..,
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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.
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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
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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).
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Alumni News
New director and associate director join
Alumni/Parent Relations
bylynn Mena
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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
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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!"
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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>.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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B0
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"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
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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. LT
18
11
"lslam and Christianity: Religious
Resources
for Living with Differences"
Mark Swanson, Luther Seminary
Amin Kader, Augsburg College
I 0 a.m.-Convocation, Hoversten Chapel
Other Events
Sept. 25-29
Homecoming: Many Gifts, One Spirit
Exhibits
For gallery int'ormatiott, call 612-330-1524
Sept. 13-OclZA
"21st Century Tiles: From Earth to Fire"
National Juried Tile Exhibition
Opening reception: Sept. 20, 6-9 p.m.
The Gage Family Art Gallery Lindell Library
Dec. 6
Velkommen Jul
10: 15
a.m.-Hoversten Chapel
I I a.m.-2 p.m.-Christensen Center,
featuring Scandinavian treats and gifts
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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
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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.
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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
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and Communication
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disc,im inat e on the basis of race,
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etlmic origin , age, gender. sexual
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athletic and/or school
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in tho se insta nces wliere religion
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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
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Sports
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Homecoming awards
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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
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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> .
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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 ,
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and stro ng facult y mem ori ng and
p rogra m su ppo rt .
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"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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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College and is a parlller <II Rw11111
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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
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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
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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. " •
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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. "
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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 . •
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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
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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
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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
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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
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,
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. " •
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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.
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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.
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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
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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:
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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
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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."
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Min istry Medical Group
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Fred Faxvog , PhD
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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
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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
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BOARD
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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
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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
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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.
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Biology professorBill Capmanhelps biology major Jean
Johnsonin a study of coral colony developmentunder
different water flow conditions.
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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
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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:
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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!
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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)
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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 !
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 .
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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
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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
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What is an Augsburg education?
Joan Griffin, Augsburg’s director of
general education, writes that an
Augsburg education is an education for
action. It is an education to prepare
students to become effective, informed,
and ethical citizens. It asks students to
explore answers to the big questions
within the context of values and beliefs
that matter. At Augsburg students are
challenged to discover the very best in
themselves.
The new Augsburg Core Curriculum,
highlighted in this issue, truly gives
distinction to an Augsburg education.
The result of several years of thoughtful
and deliberate collaboration, the new
core curriculum offers a blueprint for a
learning community that connects each
and every element of the College’s
mission with its vision. It respects and
reflects the College’s heritage, including
its vital role in the community, working
in partnership to prepare students for
responsible citizenship.
Augsburg has long believed, before
many other colleges around the country,
that students learn best when combining
their classroom learning with experience
outside the classroom. In the Augsburg
Core, every student is required to
complete an Augsburg experience—
through internships (and student
teaching, practica, cooperative
education, etc.), faculty-student research,
service-learning, study abroad, or other
off-campus immersion activities.
Augsburg’s leadership role in this area
has been affirmed repeatedly—most
recently and importantly by the honor
bestowed upon sociology professor
Garry Hesser as Minnesota’s Professor of
the Year, from the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching and
the Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE). Hesser
has also received national awards for his
pioneering work in developing
experiential education and continuing
national presence in promoting it.
Augsburg’s Center for Global
Education and service-learning program
have also received national and regional
awards for their excellence in programs.
The new Augsburg Core has good
reason to make all Augsburg alumni
proud of their Augsburg education.
Enjoy reading about it, as well as about
some important events in our campus
life—Homecoming 2004, Advent Vespers
25th anniversary, and the upcoming
Nobel Peace Prize Forum and Festival
in February.
Augsburg Now is published
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Minnesota 55454.
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Vol. 67, No. 1
Features
FEATURES
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The Augsburg Core Curriculum:
Educating for work, educating for life
This special issue introduces readers to the new Augsburg Core
Curriculum—the broad general education that forms the foundation
for an Augsburg education. Signature elements of the Augsburg
Core draw on the College’s heritage, values, and mission.
11
Vision
The newsletter for Access to
Excellence: The Campaign for
Augsburg College
4
Advent Vespers celebrates
25th anniversary year
DEPARTMENTS
Departments
2
Around the Quad
6
Sports
8
Homecoming 2004 Awards
27
Alumni News
30
Homecoming 2004 Photos
On the cover:
34
Class Notes
40
In Memoriam
inside
back
cover
Calendar
50 percent recycled paper (10 percent post—consumer waste)
Over 300 first-year students begin
their educational journey through
the Augsburg Arch, the visual
representation of their Augsburg
education, at the Opening
Celebration, where they are
welcomed into the Augsburg
community. Photo by Stephen Geffre.
AROUND
QUAD
Around THE
the Quad
Notes in brief
Namibia center
celebrates 10 years
Convo series
explores social
justice themes
PA students excel
on exam
The May graduates in the Physician
Assistant Program received among the
highest scores in the country on the
National Commission on Certification of
Physician Assistants board examination.
The Class of 2004 received a mean
score of 613, ranking in the 99th
percentile, as compared to the national
mean score of 510.
Augsburg’s program is Minnesota’s
only PA training program; in 2002 it
became a graduate program and received
full accreditation. The Class of 2004 is
the first to graduate at the master’s level.
Augsburg moves up
in college rankings
Once again, U.S.News
& World Report has
included Augsburg in
the top tier of its
annual ranking of best
universities, tied for
20th place—a move
up from 24th place
last year. The College is ranked among
142 institutions in the category “Best
Midwestern Universities-Master’s” and is
compared with other area colleges and
universities that offer both
undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Also, The Princeton Review has once
again included Augsburg among the 170
colleges named “Best in the Midwest,”
based on student responses as well as on
recognition by the media, other
institutional leaders, and educational
organizations. Augsburg was recognized
for its dedication toward diversity.
THE 17TH ANNUAL
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FORUM
February 11–12, 2005
www.peaceprizeforum.org
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Center for Global Education Namibia
director Pandu Hailonga welcomed
guests of the center’s 10th anniversary
celebration, with associate dean Orv
Gingerich and President William Frame
looking on.
“Justice for All,” the theme of the
2004-05 Augsburg Convocation series,
challenges consideration of how
issues of justice bring into focus one’s
gifts, interests, desires, and passions;
and connects them with diverse
careers, occupations, and ministries
that benefit others and selffulfillment.
The remaining presentations are:
New MBA program
in full swing
Forty-four students filled two cohorts to
launch the new Master of Business
Administration program this fall, and
additional cohorts will begin in winter and
possibly spring. About 30 percent of the
first class is made up of Augsburg alumni.
The 20-month MBA program includes
several cross courses with the Master of
Arts in Leadership program and a strong
emphasis on application of classroom
learning to the business environment.
Garry Hesser is prof
of the year in
Minnesota
Nov. 18 was designated “Dr. Garry
Hesser Day” in the state of Minnesota in
honor of the announcement that Hesser
had been named Professor of the Year in
Minnesota by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching and
the Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE).
Hesser was lauded in the citation for
his pioneering efforts in developing
experiential education, a hallmark of an
Augsburg education.
See the next issue of Augsburg Now
for the full story.
• JAN. 17—Martin Luther King Jr.
Convocation, with speaker Victoria
Jackson Gray Adams, a spiritual,
social, political, and civil rights
activist.
• FEB. 11—In conjunction with the
2005 Peace Prize Forum, former
United Nations high commissioner
for human rights and former
president of Ireland Mary Robinson
will speak about security in an
unsecure world.
• FEB. 16—Jane Jeong Trenka ‘95,
award-winning author, will speak
on transracial adoption and
memory/writing as a site of
resistance.
• MARCH 4—Craig Kielburger,
children’s rights activist and
founder of Free the Children,
in the 2005 Batalden Seminar
in Applied Ethics.
• APRIL 11—2005 Sverdrup Visiting
Scientist lecture, to be announced.
For further information,
call 612-330-1180 or visit
<www.augsburg.edu/convo>.
Fall 2004
Access to Excellence:
The Campaign for
Augsburg College
Fourth annual Scholastic Connections celebration
Goal: $55 million
$33 million
Read more campaign news in Vision, the
campaign newsletter, on p. 11.
Welcome,
Class of 2008!
WELCOME TO 343 NEW FRESHMEN …
• 10 states represented, with 81% from
Minnesota
Five new scholarship recipients and six returning scholars were honored along with
their mentors at the fourth annual Scholastic Connections dinner and program in
October.
This program pairs student leaders of color with alumni mentors of color. The
emcee for the evening was Vineeta Sawkar, news anchor at 5 Eyewitness News. The
welcome was presented by actor and vocalist T. Mychael Rambo.
Front row (L to R): Xia Xiong ‘05, Eloisa Echávez ‘94, ‘98 MEL, Melat Woldegebriel
‘05, Vineeta Sawkar, and Renzo Amaya Torres ‘05. Back row (L to R): Franklin Tawah ‘83,
Alex Gonzalez ‘90, Nhia Lee ‘02, Saroja Thapa ‘06, Robert Amaya ‘05, Chris Adams ‘07,
Maria R. Johnson ‘94, Adela Arguello ‘05, Jim Genia ‘87, Diane Love-Scott ‘98, Leah
Carlson ‘01, and Audra Johnson ‘06.
Forging exchanges with a Polish university
Courtesy photo
News:
• 3M is partnering with Augsburg to
raise $600,000 in support of the
Science Center that will come through
a combination of gift and challenge
match.
• 89% live in residence halls on campus
• 37% are Lutheran
• 11.3% are students of color
• 2,600 hours of service-learning in the
community given by first-year students
as part of the Augsburg Seminar
ACROSS ALL PROGRAMS …
• 3,375 students (1,826 day,
1,090 weekend, 459 graduate)
• Average age is 21 in day, 34 weekend,
33 graduate
• Students from 40 states and
33 countries
• Students of color—10.2%
Fall 2004
Amidst their European and African travels last summer, President and Mrs. Frame, along
with business professor Magda Paleczny-Zapp, visited the Cracow University of
Economics in Poland, an institution of 20,000 students, to discuss exchanges of faculty
and students in business and the social sciences. The university is also interested in
starting a program similar to Augsburg’s CLASS program to support students with
learning disabilities.
(L to R): President William Frame; Anne Frame; Chancellor Ryszard Borowiecki;
Professor Magda Paleczny-Zapp; Professor Janusz Teczke, vice chancellor for scientific
research and cooperation; and Agnieszka Nawrocka, head, Office of International
Relations.
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Around the Quad
ADVENT VESPERS
celebrates 25th anniversary year
‘With Peaceful Wings’ offers
theme of peace and comfort
Augsburg College’s Advent Vespers program celebrates its 25th
anniversary around the theme “With Peaceful Wings.” The
four services, this year held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4
at 5 and 8 p.m. at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis,
usually draw over 8,000 people.
Advent Vespers combines more than 300 participants from
choirs, instrumental ensembles, readers, and a full liturgical
party. Through the majestic celebration of music and word, the
message of Christ’s coming to the world is conveyed.
Augsburg’s annual advent program began in 1979 around
the vision of Larry Fleming, then-director of choral activities,
to offer a service of meditation and prayer as a gift to the
community during the advent season. The tradition continues
today under the direction of Peter Hendrickson ’76, director of
choral activities, and the Rev. David Wold, College pastor and
director of ministries, with active support from Augsburg
College students, faculty, and staff.
“With Peaceful Wings” focuses on the message of assurance
that in the wings of the Savior Jesus Christ rest and comfort
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Fall 2004
SPECIAL
BROADCAST
Add this special 25th anniversary
Advent Vespers broadcast to your
holiday plans.
can be found through all good and ill.
The wings of the Savior provide the
strength and shelter to live in the
unconditional grace of God, and the
strength and comfort to know the
peace of God that passes all
understanding, the peace of God that
keeps hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
The service provides an
opportunity to reflect first on the
coming of Jesus, initially announced by
John the Baptist; second, on living in
the promise that Christ will come
again; and third, in knowing that
Christ comes through people
constantly and regularly, even now.
To mark this special 25th
anniversary, Augsburg College
collaborated with Twin Cities Public
Television (TPT) to produce a onehour program to be broadcast during
Christmas week. The majesty of
Central Lutheran Church and the
intimacy of the service are captured by
a multiple-camera production crew
that followed the drama of the
processions and recorded the splendor
of the sounds from the choirs scattered
through the sanctuary.
The program is also offered
statewide to the stations of the
Minnesota Public Television
Association, and nationwide, via
satellite, to public broadcast services.
Commemorative DVD, VHS, and
CD recordings of this production will
be available following the event.
For more information about Advent
Vespers, call 612-330-1444 or go to
<www.augsburg.edu/vespers>. ■
Fall 2004
The service will be aired in Minnesota
on Twin Cities Public Television:
December 22, 8 p.m. on TPT2
December 23, 2 a.m. on TPT2
December 25, 10 a.m. on TPT2 and 7
p.m. on TPT17
Check local listings for broadcast times
on public television stations.
The 25th anniversary Advent Vespers
broadcast is made possible through a
major gift from the 11 Hoversten
families who have supported
Augsburg worship, music, and
education programs for generations,
and with additional support from
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
TWIN CITIES
PUBLIC
TELEVISION
5
Sports
Women’s hockey celebrates 10 years
ugsburg College has played a major
role in the growth of women’s
hockey, one of the fastest growing sports
in recent years. As the first college or
university in the Midwest to sponsor the
sport on the varsity level in 1995,
Augsburg was a leader in sparking major
interest and impacting the lives of
thousands of young girls and women.
This year Augsburg celebrates its
10th season of varsity women’s
hockey—an achievement that speaks
volumes to the College’s commitment to
the sport’s growth.
Over the past decade, 97 young
women have donned an Augsburg
uniform, for a team that has gone
131-86-13 entering this season under
Jill Pohtilla, the only head coach in the
program’s history.
“What I’m most proud of is that,
year-in and year-out, the types of
individuals who play here have great
character and great motivation,” Pohtilla
said. “They work hard, and they care a
lot about the legacy they are going to
leave behind.”
When Augsburg announced in
February 1995 that it was going to field
a varsity women’s hockey program for
the 1995-96 season, there were only 15
varsity teams nationally—all on the East
Coast (members of the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference) and
none in the Midwest.
Girls’ hockey was just starting at the
high school level in Minnesota—the
first state to sponsor a girls’ hockey high
school state championship tournament
—even before it became an Olympic
sport.
Both location and funding made
Augsburg’s situation unique. In its
announcement, Augsburg was believed
to be the first collegiate team to fund its
women’s hockey program on a level
equal with the men’s program, in terms
of equipment, uniforms, ice time,
training, games, publicity, and awards.
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Highlights from Augsburg’s first decade
include:
• 1995-96—Augsburg went 16-5 in its
first season against club and women’s
adult teams in the Midwest, including
three games on the East Coast against
varsity teams.
• 1997-98—Augsburg faced the University
of Minnesota in the Gophers’ first
varsity contest. The crowd of 6,854 in
Mariucci Arena remains the largest-ever
crowd for a U.S. collegiate women’s
hockey game.
by Don Stoner
• Winter 2003—Members of the team
traveled to Italy and Austria to play and
win three games against local club teams.
A 10th anniversary dinner and program
was held in November. For more
information about women’s hockey, go to
<www.augsburg.edu/athletics>.
Don Stoner is sports information coordinator
in the Office of Public Relations and
Communication.
• 1998-99—Augsburg won a share of the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (MIAC) title, which was the
first Division III conference to sponsor
the sport at championship level.
• 1999-2000—Augsburg won the MIAC
play-off to go to the Division III national
championship, where they lost the
national title series to Middlebury (Vt.).
• 2003-04—The playoff semifinal game
against the University of St. Thomas,
a 6-5 loss, was the longest women’s
hockey game in conference history,
a two-overtime, 96-minute, 9-second
marathon.
A plaza in front of Augsburg’s Ice Arena was
dedicated as “JC’s Place,” in honor of James
“JC” Carey, athletic facilities director for 30
years. New seating and memorial plaques
honor Carey, who died of heart failure in
2003 at the age of 54.
The 1999-2000 women’s hockey team posed, following the Division III national championship,
where they lost to small-college power Middlebury (Vt.).
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AUGSBURG COLLEGE HOSTS
T H A N N UA L N O B E L P E AC E P R I Z E F O RU M
Around the theme “Striving for Peace:
Uniting for Justice,” Augsburg College will
host the 17th annual Peace Prize Forum,
Feb. 11-12, 2005. This forum honors the
2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin
Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and human rights
activist who was recognized for her efforts
for democracy and human rights.
In cooperation with the Norwegian
Nobel Institute, five Midwestern colleges
of the ELCA—Augsburg College,
Augustana College (Sioux Falls, S. Dak.),
Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.),
Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), and St.
Olaf College—host the annual Nobel
Peace Prize Forum, the Norwegian Nobel
Institute’s only such program or academic
affiliation outside Norway.
The colleges, all founded by
Norwegian immigrants, sponsor the forum
to give recognition to Norway’s
international peace efforts and to offer
opportunities for Nobel Peace Prize
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by Betsey Norgard
laureates, diplomats,
scholars, students, and the
general public
to engage in
dialogue on the
dynamics of
peacemaking and
the underlying
causes of conflict and war.
The first Nobel Peace
Prize Forum took place in
1989 at St. Olaf College, and
rotates each year among the five ELCA
colleges. Augsburg last hosted the forum
in 1999, and honored Peace Prize laureates
Jody Williams and the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines. Over the
years, more than 21,000 participants have
become involved in the forum, which has
received an even broader audience through
national and regional media coverage.
The Peace Prize Forum program also
includes a series of seminars and
discussions of issues around the theme.
Plenary speakers scheduled for the
2005 forum include:
• Mary Robinson, the first woman
president of Ireland and more recently
United Nations high commissioner for
human rights;
• Davar Ardalan, a producer for National
Public Radio based in Washington,
D.C., who has lived in Iran under both
the shah’s reign and that of the
ayatollah’s;
• Sima Samar, pioneer for almost 20
years in the cause for women’s rights in
war-stricken Afghanistan; and
• Frances Moore Lappé, author and
global citizen who started a revolution
in the way Americans eat. Her most
recent book is You Have the Power:
Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear.
For more information about the 17th
annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, go to
<www.augsburg.edu/ppf> or call
612-330-1383.
Children celebrate peace at
the Nobel Peace Prize Festival
More than 700 students from 27 Peace Site
schools and youth groups across the Twin
Cities will gather at the 10th annual Nobel
Peace Prize Festival at Augsburg on Feb.
10. This year’s festival will honor Shirin
Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
The festival was first organized in
1998 as an expansion of the Nobel Peace
Prize Forum and in response to the
growing interest to involve children and
youth of all ages. The event is designed
to connect students in grades K-12 with
Nobel laureates. Students study a
laureate or peace theme,
create a related interactive
exhibit or performance of
their subject, and bring it to
the one-day festival.
Along with the Peace
Prize Forum, the festival
has the endorsement of the
Norwegian Nobel Institute.
The 2004 festival honored
Nobel laureate Jimmy
Carter, who visited the J.J.
Hill Montessori School in
St. Paul, Minn., along with
the former first lady. ■
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HOMECOMING 2004
TWO HONORED AS 2004 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
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wo alumni join 164 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.
Brian J. Anderson ’82
Dr. Brian J. Anderson graduated from
Augsburg in 1982 with a B.A. in
physics, mathematics, and religion.
From 1983-1987, he served as a
research associate at the University of
Minnesota, where in 1987 he earned a
Ph.D. in physics. In 1986 he returned
to Augsburg as a visiting lecturer in
physics, and in 1987 as an assistant
professor of physics. During his two
years on the Augsburg faculty, he was instrumental in securing a
grant from the National Science Foundation for the establishment
of a vacuum technology laboratory for advanced physics
students.
In 1988, Anderson relocated to the East Coast to serve as a
postdoctoral associate at Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory, where he is currently a senior physicist. He
also supervises the magnetic fields section of the APL’s Space
Physics Group, and is a member of the science team for NASA’s
Messenger mission to Mercury, among others.
Anderson is internationally recognized in space physics for
his innovative and wide-ranging contributions to the
understanding of the dynamic particle and magnetic field
environment of near earth space.
In addition to his duties at Johns Hopkins, Anderson also
serves as president of Division III (Magnetospheric Phenomena)
of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy,
the international scientific association that brings together space
scientists worldwide for biennial scientific congresses. He
recently completed service as an editor for Geophysical Research
Letters, the premier international journal of earth and space
sciences. He was also a member of a panel convened by the
National Academy of Sciences to provide guidance over the next
10 years to all U.S. government agencies in the areas of solar and
space physics.
Anderson is an active member of Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Frederick, Md., where he serves on the church council
and on various committees. He also serves as an assisting
minister in worship and is a regular participant in other
congregational events. His wife, Dr. Leeann Rock, is a 1981
graduate of Augsburg.
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Fern L. (Hanson) Gudmestad ’41
As a child growing up in Seattle, Wash.,
Fern L. (Hanson) Gudmestad learned
about Augsburg from her uncle, the Rev.
Frederick Iversen, an early 1900s graduate
of Augsburg College and Seminary.
Although she enrolled at the University of
Washington—where she ultimately
received a B.A. in art in 1941—she
convinced her parents to send her to
Augsburg for her sophomore year.
Gudmestad’s time as a student on the Augsburg campus
produced numerous lifelong bonds—particularly to one
alumnus, the Rev. Lawrence Gudmestad ’39 (1983 Augsburg
Distinguished Alumnus), whom she married. Three of their four
children also attended the College—one graduating in 1965 and
the other in 1968—as well as a daughter-in-law and a grandson,
making theirs a four-generation Augsburg family.
Gudmestad has remained a loyal and active alumna of the
College, having served as an adviser to the College of the Third
Age, as a longtime member of the Augsburg Associates, and on
the committee assisting with the recent Lutheran Free Church
celebration held on campus in June. In addition, she has been a
regular contributor to The Augsburg Fund and a member of the
president’s Maroon & Silver Society. She generously funded a pipe
in Hoversten Chapel’s new organ for each of her children, and
after her husband’s death in 1986 she directed memorial gifts to
Augsburg.
As a young woman in the 1940s and ’50s, Gudmestad
answered the call to serve along with her husband during his
years as a parish pastor in both Washington and North Dakota.
As his partner, she managed a myriad of responsibilities, and in
the 1970s and ’80s she held successive and increasingly
comprehensive leadership positions in the American Lutheran
Church Women (ALCW) organizations, beginning as president of
her local ALCW, later as president of the ALC’s Southeast
Minnesota District ALCW Board, and ultimately as president of
the national ALCW.
Recognized as a wise and quietly powerful woman,
Gudmestad’s special combination of faith and skills in leadership
continues to bring many invitations to speak at events and
participate on committees and boards.
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HOMECOMING 2004
FIRST DECADE AND SPIRIT OF AUGSBURG AWARD
RECIPIENTS NAMED FOR 2004 by Lynn Mena
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ugsburg is pleased to announce the 2004 recipients of the First Decade and Spirit of
Augsburg awards. The First Decade Award is presented to Augsburg graduates of the past
10 years who have made significant progress in their professional achievements and
contributions to the community, 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.
FIRST DECADE AWARD
SPIRIT OF AUGSBURG AWARD
Susan Arntz ’94
Arthur V. Rimmereid ’53
Susan (Horning) Arntz graduated from
Augsburg in 1994 with a B.A. in
political science and a minor in metrourban studies. In 1999, she earned a
master’s degree in public administration
from Hamline University.
Despite her young age, Arntz
possesses a vast amount of knowledge
and leadership skills related to public
affairs and government, and has utilized
these for an exemplary career in public
service. Following her graduation in
1994, she served as an intern to Commissioner Peter McLaughlin
of Hennepin County, Minn. During that same time period, she
served as assistant administrator and economic development
coordinator of the City of Chaska (Minn.), and from 1998–2001
as the assistant city manager of New Brighton, Minn. Over the
last several years, she has served as the city administrator of
Waconia, Minn. She has skillfully managed increasingly larger
city projects, and has directed major projects in the rapidly
growing community of Waconia.
Clearly, Arntz is driven to excel in her chosen field of city
management; she approaches the responsibilities and call of
public service with tremendous enthusiasm and dedication. She
has worked tirelessly to construct an innovative and successful
partnership between the city and the development community
and other agencies.
Since 2001, Arntz has served as a member of Augsburg’s
Alumni Board of Directors, contributing a valued voice of vision,
reason, and influence. In addition to sharing her time with the
College, Arntz is also a member of Augsburg’s Century Club.
A woman of deep faith and Christian values, Arntz is an active
member of her church and community. She and her husband,
Jonathan ’95, have two children.
The Rev. Arthur V. Rimmereid graduated
from Augsburg College and Seminary in
1953 and 1956, respectively. His first call
was to a parish in north central North
Dakota—Bisbee Lutheran Church—
where he served as pastor from
1956–1962. He then served as pastor of
Advent Lutheran Church in Coon
Rapids, Minn., where he was asked to
develop a new mission congregation.
From 1967–1983, he served first as
assistant pastor and then as senior pastor
at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Brainerd, Minn.
Rimmereid’s 27 years of distinguished parish ministry—in a
rural community, in a mission congregation, and in a larger
established congregation—served as excellent preparation for his
next call to serve as assistant to the bishop of the Northern
Minnesota District, ALC, from 1983–1987. He served in that
capacity until the merger and was called to a like position in the
new Northwestern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA, serving again
as assistant to the bishop from 1988–1991. In 1991, he was
elected bishop and served until his retirement in 1995.
A strong supporter of his alma mater, Rimmereid often and
proudly encourages others to attend the College and also to
provide financial donations to support its programs and its
mission. In addition, he is a regular participant and speaker at
College events—particularly in chapel, where he shares his spirit
of dedication, his love of people, and his message of faith.
Rimmereid has distinguished himself as an active member of
Kiwanis International for a number of years. He and his wife,
Charlotte (Kleven) ’52, reside in Maplewood, Minn., where in
addition to church activities, they are active volunteers in the
community.
A person of compassion and integrity, Rimmereid’s
achievements and service exemplify the ideals and mission of
Augsburg.
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HOMECOMING 2004
THE NYDAHL FAMILY honored with the Distinguished Service Award
by Lynn Mena
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Courtesy photo
he Distinguished Service Award recogizes “formative
families” who have made a substantial and continuing
contribution to Augsburg and to its mission in the world
through their vocations, their philanthropy, and their citizenship.
This year’s recipient is the family of Johannes and Tabitha Nydahl,
honoring their Norwegian and Lutheran heritage and their
generations-long connection to the College. Over the years, many
descendents of Johannes and Tabitha have attended Augsburg,
including their three sons, Theodore, Malvin, and Harold. The
Nydahl family members, through their careers and avocations, have
long illustrated Augsburg’s mission of “education for service,” and
it is a great honor to recognize them with this special award.
Johannes Ludvigson Nydahl was born Feb. 20, 1863, at Sondfjord,
Norway, to Ludvig Olson Nydahl and Nille Johannesen Holsen. As
the oldest son, Johannes stood to inherit the family farm. However,
he relinquished this right in order to realize his dream of exploring
the world. He considered going to South Africa or the Sandwich
Islands (Hawaii), but chose instead the United
States, emigrating in 1882.
When Johannes arrived in the United States,
he first worked as a lumberjack in northern
Minnesota and then as a stonemason in
Minneapolis—the First Baptist Church was
one of his masonry projects. By these jobs he
earned enough money to attend Augsburg.
Johannes’ wife, Tabitha, was born to immigrants
on a southern Minnesota farm. She was the
daughter of Torger T. Rygh, who arrived in
America in 1845 along with several siblings and
their parents.
Johannes Nydahl
Johannes graduated from both the College and the Augsburg
Seminary, attending from 1883–1891. Although he was never
ordained, he was deeply involved with the Lutheran community,
and served as a vicar in Watertown, S.Dak., in 1891. He then served
the College as a professor of history and Norwegian from
1891–1920, before beginning in 1920 as Augsburg’s head librarian,
a post he held until his death in 1928.
During his years at Augsburg he also served as an instructor at
Deaconess Hospital in Minneapolis from 1909–14. Among his
many community and church activities were serving as Sunday
school superintendent at Trinity Church, as president of the
Minnesota Total Abstinence Society, secretary of the Folkebladet
Publishing Company, treasurer and then president of the Board of
the Deaconess Home, and secretary of the Lutheran Free Church,
being listed as one of the 10 prominent men in the church’s
development. An outstanding musician, too, Johannes was a
member of the Augsburg Quartette, which toured throughout the
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Johannes and Tabitha Nydahl pose with their six children. Pictured
from L to R are: Ragna, Tabitha, Malvin, Agnes, Harold, Theodore,
Johannes, and Valborg.
upper Midwest and Michigan through the
late 1880s and early 1890s. In 1895, the
Quartette toured Norway, the first concert
tour by Norwegians in America back to the
fatherland.
The Nydahls also were members of the
Saga Hill community, a colony established
in the 1880s by Augsburg professors,
ministers, bankers, and professional men,
most of them being members of Trinity
Tabitha Nydahl
Church who were deeply interested in the
College and its success. They purchased 40
acres from a farmer in the Lake Minnetonka area where they built
summer cabins.
Johannes and Tabitha—who lived on the Augsburg campus for
more than 30 years in what was to become known as West Hall
when it became a girls’ dormitory—raised a family of six children.
Ted became a history professor at the University of MinnesotaMankato, and later head of their Humanities Department; Mally
became an orthopedic surgeon in Minneapolis after a standout
athletic career in football, basketball, and baseball at the University
of Minnesota. Harold became a pastor and counselor, and Ragna,
Agnes, and Valborg all married Lutheran pastors and Augsburg
graduates—Melvin Olson, Clarence Carlsen, and Torgney Kleven,
respectively. All six children were great musicians, the three sisters
singing in a much sought-after trio, and the three brothers being
both singers and choir directors.
This award celebrates the contributions and legacy of Johannes and
Tabitha and the extended Nydahl family.
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BY PAUL S. MUELLER, M.D. ’84
Scientific inquiry will reveal truth and lead to more questions
“Where truth is, there is God.”
—Miguel de Cervantes
I give thanks and
praise for my
years at Augsburg.
I am grateful for
the knowledge I
learned, the skills
I acquired, and
the experiences I
had. But I am especially grateful for the
professors, fellow students, and other
individuals at Augsburg who encouraged
me to think about science and the
physical universe in the context of the
Christian faith. Faculty members like
John Holum, Earl Alton, Ralph Sulerud
and others patiently spent countless
hours with students like me, helping us
not only to understand the universe, but
also the relationship between the
universe and God. Kermit Paulson and
Mark Engebretson, persons of faith,
encouraged my wife Nancy (Mackey) ’85
to pursue a degree in physics, an
advanced degree in engineering, and
ultimately careers in engineering and
science teaching. To me, these teachers
made physics understandable and God’s
universe more spectacular.
The desire for truth at Augsburg
continues today. I am awed by the
innovative education and research
programs conducted by the science
faculty. Seeking scientific truth at
Augsburg is not simply memorizing and
reciting facts. Instead, it is learning
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methods of scientific inquiry that reveal
truth and lead to more questions. The
cycle of hypothesis, inquiry, discovery,
and generating new questions and
hypotheses about the universe leads to
new knowledge and understanding.
Whereas ignorance leads to fear and
conflict, knowledge and understanding
lead to comfort, joy, and peace. In other
words, the truth makes us free.
A tour of the current science
building reveals how innovative and
vital the science faculty is. This
education is made complete by the
Augsburg experience, a liberal arts
education that places scientific truth in
the context of other truths such as
spiritual, humanistic, and philosophical
truths. This milieu encourages the
Augsburg science major not to seek just
a job, but a true vocation, which
Frederick Buechner describes as “the
place where your deep gladness meets
the world’s deep need.”
A major focus of the current
campaign, Access to Excellence: The
Campaign for Augsburg College, is a new
Science Center. It is widely
acknowledged that the current Science
Hall is inadequate to fulfill and sustain
the vision for science education and
research at Augsburg College.
Despite the limitations of the current
facility, the sciences at Augsburg have
grown. In addition, the number of
science majors, education opportunities,
and research programs has grown.
Indeed, the College and the science
faculty have been very creative in using
and modifying the current facility, which
is now more than 50 years old, to meet
new challenges as they arise. For
example, the site of an active living coral
reef on the second floor of Science Hall
in the Biology Department is truly
amazing. Yet, this example of creativity
reflects the enthusiasm the Augsburg
science faculty has for teaching and
research irrespective of the facility. This
enthusiasm has undoubtedly played a
crucial role in the growth and success of
the science departments.
Nevertheless, the time has come for a
new Science Center at Augsburg College.
This center will provide an environment
conducive to teaching and mentoring
science students and conducting research
(SCIENCE continues on page 12)
Vision is published by
Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Ave.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454.
Editor
Lynn James
Graphic Designer
Kathy Rumpza
Photographer
Stephen Geffre
Contributing Writers
Lynn James
Paul Mueller, M.D. ’84
www.augsburg.edu/campaign
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3M Foundation partners with Augsburg in gift and matching
grant challenge
The 3M Foundation has announced a
partnership with Augsburg College to raise
$600,000 in support of its new Science
Center. For every dollar donated by a 3M
employee or retiree, the 3M Foundation
will contribute three dollars. Under this
3:1 challenge, the foundation will match
up to $100,000 in contributions from
employees or retirees with a $300,000 gift.
Additionally, the foundation itself is
contributing $200,000 to the Science
Center.
The grant challenges the College to
raise up to $100,000 in gifts and pledges
from 3M employees and retirees between
Oct. 15 and Dec. 10, 2004, according to
Alex Cirillo, Jr., vice president for the 3M
Foundation.
“This is a tremendous gift that
provides Augsburg the opportunity to raise
$600,000 in new funding for our
campaign’s top priority—the new Science
Center,” noted Sue Klaseus, Augsburg’s
vice president for institutional
advancement. “We are excited about the
3M Foundation leadership commitment.”
Gifts toward the 3M Foundation
challenge grant can come from any of its
employees or retirees, Klaseus said, but the
College’s primary effort will be geared
toward the hundreds of Augsburg alumni
and parents who work for the company.
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at 21st-century standards. It will, in part,
preserve and grow opportunities to
explore science at Augsburg. Finally, the
Science Center will be a major focal point
of the Augsburg campus, where faith and
reason are reconciled, where truth is loved
and sought, and God is found.
What can you do?
• Keep Augsburg leadership, faculty, staff
and students in your prayers.
• Be an ambassador of Augsburg. Share
with others, especially family, friends,
and potential students, the good things
that are happening at Augsburg,
especially in the science departments.
Encourage them to partake in the
Augsburg experience, a place where the
search for truth is encouraged and
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nurtured, where science meets and
honors God, and where seeking and
finding the truth makes one free.
• Get involved. Visit the campus and see
what is happening at Augsburg. Attend
alumni events.
• Give generously to Augsburg. Consider
joining the Maroon & Silver Society.
Prayerfully consider committing to
Access to Excellence: The Campaign for
Augsburg College. Include Augsburg in
your estate plan (e.g., will, insurance
policy, annuity). ■
Paul S. Mueller ’84, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.,
is a consultant at the Mayo Clinic
Rochester and a member of the Science
Advisory Board. He is a former president of
the Augsburg College Alumni Association
Board of Directors.
3M hosted a campaign “event” at its
headquarters in November to help raise
awareness for both the campaign and this
special matching gift opportunity. Joining
Klaseus at the event was Augsburg
President William V. Frame, Provost
Christopher Kimball, Professor Nancy
Steblay, science faculty, students, and
alumni.
For additional details on this
challenge, contact Sherry Jennings-King at
612-338-4823 or <jenningk@
augsburg.edu>. ■
SAVE THE DATE
JANUARY 7, 2005
Friday Forum—noon-1 p.m.
Featured speaker Senator Dave Durenberger
Brown bag luncheon, Christensen Center
Call 612-338-4821 for details
JANUARY 29, 2005
Women’s Connections,Thrivent Financial
625 4th Ave., Minneapolis
FEBRUARY 4, 2005
Friday Forum—noon-1 p.m.
Brown bag luncheon, Christensen Center
Call 612-338-4821 for details
FEBRUARY 10, 11, and 12, 2005
17th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Festival
and Forum, Augsburg College campus
MARCH 4, 2005
Friday Forum—noon-1 p.m.
Featured speaker Senator Mark Dayton
Brown bag luncheon, Christensen Center
Call 612-338-4821 for details
MAY 16, 2005
Second Annual Healthcare Conference
Details to follow
www.augsburg.edu/healthcare
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Director of development named
After a national search, Stephen Preus assumed
his role as director of development in October.
“Preus brings a strong background of corporate
and community experiences to the role,” said Sue
Klaseus, vice president for institutional
advancement.
“Stephen articulated well his passion about
Augsburg’s mission and vision. We feel confident
that his expertise and external perspective will
continue to enhance the success of Augsburg’s
current capital campaign and our long-term advancement program,”
she continued.
Preus succeeds John Knight, who left Augsburg in May to pursue
opportunities with his church, and interim director Richard J.Weiland,
of Northfield.
Prior to joining Augsburg, Preus owned CM IT Solutions in Edina,
Minn., and was a longtime employee and officer of Thrivent Financial
for Lutherans and its predecessor company Lutheran Brotherhood.
Preus is active in numerous community organizations and lives in
Burnsville with wife, Martha, and their two children. ■
CAMPAIGN CORNER
• An anonymous endowment gift of $2 million was given
this fall.
• Thrivent Financial Services is offering alumni, friends of
the College, faculty, and staff the opportunity to join
Thrivent’s GivingPlus charitable/matching gift program.
For details, contact Stephanie Malone, director of The
Annual Fund, at 612-338-4825.
• Broadcasting of Advent Vespers nationwide this year was
made possible by generous lead gifts from the extended
Hoversten family,Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and a
number of other friends and alumni of Augsburg College.
(Read about the broadcast on p. 5.)
If you’d like to consider a gift to the Advent Vespers
broadcast, funding is still needed. Contact Sherry
Jennings King at 612-338-4823 by December 31 for this
year’s pledge form.
WE’VE MOVED
Institutional Advancement moved from Smiley’s
Point recently when Fairview Health Services
exercised its option on Augsburg’s lease to
house the Fairview Foundation.
Vice President Sue Klaseus, administrative
assistant Kathryn Croyle, and the Institutional
Advancement and Alumni and Parent Relations
departments are located in Science Hall 152.
Development, Government and Community
Relations, and Advancement Services are in
downtown Minneapolis in the Crown Roller Mill
Building next to the former Whitney Hotel, just
off Washington Avenue near the new Guthrie
Theater site.
All email addresses are the same, but to contact
individuals in the Crown Roller Mill building,
please call the phone numbers listed.
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KAY AHLSTROM 612-338-4818
STEPHANIE MALONE 612-338-4825
MELISSA BAWEK 612-338-4819
DONNA MCLEAN 612-338-4826
TRACY BECKMAN 612-338-6536
KIM OLMSTED 612-338-4827
DAVE BENSON 612-338-6539
STEPHEN PREUS 612-338-4828
JEROY CARLSON 612-338-4820
PHIL QUANBECK, SR. 612-338-6539
CHRISTIN CRABTREE-MCWETHY
612-338-4821
PATRICK SHEEHY 612-338-6533
KEVIN HEALY 612-338-6537
BARBARA HUTSON 612-338-4822
STEPHANIE STUART 612-338-6534
GEORGE SVERDRUP 612-338-6539
SHERILYN YOUNG 612-338-6535
SHERRY JENNINGS-KING 612-338-4823
JENNIFER KAHLOW 612-338-6540
SUE KLASEUS 612-338-6538
FAX 612-338-6542
MAIN OFFICE NUMBER 612-338-0002
RON MAIN 612-338-4824
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Superb results through Class Challenge
Strides to increase annual giving continue
as “alumni participation for the past five
years has increased to 20 percent,” said
Stephanie Malone, Augsburg Fund
director. For fiscal year ending May 2004,
$825,000 was raised to support the lives
and education of Augsburg students.
New this year was the Class
Challenge. “We issued a Class Challenge
in hopes of involving more individuals in
supporting their alma mater.” The criteria
used included individuals who could be
located within each class year and who
held a day student status. Using the
aforementioned criteria, the Class of 1937
had 100 percent participation. The Class
of 1946 was the top giver, with an average
gift size of more than $13,000 and a class
participation rate of almost 81 percent.
The class of 1985 also significantly
increased their participation from past
years.
“We really appreciate the efforts of
each of the Class Challenge participants,”
said Malone. “The Augsburg Fund
touches every aspect of the College at
every moment of a student’s educational
experience. It offers financial aid through
scholarships and programs that transform
students’ lives.”
There are many stories of individuals
giving to the Class Challenge who have
never given to the College or who haven’t
given on a consistent annual basis.
Richard Koplitz ’48 has given to the
College’s athletic programs in the past, but
liked what he saw with the College
expansion and wanted to support The
Augsburg Fund.
“Our annual fund support also was
made possible by leadership donors, many
of whom are Maroon & Silver Society
members. Their gifts of $1,000 or more
accounted for 75 percent of the annual
fund goal this past year,” reported Sue
Klaseus, vice president of Institutional
Advancement and Community Relations.
Augsburg’s goal is to nearly triple
annual fund giving by 2006 to reach a
30 percent alumni participation rate. “This
is a vibrant, evolving college,” said
Malone. “Alumni giving to enhance the
institution makes an Augsburg degree
more meaningful. There are so many ways
to support Augsburg, and contributing to
the annual fund to support scholarships is
one meaningful way.” ■
Contact Malone at 612-338-4825 or by
e-mail at <malone@augsburg.edu>.
Dorothy and Richard Koplitz ’48
CLASS CHALLENGE RESULTS
(as of May 31, 2004)
Class of
Class Part.
Class of
Class Part.
’30
33.33%
’69
21.50%
’33
16.67%
’70
24.82%
’34
28.57%
’71
21.28%
’35
22.22%
’72
19.93%
’36
40.00%
’73
16.33%
’37
100.00%
’74
20.28%
’38
83.87%
’75
10.50%
’39
41.94%
’76
29.80%
’40
43.90%
’77
16.49%
’41
22.81%
’78
20.14%
’42
32.73%
’79
27.71%
’43
38.60%
’80
14.33%
’44
20.69%
’81
24.73%
’45
97.78%
’82
12.61%
’46
80.95%
’83
15.76%
’47
60.00%
’84
24.91%
’48
55.68%
’85
31.67%
’49
44.80%
’86
6.93%
’50
51.58%
’87
11.62%
’51
50.68%
’88
17.97%
’52
51.91%
’89
11.73%
’53
63.03%
’90
11.07%
’54
30.97%
’91
8.45%
’55
21.51%
’92
7.43%
’56
55.65%
’93
9.94%
’57
40.00%
’94
13.47%
’58
53.97%
’95
7.47%
’59
42.96%
’96
4.94%
’60
25.63%
’97
10.54%
’61
32.45%
’98
11.95%
’62
23.21%
’99
11.80%
’63
41.71%
’00
2.70%
’64
35.96%
’01
2.70%
’65
33.93%
’02
4.69%
’66
37.67%
’03
1.21%
’67
22.12%
27.27%
’04
0.29%
’68
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DESIGN BY KATHY RUMPZA
When students look at colleges, one of the
first areas they ask about is the list of
majors or academic disciplines offered.
Seldom are they as interested in other
required courses, usually called the general
education or core curriculum.
What they don’t realize, however, is
that this part of their college study is
recognized within the higher education
community to be as important as their
major or area of specialization in
preparing them for an increasingly
technical, complex, and diverse
workplace.
Following extensive study, a national
panel of the Association of American
Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
issued a report in 2002 that makes the
case for a “liberal” education, meaning
one that will “help college students
become intentional learners who can
adapt to new environments, integrate
knowledge from different sources, and
continue learning throughout their lives.”
A liberal education prepares students
with skills beyond the theory and depth
of a specialization that they will need to
meet the challenges of a global society—
critical thinking and communicating, the
knowledge of how to learn, and the
preparation for responsible citizenship.
One hallmark of a liberal education is
the integration of classroom learning with
practical application through internships,
community service, and other forms of
experiential learning. A liberal and
practical education educates students for
responsible citizenship as well as for
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work and careers.
The good news for Augsburg is that
educating for citizenship has always
been part of an Augsburg education.
Joan Griffin, Augsburg professor of
English and director of general
education, wrote in a recent
discussion paper, “Education for
citizenship may be trendy now, but as
many of us discovered … it’s been in
the bones of this College at least since
September 1874 when the faculty
approved a science division that
would provide ‘a practical general
education’ to prepare Norwegian
immigrants to flourish as citizens of
their new world.”
In the area of experiential
education, and especially in servicelearning where community service is
integrated into classroom learning,
Augsburg has been a national leader
for many years. In 2003, U.S.News &
World Report, in its “Programs to Look
for,” included Augsburg among 20
schools nationwide as a “stellar
example” of a service-learning program.
PHOTOS BY STEPHEN GEFFRE
previous general education course
requirements spread over eight liberal
arts “perspectives,” and—most
importantly—that aligns it more closely
with Augsburg’s vision document,
Augsburg 2004: Extending the Vision.
LAUNCHING THE
AUGSBURG CORE
In fall 2003, Augsburg launched the
Augsburg Core Curriculum, or
Augsburg Core, a new general
education curriculum that
incorporates the best practices from
national research, that streamlines the
At Opening Celebration, new first-year students
process into Hoversten Chapel through the
ballooned arch and through a line of welcoming
faculty and staff.
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For more than two years, several
committees involving over 25 faculty and
students worked to define the underlying
principles of general education at
Augsburg. Then, over several months a
design team collaborated to construct the
new curriculum. The full faculty
discussed the proposal in open hearings
and finally voted its approval.
The Augsburg
Core Curriculum
Design Team
CORE PRINCIPLES
A number of key principles make up the
heart of the Augsburg Core.
Augsburg believes that students learn
best in community. Thus, “learning
communities” are at the center of the
Augsburg Core. Students begin their
college careers in the Augsburg Seminar
learning communities, and they
complete their careers in their major
keystone communities. Both connect
students with faculty and with fellow
students. In the first year almost all
courses are taught by full-time faculty,
not adjuncts, to encourage these
connections.
The community of learners is
strengthened by having all students
share educational experiences at several
places during their studies where
common questions are considered and
continually revisited. This is
accomplished through common
readings, through required courses, and
through required experiences to which
students apply their classroom learning.
At the heart of the Augsburg Core are
Joan Griffin, chair . . . . . . . .English
Lori Brandt Hale . . . . . . . .Religion
Dal Liddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .English
Merilee Klemp . . . . . . . . . . .Music
Diane Pike . . . . . . . . . . .Sociology
Ambrose Wolf . . . . . . . . . .Physics
The result of this work over these
several years is a carefully crafted,
cohesive education that blends broad,
general learning with depth in one or
more specific areas and prepares students
with tools to succeed.
The Augsburg Core combines
hallmarks of the College’s Lutheran
(and, specifically, Lutheran Free Church)
heritage, its long-standing commitment
to educating students for service in the
world, its commitment to provide access
to a diverse learning community, and its
location in the center of an urban area.
Woven throughout are the themes of
Christian faith, exploration of vocation,
the city, diversity, and global awareness.
It is an education distinctive to Augsburg
College, and it offers a life-changing
journey for students, truly a
transforming education.
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In their Augsburg Seminar, first-year students begin learning about the city in which they will
study, live, and work by exploring its resources and opportunities and engaging in community
service projects.
Sociology professor Diane Pike (right) leads an AugSem group as they explore downtown
Minneapolis streets.
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the two signature courses called Search
for Meaning that are required of all
Augsburg students. In these courses, the
themes most important to Augsburg’s
mission and vision—vocation, identity,
and Christian faith—are introduced and
revisited as students begin to reflect in
more substantive ways about these
issues.
The Core Curriculum is designed to
be developmental. From the first year
onward, the curriculum introduces
shared themes through common
experiences, engages students in the city,
builds skills in the major, broadens
perspectives through the liberal arts,
requires application of learned theory,
and, finally, pulls everything together in
a keystone course before graduation.
Augsburg students continually have
Becoming an orientation leader is one way in
which students can grow as leaders on
campus. Here, during summer orientation,
Laura Prasek ’05 helps a new student figure
out his academic schedule for the first
semester.
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opportunities to develop leadership
skills for service in society: through
knowledge gained from the breadth of
their liberal arts courses, through the
embedding of skills development in
their major courses, and through the
many forms of experiential education in
the Twin Cities or elsewhere where they
can apply their classroom learning to
practical situations.
An Augsburg education places
emphasis on the whole student, both in
academic classroom study and activities
outside of the classroom. Working in
tandem with the academic curriculum is
the co-curriculum, i.e., the rich variety
of college life that includes support
services such as advising, tutoring
services, and accommodations for
physical and learning disabilities, as well
as student government, sports, residence
life, campus ministry, and many other
social organizations. All of this helps
students build the confidence and skills
they need to become leaders.
Two significant aspects of an
Augsburg education—the commitment
to a diverse learning community and the
importance of global awareness—are
intentionally infused throughout both
the core curriculum and the major,
rather than being targeted in specific
courses. Students will encounter these
themes inherent in Augsburg’s identity
throughout their studies.
In several cases the themes are
imprinted in a common experience. For
example, the Effective Writing course,
required of first-year students, includes
a common text chosen for its culturally,
racially, and ethnically diverse content.
Throughout the core curriculum,
students will encounter opportunities to
experience and discuss the nature of
human differences.
The Augsburg Core is designed for
all undergraduate students and is
required of all, including those in the
traditional day program, in Weekend
College, and the Rochester program,
albeit with some adjustments and
slightly altered format for weekend and
transfer students.
While weekend and Rochester
students do not participate in the firstyear program, they must fulfill all other
requirements of the curriculum. For the
most part, adult working students value
the Augsburg Core for its emphasis on
liberal arts, and they understand its
application to their work or life
situation. They often use their own
workplace as the setting for a project to
fulfill the Augsburg Experience. Many
students also take advantage of shortterm study seminars to experience
another country or culture.
Augsburg’s Honors Program is rooted
in the Augsburg Core and offers an
enriched and interdisciplinary
environment in which students explore
the many dimensions of ideas and uses
of knowledge. Its courses lead students
through a specially-designed core
curriculum for academically-qualified
students.
IMPLEMENTING THE
AUGSBURG CORE
In 2003, Augsburg’s Center for Teaching
and Learning received a three-year grant
from the Bush Foundation to help
faculty implement the new Augsburg
Core. During the past year, faculty have
met in learning collaboratives to address
best teaching and learning practices. The
grant has also funded workshops,
materials, and research collaborations.
For faculty, the new core curriculum
has resulted in a significant shift.
Formerly, faculty members generally
designed, taught, and evaluated their
own courses within departments. The
new curriculum calls upon faculty to
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collaborate across departments and
disciplines, since all courses now serve
the broader goals of an Augsburg
education, including embedded skills,
service-learning, and other kinds of
learning beyond the specific subject
matter.
“It’s work that will have as much
payoff for faculty, if we do it well,”
comments Diane Pike, professor of
sociology and director of the Center for
Teaching and Learning. “Faculty gain a
much better understanding of how the
curriculum meets its goals; it gives us an
intentionality and explicitness that we
didn’t have before.”
The Augsburg Core’s distinction has
not gone unnoticed. While higher
education is clearly moving towards the
“liberal education” called for in
AAC&U’s national report, Augsburg
shows clear leadership with its emphasis
and commitment to service-learning and
the development of learning
communities. The College is actively
participating in this national discussion
and is being recognized for the
distinctiveness and coherence of the
new core curriculum. Representing the
Augsburg Core graphically as an arch
becomes an effective tool to explain the
comprehensiveness of the curriculum as
well as to help students navigate
through the courses to graduation.
Creating the Augsburg Core has been
a self-examination of the most
fundamental values of Augsburg’s
heritage, mission, and vision. An
Augsburg education is now more closely
aligned with the vision of “transforming
education” the College understands
itself called to offer, helping students to
find their place in the world and reach
their potential.
Provost Christopher Kimball sums it
up on Augsburg’s Web site, “We are one
college with one mission, offering one
unique experience.”
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The Augsburg Arch
The Augsburg Arch visually
demonstrates the structure,
relationships, and coherence of the
Augsburg Core Curriculum. It shows
how the liberal arts, academic majors,
and general education intersect, and
how the liberal arts are foundational,
both in content and skills. The keystone
brings it all together and supports the
whole as an integrated education.
The Augsburg Core has three major
components:
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The Signature Curriculum
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The Liberal Arts Foundation
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Skills Requirement
The Signature Curriculum sets
Augsburg apart from others. It includes
both specific courses and elements of
courses that engage students with the
core values inherent in Augsburg’s
mission and heritage.
1. THE SIGNATURE CURRICULUM
Augsburg Seminar (first-year
program) helps first-year weekday
students make the transition to college
in “learning communities” based on
their major or other academic interests.
In these courses students learn what it
means to become a citizen of an
academic community. Many of these
courses also include an Engaging
Minneapolis component, which
introduces them to life in the Twin
Cities—by exploring the local arts
scene, studying environmental issues on
the Mississippi, bicycling the downtown
riverfront, tutoring neighborhood
immigrant children, sampling the local
ethnic cuisine, and much more.
Search for Meaning 1 and 2—These
two religion courses present Christian
theology as well as non-Christian faiths
and guide students in exploring and
reflecting on Augsburg’s concept of
vocation—discovering and using one’s
own talents and passion in service in
the world.
Augsburg Experience—All students
will complete a required experience
that links their academic study to
involvement in the broader community,
either locally or globally. This
experience can be study abroad, an
internship, research with a professor,
community service-learning, or an offcampus immersion experience.
Senior Keystone—The required senior
keystone course revisits conversations
on vocation, now within the context of
the major, and builds on the cumulative
combining of theoretical classroom
knowledge with experiential
applications of it. It also reflects the
developmental nature of the Augsburg
Core—beginning with Augsburg
Seminar, Search for Meaning, and
Engaging Minneapolis; then adding
growth in major skills and practical
application in the Augsburg Experience;
and, finally, a uniting of everything in
the keystone.
2. THE LIBERAL ARTS FOUNDATION
In order to learn and appreciate
different ways of knowing and modes
of inquiry, students take two courses
from different departments in each of
the four academic domains. Students
may take “connections” courses that
are team-taught and examine the
liberal arts around themes and across
disciplines.
3. SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
Courses throughout the four years
provide skills beyond the specialization
that responsible citizens and successful
employees need in the global
workplace—in critical thinking,
speaking, writing, and quantitative
reasoning. Entrance assessments
prepare students to take the courses
that fulfill graduation requirements in
these areas. Core skill requirements
include writing, modern language, and
lifetime fitness.
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Augsburg Seminar
THE FIRST-YEAR PROGRAM
BECOMING AN
AUGGIE
For most first-year students, college is a
big change. It may be the first time they
have left home or have lived in a city.
Many will find that high school did not
prepare them for the demanding work
load of a college schedule or the cognitive
challenges and skills that they will need to
flourish in their new academic
environment.
Augsburg recognizes that first-year
students need support as they make the
transition to college and successful
academic careers. Because of the attention
that it pays to the experience of first-year
students, Augsburg was named as one of
12 Founding Institutions in the Council of
Independent Colleges’ Foundations of
Excellence™ in the First College Year
Project.
Augsburg’s first-year program,
Augsburg Seminar, introduces first-year
weekday students to the Augsburg
learning community. It helps them
become intentional learners as they
develop the skills and strategies that will
lead to success in college. It introduces
them to the signature themes of an
Augsburg education: vocation, caritas,
and community. It introduces them to
what it means to be an educated person:
an effective, informed, and ethical citizen.
From their first day on campus,
everything is geared to helping students
get off to the right start. Augsburg
Seminar courses join students, professors,
peer leaders (AugMentors), and campus
staff together in “learning communities”
based on a student’s major or other
academic interests.
In these communities, students may
work on joint projects, getting to know
the Twin Cities cultural scene, meeting
and tutoring newly-arrived immigrants in
the neighborhood, and writing reflections
on these experiences. On the day before
classes actually begin, AugSem sections
spend the afternoon in community
service projects, mostly in the
neighborhoods around campus. This year,
Kristin Snartland is one of the AugSem students who rode the new
lightrail from near campus to downtown, finding out how easy it is to
get around.
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first-year students worked a total of more
than 1,000 hours on their AugSem
community service projects.
In the process they become acquainted
with each other, explore the resources of
the College community, get connected
with the city—and have fun. Many
students find college-long (and life-long)
friends in their Augsburg Seminar. They
get to know their professors—and their
professors get to know them, both in class
and outside the classroom in AugSem
activities.
Biology professor Bill Capman’s
AugSem section is paired with the
Introductory Organismal Biology course,
which also includes a service-learning field
project. This fall, his students visited a
local nature preserve, Dodge Nature
Center, to learn about and work to remove
invasive plant species from their grounds.
As part of their AugSem curriculum,
Capman’s group spends time on broader
topics—developing good study skills in
the sciences, exploring biology and
medical-related careers, and, for biology
The AugSem/Biology 103 class spent time at the Dodge Nature Center,
studying invasive plant species and helping to remove them from the
preserve. Professor Bill Capman points out differences between the
buckthorn to be removed and ash trees to Brittany Grudem (left) and
Jennifer Moe (right).
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A Somali community leader, Abdirizak Bihi, introduces an AugSem group to a Somali shop in the
Cedar-Riverside area. The class was getting acquainted with Somali culture to prepare them for
their later visits in the neighborhood to give people information about voting and registration.
majors, getting to know upperclass
biology majors and becoming involved
in department activities.
In Professor John Shockley’s
Augsburg Seminar section with its
paired Political Patterns and Processes
course, students took advantage of the
events around the presidential election
to study the challenges and
opportunities people face in trying the
make the world safer and more peaceful.
On the AugSem city service projects day
this group visited shops and businesses
around campus owned by Somali
immigrants to learn about their culture.
During the semester they met with
people in the neighborhood about voting
and voter registration.
Getting off to the
right start
Over the past decade, Augsburg has
intentionally developed a first-year
program that helps incoming
students ease the transition to both
college life and to the city in which
they’ll live, work, and find many
kinds of opportunities. Because of
this commitment and a readiness to
evaluate and improve its program,
Search for
Meaning
All freshman students are required to
take the first of two Search for Meaning
courses, Christian Vocation and the
Search for Meaning. This course explores
the broad questions of existence—who
we are, why we’re here, etc.—and
examines the Christian notion of
vocation as a lens through which one’s
own life can be considered, informed by
faith within the context of these larger
questions.
Some of the Search for Meaning
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sections are paired with Augsburg
Seminars, and some have
community service-learning
components. Religion professor
Russell Kleckley’s Search for
Meaning section is paired with
music professor Merilee
Klemp’s Introduction to Music
and the Fine Arts, and together
they co-teach the Augsburg Seminar.
These two courses will jointly study
larger questions of meaning in the
context of the Judeo-Christian musical
tradition—from medieval chanting to
today’s rap music.
The second Search for Meaning
course invites students to think about
the role that religion, the Bible, and their
own beliefs play in the vocational
choices they make in their lives.
Students who are not Christian will
consider their own religious and spiritual
beliefs and how they affect their vocation
and place in the world.
Augsburg was named one of 12
“Founding Institutions” to
participate in a national project to
develop a model first-year program
that can be used by small, private
colleges to help their students reach
graduation.
The project, Foundations of
Excellence™ in the First College Year,
is co-sponsored by the Policy Center
of the First Year of College and the
Council on Independent Colleges.
Funding for the two-year project is
provided by Lumina Foundation for
Education and The Atlantic
Philanthropies.
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Engaging Minneapolis
“MEETING” THE CITY
The first-year orientation booklet tells incoming day students,
“When you come to Augsburg, you arrive at the heart of a vibrant
city.” While most students have probably visited the Twin Cities
before, it was most likely while visiting family or as a tourist,
which gave them little knowledge about studying, living, and
working in this area.
Engaging Minneapolis highlights the importance of Augsburg’s
urban location and introduces new students to the resources,
issues, opportunities, and diversity of the city. This is the urban
context that enables Augsburg to fulfill its mission to prepare
students as responsible citizens and leaders in service to the world.
Engaging Minneapolis is not the name of a single course, but
rather an added course component that makes intentional and
substantial use of city resources. Courses with Engaging
Minneapolis components are not about the city, but engage the city
as a learning laboratory in which students study their particular
liberal arts or general education subject matter.
Activities in Engaging Minneapolis courses can vary widely—
attending concerts and other cultural events, exploring the ethnic
restaurants in the neighborhood, tutoring immigrant children or
adults preparing for citizenship tests, helping care for community
gardens, or discovering the many bike and walking paths along the
Mississippi River near campus.
Some of the Engaging Minneapolis courses also include courseembedded service-learning—an Augsburg signature. In these
classes service experiences and reflective learning are integrated
Bicycling Minneapolis is a lifetime fitness course that fulfills Engaging
Minneapolis by exploring the history and culture of the city along its
bikepaths and trails.
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As part of her Search for Meaning course, Ashley Boyd helps
Somali high school students with their homework and has
opportunity to learn about their religion and culture.
into the students’ coursework, and the community
experience becomes a “text” for the course. Both the
students and the community partners learn from each
other.
Very few colleges include service-learning in first year
courses. Mary Laurel True, director of community servicelearning, says that community service is “part of who we
are,” and that it’s important for new students right away to
get a taste of what it means to be engaged in the
community.
Several of the AugSem paired classes work with new
immigrants in the neighborhoods surrounding the College.
In Professor Janelle Bussert’s Religion 100 class, students
spend 15 hours at Trinity Lutheran Church in the CedarRiverside neighborhood helping Somali high school
students with their homework in Safe Place, an afterschool program.
The students study Islam in their religion class, and
then find opportunities to talk further and ask questions of
the Somali high school students about their religious
traditions. Bussert says that some wonderful conversations
have arisen while they work together.
English professor Bob Cowgill’s Effective Writing
students spend 15 hours during the semester working with
adult immigrants, mostly from East Africa, at the Franklin
Learning Center in the Phillips neighborhood near campus.
The students review English lessons or help with flash
cards as the adult learners study for citizenship tests.
Cowgill’s English course investigates how one knows
and accounts for identity through language. He says that
his students benefit from meeting and working with the
immigrants, and have remarked about how hard the
immigrants work to learn English and become Americans.
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core curriculum
A LESSON IN COMPUTERS AND CULTURE
Business/MIS professor Lee Clarke
student wrote. “He handed me
teaches a first-year course, MIS 175
a piece of paper that said,
Principles of Computing for Business.
‘Thanks for helping me.’ It
It’s an introductory course for
was typed in real big, bold
management information systems (MIS)
letters. He then looked at me
students to learn Microsoft Office
and said, ‘Look, I learned how
programs and how they are used in
to use Word.’ ”
business to reach goals and solve
A disabled student
business problems.
thought he would not be able
The course is designed to include an
to help, but later wrote,
Engaging Minneapolis component. That
“Little did I know that I was
part of the course, which Clarke calls
about to prove myself wrong,
the experience “text,” involves a
very wrong.” The computer
partnership with the Cedar-Riverside
instructor told him that since
Plaza Residents Resource Center. There,
he was not able to actually do
Augsburg students work 15 hours per
Freshman business student Jerrad Honstad helps a Somali woman the computing for the
at Riverside Plaza learn computer skills.
semester as assistants in the computer
residents, it was more
class or open lab. The residents are
beneficial for them, since
mostly Somali refugees; many have
they had to listen to the student’s
One student wrote, “This experience
limited English skills and some have never
explanation and do the work themselves.
helped me to meet [new immigrants], and
touched a computer.
For the young business students in
I can look at the world and America in a
Clarke requires three assignments that
his class who have always had computers
whole new light. … I feel that you can
connect the subject matter with the
in their lives, Clarke knows they are now
learn more in the short 15 hours I worked
service experience. In one, students reflect
more aware of the disparities of wealth
there than you can in some classes you go
on the digital divide with its issues of
and technology in the world. The
to daily for a whole semester.”
technology “haves” and “have-nots” and
experience of working with new
Another student talked about an
talk about how the Resource Center helps
immigrants, many of them close to the
unforgettable moment after helping an
the residents overcome these barriers. The
students’ grandparents’ ages, also gave
older man learn to use Microsoft Word.
last assignment asks the students to reflect
them a greater appreciation of culture
“Then one day he came in quite as usual
personally—what they learned at the
and citizenship.
but with a huge smile on his face,” the
center and how it relates to their course.
Keystone
PUTTING IT
TOGETHER
If Engaging Minneapolis is the bookend
on the front end of an Augsburg
Fall 2004
education, the keystone experience is
the final bookend. During the years in
between, students delve into a major,
build professional as well as life skills,
apply their classroom learning, explore
faith, and experience the city. The
keystone course usually occurs in the
senior year, close to graduation.
The keystone in the Augsburg Core,
as in architecture, provides the shape
and support to the structural elements
of the arch. It connects the broad liberal
arts foundation with the professional
skills and the in-depth study in the
major. It helps students begin the
transition to their after-college life.
Learning goals include a revisiting of
the critical conversations about vocation
that were begun in the first Search for
Meaning course. Attention is paid to
reflection on vocation, leadership, and
service in a diverse world.
The value of the keystone, says MIS
professor Nora Braun, who piloted an
MIS keystone course, is that it’s time
focused on thinking about all the pieces
in an Augsburg education and what the
student has done with them. “It’s a
reflection and a pulling together of the
total experience in and out of the
classroom.” Braun asks her students to
write an “education autobiography” that
reflects on the identified outcomes of
their Augsburg education.
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core curriculum
Augsburg Experience
CONNECTIONS TO
COMMUNITY
Augsburg recognizes that today’s citizens
need new kinds of competencies—
abstract and complex problem-solving,
systems thinking, and collaboration,
among others. These are skills that
cannot be learned in normal classroom
activity alone, but are enhanced with
direct experience in the workplace and
community. In the Augsburg Core all
students are required to complete an
approved Augsburg Experience, one of
the signature elements in the core
curriculum that adds value to an
Augsburg education.
The Augsburg Experience can be
completed in one of five ways:
▼
internships, cooperative education,
practica, fieldwork, and clinicals
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faculty-student research
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community service-learning courses
and experiences
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study abroad
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off-campus immersion experiences
The Augsburg Experience, in short, links
the theoretical with the practical, and
links on-campus experience to the wider
community. Every approved
“experience” must engage the student in
the community away from campus. To
help them tailor an experience to their
studies and interests, students work with
faculty; the staff and resources of the
Center for Service, Work, and Learning;
and the Office of International Programs
(OIP).
Internships and cooperative
education have traditionally been the
most common choices for work-based
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experiential education. Several
professional studies majors already
require student teaching, practica or
fieldwork, and internships. Some
Weekend College students who are
working full time find they are able to
develop an Augsburg Experience in
their own jobs by compiling a formal
plan, approved by the Center for
Service, Work, and Learning, identifying
a minimum of three learning outcomes
that make deliberate connections
between their education and work.
Augsburg offers outstanding
opportunities, especially in the sciences,
for student-faculty research. Students
work with their professors on original
research that is usually more common at
the graduate level. Through this,
students learn to apply knowledge from
their major and engage in the research
process and in the discoveries, both
successes and failures, that contribute to
the body of knowledge in their
discipline and benefit the wider
community.
Augsburg’s Physics Department
collaborates on a number of ongoing
research projects with major universities
and government agencies, giving its
students original research opportunities
from their freshman year forward. The
department enjoys an international
reputation for research excellence, and
its students have won several awards for
outstanding presentations.
Students can also meet the Augsburg
Experience through courses with servicelearning components. A portion of
course time is spent in service at the site,
reflection, discussion, and related
activities. Or, students can work at
approved sites and carry out reflection
activities with Augsburg faculty or staff
members. Augsburg has built
partnerships with more than 30
community organizations and is a
recognized national leader and awardwinner.
Students have a variety of choices for
study abroad through the Center for
Global Education’s study centers in
Sociology and metro-urban studies students visited U.S. Rep. Martin Olav Sabo ’59 on their
study trip to Washington, D.C., last spring to talk with people in public service about their
vocations and working “on the hill.” (R to L): Lois Olson, Center for Service, Work, and
Learning; Jennifer Nacey; Jessica Howard; Lori Cain; Amanda Froiland; Ray McCoy; Ted
Arrindell; Maria Belen Power; Adela Arguello; Krista Dahlke; Kendra Kahlow; Kate Loyd; and
Garry Hesser, professor of sociology and metro-urban studies.
Fall 2004
Central America, Mexico, and southern
Africa. Also, the International Partners
program offers opportunities in
European countries where Augsburg
has formal university partnerships and
internship opportunities. Other
programs are available with approval
from OIP.
The fifth possibility for an Augsburg
Experience is through off-campus
immersion. These are typically weeklong experiences away from campus
where students are engaged in learning
that helps them understand, apply, and
appreciate their Augsburg education in a
diverse, global society.
One example of off-campus
immersion includes the visits made by
Weekend College nursing students to the
Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
There they meet with public health
nurses, shadow them in their daily work,
and learn about Lakota culture.
An English major looks at rap music
by Keme Hawkins
It was the summer before my senior year
and I knew I wanted to apply to
graduate school. It was important for me
to get some research experience and
quick. The University of Minnesota’s
McNair Summer Research Program
accepted me, and I worked with the
Institute on Domestic Violence in the
African American Community under the
mentorship of Dr. Oliver Williams from
the College of Human Ecology, School of
Social Work.
It seemed a strange home for an
English major, but my McNair adviser
assured me that it would be a valuable
experience. The Institute holds annual
conferences that focus on specific aspects
of domestic violence and this year’s
conference theme was “Domestic
Violence and the Hip-Hop Generation.”
In keeping with the theme I tailored my
research to complement the research
already in progress and formulated a
study that looked at whether or not
people are influenced by the suggested
gender identities in rap music and how
that affected their dating and marital
relationships.
The scholar’s group reported weekly
to the seminar, where we would be
debriefed on each aspect of the research
process: developing an introduction,
explaining the significance of the study,
forming a hypothesis, doing a literature
review, forming methodology, compiling
results, creating a discussion, and making
recommendations for further study. The
dispensing of our stipend was contingent
upon completing each research step by a
certain time, while also doing work to
help prepare us for graduate school, like
writing a personal statement, putting
together a curriculum vitae, and making
Fall 2004
a list of graduate schools to apply to.
My research concluded with the
Domestic Violence and the Hip-Hop
Generation conference at York College in
Queens, N.Y. Because my professor
thought so highly of my work and was
impressed with my knowledge of hiphop music and culture, I was invited to
take part in a plenary session where I
discussed the impact of sexist rap lyrics
with the rap group Holla Point and
practitioners who work to combat
domestic violence.
As an English major, entering the
world of social science was not as
unnatural or discomforting as I would
have imagined. While the social sciences
study human behavior, literature is a
study of the human condition through
non-fiction accounts and human
imagination. Having the opportunity to
do interdisciplinary work has not only
given me another perspective on how to
think more broadly within my own field,
but it has also allowed me to get better
focus on the kind of graduate program
for my interest. African-American
literature can offer me the best of those
worlds—having a definite house or genre
or body of literary work to study based in
a social science is the ideal place for me.
Keme Hawkins is a Weekend College senior
English major and a McNair Scholar.
Weekend College senior English major Keme Hawkins used her knowledge of hip-hop music
and culture in research on domestic violence that she carried out last summer with a
professor in the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Family at the
University of Minnesota.
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Meet Joan Griffin
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
D I R E C T O R O F G E N E R A L E D U C AT I O N
Joan Griffin has lived and breathed the
mission and values of Augsburg College.
She is the co-author of the College’s vision
document, Augsburg 2004: Extending
the Vision, that was approved in 1999,
and has also co-authored its update and
revision, presented to the Board of Regents
for approval in January 2005. Augsburg
Now posed the following question to her:
What are the most important core
values from the College’s mission and
vision that are now imprinted in the
new Augsburg Core Curriculum?
One, of course, is vocation … the idea
that each student brings a unique set of
talents and abilities and potential. We
need to cultivate all of these abilities,
not just the academic ones, but all the
talents that students bring with them.
Certainly, also important is
citizenship, or “the city.” We tried to
expand the notion of city, so that it’s not
just an urban studies requirement, but it
really has to do with providing an
education for citizenship. The College
has always done that; it’s part of why the
College is a college rather than a
seminary—early leaders were concerned
with how to prepare
Norwegian immigrants to
become citizens.
Right away we want
students to know they they’ve
come to a terrific place and
that they can learn here, both inside and
outside the classroom. We introduce this
theme in Engaging Minneapolis and
repeat it in the Augsburg Experience,
where once again we ask them to go
beyond the classroom and actually put
into practice what they’ve learned in the
classroom.
For the first time we have overall
goals in our curriculum—we want
students to become effective, informed,
and ethical citizens. The emphasis on
ethics comes from our Lutheran heritage,
but we want it to pervade the entire
curriculum. Effective citizens need the
skills of knowing how to write, to read,
to think critically. Those skills should be
addressed intentionally throughout the
curriculum, but general education can be
particularly accountable.
We know too that effective citizens
will need to function in a diverse society.
Although we explicitly introduce the
theme of diversity through the Many
Voices Project in the first year, the new
Augsburg Core calls for an infusion
model of diversity whereby we’ll ask the
entire curriculum—especially majors—
to think about the skills and knowledge
that their students will need to be
responsible citizens of an increasingly
global society.
The Signature Curriculum does
really hit these distinctive parts of an
Augsburg education. The two Search for
Meaning courses address vocation
through the lens of our Lutheran
heritage. The city, of course, we address
within our metropolitan setting through
the Engaging Minneapolis requirement.
There is also the notion of caritas,
the demand for God’s love to be enacted
in the world. An Augsburg education is
an education for action. We see this
throughout the curriculum—in
Augsburg Seminar, in Engaging
Minneapolis, and in the Augsburg
Experience.
Contact information
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Weekend College Admissions
612-330-1001 or 1-800-788-5678
admissions@augsburg.edu
www.augsburg.edu/day
612-330-1101
wecinfo@augsburg.edu
www.augsburg.edu/weekend
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For information about
Augsburg’s Core Curriculum:
Barbara Edwards Farley
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
612-330-1024
farley@augsburg.edu
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Fall 2004
AAlumni
LUMNINews
NEWS
From the Alumni Board president’s desk…
ello Augsburg
alumni! As the
first Weekend
College graduate to
serve as Alumni
Board president,
I’ve been spending
some time
considering both
the similarities and
the differences among our alumni and
their experiences.
Augsburg has done an incredible job
of creating educational programs that fit
the contrasting needs of students. In
years past, the College was smaller and
offered fewer programs. Today, our
students may choose from the weekend,
Rochester, graduate, or traditional day
programs. They may live on campus or
they may commute from home.
It’s only natural, then, that graduates
of 20 or more years ago are likely to have
very different memories from those who
graduated more recently. In turn, this
H
also means that the “Augsburg
experience” will mean different things
for our alumni—their memories are
unique and the connection each feels
toward Augsburg varies. For example,
many adult learners do not feel the same
long-term association and affection for
the College as do those students who live
on campus. However, we all share in the
traditions and events that have been
treasured to this day, like Advent Vespers
and Homecoming.
One important goal of the Alumni
Board is to help create meaningful
relationships between all Augsburg
students and alumni. We want everyone
to share a deep “Augsburg experience”
and a continuing connection with the
College—which we believe will help to
spread Augsburg’s educational and
vocational values throughout the
community. All alumni have one thing in
common: the great benefit of an
Augsburg degree, which does not
differentiate between student types.
Five alumni appointed to Alumni Board
he Augsburg Alumni Board of
Directors appointed five new
members and elected Bill Vanderwall ’93
WEC as president and Karina Karlén ’83
as president-elect. To view the complete
list of board members, visit the
Alumni/Parent Relations Web site at
<www.augsburg.edu/alumni>. The new
members are as follows:
T
Buffie Blesi ‘90, ‘97 MAL
Blesi graduated from Augsburg with a
B.A. in business administration and a
Master of Arts in Leadership. She is
senior vice president and director of
operations for TCF Investments.
Andy Fried ‘93 WEC
Fried graduated from Augsburg Weekend
College with a B.A. in management
information systems. He is operations
Fall 2004
and systems support manager for
WindLogics, Inc.
Calvin Hanson ‘98
Hanson graduated from Augsburg with a
B.A. in history. He is a senior admissions
counselor at Augsburg.
Joyce Miller ‘02 BS Nursing,
Rochester
Miller graduated with a Master of Arts in
Nursing from Augsburg’s nursing
program in Rochester, Minn. She is a
registered nurse at the Mayo Clinic and
an adjunct instructor at Augsburg.
Elizabeth “Liz” Pushing ‘93
Pushing graduated from Augsburg with a
B.A. in business administration. She is
director of financial services at
Providence Place.
Of special note in this issue of the
Augsburg Now is the article on page 28
about the newly formed Weekend
College Alumni Network (WECAN).
This group is already developing some
great strategies on how we can better
connect with current Weekend College
students in order to establish a strong
alumni relationship later. We value your
input on how to accomplish this, so
please call the director of Alumni/Parent
Relations, Amy Sutton, at 612-330-1525,
or e-mail <suttona@augsburg.edu>. You
may also e-mail me at
<bvanderwall@lssmn.org> with your
ideas. I look forward to serving as your
new Alumni Board president!
Bill Vanderwall ’93 WEC
President, Alumni Board
Alumni Board elects
first WEC alumnus
as president
ugsburg’s Alumni Board of Directors
is pleased to announce the election of
Bill Vanderwall ’93 to serve as the
2004–2005 board president. Vanderwall is
the board’s first Weekend College alumnus
to serve as its president.
“I am honored to bring in some new
ideas to further connect Augsburg to nontraditional students,” says Vanderwall.
“Personally, my degree from Augsburg has
had great impact in helping me discern my
vocational direction and in setting a course
of action on how to get there—ultimately
enabling me to work and live in a way that
is consistent with my values.”
Vanderwall was recently promoted to
vice president of family services at
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota. He
previously served as LSS’s senior director
of housing services.
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Alumni News
Augsburg student and alumni win
legislative and judicial seats
by Lynn Mena
n November 2, an Augsburg graduate
student and three alumni won seats
in various legislative and judicial races,
while two alumni—Sandy (Voss)
Wollschlager ’94 and Kathryn Ness ’02
(both DFL)—were narrowly defeated by
Republican incumbents for seats in the
Minnesota House of Representatives.
O
Larry Hosch, MSW
student
Hosch (DFL) won a seat
in the MN House, District
14B. He has served as
mayor of St. Joseph for
four years, and at 27 is
the second youngest
mayor in Minnesota history. He is also coowner of Lamar Homes & Remodeling,
LLC, and is enrolled in Augsburg’s Master
of Social Work program.
LaJune Thomas Lange ‘75
The honorable LaJune Thomas Lange
retained her seat as a judge on the
Hennepin County 4th Judicial District
Court. She has held this seat since 1986,
previously serving as a
judge on the Hennepin
County Municipal Court
(1985–1986) and as an
assistant public defender
for Hennepin County
(1978–1985). She is also
an adjunct professor at William Mitchell
College of Law, where she teaches
international human rights and civil
rights. She is an Augsburg Distinguished
Alumna (2002) and a former member of
the Board of Regents.
Diane Loeffler ‘75
Loeffler (DFL) won a seat
in the MN House, District
59A. A lifelong resident of
Northeast Minneapolis,
her career has been spent
in public service. She has
worked as a budget and policy analyst on
education issues for state and local
government. She currently works for
Hennepin County in healthcare policy
analysis on issues of services to seniors
and persons with disabilities, health
promotion and protection, and how to
ensure more persons have access to
affordable and effective health coverage.
Martin Olav Sabo ‘59
Sabo (DFL) was elected to
a 14th term in the U.S.
House of Representatives,
MN District 5. He has
held this seat since 1979,
previously serving as a
representative of the MN House before his
election to Congress. In 2003, he became
the ranking member of the newly created
Homeland Security Subcommittee of the
Appropriations Committee. Sabo also
serves on the Defense Subcommittee of
the Appropriations Committee, where he
is known on Capitol Hill as one of the
leading voices on arms policy. An
Augsburg Distinguished Alumnus (1976),
he served for 12 years on the Board of
Regents, and also received the College’s
first honorary degree—the Doctor of
Humane Letters (Honoris Causa)—
in 2000.
Weekend College Alumni Network (WECAN) established
by Amy Sutton
lumni of Augsburg Weekend College
have established a group to represent
and advocate for WEC students and
graduates. Although initially launched a
few years ago, the Weekend College
Alumni Network (WECAN) has been reinvigorated in recent months.
“The Weekend College program is
such a vital part of Augsburg, and we want
to bring attention to that,” said Andy
Fried, a 1993 graduate who also serves on
the Alumni Board of Directors. “We
believe that a group of alumni who have
actually experienced the unique challenges
of WEC students can be strong advocates
for positive changes that will enhance the
Augsburg experience for current WEC
students.”
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WECAN members also
hope to bring visibility to the
value that WEC alumni and
students bring to the College,
as well as to develop programs
and communications that
provide support and
encouragement to current
WEC students. “Our
opportunities to attend
Augsburg have had a
tremendous impact on our lives
and we want to give something
back,” says Fried.
If you are interested in
joining WECAN or have
suggestions for the group,
please e-mail
Members of the newly established Weekend College
Alumni Network (WECAN) gathered recently to strategize
ways to represent and advocate for WEC students and
alumni. Pictured here are (L to R, front row) Heather Birch
‘96 and Anne-Marie de Jong ‘01, and (L to R, back row)
Andy Fried ‘93, Jeff Gilbertson ‘04, Bill Vanderwall ‘93, and
Meri Pygman ‘93 (not pictured are Pete Hespen ‘92 and
Terry Marquardt ‘98).
Fall 2004
Alumni events calendar
Please join us for these upcoming alumni and parent events (see also the college-wide
calendar on the inside back cover for additional events):
January
April
11 Auggie Hour celebrating Augsburg
authors, Shelly’s Woodroast (I-394 &
Louisiana in Golden Valley), 5:30 p.m.
12 Auggie Hour on campus for
graduates of the Honors Program
(meet current students in the
program and learn about the changes
to the curriculum), 5:30 p.m.
18 Parent Association gathering,
Augsburg House, 6-8 p.m.
February
8 Auggie Hour luncheon on campus
for alumnae business owners (please
e-mail <alumni@augsburg.edu> with
your information if you are selfemployed or own a business and
wish to network with other women
business owners), noon
15 Alumni Board meeting,
Minneapolis Room, Christensen
Center, 5:30 p.m.
March
8 Auggie Hour wine tasting hosted
by Jennifer Tome ’99 of Grape
Beginnings, Beaujo’s Wine Bar, 50th
& France in Edina, 5:30 p.m.
14 Auggie Hour senior reception on
campus (all alumni are invited to join
us in welcoming the 2005 graduates
to the Alumni Association), 5:30 p.m.
May
6 Special reception for business
graduates (all Augsburg faculty,
alumni, and 2005 business graduates
are invited), Marshall Room,
Christensen Center, 4-6 p.m.
10 Auggie Hour on campus for all
current and former Alumni Board
members, 5:30 p.m.
Holidazzle Parade Event
Always wanted to see the Holidazzle
parade without the hassle? Augsburg
alumni and their families are invited to
gather at Augsburg at 5:15 p.m. on
Dec. 19. A bus will depart at 5:45 p.m. to
take you to the parade and then return
you to Augsburg where holiday goodies
and hot chocolate will be waiting to
warm you up. There is no cost but
limited transportation is available, so
please call the RSVP hotline at 612-3301598 or e-mail <rsvp@augsburg.edu>.
Business alumni events
All business alumni are invited to attend
the Second Executive Management
Lecture: “Key Success Factors in Starting a
Business,” presented by Richard
Brimacomb (partner, Sherpa Partners, and
previous vice president of finance, Cartia
Inc.) on Feb. 26, noon-1 p.m., Christensen
Center. Alumni may also attend the Spring
Business Forum: “General Systems Theory
Unites Diverse Disciplines,” on April 21,
4-6 p.m., Christensen Center. Presented by
Augsburg’s Department of Business
Administration.
The Lion King
THIRD ANNUAL
CONNECTIONS EVENT
The third annual Connections—A Women’s Leadership Event, co-sponsored by Augsburg
and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, will be held January 29 from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
“What makes this women’s event unique compared to others is that we invite students
to participate in this leadership development opportunity so they may network and be
encouraged by the experiences and stories of the amazing women who attend,” said
Sue Klaseus, vice president of Augsburg’s Institutional Advancement.
Presenters this year include author and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Frances
Hesselbein, and alumnae Jean Taylor ’85 and Ami Nafzger ’94. For more information and
to register online, please visit <www.augsburg.edu/alumni>.
The Augsburg Alumni Association invites
you to attend The Lion King performance
at the Orpheum Theatre on April 22. A
limited number of tickets are available to
alumni at a special discounted price of
$50, a value of over $80 that includes a
reception, roundtrip transportation to the
Orpheum from Augsburg, and a balconyseating ticket. For more information or to
secure your ticket, please visit
<www.augsburg.edu/supporting/>.
Alumni Tour to Norway
Interested in an eight-day tour to
Norway in May 2005? The Augsburg
Concert Band is touring Norway in May
and the alumni office would like to
know who would be interested in
participating on the companion tour.
Please e-mail <alumni@augsburg.edu>
for more information.
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[
Spark Your Spirit ]
Left: Students gathered
with Augsburg alumni,
faculty, and staff for the
third annual
Homecoming reception
celebrating the College’s
four ethnic programs:
the American Indian,
Pan-Asian, Pan-Afrikan,
and Hispanic/Latino
student service areas.
Right: As part of the Homecoming
festivities, students constructed
elaborate hats—such as the hat pictured
[at right]—to express their Auggie pride.
Above: The Auggie cheerleaders kept spirits
high at the Homecoming football game
despite Augsburg’s 13-point loss to Gustavus
Adolphus College.
The Auggie Eagle entertained fans at the Homecoming football game.
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Left: Recipients of the 2004
Distinguished Alumni, First
Decade, and Spirit of Augsburg
awards were honored along
with the Golden Anniversary
Class of 1954 at the
Homecoming chapel service on
Oct. 8. Pictured [at left] are (L to
R): Dr. Brian Anderson ‘82,
Distinguished Alumni Award;
Charlotte (Kleven) Rimmereid
‘52, wife of the Rev. Arthur
Rimmereid ‘53, Spirit of
Augsburg Award; Fern (Hanson)
Gudmestad ‘41, Distinguished
Alumni Award; and Susan
(Horning) Arntz ‘94, First Decade
Award.
A future Auggie had her face painted by an artist before the football game.
Fall 2004
Above: Norman Nielsen ‘44 (left) was presented with
a commemorative archival photo of the Augsburg
campus in recognition of his pioneering efforts in
development for Augsburg during a special Class of
1944 reunion breakfast. Pictured with Nielsen is “Mr.
Augsburg” Jeroy Carlson ‘48 (right), a senior
development officer.
Above: The Auggies huddled before the game, which despite a
near-record running day by junior quarterback Marcus LeVesseur,
they lost to the Gusties, 34–21. LeVesseur rushed for 207 yards
on 32 carries, just 10 yards shy of the College’s single-game
rushing record 217 yards by Marty Alger ‘94 in a 1993 game.
Above: Members from the Class of 1994
gathered before the football game to
celebrate their 10-year reunion.
Above: Auggie wrestlers gathered for a reunion
and party in Murphy Park; they continued the
celebration at Grandma’s after the football
game.
Above: Bobby Brown (left) and Hannah
Dietrich (right) were crowned as the
2004 Homecoming King and Queen.
Above: Jack Osberg ‘62 addressed the team
during what would be his final Auggie
Homecoming halftime as Augsburg football
head coach; Osberg retired from his coaching
position at the end of the 2004 season, capping
a 14-year career that has produced the most
victories in school history. He will remain on the
Augsburg staff, assisting in the school’s Alumni
and Parent Relations and Development areas, to
develop connections with athletic alumni and
parents.
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Spark Your Spirit ]
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
CLASS OF 1954
(L to R) ROW 1 (front): Theodore W.
Anderson, Donald J. Dill, Marlys
(Ringdahl) Gunderson. ROW 2:
Joyce (Weber) Krueger, Ruth (Pousi)
Ollila, Donald A. Norum, Winifred
(Nystuen) Nyhus, Janice (Anderson)
Rykken, Gary R. Rust. ROW 3:
Ardelle Skovholt Quanbeck, Mary
Lee Peterson Leak, Shirlee Blake
Olmstead, Roger E. Carlson. ROW 4:
Helen Jensen Myhre, Orpha
Hushagen Iseminger, Marilyn
Soiseth Boraas, Yvonne Oudal
Rhodes, Jane Collins Cornelius,
Marlys Harkman Schmidt, Edward
O. Nyhus. ROW 5: Ardis Dorr
Nystuen, Arlene Larson Nelson,
Wallace L. Hafstad, Joyce Fossum
Pflaum, Florence Helland Borman,
Jerome S. Elness, James L. Shiell,
Wallace L. Hanson, Marlys Backlund
Morland, Russ Lance. ROW 6:
Clinton J. Peterson, Arlene
(Reinertson) Rolf, Leland E.
Evenson, Carl Jensen. ROW 7: Louis
O. Becker, Louis P. Rolf, Mark L.
Johnson, George W. Fisher, Valborg
(Kyllo) Ellingson, Barbara Tjornhom
Nelson, James A. Sorenson. ROW 8:
Robert E. Twiton, Herbert W.
Chilstrom, Virgil R. Gehring
CLASS OF 1964
(L to R) ROW 1 (front): Anita
(Martinson) Mock, Karen (Henry)
Steenson, Jean (Pfeifer) Olson, Carla
(Quanbeck) Walgren, Dorothy
(Borsgard) Berkland. ROW 2:
Deanne (Star) Greco, Verlie (Block)
Jorenby, Rondi (Rindahl) Suppiah.
ROW 3: Joyce (Leifgren) Young,
Stella (Kyllo) Rosenquist, Sandra
(Simpson) Phaup, Ann (Tjaden)
Jensen, Mary (Fenrick) Olson. ROW
4: James W. Parks, Ellen (Paulson)
Keiter, Karen L. Kohout, Arlan
Oftedahl, Raul A. Jackson. ROW 5:
Charles W. Schulz, Betty (Hanson)
Rossing, Andrew Berg, Charlotte
(Gerdeen) Oswood. ROW 6: Robert
A. Nordin, Carolyn (Aadland)
Allmon, Mary (Munson) Peterson,
Linda (Hamilton) Senta, Ted W.
Olson. ROW 7: Philip M. Dyrud,
Sharon (Lindell) Mortrud, Avis
(Hoel) Dyrud, Karl I. Bakke, Michael
W. Walgren.
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Fall 2004
CLASS OF 1979
(L to R) Row 1 (front): Julia (Davis)
Styrlund, Gary C. Dahle, Sally
(Hough) Daniels, Sandra (Spitzack)
Elhardt, Laurie (Hoversten) Busch.
Row 2: Carol (Dubovick) Hard, Paul
A. Daniels, Holly (Groten) Krekula,
Katharine E. Skibbe, Pamela
(Hanson) Moksnes, Mark A.
Moksnes, Lynn Schmidtke, Brian J.
Carlsen. Row 3: Jay K. Phinney,
Philip Styrland, Eric Anderson.
RECIPIENTS OF THE 2004 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: THE FAMILY OF JOHANNES AND TABITHA NYDAHL
The extended family of Johannes and Tabitha Nydahl gathered at Homecoming Dinner on October 9 to accept the Distinguished Service Award and
to celebrate their generations-long connection to Augsburg—beginning with Johannes Nydahl in the 1800s (read more on page 10).
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CLASS
NOTES
Class Notes
1965
Mary Jean (Danger)
Holmquist, Braham, Minn., is a
retired music teacher, and can be
contacted at <jeanie@ecenet.com>.
Rev. Dr. Dennis Morreim is a
pastor in Cloquet, Minn., and
has worked with Alcoholics
Anonymous throughout his 35year ministry. He has served as a
consultant and speaker at
treatment centers and is the
author of three books, two of
which were translated into
Spanish. Over the past four
years, he has twice led work
groups to Santa Barbara,
Honduras, to help build homes
and schools and to bring medical
help to those in poverty. His wife,
Jeanne (Wanner) ’66, taught in
public schools for several years,
directed youth music and
education programs in church,
and currently serves on the
volunteer network for
Compassion International. The
Morreims have two grown
children, Edward ’93, an
educator with the Mahtomedi
public schools, and Sarah, a
psychotherapist with Hoistad and
Associates in St. Paul.
Duane Westfield lectured onboard the Marco Polo cruise
ship this past summer.
1956
Arlen Stensland was featured
in an article in the Minneapolis
Star Tribune, “A Keystroke of
Genius.” Arlen and his wife,
Lois, were missionaries to
Madagascar for 22 years and
now organize a program that
sends manual typewriters to
Malagasy Lutheran Church in
Madagascar.
1958
Wes Sideen, St. Paul, was
elected district 5M6 governor of
the Lions Club, and is currently
planning an April benefit
concert for the Lions Club
International Foundation on the
Augsburg campus featuring the
Centennial Singers.
1959
Rev. Eugene S. Peterson
retired from the active clergy
roster. He is doing international
interim ministry. He lives with
his wife, Paula, in Jackson,
Minn.
1960
Lois (Richter) Agrimson is
director of social services at
Rose of Sharon Manor nursing
home in Roseville, Minn. She
lives with her husband, Russell,
in Eagan, Minn.
1962
Deloris (Olson) Norling,
Willmar, Minn., is enjoying her
retirement from teaching with
her husband, Palmer, and their
18 grandchildren.
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Minneapolis/St. Paul
International Airport.
Barb Youngquist, Willmar,
Minn., and Nancy Sandro ’74,
Hendricks, Minn., co-wrote a
book for handbell choirs entitled
Bell Prayers (Lakeside Press).
The book is a nine-month
devotional that includes
inspirational quotes and a
collection of 35 corresponding
pieces for bell choirs to play at
weekly rehearsals. The book also
includes original watercolor
prints by Barb that divide the
book into the seasons of the
church year.
1971
1966
Sandra (Welin) Grunewald,
Ventura, Calif., was named a
senior accounting lecturer at
California Lutheran University
in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,
beginning this fall semester. She
is a licensed CPA and a partner
at a Thousand Oaks-area CPA
firm and has served as an
adjunct instructor at CLU in
both the day and evening
undergraduate programs.
Carmen (Neseth) Berg, Fergus
Falls, Minn., recently retired.
1972
Sylvia (Steinbeck) Torstenson,
Hayfield, Minn., recently retired
from teaching for the Hayfield
School District. The town held a
weeklong celebration and parade
in honor of her contributions to
the school district.
Diane Thompson, Wayzata,
Minn., received her master's
degree in special education in
1994 from the University of
Minnesota. She is currently on
leave from teaching to pursue
research, and can be reached at
<djunet2000@yahoo.com>.
1967
Marlys Ruona Thomsen, Apple
Valley, Minn., co-chairs the Sons
of Norway First District 2000
Convention Committee and is
the head of the library committee
at her church. She enjoys
traveling the United States with
her husband, who is retired.
1969
Jackie (Kniefel) Lind ’94 MAL,
Lilydale, Minn., is the volunteer
coordinator for the Travelers
Assistance Program at the
1973
Lyth Hartz recently celebrated
25 years of employment at
Midwest Special Services, Inc.,
an agency that provides
employment and training to
adults with disabilities, where he
is currently president. He lives
with his wife, Mary, in St. Paul.
Rev. Gary M. Wollersheim, St.
Charles, Ill., was elected to a
second six-year term as bishop
of the Northern Illinois Synod of
the ELCA at the synod assembly
in June. During his first term as
bishop, he served in numerous
denominational capacities,
including as chair of the ELCA
Evangelical Task Force. That
effort resulted in the adoption
of an evangelism strategy for the
ELCA at the 2003 Churchwide
Assembly in Milwaukee.
1975
Olando Smith is a weekend
international flight attendant
with Northwest Airlines. She is
also a cheerleading and track
and field coach at St. Cyril
elementary and middle school in
E. Lansdowne, Pa. Her 11-yearold daughter, Narita, holds the
2004 record for the one-mile run
from the Penn Relays novice
division. Olando lives with her
daughter and husband, Dan
Sweeney, in E. Lansdowne, Pa.
ALUMNA RECEIVES
NORWEGIAN MEDAL
Courtesy photo
1955
Leona (Eng) Rokke ’52 (left)
was presented one of
Norway’s highest
distinctions, the St. Olavs
Medallion. The medal was
presented to her in July at a
banquet of the Seven Lag
Stevne in Willmar, Minn.
Norwegian Consul Anita
Helland (right), presented
the award, and commented
that Rokke’s extensive and
gracious work over the years
have helped to keep and
strengthen the strong bonds
between Norway and the
upper Midwest.
Fall 2004
1977
Staff photo
Staff photo
Laurie (Barrett) Burns,
Stillwater, Minn., is pursuing a
career in import/export
operations after 25 years as a
travel agent. She can be
contacted at
<robertr.burns@netzero.net>.
OPEN HOUSE HONORS CLASS AGENTS
Rev. Jon Schneider,
Minneapolis, is senior staff
hospice chaplain at North
Memorial Medical Hospital, and
can be reached at
<jschap123@msn.com>.
Rev. Eric
Burtness
recently
published a
book, Leading on
Purpose:
Intentionality
and Teaming in Congregational
Life, available through Augsburg
Fortress Publishers. Eric is senior
pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran
Church in Beaverton, Ore.
1980
Dawn (Zocher) Nelson,
Minneapolis, is a radiology
supervisor at Abbott
Northwestern Hospital and is
enrolled in Augsburg’s Master of
Arts in Leadership program. She
can be reached at <autumnmoon
morn@mcleodusa.net>.
1982
Katie (Erdahl) Gussman
earned tenure as the orchestra
director for Marlboro and
Marlboro Memorial middle
schools. She is also a freelance
violinist, has been a member of
Monmouth Symphony Orchestra
for 20 years and the Orchestra of
St. Peter by the Sea for 17 years
(she has made six recordings
with the latter). Katie’s husband,
Roy, is the music director and
conductor for both the
Monmouth Symphony and the
New Jersey State Youth
Symphony. The couple traveled
to Eastern Europe with AllAmerican Youth in Concert and
Fall 2004
President William V. and Mrs. Anne Frame hosted an open house at the Augsburg House on October 26
in appreciation of Augsburg’s class agents. Pictured above (left) are 1974 class agents Marlene Chan Hui
(left) and Laurie Thorpe (right). Also pictured above (right) is President Frame (left), who visited with
class agent Sam Walseth ’02 (center) and his wife, Stephanie Lien ’02 (right).
performed in Budapest, Prague,
and Berlin this past summer. The
couple resides in Neptune, N.J,
with their three cats: Claude,
Lucy, and Beans.
1983
Sharon (Copeland) Booth,
Blaine, Minn., is a music
therapist at Hospice of the Twin
Cities.
1984
Lisa Rykken Kastler is middle
school ministry director at Faith
Lutheran Church. She lives with
her husband, Brent, in
Champlin, Minn. She can be
contacted at <middleschool@
faithlutherancr.org>.
1985
Barbara (Haack) Ross teaches
Suzuki violin from her home
studio and is the K-3 choir
director at St. John’s Lutheran
Church. She and her husband,
Tim, live in Lakeville, Minn.,
with their three children: Jordyn,
13; T.J., 11; and Jamie, 8.
1986
Scott Finsrud, Clifton Park,
N.Y., received a master's degree
in history/political science from
the College of St. Rose in Albany,
N.Y., in June.
1987
Joel Engel, Chaska, Minn., is
corporate sales manager for the
Minnesota Timberwolves and
Lynx basketball teams.
Patrick Hilger is a commercial
support manager at Tetra Rex,
Inc. He lives with his wife, Suzi,
in Circle Pines, Minn.
1988
Jeff Carlson, Linwood, Minn.,
teaches music at Highland High
School in St. Paul.
1989
Jean Hunter, Minneapolis,
teaches second grade for
Minneapolis Public Schools.
1990
Jenny Peterson, Mound,
Minn., is featured in the Courage
Center’s 2004 holiday card and
gift catalog. After a skiing
accident in 1983, Jenny became
a quadriplegic, and she credits
the Courage Center with helping
her to learn skills that enabled
her to succeed in her new life.
She now owns her own jewelry
design business and some of her
jewelry is sold through the
catalog. She is also a
motivational speaker and
consultant and serves as
executive director of Helping
Paws of Minnesota.
1991
Kristen Hirsch, St. Paul, is a
senior field communications
specialist at Thrivent Financial
for Lutherans in downtown
Minneapolis. She also recently
joined the Morris Park Players
Board of Directors and serves on
the Augsburg Alumni Board of
Directors as the Events
Committee chairperson and is
the class agent for 1991. She can
be contacted at
<kmhirsch@aol.com>.
Tommi-Riva
Numbala is the
personal
assistant to the
CEO and acting
company
secretary of
NamWater (Namibia Water
Corporation Ltd). Tommi, an
internationally acclaimed
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Class Notes
1992
Rev. Sven
Erlandson
recently
celebrated the
publication of
his second book,
Rescuing God
from Christianity: A Closet
Christian, Non-Christian, and
Christmas Christian’s Guide to
Radically Rethinking God Stuff
(heliographica). Sven has spent
the last several years in
California as a preacher and
writer dedicated to meeting the
spiritual needs of people who
find themselves outside of
organized religion.
Walt Filson retired from police
work in 2002 and is now a
teacher in the Anoka-Hennepin
ISD #11, teaching the only high
school law enforcement program
in the state. He lives with his
wife, Anna, in Brooklyn Center,
Minn.
Robert
Manning,
Apple Valley,
Minn.,
completed his
third tour of
duty in support
of Iraqi Freedom, earning three
air medals and four aerial
achievement medals with more
than 300 combat hours. He was
promoted to the rank of major
(O-4) after completing inresidence squadron office school
at Maxwell Air Force Base.
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Stacie (Edlund) Reynolds is
pursing a Master of Social Work
at the University of Minnesota.
She lives with her husband,
John, in Buffalo, Minn.
A-CLUB 5K RACE
Stephen Geffre
Lynelle Osgood is co-owner
and treasurer of Terra
Productions, Inc., an artist
agency representing artists for
commercial advertising, such as
makeup artists, stylists, etc. She
lives with her husband,
Lawrence, and children in
Minneapolis, and can be reached
at <lyn@terraproductions.net>.
1993
1994
Amy Gehring, West St. Paul, is
a professor at Anoka Ramsey
Community College and recently
moved back to Minnesota after
attending graduate school in
New York.
Bruce Nelson, Roseville, Minn.,
is a solutions lead at Affinity Plus
Credit Union. He is building a
home in Farmington, Minn.,
with his wife, Cristine, and their
son, Daniel, 2.
1996
Michael P.
Schmidt,
Minneapolis,
recently signed
with G.S.
Associates Artists
Management and
will debut at Carnegie Hall and
Berlin Stadtsoper in 2005. Most
recently, he was featured as Don
Alfonso with Lyric Opera of
Cleveland, Danilo with Western
Plains Opera, Marcello with
Kenwood Chamber Opera, and as
Dr. Falke with Pine Mountain
Festival. Some of Michael’s other
roles include: Figaro (Le Nozze di
Figaro), Dr. Bartolo (Il Barbiere di
Siviglia), and Horace Tabor (The
Ballad of Baby Doe). Also an
active concert artist, Michael has
performed as soloist in such
works as Mozart’s Coronation
Mass, Haydn’s Creation and the
Durufle Requiem. Upcoming
performances include a solo
recital featuring works of German
composers, Leporello in Don
Giovanni, and concert
appearances in the upper
Midwest. He is an adjunct faculty
member at Macalester College
and is set to complete his D.M.A.
at the University of Minnesota in
2005.
More than 100 runners took part in the inaugural A-Club 5K run
on Sept. 19. The fundraising run, organized by A-Club Executive
Committee member Tracy Tomforde ’92, took participants around
the Augsburg campus and along the Mississippi River Road on a
scenic fall afternoon. Winners from the event: Tim Nelson,
first male finisher; Eileen Uzarek, first female finisher; Scott
Peplinski, first male alum finisher; Laura Simones, first female
alum finisher; and Doug Pfaff, JC Award winner (for finishing
closest to 25:00, in honor of the late James Carey).
ALUMNUS RECEIVES DOCTORATE
Courtesy photo
musician, was recently featured
in the company’s newsletter in a
story detailing his musical career.
He can be reached at
<NumbalaT@namwater.com.na>.
Lars Dyrud ’97 (right) received his doctorate in space physics at
Boston University in May and has stayed to pursue a postdoctorate. Mocha Holmgren Dyrud ‘97 (left) is completing her
doctorate in clinical psychology at Suffolk University. The couple
has a son, Finn, born in September.
Fall 2004
1997
Jacki Brickman, Coon Rapids,
Minn., recently directed a
performance of Romeo and Juliet
for fourth graders at Elizabeth
Hall Community School in North
Minneapolis. Jacki teaches fourth
grade at the school and also
teaches education courses as an
adjunct faculty member at
Augsburg Weekend College.
Sarah (Gilbert) Holtan teaches
at Concordia University in
Wisconsin and recently entered
the doctoral program in
journalism education at
Marquette University. She was
married in June and resides with
her husband in Milwaukee, Wis.
Lena Stackhouse-Rogers was
named one of three recipients of
the charter school teacher of the
year award in Minnesota by the
Minnesota Association of Charter
Schools. Lena is a kindergarten
teacher at the Partnership
Academy charter school in
Richfield, Minn.
1998
student at the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
pursuing a Master of City and
Regional Planning.
Gretchen Meents ’02 MSW,
So. St. Paul, recently raised more
than $6,000 for the Leukemia
Lymphoma Society’s Team in
Training when she ran the
Honolulu Marathon in honor of
her brother who is battling
leukemia. She is a senior social
worker for Hennepin County.
Benjamin Hoogland, Stillwater,
Minn., is pursuing a master’s
degree at the University of
Wisconsin-Stout in marriage and
family therapy. He works for
Faith Inkubators as their Faith
Stepping Stones director and can
be contacted at
<hoogland98@hotmail.com>.
Paul Pierson, Alma Center,
Wis., is associate registrar at
Walden University in Minneapolis.
2001
1999
Deb Cortes received a TOP
Award for outstanding teaching
in the Anoka-Hennepin School
District for 2004.
2000
Rebecca Lynn Brown,
Carrboro, N.C., is a graduate
Kari Burke-Romarheim
recently started the M.Div.
program at Luther Seminary. She
spent three years in Bergen,
Norway, working in youth and
family ministry. She lives with
her husband, Vidar, in
Menomonie, Wis.
2002
Adrienne (Kuchler) Eldridge,
Staff photo
ALUMNI TOUR TO EUROPE
Minneapolis, works for Vibe Urban
Youth Ministries in St. Paul.
Jackie Heyda, Savage, Minn., is a
first-grade teacher at New Prague
Primary School.
Darryl Sellers completed his
master’s degree in broadcast
journalism at the American School
of Journalism in Los Angeles. He
recently accepted a position as
weekend sports anchor at the
ABC-affiliate in Austin, Minn.
Emily Shelton, Minneapolis,
teaches at Cedar-Riverside School
in Minneapolis.
Brooke Stoeckel, Minneapolis, is
sales manager of meetings and
conventions at the Minneapolis
Metro North Conventions and
Visitors Bureau.
2003
Melissa Bawek, Minneapolis, is
assistant director of The Augsburg
Fund at Augsburg. She can be
contacted at <bawek@augsburg.
edu>.
Staci Owens, Minneapolis,
works for Hennepin County and
is pursuing a master’s degree in
elementary education. She can be
reached at <staciowens3411@
msn.com>.
Liz Sterbentz, Lindstrom, Minn.,
owns Break on 8 Coffee Shop,
where she serves Peace Coffee and
Fair Trade fruits to help
cooperative farms-both are
product lines she became
interested in after participating in
Augsburg’s Center for Global
Education’s WEC class on
liberation theology in Cuernavaca,
Mexico.
2004
In October, participants from the Augsburg Alumni Association-sponsored tour to Germany and Eastern
Europe gathered in Wittenberg, Germany, for a photograph. The tour, which ran from October 15-27,
visited Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, and featured the places of Martin Luther’s
life and ministry as well as a special worship service at the American Church of Berlin, where Augsburg
alumnus Rev. Ben Coltvet ’66 is currently pastor. Augsburg professor Dr. Mark Tranvik and his wife, Ann,
hosted the tour. Pictured are (Front row, L to R): Darryl Carter ’65, Ann Tranvik, Cecilie Teerink, David
Berg ’66; (Row 2, L to R): Pris Fieldhammer ’65, Sue Kneen ’05, Vi Aaseng, Lynn Stertz, Sally Tonsager,
Elaine Harder; (Back row, L to R): Ruel Carpenter, Darrell Strand, Larry Turner ’69, Chris Kneen, Karen
Bolstad, Sue Turner, Clarice Johnson, Marek Tysek, Peter Ern, Sue Klaseus, Mark Tranvik, Paul
Fieldhammer ’65, Tom Stertz, Rolf Aaseng.
Fall 2004
Kristi Hartway works at Abbott
Northwestern and is also an
adjunct faculty member in the
nursing program at Minnesota
State University-Mankato for the
2004-05 school year. She lives
with her husband, Mark, in
Wekston, Minn. She can be
contacted at <Kristi.Hartway@
allina.com>.
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Class Notes
ALUMNI PROFILE
Carrie McCarville ’01: Building on a foundation of success
Stephen Geffre
by Rebecca Welle ‘05
Carrie McCarville’s decision to attend Augsburg
was due in large part to the strength of its
women’s hockey program and to its head coach,
Jill Pohtilla. Indeed, Augsburg was a natural fit
for McCarville, who as a high school student at
Benilde-St. Margaret’s played on its girls’ hockey
team—one of the first in Minnesota. At
Augsburg, she played center position on the
women’s hockey team, participating on the team
that took runner-up honors in the first-ever
NCAA Women’s Division III National
Championship series in 2000.
“Although we didn’t win, it was a blast going to
Boston and representing Augsburg,” said
McCarville.
After graduating in 2001 with a bachelor’s
degree in both studio art and art history,
McCarville began searching for her next
challenge, which presented itself a short time
later when she and her parents opened a liquor
store in September 2002.
Carrie McCarville ’01 gives strong credit to Augsburg for instilling the self-discipline
needed to successfully manage her business, coach and play hockey, and volunteer in
her community.
“We opened it because the store a block away
was torn down due to road construction and was never replaced,” said McCarville.
After a space in a nearby strip mall opened up they purchased it and immediately began the two-month remodeling process on what was
previously an audio-visual store. McCarville stated that she received a great deal of help putting the store together from fellow Augsburg
friends.
“We also managed to contact all the right people, and before we knew it there were reps from all the liquor and wine distributors setting up
our store,” said McCarville, who found it enjoyable to watch how the store came together from start to finish.
Although the first two years of operation were difficult due to nearby road construction, McCarville stuck with her business and today is
pleased with how well her store is doing. “Now we are enjoying seeing how everything we do affects our business,” said McCarville.
Aside from running her business, McCarville is also very active with the Hopkins Raspberry Festival during the summer months. She donates
her time by outfitting the royalty, “making sure they look their best wherever they go,” and volunteers as a chaperone to the young women
throughout the year. McCarville herself was the 1997-1998 Hopkins Raspberry Festival Princess and enjoyed her experiences throughout her
reign.
“It was a great learning experience and I will forever be grateful to the Raspberry Festival for giving me that [opportunity],” said McCarville,
which explains why the backroom of her store serves as headquarters for the festival. “I made sure everyone got what they needed,” said
McCarville, all in the comfort of her own business.
McCarville is also still involved in hockey. She has coached the Hopkins JV girls’ hockey team for the last three seasons and will coach the
Wayzata girls’ hockey team this season. She is also a member of the Owl’s team, which is a women’s A-Club team comprised of Augsburg
alumni. McCarville plays one to two times a week, mainly at Augsburg, and can be found playing any position—except goalie.
As a student at Augsburg, McCarville learned skills that enabled her to juggle her studies as a double major with both her hockey and work
schedules. Today, she gives strong credit to the College for instilling the self-discipline needed to successfully manage her business, coach
and play hockey, and stay organized with the Hopkins Raspberry Festival—all while remaining appreciative for everything that she has
accomplished.
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Fall 2004
AUGSBURG CENTENNIAL SINGERS 2005 ARIZONA APPEARANCES
JANUARY 27—Centennial
Singers concert, Desert Hills
Lutheran Church, Green Valley,
Ariz., 7:30 p.m.*
FEBRUARY 2—Centennial
Singers concert, Lord of Life
Lutheran Church, Sun City West,
Ariz., 5 p.m.*
JANUARY 28—Centennial
Singers concert, United
Methodist Church, Catalina,
Ariz., 7 p.m.*
FEBRUARY 3—Centennial
Singers concert, Prince of Peace
Lutheran Church, Phoenix, Ariz.,
7 p.m.*
JANUARY 29—Centennial
Singers worship service,
American Lutheran Church, Sun
City, Ariz., 4 p.m.*
FEBRUARY 4—Centennial
Singers worship service, Victory
Lutheran Church, Mesa, Ariz.,
4 p.m.*
JANUARY 30—Centennial
Singers worship services,
American Lutheran Church, Sun
City, Ariz., 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.*
FEBRUARY 5—Centennial
Singers worship services,
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church,
Scottsdale, Ariz., 9:30 and
11 a.m.*
*Coffee receptions sponsored by Augsburg will be held prior
to these concerts or between services
Courtesy photo
AUGSBURG GIVING
Pamela Moksnes ’78 (left) and Joy Peterson (right) of Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans presented a check to Sue Klaseus, vice
president for Institutional Advancement (center), in support of
Connections, the women’s leadership event co-sponsored by
Augsburg and Thrivent.
Rachel Kreger, Richfield,
Minn., teachers seventh- and
eighth-grade English at
Minnesota International Middle
School, a charter school for
Somali immigrants.
Weddings
Carl Priest ’78 married Kathryn
Kraker in June. Carl is a
certified project management
professional and in January
celebrated his 25th anniversary
with IBM, where he has been a
project manager for the past 10
years. He also plays string bass
with a variety of groups in the
Twin Cities area. The couple
resides in Minneapolis.
Fall 2004
Melanie Main ’95 married
Calvin Johnson in April. She is
an office manager for Sonstegard
Foods. The couple resides in
Fayetteville, Ark., and can be
contacted at <melanie@
sonstegard.com>.
Amorita Larson ’96 married
Jeff Linner in October 2003. She
is a docket clerk for the U.S.
District Court-District of
Minnesota. The couple resides
in Lino Lakes, Minn., with their
daughter, Alexis, 5. Amy can be
contacted at <amorita_larson@
yahoo.com>.
Alisa C. Berg ’01 married
Jeremy Anderson in December
2003. Alisa is a music therapist
for the Robbinsdale School
District and Jeremy teaches in
Intermediate District 287.
Erica Bryan ’01 married Jason
Wegner ’01 in May 2003. Erica
is the volunteer coordinator for
Kinship of Greater Minneapolis
and can be contacted at
<ericajayne@hotmail.com>.
Jason is enrolled at Luther
Seminary.
Births/Adoptions
Kiel
Christianson
’88 and his
wife, Jennifer,
Champaign,
Ill.—a son, Erik
Douglas, in
October 2003. He joins older
sister Sophia. Kiel is an assistant
professor in the Department of
Educational Psychology at the
University of Illinois; he
previously served on the
psychology faculty at the
University of MassachusettsAmherst. Kiel is also a senior
writer and equipment editor for
<TravelGolf.com>.
Mark Keating
’91 and his
wife, Amy,
Edina, Minn.—
a son, Carson
Mark, in
February. He
joins older brother Owen. Mark
works for BladeLogic.
Melissa
Kaltenbach
’92 and her
husband, John,
Madison,
Wis.—a
daughter,
Vivianne Helene, in May.
Laura (Ferry) ’92 and the Rev.
Matthew Lee, Prentice, Wis.—
a daughter, Elizabeth Hannah,
in December 2003. She joins
older sister Catherine, 2 (3 in
January). Laura can be reached
at <blndcaml@pctcnet.net>.
Kirk Litynski
’95 and his
wife, Kara,
Savage, Minn.—
a son, Kahler
Michael
Edward, in
October 2003. Kurt works for
Motorola in the commercial
government communications
sector for radio communications
and covers Iowa and the
southern half of Minnesota.
Rodney
Dewberry,
Minneapolis—
adopted two
sons in
November
2003. Rodney is
president of the Circle of Men
Institute and is pursuing a
teaching career at the School of
Social Work at the University of
Minnesota. He can be contacted
at <dewbery47@msn.com>.
Jennifer (Runke) ’01 and
Ryan Cobian ’01, Blaine,
Minn.—a son, Caleb Ryan, in
March. Jennifer is a kindergarten
teacher for ISD #282.
Cole Trimble
’01 and his
wife, Gina,
Independence,
Iowa—
a daughter,
Alison Sue, in
September 2003. Cole is a
school social worker for the
Keystone Area Education
Agency and can be reached at
<trimble@indytel.com>.
Lori Strand
Fenske ’02,
Ham Lake,
Minn.—
a daughter,
Allison Marie,
in August 2003.
She joins sisters Haley, 6, and
Nicole, 3. Also welcoming
Allison are proud grandparents
Delmour ’53 and Luella Fenske.
Kelly (Saur) ’92 and Dustin
Sims, Minneapolis—a daughter.
Kelly works at United Defense.
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In Memoriam
Rev. Martin D. Larsen ’45,
Fargo, N.Dak., died in June; he
was 81. After his ordination in
1951, he served parishes in
North Dakota, South Dakota,
Minnesota, Idaho, Washington,
and Oregon. He recently served
as visitation pastor at First
Lutheran in Fargo from 19881996. He is survived by his wife,
Marguerite (Greguson) ’45; six
children; and eight
grandchildren.
Rev. Olin “Ole” Nordsletten
’49 died in February after a long
illness. He was pastor of Prince
of Peace Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Kenmore, Wash., for
32 years. He retired in 1987.
Before serving Prince of Peace,
he was pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church in Fort Atkinson, Wis.
He is remembered for his
determination and sometimes
unorthodox approach in serving
others. A sign outside his church
read: “Pray, but swing the
hammer.” He was known to live
that motto throughout his life—
for him prayer was important
and action was critical in making
a difference in other’s lives. In
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addition to serving at Prince of
Peace, he helped county officials
establish the Paramount House
low-income apartments for the
elderly and disabled. He also
wrote and produced Christmas
plays, performed by young
people both at the church and on
local television. He is survived
by his wife, Arlett; four
daughters; six grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.
Harold Schwartz ’49,
Minneapolis, died in October; he
was 81. He served in the Army
Air Force during WWII from
1942-1945, and again during the
Korean War from 1950-1951. He
later worked for the U.S. Postal
Service, retiring in 1982 after 26
years of service. Throughout his
later years his faith in Christ and
his Jewish roots became
increasingly important to him.
He was a member of Ebenezer
Lutheran Brethren Church and
an enthusiastic supporter of
Lutheran Brethren World
Missions and Jewish Christian
organizations. He will be
remembered for his special
ministry of encouragement to
others. During his life he sent
out thousands of cards and
letters letting people know that
he was praying for them and that
he appreciated them and their
work. He is survived by his wife,
Carol; a daughter, Linda (Dean
Bengtson); and two grandsons,
Joshua and Christopher.
Rev. Erling Carlsen ’50, Eau
Claire, Wis., died in August from
acute leukemia; he was 77. He
served in the U.S. Navy,
stationed at the Great Lakes
Naval Base from 1945-1946. He
served parishes in North Dakota,
Wisconsin, and Illinois. He is
survived by his wife, Beverly;
five sons; and nine
grandchildren.
Veola Y. (Soberg) Ellingboe
’50, Lakeville, Minn., died in
June; she was 74. She served as a
member of the Augsburg
Associates. She is survived by
her sons, Rev. Craig (Mary),
Randy (Lynn), and Bradley
(Karen); nine grandchildren; and
one great-grandson.
Rev. John Miskowiec Jr. ’58,
Mounds View, Minn., died in
June at Mercy Medical Center
during a surgical procedure; he
was 68. He served Lutheran
congregations in Kansas and
Minnesota for over 36 years,
including 29 years at Abiding
Savior Lutheran Church in
Mounds View; he retired in
1998. He is survived by his wife
of 42 years, Linnea; two sons,
John III and Allen (Lisa); and
four grandchildren.
Rev. Lewis John Sundquist II
’62, Sturgeon Lake, Minn., died
in September; he was 72. After
serving in the U.S. Navy, he
became a radio broadcaster in
Minnesota, Texas, Michigan, and
Ohio. In 1965, he became an
ordained ELCA minister and
served parishes until his
retirement in 1993. Recently, he
had become pastor emeritus of
North Emanuel Lutheran Church
in St. Paul, his childhood
church. He is survived by his
sons, Lewis John III ’88
(Gretchen) and Martin Laurence
’93 (Melinda).
Iris Burlock ’94 MSW,
Farmington, Minn., died in
September; she was 51. Iris made
a difference in the lives of many
children while working as a
social worker for Hennepin
County Children and Family
Services. She is remembered for
her spunk, warmth, and
compassion, and was loved by
many friends, co-workers, and
clients. She is preceded in death
by her parents Amelia and
Phillip Burlock; she is survived
by her sister, Ellyn (Lou)
Romano; a niece, Nicole; lifelong
friends Barbara Higens and Bill
W.; family members Vickie Berg
and her sons Joe (Mandy) and
Derrick; and a granddaughter,
Emma.
Dr. Paul LeRoy Holmer, St.
Anthony Village, Minn., died in
June; he was 87. He was the
Noah Porter Professor of
Philosophical Theology at Yale
Divinity School. He also taught
at Augsburg, Gustavus Adolphus
College, and for 14 years at the
University of Minnesota. He is
survived by his wife of 60 years,
Phyllis; a daughter, Leanna
Wren; two sons, Jonathan
(Cathy) and Paul (Suzanne); and
a granddaughter, Nayla.
AUGSBURG MILESTONES
Archive photo
Rev. Lynn Hanson Luthard
’36, Paynesville, Minn., died in
September; he was 90. After
graduating from Augsburg
Seminary in 1939 (also the alma
mater of his father, the Rev.
Louis T. Hanson ’11), he legally
changed his name from Luthard
E. Hanson, and was later
ordained as a pastor in Fortuna,
N.Dak. Prior to his retirement in
1979, he served parishes for over
65 years, including those in
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
Dakota, and Iowa. He served as
an interim and supply pastor for
nine years after his retirement.
He was preceded by his wife of
62 years, Thelma, who died just
four months before Lynn, and by
his daughter, Grace Moore
Meske, who died at age 48. He is
survived by two daughters, Lois
(Charles) Anderson ’65 and
Twila (John) Edmunds ’71; six
grandchildren; and one greatgrandson.
November 8 marked the 70th anniversary of the first annual
Augsburg Alumni Association banquet.
Fall 2004
CCalendar
ALENDAR
Music
For more information on any of these
events (unless otherwise noted), call
612-330-1265
December 22-25
Special Advent Vespers Telecast
Special one-hour broadcast of the 25th
anniversary Advent Vespers celebration
on Twin Cities Public Television
Dec. 22 at 8 p.m. (TPT2); Dec. 23 at 2
a.m. (TPT2); Dec. 25 at 10 a.m. (TPT2)
and 7 p.m. (TPT17)
Gage Family Art Gallery, Lindell Library
Opening reception: Jan. 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Gallery talk: Jan. 27, noon
February 11
“Wearable Resistance,” by Mary
Laurel True
Christensen Center Gallery
Opening reception: Jan. 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Mary Robinson, former United Nations
high commissioner for human rights
10 a.m.—Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
For information, call 612-330-1006
February 25-April 3
February 11-12
“Meditating on Seasons and Light,”
paintings by Joonja Lee Mornes
17th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Gage Family Art Gallery, Lindell Library
Opening reception: Feb. 25, 5-7 p.m.
January 12-17
Sculpture by Karen Searle
Gospel Praise Tour
Christensen Center Gallery
Opening reception: Feb. 25, 5-7 p.m.
Performances in southeastern Minnesota
and northern Iowa
February 4
2005 Music Listening Contest
Annual music listening contest featuring
teams of 100 Minnesota-area high school
students
1-5 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
For information, call 612-330-1180
February 15
Michael Jacobs Concert
Native American recording artist
7 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
For information, call 612-330-1144
Theatre
Feb. 4-13
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Martha Johnson
Feb. 4, 5, 9, 10, and 12 at 7 p.m. and
Feb. 6 and 13 at 2 p.m.
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
For tickets, call 612-330-1257
Exhibits
January 14-February 18
“Voice To Vision: Holocaust Survivors
Share Their Experiences Through Art”
A collaborative project directed by David
Feinberg
Seminars,
Lectures, and
Films
January 17
Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation:
“Building Peace in our Community”
Victoria Jackson Gray Adams: spiritual,
social, political, and civil rights activist
1 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
For information, call 612-330-1006
Nobel Peace Prize Forum Convocation:
“Finding Security in an Unsecure World”
This year Augsburg hosts the annual
two-day forum, which will honor 2003
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi
For information, call 612-330-1383
February 16
“Outsiders Within”
Jane Jeong Trenka ’95, awardwinning author
10:20 a.m.—Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
For information, call 612-330-1006
Other Events
January 24
Fine Arts Night
January 29
High school students are invited to visit
campus and meet the admissions and fine
arts departments
5-8:30 p.m.—Christensen Center and
Foss Center
For information, call 612-330-1585
Connections: A Women’s
Leadership Event
February 5
8 a.m.-1 p.m.—Thrivent Financial
Corporate Offices, Minneapolis
For information:
www.augsburg.edu/alumni/connections
February 10
10th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Festival
This one-day festival is designed to
connect students in grades K-12 with
Nobel laureates; this year’s festival
honors 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Shirin Ebadi
For information, call 612-330-1383
Pan-Afrikan Student Union Fashion
Show
7 p.m.—East Commons, Christensen
Center
For information, call 612-330-1022
February 17
Graduate Programs Discovery Evening
Prospective graduate students are invited
to enjoy a meal, sample a course, and meet
with graduate program faculty and staff
5:30-8:30 p.m.—Christensen Center
For information, call 612-330-1150
See the alumni calendar on p. 29 for additional events
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Editor
Betsey Norgard
norgard@augsburg.edu
Staff Writer
Bethany Bierman
bierman@augsburg.edu
Letter
from the President
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hat we have loved,
others will love, and we will
teach them how.”
William Wordsworth’s remarkable words from “The Prelude” offer me
the simplest way to introduce myself to the Augsburg community. I am
an educator and college president because I have been blessed in my
life with passionate teachers who have taught me to love great ideas,
imaginative skills, faithful acts, and vibrant communities. I teach and
lead so that others also might love what I have learned to love.
A wise alumna of Rockford College—from which I have arrived to
take up my new post here at Augsburg—asked me during the interview process there in 2001 what I was reading and why. What a great
question and what an intriguing way to know someone.
Allow me therefore to offer a few texts that are always near at hand
for me, and that offer you a glimpse into the issues and ideas that
inspire my work.
The Bible is the source of my worldview. It teaches me of faithful
and abundant lives, of generous love surpassing all understanding,
and of a gracious story that still unfolds around all of us in our lives
in this world and beyond.
The Constitution of the United States sits on my desk as a reminder
of the truths and aspirations of our democracy. In those truths is the
stuff of patriotism, properly understood.
Michael Ignatieff’s The Needs of Strangers is an elegant essay that
draws together some of the best of human thought to help all of us
better understand what it means to care for each other.
Jane Addams’ Twenty Years at Hull-House is the story of a life led
in a neighborhood, serving others and strengthening democracy.
Parker Palmer’s Let Your Life Speak is my roadmap to vocational
journeys.
And Wendell Berry’s What Are People For? challenges us to remember the proper scale of human work and life—and to fight for sustainability in the world bent on destroying itself.
Shall we read together? Shall we find the time to talk together
about great ideas and actions? Shall we work together to make the
world a more faithful, just, and humane place for all God’s people?
I believe that is what Augsburg stands for and I could not be more
pleased—or have a deeper sense of gratitude—for the privilege to
lead this remarkable college.
I look forward to our work together on behalf of Augsburg College.
Yours,
Paul C. Pribbenow, president
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children, Thomas and Maya.
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Contents
Features
Departments
12 Experience grounded in
2
Around the Quad
mission and vision: Paul
4 Sports
Pribbenow’s call to Augsburg
10 Supporting Augsburg—
by Bethany Bierman
Access to Excellence:
The Campaign for
18 Country Fresh Urban
Augsburg College
Renewal by Tim Dougherty
32 Alumni News
22 Making art and history in
France by Tara Sweeney
34 Class Notes
24 Making their mark in the
40 Views
lineup by Betsey Norgard
and
Calendar
28 Photographer’s pick—
some of the year’s favorites
by Stephen Geffre
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30 A hands-on approach to
better health by Betsey Norgard
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AROUND THE QUAD
NEWSNOTES
Also elected as board officers
are: Dean Kopperud, vice chair;
Dan Anderson ’65, treasurer; and
Jackie Cherryhomes ’76, secretary.
In addition, Pribbenow has
announced the formation of a
Branding Committee, which will
work with materials as they are
developed to strengthen the
College’s position and image.
Promotion to professor
Andrew Aoki,
political
science
Vicki Olson,
education
The president’s
leadership teams
Congratulations, faculty!
Ted Grindal is elected
board chair
At its spring meeting on May 5,
the Augsburg Board of Regents
elected H. Theodore Grindal ’76
the new chair for a six-year term.
“My goal is to help the board
keep true to our vision and mission,” said Grindal, which
includes supporting the president and serving as ambassadors
to the community on behalf of
Augsburg. “If we do these things,
the College will continue to
move forward positively.”
President Paul Pribbenow has
formed two teams to help him
lead the College:
The President’s Cabinet will
be the primary administrative
decision-making body for the
College and includes the two special assistants, five vice presidents,
and chief information officer. (see
photo on p. 14)
The President’s Advisory
Group comprises a representative
group of Augsburg College faculty, staff, and students whose primary role is to convene regularly
on a one-year appointment to
advise the president on key institutional issues, to receive reports
on institution-wide projects and
initiatives, and to engage in an
ongoing conversation about
future opportunities and challenges related to institutional
planning and activity.
Editor’s note
After its first six years, Augsburg Now has received a makeover—
not extreme, but aiming to read more easily, look fresher, and
appear more contemporary with Augsburg’s other communications.
We’ve listened to your comments and hope that you enjoy the
new format for Around the Quad campus news and the Alumni
News/Class Notes. Our features aim to engage you in their remarkable stories and vibrant photography.
Please … write to us with your thoughts. Does Augsburg Now
read well? What changes or improvement should we still consider?
We’d love to hear from you.
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Tenure granted
Matthew
Haines,
mathematics
Augsburg advances in
college ranking
Mark Strefeler,
biology
Tenure granted and promotion
to associate professor
Beth
Alexander,
physician
assistant
studies
Eric
Buffalohead,
sociology and
American
Indian studies
Lars
Christiansen,
sociology
Nancy
Rodenborg,
social work
In U.S.News & World Report’s
2007 listings of America’s Best
Colleges, Augsburg is ranked
23rd in the category of “Master’s
Universities—Top Midwestern,”
an improvement of three places
from last year. For the full listings, go to www.usnews.com.
Augsburg is also named an
“Academic Program to Watch
For” in two categories—ServiceLearning and First-Year
Experience—and is the only
Minnesota private college in
either group.
Hoping for “I do” on
the Today show
WEC student Josh Linde and his
fiancé, Carrie Hortsch, are
among the seven finalists for a
wedding with all the trimmings,
courtesy of NBC’s Today. As they
tackle weekly competitions, their
fate is determined by viewer
votes, with one couple eliminated each week up to Sept. 20,
when the winner is announced.
Go to
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/130830
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Three learn
foodservice skills
In its third summer Culinary Job
Training program for the unemployed or underemployed, the
Campus Kitchen at Augsburg
College graduated three people
with newly-earned skills for the
foodservice industry. This year’s
eight-week program focused on
local food production in partnership with Ploughshare Farm (see
the story on p. 18).
Jessica Gaulke is
Aquatennial queen
On July 21, sociology major Jessica
Gaulke was crowned the 2007
Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes.
As ambassador, she will travel
throughout the region representing
the City of Minneapolis and receive
an educational scholarship.
RECENT GRANTS
$9,000 from the C. Charles
Jackson Foundation for a oneyear project to analyze and
develop leadership activities in
the co-curricular program.
$2,000 matching grant from the
Consulate General of Canada in
Minneapolis to purchase library
materials to support Canadian
Studies on campus.
$238,080 renewal of two-year
grant for Academic Fellows from
the U.S. Department of
Education to support summer
research of students who are
first-generation or low-income
college students working with
faculty mentors in preparation
for post-baccalaureate education.
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$538,300 in grants from
National Science Foundation to
the Department of Physics to
support the collection of data
and study of Earth’s magnetosphere, or “space weather.”
$26,514 from the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) to support the research of two physics
students who will carry out data
validation and scientific analysis
of magnetometer data from
NASA’s recently launched ST5
satellites.
$198,000 federal appropriation to
the StepUP Program to refine academic support services, to hire a
chemical dependency counselor
for student caseload relief, to
complete an outside program
evaluation, to develop standards
of practice, and a mentorship
program, and to write a history of
the program in book form.
Kids creating art on Riverside Avenue
Augsburg art faculty member Robert K. Tom, students from the Cedar Riverside Community School,
and volunteers from the Augsburg community have begun work on a project that will turn dour concrete walls at Augsburg’s 21st Avenue entrance into a ceramic bas-relief mural.
The mural is an outgrowth of the Cedar Riverside–Augsburg Pottery Cooperative, an ongoing partnership that Tom began with the Cedar Riverside Community School. Each week fifth- through
eighth-grade students from the largely Somali, Asian, and Hispanic neighborhood participate in
hands-on pottery and art workshops.
Starting in the fall, Augsburg volunteers and the students will create clay press moulds to be replicated over and over—moulds of icons and symbols that Tom says “represent their thoughts, values,
concerns, and/or inner beliefs.” They will be fired and placed in a radiant mandala pattern along the
220 square foot walls. In July, students in the CREATION summer arts program, sponsored by Trinity
Lutheran Congregation, enjoyed a four-day head start on the project.
This project recently won Tom a seed grant from Forecast Public Art, a Twin Cities-based organization
nationally recognized as a public
art resource, to carry out the
project through November. Tom
is currently seeking additional
funds for further continuation.
Tom said that he found regular
walks in the Cedar-Riverside
neighborhood to be the impetus
for a project to chisel away at the
“invisible barrier between the
Augsburg campus and the community of Cedar Avenue.” To
him it seemed that despite the
lively energy of the dense multiethnic neighborhood, “there
were two worlds existing sideby-side with little interaction.”
— Darcy Trunzo ’06
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SPORTS
Campus mourns
longtime English
professor
Seven students receive
athletic honors
John Mitchell, who taught English
at Augsburg for 36 years, died on
Aug. 17 at the age of 66. A memorial service was held for him on
Sept. 8 in Hoversten Chapel.
Mitchell taught courses in
poetry, writing, and film.
Repeatedly, former students
remark that John Mitchell’s classes were among the most difficult
and the most memorable they
took. They describe his teaching
as challenging, engaging, enraging, inspiring, and influential. He
always found time for students
and took great effort to correct
and edit their papers.
His passion for film led to a
two-year sabbatical to study film
at San Francisco State University.
English department colleague
Robert Cowgill remembers that
when the Oak Street Cinema
opened, Mitchell often attracted
groups of people around him
after the shows who stood and
listened to hear his thoughts
about the films. On campus,
Mitchell was often seen with
clusters of students and colleagues, enjoying a conversation.
In 1996, Mitchell was devastated by the death of John
Engman, an Augsburg student
whom Mitchell had met in 1968,
during his first year of teaching
at the College. Following
Engman’s premature death,
Mitchell became the executor of
his literary estate and worked to
find a publisher for a manuscript
Engman left. This poetry collection, Temporary Help, was published by Holy Cow! Press and
was nominated for a Minnesota
Book Award in 1998.
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Augsburg College has awarded
seven seniors with its athletic
awards for accomplishment,
leadership, and character on the
playing field and in the classroom. Athletic awards are voted
on by coaches in Augsburg’s
men’s and women’s athletic
departments.
Augsburg mourns the death of English professor John Mitchell, who died in August.
Mitchell was born in Decatur,
Ala., and earned degrees from
Maryville College and the
University of Tennessee. He
met his wife, Jean, while they
both served in the Peace Corps
in Liberia.
For a number of years,
Mitchell was faculty adviser to
Murphy Square, Augsburg’s literary arts journal. Last year, in the
foreword to its 30th anniversary
edition, he wrote, “I get more
pleasure from being published in
Murphy Square than from a
nationally distributed magazine.
Why? Well, more people are
likely to read my work, people I
know and care about, and readers who will be more able to
construe it in terms of my
known local identity. To put it in
literary jargon, I have the chance
to be a public poet rather than
merely a private one.”
— Betsey Norgard
2005–06 Augsburg Honor
Athletes
Mitchell was also a frequent
contributor to Murphy Square.
This poem appears in the 1998
edition:
The Sound of Two Pie Pans
The brief little period when you
Are alive is more than enough
To make up for all the years
When you were giving yourself
Advice. How wonderful to
perspire,
To examine the back side of a
leaf,
To admire the angel worms
Gorged on their silk. You could
Walk for days sucking an orange.
You could write letters home
Without stopping to compose
Your face. Living is like banging
Two pie pans together at midnight
For the brief silence that precedes
The noise. No, living is not
anything
You can say. It’s an attitude
Of swanky delight, and the
absence
Of attitude, simple sleep at night.
Darren Ginther—Ginther, a
baseball third baseman and pitcher became one of the top hitters
in the region, earning All-MIAC
and All-Midwest Region honors
as well as ESPN The Magazine
academic honors. He was an economics and education studies
major and Dean’s List honoree.
Millie Suk—Suk was the only
women’s soccer player in MIAC
to earn All-MIAC first-team honors in all four years, and she set
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Augsburg career records for total
points and goals. A political science major, she graduated magna
cum laude.
tournament, earning his second
straight fourth-place national finish to earn All-American honors
for the second time.
Seven named to Athletic
Hall of Fame
Ryan Valek—A three-time AllAmerican wrestler, Valek was an
individual national runner-up
twice at 165 pounds. He earned
ESPN The Magazine academic
honors and National Wrestling
Coaches Association Division III
Scholar All-America honors.
Troy Deden—Deden transferred
to Augsburg from St. Mary’s and,
as a catcher, helped lead the
Auggie baseball team to the
MIAC playoffs in 2005. He also
played two years of football as a
quarterback and defensive back,
and was a special education
major at Augsburg.
Named to the 2006 class of the
Athletic Hall of Fame:
2005–06 Augsburg Athletes of
the Year
Tonnisha Bell—Bell became one
of the most decorated track and
field athletes in school history. A
sprinter, she finished her career
with five All-American honors
and qualified for every indoor
and outdoor NCAA championship meet during her Auggie
career—eight in total. Bell won
11 conference championships
and earned numerous conference
honors while setting six individual and two relay school records.
Seven alumni will be inducted
into the Augsburg Athletic Hall
of Fame during Homecoming
week at a dinner on Thurs.,
Sept. 28, in Christensen Center.
For information, contact the athletic office at 612-330-1249 or
bjorklus@augsburg.edu.
Chike Ochiagha—Ochiagha was
a defensive tackle on Augsburg’s
football team, earning conference
and Football Gazette honors. A
business and marketing major,
he earned Academic All-MIAC
honors, as well as football academic club honors twice.
Brad Tupa—An upper-weight
wrestler, Tupa battled injuries
during his career. He recovered
in his senior season to qualify for
the NCAA Division III national
Tom Hall ’85—Hall earned AllAmerica honors in wrestling four
times, including twice in the
1983 season in two different
national meets. In NCAA competition, he placed seventh in
1983, sixth in 1984, and fifth in
1985 at 142 pounds.
Steve Nelson ’78—Nelson
earned All-MIAC and NCAA AllAmerican honors as a leader and
center of the 1977-78 Augsburg
men’s hockey squad that captured
the NAIA national title—the
school’s first team national title.
John Nelson ’86—A two-time AllMIAC pitcher in baseball, Nelson
set an NCAA Division III singleseason record, which still stands,
with 15 complete games in 1986,
as the Auggies reached the NCAA
Division III Midwest Regional.
Wayne “Mick” Scholl ’86—
Scholl earned All-MIAC honors
in baseball in 1984 and 1986.
Peggy Meissner ’80—An
Augsburg Honor Athlete in
1980, Meissner competed in
both volleyball and softball, and
was part of an Auggie volleyball
squad that finished second at the
MAIAW state tournament in
1979, finishing 27-15-3.
— Don Stoner
Julie Stepan Flaskamp ’92—A
track and field athlete, Stepan
Flaskamp qualified for the NCAA
Division III national championships twice in the heptathlon,
earning All-American honors in
1992 with an eighth-place finish.
She earned Academic All-MIAC
honors and was named an
Augsburg Honor Athlete in 1992.
Kristi Ockuly ’95—Ockuly, an
outfielder and pitcher, earned
All-MIAC and All-Region honors
three times each in softball and
was named a Division III AllAmerican in 1995. She was an
Augsburg Honor Athlete in 1995.
For complete schedules, scores,
and information about Augsburg
athletics, go to
www.augsburg.edu/athletics.
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Ages of Imagination
Augsburg College celebrates a new season
of leadership
October 18–21, 2006
Over four days in October, Augsburg College will celebrate the new leadership of President Paul
Pribbenow, as he is inaugurated into office around the themes of AGES—abundance, generosity,
engagement, and service.
Each day will focus on one of these themes in a variety of activities and events that involve the entire
Augsburg community on campus, in our neighborhood and city, and around the world.
The Inauguration Ceremony, open to the public, will take place on Fri., Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. in Melby
Hall, followed by a community celebration.
For major events, see the calendar on the inside back cover. For further information and the complete
calendar of events, go to www.augsburg.edu/inauguration.
Lutheran college choirs
celebrate F. Melius
Christiansen
The Augsburg Choir and four
other Minnesota Lutheran college
choirs will perform together in
two concerts on Sunday, Nov. 19,
to celebrate the living legacy of F.
Melius Christiansen, the “father”
of American a cappella singing.
Christiansen’s birth 135 years
ago will be commemorated by
Augsburg, Concordia-Moorhead,
Concordia University-St. Paul,
Gustavus Adolphus, and St. Olaf
in the first joint appearance by
these five ensembles representing
the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA) and the
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
(LCMS). Each choir will perform
individually with their own conductor and as a combined choir
under the direction of guest conductor Kenneth Jennings, professor emeritus and former director
of the St. Olaf Choir.
Two identical anniversary concerts will be performed at
Slovakian baseball, Auggie style
For the seventh year, StepUP program director Patrice Salmeri coached in a baseball camp for youth in
Slovakia. Here, Jano and Lucia sport Auggie baseball t-shirts sent from the baseball team.
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F. Melius Christiansen
Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis on
Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
The concerts are sponsored by
the F. Melius Christiansen Star of
the North Festival Concert Series
affiliated with the American
Choral Directors Association
(ACDA) of Minnesota, and will
highlight the organization’s twoday annual fall convention program and benefit the F. Melius
Christiansen Endowed
Scholarship Fund that supports
continuing education and graduate studies of young and aspiring
choral directors in Minnesota.
Music to be performed at the
concerts will feature works of
F. Melius Christiansen, including
choral favorites of thousands of
choral concertgoers, such as
Beautiful Savior, Wake Awake,
O Day Full of Grace, Psalm 50,
Praise to the Lord The Almighty,
and Lost In The Night,
among others.
Born in Norway in 1871,
Christiansen came to the United
States at age 17. In 1892, he
attended a concert by the
Augsburg Quartet in Wisconsin
and was attracted to Augsburg
College, where he became a
quartet member.
In 1903 he accepted an appointment as director of the St. Olaf
College music program. He founded the St. Olaf Choir in 1911 and
directed it until 1941, becoming
internationally known for his
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006
2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minn.
Featuring the choirs of
Augsburg College
Concordia College–Moorhead
Concordia University–St. Paul
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Olaf College
Ticket sales available May 1, 2006
Orchestra Hall Ticket Office: 612-371-5656
1871–1955
Proudly sponsored by the F. Melius Christiansen Endowment Committee
and the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) of Minnesota
135th Anniversary Festival Concerts
development of perfect intonation,
blend, diction, and phrasing. He
was succeeded by his son Olaf;
another son, Paul, taught for nearly 50 years at Concordia CollegeMoorhead. F. Melius Christiansen
died in 1955.
Welcome, GEMS and GISE
About 100 girls and—for the first time—35 boys from Minneapolis Public Schools in grades 4–12 spent
several weeks on campus studying monarch butterflies, building the Mars terrain, programming robots,
and learning the chemistry of cosmetics. The GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Mathematics, and Science) and
new GISE (Guys in Science and Engineering) programs involve Augsburg students and former GEMS students as mentors.
For additional concert information go to www.fmcendowment.org. All seats are reserved;
tickets are available through the
Orchestra Hall box office (1-800292-4141 or 612-371-5656).
The Frame years in print
Published by Lutheran
University Press, with a preface
by ELCA presiding bishop
Mark Hanson ’68
$24.95
Available at the Augsburg
College Bookstore
612-330-1521
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AROUND THE QUAD
Dan Jorgensen retires to teaching—for now
Retirement for Dan Jorgensen, Augsburg’s public relations director
since 2000 and special assistant to President Frame for the past year,
is all relative. During this fall semester, he’ll still be commuting from
Northfield, but to a classroom instead of an office.
He has taught a journalism course in Weekend College for the past
five years, and in September he’ll teach it both in the day and weekend
programs—plus, teach a public relations course in both programs.
Much of Jorgensen’s tenure as public relations director focused on
raising the visibility of Augsburg in both the local and national media.
“I feel like we became more of a ‘player’ in terms of which institutions should be contacted when media sources were searching for
across-the-board responses to different educational questions,”
Jorgensen says. He recalls an editor of the Chronicle of Higher
Education telling him that Augsburg and President Frame were the
first who came to mind from small liberal arts colleges when planning a national forum on college presidencies.
Jorgensen also enjoyed seeing more faculty included as key
resources in the media—faculty who “took on a willingness to be
called upon,” he says. “That sort of cooperative spirit exemplifies the
overall ‘can do’ spirit of the institution. I loved that.”
For his retirement outside of teaching, he has several writing projects waiting, especially a novel about the Black Hills of South Dakota.
He and his wife, Susan, have first-hand experience living there and
have been collecting information for many years. He has also been
asked by his publisher for additional youth sports novels.
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Herald Johnson—Augsburg’s first financial
aid officer—retires after 37 years
When he came as a freshman in 1961, Herald Johnson ’68 probably
had no clue he would still be at Augsburg in 2006.
He stayed on to become an admissions counselor, but moved into
financial aid when new federal programs required administrative
oversight. In the 37 years since, he has served as a pioneer, leader,
and mentor among Minnesota financial aid officers.
One of Johnson’s legacies at Augsburg is the Enrollment Center. He
and Julie Olson, vice president for enrollment management, played
important roles in the concept development and implementation of
bringing several financial aid and enrollment offices together in a
one-stop shop for students.
He is the only person to have been twice elected president of the
Minnesota Association of Financial Aid Administrators (MAFAA). He
is proud of the Futures Task Force he created with his charge to past
presidents: “I want you to look at our association with critical eyes
and see if we’re poised for what you see coming down the road.”
His retirement plans include a fair amount of work, but his four
children and seven grandchildren are top priority. “The kids are my
friends,” Johnson says—“it’s really cool.” Their gift to him is a trip to
Norway to meet relatives and explore his heritage—a longtime dream.
He’ll continue as a consultant at Augsburg with the Scholastic
Connections program, the Scholarship Brunch, and with government
relations concerning financial aid issues in 2007.
He mentions that among his pleasures at Augsburg was hiring student workers and following their careers as they assume leadership
positions both at Augsburg and around the state.
At the end of his notice of thanks following a retirement celebration, Johnson wrote, “As we Norwegians say, ‘Mange tusen tak.’”
— Betsey Norgard
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American Indian Studies—
a cultural commitment
Augsburg’s newest department
makes a bold statement for the
College—about commitment,
about culture, and about heritage.
After being offered as a minor and
major for a number of years, the
faculty approved the creation of
an American Indian Studies
Department, headed by Associate
Professor Eric Buffalohead.
The new department models
Augsburg’s mission to serve diverse
populations, says Buffalohead, and
it signals to students, parents, and
the community that it’s permanent
and a great choice for a major—
and not just a selection of courses
that may change.
The number of students in the
program has been growing, and
they are beginning to shift from
Native to non-Native students.
American Indian Studies is a valuable major, second major, or minor
for students who are preparing for
work with human services—in
business, health care, education,
youth and family ministry, etc.
“AIS courses and skills are
transferable,” Buffalohead says,
“to law, politics, service—it’s
about cultural understanding.”
Since the program is small,
students often take several courses
with the same professor. For
native students, the program also
serves as a safety net where they
can relate to faculty and staff.
The department works closely
with Augsburg’s American Indian
Student Services program.
This multidisciplinary department includes courses in history,
literature, religion, film, women’s
studies, and special topics. The
faculty seek opportunities to
build in experiential opportunities, such as learning in the community, internships, and study
abroad. Next winter, Assistant
Professor Elise Marubbio will
M. Elise Marubbio and Eric Buffalohead are
two of the faculty in Augsburg’s new
American Indian Studies Department.
lead a travel program to
Guatemala, focusing on indigenous issues of the Mayan people.
Film has become a focus in the
AIS program. For three years, the
College has sponsored the
Augsburg Native American Film
Series, which screens documentary films, often with the filmmaker present to lead discussion.
It also provides a venue for selections from other film festivals,
and links to Augsburg’s
Indigenous Filmmakers course.
Buffalohead says that
Augsburg’s American Indian
Studies Department seeks to
excel as a regional center for the
study of Indians in the Upper
Midwest. Students can study one
year of Ojibwe language on campus, with the possibility of a second year of study.
Buffalohead’s experience in
American Indian Studies dates
back to age five, when his father
became the first chair of the
American Indian Studies
Department at the University of
Minnesota, and Eric would visit
his office. After earning academic
degrees in anthropology, he also
taught at the university, which he
considers to have been good
training for Augsburg’s new
department.
For information on American
Indian Studies, contact Eric
Buffalohead at
buffaloe@augsburg.edu or go to
www.augsburg.edu/ais.
— Betsey Norgard
Killing the Indian Maiden:
Images of Native American Women in Film
by M. Elise Marubbio
Native American women have been
characterized as various figures in
film for over 100 years. None,
however, has intrigued Elise
Marubbio more than the young
Native woman who falls in love or
is connected with a white hero and
dies for this choice.
Marubbio’s book, Killing the
Indian Maiden: Images of Native
American Women in Film, will be
published in December by the
University Press of Kentucky. The
book analyzes 34 A-list Hollywood
films, from the silent era to the present, to analyze the depictions of
women and the themes and myths that are played out.
The book stems from her dissertation and unites her various areas
of interest—she has degrees in fine arts/photography, American
Indian Studies, and cultural studies. It is the first in-depth study in
this area and is important for film studies, women’s studies, cultural
studies, and American Indian studies.
Marubbio researched film archives at the Museum of Modern Art
in New York, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the
Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, and
the Cecil B. DeMille Archives at Brigham Young University. A dissertation fellowship from the American Association of University
Women gave her time to write.
What she found, she says, is that “over a 90-year period this figure
emerged in premier films in various forms as either the Princess or
Sexualized Maiden, figures through whose body national themes of
colonialism, violence toward women of color, and feats of interracial
mixing are played out.
“All the films reinforce American myths of the frontier, Manifest
Destiny, and the ideal of Anglo-European America’s pre-modernization innocence through this image,” Marubbio says.
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AROUND THE QUAD
Renewing Old Main—
heritage of place,
spirit of space
SUPPORTING
AUGSBURG
Over the top at
$55 million
A 500-ton crane has begun to set the precast concrete walls on the poured footings for
On June 27, a celebration was
held in Christensen Center as
the star was moved across the
$55 million figure and the goal
was reached in Access to
Excellence: The Campaign for
Augsburg College.
“We are here to celebrate
achievements in the capital campaign that started six years ago
with a $55 million goal,” said
Tracy Elftmann, vice president
for institutional advancement.
She reported an exact total of
$55,009,761 received to date.
Retiring president William
Frame commented that this
could not have been achieved
without everyone’s participation.
He described vocation as “living
so that you create community,”
and this accomplishment could
not have happened unless
Augsburg is becoming “something called ‘community.’”
President Paul Pribbenow
wrote in a memo to the
Augsburg community in July, “As
called for in our original campaign plan, we are continuing to
raise funds for all Access to
Excellence campaign projects
(Kennedy, Gateway, and science
facilities, along with our endowment) through the end of the
2006 calendar year. And we are
preparing to celebrate this
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the new Oren Gateway Center. The completion date is set for fall 2007. Watch the
progress on the webcam at www.augsburg.edu/campaign/gateway/construction.html.
Construction is moving quickly on the Kennedy Sports and Recreation Complex in Melby
Hall. The structure is up, new bleachers have been installed, and anticipated completion is
January 2007.
remarkable achievement during
the upcoming academic year.”
He further explained that
although the total goal was reached,
funding for the science building
was not completed, in part due to
dramatically higher construction
and transportation costs.
Pribbenow has identified the
science building as one of his top
priorities, and says that “with
anticipation and momentum we
will now redouble and refocus our
efforts to raise funds to see the
completion of the science project.”
Construction began on the
Kennedy Sports and Recreation
Complex in Melby Hall in May,
and on the Oren Gateway Center
in July.
— Betsey Norgard
A gift of $1 million has been given
by Norman and Evangeline
(Vangie) Hagfors for the renovation
of Old Main and a potential home
for the Center for Faith and
Learning. Both Norman and Vangie
enjoy longtime connections to
Augsburg through the Lutheran
Free Church. With this gift they
honor both the physical and theological heart of the Lutheran Free
Church as well as the renewed
spiritual vitality of the College,
guided by its Center for Faith and
Learning.
The renovated chapel in Old
Main will be named for Vangie’s
father, Rev. Elnar Gundale, who
graduated from Augsburg College
in 1933 and Augsburg Seminary in
1937. For more than 50 years,
across four states, he served LFC
churches and was the oldest living
LFC pastor at the time of his death.
From her childhood memories, Vangie recalls visits to their
homes during the summers from
the Augsburg Men’s Quartets.
“Their proclamation of the
Gospel as Augsburg ambassadors,” says Vangie, “made a very
positive impression on the youth
of the churches they visited, as
well as their parents, who supported the school.”
Three of Vangie’s siblings followed their father’s footsteps to
Augsburg. Vangie also attended the
College as part of her nurse’s training at Lutheran Deaconess
Hospital. She remembers her class
of 32 nurses walking across
Franklin Avenue to Augsburg
where they studied mostly science.
Among other activities on campus,
she attended chapel in Old Main.
Norman Hagfors has been a
member of Augsburg’s Board of
Regents for more than twelve years,
including serving as vice chairman
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Above: The chapel in Old Mail will be restored and named for alumnus Rev. Elnar
Gundale, ’33, ’37 Sem.
Left: Vangie and Norman Hagfors
and chairing committees. “I have
enjoyed watching the College grow
in stature both as an educational
institution and in spiritual vitality,”
he says. He gives much credit to
President Emeritus William Frame
who, he says, “really pushed the
spiritual aspects of developing one’s
life—not only at Augsburg, but as
a spokesman to other colleges.”
Norman graduated from the
University of Minnesota in electrical engineering when biomedical
engineering was in its infancy,
and worked in medical research,
authored many papers, and
received a number of patents for
his inventions. He also played a
part in several “start up” medical
device companies that brought
implantable cardiac pacemakers
and neurological devices for the
treatment of chronic pain to the
medical community.
Norman and Vangie Hagfors
have chosen to support the renovation of Old Main not only
because of its physical significance in the history of the school,
but because it embodies the spiri-
tual foundation and concepts on
which Augsburg was founded.
Their hope is that the renovation
will give support, emphasis, and
inspiration to the spiritual life of
the school and its students.
Norman and Vangie have two
married children and seven
grandchildren.
— Betsey Norgard
The Center for Faith and Learning
As the Old Main Chapel stands in the center of the campus,
Augsburg’s new Center for Faith and Learning lies at the heart of
Augsburg’s educational mission. Four years ago, Augsburg received
its first grant from the Lilly Endowment for “Exploring Our Gifts,”
helping students, faculty, and staff attend to their called lives of
service. When the Lilly grants conclude in 2010, Augsburg’s Center
for Faith and Learning will continue to embed and extend
Augsburg’s leadership in vocation.
A focal point in the Center for Faith and Learning is Augsburg’s
first endowed chair, named for former Augsburg president and
scholar Bernhard M. Christensen. In September 2005, retired Luther
Seminary president and theologian David Tiede was inaugurated as
the Bernhard M. Christensen Professor in Religion and Vocation.
In his inauguration speech, Tiede explained the Center for Faith
and Learning: “The purpose of the center is to guide the College in
the theological exploration of vocation as understood within the
Lutheran tradition. It will provide resources to faculty, staff, and students that enable them to organize faith and learning within a vocational framework.”
The center is also building external partnerships to study faith
and learning in the community. One example is faith@work!, a
partnership with St. Philip the Deacon Church in Plymouth, Minn.
This speaker series presents community leaders who provide examples and tools for living faith-based lives. (See information on the
speakers and dates in the calendar on the inside back cover.)
A $1 million gift from Norman and Vangie Hagfors will help renovate Augsburg’s
oldest building.
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Experience grounded in mission and vision:
Paul Pribbenow’s call
to Augsburg
BY BETHANY BIERMAN
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“Hip, hip, hooray!” Thomas exclaimed, his right arm pumping in triumph. He had just been told his family’s picture would be on the cover
of a magazine.
“Wow, how about that!” replied his mother, as she brushed sand off his
little sister Maya’s knees.
I
ndeed, it is a time for celebrating at Augsburg, as the
Pribbenow family settles into Minneapolis and the Augsburg
House. Not since Bernhard Christensen’s presidency, which
began in 1938, has Augsburg’s first family included young children. Paul Pribbenow and his wife, Abigail, and their children,
Thomas (5) and Maya (2), quickly have acclimated to the Augsburg
community.
On July 1, 2006, Pribbenow became the 11th president of
Augsburg College, a position that colleagues close to him have
known was his dream—to become the president of a Lutheran college. To that dream he brought a proven track record of success—
from fundraising to developing mission and vision and from teaching
to handling senior management issues.
In announcing his Augsburg appointment to the Rockford College
community, which he had served as president since 2002, Pribbenow
stated, “The leadership opportunity at Augsburg College is a once-ina-lifetime chance to take the best of what I have learned at Rockford
College, with its commitments to liberal arts and civic engagement in
the city, and link that experience with a connection to the Lutheran
Church, which is my personal faith tradition.”
Over the months since his appointment, Pribbenow’s entry into the
Augsburg community, through an unusual shared transition with
retiring president William Frame, has seemed quite natural—as if it
had been in the making for a long time.
Son of a pastor
Paul Pribbenow was born in Decorah, Iowa, during his father’s senior
year at Luther College. The young family moved to St. Paul where his
father attended seminary, then moved to a small town near Tomah,
Wis., where his father’s ministry began.
The eldest of six children, Pribbenow spent most of his youth in
small towns around Madison. His family moved to Iowa during his
ninth-grade year, and he graduated from high school in Denver, Iowa,
near Waverly. Pribbenow graduated magna cum laude from Luther
College in three years, with a B.A. in sociology and political science.
“My first couple of years at Luther, I thought I would go to seminary,” Pribbenow recalls. Halfway through his third year, however, he
admitted to one of his religion professors, “I love the study of religion, but I don’t feel called to be a minister.” The professor suggested
looking into the Divinity School at the University of Chicago where
he could engage the questions that interested him without specifically
preparing for the ministry. Pribbenow entered the Divinity School in
1978 and spent the next 18 years in the Chicago area.
“I went from never living in a big city to living on the south side of
Chicago. If I have a place that I call home, it’s probably Chicago.”
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The call begins
Starting graduate school, Pribbenow felt his primary interest would be in
teaching religion and ethics. Along the way, however, he began to focus
his interests on the ethics and management of not-for-profit organizations.
“I learned that in American society, non-profits are one of the
important ways we live out our social ethic,” Pribbenow says. “I
became intrigued by how organizations are managed and what link
that has to how effective they are in helping society live out its social
ethic. If there’s a problem in the way a college or museum is run,
that’s going to have an impact on how well the institution will live
out its mission and values.” Pribbenow began to understand these
issues as examples of the need for reflective practice—linking learning with action.
In order to practice what he preached, he took a job in fundraising
at the university after receiving his M.A. in divinity. “I started up the
administrative ladder, along the way I taught and had chances to
write, but I never left the practice of administration. I started practicing what I studied and what I cared about. That was my calling.”
The lines connect
The President’s Cabinet (L to R) Leif Anderson, chief information officer; Barbara
Edwards Farley, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the College; Ann
Garvey, vice president of student affairs and dean of students; Tom Morgan, senior
vice president and special assistant; President Pribbenow; Tracy Elftmann, vice president for institutional advancement; Julie Olson, vice president of enrollment management; Dick Adamson, vice president for finance and adminstration; and Gaye Lindfors,
senior vice president and special assistant.
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It was in these early years working at the University of Chicago that
Pribbenow started to realize even more clearly the connection
between his various interests—higher education, management, and
ethics—and that he might have both the skills and commitment to be
a college president.
In 1993, Pribbenow was named vice president for institutional
advancement at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago—an
assignment that helped him gain valuable experience in leading a
complex (and sometimes unpredictable!) organization.
At the Art Institute he also met his future wife, Abigail, then a
graduate student in the school’s arts administration program, when
she interviewed with him for a job in event planning for the school.
Paul and Abigail were on their honeymoon when the call from
Wabash College came. After many years of living in the Windy City,
the two packed up and headed to Crawfordsville, Ind., for a six-year
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Abigail at a
glance
adventure where Paul served as dean for college advancement, secretary of the Board of Trustees, and research fellow in the liberal arts.
A taste of the ministry
While working at Wabash, Pribbenow got a call from the ELCA
Indiana-Kentucky Synod bishop, saying, “‘There is a little SwedishLutheran church down the road from you in Attica, Ind., that has lost
its pastor and can’t afford a full-time pastor. I was wondering if you’d
take an interim assignment to serve them for six months, just to help?’”
“I actually think he mistook me for my father,” Pribbenow chuckles. When he told the bishop he wasn’t ordained, the bishop
responded that he would license him for the roles that would require
ordination. “What was originally a short-term assignment turned into
a three-year stint as interim pastor,” says Pribbenow.
The Pribbenows moved to Rockford, Ill., on Easter Weekend 2002
for the start of Pribbenow’s presidency at Rockford College. After the
couple and their son, Thomas, whom they adopted in Vietnam in
2001, made the Saturday trip from Central Indiana to Illinois with
two heavily packed vehicles, Pribbenow turned around to make the
five-hour trip back to Indiana so that he could preside at his last
service the next morning—on Easter Sunday.
“My work as interim pastor in Attica was a valuable experience for
a new college president. It taught me some very important lessons
about loving a congregation, preaching the lectionary, and presiding
over congregational meetings—all activities that closely parallel the
work of leading a college.”
The Rockford years
Pribbenow became the 16th president of Rockford College at an
extremely important point. Critics at the time of his arrival described
the four-year, independent college founded in 1847 as lacking in focus,
and there were financial challenges that required immediate attention.
In his four years at Rockford, Pribbenow led the campus community in a strategic long-range planning process that refocused on the
liberal arts, launched new degree programs, renewed its commitment
Abigail Crampton Pribbenow
grew up in Flossmoor, Ill., outside of Chicago. She spent her
junior year of high school as an
exchange student in France and
two subsequent years at the
United World College–USA in
New Mexico. She went on to
earn a bachelor’s degree in
anthropology from the
University of Chicago and a
Master of Arts in arts administration from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago.
Dance has always been a keen interest for Abigail. While growing
up, she studied classical ballet and in college learned modern dance
and choreography. Combining her experience as a dancer and her
administrative skills, Abigail’s professional work includes working in
not-for-profit management at the Chicago Dance Coalition, the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Wabash College, and the
International School of Indiana. While preparing to adopt Thomas,
she returned to teaching dance to children in Crawfordsville, Ind.
Abigail has fully immersed herself in the life of each college and
community in which she and Paul have lived, including serving as
president of the Rockford Area Arts Council, church council member,
board member for the Easter Seals Children’s Development Center,
and host of the biannual women in the arts festival at Rockford
College. Among her many accomplishments, she co-founded the Jelly
Bean Ball, a family-friendly fundraiser for Easter Seals. She looks forward to finding her niche in the Augsburg community.
Abigail anticipates much entertaining and relationship building in
the next several months and expects her largest challenge to be figuring out when to integrate the children into these activities. For
now, she’s glad to have figured out routes to the farmer’s markets
and local parks. Thomas and Maya seem glad about this, too.
to civic engagement, and engineered a provocative and attentiongrabbing branding campaign that played off of the image of the institution’s most famous alumna, Jane Addams, social reformer and the
1931 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The Pribbenow family also received the blessing of a daughter while
in Rockford when they adopted Maya in Chongqing, China, in 2004.
The call to Augsburg
When approached by the search consultant in 2005 about applying
for the vacancy at Augsburg, Pribbenow was intrigued. He and
Abigail knew Bill and Anne Frame through their work on a vocation
project with the Council of Independent Colleges.
“It was a call to a place that clearly is working to be faithful to its
church tradition while also seeking to be faithful to its educational
and civic engagement traditions,” says Pribbenow. “I’ve spent my
entire career in non-sectarian places. … I’ve learned some valuable
lessons about what it means to be faithful in the world, and I know
those are lessons that will inform my work at Augsburg.”
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Augsburg College—
the first-year initiatives
One College
Based on the College’s mission that embraces the liberal arts, faith
and values, life in the city, and diversity, the Augsburg community
will engage in conversations that explore how all the curricular,
co-curricular, administrative, and public work at Augsburg is
grounded in the College’s singular mission and vision. Wherever it
is found—in Minneapolis, Rochester, or around the world at its
Center for Global Education sites—and whomever it teaches—traditional undergraduates or adult learners—and whatever it teaches—the traditional liberal arts or professional studies—how is
Augsburg known as one college, dedicated to the same abiding
values and aspirations?
The Augsburg Promise—Experience and Image
Based on the one college conversations, the Augsburg community
will examine the promises it makes to students, faculty, staff,
alumni, its neighborhood, and the wider world. We will consider
how well we keep our promises in the daily work of the College.
We then will explore how the Augsburg community can do an
even better job of keeping its promises, talking to each other
about those promises, and then illustrating to the world what the
Augsburg brand is all about.
Common Work at Augsburg
The Augsburg community also will examine its organizational
life—how it’s governed, who’s involved in leadership and decisionmaking, and what voices are heard (or not) in its daily life. Based
on this examination, the College will develop an organizational
structure that deploys resources responsibly and is accountable.
Based on our common work of educating students, we also will
seek to offer all members of the Augsburg community the opportunities to nurture and sustain their callings.
Science at Augsburg
As a college community, we will explore what it means to educate
students in the sciences at Augsburg, within the context of the
College’s mission—dedicated to our rich tradition of excellence in
teaching and research, as well as to our commitments to scientific
literacy and responsibility. Based on our findings, we will plan curricular and co-curricular programs, public outreach, and facilities
appropriate to our highest aspirations for science education at
Augsburg. A central feature of this project will be the re-launching
of fundraising efforts for new science facilities at Augsburg.
— Paul Pribbenow
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Pribbenow did have hesitations about leaving Rockford. “I didn’t
feel as though I’d been there long enough, and there were many
issues still to be addressed.”
He was encouraged to speak with Jean Taylor, chair of the
Augsburg Board of Regents. “She listened carefully, and at the end of
our conversation she said, ‘I think you’ve got to do what Augsburg
has taught me—you’ve just got to listen.’ That was very insightful
and critical to my decision to seek the Augsburg presidency.”
It was a call to which he and Abigail couldn’t say “no.”
A remarkable fit
In his letter to the Augsburg search committee, Pribbenow spelled
out why this opportunity seemed such a remarkable fit for his leadership and experience.
To him leadership must also be understood as stewardship. He is
committed to the role of a collaborative leader who has a “responsibility to help the college community ‘pay attention’ to its most deeply
held values and priorities so that all gifts are well used.” This
includes a uniting of the campus community in shared vision, as well
as in varying forms of hospitality that engage the campus with its
urban neighbors.
Pribbenow wrote that his own deeply held sense of personal vocation builds on Martin Luther’s view of education that creates people of
“wondrous ability, subsequently fit for everything.” A college that helps
students discover this ability must in itself be a mission-driven and
integrated institution, so that all students in all programs “are chal-
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lenged and shaped by [a] vision to link education with engagement.”
Pribbenow went on to write that he is “committed to the idea that
colleges—and especially church-related colleges—are uniquely situated to help students of all ages to listen for and hear their own calls,
to find their vocations for life and service in the world.” As an ethicist
he has examined professional work in society and understands how
significantly reflective thinking (linking learning and experience) and
personal faith affect public well-being.
As he begins his Augsburg presidency, Pribbenow finds Augsburg
and Rockford colleges very similar in their commitments to civic
engagement. “I am here because of that commitment to educating students for democracy, and I intend to make it an even more important
focal point. Augsburg should be known for what it does in civic
engagement. … We need to say to the world, ‘Look at what we’re
doing and why we’re doing it. There are important lessons about faithful life in the world that are being taught and practiced at Augsburg.’”
The key difference between the colleges, he says, is of course the
connection to the church. “The role at Augsburg of Lutheran faith
and human religious experience shapes the education of students and
defines a central aspect of our identity as a college,” Pribbenow states.
“I need to have a different lens to the way I look at issues that I didn’t
in a non-sectarian institution. That’s an energizing and meaningful
aspect of the work ahead of us.”
The plan
Pribbenow’s initiatives for his first year at Augsburg all point to action
(see the sidebar on the opposite page). “We need to take the good
vision work that’s been done during the Frame presidency and translate it into organizational activity and image so that people will look
at Augsburg and say, ‘I see what this college cares about.’”
When asked what he hopes the headlines will read when he retires,
Pribbenow answers, “I do hope we’ll be here until I retire, and when
I’m ready to step down that the community will have the same affection and love that people had for Bill and Anne, because we were
faithful to what this college is called to do. … I hope the headlines
will read that I helped Augsburg to be even more faithful to its calling, and that as a result, this little college stands as a 21st-century
model for faithful and responsible liberal arts education in a city.”
As far as Thomas and Maya’s plans, they seem content to be getting
to know their new hometown. When asked his favorite thing about
Minneapolis, Thomas answered, “The Mall of America! On the log
ride, there’s this big guy with an axe. He’s GI-NORMOUS!”
Without a doubt, Augsburg seems to be on the cusp of some pretty
“gi-normous” opportunities as well. Ⅵ
5
things you may
not know about
Paul Pribbenow:
1.
He writes his own version of
a “blog,” known as Notes for
the Reflective Practitioner.
2.
He sang professionally for 13
years in Chicago. (His father
and he both sang for Weston
Noble at Luther.)
3.
He doesn’t eat red meat or
lutefisk. (Perhaps the latter
has to do with his first job
cleaning out the lutefisk tub
in the Stoughton, Wis.,
grocery store cooler.)
4.
While it’s true that his mentor
and dissertation adviser Martin
Marty wears a bow tie, it wasn’t
until years after learning to tie
them for the many black tie
affairs he attended at the Art
Institute of Chicago that he
decided to adopt the look on a
daily basis.
5.
In his car stereo you’ll find
National Public Radio, the
Mars Hill tapes (conversations on Christianity and
modern culture), choral
music, or Raffi (children’s
musician and entertainer).
To learn more about Augsburg’s mission and vision and to read
President Pribbenow’s speeches, go to www.augsburg.edu/president.
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Country
Fresh U
BY TIM DOUGHERTY
very Thursday during the growing season, Campus Kitchen
student intern Melanie Opay returns to campus around 5:30
p.m., her head barely visible above the white produce boxes
stuffing her car. Teeming with delicacies from rutabagas to
radishes and kale to kohlrabi, these bountiful boxes are
courtesy of Gary Brever’s Ploughshare Farm, a family-owned organic
farm in Parker’s Prairie, Minn. Brever’s parents, Jeanie and DeWayne,
deliver the veggies each week to drop-off sites in Alexandria, St.
Cloud, and the Twin Cities, delighting urban dwellers who have
increasingly searched for more freshness in their summer diets.
Brever is a small-business owner and entrepreneur just as much as
an organic farmer, and has carved a niche for his farm in the growing
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) movement. In the CSA
model, individuals and families purchase a “share” of the harvest at
the beginning of the growing season in exchange for a weekly box of
vegetables from mid-June to early October. Typically, paying customers receive the produce themselves, but Brever has augmented his
market by allowing people or congregations to purchase shares and
donate them to hunger organizations like the Campus Kitchen at
Augsburg College (CKAC).
For the past three summers, these white produce boxes have
formed the food foundation for Augsburg’s Campus Kitchen—a student-driven food recycling organization. Volunteers use this produce
along with surplus food from Sodexho’s campus dining services and
local food banks to prepare nutritious, free meals for residents in
neighboring community programs. The premise has always been simple: there is far too much good food going to landfills and far too
many agencies that can’t afford to buy food for their hungry clients.
By recycling food and empowering students to prepare meals and share
them with immigrant youth, the homeless, and homebound elders,
CKAC uses food as a tool to engage students in the community, to reduce
the amount of discarded campus food, and to forge bonds in Augsburg’s
neighborhood through the universal language of a shared meal.
E
Ploughshare Farm’s Gary Brever spreads
hay to mulch the tomato beds for weed
control and moisture.
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Urban Renewal
With the addition of Brever’s organic, locally-grown produce,
CKAC has begun to build programs that can better nourish clients
with an array of ingredients infinitely fresher than grocery store fare.
At the same time, the programs redefine stewardship by supporting
local farmers and they educate youth about dietary choices that can
simultaneously heal both the earth and their bodies.
Above: Campus Kitchen culinary job
Taste the difference
trainee Kenny Peterson chops lettuce fresh
For the Campus Kitchen, the quality of freshness is staggering. Each
week, the menu for clients is set according to the contents in those
boxes, an adventurous undertaking in and of itself. “Working with
local produce has been an exciting challenge,” says Opay. “I get to
work with food I’ve never used before, which has been a great learn-
from Ploughshare Farm.
Below: Campus Kitchen volunteer Trish
Hannah leads the youth in the Jump Start
program through cooking techniques.
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ing experience and a lot of fun. Plus, our clients love the results!”
That’s because the results are often worthy of an epicurean’s table:
dishes such as arugula salad with shaved fennel and marinated chioggia beets or southern-style collards and cabbage. These meals are
then delivered, served, and shared with the community by Augsburg
students, staff, and alumni.
In addition, each week’s harvest is so bountiful that CKAC can
share full boxes of fresh produce with the Brian Coyle Center food
shelf. In the heart of the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, this community food shelf primarily serves East-African immigrants, a population
that prefers to prepare meals from scratch and spurns the canned
goods and highly processed foods that usually fill food shelves.
Brever, like the Campus Kitchen, believes that true community
health can begin with what people have on their dinner plates.
Having spent a few years on a Catholic Worker farm in Washington
state, he was well accustomed to the corn-syrup-laden, preservativerich foods typical of food shelves. While these foods may fill bellies,
they do little to build health.
Brever also saw the preponderance of these products as a good
indicator of the shortcomings embodied by our industrial food system, where—according to Francis Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé in
their book Hope’s Edge—about half of a typical grocery store’s more
than 30,000 items are produced by 10 multinational food and beverage companies.
A rural Minnesotan by birth, Brever knew the effect this homogenized system has on the fabric of rural farming communities and the
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relative lack of nutritive value provided by these preserved foods.
Longing for an alternative, he envisioned a system where small, family
farmers could thrive while even the urban poor could gain access to
fresh, responsibly grown produce. In short, everyone deserves food
grown with care, harvested at peak ripeness, and made into meals
that nourish the body and sustain the mind.
Redefining stewardship
Brever saw the CSA model as the answer. By offering people the
opportunity to donate locally-grown produce, he felt he could help
farms like his to earn a living wage while getting more healthy food
options to urban populations who lack access to such luxury. “At its
core, it’s about relationship,” says Brever. “How are we supporting the
farmers and the communities that grow our food?” In an increasingly
complicated world, it’s no longer enough to merely feed people. We
must also take into account how that food is grown and prepared
while weighing the environmental and economic realities we’re supporting with our food decisions.
The model has been hugely successful, as church congregations
and individual donors love the idea of enriching the urban community
while helping small farms succeed. In Brever’s words, feeding the
hungry is “no longer just about charity. Now, it’s also about change.”
At Augsburg, the Campus Kitchen has been helping to usher in
those changes. Thanks to a generous donation from St. Martin’s
Table, the local restaurant and social-justice bookstore, CKAC is
embarking on its third summer of vegetables from Ploughshare Farm.
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In addition to preparing meals for clients, the produce is now being
leveraged to educate youth about the health benefits of a diverse diet,
and the power we have to effect change with something as simple as
our eating habits.
Project C.H.O.I.C.E.S
Few tactics succeed when it comes to getting kids to taste new vegetables. Unless, of course, you involve them in the cooking process.
Each week, CKAC volunteer Trish Hannah leads a cooking class with
11- to 14-year-old participants in the Brian Coyle Center’s Jump Start
program. Seasonal dishes such as a strawberry, spinach, and grilled
asparagus salad that would have originally garnered a cacophonous
chorus of “eew” and “boo” are suddenly finding a receptive audience
in these young culinarians.
Project C.H.O.I.C.E.S (Community Health Originates in Creating
Environmental Sustainability) is a curriculum devised by Hannah in
conjunction with CKAC and Jennifer Tacheny, coordinator of
Celeste’s Dream Community Garden Project. Its goal is to awaken the
power in students to choose health for their bodies and the earth.
Through cooking classes using local produce, it seeks to teach youth
the full cycle of food—from the field to the table to the compost
bin—while empowering them to choose respect. It means the choice
to respect their bodies with healthy, tasty food that was grown in a
responsible manner and as close to home as possible. And the choice
to respect their neighborhoods and backyards by picking up litter
and composting food waste. Using the common denominator of food,
the curriculum hopes to teach self-sufficiency and empower these
youth to cultivate healthy, responsible lifestyles.
Honoring the full cycle
Brever can’t think of a better outlet for his produce. “So many nonprofits are forced to measure their impact in pounds of food. Just as
it’s hard to measure the intangible nutritional and environmental values of buying local and organic produce, you can’t measure the intangible value of sharing a meal with someone,” he says. “Not only does
the Campus Kitchen share my food with people in Minneapolis, it
also uses it as a teaching tool for empowerment.”
And the Campus Kitchen can’t think of a better direction to be heading, helping to better their urban backyard while supporting the work
of organic farmers in Minnesota. With the success of the Ploughshare
Farm partnership and the positive impact of programs like Project
C.H.O.I.C.E.S., the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg College hopes to
expand its programs to involve more local growers and to take clients
on field trips to the farms that make the meals possible. It could also
lead to the creation of a local community garden where clients get their
own chance to participate first-hand in the full cycle of food.
Through the Campus Kitchen, Augsburg is redefining what it
means to be a good urban neighbor and, simultaneously, support
rural communities. With such tasty food arriving by the boxful, it’s
becoming easy to build bridges to the heart through the belly. Ⅵ
Former Campus Kitchen coordinator Tim
Dougherty pounds in the staking lines for
organic heirloom tomatoes.
Tim Dougherty is the community and civic engagement student coordinator in the Center for Service, Work, and Learning. He formerly was
the coordinator of the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg College.
Augsburg Campus Kitchen volunteer
Melanie Opay heaves boxes of produce
from Ploughshare Farm into her car.
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S
Making art
and history
in
France
BY TARA SWEENEY
Above: From left, Augburg students John
Leibfried, Patrick Wendel, and Joe Trenary
greet the locals in Espeyrac, France.
Right: Augsburg pilgrims cross the old
bridge into Estaing, France.
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o, how was France?” is the usual question. “Good. Great,” is
the typical answer that satisfies a polite inquiry. The real
answer takes a little longer.
“What’s the first word of the rule?” my colleague, [Professor]
Phil Adamo, asks, and not for the first time. “Listen,” the students chime in unison, just as the old man in the beret hobbles up the
tiny cobblestone passageway that Espeyrac, this hamlet in southern
France, calls a street. It’s not easy to upstage Phil Adamo, but this
Frenchman’s hound dog doesn’t know any better. The students have forgotten about The Rule of St. Benedict. The traditional French greeting—
kiss-kiss-kiss—seems more the order of the day as they hand out eager
caresses to this tail-wagging, sweet-talking, show stealer of a dog.
They have come here with us to learn plein air drawing and to
study the religious experience of medieval France as a paired shortterm study abroad experience, May 14–June 4. Before they return to
Minnesota they will make a four-day pilgrimage, visit monasteries,
cathedrals, walled towns, museums, and a papal palace to earn two
credits and satisfy the critical thinking (CT) and liberal arts foundation (LAF) graduation requirements.
Class begins wherever 15 students can listen to the history professor
read a passage from a 1500-year-old text on monastic practice, and
the art professor read from John Ruskin’s Elements of Drawing in
Three Letters to Beginners. Yesterday it was below Le Pont Vieux in
Espalion, one of three communities on this pilgrimage with the muchdeserved designation of “les plus beaux villages de France.” The day
before it was beside the River Lot in equally picturesque Estaing.
My colleague reminds me daily that this collaboration in experiential
teaching and learning is work. Each day’s sweat, constant thirst, and
aching body parts are real enough. So are the pain of blisters, the weight
of packs, and our labored breath as we follow our capable local guide,
Laurent Riou, up another steep ascent of mud and rock. Each night we
sleep in a new family-run hotel after dining on traditional local fare at
long communal tables. We hear little English other than our own as we
walk village to village on the centuries-old pilgrimage road, le Chemin de
St. Jacques de Compostelle, with pilgrims from around the world. Some
will continue the entire summer, across the Pyrenees into northern Spain,
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Class in France begins wherever history
professor Phil Adamo finds enough
room to gather students and read the
day’s passage from The Rule of St.
Benedict.
and all the way to Santiago in the
west, to receive the official pilgrim’s
passport and a chance to have their
sins forgiven. Some, like us, are walking just a few days.
We have many things to teach;
what students learn depends on the
site visit and their willingness to try.
Each keeps a daily sketchbook/journal that integrates personal reflection with history and art assignments.
Reading from The Rule of St. Benedict is Phil’s structure for teaching
the principles of monastic community, an important aspect of medieval
religious practice. Students don’t simply hear about how silence helped
monks to listen deeply. They are expected to practice it. They do so,
awkwardly at first, for a short time as they enter Église de Perse, the
Romanesque chapel of Saint Hilarian, built on the site where the
Muslims supposedly beheaded him in the eighth century. Eventually,
they practice silence for what seems like an eternity, from sundown to
sunup, in preparation for a visit to the monastery, St. Martin du
Canigou, perched a half-day’s hike up the foothills of the snow-capped
Pyrenees. In the end, they are willingly silent beside the rushing alpine
waters of Vernet-les-Bains, embracing experiential learning at its best.
My structure for teaching plein air drawing is demonstration and practice, and practice, and practice—the medieval master/apprentice model.
Students are expected to draw at least two hours per day. For some this
is daunting at first. We stop and draw together wherever the inspiration
and pauses of travel make it possible. They learn that this kind of drawing can happen all day, any day. This means that a rest from the midday
hiking heat finds these vibrant young people sketching in the shade
along the trail. Curious fellow pilgrims pause to enjoy the view and cheer
them on. Augsburg’s students are natural goodwill ambassadors.
Our pilgrimage ends in Conques, where we receive the pilgrim’s
blessing at Abbaye de St. Foye, the patron saint of the blind and the
imprisoned, and hear Phil read the gospel of John. We pick up our
pace and continue to the restored, walled city of Carcassonne and
hear about heretics; take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea at Collioure;
and visit the papal palace at Avignon. The last full week of the course
is spent in the “city of lights” where we are surprised and thrilled to
Art professor Tara Sweeney sketches plein
air with student Cassandra Roschen on the
outskirts of Sénergues, France.
hear students wishing for more pilgrimage and less Paris.
So what was France really like? The syllabi promised we’d unravel
the mysteries of critical thinking and blind contours, learn how to
read history, and make plein air drawings. We walked a very long
way together to do all that. But if we can’t tell you the best thing that
happened in France it’s probably because it’s still happening. In
studying to understand the past, in sketching what remains of it, we
have learned to listen, to see deeply, and most importantly, to be fully
present. Transformation is like that. Go ahead, ask. Ⅵ
Tara Sweeney is assistant professor of art. Phil Adamo is assistant professor of history.
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MAKING THEIR MARK
BY BETSEY NORGARD
Nancy Steblay and her student researchers
in the lineup
have partnered with
Hennepin County police
officers to research, apply, and test
changes in police lineups to reduce the
chances of convicting innocent people.
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n the past 14 years, 183
people have been exonerated from crimes they
did not commit, but for
which they were convicted and for which they may have
spent a decade or more in prison.
In 75% of these DNA-exoneration cases, the primary evidence
leading to their conviction was a
witness who identified them as
the perpetrator of a crime.
Only after development of DNA
technology that could positively
match evidence to a person—or
exonerate that person—did the
law enforcement community realize the depth of the eyewitness
problem in the legal system.
The social impact of a witness
identifying the wrong person in a
lineup is significant. Not only can
it send an innocent person to
prison, but it also allows the real
criminal to remain uncaught.
In the late 1980s, when psychology professor Nancy Steblay
began reading the early research
describing simple changes in lineup procedures that could reduce
the rate of false identifications,
she became intrigued. Trained as
a behavioral scientist, she saw in
this an ideal application of laboratory research and theory. “There’s
so much we could add, we could
say, about how to understand
human memory in the legal
process,” says Steblay.
What the early psychology
research offered, she says, is only
probabilistic—laboratory research
I
Psychology students have created research
projects to examine procedures used by law
officers in police lineups and to test them in
field projects. Student researchers include
Psychology professor Nancy Steblay has studied police lineups for more than 15 years and
helps students develop research that addresses problems with eyewitness identifications.
helps to estimate the likelihood
that certain events, like eyewitness fallibility, will occur. What
the legal system needs at trial,
however, is certainty about a specific case. Did something affect
this particular witness’ memory
in this particular case?
The goal of recent lineup
research, says Steblay, is to fix
the eyewitness problem before it
reaches the courts. “We need to
develop the procedures that
make certain that memory, like
all trace evidence, is not contaminated,” she says. In other words,
when a person is on trial for a
crime for which he/she has been
identified by a witness, the legal
system needs to know that this
identification is accurate, that the
eyewitness evidence is sound.
(L to R) Brenna Johnson ’07, Amanda Brey
’08, and Robert Tix ’07.
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Tackling the problem
By the late 1990s, the Department
of Justice could no longer ignore
the fact that increasing numbers of
people were being proven innocent after wrongful convictions,
even by well-meaning law
enforcement officials and eyewitnesses who thought they were
doing everything by the book.
In 1999, Attorney General
Janet Reno brought together
early researchers who had been
focusing on lineup procedures
and produced an in-depth study
of their research with recommendations for improving the system. It gave visibility and awareness to the problem and options
for improving the protocol.
Augsburg’s psychology department did not have a laboratory
at that time, so Steblay was
unable to carry out any lab
research. However, what she
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could do was to produce metaanalyses, or comprehensive
reviews and syntheses of all
existing research around a particular issue or question that provide a “grand picture.” These
studies prove extremely useful
for researchers and policy makers studying the questions.
In 2001, Steblay’s meta-analysis on sequential vs. simultaneous lineups caught the attention
of Gary Wells, an Iowa State psychology professor and pioneer in
lineup research, who was trying
to encourage lineup reform
across the country.
What Wells advocated, and
Steblay’s meta-analysis confirmed,
is that the rate of false identification is lowered when the lineup
subjects, usually shown in photos,
are presented to the witness one
at a time, rather than all at once.
There is less tendency for wit-
nesses to compare one to the
other instead of to their memory
of the perpetrator.
A further procedural change
that Wells recommended was a
“double-blind” lineup, where the
law officer or person administering the lineup does not know
which person, if any, in the lineup is the suspect.
When the psychology department gained a small lab, Steblay
was able to involve students in
her research. As part of the
advanced research seminar she
taught, students could create
spin-offs of her research and
could run subjects in the lab.
To develop better research
capabilities, Steblay needed some
tools—a laptop simulation of a
crime and a lineup to show lab
subjects. The technical concept
came from IT staff person Bill
Jones, and the material came
from film professor Deb
Redmond’s video production
class. “It became the students’
assignment—to shoot a crime,
and then to help me construct
the lineup,” says Steblay. “And
they did a beautiful job.”
Hennepin County attorney Amy Klobuchar
(left) and psychology professor Nancy
Steblay (right) recently co-authored an
article that reports on the success of the
Hennepin County lineup project.
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Joining with law
officers
In 2003 Hennepin County in
Minnesota initiated a year-long
pilot project to test new sequential, double-blind lineup procedures. County attorney Amy
Klobuchar spearheaded the
study, involving four police jurisdictions—two urban
(Minneapolis and Bloomington)
and two suburban (Minnetonka
and New Hope)—after hearing
Wells speak about the need for
lineup reform.
Steblay joined the pilot project
as the data analyst, supported by
a two-year grant from the
National Institute of Justice
(NIJ). The grant paid for her
time to pull and run data from
the 280 lineups in the pilot project, and to run several analog
laboratory projects testing questions that arose. One such question was “Does it make a difference if a witness goes through
the sequential lineup photos
more than once?”
“Questions came up in the
field and we tested them in the
laboratory,” Steblay says. “Now I
can bring the two together and
say, ‘This is how we should run
lineups in the field based on
what we know now.’”
NIJ found Steblay’s project compelling because it united police
practice and laboratory research,
Steblay says. It was a field study
on the cutting edge of national
discussions, and no field data had
been collected previously.
Steblay and Klobuchar were
two of the three co-authors for a
recent article in the Cardozo
Public Law, Policy and Ethics
Journal that reported on the success of the Hennepin County
project. The authors wrote that
“analysis of the data and anecdotal responses from the participating police agencies led to the
conclusion that the new protocol
is both efficient to implement
and effective in reducing the
potential for misidentifications.”
In a press release issued by the
Innocence Project, co-director
Barry Scheck called the study
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“the first to use scientifically
valid research techniques to evaluate the eyewitness identification
reform in the field—in a ‘real
world’ application, rather than
an academic setting.”
Getting students
involved
The lineup research has been a
great opportunity for students to
learn about the research process.
Even before a psychology lab
existed, students co-authored the
meta-analyses with Steblay. With
the lab, dozens of students over
the years have developed their
own research questions as well
as aided Steblay with her studies.
The NIJ grant added more
opportunity. Students helped to
produce a more professional laptop video “crime scene,” to run
pilots to clarify the instructions,
and to make sure the procedures
ran accurately.
“The benefit of this kind of
research is that students can
grasp it readily and contribute
enormously. Even though the
eyewitness research is complex
and sometimes confusing in its
entirety, at its surface it’s easy to
understand what we’re trying to
do,” says Steblay.
“Students seem to enjoy the
connection to the national lineup
reform effort, as when I say,
‘Well, we’re doing this in
Hennepin County,’ or ‘I went to
Chicago and talked about that,’
or ‘the Los Angeles Police
Department called me yesterday
with this question,’” she says.
“They realize this is not just
some practice exercise—this
really counts.”
With the current popularity of
television crime shows attracting
more students to forensics,
Augsburg launched a concentration in psychology and law.
Steblay’s psychology and law class
has always been popular, and she
says that while students start out
with forensic clinical interests from
TV, the class helps them see the
broader range of opportunities.
Augsburg is one of the few
schools that offers psychology
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and law at the undergraduate
level. Steblay feels that the
research helps prepare students
who may be intimidated by the
prospects of graduate school
research.
“I think they get a sense of,
‘Yes, I can do this,” says Steblay.
“Once you get on top of the
research, there’s no end to the
number of research questions
and directions to go.”
A good example is 2005 psychology graduate Hannah
Dietrich. She was awarded the
2006 Best Undergraduate Paper
award from the Psychology-Law
Society for her senior honors
research project on sex offenders,
which began with an internship
at the Minnesota Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension. She’s
currently studying for a master’s
degree at the University of
Colorado-Colorado Springs.
Senior psychology major Shannon Ryan, one of 60 students selected to present their
Presenting the
findings
Since the completion of Hennepin
County’s pilot project, Steblay has
presented the findings at a number of conferences across the
country. Her phone has also been
ringing more with questions and
contacts about the research since
publication of the study.
She is now completing the final
data analysis and report for the
NIJ grant, and preparing to train
in a new batch of students to start
the next generation of research in
Augsburg’s “crime” lab.
“The people I work with—the
homicide investigators, the attorneys—help keep me in touch
with how this plays out in the
real world, and the kinds of
adjustments I need to make in
the lab to try to capture that in a
better and more authentic way,”
Steblay says. “And the students
help keep me very much in
touch with what a real witness
would experience.” Ⅵ
research on Capitol Hill, has been part of Nancy Steblay’s research that is supported
by a National Institute of Justice grant.
Shannon Ryan takes lineups
to Washington
Shannon Ryan ’07 was among 60 students selected nationally to
present their research at the Council on Undergraduate Research’s
Posters on the Hill session in Washington, D.C.
in April.
Ryan’s research examines procedural guidelines for gathering
eyewitness evidence in police lineups and how witness memory is
affected by lineup structure and format. Her poster, “BlindSequential Police Lineups: A Test of Revised Procedure” compared
the number of eyewitness false identifications in two different formats, and was the only poster representing the social sciences.
While in Washington, Ryan and Professor Nancy Steblay, her
research adviser, visited with U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo and Rep. Betty
McCollum to explain the research.
Ryan will carry on the lineup research for her senior honors
project, and then continue in either a psychology and law or criminal justice graduate program.
During the summer, she worked in the McNair program at the
University of Minnesota on a project about the over-reporting of
voting behavior, with Christopher Uggen, Distinguished McKnight
Professor and chair of the sociology department.
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Left: Very Special Arts (VSA) day brings
children with mental and physical disabilities to the Augsburg campus where they
are treated to dancing, music-making,
music performances, and more by the
Music Therapy department.
Right: Members of The Remnant Gospel
Choir sing at the annual Martin Luther King
Jr. convocation, sponsored by the PanAfrikan Center. The 2006 speaker was
Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr., SNCC co-founder
and director of nonviolent and peace studies at the University of Rhode Island.
Below: The tables on the balcony of
Christensen Center are distorted by raindrops clinging to the windows during a
Photographer’s pick—
September rain storm.
some of the year’s favorites
PHOTOS AND TEXT BY STEPHEN GEFFRE
From the thousands of photos
staff photographer Stephen Geffre took during 2005–06, he selected these photos
that give beauty and meaning to life at Augsburg.
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Left: Trevor Tweeten ’06 sits in front of a
video installation piece that was part of his
senior filmmaking show. Tweeten is the
first graduate of Augsburg’s new film major.
Above: Helping to clean up the Soap
Factory art gallery was one of the many
AugSem projects first-year students undertook on the first day of class in September.
The gallery is housed in a former soapmaking factory in the St. Anthony Main area
of Minneapolis, and “is dedicated to the
production, presentation, and promotion of
emerging contemporary practice across the
visual arts.” (Soap Factory website)
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A hands-on
approach to
better health
BY BETSEY NORGARD
r. Bruce
Cunningham ’77
talks about having
one additional trick
in the bag of medical
tricks he offers patients in his
practice.
Cunningham is a doctor of
osteopathic medicine, or DO,
and has been practicing in
Woodbury, Minn., for 21 years.
For the last 12 years he has been
a family practice physician at the
MinnHealth Clinic.
The “trick” he calls on is
manipulation, the core of osteopathic medicine. Osteopaths
examine the interrelationship
and functioning of the body’s
musculoskeletal system—nerves,
muscles, and bones—to understand disease and its causes. It’s
literally a hands-on approach
with patients as he physically
manipulates or adjusts their
D
With his left hand, Dr. Bruce Cunningham
searches for a lesion in the patient’s back
where manipulation will help his condition.
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joints, muscles, tendons, etc. that
may be injured or impaired.
“It’s not for everybody or every
problem,” Cunningham says, “but
it can be effective in a number of
common disorders—backaches,
headaches, sleep disorder. It’s a
nice tool to be able to pull out.”
In his practice, he shares some
of his patients with his MD partners—the patients come to him
specifically for certain things
because he’s an osteopath. “It’s a
very good holistic approach to
care; many MDs have a similar
approach, but very few have the
training where they can actually
do the manipulations that help
people immediately.”
“So there are reasons why we’re
a bit different,” Cunningham
says. “But if someone comes in
with appendicitis, I’m going to
treat it in exactly the same way as
my very capable MD partners.”
He says that 80–90% of what he
does is “very mainline.”
The medical training is essentially the same for both the “allopathic,” or traditional physicians,
and osteopathic physicians—four
years of medical school, at least
three years of residency, and certifying exams administered by
different bodies.
Osteopathic students have extra
study in the musculoskeletal system, including two years of lab
work. “You’re learning on other
students, and then you’re picking
on your family and friends to do
some of the manipulation,” he
says. “So there’s a better understanding of how the body works
and how to interact with it.”
Cunningham is a faculty member at the University of Minnesota
and two osteopathic colleges—
Des Moines University College of
Osteopathic Medicine and
LECOM-Bradenton College—and
enjoys working with third-year
osteopathic students, who must
spend eight weeks in rotation to
learn primary care.
“I teach both allopathic and
osteopathic students, and there’s
a big difference. … The osteopathic student is always more
comfortable touching the patient
and getting close, and doing a
number of the musculoskeletal
exams we have to do.”
Cunningham explains that
osteopathic physicians are different
than chiropractors, who also treat
patients with physical manipulation, but are not medical doctors.
Chiropractic focus is on the nervous system, while osteopathy
trains doctors to look at the body’s
functioning in more depth.
Osteopathic physicians have
not always been accepted as
equals in the medical profession.
Minnesota did not offer full practice rights to DOs until 1963; the
last state to do so was Louisiana,
just two years ago.
Currently there are about
56,000 osteopaths in the U.S.
who make up about six percent
of all physicians. In Minnesota
that figure is about 300, and
they practice across the state, traditionally serving in smaller
communities, but now increasingly in large healthcare systems
and at Mayo Clinic.
Cunningham says that osteopathic medicine is “growing by
leaps and bounds,” and that
within two or three years,
approximately 20% of all medical students will be pursuing
osteopathy. Currently they study
at 23 osteopathic medical
schools, most of which are private institutions. Because they’re
not affiliated with large hospitals,
osteopathic students tend to
travel and spread out more for
their rotations.
Four additional colleges of
osteopathic medicine are actively
on the drawing board, says
Cunningham, who has served on
the national committee that
approves new training schools.
In Minnesota Cunningham has
enjoyed being part of a team of
DOs who visit every college in
the state once a year to talk to
students about osteopathic medicine. “It’s really fun,” he says,
because “the idea that you can
learn to touch your patients and
to take a more natural approach
to some of their ailments is very
exciting to pre-med students.”
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Osteopaths can pursue any
specialty, although most are in
family practice. Cunningham
says that research is becoming an
important new endeavor in
osteopathy. “I’ve just had a student who finished his PhD while
he was on rotation with me and
he’s doing oncology research,
some really exciting work in it.”
The choice between traditional
medical programs and osteopathy must be a personal one for
the student, Cunningham says.
First they have to know they
have a choice, and then some
will go the osteopathic route as
they become excited by the
approach osteopathy offers to
concentrate on treating the person and not just the disease.
Cunningham’s own vocational
route was not so direct. When he
was not accepted at first into
medical school, he took graduate
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courses at the University of
Minnesota and worked in a hospital. After trying a year at law
school, it was a fellow classmate,
John Ronning ’77, now a physician in St. Cloud, who suggested
osteopathy. When Cunningham
learned more about it, he
applied, and went on to Des
Moines University College of
Osteopathic Medicine.
He says he owes a lot to the
profession, since it was while on
his internship in Grand Rapids,
Mich., where he met his wife.
He has served twice as president of the Minnesota Osteopathic
Medical Society, and has been
active on committees within the
profession, including the
National Board of Osteopathic
Medical Examiners.
Cunningham credits Augsburg
with a good preparation for leadership and service. He attended col-
lege as a commuter student to save
money, but was welcomed by the
residents and even kept a sleeping
bag in the corner. He served as
student body vice president, and
remains best friends with Ron
Robinson, who was president.
“The student leadership and
the opportunities Augsburg gave
me to be in that role were really
great testing grounds for what
I’ve gone on to accomplish in
medicine,” Cunningham says. He
encourages all students to take
advantage of leadership opportunities during their college years.
Cunningham says he loves
being involved in the politics of
medicine. This should keep him
active as osteopathic medicine
keeps growing and offers additional tricks in the doctor’s bag
for health and wellness. Ⅵ
For over 20 years Dr. Bruce Cunningham
’77 has brought the additional perspectives
from osteopathic medicine to his clinical
practice.
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ALUMNI NEWS
From the Alumni
Board president …
When I attended Augsburg in the
MAL program from 1993-1996, I
often thought of Augsburg as a diamond—many facets, one beautiful
gem of a college. Serving on the
board of directors of the Augsburg
Alumni Association over the last
few years has offered me many different and wonder-filled views of
Augsburg, yet I come back to the
same thought—many facets, one
beautiful gem of a college.
As another school year begins,
the cycle it brings is also the same
and different. Augsburg is about its
same calling—offering a transformative education rooted in vocation and service—while embracing
new presidential leadership.
Healthy expressions of excitement,
concern, joy, and challenge are evident every day I visit or speak
with someone on campus.
Augsburg is very alive! And well!
I encourage you to participate
in this cycle of life at Augsburg
through your Alumni Association.
The association remains committed to its purpose: “…to support
and serve Augsburg College in its
stated mission and to promote
interest and involvement of the
membership in Augsburg College
and in the association.” And there
is something new, too: the
Alumni Association has restruc-
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tured itself and its activities, and
has prepared itself to be a
stronger partner with the College.
I invite you to (re)connect
with Augsburg and your Alumni
Association:
• Attend events. Take advantage
of the many interesting and
meaningful activities available to
alumni. These include the inauguration of our new president,
music and theatre, athletics,
Velkommen Jul and Advent
Vespers, Homecoming, alumni
gatherings, and conferences.
This year’s alumni events also
will include volunteering with
Habitat for Humanity and the
Campus Kitchen, as well as the
Master of Arts in Leadership’s
20th anniversary celebration.
• Visit the campuses. Yes, that’s
plural! Augsburg now has at
least five campuses: ‘traditional’
day school, weekend, graduate,
Rochester, and overseas. Look
up former professors and mentors, shop at the bookstore,
and see the dramatic changes
that are occurring at Si Melby
and Gateway and planned for
the Science building. You
could even come back to
Augsburg for another degree!
• Stay in touch. We want to hear
from you and we want to be able
to contact you! Register for the
Augsburg Online Community
(www.augsburg.edu/alumni,
then click on Augsburg Online
Community) and let us know
what you are doing. Remember
to update your profile, and
look for your friends and
classmates. You can also use
the form on page 39 to submit
information, or e-mail it to
alumni@augsburg.edu.
• Contact us. Let us know how
you would like to be involved
with the College and fellow
alumni. You can reach me by
e-mail at bvornbrock@gmail.com
or through the Online
Community. You can also contact us through Alumni
Relations by phone at 612330-1085 or 1-800-260-6590,
by e-mail at alumni@augsburg.edu or in writing
(Campus Box 146, 2211
Riverside Ave., Minneapolis,
MN 55454).
I look forward to seeing you at
Homecoming.
Barry Vornbrock, ’96 MAL
President, Augsburg Alumni
Association
Homecoming 2006—September 25–30
“Watch Us Soar”
Highlights of Homecoming Week
Please note that not all activities are on campus. For a complete listing and information, go to www.augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1085.
September 25
4:30-6 p.m.
Intl. Student Organization reception
September 26
11 a.m.–2 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Counseling and Health Promotion Annual Fair
Alumni Baseball Game
Powder Puff Football
September 27
10:30 a.m.
Augsburg Associates Annual Fall Luncheon—
speaker, Abigail Pribbenow
September 28
5:30–8:30 p.m.
5:30–8:30 p.m.
Education Dept. Open House
Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet
September 29
9 a.m.
10–11 a.m.
12:30–2 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
4–5:30 p.m.
5–7 p.m.
5:30–7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
1956 Reunion Celebration
Homecoming Chapel
Homecoming Luncheon
Campus Tour
English Alumni/ae Reunion and Reading
Pan-Afrikan Alumni Reception
Metro-Urban Studies 35th Anniversary
Homecoming Variety Show
Men’s soccer game vs. Macalester College
September 30
10 a.m.
10–11:30 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.
11 a.m.–noon
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
1–3 p.m.
3–7 p.m.
1966 Class Reunion
Political Science Dept. 40th Anniversary
1981 Class Reunion
Young Alumni Reunion (1990–2006)
Campus Tour
Picnic in the Park
Football Game vs. Concordia College-Moorhead
Auggie Block Party
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(Front row, L to R) Karen Oelschlager ’66, Donna Amidon, Linda Holt, Karen Johnson ’66,
Cathy Holmberg ’64, Joyce Pfaff ’65, Nancy Roemer, Janet Roemer ’79, Andy Song.
(Row two, L to R) Larry Turner ’69, Lynn Kielas, Colleen Johnson ’60, Margaret Fogelberg,
Doug Pfaff, Connie Bagenstos, Marie Sandbo ’65. (Row three, L to R) Florence Borman
’54, Joyce Young ’64, Donna Pederson, Sue McQuire ’70, Sue Turner, Lana Donald,
Mike Holmberg ’64, Lee Johnson, Donna Torgeson, Joan Dehn, Matt Young.
(Back row, L to R) Dennes Borman ’57, Louis Dehn, David Pederson ’70, Tom McQuire,
Jim Donald ’63, Brad Holt ’63, Hans Sandbo ’63
Centennial Singers perform in the Twin Cities
The Centennial Singers, a male chorus of Augsburg alumni and
friends, will present a series of concerts this fall in the greater
Twin Cities area.
The chorus was formed in the early 1990s of former Augsburg
Quartet members to revive and continue singing the gospel quartet
tradition. Since then, they have toured to Norway twice and to the
Southwest U.S.
Fall Concerts/Appearances:
Sat., Sep. 30, 7 p.m.
Vinji Lutheran Church, Willmar
China: A visit to the Great Hall
Thirty alumni and friends of the College, hosted by assistant alumni
director Donna Torgeson and faculty members Brad (’63) and Linda
Holt, toured China for two weeks in May. The tour featured the history, culture, and scenic beauty of China, and included a visit to the
Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City; a boat cruise
down the Yangtze River past the Three Rivers Dam project; an
evening at the opera; and many other historical stops. The experience
took travelers from Beijing to the international city of Shanghai. In
addition to visiting the famous sites of China, the group enjoyed an
educational opportunity to explore the religions of China with visits
to several temples and churches.
Sun., Oct. 1, 4 p.m.
Central Lutheran Church, Elk River
Sat., Oct. 7, 7 p.m.
Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, Bloomington
Sun., Oct. 8, 4 p.m.
Crystal Free Church, New Hope
Sat., Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins
Sun., Oct. 15, 4 p.m.
Faith Lutheran Church, Coon Rapids
Sat., Oct. 28, 7 p.m.
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church, Prior Lake
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House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Richfield
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CLASS NOTES
1950
1951
1957
Rev. Raynard Huglen ’53 Sem,
Rev. Herbert C. Hanson, Forest
Stan Baker, Raleigh, N.C., pro-
Newfolden, Minn., has published
a book, The Race Before Us, a
collection of writings from his
27-year tenure as editor of The
Lutheran Ambassador, the publication of the Association of Free
Lutheran Congregations. His
book is available through
Ambassador Publications of the
AFLC, in Minneapolis.
City, Iowa, was presented the
Golden Hammer award by
Habitat for Humanity in North
Iowa and the Volunteer of the
Year award for 2005 by the Forest
City Chamber of Commerce for
his volunteer work for Habitat for
Humanity. In April, he celebrated
his 80th birthday.
fessor of counselor education at
North Carolina State University
in Raleigh, was recognized as one
of the 100 Distinguished Alumni
during the centennial celebration
in May of the University of
Minnesota’s College of Education
and Human Development. He
received a Master of Arts degree
in personnel and guidance work
from there in 1963.
Auggie Reunion
Marshall Johnson, Brooklyn
Center, Minn., has completed 60
articles for The New Interpreter’s
Dictionary of the Bible, forthcoming from Abingdon Press.
Virgil Vagle, Paynesville, Minn.,
was inducted into the Minnesota
State High School League Hall of
Fame in May. He has coached football and wrestling at Paynesville
Area High School for 70 seasons
combined and held the state record
for most career coaching victories
in wrestling from 1997–2004.
1963
1970
Carolyn E. Johnson, Placentia,
Bonnie (Christopherson) Feig,
Starkville, Miss., has been teaching social studies at Starkville
High School for 16 years. During
that time, she has been named
the state’s outstanding social
studies teacher by the Mississippi
Historical Society, the district’s
Star Teacher (chosen by the high
school’s Star Student), the
Starkville Teacher of the Year for
2005–06, and the American
History Teacher of the Year by
the Mississippi Chapter of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution. Her husband,
Douglas ’68, teaches political
science at Mississippi State
University in Starkville.
Calif., received a grant from
Rotary International to teach for
one semester at the University of
Belize in Belize City, starting in
February 2007. She will also
work with the Women’s Issues
Network in Belize. Contact her at
cjohnson@fullerton.edu.
1965
Peter Jacobson, Paynesville,
Six roommates/housemates who graduated in 1967 celebrated their 25th consecutive annual
reunion in August 2005. They all have been teachers at some point in their careers. (Back
row, L to R) Gloria Lamprecht, Sue (Overholt) Hampe, Pat (Rupp) Rossing, Phyllis
(Stradtman) Krieg; (Front row, L to R) Ruth Ann (Gjerde) Fitzke, Ardell (Arends) Lommen.
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John K. Luoma, Stow, Ohio,
recently saw the re-publication
of his case study on the Anglican
divine Richard Hooker in the
Journal for Case Teaching
(2004–05). It was recognized as
one of the outstanding cases in
the Association for Case
Teaching archives.
Minn., and his wife, Lynne, were
honored as Distinguished
Alumni of the Paynesville Area
High School. They have been the
publishers of the Paynesville
Press since 1973, when they
took it over from her father, who
had succeeded his father as well.
In June they became semi-retired
when their son, Michael, took
over as publisher/editor.
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Rev. Kathryn Schreitmueller,
Green Bay, Wis., has been named
pastor of Resurrection Lutheran
Church, after serving for 20
months as interim pastor of Peace
Lutheran Church in Oshkosh.
She teaches liturgy and worship
at the Eastern Lay School of
Ministry and has led students to
work for Habitat for Humanity.
1991
Jennie (Clark) Anderson, Park
Lisa Dietz, Golden Valley, Minn.,
was selected as one of the artists
for the Minnesota State Arts
Board’s second annual Art of
Recovery exhibit, April through
June. Her work included a
poem, an essay, and textile art.
Rapids, Minn., is the new owner
and innkeeper of the Red Bridge
Inn in Park Rapids.
www.redbridgeinn.com
Christine Halvorson, Hancock,
1977
Sharon (Johnson) Sullivan, San
Ron Housley, Santa Maria,
Jose, Calif., was honored by the
Junior League of San Jose as one
of the City of San Jose’s
Outstanding Volunteers for 2006.
She received her honor at the
37th Volunteer Recognition
Luncheon on April 28. She was
nominated by The Tech Museum
of Innovation for her dedication,
compassion, and action.
Calif., is in rehearsal with The
Kingsmen Alumni Corps, a
group of musicians who formerly
were members of The Anaheim
Kingsmen Jr. Drum and Bugle
Corps, for the 2007 Summer
Music Games. Recently, his
arrangement of “Eternal Father,
Strong to Save,” was chosen for
inclusion in the book of The
Kingsmen Alumni Corps.
1975
Craig Olsen (deceased) was
inducted posthumously in April
into the Oregon Chapter of the
National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
During his career he coached high
school teams in Minnesota and
Oregon, and at Pacific University
and University of MinnesotaMorris. He died of cancer in 2004.
1981
N.H., has entered the business of
corporate blogging as a consultant to companies wishing to join
the blogosphere.
www.halvorsonnewmedia.com
1989
Carolyn (Ross) Isaak,
Rochester, Minn., was named to
the U.S. Track and Field Cross
Country Coaches Association’s
Silver Anniversary Team, as one
of the outstanding performers in
women’s outdoor track and field
of the last 25 years. She was
named for her performance in
the 400-meter hurdles, for which
she still holds the NCAA
Division III national meet record.
1990
1978
Debra Axness, Charleston, S.C.,
has been living with her
boyfriend, Larry Struck, aboard
Debonair, their cutter-rigged sailboat, for four years after sailing
from Duluth, through the Great
Lakes, down the Erie Canal and
Hudson River, and down the
East Coast. They are ready to set
sail again towards Bermuda and
south to the Caribbean Basin.
Ora Hokes, Minneapolis, was
one of two winners of the 2006
University of Minnesota Josie
Johnson Human Rights and
Social Justice awards, named for
the first African American to
serve on the university’s Board of
Regents. The award recognizes
individuals who have devoted
their time and talents to making
substantial and enduring contributions to the University of
Minnesota community.
1992
Steven Benson, Owatonna,
Minn., was one of 100 teachers
nationwide to be awarded a 2005
Presidential Award for Excellence
in Mathematics and Science
Teaching. He and his wife, Nancy,
spent a week in Washington, D.C.,
sponsored by the National Science
Foundation, in a combination of
professional development activities
and festivities, which included a
White House breakfast meeting.
He is an advanced mathematics
teacher at Owatonna High School.
Sven
Erlandson,
Minneapolis,
published his
third book,
The 7
Evangelical
Myths:
Untwisting the
Theology behind the Politics, that
addresses the intersection of religion and politics in America,
specifically the role of evangelical
Christianity in the current political culture. During the spring he
served as Augsburg’s strength and
conditioning coach for all sports.
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1993
1999
Anne JulianVan Abel,
Minnetonka,
Minn., started
a new business,
The A-List, a
human resource firm that provides
sourcing and staffing services for
local and national firms in all
industries. She had been an independent consultant for 12 years.
1996
Ryan Carlson, St. Paul, was
appointed an alternate member
by the Highland District
Council’s board of directors. The
council is an organization that
provides a neighborhood voice
to decisions made by the city
and the state.
1997
Sarah (Gilbert) Holtan,
Milwaukee, Wis., was promoted
to assistant professor of communications at Concordia University
Wisconsin. She can be reached at
sarah.holtan@cuw.edu.
1998
Angie Ahlgren, Minneapolis,
will begin a doctoral program
this fall in theatre history/criticism/theory/text with an emphasis in performance as public
practice at the University of
Texas at Austin. She holds an
MA in English literature from the
University of Minnesota.
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Erik C.B.
Johnson,
Chicago, Ill.,
received a
PhD in biochemistry
and molecular biology
from the University of Chicago
on June 9. He is currently a third
year medical student at the
University of Chicago, Pritzker
School of Medicine.
2003
Kristen Opalinski, White Bear
Lake, Minn., was named Coach
of the Year by the Northcentral
Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association
(NSLA) after coaching the North
Suburban Lady Spartans lacrosse
team to an undefeated record
and state championship. She was
also head coach for the
Minnesota All-Stars team, made
up of the state’s best girls in
lacrosse, who achieved a 2-1-2
record at the US Lacrosse
Women’s Division National High
School Tournament at Lehigh
University in Pennsylvania, after
six years of winless appearances.
Kristen works as a graphic artist.
Lindsay Plocher, Megan Feider, and Miya Kunin—the Des Cordes String Trio
2004
2006
Kelly Chapman, Willernie,
Lindsay Plocher, Megan Feider,
and Miya Kunin ’04 have joined
Minn., graduated magna cum
laude from the Fashion Institute
of Design and Merchandising in
Los Angeles. She was one of 10
students accepted into the third
year design program and awarded a full Nolan Miller Scholarship
for the 2006–07 school year.
2005
Yi Chen, New Brighton, Minn.,
works with her husband, Chen
‘04, at Akingco, Inc., a company
that sells gift pens.
together as the Des Cordes String
Trio, playing for weddings, parties, and corporate events. The
trio has performed prior to Saint
Paul Chamber Orchestra concerts as part of their community
series, and in the Linden Hills
Live Music Festival. They are
currently on the preferred musicians list of the Twin City Bridal
Association. www.descordes.com
Graduate programs
Doris Rubenstein ’93 MAL,
Richfield, Minn., has been
named a contributing editor to
CPA Wealth Provider magazine.
She is the principal of PDP
Services, a philanthropy management and planning consulting
firm in Minneapolis.
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Sports and Scores in Saginaw
Darryl Sellers, a Weekend
College grad of 2002, is the most
recent addition to the WNEMTV5 news team in Saginaw,
Mich. The station’s no. 65 ranking is an impressive advance for
Sellers, coming from no. 153,
KAAL-TV, in Austin, Minn. It’s
one more stepping stone on the
journey that began at Augsburg.
While earning a major in mass
communications and a minor in
English through the weekend
program from 1997 to 2002,
Sellers spent three years as a
McNair Scholar, which helped
him to prepare for graduate
school through workshops,
weekly meetings, conferences,
and outside assignments involving cultural awareness.
Sellers credits Augsburg for
“[laying] the groundwork for my
path… The school helped me
open many doors that were
closed to me before.”
For his McNair mini-thesis,
which he presented at the State
Capitol, Sellers chose to research
the Western Appeal, a St. Paul
African-American newspaper
published from the late 1800s to
the 1920s. He was able to see
how the newspaper began and
how it handled issues facing
blacks of that era such as racism,
discrimination, disenfranchisement, voting rights, and equal
education. Sellers concluded that
the black community was divided
in a number of issues. “Although
the people had many of the same
goals in mind,” he said, “the pathways to get there varied.”
The project helped Sellers
learn crucial lessons in balanced
reporting. “It helped me explore
both sides of issues. I learned
that objectivity itself can be subjective. Balance can’t always be
achieved, and this was something very valuable for an aspiring broadcast journalist.”
After Augsburg, Sellers and his
wife moved to Los Angeles where
he entered the Annenberg School
for Communication at the
University of Southern California.
Although he chose the school
because of its excellent program,
staff, and campus, he also admits,
“I fell in love with Los Angeles
during my honeymoon; I had
fantasized about living in
California. I also wanted to see
what it was like to escape the
tundra country and cold temperatures for two years.”
Part of his study there included
a six-week internship in 2003 in
Cape Town, South Africa, working
for SABC-TV, which he found to
be a great, eye-opening experience.
He received a Master of Arts in
broadcast journalism in May 2004,
and by August, KAAL-TV in
Austin, Minn. offered him a weekend sports anchor position. “I
started working there in
September 2004. It was a whirlwind summer—our son was born
August 13, so we drove more than
2,000 miles to Minnesota with a
three-week-old baby.”
In addition to the weekend
anchor spot, Sellers did sports
reporting and put together feature stories. He was in charge of
all his own camera work, producing, writing, and editing.
After a year and eight months
at KAAL-TV, Sellers stumbled into
a great opportunity through the
persistence of his father-in-law—
whom he calls his “unofficial
agent”—to connect with a
Phoenix TV-station president so
he could tell him about Sellers.
The president sent notification to
sister stations with a wonderful
recommendation. A week or so
later Sellers received e-mail from
the news director of WNEM-TV,
requesting a tape and an interview
in Saginaw. Sellers was then hired
as an 11 p.m. Fox sports anchor.
This new position offers both a
wider geographical area and a bigger budget. It also offers greater
challenge and opportunity to
report on events such as the PGA
Buick Open and to cover college
sports teams, like Michigan State,
and professional teams.
Darryl Sellers ’02
Sellers does miss Minnesota
and the people back home, and
he hopes to eventually make it
back to Minneapolis. “I would
like to work for WCCO-TV—
save a place for me, Mark Rosen,
as a sport anchor,” he says, and
adds with a smile, “Of course, I
wouldn’t say no to KARE, KSTP,
or KMSP.”
His goals also include starting
his own production company
and mentoring aspiring, young
journalists and other youth. “I
want to give back and help pave
the pathway for their future.”
Right now, though, Sellers is
staying very active with his new
job and helping to raise a very
energetic little boy.
— Sara Holman ’06
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CLASS NOTES
WEDDINGS
BIRTHS/ADOPTIONS
Dale Martin Christopherson ’85,
Grand Forks, N.Dak., and his
wife, Debra, announce the birth
of Alyssa Mae, in March. Dale is
a chemist at the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Human Nutrition
Research Center.
Mark Keating ’91 and his wife,
Amy, of Edina, Minn., announce
the birth of their third son,
Aidan Howard on March 14. He
joins brothers Owen, 4, and
Carson, 2. Mark is an account
executive at Symantec.
Nicole (Smith) Sendar ’93,
Edina, Minn., and her husband,
Jordan, announce the birth of
twin boys, Cameron and Gavin,
in September 2005. Nicole is a
teacher in the Minneapolis
Public Schools and can be
reached at nsendar@mn.rr.com.
Sarah (Ginkel) Spilman ’99,
Ames, Iowa, and her husband,
Damion, announce the birth of
their son, Alexander (Zane)
Nicholas, on Jan. 3. Sarah
earned her Master of Arts degree
in sociology at the University of
Iowa in 2004. She is a research
scientist for the Institute for
Social and Behavioral Research at
Iowa State University.
Jennifer Johs-Artisensi ’94, Eau
Ami Nafzger ’94 married Aron Spiess in July. They wed in a tradition-
al Korean wedding that took place as part of the 10th annual Dragon
Festival, an event in St. Paul at Lake Phalen, where they were introduced to each other three years ago. Both Ami and Aron are adoptees
from South Korea. Ami says, “The chair of Dragon Festival asked if
Aron and I would be willing to share our culture with the public at
the festival. We agreed and thought it made sense. Since we met at the
Dragon Festival, we should wed at the festival.” She serves on the festival board as treasurer, as well as on Augsburg’s Alumni Board.
Ami is the founder in 1998 of GOAL, the Global Overseas
Adoptees Link in Korea, that helps to inform Koreans about the existence of adoptees and helps adoptees to connect with their Korean
families and culture. She is beginning a three-year project to start a
GOAL in Minnesota for Asian adoptees and others. Ami and Aron
live in Minneapolis.
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Claire, Wis., and John Artisensi
became the parents of Alexis
Polina in May 2005. She was
born in Novosibirsk, Russia, and
is now two-and-a half years old.
Jennifer is an assistant professor
in the University of WisconsinEau Claire healthcare administration program and John is an elementary music teacher. She can
be reached at johsarjl@uwec.edu
Erica (Johnson) and Jared Trost
’00, East Bethel, Minn., welcome
to the world Josiah Jeffrey, their
first child, on March 19. Coming
in at 8 lbs., 13 oz. and 21 1/2
inches, Josiah is definitely a keeper. Erica is a science teacher at St.
Francis High School, and Jared is
employed by Cedar Creek
Natural History Area.
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IN MEMORIAM
The Rev. Robert D. Weeden
’51, Newington, Conn., age 82,
on June 22. He served churches
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and
Connecticut, as well as serving in
the chaplaincy during WWII and
at hospitals until his retirement
in 1990.
Phillip Gronseth ’55, Bella Vista,
Ark., age 72, on April 7. He was
an entrepreneur who retired to
Arkansas, where he enjoyed
being an avid golfer. While at
Augsburg he sang in the
Augsburg Quartet and continued
singing throughout his life. He
remained close to Augsburg,
with a special fondness for the
baseball program, and has supported athletics and the sciences.
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Betty (Hanson) Rossing ’64,
Grand Rapids, Minn., on July 3.
With a special love for children, she
mentored teenagers, taught Sunday
School and Vacation Church
School, taught elementary grades in
public schools, and encouraged
young people to become involved
in ELCA missions.
Bessie Mae Hughes ’71,
Minneapolis, age 94, on June 8. A
native of Alabama, she came to
Augsburg to complete her college
degree at age 59, after raising four
children, and then taught in
Minneapolis Public Schools. In
1992 she was named an Augsburg
Distinguished Alumna for her contributions to community and her
church, St. Peter’s A.M.E. Church.
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VIEWS
Reflections on
Red Lake
by Janna Caywood ’04
Janna Caywood, former program
coordinator for the Master of
Social Work program, interviewed
Matthew Thornhill ’04, ’06 MSW
about his reflections, as a social
worker, following the Red Lake
school shootings. Following is a
summary of her longer article.
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n March 21, 2005,
16-year-old Jeffrey
Weise shot and
killed three adults
and five classmates,
wounded seven other students,
and then killed himself. It’s a day
in history that the Red Lake Band
of Chippewa will never forget.
This one-hour violent act tore a
gaping hole in the collective spirit
of the entire Red Lake Nation. The
shock and pain were unimaginable. People simply could not
believe something so heinous
could happen in their community.
Worst of all, it was children who
were most deeply affected.
Social work graduate Matthew
Thornhill, a foster care social
worker for American Indian
Family and Children Services in
St. Paul, is an enrolled member
of the Red Lake reservation and
a relative of one of the kids who
died. When he heard the news
that day, his first instinct was to
go to the reservation to be with
his family and friends. “To be
present is very important in
Native culture,” he explains.
He immediately coordinated a
fund drive with his social service
colleagues to help many other Red
Lake members in the Twin Cities
also make the trip back home.
When Matt reached Red Lake,
what he found was both rewarding and disheartening.
It was rewarding to see the
close-knit Red Lake community
pull together and support one
another. Rewarding also was the
support that came from outside
the reservation—from Native
peoples across the U.S. and
Canada, in particular, who called
and e-mailed to express sorrow
and to offer help. “It’s a cultural
value,” says Matt. “We look out
for each other.”
O
Matthew Thornhill ’04, ’06 MSW was named
the “2006 Social Work Student of the Year”
by the National Association of Social
Workers–Minnesota Chapter. His wife,
Angelina, accepted the award with him.
Non-native responses, too,
came from around the globe,
including from some who had
suffered their own school shootings. Many non-Native emergency
responders in Red Lake learned
how to be culturally sensitive
while helping in the community.
The collaboration between
emergency responders and tribal
elders was quite remarkable.
Medicine men, spiritual leaders
and other Band members acted
much like social workers to help
individual families cope and pull
the community together toward
stability and healing. They organized healing ceremonies and
prayer circles for spiritual strength,
both on and off the reservation.
The collaboration between
emergency responders and tribal
leadership was also impressive.
Each morning tribal leaders met
at the local hospital to brief one
another on recent arrivals, so the
newcomers could be dispatched
where need was greatest. Given
the sovereign status of the Red
Lake Nation, there was no ambi-
guity as to who was in charge
and responsible for emergency
efforts—unlike the post-Katrina
confusion.
What Matt found disheartening was the media frenzy around
the shootings and the allegations
about the involvement of the
tribal chairman’s son. Insensitive
behavior by a number of journalists made many in Red Lake feel
exploited. Matt and his family
were most disturbed by news
stories that focused on Red
Lake’s social and economic struggles, implying that they were the
result of failed Native values and
an indifferent, incompetent
community.
The truth is, Matt says, Red
Lake does have its difficulties.
But the root causes are complex
and can only properly be understood through the lens of history
and an understanding of the
long-term effects of colonialism.
What didn’t always come
through were the embedded cultural values in the Red Lake
community and Native way of
life that give strength and
endurance in times of crisis.
In the end, Matt says, Red Lake
did not succumb to the media
barrage, because people drew on
their cultural traditions to rally
each other. “We are a proud,
strong Nation” he says. “We hold
onto our traditional values, yet
we adapt with the times. Red
Lake is gonna make it.”
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CALENDAR
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SEPTEMBER
October 18
Concert by the Habbestad Trio, tone
poem and chamber ensemble
September 15–October 27
Reliquiae
Sculpture by Sam Spiczka
“Terje Vigen” song cycle,
by Kjell Habbestad
7 p.m.—Sateren Auditorium
Free and open to the public.
Gage Family Art Gallery, Lindell Library
Artist reception, Oct. 7, 4–8 p.m.
Artist gallery talk, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m.
Egg Basket
Full of
Hollyhock
Dolls
Paintings by
Amy Rice
’93
Christensen Center Art Gallery
Artist reception, Oct. 7, 4–8 p.m.
Artist slide presentation, Sept. 29, 3:30
p.m., Marshall Room, Christensen Center
September 21
Many Voices: Bold Visions
Convocation Series
The Rose Ensemble
“Common Threads: Exloring Shared
Texts among Early Christians and Jews”
11 a.m.—Hoversten Chapel
Free and open to the public.
September 25–30
“Watch Us Soar”—Homecoming 2006
October 18–21
Ages of Imagination: A New Season
of Leadership
The inauguration of Paul Pribbenow
Free and open to the public.
October 20
Festival Service
Bishop Mark Hanson ’68, presiding
Rev. Dr. Robin Lovin, preaching
10:30 a.m.—Hoversten Chapel
Inauguration Ceremony
2 p.m.—Melby Hall
Community Celebration
3:30 p.m.—Murphy Square
October 21
Auggie Spirit Zone
11:00 a.m.—Murphy Square
Football game vs. Carleton College
1 p.m.—Anderson-Nelson Field
For information:
www.augsburg.edu/inauguration
See page 32 for schedule.
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
November 1
faith@work! breakfast speaker series
October 2–3
2006 Christensen
Symposium
Douglas John Hall,
professor emeritus
of Christian theology, McGill
University
Free and open to
the public.
October 2, “Where in the World Are We?
Being Christians after Christendom”
7:30 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
October 3, “What Are People For? Caring
for Life in a Violent World”
11 a.m.—Hoversten Chapel
October 4
faith@work! breakfast speaker series
Paul Pribbenow, Augsburg president
7:30 a.m.—St. Philip the Deacon
Lutheran Church, Plymouth, Minn.
Free and open to the public.
Contact: John Knight, 330-1351 or
faith@augsburg.edu. Go to www.spdlc.org.
Barbara Helmsley, founder, Hope
Chest for Breast Cancer
7:30 a.m.—St. Philip the Deacon
Lutheran Church, Plymouth, Minn.
Free and open to the public.
Contact: John Knight, 330-1351 or
faith@augsburg.edu. Go to www.spdlc.org.
November 3–11
Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen
Faculty directed by Martha Johnson
November 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11
at 7 p.m.
November 5 and 12 at 2 p.m.
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater
November 3–December 17
Signs of Life
Sculpture by
Kim Matthews
Gage Family Art
Gallery
Artist reception,
Nov. 3, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Artist gallery talk, TBA
November 5
November Nativity
Concert by Masterworks Chorale of
Augsburg
4 p.m.—TBA
November 17–19
Exceptionally Ordinary
Guest directed by David DeBlieck ’88
November 17, 18, and 19 at 8 p.m.
performed together with
No Exit
November 5–19
Henrik Ibsen Film Festival
Lindell Library 301
Free and open to the public.
November 5, 4:30 p.m.
Immortal Ibsen!—a documentary by
Erling Borgen (Norway, 1999)
Terje Vigen–Victor Sjöström (Sweden, 1917)
November 10, 7 p.m.
The Wild Duck (Vildanden)—
Tancred Ibsen (Norway, 1963)
November 12, 4:30 pm.
A Doll’s House—Patrick Garland
(England, 1973)
By Jean Sartre
Student directed by
Justin Hooper ’07
November 17, 18, and 19 at 9 p.m.
Foss Studio Theater
November 18
Augsburg Concert Band concert
4 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
November 19
F. Melius Christiansen Festival concert
2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.—Orchestra Hall
See page 6–7.
November 17, 7 p.m.
Lady Inger (Fru Inger til Østråt)—
Sverre Undnæs (Norway, 1975)
November 19, 4:30 p.m.
An Enemy of the People (En
folkefiende)—Erik Skjoldbjærg
(Norway, 2004)
November 5–30
Exhibit–“To Be a Poet Is to See:
Ibsen in Our Time”
Lindell Library, third floor
November 6
Scholastic Connections Gala
Reception and Dinner
Celebrating the scholarship/mentorship program and the four ethnic services programs
Free and open to the public.
6 p.m.—Christensen Center
Info and reservations:
612-330-1104
November 10
Anita Gay Hawthorne Jazz &
Poetry Bash
6:30 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel and
Arnold Atrium
November 12
Augsburg Symphony Orchestra Concert
4:30 p.m.—Sateren Auditorium
Augsburg Jazz Ensemble concert
7 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
Subjective Mapping: An Exploration
of Spirit and Place
Paintings by Teresa Cox
Christensen Center Art Gallery
Artist reception, Nov. 3, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Artist gallery talk, TBA
DECEMBER
December 1
Velkommen Jul Celebration
10:15 a.m.–Chapel service,
Hoversten Chapel
11 a.m.–2 p.m.–Scandinavian treats and
gifts, Christensen Center
December 1–2
27th Annual Advent Vespers
A service of music and liturgy
5 and 8 p.m. each night
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
For seating envelopes,
612-330-1265
December 6
faith@work! breakfast speaker series
Norah Long, Canto, St. Philip the
Deacon Lutheran Church
7:30 a.m.–St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran
Church, Plymouth, Minn.
Free and open to the public.
Contact: John Knight, 330-1351 or
faith@augsburg.edu. Go to www.spdlc.org.
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from President Pribbenow
Our neighbors
o
ne of the most compelling moments in the
Christian scriptures is the question asked
of Jesus by one of his disciples: “And who
is my neighbor?” His answer, of course, is
the parable of the Good Samaritan.
For me, the disciple’s question is at the
heart of the mission and vision of Augsburg College—a question that is at once theological, reflecting our understanding of what God intends
for us to be and do, and also educational and
practical, helping us to link our learning with
service.
So, let’s do some theology! Ask yourself—
who is my neighbor? Is it the Somali woman I
met this morning on Riverside Avenue struggling to carry her groceries home from the bus
stop? Or is it the family in the ravines of Cuernavaca, Mexico, who will offer me both refreshments and life lessons when I meet them on a
Center for Global Education trip? Or is it my
classmate, who is struggling with balancing
school with life at work and home, and who
needs my time and comfort? Once the question
is asked, we are compelled, as was Jesus himself,
to answer with stories and parables—stories of
how being educated at Augsburg prepares us to
serve our neighbors no matter when or where
we encounter them. In that way, the question
leads us to think about the links between learning and service.
A central aspect of an Augsburg education is
to nurture and sustain the work of civic engagement—the practices of citizenship, negotiating
our lives together, navigating what political
philosopher and Roman Catholic theologian John
Courtney Murray once called the “intersection of
conspiracies,” his definition of democracy.
Betsey Norgard
norgard@augsburg.edu
Creative Director
Kathy Rumpza
rumpza@augsburg.edu
Creative Associate-Editorial
Wendi Wheeler
wheelerw@augsburg.edu
Creative Associate-Design
Jen Nagorski
nagorski@augsburg.edu
Here at Augsburg, we believe we are called
to serve our neighbor. I am so proud of our
Augsburg community for its abiding commitment to civic engagement, to meeting the needs
of our neighbors—there are abundant examples
of ways in which students, staff, faculty, regents,
parents, and alumni are modeling for all of us
and the rest of the community what it means to
be reflective, productive, and responsible citizens of our campus, our neighborhood, and our
world.
At the same time, I want to challenge all of
us to think at an even deeper level about the
work of civic engagement, to see it not simply as
acts of service and compassion, but also as the
abiding and messy business—the lifelong business—of being educated, of building communities of trust and accountability, and of helping to
create a more just and humane world.
The stories in this issue of Augsburg Now
about the Center for Global Education (CGE)
offer fine examples of how the Augsburg community has answered the question of “Who is
my neighbor?” time and again in parts of the
world where our neighbors are partners in the
work of teaching and learning. We celebrate
CGE’s remarkable legacy and promise in Augsburg’s continuing and common work to serve
our neighbors.
Yours,
PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT
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Get Political!
by Wendi Wheeler ’06
Augsburg students got up front and backstage as interns for The
Washington Center at the Republican National Convention.
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Augsburg’s Center for Global Education reached the quarter
decade mark last year and continues to transform the way
students and participants view global issues and challenges.
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Around the Quad
It takes an Auggie
Auggies on the Field
Augsburg Voices
Alumni News and Class Notes
My Auggie Experience
On the cover
(L to R) Erik Franzen, Mai Lee, and Ben Krouse-Gagne—three of Augsburg’s interns for The Washington Center at the Republican National Convention—each found unexpected discoveries in the experience.
Editor’s note:
Welcome to Augsburg Now’s new look! If you visited us at the State Fair last
summer or at our Web site lately, you’ve noticed more vibrancy and energy—
with just a touch of edginess. We’re in the city and we’re all about learning
by doing—whether it’s in the classroom, on the playing field, around the
world, or on the floor of the Republican National Convention. Please let us
know what you think, or what you’d like to see in the Now. Auggies are everywhere, and we want to connect with you. E-mail us at now@augsburg.edu or
call 612-330-1181. — Betsey Norgard, editor
All photos by Stephen Geffre unless otherwise indicated.
around the
quad
Regents elected and honored
Five new members were elected to four-year terms on the
Augsburg Board of Regents at the annual meeting of the Augsburg Corporation Governing Board in September. In addition,
Anthony L. Genia Jr., MD ’85, was re-elected to a second fouryear term.
Mark A. Eustis, president and CEO of Fairview
Health Services.
At the board’s fall meeting, outgoing regents were honored for
their commitment, loyalty, and service. Those leaving the board
after serving several years are Michael Freeman and Beverly
(Halling) Oren ’55. Regents who retired after two six-year terms
are Rev. Gary Benson ’70, Ron Nelson ’68, and former board chair
Ted Grindal ’76. In addition, two ELCA bishops completed ex officio terms: Rev. Harold Usgaard, Southeastern Minnesota Synod,
and Rev. Peter Rogness, Saint Paul Area Synod.
Three retirees worked closely with students
Darrell Wiese ’59 has always had a knack
Alexander J. Gonzalez ’90, senior financial advisor
at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Eric J. Jolly, president of the Science
Museum of Minnesota
Gloria C. Lewis, president and CEO of Big Brothers
Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities
Marshall S. Stanton, MD, vice president
for clinical research and general manager
of the cardiac rhythm disease
management business of Medtronic, Inc.
Appointed to three-year terms on the
board, ex officio, are Bishop Craig E.
Johnson, Minneapolis Area Synod of the
ELCA, and Bishop Duane C. Pederson,
Northwest Synod of Wisconsin, ELCA.
To read more, go to
www.augsburg.edu/regents
for finding “diamonds in the rough,” baseball and football players who may not have
put up the big numbers in high school, but
had the potential to shine.
It’s estimated that Wiese, a 1959 Augsburg alumnus, helped to bring literally
hundreds of students to Augsburg over the last several decades
as a recruiter and assistant coach. For his lifetime of service to
Auggie athletics, Wiese was honored with the Distinguished
Athletic Service Award this fall.
“I always had a genuine concern for youth and athletics,
and something always kept drawing me back to Augsburg over
the years,” Wiese said. “I would talk about Augsburg and say it
was a great school with friendly people; they’ll give you a
chance to succeed and get your degree.”
After Wiese had been scouting for talent as a volunteer for
more than 20 years while still owning and operating his family
farm in rural Northfield, Minn., he spent more than a decade as
an assistant coach for both the football and baseball teams.
Several of his football recruits provided the backbone of
the Auggies’ 1997 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title team, the school’s first since 1928. Many of his players were key members of the 2005 MIAC baseball playoff team.
“One of the things that strikes me so much about Darrell is
his ability to identify potential talent,” said former football
coach Jack Osberg, now a football coach and A-Club advancement manager. … “When he recruits, he doesn’t just recruit the
athlete, he recruits the family and gets great connections with
the families and siblings of the athletes he recruits.”
Wiese officially retired from coaching after the 2008 baseball season. A baseball team trophy has been named in his
honor—the Darrell Wiese Most Respected Player Award.
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Retiring faculty and staff, continued
Karen Sutherland, professor of computer science, came to Augsburg in
1999 and retired at the end of the
academic year in May. Often her students would find her in the small lab
in Sverdrup surrounded by computer robots roaming the floor—
AIBO dog robots used for their ease
in teaching basic programming, and
search and rescue robots designed to
stay in communication with each other during emergency situations. They were all part of National Science Foundation
grant research in which Sutherland collaborated.
These projects were at the core of Sutherland’s passion for
improving how computer science is taught to non-traditional
students, including weekend students, immigrants, women,
and first-generation college students. “These students didn’t
relate well to computer science and how we were teaching it,”
Sutherland said. With the grant funding she could do a better
job of both attracting and retaining non-traditional students.
The National Science Foundation CSEMS (Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship) program
enabled her to offer scholarships to non-traditional students.
She had upper-class students serve as peer mentors to CSEMS
students, encouraging them toward career possibilities in
computer science.
“A number of our young people want to do something to
make this world better,” Sutherland says. “They don’t see how
computer science is going to help that. You have to show
them ways it can, and they have to see how they could make a
difference, a mark.”
Via e-mail, she keeps in touch with many former students, some who have accepted jobs in industry directly after
graduation and others going on to graduate programs.
There is no shortage of plans for her retirement, which
center around gardening and travel. Even her gardening will
keep her near a computer, as she serves as the webmaster for
the Garden Club of Ramsey County. At her lake home, she
serves as a board member of the lake association, working to
promote shoreline conservation and sustainability.
Kenneth N. Erickson ’62, in his
nearly 40-year tenure teaching
physics, allowed students to see just
how vast the world is and just what
is possible.
After one year at Augsburg in
the 1960s, Erickson returned in
1970 and never left. For much of
that time, he held a shared professorship between Augsburg and the
University of Minnesota, cooperating with the University’s
physics and astronomy faculty in grant-funded research.
“As part of the shared appointment at the “U,” I was able
to do a lot of research,” he said. In 1970, Erickson started an
active undergrad research program at Augsburg. In 1991, he
started the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium, part of a
NASA-funded program that provides research and program
development grants to students and faculty.
“His satellite studies and rocket experiments in Alaska,
often involving other scientists from around the globe, gave
his students a window to a much wider and very exciting
world,” said Mark Engebretsen, an Augsburg colleague. “He
helped many of his students catch the excitement of trying to
find out new things about our world.”
The soft-spoken Erickson is reluctant to discuss his
achievements, but colleagues and many former students appreciated Erickson’s teaching and mentoring. Stu Anderson
’78, a current member of Augsburg’s physics faculty and a former student, said, “He displayed the art of an excellent
teacher—to invite students into the voyage of discovery, to
develop an appetite and tolerance for mathematical complexity, and to give students like me the courage to be persistent.”
Matt Broughton ’06, a physics and English major who
was awarded a Fullbright grant called Erickson—who has a
scholarship established in his name—“the best instructor he
had in college.”
Now Erickson is staying busy by growing corn and soybeans and raising cattle on his farm near Cambridge, Minn.
“I haven’t done much physics lately,” he joked.
WENDI WHEELER
BETSEY NORGARD
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Auggie
New President’s Circle recognizes annual giving
During Homecoming Week, President Pribbenow announced
the creation of the President’s Circle, a new giving society that
recognizes annual gifts of $1,000 or more, at several levels of
support. By recognizing all current gifts, the President’s Circle
shares the Augsburg story among greater numbers of alumni
and donors and builds stronger connections with the College
today.
Within the President’s Circle, one of the top funding priorities of the College is the Augsburg Fund, which provides
support across a range of critical needs of the College. Most
important is the financial support made possible through the
Augsburg Fund that helps the College fulfill its promise to a
richly diverse student body. Financial support makes an Augsburg education possible for more than 85% of its students.
The Augsburg Fund also provides needed support for
current technology to improve teaching and learning, faculty
recruitment and retention, facilities maintenance and renovation, and opportunities for community events and services.
“There’s no other way to give to so many priorities—to
touch the lives of so many students in so many different
ways—than through the Augsburg Fund,” says Jeremy Wells,
vice president for institutional advancement. “It’s giving that
moves Augsburg forward just as it also honors its past.”
The President’s Circle Challenge, through the generosity
of an anonymous donor, will match all increases in gifts to the
Augsburg Fund up to $1,000 for those who become charter
members of the President’s Circle.
President’s Circle members will receive a special pin and a
new, members’ e-newsletter plus invitations to special events
and other benefits offered for support at higher levels.
Sven Oftedal Society honors Augsburg’s legacy
Augsburg’s Heritage Society, which
recognizes donors who have made
a future gift commitment to the
College, has a new name and identity—the Sven Oftedal Society,
named for the second person appointed to Augsburg’s faculty, who
became the College’s third president and chaired the Board of Regents for over three decades.
During the 1870s, vast numThe recognition of donors who
make future gifts to the College
bers of immigrants flocked to
has been named the Sven Oftedal
western and northwestern MinSociety, in honor of Augsburg’s
third president, who saved the Col- nesota. Augsburg’s move to Minlege from bankruptcy, ensuring an neapolis in 1872 placed it closer to
Augsburg education for
the center of Norwegian-American
future generations.
settlement, but by 1877, the College faced a financial crisis that threatened its very existence.
Augsburg was heavily in debt; the region was in an economic
depression.
Sven Oftedal stepped forward to lead a heroic fundraising
effort that saved Augsburg. Oftedal rallied and inspired farmers, merchants, businesses, and churches throughout the
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region to support Augsburg’s mission, an effort securing gifts
from over 30,000 individuals. Augsburg was no longer a
school of a select few—Augsburg truly became a school of the
people.
Exemplifying Augsburg’s commitment to civic involvement, Oftedal established a community newspaper, was
elected to the Minneapolis Board of Education, appointed to
the Minneapolis Library Board, and served as the president of
Augsburg’s board for 36 years. His legacy of service is honored
by Augsburg through the founding of the Oftedal Society to
recognize the loyalty and vision of those who make a commitment of future support to the College.
“By renaming the planned giving recognition society in
honor of Sven Oftedal, we have a wonderful opportunity to
reflect upon the nature of Augsburg’s foundation—its roots,”
noted Jeremy Wells, vice president for institutional advancement, “and to reaffirm that those ideals continue to be the
core of the College and its mission.
To learn more about the Sven Oftedal Society or making a
gift of future support, contact the Office of Planned Giving at
1-800-273-0617 or via e-mail to development@augsburg.edu.
Another million-dollar year!
• The Augsburg Fund, the College’s annual fund, reached its
goal of $1 million—for the third time and the first time
outside of a campaign year—ending the fiscal year at
$1,001,979.
• Important to achieving this goal was the President’s Challenge of $100,000, which resulted in additional giving of
nearly $69,000 in new or increased gifts, triggering a total
of $158,000 in challenge gifts. This was made possible by
Don ’53 and Bev (Halling) Oren ’55 and anonymous
donors.
• During this last fiscal year, a 100% participation rate was
reached with gifts to the annual fund from all members of
the Augsburg Board of Regents, the Alumni Board of
Directors, and the President’s Cabinet.
It’s Augsburg Calling … Mai Yer Vang ’11
Mai Yer Vang was born in Thailand and moved with her family to the U.S. in 1994. When she was in high school, Vang
was introduced to Augsburg on a tour with the Upward
Bound program. “We had a really good tour guide who
showed us everything on campus,” she said.
Vang liked Augsburg’s small campus atmosphere and was
intrigued by a presentation given by Richard Webb, a counselor for Augsburg’s TRiO program, a U.S. Department of Education program that helps first-generation college students
overcome class, social, and cultural barriers to completing
their education.
“My family is on welfare,” Vang said, “but Richard talked
about financial aid and told us that we could go to Augsburg
if we wanted to. He helped us understand that a college education was possible.” In fact, Vang became the first in her
family of eight children to attend college.
She came to Augsburg in the summer, before many of her
classmates, for TRiO’s Summer Bridge program, a five-week
residential program that introduces students to the college experience with classes, academic support seminars, workshops,
and social activities.
As a TRiO scholar, Vang must not only maintain a 3.0
GPA each term, she also meets regularly with her TRiO counselor to discuss her academic progress and financial issues.
TRiO students complete all of their financial aid application
paperwork on their own, an often-daunting procedure many
of her peers delegate to parents. Vang is grateful for this experience because she is now helping one of her older sisters
complete college and financial aid applications.
For two years, Vang has worked as a caller for the Augsburg Fund in Augsburg’s Office of Institutional Advancement.
Through her conversations with alumni, Vang has received
career advice and has learned more about Augsburg traditions
and history. “I learned that Homecoming used to be huge
here,” she said, “and there were a lot more dances and royalty
and parades during the year than we have now.”
To date, Vang and the student caller team have helped
raise more than $114,000 for the Augsburg Fund. To learn
more about the Augsburg Fund and other ways to support
students like Mai Yer Vang, go to www.augsburg.edu/giving.
WENDI WHEELER ‘06
Mai Yer Vang ’11 is one of the
student callers of Phonathon
and enjoys learning about
Augsburg in past years from
the alumni she calls.
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Auggies on the field
Jordan Berg: Football, physics, and far more
Division III athletics is more than simply the games. It’s just as much about academics, family friends, and hobbies. Augsburg senior quarterback Jordan Berg understands the importance of balancing.
On the field, the Gaylord, Minn., native is already the most accomplished passer in
Augsburg history, owning single-season and career records for passing touchdowns,
completions, and yardage. Despite starting his college career at Division II MinnesotaDuluth, Berg is on pace to break the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference career passing record of 7,290 yards.
But Berg is more than just a quarterback. He’s also a physics major
with a 3.8 GPA. In his time at Augsburg, Berg has taken classes ranging from chemistry to American Sign Language, and Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning.
“One of the reasons that Jordan is so successful is his preparedness,” says offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Drew
Privette. “He is prepared on the field, in the classroom, and in his
social life. If we have a quarterback’s meeting and Jordan also has a
big test in one of his classes, he’ll find a way to reschedule the
meeting, so he can take care of his first priority, his academics.”
Berg, a self-described “motor head,” has a variety of other
interests. He restored his own Harley-Davidson motorcycle,
complete with a custom paint job. He designed t-shirts for the
football team. And Berg designed two tattoos for himself and a
few others for his teammates.
“Jordan is a unique blend of character, artist, and student-athlete. He is gifted in each of those areas and it is a joy to work with
such a colorful and outstanding individual,” said football head coach
Frank Haege.
KELLY ANDERSON DIERCKS
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For the full story, go to
www.augsburg.edu/now
homecoming
’08
2008 Alumni Awards
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
LaRhae (Grindal) Knatterud
’70, specialist on aging,
Minnesota Department
of Human Resources
Dennis Kalpin ’61, retired
mathematics teacher and
coach, Alexandria, Minn.
FIRST DECADE AWARDS
Zach Curtis ’98, actor,
artistic director, and
theatre manager
Jeffery Cameron ’96,
intellectual property
attorney, E.J. Brooks
and Associates, PLLC
Save the date for Homecoming 2009—September 28-October 3
For more about Homecoming
and the alumni awards, go to
www.augsburg.edu/now
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Grassroots health care
the CENTER CLINIC
Augsburg nursing student Eileen Johnson
confronts poverty and patient needs at the
small, volunteer-run Center Clinic in
Dodge Center, Minnesota.
arty Alemán has a
passion for public
health. She is one
of Augsburg’s Rochester
Campus nursing faculty,
and she believes that
“greater community and social awareness make a better
citizen and a better nurse,
no matter where they
work.”
Thus, it seemed fitting
that she, along with the
Augsburg nursing program,
was chosen by the Center Clinic in Dodge Center, Minnesota, a
small, rural, volunteer-staffed clinic, to receive their Social
Awareness award at their annual appreciation event.
From her office at Olmsted County Public Health, Alemán
coordinates a number of the county’s public health nursing positions. As the Community Health II nursing instructor at the
Augsburg Rochester Campus, she integrates her knowledge of
public health and connections to community health agencies
with the course content to be a catalyst for transformation in the
lives of most of the Rochester Bachelor of Science in nursing
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(BSN) students. She loves it. She loves introducing her students
to a side of health care that few of them have ever seen.
Community Health II is Augsburg’s only BSN course with
significant clinical hours outside of the classroom; all 48 hours
must be spent in community health settings. Alemán notes that
about 90% of Rochester BSN students are hospital nurses. “Some
students have only worked in surgery where they see a very limited view of patient care. Community health nursing is not such
a controlled environment,” she says. It stretches and challenges
the students.
Alemán helps students to navigate the challenges of a different healthcare culture and to connect the dots of relevance between their work in a large hospital to social justice in the
community. To that end, she raises questions within the context
of diversity about the uninsured, about poverty and patient
needs upon dismissal from the hospital, and about the community resources to meet those needs. She also encourages students
to consider health issues in public schools such as drug and alcohol abuse, sexual activity, bullying, and obesity.
Clinical hours bring the questions of the classroom into the
realm of experiential knowledge. Students integrate these experiences, comparing them to their currently held beliefs, and seeing things first hand rather than in text. They return to class and
talk about the experiences and how their current belief systems
are being challenged.
For their clinical hours, students may choose from a number
of cultural immersion options or community health settings in
Olmsted County or in the county where they reside. Alemán is
fluent in Spanish, having spent four years early in her nursing
career living and working in Ecuador, and has coordinated and
led immersion trips and home stays for students in Nicaragua
and Guatemala.
It’s obvious that Alemán has a special place in her heart for
arranging student placements in county community health settings. She encourages them to divide their time among a variety
of agencies and clinics. Her students can be found at the Good
Samaritan Medical Clinic, Migrant Health Clinic, Christ United
Methodist Church Health Fair, the county jail, and working with
church parish nurses.
The Center Clinic, directed by Jan Lueth, who is also a public health colleague of Alemán, is a favorite placement for
Alemán and her students. Lueth welcomes the students and describes the clinic as “a small non-profit agency staffed by volunteer nurses, nurse practitioners, and Mayo doctors and residents
that provides family planning and limited healthcare services to
the uninsured and underinsured, many of whom are Latino.”
Some of the BSN students have chosen to continue volunteering at the clinic. One student returned for six months as a
paid staff member. Since the clinic relies heavily on volunteer
hours to stretch their limited revenue, Lueth says their services
are invaluable.
“Social awareness is an important part of our mission at the
Center Clinic,” says Lueth. “We believe that awareness is the
first step toward social change.” Part of the clinic’s motivation
for giving Alemán and the nursing program the Social Awareness
award was that “always their questions and comments challenge
us to clarify what we believe and strengthen our determination
to continue our mission,” Lueth says.
When asked about Alemán’s passion for social awareness,
Lueth says, “only a professional like Marty, who truly empathizes and appreciates the complicated world in which our
clients reside, and the positive effect that nursing students could
experience by exposure to this, would have considered the Center Clinic as a possible clinical site for her students.”
She continues, saying the clinic is “a world where, like a
messy closet, you can make the conscious choice to close the
door, so you don’t have to look at it. But, you still know the mess
is there. … Marty puts her foot in the door, so you have to look,
have to experience the ‘mess’ at least for a moment.”
LIBBY HENSLIN ’06
OPERATIONS AND ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR, ROCHESTER CAMPUS
“Social awareness is an
important part of our
mission at the Center Clinic.
Pictured, right: In her community health
nursing course, Augsburg student Eileen
Johnson (left) is learning from Center
Clinic staff person Ramona González
(center) about difficulties faced by clinic
patients, many of whom are Latinos.
We believe that awareness
is the first step toward
social change.”
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awesome
DISCOVERY
clever student + wise professor+ experienced alum =
BY WENDI WHEELER AND BETSEY NORGARD
Brian Krohn (second from right) poses
with the scientists who named the
process (“Mcgyan”—from their own
names) that they hope will revolutionize
the biofuel industry: (L to R) Chemistry
professor Arlin Gyberg, SarTec vice
president Clayton McNeff ’91, Krohn, and
SarTec chief scientist Ben Yan.
A student’s passion for research
Brian Krohn originally came to Augsburg to study film, but
after only one semester without any science classes, this lifelong scientist felt “so deprived” that he officially changed his
major to chemistry.
Even so, he was unsure where the degree would lead
him. “I thought with a degree in chemistry, I
could only be a teacher or a pharmacist,” he said.
Then in the summer of 2006, Krohn received
a grant from Augsburg’s Undergraduate Research
and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) program. It
was support to conduct research, one of his passions. He and his adviser, chemistry professor
Arlin Gyberg, were both interested in biodiesel, so
Krohn set out to find a more efficient way to produce the fuel.
Krohn describes the research process as difficult but exciting. “You have to really dig into the
whole process and read all the literature to join
into the conversation about your topic before you
can figure out what you can contribute,” he said. Whereas
most undergraduate researchers “do what they are told, like
calibrate a machine all day,” according to Krohn, he had more
freedom to explore and experiment.
Eventually his work led to the discovery of a process that
converts animal feedstock to biodiesel. Gyberg advised Krohn
to contact alumnus Clayton McNeff ’91, a chemist and vice
president of SarTec, a company specializing in yucca-based
products and CEO of ZirChrom Separations, a chromatography company. McNeff, his chief scientist at
SarTec Ben Yan, and Gyberg took Krohn’s idea and
created the “Mcgyan” Process (from their three
names), an efficient and environmentally friendly
method that will allow McNeff’s new start-up company, Ever Cat Fuels, to produce more than three
million gallons of fuel per year at a first-of-its-kind
biodiesel plant in Isanti, Minn.
Krohn says it was his research and connections
through Augsburg, not the discovery itself, that
opened doors for him. In fact, he said this opportunity might never have been available if not for
McNeff’s ties to the College.
“It’s almost unheard of that the vice president of research
would sit down with an undergraduate student and his old professor,” he said.
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wise professor
A professor’s connections to industry
It’s an event, says chemistry professor Arlin Gyberg, that
probably wouldn’t have happened anywhere else in the
world.
He’s referring to senior Brian Krohn’s research, his
relationship with Clayton McNeff ’91, and the partnership
that ultimately yielded the invention of the Mcgyan
Process. Gyberg, who is beginning his 42nd year teaching
at Augsburg, has supervised many student research projects over the years beginning with Richard Olmsted ’69,
the husband of current Augsburg chemistry professor Sandra Olmsted ’69, in the summer following their junior
year.
Krohn began his research by poring over hundreds of
abstracts of research on biodiesel. Eventually he found two
examples of projects that had been somewhat successful,
which had suggested that solid-state strong acids might be
effective catalysts for conversion of plant oils to biodiesel.
Gyberg knew that this material was used as a bonded solid
stationary phase in chromatography, so they attempted a
conversion using a batch process that had been used since
World War II. Gyberg summed up the results: “It didn’t
work.”
Then Gyberg recalled a seminar given four years earlier by McNeff on zirconia-based stationary phases used
for liquid chromatography and the ease with which it
could be bonded with various substances. Gyberg contacted McNeff, and Krohn and Gyberg went to present
their research to McNeff at SarTec Corporation. They
asked for some bonded strong acid zirconia and again
tried a batch process experiment with no success.
“Here is where the confluence of events occurred that
would not likely have happened anywhere else,” said Gyberg. McNeff’s ZirChrom Corporation is a world leader on
zirconia and its properties. McNeff and fellow scientist Ben Yan had
been working on oven-heated zirconia-based high temperature liquid
chromatography. It occurred to McNeff that pressurized, heated, continuous column catalysis using solid-state acidified zirconia might
work—and it did, the very first time. The Mcgyan Process was born.
“It would appear that this is only the beginning,” Gyberg said.
Research continues, with SarTec and Augsburg investigating algae
growth as a feedstock source for biodiesel as well as other reactions
that are possible for new types of biofuels that have not been possible
to synthesize before.
Gyberg is also working on a project with a University of St.
Thomas engineering professor who believes that in three years all
biodiesel will be made using the Mcgyan Process. They are developing a “pickup bed biodiesel plant” that the individual farmer could
use to make his own biodiesel fuel. This would also benefit Third
World countries where jatropha, a weedy bush that grows on noncropland and needs only about eight inches of rain or so a year, is
readily available. Jatropha can produce about five times more plant
oil a year for biodiesel than soybeans, and the Mcgyan reactor is the
only one that can completely convert the oil efficiently and cleanly to
biodiesel with virtually no waste and no pollutants.
Rather than spend his summers on the golf course or on the
lake, Gyberg supervises research because, he says, “It keeps things
interesting and exciting, keeps one up with current science, and
keeps the mind sharp.” He adds, “One of the great pleasures over the
years is using my background and experience to work with students,
some of whom are smarter than I am.” Gyberg says students are fortunate to be able to do research at Augsburg, since faculty there can
spend more time working with students than at large research
institutions.
Above, left: Senior Brian Krohn and chemistry professor Arlin Gyberg explain the Mcgyan
Process, a new, improved method of making biodiesel, at a press conference in March.
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som
e
SarTec vice president Clayton McNeff ’91, whose team discovered
the Mcgyan Process, shares the discovery with alumni and friends
during Homecoming in September.
“It can be cost effective and
environmentally friendly—
experienced alum
and it’s portable.”
A chemist on the cutting edge
In March 2008 at a press conference at Augsburg College,
Clayton McNeff became somewhat of a media sensation in
the biodiesel world. He is vice president of SarTec Corporation, and together with his chief scientist Ben Yan, his former
professor Arlin Gyberg, and Augsburg student Brian Krohn,
McNeff announced a discovery they said would revolutionize
biodiesel production and lessen or eliminate the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.
This was the first public announcement of the Mcgyan
Process and the biodiesel fuel it can produce more efficiently,
less costly, and without harmful byproducts than existing
processes. He went on to announce that the group was already successfully producing 50,000 gallons per year at a
pilot plant, and even powering the plant with it. Through a
new company, Ever Cat Fuels, a new large-scale production
plant is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2009 that
will yield three million gallons per year, using non-food
grade corn oil from ethanol plants and free fatty acid waste
products from the current conventional biodiesel industry.
In July the Star Tribune described the Mcgyan production
process as immensely appealing to countries and companies
around the world because “it can be cost effective and environmentally friendly—and it’s portable.” The goal is for farmers to be able to produce the biodiesel they need to run their
farms completely on site. More than 35 countries have contacted SarTec inquiring about the technology.
Algae is a large part of McNeff’s vision. He refers to it as
the “holy grail” of biodiesel production because it can be
grown utilizing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from
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bioethanol and coal-burning power plants, and it can potentially yield enough oil for biodiesel to replace all U.S. petroleum
needs without competing for food crops or cropland. SarTec, in
partnership with Augsburg and Triangle Energy, is pursuing this
research with grants from Great River Energy and Xcel Energy.
McNeff is a 1991 Augsburg chemistry graduate, who pursued his PhD in analytical chemistry at the University of Minnesota. He joined SarTec, the company founded by his parents
where he first worked as a high school student, fostering his
love for science.
In 1995, as he became known for his expertise with zirconia, McNeff co-founded ZirChrom Separations, Inc., along with
Steven Rupp and University of Minnesota professor Peter W.
Carr. Carr has won numerous awards in the field of analytical
chemistry and has been announced as the recipient of the 2009
American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry.
In 2002 McNeff was awarded the Tibbetts Award from the
Small Business Adminstration’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. This award was given in recognition of
McNeff’s achievement in innovation, research, and business
that contributed to the commercial success of ZirChrom Separations.
McNeff considers the success of the experimentation leading to the Mcgyan Process as “serendipity,” but it’s a success
that can extend far beyond their projected goal of three million
gallons per year and be licensed worldwide to companies seeking more efficient and sustainable fuels.
For more information, go to
www.augsburg.edu/chemistry
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V
Courtesy Glendine Soiseth
auggie voices
Street pastors bring care and
hope to the streets
Glendine Soiseth graduated from Augsburg and Luther Seminary in 2004 with a dual degree—Master of Social Work and
Master of Arts in Theology. She was ready for the challenge of
an international experience and is the supervisor of therapy
services for a fostering agency in Flintshire, Wales. She lives
in nearby Chester, England.
In 2006 Soiseth heard about the three-year-old Street Pastors program and trained as a street pastor leader in Wrexham, Wales. She led her team on patrol once or twice a
month, from around 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Recently, with her
move to Chester, she also serves as a Chester lead street pastor and will alternate patrols and voluntary time between the
two locations.
In September she wrote about street pastor work for a
community ministry blog in Chester. With permission, we’ve
reprinted excerpts from it.
Call
Historically, I have consistently been involved in faith, community, and political organizations, either working with
people, programmes, or the community in developing a
voice and making a difference.
When the St. Margaret’s vicar in Wrexham started talking about Street Pastors during a service, I immediately experienced a ‘call.’ Not a lightning bolt, but it was made very
clear that this (street pastoring) was something I needed to
do. I realized I was being asked to take a leap of faith despite not knowing how the new initiative would take me.
After training and graduation, I was out on the streets
in my street pastor uniform talking and explaining to people, door staff, vendors, police, and emergency personnel
what a street pastor is and does.
Community
When I mentioned to people at the time that I lived in
Wrexham, the response was universal, ‘nothing good comes
out of Wrexham … .’ I knew it would take more than a marketer or one person to make a difference. It would take the
‘Urban Trinity’—police, civic partners, and church—coming
together in agreement on community initiatives and protocols, as a means for it to work.
Glendine Soiseth ’04 MSW/MA Theology dual degree graduate (left), is a social
worker in North Wales and volunteers as a street pastor in an interdenominational church/community initiative with Rev. Trevor Beckett (right).
Street pastors are now recognized, respected, and welcomed in the community by pub/club goers, police, emergency personnel, door staff, street vendors, CCTV, and
visitors. They have witnessed and experienced our commitment, tenacity, unconditional positive regard, and passion
for what we do.
We’ve been accepted as part of their community for not
only sticking it out when it is raining, cold, and miserable,
but, more importantly, for listening, being authentic, and
providing practical assistance—not preaching ‘heaven and
hell,’ but getting back to basics of what it means to be a ‘caring’ community and how diversity can bring together unity.
Hope
I can’t begin to tell you all the stories I have heard on the
street in my role as street pastor. … about the drug dealer,
or the rugby player, or the person we picked up off the road
just before a car came round the corner, or the person who
had been involved in a cult, or the alcoholic, or the soldier.
But they are just stories about people you don’t know. What
I do know is that Street Pastors makes a difference in our
community. I make a difference. We make a difference.
From a human perspective, getting back to basics with
the above is a step in not only providing a community with
hope, but also it can be a difference between life and death
for that person we talk to on the street. … A good deal of
our work is ‘working in the moment where that person
seems to be at that time.’ Street pastoring works. I truly feel
blessed and privileged every time I go out into the street.”
Street Pastors is an inter-denominational church response to urban problems, engaging with people on the
streets to care, listen, and dialogue. For information, go to
www.streetpastors.org.uk.
BETSEY NORGARD
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LIGHTS,
CAMERA,
AND
ACTION
BY BETHANY BIERMAN
Augsburg’s film program, based in liberal arts and
giving students knowledge in production, performance,
and theory, attracts students from around the world.
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ugsburg film comes of age
The coffee shop in Christensen is nearly
full, so we grab two empty stools by the
computers in the back. Wes Ellenwood
sits poised on the stool, looking relaxed
in his blue jeans and vintage New York
baseball cap, balancing his coffee between his hands.
“What makes our department
unique is its three tracks,” he explains.
The former NYU professor specializes
in documentary and 16mm film and
was just last year given full-time status,
making him the only full-time film faculty member.
He breezes through the description
as if he’s told it many times before.
There’s the production track (creating
films and videos), the performance
track (acting for the camera), and the
theory and culture track (the analytical
track). “And our faculty are not just faculty—they are professionals and experts
in film.”
Picture, bottom left: For more than a decade, communication
studies professor Deb Redmond has worked with alumni to nurture
the film courses that have grown Augsburg’s film program.
Pictured, below: Auggie Mike Bodnarczuk ’85 built a career in music
video production and has helped other Auggies get a start in LA.
Just then communication professor
and director of the program Deb Redmond approaches with a young man.
“I’m sorry, but may I interrupt?” she
asks. “Matt, this is Wes Ellenwood, who
teaches our production courses. Wes,
Matt is looking at transferring to Augsburg to study film.”
The professors exchange knowing
glances. This is not the first time such
an introduction has been made. In fact,
the film department averages two visitors per week. For a program that officially finished its fourth year, numbers
are exploding. While Augsburg has a
strong history of graduating students
who have excelled in film, it was only
in 2004 that the major was added. It
jumped from one graduate in 2006 to
now nearly 40 students. Five new film
majors transferred in this past semester.
“We’re different from most of the
metro college campuses,” Ellenwood
tells Matt and me, “because there is actual film being shot on this campus.”
He goes on to explain that because
Augsburg students develop an understanding of film, video, television, and
digital media, in addition to being
grounded in the liberal arts, these graduates are better prepared than most to
truly succeed in the industry.
A seed is planted
It was the early ’80s, and every Friday
English professor John Mitchell showed
movies in his class. One student recalls
nearly leaping out of his seat with excitement.
“He really opened up the gateway
for me,” says Michael Bodnarczuk, the
son of Ukrainian immigrants and a St.
Paul Johnson High School graduate. He
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had come to Augsburg to study prelaw and to play
soccer. “I got very
involved with politics with my lifelong friend John
Evans … and
Franklin Tawha,
but then started
spending a lot of time with film.”
Bodnarczuk took a 16mm film
course taught by a friend of Mitchell’s
during January term. “After that, I was
completely hooked, and then it became
an addiction.” He took Julie Bolton’s television class and Stan Turner’s class in
newswriting at St. Thomas. Jeroy Carlson found him an internship at KARE11, which turned into a job editing
stories for the sunrise show.
But Bodnarczuk’s passion was
music videos, and how they told a story
in four minutes. Augsburg didn’t have
cable at the time, however, so with the
rise of the MTV boom, he persuaded the
College to invest in a satellite dish for
the top of Christensen Center. He’d
record videos and host a showing on
Sunday nights during dinner, until they
got too risqué and the administration
shut him down.
Beyond the classroom, he made
connections with several people, including Jimmy Jam, Steve Rifkin (editor of
the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy) and
Darrell Brand (cameraman). During college, he directed videos for Twin Cities
music sensation The Jets and spent a
couple days as a production assistant on
Purple Rain.
Following graduation, he worked at
a law firm for a while but just wasn’t
satisfied. He drove to Hollywood in a
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Augsburg’s first “official” film grad, Trevor
Tweeten ’06 has won awards for his films
and is now living and working in New York.
yellow Dodge Charger, with about a
thousand dollars in his pocket, moved
in with a friend, and volunteered on an
American Film Institute film. Through
persistence and personal connections,
he eventually started to get work. His
first breakthroughs were as a production assistant on Lionel Ritchie’s “Say
You, Say Me” video and the film La
Bamba, which led to work on Stand and
Deliver.
“It snowballed from there.” Within
two years he was producing his own
videos and commercials such as
Michael Jordan’s Gatorade ads, and
within a decade was running the commercial/music video department of A
Band Apart with co-founders Quentin
Tarantino and Lawrence Bender. While
his Hollywood connections blossomed
and his résumé grew, his Augsburg connections never died.
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Breaking new ground
“Michael [Bodnarczuk] wanted the film
major here desperately,” recalls Redmond. “He contacted us.” Redmond and
theatre professor Martha Johnson traveled to LA to spend time meeting with
him about the idea. This became the impetus for the program.
Courses in film continued to find
their way into the catalog, and when confirmation came from the dean’s office, a
film minor was established.
As more and more Augsburg graduates entered the world of film, momentum for the program continued to grow.
President William Frame visited Hollywood to raise money for the film program, and Bodnarczuk donated
equipment and money for it.
Students like Adam Schindler ’00
and Hanne Anderson ’99 came to Augsburg before the major was established,
but knowing that film was their passion.
Schindler took creative writing
classes, looking to hone his storytelling
ability, and ended up with a communication major and minors in English and
film. “As I continued churning out
scripts, taking broadcast production
courses, film-related J-term courses, I was
approached by a few students about the
possibility of forming a film group.” They
applied for a grant through Student Senate, and, with the help of Redmond, put
together the Augsburg Association of Student Filmmakers (AASF).
“We were pleasantly surprised when
we had 30 or so students show up for our
inaugural meeting,” Schindler remembers.
“It was a very collaborative effort
with all the members chipping in film
ideas, cameras, and loads of time,” says
Anderson.
While he was still a student,
Schindler had a chance to meet Bodnarczuk through a contact in Augsburg’s
Alumni Office. Bodnarczuk extended
Schindler an invitation to intern if he ever
decided to move to LA. Needless to say,
Bodnarczuk was the first person Schindler
called when he made the decision to go
west.
“I hired a lot of Auggies,” Bodnarczuk recalls. “I helped open doors for
them because I knew how hard it was for
me. I think every single one of them has
gone on to greatness. I am very happy for
and very proud of them.”
A distinctive major emerges
“It took years to put [the major] together
because we really wanted it to be interdisciplinary, and truly based in the liberal
arts,” says Redmond.
The application for approval of the
major was submitted during the 2002-03
school year and was approved for fall of
2004. In the past year, Ellenwood has
begun teaching full time, and additional
courses have been added.
Today, first-year film students are not
allowed to take production courses, but
instead start with still photography and
core academic courses. From there, they
take courses in the history of cinema, criticism, and issues in contemporary cinema, which lead into documentary and
acting courses. Students have the opportunity to take electives in areas such as
graphic design, journalism, and art, and
for their lab science requirement they may
take Physics for the Fine Arts.
Robert Cowgill, who spent years as a
dramaturg at the Guthrie and is past performer, owner, and manager of the Oak
Street Cinema, teaches courses in analysis.
Elise Marubbio, an award-winning author
on the representation of Native Americans
in film, teaches courses that cross-list between the American Indian studies and
film programs.
“Our focus is on training students to
recognize within a system like Hollywood
that there are very particular narratives
around groups of people,” Marubbio says.
“Our hope is that film students begin to
realize that when they create a film and an
image of someone, they need to be aware
of the cultural implications.”
Marubbio coordinates Augsburg’s Native American Film Festival. “The combination of things that we’re doing is unique
to Augsburg.”
The program’s first student to officially major in film was Trevor Tweeten
’06. “The whole theory side at Augsburg
was fantastic, between [John] Mitchell
and [Robert] Cowgill,” he says. “There’s a
practical side of it with Deb [Redmond]
and Wes [Ellenwood], but also the heavy
side of theory and history. I think there’s a
good balance … I feel really lucky to have
gone to a liberal arts school and have a
broader understanding of politics and life
and literature and all that stuff.”
Augsburg also brings in adjunct faculty who are experts in their field, such as
Christina Lazaridi, a New York-based
screenwriter whose first screenplay was
nominated for an Emmy. She teaches
screenwriting in the summer.
Beyond the classroom, the program
encourages study abroad and internships.
It is often past graduates who provide the
internships for current students.
“We are growing our own,” says Redmond. “When people come to Augsburg
to study film, they are not committing
themselves to four years, but for life …
We’re growing our own faculty, in
essence.”
“The thing that fits with the mission
of the College is we’re looking for people
with a commitment to a message, particularly using the language of film to tell
their stories,” Redmond states.
One such example is a film by senior film major David Siegfried, who
used still photographs with voiceover to
tell the story of the teaching career of
his grandfather, Augsburg anatomy and
biology professor Erwin Mickelberg. In
his film are photos of Siegfried’s mother
riding her bicycle in Murphy Park as a
young child. (http://davidsiegfried.com/
mycampusfinal.html)
The current crop
“We’re grounded now,” says Ellenwood,
pointing to the fact that there is now a
common place for film students to hang
out, a space shared by communication,
film, and theatre students. Just through
the hallway of faculty offices are the editing suites, then the film studio, and
the “closet” they hope will soon become
the screening room. “Loitering is happening on a regular basis. That’s a good
thing.”
Ellenwood attributes the increased
interest in Augsburg’s film program to
the fact that it is deeper and broader
than most programs. “Without any marketing, students are finding us. Word is
getting out,” he says. Students have
come from as far as Argentina, and now
India. “We need more faculty, space,
and equipment to allow for the increasing number of students.”
“Our hope is to grow donors,” Redmond says. “It can start with supply
items, like an extension cord, then volunteering to take interns, then, if
they’re in the position to hire, to look at
our graduates. Eventually, they can donate larger sums of money.”
At the end of each semester, there is
a screening of student work. The event
is not broadcast across campus, and yet
last semester’s screening filled the TV
studio, with over 100 in attendance.
“That’s an astounding number for us,”
says Ellenwood.
Starting in fall 2007, film students
Film professor Wes Ellenwood, who specializes in documentary and 16mm film,
connects students with film pros in the
Twin Cities for hands-on experience.
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were included in the Fine Arts Scholarship program, which awards $3,000 per
year to selected students who have
demonstrated excellence in film. Four
students were awarded the scholarship
in its inaugural year.
This fall Augsburg is launching a
partnership with the highly-regarded
film studies program at Minneapolis
Community and Technical College.
MCTC students will be able to complete
a four-year degree in film studies at
Augsburg, and Augsburg film students
will be able to take courses in the film
program there.
A rich harvest
Students who recently graduated have
enjoyed rubbing shoulders with professionals in the business, just as those in
the early days.
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Ben Katz ’08, Steven Jacobson ’08,
Trevor Tweeten ’06, and Joe Lueben ’07
all worked on a film accepted into the
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film
Festival last year. Matt Goldman, who
has written for Disney and for Seinfeld,
directed the film. “Working with Matt
opened up a lot of doors,” says Lueben.
“It was the first time we’ve taken somebody else’s story, and not our own.”
The four also created a feature film
called “Bits” with a group of Augsburg
alumni, which has been featured on
www.mnfilmtv.org and was screened at
the Uptown Theater in August.
He has freelanced for such organizations as 3M and the University of Minnesota, and worked on a Kid Dakota
music video, on a short film with the lead
singer of Motion City Soundtrack, and
made a 50-minute compilation of clips of
Minnesota-made films.
For his senior project, Katz worked
ho’s who in film alums
with Ellenwood to research the documentation needed for an independent
film. With a 90-page script, he created a
production book with scene breakdown,
shooting schedule, budget, and business
plan, which he then presented to the
writer in LA.
“I love that the program’s grown
with me,” says Katz. “When I started out
[at Augsburg], everyone was excited
about the film program, but the department was not very structured. It’s gotten
better. Once Wes was hired full time, it
changed. It’s a real program now.”
“It’s this current wave of graduates
who will probably be the best ones,” Wes
says of the dozen or so who graduated
this last spring. “They are positioning
themselves to be out in the industry, in
the field; not pumping gas.”
Bethany Bierman formerly worked in the
Office of Marketing and Communication
and lives in Minneapolis.
To learn more about Augsburg’s film program,
go to www.augsburg.edu/film
Michael Bodnarczuk ’85
Owner of Battle Creek Productions. Past president and co-founder (along
with Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender) of A Band Apart, which produced videos for such megastars as U2, Metallica, and Bon Jovi (and in
1999 alone was up for 21 of the MTV Awards).
Adam Schindler ’00
Past assistant to producer Lawrence Bender. Assistant to the executive
producer of Desperate Housewives; current assistant for director Marty
Calner. Semi-finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture’s Nicholl Screenwriting Contest; horror script, “Sundown.”
Garret Williams ’89
Attended graduate school at the American Film Institute; directed Spark,
which received a Best Director Award; selected as one of nine filmmakers for
Fast Track in 2005 on his work on Lost Dog. IFP Blockbuster/McKnight Film
Fund winner.
JoLynn Garnes ’02
Editor of The Fearless Freaks, featuring the Flaming Lips documentary,
winner of the Mojo Vision Award. Has edited videos for artists such as Liz
Phair, Hilary Duff, and Prince, as well as Target commercials, the feature
documentary Summercamp!, and video visuals for Beyoncé’s 2007 world
tour.
Bryce Fridrik Olson ’97
Director of feature films The Caretaker (2008) with Jennifer Tilly and Judd
Nelson, and Be My Baby . Co-produced instructional DVD “OT for Children
with Autism, Special Needs & Typical.”
Hanne Anderson ’99
Emmy nominee for camera editing for her work on Guiding Light; editor for
digital group at Spike TV, and, as a sideline business, co-owns Riveting Productions, a DVD authoring company that works primarily with Comedy Central Records.
Jenny Hanson ’05
Completing graduate work in Austria in a trans-arts program; owns
Sprouted Wolf Productions; teaches film at North Hennepin Community
College and Normandale Community College.
Trevor Tweeten ’06
The first official film major. Won first place at the Oak Street Cinema’s 24hour film festival; recently moved to New York City to freelance; currently
shooting for TLC’s What Not to Wear.
THE PIONEERS
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In the first days of September, while Gulf Coast residents battled
Hurricane Gustav, more than 45,000 Republican delegates, party
officials, volunteers, and members of the media converged on the
Xcel Center in downtown St. Paul for the 2008 Republican National Convention.
An event as significant as the RNC was not contained, however, to a single site. Across the Mississippi on Augsburg’s campus, students and faculty from 48 colleges and universities met
for a two-week program of the The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. Because of its commitment to civic
engagement and service-learning, Augsburg was chosen to host
the seminar in conjunction with the convention.
Twenty-three Augsburg students participated in internships
through the program, each working in the preparation and planning stages to learn about the behind-the-scenes efforts involved
with a national convention. Augsburg communication studies professors Robert Groven and Kristen Chamberlain served on the faculty of The Washington Center Seminar.
Three Augsburg students shared their convention experiences—a young Hmong woman who changed her major from premed to political science, a graduate student who entered a state
legislative race, and a politically liberal political science major
who learned that Republicans and Democrats are more similar
than he thought.
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Ben Krouse-Gagne
Getting active in politics
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Though he says he has been involved in politics for a short time—just
two-and-a-half years—Ben Krouse-Gagne has done more than some of
us will do in our lifetimes. He worked on Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer’s Senate campaign, did a summer internship with the Anti-War Committee,
served as a delegate to the 2008 Democratic state convention in
Rochester, Minn., and spends weekends door-knocking for state congressional candidates.
Krouse-Gagne, a second-year political science major who grew up
in Minneapolis’ progressive Seward neighborhood, said he was really always involved in politics because his family, neighbors, and church
community were politically active. Then in high school, he traveled to
the School of the Americas in Georgia, a military combat training school
and the site of frequent anti-war protests. “It really hit me when they
read the names of those killed in the war,” he said, “and one of the names
was ‘one-month-old baby.’”
That experience fueled Krouse-Gagne’s desire to become active and led
him eventually to a summer job at TakeAction Minnesota, where he worked
to educate voters about political issues. “People don’t understand how state
politics affects them,” he said. “A lot of people don’t even know who their state
representatives are.”
His RNC field placement was with the Bloomberg News Service. On the
first day of the convention, he covered the protests outside Xcel Center. “I
knew a lot of the people and organizations protesting,” he said, which gave
him an opportunity to get close to the action. Protestors told him their goal
was to slow down the convention. “Inside, they didn’t even know what was
happening out there,” he said. “It didn’t slow down the convention at all.”
Through conversations with delegates, Krouse-Gagne learned that he had
more in common with Republicans than he thought. “Republicans are just
the same as us,” he said. “They want what we want, just in a different way.”
Krouse-Gagne also became friends with Eric Franzen, another intern
who is currently the president of the Augsburg College Republicans. The
two are working with the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning, with
the help of Augsburg Sabo Professor Garry Hesser, to bring speakers to
campus to further the “Get Political” civic engagement events.
Their goal is to ensure that the Augsburg community is exposed
to multiple perspectives on political issues.
Being at the RNC made Krouse-Gagne want to be a delegate
to the 2012 Democratic National Convention and to become
even more involved in politics. A lot can happen in four years.
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Mai Lee
Changing courses
In the Hmong culture, young people often follow the path chosen
for them by their parents. For Mai Lee, a second-year student from
Minneapolis, this meant a career in medicine. Though she had always wanted to study political science, she pushed the idea away
and filled her fall semester schedule with science courses. “I was all
set to take biology and chemistry and 99% sure about majoring in
pre-med,” Lee said. Then she attended the 2008 Republican National
Convention, and that experience changed her course.
Days before the fall semester began, Lee changed her major from premed to political science. “At the convention, I met many people who
gave me good advice about a career in politics,” she said. Lee thought
her family would disapprove of her decision, but she knew she needed
to trust her instincts. “My dad wasn’t too happy,” she added, “but I said
I just knew pre-med wasn’t what I wanted to do.”
Lee said she had always considered herself politically conservative,
but the convention gave her an “up-close look at the Republican Party”
and persuaded her to consider a career in public or government administration. She wants to change the immigrant mindset that government
is “bad” or against them. “I want to help people,” she said, “and show
people that government can be good.”
As a Hmong American woman, Lee acknowledges that she would be
a minority in the public administration world. “There are not many
Hmong women in politics,” she said. “I could change that and make a
little difference if I get involved.”
During the convention, Lee was placed with Fox News as a “runner.”
She ran errands, picked up politicians or celebrities, brought coffee to producers, and did whatever else was needed. “At one point, I had to pass out these
ridiculous Fox News hats to convention delegates,” she said. “If they didn’t
want it, I was told just to put it in their faces.”
Her convention experience not only influenced Lee’s future, it also encouraged her to become a more active citizen. She’s joined the Augsburg College Republicans and says she is watching the news and reading the paper more. “I’m
doing what voters should do,” she said.
While she plans to support John McCain, Lee says she will still not be discouraged from pursuing a career in public service if the presidency goes to the Democrats. “If McCain doesn’t win the election, it won’t be over for me.”
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Eric Franzen
Because I can
Even at the RNC, Eric Franzen felt like he was in the minority. He was
certain that he and another intern from St. Louis, Mo., were the only
Republicans placed with Talk Radio News Service.
As a student in Augsburg’s Master of Arts in Education program,
Franzen is not required to complete an internship. He applied to The
Washington Center program because he said he recently became intrigued by the “reality” of politics. “Politics is real people doing real
things with real consequences,” he said. “It’s democracy in action.” He
felt the convention would provide an opportunity to become part of the
political reality.
For his internship, Franzen covered convention events with a video
camera and then posted interviews and stories on the Talk Radio News website. His most rewarding experience, however, happened after the convention
because he said he finally felt free to have open conversations about politics
with other students at Augsburg. “This campus is very politically liberal,”
Franzen said. “Some of us get a little nervous.”
Franzen is grateful to Augsburg for hosting The Washington Center program because he said it created opportunities for dialogue and has allowed
him to engage with others, including his politically liberal friend and fellow intern, Ben Krouse-Gagne. “I want to push for political diversity and inclusivity
at Augsburg,” he said, “but certain opinions aren’t always included in the discussion.”
In the future, Franzen aspires to hold a public office. He even added his
name to the ballot in the Republican slot for the District 60A state representative
seat. His opponent? Margaret Anderson Kelliher, the 10-year incumbent and current speaker of the House.
Why would a young graduate student put his name on the ballot against an
incumbent in an overwhelmingly liberal district? Franzen answered. “Because I can.”
“No one was running, and I didn’t want to see the office go unopposed,” he
said. “My goal was for voters to have a choice, so I’m doing what I can to give them
that choice.” Though he’s not likely to unseat Kelliher, he’s has been campaigning,
calling voters, and attending events to promote his candidacy. “It’s a lot of work.”
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Paul Nixdorf
In the production of Fiddler on the Roof, Janet
Paone ’83 met John Vaughn, who became her
kidney donor. Here, as Golde and Tevye, they
once again ask, “Do You Love Me?”
The Kidney Kabaret for Janet Paone
BY BETSEY NORGARD
In a summer 2007 community theatre
production of Fiddler on the Roof, Janet
Paone ’83 played Golde. Golde’s husband, Tevye, was played by John
Vaughn, a Northwest Airlines pilot.
Four months later, she underwent
transplant surgery and received a kidney
that was given to her by Vaughn. Paone
remains amazed at how this whole series of events evolved.
Since September 2005, Paone had
appeared in the cast of Church Basement
Ladies, playing Mrs. Vivian Snustad, in
the comedy based on the book Growing
Up Lutheran, by Janet Letnes Martin ’68
and Suzann (Johnson) Nelson ’68.
While Paone had lived with reduced
kidney functioning since birth, it worsened into renal failure, and her doctors
put her on the transplant list.
Paone turned down out-of-town
gigs, and a friend told her about the Fiddler production, a show she had done as
an Augsburg student and loved. When
she got to know Vaughn, he asked about
her illness.
“Oh, I need a kidney,” Paone said
offhandedly.
“Well, you can have mine,” Vaughn
replied.
Paone took this as purely a casual
remark, but Vaughn persisted. He told
her he would contact the clinic. Prelimi-
nary tests showed him to be a potential
match, to be confirmed with a battery of
testing. They became close friends.
Four months later, Paone’s regular
check-up indicated she had reached a
crisis point and would have to start dialysis until a transplant became available.
After Fiddler, she and Vaughn had gone
their own ways, and she thought he
might have reconsidered. She set a date
for dialysis.
But the very next day, Vaughn contacted her with news that he had finally
been able to schedule the battery of
tests. He asked how she’d been. She told
him honestly, and added, “Is that kidney
still available?
“I just started crying,” Paone says.
“The timing was crazy.”
Vaughn was a good match, and on
November 27, after several heart-toheart talks with him, Paone received the
kidney he donated. She says he told her
that the true gift she could give him in
return was her good health.
Paone’s recovery went remarkably
well, and she was back on stage in the
winter, continuing her role as Mrs.
Snustad in Church Basement Ladies 2: A
Second Helping. She and Vaughn have
remained in close touch since.
What Paone now faces are thousands of dollars in medical bills, with
few resources to cover them. A month
after surgery, several friends in the theatre
community began talking about a
fundraiser, and a planning “posse”
formed, including several Augsburg classmates. Katie Koch ’06, assistant to the director at the Guthrie Theater, knows
Paone well and served as coordinator.
The “Kidney Kabaret” played at
Augsburg on April 21, with many actors
and musicians stepping forward to donate
services, time, and talents, which also included technical support for sound and
lighting, and event decorations.
A silent auction offered more than
125 items from theaters, restaurants,
churches, sports teams, and radio stations.
The program acts were all friends,
co-actors, and colleagues of Paone from
past theater productions. WCCO’s
Frank Vascellaro and Dale Connelly,
from Minnesota Public Radio, co-hosted
the evening.
Special guest Dr. Mark Odland,
Paone’s transplant surgeon, was introduced, along with staff from HCMC’s
kidney transplant program. Vaughn was
recognized and lauded for his gift of life
to Paone.
More than $15,000 was donated,
and the Janet Paone Transplant Fund
was set up at U.S. Bank with the help of
Auggie classmate David Young ’82.
Sponsors for the event were Curt Wollan and TroupeAmerica, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and Augsburg.
For more information, go to
www.augsburg.edu/now
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BY BETSEY NORGARD
The Center for Global Education
Amazing. Life-changing. Transforming. Participants are not shy about describing their experiences on trips organized by the Center for Global Education. They seek out opportunities to talk about what they learned, and they want to return. The difference is that they
have not been on casual, sightseeing trips, but reflective travel; and CGE has built a reputation as a national leader in international experiential education.
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Courtsey CGE
Social work students from eight colleges spend a
semester learning about social work issues and meeting
social work students in Mexico City and Cuernavaca—
and here, posing next to papayas in rural Morelos.
While the first student seminar in Mexico
took place in 1979, it wasn’t until 1982
when Joel Mugge led a group that officially established the Center for Global
Service and Education. He did this in response to a request from the Lutheran
Church for programs to raise awareness
of international issues.
Mugge developed a new form of international education, basing the curriculum on the educational principles of
Brazilian educator and theologian Paulo
Freire. In this, students learn in a cycle of
three phases. Initially they have direct experience in the local community, listening
to the voices of people not usually heard
in mainstream media, telling their own
stories and stories of their communities.
Then, informed by readings, students reflect on what they saw and heard. Lastly,
as a group, students share their reactions,
discuss issues, and formulate actions to
carry with them. It becomes a continual
process of “learning how to learn.”
CGE’s programs include study and
travel abroad for students, faculty development in global education, and customized
group travel around specific issues or targeted for specific groups. As a result of
these programs, CGE has served as a catalyst in the Lutheran Church for a new understanding of global mission, putting
people from the U.S. face-to-face with
people in local communities around the
world to learn from each other and build
partnerships across faiths. CGE programs
tailored for small businesses have helped
their employees understand complexities
in social, economic, and political issues,
and the development of more responsible
global citizenship.
“The goal is not to simply educate
persons, but to encourage them to pursue
a life of involvement that will ultimately
lead to wisdom,” says Larry Hufford, a political science professor at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas, who has led
numerous study seminars with CGE’s as-
sistance and who finds them spiritually renewing.
During the 1980s and 1990s, CGE
planned travel seminars literally around
the world. Study centers with resident
Augsburg faculty and staff were then established in three locations—Cuernavaca,
Mexico; Managua, Nicaragua; and Windhoek, Namibia. Offices and staff are also
located in El Salvador and Guatemala.
CGE became known for the quality
of learning their travel provided; in 1988
they were hired by the American Society
of Newspaper Editors to organize a seminar for journalists to Central America and
Mexico. CGE has also received Fulbright
grants to organize several group projects.
In 2003, the program was named the National Society for Experiential Education’s
Program of the Year.
In 2001, the position of CGE director
was expanded to include the associate
dean of international programs. The Office of International Programs (OIP) was
created, which, in addition to CGE, includes Augsburg Abroad, the study
abroad office; International Partners, including European institutions in Germany,
Norway, and Finland that have reciprocal
agreements for study with Augsburg; and
International Student Advising, providing
advising and advocacy for international
students at Augsburg.
Students say…
Comments from the “Religion and
Christian Faith” travel seminar to
El Salvador, January 2007
NATALIE SASSEVILLE ’09
“Going on the trip to El Salvador was like getting
stuck in an earthquake—it shook me and all of
my values to the core…Never before have I felt
so inspired or impassioned…”
JOE SKOGMO ’08
“This trip gave me knowledge that cannot be
learned in any textbook, but it is knowledge that
one cannot do without in order to understand the
magnitude of human responsibility, vocation, and
global citizenship. Studying in El Salvador is
simply the greatest practical application for understanding why our vocations matter.”
MICHELE ROULET ’09
“The people of [El Salvador] are our textbook,
and their stories are frightening and funny and
inspiring. To say that everyone comes back
changed is to make light of the experience. People come back enriched, enlightened, and energized.”
OLEE AMATA ’11
“The concept of affecting another human being
by decisions I make made me see the world differently. … As a business major, I want to learn
how I can help be a global citizen when globalization is the enemy to developing countries.”
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Courtsey Donna DeGracia
Students training to become physician assistants visited
clinics in Guatemala, learning about healthcare practices
there and presenting health clinics—such as teaching
children about oral hygiene.
INTERNATIONALIZING AUGSBURG
EDUCATION
Shortly after the arrival of new Augsburg
president Paul Pribbenow in 2006, the
College began to focus on internationalizing Augsburg education. OIP launched efforts to integrate study abroad experiences
into the curriculum of all majors on campus, seeking to create a culture shift toward
a more internationalized campus and college experience for students. The goal is a
more seamless relationship between campus curriculum and study abroad. Students
may choose from the semesters abroad offered by CGE or participate in other study
abroad programs approved by the Augsburg Abroad office.
In addition to infusing study abroad
into all majors, CGE has made it possible
for all students—undergraduate and graduate—to have a cross-cultural experience.
For weekend students it means only a oneor two-week course, a shorter time away
from family and work than the semester
program. For graduate students, it means a
short-term seminar that directly links to
their program work or research. For all students, the direct, personal experience in
another culture is carried back into their
lives and work at home.
A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS
Following are examples of programs that
have been designed for specific disciplines or target audiences:
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Social work in a Latin American
context
This semester-long program in Mexico for
social work undergraduate students was
developed within a unique consortium of
eight colleges and universities in South
Dakota and Minnesota—both public and
private. It provides a common experience
for students at schools lacking the resources to create a program of their own.
This experience gives future social work
professionals better preparation to serve
the needs of Spanish-speaking clients in
their home areas.
The social work students live at
Augsburg’s center in Cuernavaca. They
take classes in culture with Augsburg’s
adjunct faculty there, and classes in social
work theory and practice with a visiting
professor from one of the consortium institutions.
In 2006, the consortium was
awarded the Council on Social Work Education’s Partners in Education award for
“advancing education for international
social work.”
Exploring health care in Guatemala
In July the physician assistant studies master’s program became the third graduate
program to offer a study abroad course tailored for its students. Twelve students traveled to Guatemala for two weeks to learn
about indigenous culture, and specifically
to explore health practices and spirituality
in Mayan cultures.
While there, the students visited clinics, learned about deep social and cultural
disparities, and presented programs on
healthcare topics, such as hypertension and
diabetes. They learned and saw how
healthcare practices can be developed with
vastly fewer resources—something which
may serve them well as they seek physician
assistant positions in areas with underserved populations.
Before traveling, the PA students raised
money to buy supplies and materials to
give to the clinics, such as over-the-counter
vitamins and pain relievers, stethoscopes,
blood pressure cuffs, etc.
Lilly vocation seminars
As part of “Exploring Our Gifts,” Augsburg’s grant from the Lilly Endowment for
exploration of vocation, a total of nine
travel seminars have been designed with a
focus on vocation.
Religion professor Bev Stratton has
twice led a vocation-themed seminar—Religion and the Christian Faith (REL 480)—
to El Salvador, where students have studied
how powerfully the faith of the Salvadoran
people has impacted their struggles for social justice. These courses fulfill the students’ keystone requirement—a seminar
generally taken in their last year that pulls
together their total Augsburg experience,
combining the liberal arts foundation with
their in-depth major, while revisiting the
Courtsey Jennifer Hipple
As part of the Hoversten Peace Seminar, an Augsburg faculty, staff, and student group stopped for a photo while
touring the fields of a coffee cooperative in Guatemala.
critical conversations about vocation.
The El Salvador group visited massacre sites, met with survivors, and heard
from leaders such as Bishop Medardo
Gomez of the Salvadoran Lutheran
Church, who spoke about how he sees his
vocation at work in El Salvador. The group
also became immersed in the work and
legacy of Archbishop Óscar Romero, killed
in the civil war in 1980.
The Lilly seminars have given students
both a cross-cultural experience and a
framework to understand how Christian
vocation is part of daily life. Other Lilly
seminars have taken students to Namibia,
Mexico, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.
Hoversten Peace Seminar
Supported by the Hoversten Peace Endowment, this biennial travel seminar for
Augsburg faculty, staff, and students aims
to develop a strong learning community
among participants. Pre-departure orientation introduces the group to each other,
and living and learning together abroad
strengthens their bonds. Upon return, the
group continues to build community
around their common experience by
sharing it with the larger Augsburg community.
In August, 10 faculty, staff, and students—coincidentally, all women—par-
Courtsey Rachel Olson
“I learned how to learn”
Hannah Glusenkamp ’09
Students in the 2005 study seminar to El Salvador studied
the legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was killed
while championing the struggle of the Salvadoran people
during their long civil war.
ticipated in the 10-day “Peace and Reconciliation after Conflict: A Guatemalan Perspective.” The women learned about the
history of civil war and the peace accords, heard from leaders with differing
perspectives, and confronted the realities
of the local communities.
The efforts to internationalize the
Augsburg campus are showing results. In
2007-08, a record number of 221 Augsburg students studied abroad.
As their first quarter-century came to
a close, CGE director and associate dean
Orval Gingerich noted in their anniversary publication that “the work of CGE is
unfinished, and is perhaps more important than ever in bringing tools for critical analysis and action and ultimately
hope to a new generation of students,
professors, and global citizens.”
Stay tuned for the next 25 years.
Hannah Glusenkamp is a senior majoring in
women’s studies, with minors in Spanish and religion. At the 2008 Peace Prize Forum at Concordia College in Moorhead, she was selected as
one of Augsburg’s two Peace Scholars, a new
program that strives to develop students leaders
aspiring to careers in world peace issues.
Glusenkamp studied on two CGE programs—“Sustainable Development and Social
Change” in Central America, and “Gender, Sexuality, Politics, and the Arts” in Mexico.
“Both of these experiences challenged,
shook up, and reshaped my values, beliefs, and
world view,” she wrote. “From the first day of
the trip we, the students, were encouraged to reflect on our multi-dimensional selves and to approach education from a holistic standpoint, a
standpoint that incorporates all aspects of our
lives into the learning process.”
At the Council on International Educational
Exchange conference last fall, Glusenkamp and
nine other student panelists were asked to share
the most important thing they learned while
studying abroad. “I thought about the question
for a moment and then realized that my answer
had to be, ‘I learned how to learn,’” she said.
“I learned to become an active participant
in my education. … I learned to be curious and
to ask questions. I can no longer travel to a city
or country without wondering what the healthcare system is and if it benefits the people in
that community, or how the public transportation runs, or how subsidies in the United States
might affect the agricultural practices of the indigenous peoples in that community. … I
learned to question whose voice I am hearing
and whose voice is being left out.
“My experiences and time with the Center
for Global Education … showed me that I am
not just a student of Augsburg College for four
years, but rather that we are all students of life,
with the rights and responsibilities to engage in
the dynamic, liberating, and transformative ongoing process of experiential education.”
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TRAVEL SEMINARS
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sponsored groups CGE has
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Celebrating
years of
educating for transformation
by Kathleen McBride, regional co-director for Central America
and adjunct professor, Center for Global Education
Crossing borders and challenging boundaries is a
powerful metaphor for our journey of the last 25
years. It is the title of the first Center for Global
Education publication that documented the collective memory of our first years of work. The
Center’s initial experiences in 1979 included
crossing the Mexican border with students for
short-term educational experiences. Since that
time, thousands of participants have joined the
Center’s travel seminars to Mexico, Central America, the Philippines, the Middle East, Southern
Africa, and [locations in the U.S.].
As educators, we see our role as one that
engages students and participants in the world,
facilitating critical analysis and reflection that
leads to action. We believe that intercultural dialogue and collaboration with decision makers
and historically disadvantaged urban and rural
communities are a way of developing greater
understanding of the power relations in the
world and planting seeds towards more just relations and fair practices. These assumptions
are at the root our pedagogical model.
An expanded pedagogical framework
While the pedagogy of Paulo Freire continues to
be the foundation of our educational process (experience—reflection—action), in recent years
other kindred approaches, including feminist and
indigenous pedagogies, have influenced our
practice and strengthened our analysis. All of
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the numbers
12,000+ travel seminar participants
Center for
Global
Education
SEMESTERS ABROAD
300
colleges, whose study semesters are arranged by CGE,
including institutions in the U.S., Germany,
Canada, and Norway
1,900
semester program participants
COUNTRIES VISITED
40+
in Mexico, Central America, South
America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, the Middle
East, India, Southeast Asia, China, and Hong Kong,
and the U.S.
CGE FACULTY AND STAFF LOCATIONS
9
Minneapolis
16
Mexico
9
Nicaragua
1
El Salvador
2
Guatemala
8
Namibia
And, millions of stories shared, hearts touched, and
perceptions changed over 25 years across the globe.
these pedagogies place significant emphasis on
learning in community. For Freire, learning in
community is one of the foundations of liberating
education. Historically, learning in community has
been a fundamental characteristic of indigenous
teaching and learning, though underrepresented
in traditional educational systems. Similarly, feminist pedagogy upholds learning in community as
central to educational processes that gives voice
to all people, particularly women, whose experience and voice have oftentimes been silenced.
Concepts of autonomy and empowerment that are
key to feminist and indigenous scholarship have
informed our methodologies and expanded our understanding of the world and of the educational
process. Our efforts to foster ongoing critical
analysis of power relations in the world are
grounded in a practice of intercultural dialogue
and experiences that continue to break open new
understandings of the world, leading us to a
deeper analysis that continually informs our
teaching.
Ongoing challenges
While our role has become clearer with regard to
our niche in the field of transformative education,
we still face significant challenges. As we facilitate
participants’ reflections on educational experi-
ences and encourage the exploration and implementation of action steps, we are confronted with an institutional challenge if we are in fact going to
continue to practice what we teach. To fully engage
the circle of praxis with the goal of transforming society, follow-up to participants’ experience as they
return to their home communities is essential. How
do we, as an institution, provide a space for participants and students to fully engage the circle of
praxis upon their return? How can we facilitate the
exploration of actions steps in participants’ home
communities? …
The Center for Global Education’s work today
continues to be the fruit of dialogue and reflections
with staff and resource people from over a dozen
countries and hundreds of students and participants
from the United States who have inspired our work,
shaped our analysis, challenged our language, and
informed our worldview. We are excited to be engaged in an educational process that will continue
to be refined and changed in the coming years by
new generations of staff and participants engaged in
transformative education.
Excerpted from Global News & Notes, Summer
2007; 25th Anniversary Issue: “Building a Just
and Sustainable World: Educating for
Transformation”
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ANNUAL REPORT TO DONORS
2007-2008
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DEAR FRIENDS,
I write with a deep sense of humility and gratitude for your remarkable support of Augsburg College.
When I received the call to serve as the 10th president of Augsburg College, I enthusiastically accepted,
filled with a sense that God intended my life’s work to intersect with Augsburg’s mission and vision. I give
thanks every day for the opportunity to serve this special college. I am impressed by the deep commitment so
many individuals show toward Augsburg and its important work in the world. This annual report is a reminder to all of us of the importance philanthropy plays in the life of our college, and in the lives of our students. On their behalf, thank you for your generosity.
Our common work here at Augsburg calls us to be good stewards of the many gifts and resources we’ve
been given. Each year, thousands of alumni, parents, and friends make gifts not to the College, but through
the College, directly benefiting the many students we
serve. These students either embark on, or continue,
their vocational journeys here at Augsburg, and the
WE BELIEVE WE ARE CALL
many gifts we receive on an annual basis directly imTO SERVE OUR NEIGHBOR
pact their experience—in the classroom, on campus,
and in our neighborhood.
We have a new and bold way of stating the vision
of Augsburg College. It is this: We believe we are called to serve our neighbor. It is a vision statement that resonates deeply with the legacy and promise, the commitments and values, and the aspirations and reality of
our college. It is a statement that confirms our strong conviction that faith, learning, and service are at the
very heart of our identity as a college. I am especially grateful for the faculty and staff of the College who live
out this vision in educating our students.
To continue to live out this vision in a very real and meaningful way, Augsburg College needs your abiding and increased participation and support. I ask each of you to join me as we work together to secure a
strong and vibrant future for our college, and for our students.
Sincerely,
PAUL C. PRIBBENOW
PRESIDENT
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ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2007-08
Six new regents
elected to board
Six new members were elected to fouryear terms on the Augsburg College
Board of Regents at the annual meeting
of the Augsburg Corporation in October
2007. In addition, Michael Good and
Jennifer Martin were re-elected to second
six-year terms. New members: Andra
Adolfson, business development director
of Adolfson & Peterson Construction,
Inc; Rolf Jacobson, writer, educator, and
associate professor of Old Testament at
Luther Seminary; Ruth E. Johnson, MD ’74,
consultant in the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic and assistant professor of medicine at Mayo
Medical School. She was recognized as a
Distinguished Alumna of Augsburg in
1996; Stephen Sheppard, former CEO of
Foldcraft Co; Joan Volz ’68, private practice attorney specializing in mediation;
Bonnie Wallace, scholarship director,
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa.
Garry Hesser appointed new
Sabo Professor
President Pribbenow announced the appointment of Garry Hesser, professor of
sociology and director of the MetroUrban Studies program, as the College’s
first Sabo Professor of Citizenship and
Learning. His work in this new role lays
the groundwork for the establishment of
an endowed Martin Olav Sabo Center
and chair.
As the Sabo Professor, Hesser’s activities include collaboration with the
Center for Service, Work, and Learning
concerning student engagement and
leadership, and development of events,
Students from the organic chemistry and analytical chemistry class labs paused to thank Augsburg donors John ’74
(chemistry) and Marvel Yager for their gifts that support scholarships for chemistry majors. Their $10,000 annual gift is
fully matched by John’s employer, Beckman Coulter, and has provided $80,000 over the past four years to support chemistry students.
programs, and lecture series that promote civic engagement and build community outreach.
Hesser has taught at Augsburg since
1977 and is recognized as a pioneer in
experiential education. In 1997 he received the Thomas Ehrlich Award for
leadership in service-learning, and in
2004 was named the Minnesota Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education.
The Sabo Center in Citizenship and
Learning is the culmination of nearly 20
years of fundraising and advocacy by the
friends and colleagues of Martin Sabo ’59
that celebrates the College’s commitment
to education for democracy.
Metro-urban studies director and professor Garry Hesser
(right) was appointed Sabo Professor of Citizenship and
Learning, honoring the legacy of retired Congressman
Martin Sabo ’59 (left).
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2007-08
Two Augsburg giants
are mourned
Within one month of each other last
year, Augsburg lost two of its most wellknown and longstanding faculty.
Joel Torstenson ’38,
professor emeritus of sociology,
died on October
18, 2007, at the
age of 94.
So much of
Augsburg’s identity today as a college of the city stems from Torstenson’s
work at Augsburg. He founded the sociology and social work departments, and
the metro-urban studies program. He
developed urban programs in Minneapolis that launched HECUA (the
Higher Education Consortium for
Urban Affairs) and that led to the work
of our Center for Service, Work, and
Learning, including Engaging Minneapolis, which requires all students to
connect with the city in their studies.
Torstenson graduated from Augsburg in 1938. He went on for his master’s and doctoral degrees at the
University of Minnesota in history and
sociology. In 1947, Augsburg president
Bernhard Christensen invited him back
to Augsburg, even while still completing
his PhD, to develop programs in sociology and social work.
Torstenson’s deep commitment to
social issues led him to explore and
work in farmers’ cooperative movements, rural community life, churchlabor relations, racial justice and human
rights, and urban studies, especially
studying the question of the role of a
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liberal arts college in a metropolis.
Torstenson’s memoir, Takk for Alt: A Life
Story, opens a window into his life’s
work and thought.
Leland Sateren ’35,
professor emeritus of music, died
on Nov. 10, 2007,
at the age of 94.
Sateren graduated from Augsburg in 1935, and
for the next 10
years attended graduate school at the
University of Minnesota, where he was
music director at the KUOM radio station. After public service during World
War II he returned to Augsburg, and
four years later he became chair of the
Music Department and director of the
Augsburg Choir. He retired in 1979.
His work includes more than 400
choral pieces he composed, and he was
passionate about Scandinavian choral
music. Sateren introduced the work of
many Scandinavian composers to American choral directors.
Among Sateren’s many notable accomplishments are premieres of works
with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra and a commissioned piece at the
United Nations to commemorate the
20th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Sateren was the first recipient of the
F. Melius Christiansen Memorial Award
for choral directors. In 2002 he was
awarded the Weston Noble Choral Directors Award. He was also honored
Home economics graduates from 1950 to 1970 honored the memory of their mentor, teacher, and friend Ruth Segolson,
who served as chair of the Home Economics Department. Following her death in 1980, a fund was established to provide a
special gift in her memory. In November, on behalf of all former home economics majors, Jerilyn Hovland Cobb ’63 presented a tea service to the College, pictured here as it was first used at the Augsburg House reception honoring convocation speaker Jane Fonda. (L to R) President Pribbenow, Abigail Pribbenow, Dora (Frojen) Quanbeck ’49, and Philip
Quanbeck Sr. ’50.
ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2007-08
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a campaign rally at Augsburg on
February 3, just prior to the “Super Tuesday” primaries. With one day’s notice, Augsburg
staff, along with her campaign team, readied Melby Hall for the lively Sunday afternoon
event that drew nearly 5,000 people, plus local and national media.
with the St. Olaf Medal, presented by
King Olav V of Norway, and received
two honorary doctorates.
Sateren’s impact on the many hundreds of Augsburg students who sang in
his choir was remarkable. Peter Hendrickson ’76, director of choral activities
and current conductor of the Augsburg
Choir, studied with Sateren. A number
of other Sateren choir alumni currently
sing in the Masterworks Chorale at
Augsburg, directed by Hendrickson.
$100,000 Class of 1957
Endowment Fund
Congratulations to the Class of 1957
alumni and their spouses for establishing the Class of 1957 Endowment Fund
in celebration of their 50th class reunion. Their commitment and loyalty
help ensure that Augsburg can meet the
needs of its future students, especially
Jane Fonda presented the 2007 Koryne Horbal Lecture in November, sharing her
thoughts on the importance of beginning the “third act” of her life as she celebrated
her 60th birthday.
in areas of financial aid, program support, enhanced technology, and student
support services.
The endowment was jumpstarted
through the generosity of a class member who provided matches for all gifts
up to $50,000, challenging fellow classmates to participate at all levels.
Augsburg is grateful to the Class of
1957 for creating this important legacy
during their milestone year to honor
their Augsburg education. The foundation provides for today’s and tomorrow’s
students. It keeps them connected to
the traditions and heritage of the College as they craft their own legacies and
ties with students who come after them.
Spirit of Augsburg Award
Beverly Nilsson, professor emerita of nursing, taught at Augsburg from 1977 to
2001, serving as department chair from
1978 until her retirement.
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Dr. Bruce Amundson ’60, a leader in the
Peace Corps, Job Corps, and in rural
community health programs; presently
works to advance the integration of
medical care and mental health care in
Washington State.
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Jim Pederson ’56 former legislator in the
Minnesota House of Representatives
and Dept. of Public Safety.
2007 Homecoming Awards
The First Decade Award
Jasmina Besirevic-Regan ’97 dean of Trumbull College, one of Yale’s undergraduate residential colleges.
To read more about the 2007 Alumni
Awards, go to www.augsburg.edu/now
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2007-2008 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Where the Money Comes From
Where the Money Goes
3%
5%
3%
Government grants
Other sources
3%
Debt service
Equipment
and capital
improvement
2%
Student salary
6%
4%
Private gifts and grants
Utilities
12%
Room and board
20%
47%
Salary and benefits
Financial aid
74%
Tuition
21%
Other
$34.5
$33.7
$30.5
2008 Endowment Market Value
May 31, 2008
$33,692,461
As of May 31, 2008, we have annual realized and unrealized losses
of 3.4% on our endowment. However, last year’s annualized return
was over 16%. Our five-year average annual return on the endowment is 6.21%, and the ten-year
average annual return is 5.39%. We
are committed to maintaining the
value of the principal gifts and to
provide support to the college in
perpetuity.
$26.6
$24.8
$23.2
$25.4
$22.7 $23.3
$20.0
$16.4
$14.2
$11.5
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Endowment Assets
(in millions)
June 1, 1995 – May 31, 2008
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$26.7
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
DEAR FRIENDS,
As we begin our 140th academic year, it is truly my pleasure to share with you the many gifts and contributions made to Augsburg College between June 1, 2007, and May 31, 2008. Even more important than the thousands of gifts received, however, are
the thousands of generous alumni, parents, and friends who made these gifts.
This past year, my first at Augsburg, was an exciting one. Following on the heels of the successful Access to Excellence campaign, a great deal was accomplished for the benefit of our many students. With deep gratitude, I would like to highlight much of
the success we accomplished together.
• We were blessed to receive over 9,000 gifts last year from more than 4,600
donors. The support and generosity of these individuals make a direct and
positive impact on the lives of our students in many ways. These gifts went to
support the Augsburg Fund, student scholarships, capital projects, the fine
arts, athletics, signature programs, and many other important initiatives.
• One exciting highlight from this past fiscal year was that the Augsburg
Fund, our fund for unrestricted gifts to the College, topped the $1 million
mark for only the third time ever and the first time outside of a campaign
year. Our result of $1,001,978.91 was a 10% increase over the prior fiscal year.
We received 5,143 gifts from 2,763 donors to reach this goal.
• Several key groups also came together last year in support of Augsburg College through their philanthropy. I am so proud to inform you that we received
100% participation to the Augsburg Fund from the Board of Regents, the
Alumni Board of Directors, and the President’s Cabinet. This type of support
from these three groups of individuals demonstrates the type of commitment
to this institution by its various groups of leaders.
• Augsburg also received 853 gifts totaling $756,094 to new or existing
scholarship funds, including the establishment of 12 new endowed
scholarships. Two additional scholarships were also funded at the
presidential level, bringing our total of President’s Scholarships to
three. Scholarships are a primary source of financial aid for many deserving students at Augsburg, and we are again grateful that hundreds
of generous individuals have chosen to establish or contribute to these
funds, directly benefiting our student learners.
YOUR SUPPORT AND
GENEROSITY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE
LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS
• The College also completed its first year of residency in the new Oren Gateway Center and its first fully-operational year in the
new Kennedy Center. These two new facilities, direct results of the generosity shown in the last capital campaign, have made a
positive permanent impact on the life of this institution. Students now directly benefit from new residence halls, state-of-theart classrooms, athletic and wellness facilities, and important gathering and meeting spaces.
As we enter yet another year with great anticipation of what the future will hold for our college, and our students, we look back
with tremendous gratitude for the many blessings we have been given. We are most grateful for each and every gift we receive
and I thank you most sincerely.
Sincerely,
JEREMY R. WELLS
VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
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LIFETIME GIVING
The following list recognizes alumni and friends of Augsburg College who have generously given a minimum of $100,000 (since 1980),
including planned gifts, over a lifetime. We are immensely grateful for their examples of loyalty and commitment to the College.
Ernest+ and Helen Alne
Charles and Ellora Alliss Education Foundation
Oscar+ ’38 and Leola+ Anderson
Brian Anderson ’82 and Leeann Rock ’81
Charles and Catherine Anderson
Daniel ’65 and Alice Anderson
Donald ’60 and Violet Anderson
Earl and Doris Bakken
Loren and Mary Quanbeck ’77 Barber
Elizabeth ’82 and Warren Bartz
Paul ’63 and LaVonne Olson ’63 Batalden
Sidney ’57 and Lola Lidstrom ’50 Berg
Barbara and Zane Birky
Roy ’50 and Ardis Bogen
John+ and Joyce Boss
Donald Bottemiller
Rodney and Barbara Burwell
Bush Foundation
Carlson Companies
The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation
Shirley Cherkasky
Richard ’74 and Nancy Colvin
David and Mary Brandt ’79 Croft
Theodore and Pamala Deikel
Deluxe Corporation Foundation
Darrell ’55 and Helga Egertson
Tracy L. Elftmann ’81
Philip and Laverne Fandrei
Jerry and Jean Foss
William and Anne Frame
Barbara and Edwin Gage
General Mills Foundation
Michael ’71 and Ann Good
Roger Griffith ’84 and Jean Taylor ’85
H. Theodore ’76 and Michele Grindal
Raymond ’57 and Janice Grinde
Phillip+ ’55 and Lynne Gronseth
Carolyn and Franklin Groves
Stephen ’70 and Margaret Gundale
James and Kathleen Haglund
Hearst Foundation
Loren Henderson
Donald Hennings
Grace Forss ’57 Herr and Douglas Herr
Donald ’39 and Phyllis Holm
Allen and Jean Housh
Garfield Hoversten ’50
Robert Hoversten
Huss Foundation
Sandra and Richard Jacobson
James Johnson and Maxine Isaacs
Kinney Johnson ’65
Dean ’75 and Terry Kennedy
Bruce and Maren Kleven
David and Barbara Kleven
E. Milton Kleven ’46
Dean and Susan Kopperud
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
David Lankinen ’88
Diane and Philip Larson
George ’61 and Mary Larson
Harris ’57 and Maryon Lee
James Lindell ’46
Arne ’49 and Jean Swanson ’52 Markland
Marie and Larry McNeff
Gerard and Anne Meistrell
Hoyt+ ’39 and Lucille Messerer
Robert ’70 and Sue Midness
Every effort has been made to ensure that all names are included and spelled correctly.
If you notice an error, please contact Kevin Healy at 1-800-273-0617 or healyk@augsburg.edu.
+ Deceased
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Paul ’84 and Nancy Mackey ’85 Mueller
William and Stephanie Naegele
Barbara Tjornhom ’54 Nelson and Richard Nelson
George ’68 and Tamra Nelson
Ronald ’68 and Mary Kay Nelson
Robert Odegard ’51+
R. Luther Olson ’56
Beverly Halling ’55 Oren and Donald ’53 Oren
John and Norma Paulson
Robert ’50 and Ruth Paulson
Glen Person ’47
Harvey ’52 and Joanne Varner ’52 Peterson
Addison and Cynthia Piper
David Piper
Harry and Mary Piper
Mark ’53 and Jean Raabe
Alan Rice
Curtis and Marian Sampson
Ward ’74 and Catherine Schendel
Ruth Schmidt ’52
James and Eva Seed
Rodney Sill ’82
John and Martha Singleton
Glen and Anna Skovholt
Gladys Boxrud Strommen ’46
Leland and Louise Sundet
Dean ’81 and Amy Sundquist
Glen A. Taylor Foundation
P. Dawn Heil Taylor ’78
Teagle Foundation
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Robert ’63 and Marie Tufford
Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle
Scott Weber ’79
ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
ANNUAL GIVING
GIFTS RECEIVED JUNE 1, 2007 TO MAY 31, 2008
The following list recognizes alumni and friends of Augsburg College who generously gave a minimum of $1,000 in the 2007-08 fiscal year.
3M Foundation
Ruth Aaskov ’53
Accenture
Kate Addo
Andra Adolfson
Adolfson & Peterson Construction
Aegon Transamerica Foundation
Peter ’70 and Mary Agre
Lois Richter ’60 Agrimson and Russell Agrimson
Edward ’50 and Margaret Alberg
Charles and Ellora Alliss Education Foundation
Paul ’59 and Pearl Almquist
The American Foundation
Ameriprise Financial
Brian Anderson ’82 and Leeann Rock ’81
Charles and Catherine Anderson
Daniel ’65 and Alice Anderson
Deloris Anderson ’56
Donald ’60 and Violet Anderson
Kim ’73 and Nancy Kerber ’74 Anderson
Leif Anderson
Robert ’77 and Katherine Anderson
Scott ’76 and Lisa Anderson
Steven and Stephanie Anderson
William ’86 and Kelly Anderson
I. Shelby Gimse Andress ’56
James ’88 and Christine Pieri ’88 Arnold
Carla Asleson ’91
Al Assad
The Aston Group, Inc.
Avaya Communication
B R Direct Marketing, Inc.
Dorothy Bailey
Stanley ’57 and Mary Esther Baker
Paul ’63 and LaVonne Olson ’63 Batalden
Stephen ’67 and Sandra Batalden
Estate of Abner B Batalden
Tracy and Janel Beckman
Vera Thorson Benzel ’45
Norman ’59 and Delores Berg
Sidney ’57 and Lola Lidstrom ’50 Berg
Samuel ’97 and Melissa Wieland ’97 Bergstrom
Daryl and Marylee Bible
Birgit Birkeland ’58
Robert and Lynda Bisanz
Nancy Paulson ’70 Bjornson and J. Ragnar
Bjornson
Stephen ’74 and Janet Blake
Buffie Blesi ’90 and John Burns
David ’68 and Lynn Boe
Boeing Company
Kevin Bonderud ’79
Amy Bowar ’97
Thomas ’78 and Julie Bramwell
Marilyn Saure ’61 Breckenridge and Tom
Breckenridge
Heidi Breen
Bruce Brekke
Kyle Brown ’88
Adam Buhr ’98 and Laura Pejsa ’98
Carolyn Burfield ’60
Marion Buska ’46
BWBR Architects
Cargill Foundation
Laurie Carlson ’79 and William Voedisch
Wayne ’69 and Pamela Bjorklund ’69 Carlson
Carolyn Foundation
James and Kimberly Cassens
John and Peggy Cerrito
Shirley Cherkasky
Keith ’65 and Lynn Chilgren
Rev. Dr. Herbert ’54 and Rev. E Corrine Chilstrom
David ’72 and Michelle Karkhoff ’72 Christianson
Harlan ’57 Christianson
C. Lee Clarke
Jerelyn Hovland ’63 and Clyde Cobb
Richard ’74 and Nancy Colvin
Joseph Cook ’89
Walter and Janet Cooper
The Cotswold Foundation Trust
Brent Crego ’84
George ’72 and Janet Dahlman
Sally Hough Daniels ’79
Bartley Davidson ’76
Dow Corning Corporation Matching Gifts
Downey McGrath Group, Inc.
Karen ’81 and Charles Durant
Beverly Durkee
E.A. Sween Company
Julie Edstrom ’90
Darrell ’55 and Helga Egertson
Judy Thompson Eiler ’65
Daniel ’77 and Patricia Eitrheim
ELCA
Tracy L. Elftmann ’81
Elftmann Family Foundation
Fuad and Nancy El-Hibri
Avis Ellingrod
Rona Quanbeck ’48 Emerson and Victor Emerson
The Eppley Foundation For Research, Inc.
Edna Kastner ’42 Ericksen
Dennis ’64 and Mary Lou Ervin ’64 Erickson
L. Craig ’79 and Theresa Serbus ’79 Estrem
Alice C. Evans
Barbara A. Farley
Jane and Patrick Fischer
Dawn Formo
Jerome Formo ’37
Jamie Fragola
William and Anne Frame
Andrew Fried ’93
Laurie ’80 Fyksen-Beise and William Beise
Estate of Charles T. Gabrielson
Barbara and Edwin Gage
General Mills Foundation
Anthony ’85 and Traci Genia
Glen ’52 and Irvyn Gilbertson
Hugh ’58 and Kay Lemmerman ’60 Gilmore
Orval and Cleta Gingerich
Estate of Richard Irving Gisselquist
Gerald and Susan ’76 Glaser
Global Impact
GMAC-RFC
Andrew and Carolyn Goddard
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Michael ’71 and Ann Good
Gopher Wrestling Club
Shirley Larson ’51 Goplerud and Dean Goplerud
Roger ’61 and Barbara Milne ’60 Gordon
Thomas Gormley and Mary Lesch-Gormley
Paul and Margot Grangaard
Robert and Nancy Granrud
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Paul and Judy Grauer
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Charles and Barbara Green
William and Judith Green
Roger Griffith ’84 and Jean Taylor ’85
H. Theodore ’76 and Michele Grindal
Raymond ’57 and Janice Grinde
Stephen ’70 and Margaret Gundale
Margaret and Gunderson
Mabeth Saure ’58 Gyllstrom and Richard Gyllstrom
Patrick ’78 and Debra Haar
Mark ’77 and Naomi Hall
Halleland Lewis Nilan Sipkins & Johnson P.A.
William ’51 and Marolyn Sortland ’51 Halverson
Clarence Hansen ’53
Anna Hovland ’58 Hanson
Skylar ’01 and Jennifer Hanson
Estate of Russell I. Hanson and Viola M. Hanson
Jodi and Stanley Harpstead
Robert ’83 and Lynne Harris
John H. Harris III Memorial Foundation
Richard and Dail Hartnack
Christopher Haug ’79 and Karl Starr
David ’67 and Karen Jacobson ’67 Haugen
Dorothy Haugen
Helen ’49 and James Haukeness
Lee Hawks ’84
Lisa Svac Hawks ’85
Philip ’42 and Ruth Helland
Raymond Henjum ’55
Leo Henkemeyer
Hennepin County
Grace Forss ’57 Herr and Douglas Herr
Garry Hesser and Nancy Homans
Bruce ’90 Holcomb and Caroline Vernon
Kenneth ’74 and Linda Bailey ’74 Holmen
Dean ’57 and Jane Holmes
Homeland Foundation
Elizabeth Horton
Joel and Alice Houlton
Allen ’64 and Lenice Hoversten
Clarence ’41 and Marguerite Hoversten
Kermit ’50 and Ruth Hoversten
Philip ’71 and Patricia Hoversten
Joseph ’61 and Mei Shen Hsieh
Michael and Barbara Hubbard
Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
Joseph and Linnea Daigle Hudson
Alvin John and Ruth Huss
Huss Foundation
Mohamed Hussein ’03
Glenda and Richard Huston
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Brandon Hutchinson ’99
Barbara and Richard Hutson
IBM Corporation
Duane ’68 and Diane Ilstrup
Imation Corporation
Mary and Tony Jacobson
Sandra and Richard Jacobson
Bruce ’68 and Lois Hallcock ’68 Johnson
Carol Oversvee Johnson ’61
Ruth E. Johnson ’74 and Philip Quanbeck II
Estate of Louisa Johnson
Kinney Johnson ’65
Merton ’59 and Jo An D. Bjornson ’58 Johnson
Craig Jones
Roberta Kagin and Craig Alexander
Jennifer Abeln ’78 Kahlow and Larry Kahlow
Cheri Hofstad ’85 Kamp and Thomas Kamp
Dean ’75 and Terry Kennedy
Mary Ann Kinney ’04
Cody Kirkham
Michael Kivley ’89
Linda Klas ’92
E. Milton Kleven ’46
Jason Koch ’93 and Heather Johnston ’92
Elsie Ronholm Koivula ’49
Dean and Susan Kopperud
Kopp Family Foundation
Joanne Stiles ’58 Laird and David Laird
Martin Larson ’80
Marvin and Ruth Ringstad ’53 Larson
Julie Gudmestad ’65 and Joseph Laudicina
Bernadine and Sidney Lee
Harris ’57 and Maryon Lee
Andre Lewis ’73 and Kathleen McCartin
James Lindell ’46
Gaye and Stephen Lindfors
Mary Sue and Hugh Lindsay
Dana Lonn
Stanley ’56 and Gailya Ludviksen
Wenona ’55 and Norman Lund
John ’65 and Gracia Nydahl ’66 Luoma
Pamela and Robert MacDonald
Janet Mackenzie ’90
Roger ’57 and Fern Mackey
Philip ’79 and Diane Madsen
Kay Malchow ’82 and Stephen Cook
Lyle ’68 and Susanne Starn ’68 Malotky
Terry Marquardt ’98 and Gary Donahue
Jennifer and Richard Martin
Norman ’57 and Gayle Engedal ’57 Matson
Donald ’66 and Margaret Mattison
Donna Demler McLean
Christopher ’00 and Tara Cesaretti ’97 McLeod
Marie and Larry McNeff
Merck Partnership For Giving
Merrill Lynch
Daniel ’65 and Mary Tildahl ’65 Meyers
Deidre Durand ’88 and Bruce Middleton
Robert ’70 and Sue Midness
Paul ’70 and Barbara Durkee ’71 Mikelson
Dennis ’67 and Christine Miller
Gerald ’57 and Frida Mindrum
Spencer ’66 and Gay Johnson ’66 Minear
Minnesota Hockey Coaches Assoc.
Minnesota Private College Foundation
Jeanette Mitchell
Thomas ’59 and Ruth Carlsen ’60 Moen
Thelma Monson ’41
Alan Montgomery and Janet KarvonenMontgomery
Thomas and Lorraine Morgan
LaWayne ’51 and D. LaRhea Johnson ’51 Morseth
Sharon Mortrud
Paul ’84 and Nancy Mackey ’85 Mueller
Dylan ’97 and Wendy ’96 Nau
Gordon Nelson
Mildred Nelson ’52
Robert ’44 Nelson and Helen Johnson-Nelson
Ronald ’68 and Mary Kay Nelson
Steven ’64 and Rebecca ’64 Nielsen
Norma Noonan
Edwin and Edith Norberg Charitable Trust
Roselyn Nordaune ’77
Jane Huseby ’65 Norman
Shirley and James ’57 Norman
Normandale Lutheran Church Foundation
Terry ’70 and Vicki Nygaard
Leroy ’52 and Betty Munson ’53+ Nyhus
Oak Grove Lutheran Church
Robert Odegard ’51+
Richard ’69 and Sandra Larson ’69 Olmsted
Donald Olsen ’60
Bruce L. Olson ’71
Dean Olson ’00
R. Luther Olson ’56
Beverly Halling ’55 Oren and Donald ’53 Oren
Beverly Ottum
Patricia and John Parker
Subhashchandra ’75 and Annette Hanson ’74 Patel
John and Norma Paulson
Robert ’50 and Ruth Paulson
Peace Lutheran Church of Plymouth
Richard ’74 and Karen Pearson
Glen Person ’47
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Corwin and Doris Peterson
Eugene ’59 and Paula Peterson
Harvey ’52 and Joanne Varner ’52 Peterson
Karin Peterson
Ron ’69 and Jane Petrich
Sandra Phaup ’64
Jay Phinney ’79
Presser Foundation
President Paul C. Pribbenow and Abigail
Crampton Pribbenow
Project Consulting Group
Karl D. Puterbaugh ’52
Linda Hanwick ’64 and John Putnam
Lois Quam and Matthew Entenza
Philip ’50 and Dora Frojen ’49 Quanbeck
Mark ’53 and Jean Raabe
Lloyd ’63 and Linnea Raymond
RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation
Donald F. and Mary Sue Zelle Reed Fund
Bruce and Sharon Reichenbach
Stephen Rivard and Christine Jett-Rivard
Eunice Kyllo ’62 Roberts and Warren Roberts
Frances Roller
Olive Ronholm ’47
Philip Jr. and Margaret Rowberg
Philip Rowberg ’41
Gerald ’48 and Judith Ryan
Martin ’59 and Sylvia Sabo
Curtis and Marian Sampson
Audrey Nagel ’51 Sander
Judith and William Scheide
Ruth Schmidt ’52
Inez Olson ’59 Schwarzkopf and Lyall Schwarzkopf
Douglas Scott and Grace Schroeder Scott
Michael ’71 and Bonnie Scott
Charles and Ritchie Markoe Scribner
Milan ’48 and Marian Sedio
James and Eva Seed
Phyllis ’58 and Harold Seim
Richard ’70 and Linda Seime
Frankie and Jole Shackelford
Shepherd of the Glades Lutheran Church
Stephen and Kay Sheppard
Chad ’93 and Margaret Shilson
Michael and Pamela Sime
Russel ’50 and Virginia Thompson ’50 Smith
Neal ’57 and Judy Fosse ’61 Snider
Steven and Pamela Snyder
David Soli ’81
Earle ’69 and Kathleen Kupka ’69 Solomonson
John ’62 and Ruth Sather ’63 Sorenson
Allan ’53 and Eunice Nystuen ’50 Sortland
Arne and Ellen Sovik
Joyce Engstrom ’70 Spector and Robert Spector
Gary ’68 and Jeanette Stangland
David ’63 and Karen Henry ’64 Steenson
Todd ’89 and Amy Steenson
Donald and Annelies Steinmetz
Myles and Eunice Stenshoel
Jeffrey ’82 and Peggy Stoks
Beverly and Thomas Stratton
Gladys Boxrud Strommen ’46
Philip ’79 and Julia Davis ’79 Styrlund
Grace Kemmer ’58 Sulerud and Ralph Sulerud
Kenneth Svendsen ’78 and Allison Everett ’78
Brian Swedeen ’92 and Terri Burnor ’92
M. Douglas + and Solveig Swendseid
Jeffrey ’79 and Melissa Swenson
Gary ’80 and Deanna Tangwall
Elizabeth and Kenneth Tankel
P. Dawn Heil Taylor ’78
Glen A. Taylor Foundation
TCF Foundation
Jacqueline ’80 and John Teisberg
Paul ’60 and Nancy Thompsen
Harold and Maureen Thompson
Jennings ’51 and Mary Schindler ’48 Thompson
Richard ’61 and Jane Thompson
Gordon ’52 and Gloria Parizek ’53 Thorpe
Marlys Holm ’57 Thorsgaard and Arlen Thorsgaard
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans
David and Martha Tiede
Christine Toretti
The Toro Company
Allan ’75 Torstenson and Frances Homans
Frances and Joel ’38+ Torstenson
Todd Tourand ’99
Gordon ’57 and Karen Egesdal ’61 Trelstad
Lawrence ’69 and Susan Turner
Peter Turner
Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle
Betty and Paul Tveite
F. Clayton ’72 Tyler and Jackie Parker ’76
Cherryhomes
UBS Foundation
Morris ’42 and Grace Ulring
US Bancorp Foundation
Ruth Usem
Catherine Van Der Schans
Julie Lien ’82 and Steve Vanderboom
Mary ’70 and Dennis Veiseth
Peter and Linda Vogt
Frank ’69 and Wendy Wagner
Robert Wagner ’02
Norman ’76 and Kathryn Anderson ’76 Wahl
Martha and Steven Ward
Colleen Watson ’91 and Mary McDougal
Lois ’76 Wattman and Douglas Shaw
Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program
Wells Fargo Foundation Community Support
John ’49 and Arnhild Werket
Wheelock Whitney and Kathleen Blatz
The Whitney Foundation
Mary and Gunnar Wick
Robert Wick ’81
David and Catherine Wold
John ’74 and Marvel Yager
Ziemann Insurance Services, Inc.
Every effort has been made to ensure that all names are included and spelled correctly.
If you notice an error, please contact Kevin Healy at 1-800-273-0617 or healyk@augsburg.edu.
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CONSECUTIVE GIVING
The following list recognizes alumni and friends of Augsburg College who have generously given for 10 or more consecutive fiscal years,
as indicated by the number in parentheses. (Gifts received since 1980)
3M Foundation (25)
Ordelle Aaker ’46 (11)
Ruth Aaskov ’53 (29)
Lois Richter ’60 Agrimson and Russell
Agrimson (16)
Harold ’47 and Lois Black ’47 Ahlbom (29)
Edward ’50 and Margaret Alberg (11)
Paul ’59 and Pearl Almquist (10)
Charles and Catherine Anderson (28)
Daniel ’65 and Alice Anderson (29)
Deloris Anderson ’56 (17)
Elizabeth Manger ’53 Anderson and Delbert
Anderson (10)
Kristin Anderson (10)
Leif Anderson (10)
Margaret and Raymond Anderson (11)
Margaret Anderson (10)
Ray Anderson ’49 (21)
Robert ’77 and Katherine Anderson (16)
Scott ’76 and Lisa Anderson (10)
Theodore ’48 Anderson and Eliazbeth
Hibbeler-Anderson (10)
William ’86 and Kelly Anderson (12)
LeRoy ’52 and Carole Anenson (11)
Frank ’50 and Georgette Lanes ’50 Ario (28)
Elyce Lundquist ’58 Arvidson and Marvin
Arvidson (22)
John ’79 and Rebecca Lundeen ’79 Aune (17)
Dorothy Bailey (14)
Stanley ’57 and Mary Esther Baker (29)
Elizabeth ’82 and Warren Bartz (10)
Paul ’63 and LaVonne Olson ’63 Batalden (15)
Gerald ’56 and Nancy Baxter (10)
Hamar ’34 and Wanda Severson ’40 Benson (12)
John Benson ’55 (29)
Vera Thorson Benzel ’45 (25)
Gertrude Ness Berg ’51 (15)
John Berg ’59 (17)
Sidney ’57 and Lola Lidstrom ’50 Berg (10)
Jack ’49 and LeVerne Berry (27)
Anthony and Kathy Bibus (10)
Birgit Birkeland ’58 (22)
Gary ’65 and Jean Blosberg (11)
David ’79 and Peggy Boots (12)
Bruce ’64 and Nancy Braaten (12)
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Heidi Breen (15)
Daniel and Irene Brink (13)
Michael Burden ’85 (14)
Carolyn Burfield ’60 (10)
Marion Buska ’46 (19)
Daniel ’61 and Faith Carlson (11)
Jeroy ’48 and Lorraine Carlson (29)
Laurie Carlson ’79 and William Voedisch (11)
Roger ’54 and Dorothy Carlson (10)
Wayne ’69 and Pamela Bjorklund ’69 Carlson (19)
Wendell ’63 and Grace Carlson (10)
Linda Carlstedt ’63 (29)
Joyce Catlin ’73 Casey and Paul Casey (27)
Carl ’59 and Kathleen Aaker ’62 Casperson (11)
Peggy and John Cerrito (10)
Rev. Dr. Herbert ’54 and Rev. E
Corrine Chilstrom (12)
Judith Christensen (10)
Paul ’59 and Gloria Christensen (11)
Jeff Christenson ’82 (10)
Janet Niederloh ’58 Christeson and John
Christeson (11)
David ’72 and Michelle Karkhoff ’72
Christianson (20)
Joseph ’53 and Connie Cleary (11)
Richard ’74 and Nancy Colvin (28)
Donald and Janice Conrad (18)
Laura Bower ’91 Cunliffe and Wayne Cunliffe (10)
Oliver Dahl ’45 (11)
Addell Halverson Dahlen ’43 (18)
Lester Dahlen ’39 (29)
Leonard ’52 and Anabelle Hanson ’51 Dalberg (28)
Sally Hough Daniels ’79 (10)
Lois Mackey Davis ’58 (10)
LeVon Paulson Dinter ’52 (22)
Hans ’56 and Donna Dumpys (21)
Linda Lundeen ’74 Dunn and Douglas Dunn (14)
Julie Edstrom ’90 (12)
Ruben ’45 and Thelma Egeberg (10)
Judy Thompson Eiler ’65 (10)
Curtis ’84 and Jody Eischens (10)
Daniel ’77 and Patricia Eitrheim (10)
ELCA (21)
Elftmann Family Foundation (14)
Avis Ellingrod (13)
Valborg Kyllo ’54 Ellingson and Phillip
Ellingson (15)
Rona Quanbeck ’48 Emerson and Victor
Emerson (15)
Mark and Lynette Engebretson (10)
Fred ’60 and Janet Engelmann (20)
James Ericksen ’69 (27)
Reynold ’41 and Marian Erickson (19)
Dean ’68 and Diana Olson ’69 Ersfeld (15)
Alice C. Evans (10)
John ’82 and Joan Moline ’83 Evans (22)
Leland ’53 and Eunice Fairbanks (22)
Marilyn Pearson ’76 Florian and Kenneth
Florian (26)
Jerome Formo ’37 (27)
William and Anne Frame (12)
Esther Oleson ’54 Freund and Norman
Freund (11)
R. Mark Frey (10)
Andrew Fried ’93 (11)
Marilyn Elness ’53 Froiland and Philip
Froiland (17)
Terry ’67 and Pauline Frovik (10)
Ann Garvey (10)
Alan ’67 and Marilyn Albaugh ’67 Gierke (29)
Donald ’60 and Nancy Gilberg (14)
Rachel Rohde ’76 Gilchrist and Chris Gilchrist (19)
Borghild Gisselquist (10)
Gary and Barbara Glasscock (11)
Alexander ’90 and Simone Gonzalez (18)
Shirley Larson ’51 Goplerud and Dean
Goplerud (28)
Lorraine Vash ’67 Gosewisch and David
Gosewisch (10)
Paul and Judy Grauer (27)
Douglas Green and Becky Boling (10)
Cindy Greenwood 2005 (10)
H. Theodore ’76 and Michele Grindal (22)
Raymond ’57 and Janice Grinde (29)
Steven ’81 and Kathy Grinde (11)
Paul ’62 and Susan Grover (27)
John and Laurie Grygelko (12)
Fern Hanson Gudmestad ’41 (26)
Sonia Overmoen ’62 Gullicks and Milton
Gullicks (22)
ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
Marlys Ringdahl ’53 Gunderson and Charles
Gunderson (21)
Arlin Gyberg (29)
Mabeth Saure ’58 Gyllstrom and Richard
Gyllstrom (27)
Mark ’77 and Naomi Hall (20)
William ’51 and Marolyn Sortland ’51
Halverson (10)
Arvin ’55 and Twila Halvorson (28)
Edward and Shirley Hansen (24)
Sylvia Kleven Hanson ’50 (12)
John ’69 and Barbara Harden (11)
Evelyn Green ’49 Harris and Edward Harris (12)
Betty Johnson ’58 Haas and Charles Hass (28)
Christopher Haug ’79 and Karl Starr (13)
Marjorie Wilberg Hauge ’50 (25)
Burton ’72 and Rollie Haugen (14)
Marilyn Peterson1963 Haus and George Haus (27)
Philip ’42 and Ruth Helland (21)
Gerald ’59 and Maxine Hendricks (10)
Robert ’55 and Karin Herman (10)
Garry Hesser and Nancy Homans (29)
Jean Magnuson ’57 Hicks and David Hicks (10)
Rodney ’59 and Arlene Selander ’59 Hill (12)
Helen Sigvald Hjelmeland ’41 (12)
Sylvia Hjelmeland (11)
Thomas ’57 and Arlene Hofflander (20)
James ’61 and Caroline Holden (21)
Norman and Ilene Holen (20)
Dean ’57 and Jane Holmes (10)
Bradley ’63 and Linda Holt (28)
James ’59 and Joanne Horn (10)
Donald ’65 and Delores Hoseth (10)
Robert ’67 and Jane Hosman (23)
Allen ’64 and Lenice Hoversten (29)
Kermit ’50 and Ruth Hoversten (11)
Edith Hovey (15)
Florence Retrum Hovland ’40 (21)
Joseph ’61 and Mei Shen Hsieh (19)
Glenda and Richard Huston (17)
Bruce and Jean Inglis (12)
Rosemary Jacobson ’69 (14)
Jeffrey ’80 and Jacqui Jarnes (11)
Bruce ’68 and Lois Hallcock ’68 Johnson (11)
David ’64 and Karen Johnson (10)
Doris Wilkins ’63 Johnson and Charles
Johnson (12)
Duane and Ruth Johnson (21)
Glen and Marlys Johnson (10)
Gloria Johnson ’51 (20)
Janet Batalden ’61 Johnson and Dennis ’61
Johnson (13)
Joan ’94 and Mark Johnson (14)
Kinney Johnson ’65 (18)
Laurel Jones ’69 Johnson and Larry Johnson (13)
Marcellus ’54 and Thelma Johnson (10)
Martha Johnson (10)
Ruth E. Johnson ’74 and Philip Quanbeck II (21)
Kenneth & Lillian Ysteboe ’51 Ose
Ervin ’56 & Sylvia Overlund
Theodore ’68 and Michelle Johnson (12)
Wayne Johnson ’58 (26)
Helen Johnson-Nelson and Robert ’44 Nelson (13)
Roberta Kagin and Craig Alexander (28)
Jennifer Abeln ’78 Kahlow and Larry Kahlow (11)
Cheri Hofstad ’85 Kamp and Thomas Kamp (11)
Richard ’69 and Cheryl Nelson ’70 King (11)
Cody Kirkham (11)
Sharon Dittbenner ’65 Klabunde and Richard
Klabunde (22)
E. Milton Kleven ’46 (11)
Jerome Kleven ’58 (12)
Lowell ’54 and Janice Kleven (24)
Leo Klohr and Judy Occhetti-Klohr (12)
LaRhae Grindal Knatterud ’70 (12)
Millard ’52 and Dorothy Knudson (13)
Daniel ’70 and Ingrid Kloster ’69 Koch (11)
Elsie Ronholm Koivula ’49 (28)
James Kottom ’52 (23)
Joan Johnson1953 Kuder and Calvin Kuder (26)
Joan Kunz (10)
William ’52 and Edith Kuross (11)
Sigrunn Kvamme ’53 (18)
Robert ’80 and Lori LaFleur (16)
Joanne Stiles ’58 Laird and David Laird (26)
Archie Lalim ’50 (28)
George ’50 and Vivian Lanes (14)
Linda Larson ’70 and C. Jerry Sells (23)
John ’52 and Mary Peterson ’54 Leak (13)
Roger ’50 and Donna Wang ’52 Leak (12)
Harris ’57 and Maryon Lee (25)
James ’67 and Laurie Lindell (10)
James Lindell ’46 (27)
Rosemary and Andrew Link (10)
Robert ’56 and Mary Erickson ’58 Lockwood (16)
Brent Lofgren ’88 (17)
Irene Ppedahl Lovaas ’45 (15)
Jack ’53 and Darlene Lundberg (11)
Susan Lageson ’77 Lundholm and Mark
Lundholm (19)
Roger ’57 and Fern Mackey (24)
Marie Hafie ’65 MacNally and Thomas
MacNally (12)
Margreta Magelssen ’72 and David Hallan (23)
Richard ’55 and Mary Mahre (10)
Ronald ’56 and Christine Munson ’56 Main (10)
Raymond Makeever (10)
Michael ’65 and Lynne Marcy (10)
Carlos Mariani Rosa (10)
Julie Magnuson ’61 Marineau and Richard
Marineau (10)
John ’59 and De Anne Martinsen (12)
Michael McCully (12)
Kristin Settergren ’86 McGinness and Steve
McGinness (19)
Donna McLean (22)
Tara Cesaretti ’97 McLeod and Christopher
2000 McLeod (10)
Marie and Larry McNeff (28)
Meca Sportswear Inc (11)
Joan and Richard Meierotto (11)
Daniel ’65 and Mary Tildahl ’65 Meyers (17)
Erwin ’54 and Carolyn Ryan ’56 Mickelberg (10)
Robert ’70 and Sue Midness (19)
Paul ’70 and Barbara Durkee ’71 Mikelson (28)
Victor ’42 and Rhoda Miller (12)
Thomas ’59 and Ruth Carlsen ’60 Moen (10)
James Mondo (10)
Alan Montgomery and Janet
Karvonen-Montgomery (10)
Thomas and Lorraine Morgan (26)
LaWayne ’51 and D. LaRhea Johnson ’51
Morseth (20)
Mildred and Van Mueller (24)
Paul ’84 and Nancy Mackey ’85 Mueller (12)
David Narr ’94 (11)
Bonnie Johnson ’67 Nelson and Bryce Nelson (25)
Edor ’38 and Dorathy Nelson (12)
Gloria Burntvedt Nelson ’43 (26)
Larry ’65 and Marilyn Nelson (13)
Mildred Nelson ’52 (29)
Ronald ’68 and Mary Kay Nelson (12)
Steven ’64 and Rebecca ’64 Nielsen (10)
Erika Staub ’51 Niemi and Wayne Niemi (17)
Timothy ’82 and Jane Nohr (10)
Margaret Nelson Foss Nokleberg ’48 (21)
Norma Noonan (14)
Edwin and Edith Norberg Charitable Trust (20)
Roselyn Nordaune ’77 (28)
Betsey and Alan Norgard (14)
James ’57 and Shirley Norman (11)
Normandale Lutheran Church Foundation (19)
Jonathan Nye ’72 and Wendy Worner (17)
Terry ’70 and Vicki Nygaard (10)
Leroy ’52 and Betty Munson ’53 Nyhus (16)
Steven O’Tool ’74 (10)
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Maren Lecy ’83 Ogdie and Al Ogdie (19)
Norman ’85 and Kim Asleson ’84 Okerstrom (18)
Sandra Larson ’69 Olmsted and Richard ’69
Olmsted (12)
W. Donald ’34 and Glenda Olsen (20)
Bettye and Howard Olson (16)
Laverne Moe ’48 Olson and Paul Olson (22)
Orville ’52 and Yvonne Bagley ’52 Olson (28)
R. Luther Olson ’56 (11)
Vicki and Daniel Olson (10)
Kristen Olsrud ’80 (11)
Laurie Nelson ’79 Orlow and Steven Orlow (19)
Jack ’62 and Nina Osberg (18)
Jim ’64 and Rose Parks (20)
Arnold ’52 and Betty Paulson (12)
John and Norma Paulson (11)
Daniel ’51 and Lois Pearson (22)
Dale Pederson (10)
Glen Person ’47 (23)
Eugene ’59 and Paula Peterson (21)
Harvey ’52 and Joanne Varner ’52 Peterson (29)
Rebecca Arvold ’88 Pfabe and Maurice Higgins (14)
Jay Phinney ’79 (29)
Leanne Phinney ’71 and Mark Schultz (11)
Jill Pohtilla (10)
Presser Foundation (12)
David Proctor ’63 (22)
Elizabeth Pushing ’93 (14)
Jerry ’83 and Susan Warnes ’88 Quam (10)
Dagmar Dahl Quanbeck ’36 (29)
Eileen Quanbeck ’46 (15)
Philip ’50 and Dora Frojen ’49 Quanbeck (12)
Quentin ’50 and E. Lucille Quanbeck (15)
Mark ’53 and Jean Raabe (12)
Larry and Beverly Ragland (16)
James ’61 and BettyAnn Redeske (12)
Donald ’53 and Donna Erickson ’54 Reimer (10)
Robert and Gail Rice (17)
Pamela Birdsall ’75 Richard and Jerry Richard (10)
Donavon ’52 and Ardis Roberts (12)
Eunice Kyllo ’62 Roberts and Warren Roberts (17)
Leeann Rock ’81 and Brian Anderson ’82 (10)
Marion Roe ’50 (12)
Frances Roller (11)
Joyce and Walker Romano (11)
Olive Ronholm ’47 (29)
Stella Kyllo Rosenquist ’64 (10)
Philip Rowberg ’41 (10)
Martin ’59 and Sylvia Sabo (29)
Audrey Nagel ’51 Sander (16)
Pauline and Leland ’35+ Sateren (11)
Maryls Harkman ’54 Schmidt and Leonard
Schmidt (11)
Ruth Schmidt ’52 (29)
Michael and Leslie Schock (10)
Joyce Opseth Schwartz ’45 (26)
Roger ’62 and Jean Schwartz (13)
Inez ’59 and Lyall Schwarzkopf (29)
Ronnie ’62 and Karen Scott (20)
Richard ’70 and Linda Seime (12)
Charles Sheaffer (10)
John ’50 and Norma Shelstad (17)
James ’54 and Ethel Nordstrom ’55 Shiell (28)
Chad ’93 and Margaret Shilson (11)
Nora Anderson ’83 Sillerud and Jon Sillerud (16)
Patricia ’67 and Elmer Sitkin (10)
Arnold ’48 and Carol Skaar (29)
Glen and Anna Skovholt (14)
Evelyn Amundson Sonnack ’43 (27)
Angeline Rolland Sorenson ’50 (25)
Susan Lindberg ’70 Sorenson and Earl
Sorenson (11)
Allan ’53 and Eunice Nystuen ’50 Sortland (16)
Naomi Christensen ’81 Staruch and Steven
Staruch (26)
Ronald ’58 and Naomi Stave (12)
Ruth Framstad Steen ’43 (10)
Donald and Annelies Steinmetz (29)
Myles and Eunice Stenshoel (10)
Hannah Mehus Stensvaag ’38 (29)
Roger ’54 and Bonnie Stockmo (11)
Calvin ’51 and Bonnie Martinson ’59 Storley (10)
Beverly and Thomas Stratton (14)
Gladys Boxrud Strommen ’46 (13)
John ’81 and Heidi Strommen (13)
Luther ’39 and Helen Strommen (26)
Merton ’42 and Irene Huglen ’42 Strommen (29)
Steven ’65 and Chynne Strommen (10)
La Vone Studlien ’58 (20)
Grace Kemmer ’58 Sulerud and Ralph Sulerud (29)
George ’46 and Jean Christenson ’49 Sverdrup (27)
Dorothy Joy Swanson ’51 (18)
Elizabeth Mortensen ’56 Swanson and
James Swanson (19)
Brian Swedeen ’92 and Terri Burnor ’92 (13)
Jeffrey ’79 and Melissa Swenson (16)
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If you notice an error, please contact Kevin Healy at 1-800-273-0617 or healyk@augsburg.edu.
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Jennings ’51 and Mary Schindler ’48
Thompson (29)
Karla Morken ’81 Thompson and Thomas
Thompson (13)
Richard ’61 and Jane Thompson (10)
Sue Thompson ’85 (10)
Gordon ’52 and Gloria Parizek ’53 Thorpe (13)
Marlys Holm ’57 Thorsgaard and Arlen
Thorsgaard (11)
Richard ’56 and Darlene Thorud (10)
Adrian Tinderholt ’38 (28)
Michael ’85 and Rhonda Riesberg ’84 Tjaden (10)
Allan Tonn ’75 (28)
Mark ’79 and Janelle Tonsager (19)
Sheldon ’49 and Margery Manger ’47
Torgerson (23)
Beth Torstenson ’66 (28)
Frances and Joel ’38+ Torstenson (15)
Mark and Ann Tranvik (11)
Margaret Sateren Trautwein ’37 (23)
Gordon ’57 and Karen Egesdal ’61 Trelstad (16)
Trinity Lutheran Congregation (10)
Lawrence ’69 and Susan Turner (10)
Betty and Paul Tveite (12)
Beverly Gryth ’52 Villwock and H. Robert
Villwock (21)
Rebecca Helgesen ’67 Von Fischer and Thomas
Von Fischer (12)
Norman ’76 and Kathryn Anderson ’76 Wahl (10)
Michael ’64 and Carla Quanbeck ’64 Walgren (14)
Lois ’76 Wattman and Douglas Shaw (11)
Scott Weber ’79 (12)
Charleen and Donald Weidenbach (27)
Donald ’89 and Melinda Mattox ’91
Wichmann (16)
Mary and Gunnar Wick (16)
Robert Wick ’81 (22)
David and Catherine Wold (12)
E. Lorraine Yokie (22)
Edmund ’53 and Rose Youngquist (10)
Janet Cooke ’59 Zitzewitz and Donald
Zitzewitz (11)
ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
ALUMNI GIVING BY CLASS YEAR
The following list indicates the percentage of alumni in each class year who made a gift to Augsburg College in 2007-2008
(day program, undergraduate alumni).
Total particiaption for all class years, 22%
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
40.00%
50.00%
50.00%
62.50%
64.71%
25.00%
52.94%
40.63%
48.84%
38.10%
45.65%
48.72%
48.15%
45.83%
42.86%
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
47.27%
33.52%
44.53%
50.86%
46.40%
37.88%
37.36%
45.83%
43.65%
47.75%
46.09%
38.31%
36.88%
37.97%
40.76%
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
35.10%
34.75%
30.70%
41.85%
34.35%
29.90%
24.37%
24.30%
26.10%
25.51%
26.42%
24.68%
23.58%
24.65%
23.92%
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
19.09%
17.89%
18.97%
17.44%
18.41%
17.73%
17.82%
13.46%
11.32%
19.12%
14.34%
15.69%
8.70%
10.07%
10.71%
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
10.73%
13.92%
4.23%
9.72%
11.48%
7.58%
12.20%
8.37%
5.43%
8.14%
5.28%
9.45%
4.78%
5.56%
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THE 2007-2008 AUGSBURG COLLEGE
ANNUAL REPORT
AUGSBURG COLLEGE
BOARD OF REGENTS
2007-2008
Andra Adolfson
Dan W. Anderson, Class of 1965
Rev. Gary E. Benson, Class of 1970
Jackie Cherryhomes, Class of 1976
AUGSBURG ALUMNI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2007-2008
Michael O. Freeman
Dr. Anthony Genia, Class of 1985
Michael R. Good, Class of 1971
H. Theodore Grindal, Class of 1976
Norman R. Hagfors
Lew Beccone, Class of ’98 MAL
Jodi Harpstead
Buffie Blesi, Class of ’90, ’97 MAL, president
Richard C. Hartnack
Chad Darr, Class of ’04
Rolf Jacobson
Dale Hanka, Class of ’60
Dr. Ruth E. Johnson, Class of 1974
Calvin Hanson, Class of ’98
Dean Kennedy
Daniel Hickle, Class of ’95
Dean C. Kopperud
James Kline, Class of ’01
André J. Lewis, Class of 1973
Lee Anne Lack, Class of ’67
Jennifer H. Martin
Julia Mensing, Class of ’00
Marie O. McNeff
Joyce Miller, Class of ’02, ’05 MAN
Dr. Paul S. Mueller, Class of 1984
Jamie E. Smith, Class of ’04 WEC
Ronald G. Nelson, Class of 1968
Carolyn Spargo, Class of ’80
Beverly Oren, Class of 1955
Jacqueline Teisberg, Class of ’80
Paul C. Pribbenow
Jennifer Tome, Class of ’99
Rev. Peter Rogness, ex-officio
Barry M. Vornbrock, Class of ’96 MAL
Stephen Sheppard
Philip Styrlund, Class of 1979
Emily Anne Tuttle
Rev. Harold Usgaard, ex-officio
Joan Volz, Class of 1968
Rev. Norman W. Wahl, Class of 1976
Bonnie Wallace
FEW COLLEGES ARE AS WELL POSITIONED
A S A U G S B U R G T O S AY, T H I S I S O U R W O R K —
WE ARE CALLED TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS.
—DAVID TIEDE, BERNHARD CHRISTENSEN PROFESSOR OF RELIGION
AND VOCATION, AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF LUTHER SEMINARY
www.augsburg.edu/giving
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From the Alumni Board president …
June 2008
Alumni and friends,
am writing this article on the same day
as commencement for hundreds of graduates of the Augsburg for Adults undergraduate and graduate programs. When I
was an undergraduate, Weekend College
was still in its infancy and the College did not yet offer master’s degrees in any subject area. Look how far we have come
over the last 20 years—Augsburg is now a force in education
for adults in undergraduate programs in Minneapolis and
Rochester and six programs for graduates.
Wow! Who would have thought?
Well, thankfully for all of us, so many brilliant people had
the foresight and perseverance to make it a reality. As alumni,
we benefit from all that the College is and will become. Why?
Because regardless of when we graduated, our degrees gain
value as the College increases its visibility through the accomplishments and success of its programs, professors, and students. If you are like me, you place a great deal of value on
your degree from Augsburg. Take care of it, nurture it, and invest in it through participation and giving. The students of
today will one day bring greater value to it.
With the close of the school year in June, my tenure as
your president also came to an end. I am grateful for the opportunity to represent the alumni and have had a tremendous
amount of fun. I turn this column over to a wonderful new
leader, Joyce Miller, who will represent you with vigor and
passion.
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Good luck to you all and take care,
October 2008
Alumni and friends,
utumn is a season of great beauty. During this time, the Midwest becomes
transformed into a menagerie of colors. This transformation within nature is a
metaphor for the educational experience of
an Augsburg alumnus/a and current student. Liberal arts
courses nurture the growth of human talent and promote a
sense of metanoia, defined as embracing thoughts beyond one’s
present limitations. The menagerie of fall colors can represent
the uniqueness of individuals and the intentionality of embracing diversity within our daily lives.
Augsburg College promises an education like no other.
This promise addresses the following three areas:
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• To have a special regard for each other—This statement entails having respect for everyone’s unique talents, core values, and cultural traditions.
• To provide an educational experience like no other—Education involves exploring a deeper understanding of faith
and the search for meaning, developing a global perspective, engaging work within the community, and finding
new ways of knowing to promote purposeful living.
• To seek opportunities to develop—This promise promotes
an expanded view of the world, stresses appreciating differences in others, seeks connections, sustains open dialogue,
and prepares to lead in this complex environment.
We can certainly look at these statements and realize how our
education at Augsburg has played a role in the discovery of our
meaningful career paths in the world.
As I begin my presidency of the Alumni Association, I
promise to use my leadership gifts to align the work of the
Alumni Board with the mission, vision, and promise of the College. The Alumni Board members are committed to support the
College’s vision—We believe we are called to serve our neighbor—through involvement in service activities, action projects,
and campus events to enhance the work of the College.
As alumni, stay connected by attending upcoming events
such as Advent Vespers, athletic activities, theatre productions,
or other alumni events. Or just simply keep in communication
with us. Stay connected wherever you are! Looking forward to
a great year.
Sincerely,
BUFFIE BLESI ’90, ’97 MAL
OUTGOING ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT
JOYCE P. MILLER ’02 (BSN-ROCHESTER), ’05 MAN
ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT
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auggie reunion
Alumni from more than six decades gathered with their classmates.
Class of 1958
Reunion Attendees:
James Almquist, Elyce (Lundquist) Arvidson, Robert
Bagley, Dennis Barnaal, Vernon Berkness, Elaine
(Nelson) Bernards, Birgit Birkeland, Doris (Johnson)
Deml, Dale Evavold, Hugh Gilmore, Byron Golie, Mabeth (Saure) Gyllstrom, Aldemar (Johnson) Hagen,
Kenneth Hagen, Anna (Hovland) Hanson, Betty
(Johnson) Hass, Philip Heide, Carl Hellzen, Ruth
(Thorsgard) Homme, Jerome Kleven, Gwen (Johnson)
Krapf, Joanne (Stiles) Laird, Gary Lange, Gordon Lindgren, Alice (Lindell) Lindgren, Marilyn (Troy) Manley,
Lydia (Dyrlid) Moe, Faye (Brenni) Moen, Wallace
Oien, Roger Olson, Magne Olson, Alfred Reesnes,
Ronald Stave, La Vone Studlien, Grace (Kemmer)
Sulerud
Class of 1968
Reunion Attendees:
Ruth Aaskov, Ann (Larson) Anthonisen, W. Bruce
Benson, Priscilla (Platt) Berg, Joel Bjerkestrand,
David Boe, Donald Britt, Margaret (Engel) Catlett,
Janet (Braaten) DeGaetano, John Eckberg, John
Fahlberg, Douglas Frisk, JoAnne (Digree) Fritz, Mary
(Michaelsen) Garmer, Jane (Eidsvoog) Gisselquist,
James Gisselquist, Kim Gudmestad, Lynn Gunderson,
Pamela (Fredrickson) Gunderson, Ione (Agrimson)
Hanson, Theamarie (Loberg) Harriday, Leif Hartmark,
Claudia (Melvie) Hartmark, David Heidtke, Donald
Horner, James Hoseth, Gerald Jensen, Carole (Braud)
Jensen, Theodore Johnson, Bruce Johnson, Herald
Johnson, Frank Lawatsch, Pamela (Pilcher) Lawatsch,
Janet (Letnes) Martin, Suzann (Johnson) Nelson,
Charles Niles, Perilyn (Brown) Olsen, Kathryn Olson,
Miriam (Cox) Peterson, Richard Quenemoen, John
Roebke, James Romslo, Judith (Anderson)
Schaubach, Jan (Pedersen) Schiff, Carolyn (Hanson)
Schildgen, Gary Schmidt, Kathleen (Nyquist) Schornstein, Clair Severson, Myrna (Jorgenson) Sheie, Jo
Anne Sylvester, Constance (Ackerson) Wanner, Patricia (Korogi) Wehr, Mary (Timm) Zimmerman
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homecoming
AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER
SEPTEMBER 22-27
Class of 1983
’08
Reunion Attendees:
Amanda Barrick, Mary (Thureson) Belden, Mary
(Yurick) Bennett, William Bullock, Kevin Erickson,
Mark Hassenstab, James Haugen, Les Heen, Scott
Henderson, Annette (Walen) Hokanson, Miriam (Gisselquist) Jensen, Karina Karlen, Paul Kuehn, Pamela
(Brakke) Lanning, Susan (Hackbarth) Lundquist,
Daniel Nayman, Stephen Nayman, Karsten Nelson,
Allison (Larges) O’Day, Timothy Olson, Mary (McNevin) Saari, Janet (Griffith) Sandford, Nora (Andersen) Sillerud, John Singh, Diane (Wood) Sponheim,
Christine (Nelson) Swanson
Class of 1998
(Left to right)
August Negele, Erick Agrimson, Adam Buhr, Laura
Pejsa, Angela (Loew) Reichart, Wade Johnson, Andry
Andriambololona-Jercich, Phil Berglin
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Meet Kim Stone …
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AND CONSTITUENT RELATIONS
At the end of August, Kim
Stone joined the Division of Institutional Advancement as director of alumni and
constituent relations.
Stone came to Augsburg
from the University of Miami,
Coral Gables, Fla., where she
was executive director of
alumni programs and was responsible for the overall management and implementation of
a comprehensive alumni relations program. She served as a liaison to various university offices and departments to further the
mission of the University Alumni Association and to enhance
the relationship between the alumni and their alma mater.
Her experience there includes recruiting and engaging
alumni volunteers to participate in alumni programs and
events, preparing and administering annual budgets for the
alumni programs office, and supervising a team of nine alumni
professionals.
Previously, Stone was at Nova Southeastern University in
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., as director of alumni relations and coordinator of alumni programs. In these roles she managed the strategy of the Alumni Annual Fund and other university
fundraising efforts. Stone organized and coordinated alumni
Homecoming activities, was responsible for all alumni (90,000
worldwide) communications, and oversaw and supported the
Alumni Council Board to enhance growth of the NSU Alumni
Association.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication,
with an emphasis in public relations, at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She also has a master’s degree in international
business administration from Nova Southeastern University.
Stone grew up in St. Paul and is excited to be back in the
Twin Cities serving the members of the Augsburg community.
She looks forward to engaging Augsburg alumni and constituents through strategic programming, effective communication, and volunteer development.
To contact Kim Stone, call 612-330-1173 or
1-800-260-6590, or e-mail stonek@augsburg.edu.
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Augsburg license plates
Display your Augsburg connection! Augsburg license plates
are available through the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
www.dps.state.mn.us/dvs/PlBrochure/CollegiatePlates.htm
Alumni e-mail for life
Sign up for Auggie alumni e-mail for life. Contact Alumni
Relations at alumni@augsburg.edu to request an account.
The service is provided by Google Apps.
Augsburg offers test prep courses
Studying for the LSAT, GRE, or GMAT? Check with Augsburg’s Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity
Office (URGO) for courses offered throughout the year at a
very reasonable cost. Courses are open to current students,
alumni, and others in the Augsburg community.
Go to www.augsburg.edu/urgo and select Test Prep for
the ongoing schedules of classes.
Get Involved. Volunteer!
Would you like to be part of an exciting group of people who
love Augsburg as much as you do? Volunteering is a great
way to stay connected to the College and other alumni, and
there are many ways to get involved.
Join with fellow Auggies and help engage others to be part of
the Augsburg experience. Augsburg Associates, Alumni
Board, Advent Vespers, reunion committees, mentors, and
Campus Kitchen are just some of the available opportunities.
Let us know where your interest lies—call Pat Grans at
612-330-1329 or e-mail gransp@augsburg.edu.
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Trinity Lutheran celebrates 140 years
Augsburg College owes much of the reason for its presence
in Minneapolis to Trinity Lutheran Congregation. In 1871,
when the fledgling Augsburg Seminary was near bankruptcy
in Marshall, Wisconsin, Trinity pastor Ole Paulson led a
committee to secure the land, materials, and funding to establish Augsburg in Minneapolis, as the city was envisioned
as a future center for Scandinavian-American culture.
In 1896 Trinity Lutheran Congregation built a new
church on the edge of Augsburg’s campus, which served as
the venue for many Augsburg events over the years. This
building fell victim to the construction in 1966 for the I-94
freeway.
The altar painting that hung in that church, painted by
Norwegian artist Markus Grønvold, was copied from his
painting in St. John’s Church in Bergen, Norway, and
shipped to Minneapolis. When Trinity’s church was razed,
the painting was placed in storage. It now hangs in Hoversten Chapel, which has been Trinity Lutheran Congregation’s worship home for a number of years.
1963 Augsburgian
In Memoriam
Sateren, Leland B. ’35, Edina,
Minn., age 94, on Nov. 10, 2007.
Samuelson, Mary ’49, Brighton,
Minn., age 81, on July 12.
Aamodt, Bradford O. ’65, Plymouth,
Minn., age 75, on Feb. 13.
Schmidt, David Hans ’85, Phoenix,
Ariz., age 47, in October 2007.
Kruse, Una (Lee) ’38, Sunnyside,
Wash., age 91, on Sept. 25, 2007.
Calderwood, David ’50, Birchwood,
Minn., age 81, on Sept. 18, 2007.
Gruidl, Daniel J. ’93, Trophy Club,
Texas, age 45, on Aug. 3, 2007.
Torstenson, Joel ’38, Minneapolis,
age 94, on Oct. 18, 2007.
Howells, Richard ’52, Bloomington,
Minn., age 78, on April 10.
Longmire, Linda (Nelson) ’67, Kronenwetter, Wis., age 63, on July 29,
of cancer.
Quanbeck, Vardon M. ’40, McVille,
N. Dak., age 86, on Dec. 24.
Lundeen, Donovan T. ’53, Northfield, Minn., age 77, on June 7.
Brooks, Chester L. ’42, Duluth,
Minn., age 89, on March 5.
Skogsbergh, Samuel P. ’53, Hayden,
Idaho, age 77, on Aug. 25, 2007.
Smith, Rev. Louis C. ’42, Riverside,
Calif., age 86, on Sept. 5, 2007.
Rykken, Franklyn “Lindy” ’56,
Roseau, Minn., age 78, on May 2.
Jensen, Rev. Louis F. ’48, Dubuque,
Iowa, age 87, on June 24.
Oliver, Rev. George “Jim” ’60, Baraboo, Wis., age 76, on Feb. 15, following complications from surgery.
Henjum, Arnold E. ’49, Morris,
Minn., age 82, on March 5.
Hoffman, H. Wayne, Bloomington,
Minn., age 82, on July 3.
DeVrieze, Jerry D. ’64, Midland,
Mich., age 66, on June 30, of multiple myeloma.
Baumbach, Cynthia ‘70, Lake City,
Minn., age 60, on July 1.
Orpen, Julie Ann (Hoel) ’76, St.
Peter, Minn., age 53, on June 15, of
breast cancer.
Quanbeck, Beth Marie ’76, West
Des Moines, Iowa, age 53, on Nov.
12, 2007.
Lumbar, Dean ’81, Edina, Minn.,
age 46, on Jan. 7, at home of complications from colon cancer.
Brusletten, Nancy (Raaum) ’84,
Shakopee, Minn., age 45, on Dec.
28, of cancer.
Bedard, Mark T. ’95, Hudson, Wis.,
age 34, on Nov. 9, 2007, of injuries
incurred on police duty.
Feuer, Aaron ’07, unexpectedly in
April.
Eriksen, Rolf, Minneapolis, age 84,
on Nov. 7, 2007, Augsburg’s first
varsity soccer coach in 1970.
Eklof, Edgar, Golden Valley, Minn.,
age 80, on Dec. 1, Music Department faculty during the 1960s.
Hoel, Mathilda, St. Paul, age 95, on
July 13, former registrar’s office and
food service employee.
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Phebe Hanson was lauded at
an event in March commemorating International Women’s Day
and her 80th birthday. Readings by
female poets and screenings of a
short documentary about Phebe
were featured, honoring her many
years as a mentor to other writers.
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Rev. James Parks is serving
until June 30 as an English
teacher in the ELCA’s Global Mission
Department in a Lutheran High
school in Kocise, Slovakia. His wife,
Rose Ann, and their three children
are planning trips to visit him and
travel in Eastern Europe during the
year. Previously he served an interim
ministry in Outing, Minn., for several
months, and traveled, including a
van trip to Alaska.
Lute Olson, head coach of the
University of Arizona basketball team, announced his retirement
after 24 years. His career there includes 23 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, 11 Pac-10 titles,
four Final Four appearances, and the
1997 national championship.
Judith Reynolds has recently
retired from the Kenosha (Wisconsin) Public Library after 37 years
of employment as a librarian.
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Robert Goodrich has joined
Timber Creek Golf Course in
Watertown, Minn., as a golf pro, with
43 years of teaching experience.
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Darrell Wiese retired from
Augsburg after a longtime career as assistant coach in baseball
and football.
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Margaret (Homme) Hiner is retired in Phoenix, Ariz., where
she has been since 1961 working as
a recreation leader, substitute
teacher, 4-H leader, and mother. At
Augsburg, she played on the 195657 Auggiettes basketball team and
has fond memories about how
Coach LaVonne Peterson “let a kid
who loved sports and basketball be
on the team.”
Lowell “Zeke” Ziemann is still working and loves his job as an agency
compliance officer with Park Avenue
Securities in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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James Holden has written Ten, a history
of boys’ high school tennis in Minnesota, covering its 75-year history
with chapters about champions,
prominent coaches and families, dynasty teams, and more. To learn
about the book, go to www.jimholden.com.
Dennis Kalpin has stepped down as
head football coach at Alexandria
(Minn.) High School after 17 years
there. His total coaching career, all
at the secondary school level, is 47
years.
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Larry Hoff completed his third long-distance journey across the USA
using no motorized vehicles. Over the summers of 2006 and 2007,
Larry canoed and bike-portaged from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. In
2002-2003 he hiked the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail, a “life-changing”
event. In 2004 he bicycled approximately 10,000 miles around the
perimeter of the USA. Before retirement in 2000, Hoff was teacher and assistant principal at Superior High School in Wisconsin.
Carleen (Nordin) Tjader recently retired after teaching
third grade for 23 years in the New
Richmond (Wis.) school district (before and after a “15-year maternity
leave” to raise her children). Each
year her classes have adopted a
manatee in Florida, plus made a
quilt containing squares made by
each student. She looks forward to
traveling with her husband, Mike;
spending time with her grandsons;
volunteering at church; and trying
her hand at writing.
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Diane (Helgeson) Carter completed a 21-year career teaching seventh-grade English in the
Hudson (Wis.) Middle School and in
retirement plans to use her time for
gardening and travel. She and her
husband, Jim, have two children—
daughter Kirsten, who also is a
teacher, and son, Matthew.
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Tom Haas continues to work at
Park Nicollet Clinic in Minneapolis, where he recently stepped
down after a decade in department
chair leadership roles. He has now
had more time to spend at the family lake home, continue collecting
jazz and classical LPs, and more seriously resume playing his trumpet.
Jacqueline (Wolhart) Harvestine
completed her first year as a fulltime Master of Divinity student at
Luther Seminary.
Kathy (Seim) Tilderquist, a business
teacher, was selected in January by
her co-workers as “Teacher of the
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Earlier this year, along with their spouses, five Auggies in the Class of
1970 who lived together in a house on campus celebrated the 40th
anniversary of their becoming roommates. They continue to meet once a
month for lunch as well. (L to R, back row: Lynn [Benson] Hjelmeland ’69,
Terry Nygaard ’70, Phil Walen ’70, John Hjelmeland ’70, Paul Mikelson ’70,
Barbara Harden, and John Harden ’70. Front row: Vicki Nygaard, Teri Walen,
and Barbara [Durkee] Mikelson ’71.
Year” at Cannon Falls (Minn.) High
School. She began as a math
teacher, but has taught in the business department since 1987. She
wrote the curriculum for many
courses and has taught students on
equipment ranging from manual
typewriters to modern computers.
has earned 10 medals and was the
first to earn medals in four different
sports. He is a professor of professional and physical education at Bemidji State University and was the
first person in the U.S. with a visual
impairment to earn a doctoral degree
in physical education.
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Jim Mastro, a pioneer in athletics for the blind, was honored
with the 2008 Medal of Courage
award from the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, Okla. As a Paralympic athlete, he
Rev. James Arends, pastor at
Prince of Peace Lutheran
Church in LaCrescent, Minn., was
elected June 7 to a six-year term as
bishop of the La Crosse (Wis.) Area
Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran
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Ronald Johnson, principal at
Hutchinson (Minn.) High
School, was named in February as
the 2008 Minnesota High School
Principal of the Year. He is also a
candidate for the National High
School Principal of the Year, to be
announced at the 2009 National
Association of Secondary School
Principals (NASSP) convention in
February. He will join other state
honorees at the Principals Institute
in Washington D.C. this fall.
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Scot Davis was honored as
Wrestling USA magazine’s
2007 Coach of the Year. This year
he won his 800th varsity career
coaching victory, the most career
wins of any wrestling coach in U.S.
history. He has been at Owatonna
High School for 21 years, leading
10 “Top 25” nationally-ranked
Owatonna teams.
ber of the Minnesota Baseball Association.
high school principal at Rugby High
School for the past 11 years.
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Rev. Mark Braaten recently
published his second book,
Prayer as Joy, Prayer as Struggle, by
Liturgical Press. It studies prayer
through biblical and personal stories, and explores prayer as both a
gift and struggle. His first book, in
2006, is Come Lord Jesus: A Study
of Revelation. He is senior pastor at
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in
Tyler, Texas, a bilingual congregation
worshiping in English and Spanish.
Kurts Strelnieks recently joined Associated Commercial Finance, Inc.,
in Eagan, Minn., as their Minnesota
market manager.
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Dennis J. Meyer was named
the first chief marketing officer at Ellerbe Becket, a global design firm. He will be based in their
Minneapolis office and serve on the
firm’s leadership team to develop
and execute its global marketing
strategy and implement the firm’s
vision.
Naomi Williamson opened a new
restaurant, Sanctuary, on Washington Avenue in Minneapolis.
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Heidi (Leaf) Haagenson has
published a book, The Tenney Quilt, which tells the story of a
quilt with 700 signatures created
in 1928 in Tenney—Minnesota’s
smallest city of six people—as a
fundraiser for the local dance hall.
She is the special projects coordinator at Ridgewater College in
Willmar, and is married to David
Haagenson ’76.
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Phil Madsen and his wife,
Diane, own and operate a
truck used to transport expedited
freight, traveling the 48 states and
Canada. Read their stories from
the road at www.successfulexpediters.com
Church in America (ELCA). He will
be installed on October 18.
gion Coach of the Year, and the Big
Ten Coach of the Year.
Phil Lundin was named the men’s
cross country and track and field
coach at St. Olaf College. Since
1986 he has coached at the University of Minnesota, including the last
13 years as head men’s track and
field coach. In 2003 Phil was named
U.S. Track Coaches Association
Coach of the Year, the Midwest Re-
Bill Nelson, manager of the Dundas
(Minn.) Dukes amateur baseball
team and part of that team for over
30 years, was inducted into the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of
Fame in September 2007. He has
also served as head baseball coach
at Carleton College and has been executive director and a board mem-
Linda Sue Anderson played the
part of Miss Prism in Pendulum Theatre’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest earlier
this year at the Loading Dock Theatre in downtown St. Paul.
David Cherwien directs the National
Lutheran Choir, which dedicated its
May 3 concert to the memory of Leland Sateren ’35 and performed five
of his works.
Debra (Mercier) Peters earned a Certified Management Accountant designation in April 2007. She is a
finance manager/controller for Pella
Windows and Doors and lives in
Bloomington, Minn.
David Zwingel has been named the
2007 North Dakota Secondary Principal of the Year by the North
Dakota Association of Secondary
School Principals, with sponsorship
also from Met Life. He has been the
Rev. Richard Buller was elected
chaplain of the Minnesota
House of Representatives by its
members on March 10. He is pastor
at Valley Community Presbyterian
Church in Golden Valley and a
member of the board of the Greater
Minneapolis Council of Churches.
His son, Peter, is a sophomore at
Augsburg.
Pamela Crowell began on July 1 as
the new vice president for research
at Idaho State University in
Pocatello. Previously she was the associate dean for research and graduate education at Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis School of Science.
Janna (Wallin) Haug and her husband, Rev. Arden Haug, have accepted an assignment to Bratislava,
Slovakia, where he was called as regional representative to Europe for
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America’s Division for Global Mission. Janna accompanies him as the
associate in that position, along with
their two sons, Vitali and Alexei.
Dr. Erik Kanten was named the 2008
Family Physician of the Year by the
Minnesota Academy of Family
Physicians (MAFP). He practices at
the RiverView Clinic in Crookston,
Minn., and at clinics in Fertile and
Red Lake Falls. He also sees students at the University of Minnesota,
Crookston, on campus.
Dana (Holmes) McIntyre traveled to
China in fall 2007 as head coach of
one of two female Special Olympics
basketball teams from the U.S. for
the 2007 World Games in Shanghai.
She has been a recreation therapist
at Minnesota Extended Treatment
Options.
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Jane Maland Cady joined the
McKnight Foundation in Minneapolis in April as international program director and will oversee
McKnight’s grantmaking in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America.
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Deanna Germain published a
memoir, Reaching Past the
Wire, about her 18 months serving
as a nurse in Kuwait and Iraq, which
included time as chief nurse in the
Abu Ghraib prison following the revelations of abuse and violence.
Tammy Johndro-Pressley was named
director of external communications
at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill. Previously, she was manager of business development at
Provena Mercy Medical Center in
Aurora, Ill.
Karen Reed received an Award for
Superior Accomplishment in December from the Department of
Mental Health of California. She is a
music therapist at Atascadero State
Hospital and was commended for
her plan to lower restraints, seclusion, and lengths of stay in restraints
for people in the Mentally Disordered Offender program by over 50
percent.
Devoney Looser’s book, Women Writers and Old Age in Great Britain,
1750-1850, was published by Johns
Hopkins University Press in August.
Go to www.press.jhu.edu/books/
title_pages/9473.html. Devoney currently serves as president of the
Midwest Modern Language Association, a non-profit organization of
teachers and scholars of literature,
language, and culture, and will preside at its meeting in Minneapolis,
Nov. 13-16.
Bruce Smith began teaching physical
education to sixth through twelfth
grades and high school Spanish, in
addition to coaching B-squad football, at LeRoy-Ostrander (Minn.)
School in September.
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Melanie Herrera opened a
franchise in Apple Valley,
Minn., of Butterfly Life Fitness,
which focuses around solutions for
fitness, weight loss, and healthy living for women. Melanie was Augsburg’s first female All-American
athlete.
Anne Panning’s collection of short
stories, Super America, was published in October. The New York
Times Book Review said, “[It] radiates infectious optimism … Her enchanting Norahs and Alices, Tobys
and Theos drag you effortlessly into
their very American lives … ."
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Rev. La Andriamihaja, pastor
of Jordan New Life Church in
North Minneapolis, helped launch
the “Jordan New Life Hub” to help
residents identify social services.
The project is a partnership sponsored by the ELCA between suburban and urban congregations to
bring volunteers together.
Geoffrey Gage was named in September 2007 to the University of St.
Thomas Board of Trustees. He is
founder and president of the Geoffrey Carlson Gage marketing and advertising firm.
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Brad Klein and his wife, Lanica (Lynch) ’95 proudly announce the birth of their identical
twin boys, Noah Addison and
Micah Andrew. They were born on
July 1, 2007, shortly after Brad
and Lanica celebrated their 10th
anniversary on June 21. Brad is a
senior systems analyst at the ELCA
Board of Pension, and Lanica is
public school librarian turned stayat-home mom for the near future.
lanicak@att.net.
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Dan Werner and his wife,
Shayne Hamann, welcomed
the birth of their twin sons, Drake
and Dylan, born on May 10, 2007,
who are on their way to becoming
future Auggie football players, like
their dad.
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Tracy (Holloway) Drier and
her husband, Thane ’99, announced the birth of their son,
Caden August, on March 15, 2007.
He joins big brother Tristan, 3.
Michelle (Strauss) Ohnstad returned
to work after being a stay-at-home
mom and has two positions—head
librarian at La Jolla Country Day
School and library media specialist
at Pacific Ridge School. She is also
co-editor of the AIM Library & Information Staffing Bulletin Blog.
Rachel (Roth) Erkkila is the registrar
for the Des Moines (Iowa) Area Community College. Previously she was
registrar at Dakota County Technical
College in Rosemount, Minn., and
Walden University in Minneapolis.
Mark Lorenzen and Dawn Van
Tassel ’95, St. Louis Park,
Minn., welcomed their first child,
daughter Julia Grace Lorenzen, on
Aug. 2, 2007.
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Carla Beaurline, founder, cohost, co-producer, and account
executive of “Around Town” Media,
won the Twin Cities Media Network
Diamond Award for TV Personality of
the Year. In addition, she won TV
Sales Person of the Year. “Around
Town” airs on Metro Cable Network
Channel 6 in Minneapolis.
Tom Ross is the new associate head
coach-defense at Hanover College in
Hanover, Ind.
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Larry Anderson published a
book, Raptured Alive: Return
of a Prodigal Son, in September
2007 and writes music for his
gospel band.
Gregory Stohr was named vice president of sales at Transtar Autobody
Technologies in Brighton, Mich., a
manufacturer of automotive refinish
and bodyshop repair products.
Sharol Tyra, of Life Illumination presentation and coaching, was elected
to serve a two-year term on the Minnesota Board of Directors of the National Speakers Association.
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Jennifer (Feine) Hellie ’04 MAL
accepted a position as development coordinator at Lake Wapogasset Lutheran Bible Camp in
Amery, Wis. Previously she worked
as an admissions counselor and academic adviser at Augsburg.
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Noelle (Hallblade) Epp was
named as marketing communications specialist in October at
Professional Services Marketing,
Inc. in New Brighton, Minn., and will
focus on copywriting services.
Dave Manka was named assistant
volleyball coach at North Dakota
State University in February.
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Scott Magelssen and his wife,
Theresa (Hoar) ’95, live in
Bowling Green, Ohio, with their son,
Trygg Magelssen, born in 2005.
Scott teaches in the graduate theatre program at Bowling Green State
University and published a book in
spring 2007 about living history museums. Theresa teaches first grade
at Powell Elementary School in
North Baltimore, Ohio.
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Aaron Cross and Katrina
Grimsey were married, after
15 years of friendship, first in the
United Kingdom and then in the
U.S. on July 6, 2007. Aaron is a
motivational speaker and received
Augsburg’s First Decade Award in
2005. They live south of London.
aaron.cross@motivationonwheels.com
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Lisa Nos-Tollefson married
Mark Tollefson in December
2006. Lisa and Mark welcomed
the birth of Taylor Elizabeth on
Nov. 20, 2007.
Dr. Martin Richards was featured in
the Hudson Star Observer in July
about the geothermal heat pump
system he had installed at his home.
He expects to use only one-tenth of
the liquid propane gas that he used
last year without the pump. He is an
emergency room physician at
United Hospital in St. Paul, at the
Baldwin (Wis.) hospital and emergency rooms in Regina and Hastings, Minn.
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Chris and Jaime (Kyle) ’01
Rothe moved last fall to
Rochester, Minn., with Kennedy,
2, and AJ, three months old.
00
Kathleen (Lindquist) Blilie and
her husband, Eric, welcomed the birth of Erin Catherine,
three months early on June 15,
2007, weighing 2 lb., 9 oz. She
joins big brothers Andrew and
Alexander and is loved by her
uncle, Orville Lindquist ’96.
Philip Berglin was named the
2006 Minnesota Businessman of the Year as a top U.S. business leader successfully integrating
business and financial success. In
March 2006 he traveled to Washington, D.C., to receive the award, attend a breakfast with President
Bush, and begin to meet over a
three-month period with Minnesota
legislators. He works at the Rum
River Lumber Company in Coon
Rapids.
Stacie (Ferrazzo) Chiodi and her
husband, Ron, welcomed the birth
of Cyrus Samuel, on February 5,
born in Bennington, Vt.
Tom Ruffaner was presented the Individual Achievement Commuter
Choice Award by MetroTransit
Rideshare in November for promoting commuter benefits and alternate
modes of transportation.
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Jennifer (Crego) and Chad
Carls welcomed their fourth
son on July 10, 2007. Nicholas
Isaac joins brothers Tommy, 5,
A.J., 3, and Brock, 2. Chad is getting his administrative license (in
education) and Jen is home with
the boys.
00
Trena Bolden Fields and
Jerome Fields ’01 announced
the birth of their daughter, Kayla
Lee, born Aug. 18, 2007.
Jill Ruprecht was married to
Joseph Camp on Sept. 2,
2007 in Macomb, Ill. They currently
live in Chicago.
00
MacAdam Gordon and Nicole
Robertson were married on
November 10 in Minneapolis. He
works as an insurance agent at Ray
Smith Insurance in Plymouth, Minn.
01
Hilary English Crook married
Jacob Seljan in Duluth, Minn.,
on September 29, 2007. The wed-
ding party included Emily Crook ’07
as maid of honor, Eilidh Reyelts ’06
as personal attendant, and DJ
Hamm ’08 as usher. Also in attendance were Auggies Nancy English
’73, Ann Bostelmann Webster ’96,
Karin (Sabo) Mantor ’86, Julie Sabo
’90, and Martin Sabo ’59. Norwegian professor Frankie Shackelford
also attended. Hilary is an attorney
working at Thomson West in Legal
Sales, and Jacob is vice president of
the Risk Analytics Department of US
Bancorp. They live in Minnetonka.
Jessica (Norman) Hafemeyer opened
a law firm in Faribault, Minn., on
August 1, 2007, Ibeling Hafemeyer,
Ltd. The practice includes family
law, bankruptcy, and estate/probate
law. www.ibelinghaemeyer.com.
Angie Rieger was named an assistant hockey coach at Hamline University. She has also been chosen to
join the Whitecaps, Minnesota’s first
professional women’s hockey team.
Nicole (Warner) Simml, currently living in Frankfurt, Germany, performed a recital of 20th-century
American music last November at
the American Consul General’s residence in Markkleeberg.
02
Amy Carlson has completed
the surgical technology program at Saint Mary’s University of
Minnesota and has accepted a surgical technician position at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics in
Minneapolis.
Lindsay (Bonner) Pavelka directed
the Galveston Island Children’s Chorus last year from September
through December. In summer
2007, she developed and directed
Summer on Stage, a children’s performing arts camp with the east-end
theatre company in Galveston. She
is an arts educator, voice instructor,
and actress in the Galveston area,
where she lives with her husband,
Matthew.
Zac Schnedler began last fall
03as a school/guidance coun-
selor for grades 7-12 in the Braham
(Minn.) school district.
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Sara Willcut is in her first season on
the Minnesota Swarm Performance
Dance Team as well as teaching
dance, coaching dance teams, and
taking classes. She recently
launched Ascending Star Dance, an
online dance magazine, and helped
form the Ascending Star Dance
team, which performs at semi-professional football games in the MidAmerican Football League. She also
volunteers with her teams for Feed
My Starving Children.
04
Kelly Chapman graduated
magna cum laude from the
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, Calif.
She is the winner of a full scholarship to attend the International Koefia Academy of Haute Couture and
Art of Costume in Italy. She is currently studying Italian in preparation
for her study.
Abbey Payeur is a sixth-grade integrated language arts and social
studies teacher at Oak View Middle
School in Andover, Minn. In May she
was honored as one of the 20 recipients of the Teacher Outstanding Performance (TOP) awards, presented
by the Anoka-Hennepin School District. She was also one of four winners of a $1,000 grant for a project
at her school, plus a cash award.
Laura Simones completed the Ford
Ironman Florida 2007 triathlon last
fall, placing 872 out of the nearly
2600 participants and 18 of 68 in
her division. In addition she completed the Triple By-Pass in Colorado (100+ miles with three climbs
over 10,000 ft.) and then biked
back to Minnesota.
05
Michael Howard is a communications specialist at the Minnesota House of Representatives.
michaelhoward10@gmail.com
Jeremiah Knabe received a Master of
Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary on June 16.
Rebecca Welle ran the New York
Marathon last fall, finishing 4422 in
the field of 40,000 runners. She cut
about six minutes off her previous
personal best, finishing in 3:31:56.
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Aaron Dowzak and Emily Hull
were married on Sept. 1,
2007, and moved to Port St. Lucie,
Fla., where Aaron is director of
youth and family junior and senior
high at Immanuel Lutheran Church,
and where they will love happily ever
after.
Christianna Schmit is interning in
music therapy at University Hospitals, Case Medical Campus, in
Cleveland, Ohio. Her supervisor and
their music therapy program were
recently featured in the “Making a
Difference” segment on NBC Nightly
News.
01
Marie and Brent Odenbrett ’02
welcomed the birth of Emma
Louise Marie on Oct. 19, 2007.
02
02
John Goodale married Crystal
Thompson at St. Peter’s
Lutheran Church in Swanville,
Minn., on July 28, 2007. Crystal is
a 2004 graduate of the University
of Minnesota’s Carlson School of
Management and is employed at
Graco, Inc. in NE Mpls as a channel marketing specialist. John is
employed as an account executive
at Novus Print Media in Plymouth.
They live in Maple Grove, Minn.
03
Nicolas Thomley ’06 MBA was featured last fall in Twin Cities Business
and honored in January in their
2007 Small Business Success Stories as the co-founder (at age 19) of
Pinnacle Services, Inc. This company, which has grown rapidly, provides services to people with
disabilities, including help in finding
housing and employment, in-home
care, etc.
She works during the day at the
Center for International Health at
Regions Hospital. Her husband,
Rev. Tchanong Hurh, is pastor at
House of God Trinity Christian
Church in St. Paul.
Frank Huebner and his wife,
Elizabeth, announced the
birth of their son, Andrew, on July
13, 2007. They live in New
Prague, Minn.
Tim Wahl and Lisa Uehling were married on Aug. 18, 2007, in Rochester,
Minn. They live in Minneapolis
where Tim teaches math at Rosemount High School and Lisa works
in the Technology Leadership Program at Target headquarters in Minneapolis.
Katie Winter began in Sept. 2007 as
a reporter for the Pipestone County
Star in Pipestone, Minn.
Graduate Programs
Jeff Falkingham ’95 MAL was a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category of the Independent Book
Publishing Professionals Group
2008 Next Generation Indie Book
Awards for his book, Sherlock
Holmes and the County Courthouse
Caper. The book was originally published by Beavers Pond Press of
Edina, Minn., in September 2001
and re-released in June 2007, with
all proceeds going to flood victims in
Jeff’s hometown of Browns Valley,
Minn. www.cccaper.com
Jim Addington ’93 MAL was named a
“Facing Race Ambassador” by the
St. Paul Foundation for the work he
has done over many years and
through the Minnesota Collaborative
Anti-Racism Initiative that he and
his late wife, Imani-Nadine Addington, founded in 1995. Jim has
helped more than 20,000 people at
churches, colleges, and public institutions to understand and dismantle
racism.
Heather Reeve ’00 PA has been a
physician assistant at the ELEAH
Medical Center in Elbow Lake, Minn
.
May Mua ’01 PA has partnered with
Dr. Phua Xiong to establish Quik Urgent Care Clinic, the first Asian
American privately-owned and operated urgent care facility in St. Paul.
Danny Storm and Sarah
Schultz ’04 were married in
Hoversten Chapel on Aug. 2.
Danny is an audit/tax accountant
with Denny Hecker Automotive
Group and Sarah is a child protection social worker with Hennepin
county in Minneapolis. They live in
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Alissa Abelson ’06 MSW welcomed a
baby girl, Madilyn Gwen, on July 21,
2007. She lives in New York and is a
social worker at FEGS in downtown
Manhattan.
Gwen Nordahl ’07 PA joined the Battle Lake Clinic in Battle Lake, Minn.,
as a physician assistant in October.
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Emily Gerard and her husband, Craig Maus, welcomed
their daughter, Caroline Mae, on
Feb. 8.
04
Julie Andert and Jeremy Nelson ’05 were married on Oct.
20 in Pax Christi Catholic Community Church in Eden Prairie, Minn.
Wedding party Auggies included
Kiera Peterson ’04, Rebeca Welle
’05, Joshua Remme ’06, Tyler
Kraft ’06, and Joseph Wessbecker
’04. Julie works in human resources at West Side Community
Health Services, and Jeremy works
for Comcast in Sales and Marketing. They built a home together in
Blaine.
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Jamie Ann Johnson married
Christopher Kerestes in
Grand Teton National Park in
Wyoming. They live in Newark,
Del., where Jamie is pursuing a
Master of Public Administration
degree at the University of
Delaware and an associate degree
in nursing through Delaware Technical and Community College.
Chris is a research assistant and
PhD candidate in electrical engineering working to improve solar
cells for solar energy.
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Paul Raukar and Chelsea
Haxton welcomed the birth
of their son, Evan Tyler, on May
30, 2007, born in Virginia, Minn.
Paul is a self-employed business
owner. praukar77@hotmail.com
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Ryan Adrian-Hendrick Rivard
and Kristin Gulbrandson announce the birth of their daughter
Nora Lucille Rivard, born Dec. 31,
2006. They live in Evanston, Ill.,
where Ryan is a student at
Chicago-Kent College of Law.
riss23@gmail.com
Sara Holman married David
06Nash on July 26 in Wisconsin
Your news:
Dells, Wis. They currently live in
Omaha, Neb., where Sara is a
copywriter for THT Designs and
David is a medical student at
Creighton University.
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my
Auggie experience
Patrick Flood ’08
B.S., social work, with a minor in religion
Patrick Flood, a 2008 graduate, reflected on his four years at
Augsburg…
“During opening convocation in 2004, the freshmen marched to
the chapel as professors lined the path, clapping and welcoming
us. They didn’t know us yet but they were there to support us.
After four long years, many of those same professors once again
lined up on Commencement day, clapping and congratulating us
on a job well done. I couldn’t have imagined on that first day
what the impact of this would be.
How I became an Auggie: It was important for me to stay in the
ELCA family, since my mother is a Lutheran pastor. Attending a
small private liberal arts college in an urban setting also appealed to me. (What really sold me, however, were Augsburg’s
skyways and tunnels that make life much more comfortable in
the dead of winter!)
Augsburg highlight: During my junior year I had an opportunity to
study abroad by taking a spring semester course—Social Work in
a Latin American Context—through the Center for Global Education (CGE). The program was centered in Cuernavaca, Mexico
and focused on experiential learning, global perspectives, and
social and economic justice. During the semester I took a Spanish language class, three classes in social work, and completed
an internship at Las Palomas, a local nursing home. … I learned
a lot about the differences between our cultures. In Mexico it’s
much more traditional for the elderly to be cared for by their children; they become part of the nuclear family structure. The number of elderly in nursing homes is much lower than in the U.S.
The Augsburg impact: Conversations with professors and students had a very positive influence on me. My religion class with
Professor Mary Lowe challenged my thoughts and beliefs. Her
enthusiasm rubs off on students and pushes them to think critically and analytically about the Bible and how that can translate
into bigger issues.
Next steps: Although I am a social work major, I was a student
worker in Augsburg’s Institutional Advancement office for four
years. I learned about the importance of giving back to the community through philanthropy and stewardship. Because of those
experiences and one-on-one mentoring, I’m interested in pursuing an entry-level job in development. Wherever life takes me, I
feel well prepared for the journey, thanks to Augsburg.
INTERVIEWED BY JENNIFER L. HIPPLE, WEEKEND COLLEGE STUDENT
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CAROLYN AND DALE ’60 HANKA are firm believers in free enterprise
and entrepreneurship, a fact that’s reflected in their successful careers. Carolyn was a university marketing instructor; Dale was a financial planner and bank president. Together they owned and managed a
title company.
Now retired, the couple is acknowledging the importance of
Augsburg College to their success by establishing an endowed scholarship.
“We thoroughly appreciated our time as students at Augsburg
College. The College gave us so much—small classes, individual attention from professors, and the opportunity to learn teamwork and
leadership.
Today the College is still a very special place. Faculty and staff
challenge students to grow in academic achievement as well as in
personal relationships. The College’s vision that “we are called to
serve our neighbor” is vital to the college community, the community
“The College gave us so much—
small classes, individual attention
from professors, and the opportunity
to learn teamwork and leadership.”
around Augsburg, and the world we live in.
When we decided to acknowledge the importance of Augsburg in
our lives by establishing the Dale and Carolyn Hanka Business Scholarship, Augsburg provided us with the ideas and counsel that made it
easy through a charitable gift annuity. Not only does it establish a
scholarship, but we receive income and tax benefits.
The best benefit? Knowing that scholarships make an Augsburg
education possible for so many students.”
YOU HAVE A VISION FOR AUGSBURG.
P L A N N E D G I V I N G C A N M A K E I T A R E A L I T Y.
Become a member of the Sven Oftedal Society at Augsburg by making a gift through your will, trust, life insurance, or other
planned gift. There are many ways to give a gift that will last a lifetime and make a difference for Augsburg students.
1-800-273-0617
www.augsburg.edu/giving
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few years ago my good friend and predecessor as Augsburg's president, Bill Frame,
introduced me to Burton Clark's work on the
concept of saga as it relates to the distinctive character and identity of colleges and universities. A saga, according to Clark, is more than
story-all of us
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have stories. A saga is more of a
mythology-a sense of history and purpose and
direction that is told in vocabulary and narrative that
accounts for a college's DNA, its essence even-and
it abides in the people, programs, and values that
define an institution.
Clark contends that not every institution has a
saga. Sometimes this is a function of not being true
to founding values. At other times it can be occasioned by a change of location or core mission. Still
other institutions have not found a way to link theìr
pasts, presents, and futures in a coherent narrative.
I believe firmly that Augsburg does have a saga,
and it runs deep in the culture and meaning of our
work here together. My exploration of Augsburg's rich
history has surfaced several themes that are central
to our saga. I think you will recognize them:
founders who believed that education should be for
all, no matter their circumstances, and that the
quality of that education should be of the highest
order because that is what God expects of those
faithful servants who have been given the gift to
teach. This is our distinctive gift for the world, an
educational experience like no other available to
those who might otherwise not have the opportunity.
This is our distinctive gift for students from many
different backgrounds and experiences. This is our
distinctive gift to have a community in which access
to education is celebrated and encouraged and, yes,
even demanded. We dare not keep back any of the
educational opportunity with which we have been
entrusted because it is our distinctive gift from our
You
will read in the following
rent students and alumni who have been welcomed
at Augsburg and offered a demanding and relevant
education that serves them for a lifetime. ln these
stories I trust that you will find-as I have come to
know in my experience here-that our saga, our
DNA, our values, and character lead us to pursue
the pursuit of freedom through a liberal arts
approach to learning, by serving our neighbor and
the world, and by the centrality of faith to our vision
Augsburg experience available to all who will be
formed by our college's rare and distinctive vision of
education for lives of meaningful work and faithful
of education.
service. lt's a saga worth retelling and celebrating!
Another central theme in our saga is powerfully
illustrated in the articles in this issue of the
Augsburg's high-quality education accessible to all
learning, and service. Our commitment to an accessible education is a remarkable legacy from our
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Sustainability Awareness Month
September on campus not only included the beginning of fall
classes, but a month-long series of events and activities
designed to raise awareness and change habits related to
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Sustainability Awareness Month (SAM) was the brainchild of
Augsburg students, several of whom participated in faculty-led
study abroad programs, including Sustainable Cities in North
America with Professors Lars Christiansen and Nancy Fischer in
the summer of 2008.
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composting program in Augsburg's dining facilities last year,
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fresh, locally-grown vegetables to the Augsburg community.
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"We want this to bring the campus together," said senior
Kjerstin Hagen, a leader on the project. "lt takes all of us to
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make this happen."
Each week was centered around a different theme, with
tabling, information, activities, and speakers, including nationally known author and activist, Bill McKibben. The themes for
SAM were waste reduction and management, alternative trans-
portation, alternative energy and consumption, and connecting
communitìes through food.
Community Garden and Farmers Market
Augsburg's community garden increased this summer as an additional area was turned into garden plots. A total of 40 plots grew
produce and flowers for the Augsburg community and neighborhood residents and organizations.
didn't grow their own vegetables in the commugarden,
nity
fresh produce was available each week on campus
at the West Bank Farmers Market, a project of the Brian Coyle
Augsburg students joined 5,000 groups around the world that marked the lnternati0nal
Day of Climate Action sponsored by 350.0rg. The number signifies the highest safe level of
carbon emissions in parts per million.
For those who
Center and Augsburg Campus Kitchen. Three farm families sold
their locally-grown and eco-friendly vegetables and herbs during
the summer and into the early cold fall at Brian Coyle Center in
bring about action to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions to 350
ppm, deemed the highest safe level by NASA scientists.
Auggie students led bikers to the State Capitol for a rally on the
Capitol lawn, sponsored by the Will Steger Foundation, Oxfam, 1Sky,
and Augsburg in support of global climate change action. Rep. Betty
the morning and at Augsburg by Foss Center in the afternoon.
McOollum and Rep. Keith Ellison, among other legislators, told
those gathered to "keep your voices loud."
350 lnternational l)ay of Climate Action
Augsburg students planned a full day on October 24 as part of
the lnternational Day of Climate Action, the project of Bill
The bikers arrived back on campus in time to join a crowd at halftime on the footballfield for a photo that was posted online at
McKibben and 350.0rg. Activities around the world aimed to
and Day Student Body Government.
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www.350.org. The halftime event was sponsored by Campus Ministry
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Mayor meets with students
After returning from New Zealand last summer,
Richmond Appleton '09 was so enthusiastic that he
wrote a letter t0 Minneapolis mayor
R.T. Rybak.
Applelon was in l{ew Zealand lor five weeks
with 25 students led by biology professor Brian
Corner and political science professor loe
Underhill to study Biodiversity and Environmental
Politics. "tveryone is aware of the environment,
of sustainability, of food production, and energy
use. From the north island to the south island,
everything is consistent."
Appleton, a senior environmental studies maior,
Ever Cat Fuels in lsanti, Minn., opened its plant t0 produce biodiesel from the Mcgyan process, which has
student, faculty, and alumni r00ts at Augsburg.
Ever Cat Fuels opens in lsanti
Minneapolis. He contacted Rybak, a strong sup-
What began as a student research project in a Science Hall laboratory made
another step toward changing how fuel will be produced in the future when Ever
porter of sustainability efforts, who welcomed
Cat Fuels held a grand opening for its biodiesel plant in late September.
wanted to bring ideas from l{ew Zealand back to
such a meeting.
Kjerstin Hagen'10, an American lndian studies
major who studied urban sustainability last summer in Portland, 0re., and Vancouver, 8.C., joined
The plant, located about 40 miles north of campus in lsanti, Minn., is expected to
produce about 3 million gallons of biodiesel per year when fully operational. lt represents the first large-scale application of the Mcgyan process of making biodiesel.
The Mcgyan process came out of research by Augsburg undergraduate and
Appleton at the meeting. She was one of the stu-
Rhodes scholar Brian Krohn'08 and creates biodiesel from waste oils. The process
dents involved in implementing Augsburg's com-
doesn't require food stock to work and doesn't create any waste products.
The Mcgyan process-named for Ever Cat Fuels founder and Augsburg alumnus
posting program and planning Sustainability
Awareness Month.
Ihe students shared their travel experiences
with Rybak and told him about ongoing sustainability efforts at Augsburg, many of which were initiated by students. "Augsburg is doing exactly what
I believe in," Rybak said.
The three agreed that informing and educating
the community is an important factor in promoting
urban sustainability. Rybak encouraged Appleton
Clayton McNeff '91, Augsburg chemistry professor Arlin Gyberg, and Ever Cat scientist Ben Yan-has certainly attracted a lot of attention.
"When I see something like this, it's everythingthat we talk about in
Washington," said U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who spoke at the grand opening.
McNeff said Ever Cat Fuels is already planning to expand its facility in lsanti. ln
addition, the company is licensing the Mcgyan process, and it is expected that
other biodiesel facilities will be built across the country and the world.
McNeff also said that a donation to Augsburg's planned Center for Science,
Business, and Religion will be made for each gallon of biodiesel sold.
and Hagen to sign up for one of the city's committees so that they could continue lheir work outside
of Augsburg.
22nd Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Striving for Peace: A Question 0f Will
March 5-6, 2010 at Augsburg College
Honoring 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Martti Ahtisaari
lnternational peace negotialor
and former president of Finland
www.peaceprizeforum.org
Sponsored by Augsburg College, Augustana College (Sioux Falls), Concordia College
(Moorhead), luther College, and St. 0laf College
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around the
Augsburg's first travel to Egypt
As a child, I spent most of my summers in Egypt. When I became
language and culture. After learning about the history of Nubia and
director of the Pan-Afrikan Center, I proposed taking students to
Egypt so they could study in a country with both a rich history and
current events of interest. After a year-and-a-half of planning and
its relationship to Egypt, the students spent the day with a Nubian
community located in Aswan.
We later ventured to Hurghada, a city on the Red Sea located in
the Eastern Desert. We drove over an hour to visit a Bedouin community with only 30 members. Due to the harsh nature of the
desert, all of their water comes from a local well, and they raise
the animals needed to survive. We shared a meal with this community, which allowed the students to experience the vast expanse
and isolation of the desert. lt was eye-opening to see what it takes
to survive there.
0ur trip to Egypt evoked a lot of thoughts and feelings within
our students. They had to interact with people who speak different
languages, practice different religions, and come from a very differ-
collaborating with Professor Phil Adamo, who teaches ancient history at Augsburg, we arrived last May in Cairo wilh 22 students. We
began our journey in Africa's largest city, a 1,OOO-year-old metropolis that is home to more than 20 million people. Beyond Cairo,
our three-week excursion took us through Alexandria, Luxor,
Aswan, and Hurghada.
0ur two courses covered Ethnicity and ldentity in Ancient and
Modern Egypt, focusing on Egypt's ancient past and exploring its
modern identity, including a discussion of religion. Although Egypt
has an overwhelming Muslim majority there is also a significant
Orthodox Christian community. As such, students visited some of
the oldest lslamic mosques and Christian churches and monasteries in the world. 0ne stop was Al-Azhar University and mosque,
which is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the
world. We later went to the Hanging Church, one of the sites said
to have been visited by Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Outside of Cairo,
we visited St. Makarios Monastery, another monastery on the Holy
Family's travels through Egypt.
ln discussing Egypt's place in the ancient world, we acknowledged that ancìent Egyptian
society is often over-romanti-
cized, Ieading to a diff iculty in
reconciling the past with the
current state of affairs. To give
context and help students
understand the many changes
Egypt has undergone, we
explored Egypt's relations with
its neighbors, both past and
present. Our f irst stop, Abu
Simbel, is an ancient temple
built by the Egyptians, in an
area then known as Nubia, to
show Egypt's dominance in the
region. Although Nubia is no
longer a separate kingdom, the
Nubian people have a distinct
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ent worldview. We challenged stereotypes, explored history, and
dug deep into what it means to be an American traveling overseas.
cities, resorts, mountains, and deserts on our
quest to learn more about Egypt. lt was a wonderful experience to
take students to the place where my family originated, and I look
forward to possibly going back.
We traveled through
MOHAMED SALLAM
Director of the Pan-Afrikan Center and instructor in the Departments of Sociology and History
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Two new regents elected to board
The Augsburg Corporation,
at its annual meeting in
September, elected two new
members to the Board of
NEW
Bt00MlNGIf)l{ CEI{TER-Augsburg students
can now study toward an MBA or a Master of Arts in
Leadership degree in Bloomingon at St. Stephen
Regents and re-elected six
lutheran Church, conveniently located near l-494
others.
and France Ave. For graduates of nearby
Elected to a four-year
term on the Augsburg Board
of Regents:
Ann Ashton-Piper (above
left)
Ann Ashton-Piper is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and has worked
extensively in the information technology field and is president of The Bridgie
Group, a small lT consulting firm. She is active in her church, Peace Lutheran
Church in Bloomington, where she recently chaired the Call Committee. She
and her husband, Ken, who is an architect, are also active in theìr community,
supporting local nonprofit and charitable organizations such as Lake Country
School, Groves Academy, and the Children's Theater Company. They have five
children and live in Bloomington.
Normandale Community Gollege, a bachelor's
degree completion program (AA to BA)
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cation studies or business administration is
planned at the new Bloomington Center.
NEW S()ClAl- W0R|íMBA DUAL DEGREE-A new
MSWMBA dual degree is specifically designed
for
MSW alumni who completed the Program I)evelop-
ment, Policy, and Administration (PDPA) c0ncentra-
tion; it will offer the knowledge, experience, and
values necessary for success in both business and
human services systems.
Lisa Novotny'80 (above right)
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Lisa Novotny'80 is vice president, Human Resources at General Mills, and
Augsburg's Sabo Genter for Citizenship and Learn-
has responsibility for human resource strategy and leadership across the sup-
ing, the Minnesota Urban Debate league (MNUI)L)
ply chain and iechnology organization. Prior to General Mills, she held similar
positions for Dain Bosworth and First Bank System. Novotny received her
sponsors six high school programs and three junior
Bachelor of Science degree in social work and Spanish from Augsburg College
St. Paul, serving several hundred students, teach-
ol
high school debate programs in Minneapolis and
in 1980 and a Master of Arts in industrial relations from the University of Min-
ers, and coaches. lt is one ol the college-readiness
nesota. She and her husband, Rev. lVìark Flaten, are members of Edina Community Lutheran Church. They have two daughters; one of them is a current
partnerships Augsburg supp0rts t0 provide access
to underserved and low-income high school stu-
Augsburg sophomore.
dents in the Twin Cities.
Elected to a second, six-year term was:
'65, chairman, Swenson Anderson Financial Group
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. Dan Anderson
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body president Sam Smith welcomed first-year
Elected to second, four-year terms were:
Hagfors, founder and president (retired), Norsen, lnc.
. Jodi Harpstead, chief operating officer, Lutheran Social Service of lVìinnesota
. Dean Kennedy'75, president, TFI Securities
. Marie McNeff, academic dean (retired) and professor emerita of education,
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Paul Mueller'84, physician and chair of internal medìcine, Mayo Clinic
students at the opening convocation with a mes-
sa!e: "At Augsburg my life and my learning have
been enriched by the constant reminder thal the
city and the community are the largest classrooms
you can find.
... Where I currently live,
on the
l3th floor of Mortensen Hall, the view of downtown
Minneapolis is both beautiful and intimidating. Up
that high, it's impossible to make out faces or
street signs. At street level, though, life in the
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{ugsburg's Campus Kitchen program was honored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals with the Outstanding Youth Award
for 2009 at National Philanthropy Day in Minneapolis in November. Augsburg students were recognized for the program they
largely plan and run that serves more than 1,700 meals each
month to low-income and homeless persons, and communities in
need in the Cedar-Riverside and Phillips neighborhoods.
The student leadership team of 8-12 Augsburg student volunteers provides the essential component for the program-people
power. Under direction of the staff coordinator and two student
interns, the team coordinates other volunteers for three cooking
shifts and six food deliveries each week. Meals are prepared, stored
overnight, and delivered the following day. The students also gìve
of their heart, providing conversation and offering companionship
to the individuals they serve.
The Campus Kitchen at Augsburg College was established in
October 2003 and is one of only 15 Campus Kitchen organizations
around the country. The program brings together the college dining
service, local community groups, and individuals to plan, prepare,
The Campus K¡tchen at Augsburg received the y0uth philanthr0py award, recognizing
lhe work ol the students and volunteers who serve 1,700 meals per month in the
neighborhoods around Augsburg.
deliver, and serve meals.
ln the past two years, Campus Kitchen has expanded its activities:
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A'viands food service-From their arrival at Augsburg ìn June
2008, A'viands, a local food service provider, has embraced
Campus Kitchen and provides access to food that would otherwise be thrown away. Donations also come from community food-
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. Summer Garden
and Nutrition Education Project-Augsburg students teach neighborhood youth from the Brian Coyle Community
Center and Somali Confederation about health, nutrition, garden-
banks and other institutions.
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Communìty Supported Agriculture (CSA)-Campus Kitchen is the
site coordinator for all Augsburg CSA shares and receìves six
shares through Ploughshare Farm's Food for Folk Project.
Community garden-Over three years, Augsburg's community garden has provided space for neighborhood residents, Augsburg
employees, and community organizations to grow their own food.
ing skills, and cooking nutritious meals.
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West Bank Farmers Market-ln partnership with the Coyle
Center, local farmers selltheir produce once a week during the
summer in the morning at Coyle Center and in the afternoon at
Augsburg-and often donate unsold food to Campus Kitchen.
. Service-learning-Augsburg
history students get hands-on learning about how resources are collected, distrìbuted, and controlled
in the "living text" of Augsburg's Campus Kitchen.
ln its six years, Campus Kitchen has been the recipient of three
awards recognizing the program's outstanding service and
achievements: Student Organization of the Year, given by
Augsburg College; Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award, given by
World Hunger Year in 2OO4; and the Great ldea Award, given by
America's Promise. Read more about Campus Kitchen at
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age 77, Herb Chilstrom '54 got an offer he couldn't refuse. The retired ELCA
presiding bishop was invited to serve as interim director of the Linnaeus Arboretum
at Gustavus Adolphus College while its director is overseas for ayear. The transition
from Chilstrom's 50-plus years as pastor and bishop to administrative gardener, he
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had," he says.
When the Chilstroms moved to a townhome in St. Peter, Minn., Herb volunteered
his services to the arboretum. For seven years he nurtured flowerbeds back to
blooming beauty and created a vegetable garden behind the restored settlers'
cabin-which was a necessity for every settler, as well as his own family, During this
time the arboretum began to restore more than 80 acres back to its native prairie.
Now as interim director, he has enjoyed launching "The Linnaeus Order of
Nasturtiums," a cadre of volunteers who tend the arboretum's flora. lVlostly retirees,
the order has "taken off like gangbusters," Chilstrom says. Despite the initiation,
that is, which requires each volunteer to eat a nasturtium blossom laced with
cream cheese.
"People are almost begging to get into the order," says Chilstrom. He has
recruited 20 volunteers in two months, and all have passed the initiation.
For Chilstrom, this second "calling" also has theological roots. He says that
while Lutherans consider Christ's life, death, and resurrection in the Second Article
of the Creed as the heart of Christian faith, "we may have emphasized it to the
point where we don't appreciate as much as we should the First Article, about creation as the gift of God."
"Being involved in a place like the arboretum," Chilstrom continues, "gives me a
chance to create some balance, to be committed to making this place as beautiful
as it can be in a world that is quite broken, where we don't appreciate the gifts of
nature, and where there's so much desecration of the environment."
It's also a chance for some historical reflection. Chilstrom recounts how so many
settlers, including his great-grandparents, arrived in lVìinnesota penniless and
began breaking up the prairie, with disregard for Native peoples and their land.
"Now when we recapture part of that into native prairie, we are helping people
step back and think about what it was like for Native Americans to live here, how
they survived in that setting, and the beauty of the prairie," he says.
ln sum, Chilstrom says, "lfeel that in my retirement I've been uniquely blessed
to be located in a place like this where I can think about some of these good ihings
that are important to us."
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September 28-0ctober 4
Despite the rains and chilly weather, spirits were high at the 2009
Auggie Adventure, as hundreds of alumni, students, faculty/staff,
and friends celebrated Homecoming. 0ueen Jamie Krumenauer
and King Kevin Khottavongsa presided at the football game halftime festivities and cheered the Auggies despite their loss to
Hamline, 38-28. Alums sampled classes from Augsburg professors, met fellow alumni authors, enjoyed their reunions, and
ended the weekend with a bang at the fireworks display.
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DISTINGUISHEIl ALUMNI
FIRST ]lECA]lE AWARIl
Tove Dahl'84 and Curt Rice'84
Tove Dah
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Professor,
Psychology, University of Tromsø, Norway
Curt Rice-Director, Center for Advanced
Study in Theoretical Linguistics, University
Brenda Talarico, '99 PA
Assistant Professor, Physician
Assistant Program, Augsburg Col lege
of TromsØ, Norway
SPIRIT fIF AUGSBURG
AWARD
Phebe Hanson '50
Poet, teacher, founding member of
The Loft Literary Center
James E. Haglund, Augsburg Regent
Emeritus and Parent
President and Owner, Central
Contai ner Corporation ; Co-owner of
Spectrum Screen Printing
Joyce (Anderson) Pfaff '65
Professor Emerita of Health and
Physical Education, Augsburg College
2flO9 ATHLETIC HALL flF FAME
Bob Arvold '82, Wrestlìng
Joel Engel '87, lvlen's Basketball
Matt Farley'88, Baseball
Dallas Miller'88, lvìen's Hockey
Ruth 0lson '60, Women's Basketball
Sonja Slack Payne '91, Softbatt, Tennis
Drew Privette '89, Football, Men's Hockey
Richard Thorud '56
Daniel Roff '82, Football
Retired engineer, Toro Company
Stefanie Lodermeier Strusz '98, women's Basketball
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For more aboul Homecoming and the alumni award winners, go to
www.augsburg.edu/now
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THE DESTINATION IS THE SAME: EARNING A COLLEGE DEGREE. BUT THE PATHS
TO THAT CAN BE AS DIFFERENT AS DAY AND WEEKEND/EVENING.
For many, Augsburg College is a traditional liberal arts college with 18- to 22-year-olds
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living on or near campus. lt's the place where they went just a few months after graduating from high school and spent the next four years.
There is another side to Augsburg as well. lt's one where classes are held on Fridays,
Saturdays, Sundays, and some evenings. ln this evening and weekend program, students
are older, they are more likely to have a full-time job, and they often juggle more family
responsibilities than traditional day students. They study in both Rochester and
lVinneapolis, at four locations.
While the two groups are demographically different, the education they receive is as
close to the same as possible. For example, business majors in the day program take the
same courses as business majors in the evening and weekend program at all locations.
Where the education differs has more to do with the life experiences students bring to
the classroom.
As one way to see this, we talked to students and faculty members in a day and
weekend section of English 111. This class, Effective Writing, is one that nearly every
Augsburg student takes. As seen in their favorite books and authors, the younger day
students tend toward escape fantasy and horror fiction, exploring the dark and the
macabre. The older weekend/evening students show more interest in philosophy, psychology, and spìrituality-perhaps seekìng more understanding, meaning, and comfort
their lives. Enjoy "meeting" these Augsburg students.
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by the numbers
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DAY UNDERGRAI)UATE PR()GRAM
Total students enrolled: 809
Total students enrolled: 2,01 3
Average age: 35
Average age:
Male/female rat¡o: 37/63
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Male/female ratio: 50/50
Students of color: l5%
Students of color (total): 25%
Students of color (first-year class): 42%
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Velkommen Jul is one of Augsburg's most popular traditions, a Scandinavìan
welcome to the holiday season. Augsburg alumni and friends look forward each
year to the splendid banquet of sweets and treats provided by the Augsburg
Associates.
Enjoy these cookie recipes that come from the hands and hearts of the
Associates. Some recipes date back generations to family members who
attended Augsburg Seminary in the late 1800s.
JOIN US AT VELKOMIVìEN JUL ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4,
BEGINNING WITH CHAPEL AT 10:15 A.M.
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Grandma Rand's Krumkake
1 pt. whipping cream
1 c. sugar
l tsp. vanilla
2 c. f|our
Pinch of salt
1 c. milk
Whip cream until stiff . Add sugar gradually. Mix vanilla and
add flour and salt, which have been sifted together. Add milk
slowly, beating constantly. Bake in krumkake iron, a teaspoon-
ful at a time (no more). Remove from iron and roll immediately.
Makes about 10 dozen.
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Mash cooked egg yolks with fork. Add sugar and
continue beating; add cream and beat
again; blend in butter. Crush cardamom
seeds to powder and add with enough
flour to make a dough f irm enough to roll
work into a wet and pasty mixture. Add raw egg
yolks and mix well. Add butter and mix. Add flour,
salt, and vanilla. Take dough about the size of a
walnut and roll into pencil shape about seven
inches long. Form a ring, overlap ends (like a pret-
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sugar. Bake a|325 degrees until light brown.
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Heat oil in a deepfryer to 375 degrees. (Be sure to
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rosettes and maintain an average of 375.) Put the
rosette iron in the oil as it heats-a hot iron and
oil temperature are most important for crisp
rosettes.
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1 c. butter
1 tsp. almond extract
2-tl2 c. flour
Batter: ln a deep bowl, lightly whip the eggs, salt,
and sugar with a fork, just to mix. Don't overbeat
it. Combine the milk, water, and vanilla. Alternately add 1/3 of the liquid and 1/3 of the flour to
the egg mixture and repeat until all are mixed. lf
the batter isn't smooth, put through a sieve to
remove the lumps.
4 small egg yolks (or 3 large)
2/3 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
Cream sugar and butter, add almond extract
and egg yolks and beat well. Add flour and
salt. Put cookie dough in cookie press and
press out cookies on cookie sheet. Decorate
Lay out paper toweling on cookie sheets to cool the
rosettes after frying. Have a bowl of sugar for dipping the hot rosette into after it comes off the iron.
with red and green sugar. Bake about 12
minutes at 400 degrees.
A couple of forks will be useful to remove the
rosette from the iron.
With hot oil and hot iron a|375 degrees, and
absorbent cloth or several paper towels ready,
quickly remove the rosette iron from the oil,
quickly shake off any excess oil over the deepfryer,
dab the iron on the paper towel, and quickly
immerse the iron into the rosette batter-not going
over the top edge of the rosette iron-and quickly
return the iron to the deepfryer. After about 15-20
seconds in the oil for a light brown color, gently
remove the rosette from the iron using a fork. Be
sure to keep the iron in the oil heating as the
rosette continues to brown; turn it with the forks to
get uniform browning; and remove from the oil
with the forks and place on paper toweling with
the hollow side down to drain off any excess oil
While warm, dip in sugar. Cool completely and
store in large cookie tin in a cool place. Makes
approximately 36 rosettes.
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perspective
BY JEFF SHTLMAN
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Augsb
s'
Lisa Jack
It was a summer of mood swings
and wide-ranging emotions.
ln May, Lisa Jack found herself on the
cover of the los Angeles Times'Calendar
section. The Augsburg psychology professor had a camera around her neck as
is talk of a Paris showing of the photos
"The majority of students, they enjoy
being engaged and challenged," Jack
said. "l love challenging them and to be
that until two years ago were housed in a
chal lenged. "
basement box, Jack is far less interested
than she was even this summer.
That's because real life suddenly
While Jack's photos have been seen
across the globe and she has been inter-
While the 36 photos of 0bama are
now on display at Occidental, and there
reappeared.
0n July 25, doctors told Jack's
viewed by outlets ranging from The New
York Times to the television show Exfra,
Jack has never heard a word from
mother that she has ovarian cancer. ln
examining her family history, Jack and
Obama or anyone at the White House.
her sister were then told that they are
ings with Obama in recent years, is all
right with that. She understands the job
he has to do and that the photos are
from a long time ago. And she also has
display at a hip West Hollywood art
genetically predisposed for the disease.
And because there isn't a way to screen
for ovarian cancer, the only way for Jack
to protect herself would be to have sur-
gallery.
gery herself.
she sat cross-legged and dressed in
black in the California sun. Her 1980
photographs of now-President Barack
Obama-which were originally published
in
Time magazine-were about to go on
She had become the photographer
she wanted to be at the time she took
those photos when they were both under-
graduates at Occidental College. There
was now enough buzz about her work for
singer-songwriter Seal to check out the
photos. Her photographs captured what
she has described as Obama's youth and
playfulness. And she knew she wanted
some sort of platform."
With Jack needing to help provide
care for her mother in New York and
planning for a significant medical
procedure of her own, Jack was
pictures.
forced to adjust her teaching load
at the last minute. Jack was not
years.
New camera in tow, she spent part of
her summer in North Dakota shooting
photos of professional rodeo cowboys
and the livestock they ride. She began
conversations about some photography
projects. She was excited about rediscovering what she had once thought
would be a career.
"Once I purchased the camera, I went
to practice at the IUniversity of
able to teach an AugSem first-year
seminar and is llmited to one psychology internship course for
upperclass students.
"l was adamant that I teach
this semester," she said. "l have
to have a life. I can't be all cancer all the time. And I love to
teach. I have a class of seniors
and I know them all. lt'll be
fun."
Because while Jack's love
of photography was rekindled
Minnesota'sl Raptor Center," Jack said.
"When I put everything in my computer,
I said, '0h my God.' I didn't lose any
when she unearthed the
nearly 3O-year-old photos of
vision. "
Obama, she still wants to
All was great, right?
Not so fast. Because that part of the
summer seems so long ago.
some new-fou nd perspective.
"lt's an ugly, horrible, heinous disease," Jack said. "They call it the
silent killer. I've done a U-turn into a
cancer activist. But maybe it was the
point in finding those photos, to have
to continue telling stories through
That's why Jack began taking photographs again for the first time in many
Jack, who has had two chance meet-
teach. With an extremely outgoing personality and non-stop
professor
energy, Jack loves the classroom setting.
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Mafk
HanSOn calls it a "kicking and
screaming" calling. The son of a parìsh
pastor, Hanson had no interest in follow-
difficult times, ELCA presiding bishop Mark Hanson '68 finds
great joy in his calling and seeks to stay focused 0n Ggd's w3rk in the world.
Even through
ing his father into mìnistrY.
Sure, Hanson went to Union Theologi-
cal Seminary after graduating in 1968
from Augsburg with his wife, lone
(Agrimson) '68, but ihat was onlY
because he received a scholarship to try
it for a year. Even when he f inished up
at Union, Hanson went as far as to stand
in line to regìster to begin graduate
school classes in psychology before he
realized that wasn't what he wanted to
do with his life.
"l ended up going to therapy for six
months to f igure out what was going on
ìn my lìfe," Hanson says. "And it was
only after sìx months of therapy that
realized I was f ighting, for all the wrong
I
reasons, the call to ministrY."
Now, nearly 40 years later, Hanson
f
inds himself as the presìding bishop of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America at one of the most challenging
times since the Lutheran Church in
America, the American Lutheran Church,
and the Association of Evangelical
Lutheran Churches merged to form the
ELCA in the late 1980s.
The nation's financial instability has
led to a downturn in contributions to the
church. The nation's changing demographics have left the ELCA as a graying
organization with ìts strength in parts of
the natìon that aren't growing. And, in
the wake of votes taken at August's
Churchwide Assembly on topics of
human sexuality and homosexual clergy
in committed relationships, there are
many individuals and congregations
pondering whether the ELCA is the place
for them.
And despite the current challenges
"I think that ìn anxious times that
have dimensions of conf lict in them, the
temptation ìs to go into enclaves of likeminded people to both reinforce the convictions one holds with those likeminded people, and often to articulate
that those whom you are not in agreement with are so wrong," Hanson says.
"l have worked to be very connected
relationally.
"ln a culture that is so polarized,
facing the ELCA, Hanson loves his job.
"l f ind great joy in what I do,"
especially around issues of personal
Hanson says, while sitting in his 11th-
morality, and tends to be increasingly
f
loor off ice that overlooks Chicago's
0'Hare lnternational Airport. "I use joy
very intentionally. Joy, for me, has its
source in my faith. I literally f ind great
joy in this call. I told a group of pastors
that I have the best call in the church
and what was fun was that a bunch of
them lìned up to argue with me about
why theirs is better. I liked that."
But Hanson acknowledges that these
times are challenging. And that's why
Hanson has spent-and will be spend-
ing-a
signif icant amount of time engag-
fractious, contentìous, and too often
mean-spirited, can we exemplify in our
witness another way to live-together
and honoring our dìfferences, but in the
context of our unity?"
J
im Arends, a I97 4 Augsburg gradu-
ate and current bishop of the LaCrosse
lWisc.l Area Synod,
saYS one
of Han-
son's biggest strengths as presiding
bishop is his ability to communicate in
general and to listen in particular.
"lt
is going to help, it can't but help,"
Arends says. "He respects you. I don't
ing in conversation, even if the actions
think I've ever seen anything even close
at the Minneapolis Convention Center
to disrespectful. With his authority and
height, he's still able to make people be
make things a little awkward and
u
ncomf ortable.
comfortable and relax around hìm.
That's tough with the height of his collar
and the big cross he needs to wear."
How does he do it? Hanson saYS some
of it is because of what he learned at
Augsburg. Because while there are challenges within the church, there are far
Discovering
in the
Challenges
of leadership
BY JEFF SHELMAN
Fall
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2009
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more sign
if
icant issues-poverty, dis-
ease in third-world countries, and health
concerns among them-that the ELCA is
trying to tackle.
"The call for us as Christians is not to
be turned inward in conf lict with each
schools of higher education. We have
great colleges and universities in the
church, but I think Augsburg has really
positioned itself where I would want to
see a college of this church to be."
for work about 80% of the time.
"There are some days when I've gone to
the airport where I've given the United
desk my driver's license and said,
'l forgot
to look, where am I going again?"' Hanson
other and miss this moment to be
engaged in God's work in the world;
And as Hanson progressed from
parish pastor to bishop of the Saint Paul
Area Synod to, now, presiding bishop,
Augsburg gave me that perspective," he
Hanson sees a thread that goes back to
says. "Augsburg always reminded me
that whatever is going on with you,
Augsburg.
will have a lot to do with continuing com-
"My whole life has been shaped by
the intersection of intellectual curiosity,
faith, and how faith and intellect shape
one for a life in leadership," Hanson
says. "The phrase I use for what I got
from Augsburg and Union is an
unquenchable curiosity of faith and life.
I've never stopped being curious. I think
Augsburg fostered that. I'm going to be
free to ask questions and to serve my
neighbor, particularly the one who is
struggling with issues of justice and
munications, building relationships, and
leading a church that has members asking
serious questions about the future. While
the conversations and e-mails aren't
always positive from individuals concerned
about the ELCA's actions, Hanson remains
within your family, within the church,
there is a world that calls you."
That was true in the mid-to-late
1960s when Hanson studied sociology,
and it is true now as Hanson also
watches Augsburg as a parent. Four of
his six children have or currently are
attending Augsburg. His daughter
Alyssa, an alumna of the College, is also
teaching math in the Weekend College
program.
"When lone and I were at Augsburg,
we were invited, encouraged, challenged
to immerse ourselves in the city, CedarRiverside, North Minneapolis, and that
has not stopped," he says. "0ur daughter who is a senior there now has been to
Central America twice. The immersion
and context have grown from the immediate Cedar-Riverside neighborhood to
now the world.
"l'm all
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over the world looking at
Augsburg Now
says with a laugh. "That's pretty bad. I'm
prepared for where I'm going, but there's a
lot of travel."
That travel, in the upcoming months,
upbeat.
"l
am proud to serve in leadership right
"l lead 70 million Luther-
now," he says.
ans in the world and lead the largest
Lutheran Church in the United States;
around Lake Harriet for Chicago's Edge-
that's just an amazing thing that I am
called into that sort of leadership. lf the
criticism begins to take a personal toll,
then I can no longer be an effective leader.
I think that the gospel is too good news for
me to get so discouraged that I can't, with
brook neighborhood, he's rarely there.
It's tough to be at home when you travel
great passion, proclaim the good news of
Jesus. "
poverty."
And Hanson has plenty of opportunities to be curious as presiding bishop.
While he and lone have traded the area
"We have great colleges and universities in the church, but I think Augsburg has
really pos¡t¡gned itself where I would want t0 see a college of this church t0 be."
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\t'/ith more than 4,000 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs,
Augsburg College strives to create an intentionally diverse and vibrant community by welcoming students of varied backgrounds and experiences.
For many of the students who come to Augsburg, being an Auggie is a
dream come true because at one time in their lives, the idea of going to college was nearly impossible to imagine.
That's where Admission Possible comes in. This program, which was
founded in Minnesota in 1999 to help low-income high school students get
into college, has brought more than 100 students to Augsburg since its found-
H
ing. Ihis fall, 63 Admission Possible alumni joined the Augsburg community as
first-year students-more than any other private college in the country.
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Admission Possible made Augsburg possible for these students. Not only
has this program enriched the lives of students and their families,
it has also
benefited the Augsburg community.
Finding Admission Possible
Juventino "Juve" Meza Rodriguez'11 came to the U.S. from
Mexico when he was 15 years old. Unlike his parents or siblings,
Meza Rodriguez had been fortunate to attend school beyond the
sixth grade and, though he did not speak English, he was excited
m
H
m
about continuing his education in a Minnesota high school.
"l come from a low-income working family; my parents and
their parents didn't go to school. My mom made a big push for
education for her children because she wanted us to do something she wasn't able to do," he says.
Meza Rodriguez tested into the ninth grade and began classes
at Arlington High School in St. Paul. ln his neighborhood and in
his family, no one had gone to college. "As kids we always said
we want to be this or that," he says, "but realistically I wasn't
thinking that college would be a possibility for me. And my parents of course didn't think it was an option either."
ln his sophomore year, he dropped out of school, following his
friends who had started working and were making money. "l was
out of school for one week, and I did not enjoy life," he says. He
asked his parents to help him get back into school, and after
that week he appreciated his education more than he had before
"l knew I wanted something more, but I wasn't sure what that
was and I didn't have people around me who had done it either."
With a renewed enthusiasm for high school, Meza Rodriguez
asked a guidance counselor about college. "She told me
I
couldn't go," he says, but she eventually found a program for him
and suggested he apply. That program was Admission Possible.
From the moment he was accepted into the program, Meza
Rodriguez was on his way to college, but he was in unfamiliar
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territory. "When I told my parents that I wanted to go to college,
theyasked how I wasgoingtodo it. I said,'l have no idea."'
Because his parents were unable to support him f inancially
and because they had no experience with higher education, lVleza
Rodriguez says they left many of the decisions about school up to
him. "They would always say, 'Tu sabes lo que haces,'(You know
what you're doing). But I didn't know what I was doing."
Getting to Augsburg
l-lis Admission Possible coach did know what to do to navigate
the complicated and sometimes intimidating landscape of college application. Twice weekly in his junìor and senior years,
lVIeza Rodriguez met with his coach and other students. He prepared for the ACT and learned how to select a college that
matched his interests, complete the admissions applications,
and apply for financìal aid including scholarships.
Admission Possible also encouraged lVeza Rodriguez to make
connections at schools by going on campus visits and attending
education fairs. At one such fair for Latino students, he met Carrìe Carroll, Augsburg's assistant vice president of admissions.
"When I got to Carrie's booth, I told her I had heard about
Augsburg and she started asking me questions. We talked for two
hours," he recalls. "She was very welcoming and showed an
interest in me that other schools didn't bother to show." After
their meeting, Carroll e-mailed lVleza Rodriguez and encouraged
him to apply to Augsburg.
"I applied, and Carrie called my AP coach within six days and
said I had been admitted. I was the flrst student in my AP class
to apply and the first to get accepted."
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Carroll says Admission Possible students are attracted to
Augsburg because of the f inancial aid that helps make college
possible for more than 90% of traditional day college students.
Two programs-Augsburg College Access Program (ACAP) and
the Augsburg Promise are aimed at assisting f irst-generation
and low-income students.
ACAP provides a four-year grant for students who have participaled in a college readiness program. The grant covers the cost of
luition not met with federal or state grants for students who are
Minnesota residents, have an ACT score of 20 or belter, and have
cunrulative grade point average of at least 3.25.
lVlore
a
importantly, Carroll says studenls come because ALrgsburg
has made an institutional commitrnent
to providing access for nrany
different types of studenls, to creating an intenlionally diverse cam
pus, and to engaging students in service to the conrmunity. All of
these commitments connect closely to Admission Possible values.
"At Augsburg, we are aware of the obstacles some students
have faced and will continue to face. We value our students." As
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2009
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Meza Rodriguez's case, Carroll says often a student will make
the choice to come to Augsburg, even though they have been
accepted elsewhere, simply because the Augsburg staff takes the
time to get to know them personally.
accessible to anyone, regardless of his or her background or
circumstances.
Beyond admission
onto their campuses." lt has also helped colleges and universities
address much of the stigma that is attached to low-income stu_
Meza Rodriguez says that Admission possible has also changed
campus atmospheres by introducing students who might not have
considered college in the past. ',Ap helps colleges get out of their
comfort zone," he says, "by welcoming more and more diversity
Once students are accepted and begin their college studies, they
still encounter
d
many challenges that can make staying jn school
iffic u lt.
dents, challenging the notion that they are low-achieving or unpre_
pared. ln fact, while the fall 2009 first-year class includes 40%
ln the past, a team of Admission posstble staffers did some
tracking and outreach to their alumni after they had started
college. Most of their assistance had been reactionary, however,
and they were often brought in when a student was in the midst
students of color, the average ACT score and class rank have
of a crisis.
pared for success and dedicated to making the most of their college
This year, Admission Possible has developed a structured col_
remained consistent among Augsburg's incoming classes over the
past four years.
Carroll agrees, adding that Admission possible students are pre_
on their individual campuses.
experience. "These are smart, capable students who work very hard
to succeed. They just need to be taught how to do this.',
Meza Rodriguez is just one example of the motivated and tal_
Ben Pierson is the college coach at Augsburg this year. Having
an office on campus is important because for Admissjon possible
ented students who find a fit at Augsburg through coilege readiness
programs. He received a president,s Scholarship, which recognizes
alumni, "AP" means "help." Students know they will find a caring adult in Pierson as well as a reliable source of information
academic achievement and leadership potential, and he is an
Honors program student. ln his three years at the College, he has
and support.
also been a senator in student government, helped found a Latino
lege program with coaches who work one-on-one with students
Pierson works with Augsburg's director of retention, the
Enrollment and Financial Services staff, admission counselors,
and with the other student support programs. His objective is to
maintain contact with students and help them find the resources
they need before they want or need to drop out.
student organization, and conducted summer research with
President Pribbenow as his mentor and adviser.
This fall Meza Rodriguez is studying poverty, inequality, and
social change in the Metro Urban Studies Term (MUST) through
HECUA, the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs, and
is doing an internship with the Citizens League in St. paul. He
Making dreams poss¡ble
has also organized a group at Augsburgto help connect the more
than 100 Admission Possible alumni who are now enrolled at the
College readiness programs like Admission possible are just one of
College.
When he participates in Commencement, Meza Rodriguez knows
the many ways students find Augsburg and realize their dreams.
But this program benefits more than the students who enroll and
graduate.
Meza Rodriguez and the other Admission possible alumni fea_
tured here set examples for their peers, siblings, and their commu_
nities. Their experiences demonstrate that a college education is
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will be an inspiration not only to members of his community but
to his younger siblings, ages 4 and g, whom he hopes will one
day follow in his footsteps. "My siblings can see that college is pos_
sible. So many people around me can now see that it is possible.,,
he
also
Learn about Adm ission possi ble at www.adm ission possi ble.org.
Read more about the other
Augsburg Admission possible
students pictured here at
wwuaugsburg.edu/now
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Farrington Starnes'12
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DEAR FRIEI{tlS,
As I write to report to you on the successful completion to a most extraordinary year of economic challenges, I remain filled
with gratitude for your steadfast support to Augsburg College.
While each week last fall brought more bitter news than the previous regarding our financial institutions, we maintained a
watchful and cautious eye over our students, our revenues, and our gifts. I was so pleased and humbled that through these
difficult months our enrollments remained high, our programs strong, and your giving constant.
During this difficult year, your gifts made an Augsburg education possible for many students who would not have otherwise been able to continue theìr studies. At Augsburg, we are committed to providing the access for these students of differing faiths, cultures, and ethnicities to thrive and to become the
next leaders in creating safe and sustainable communities.
Together, we continue to learn how "We are called to serve our
neìghbor. "
Durìng this past year, as a teaching and learning community,
WE ARE CALLEI}
TO SERVE (lUR NEIGHB(lR
we also explored in many ways what it means to live more sustainably in the city. I was so proud of our students, who pushed the College for changes that made us better stewards of our
gifts and of God's creation. Augsburg is now a leader among educational institutions in the use of renewable energy, in support of alternative transportation practices, and in the adoption of a food composting program.
As we move forward, I ask for your abiding and increased participation and support in the next years as we continue to
work together for a stronger and more vibrant future for our college, and for our students.
S
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GIVING IN ACTI(¡NWhat Students and Alumni Say
Nate Johnson '11
Rossing Physics Scholar, StepUP program
Ali Rapp '11
Honors student, "Homemade" blogger
ln Augsburg's unique Honors program, Ali and her fellow students participate in deep discussions about controversial questions. "There's a degree of openness in Honors that you don't
find in other classes," she says. Another way Ali expresses
her-
self is through her blog on Homemade, the site that gives current and future Auggies a sense of what life is really like for
students at Augsburg. "We really get to the heart of issues, and
I'm glad we have that kind of freedom to be ourselves and to be
Junior Nate Johnson has an interest in how things work and
was drawn to the problem-solving part of physics. This year he
was named one of four Rossing Physics Scholars in the nation
by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Johnson grew
up in St. Croix Falls before entering substance abuse treatment
in high school. At Augsburg, Johnson is in the StepUp pro,
gram, a program that is much of the reason why he chose the
College and where he f inds community, support, faith, and discipline. "When I was looking at colleges, every time I went to
genuine."
Augsburg, I felt excited about it," Johnson says, "... other college settings felt daunting."
Your giving supp0rts personal growth in Augsburg's
Your giving supp0rts paths to healthy lives in Augsburg's
Honors program
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Myles Stenshoel Scholarship
The Augsburg faculty did more
than just teach Shonna Fulford,
a 2OO9 graduate from Perham,
Minn. "They are truly there to
teach you what they know, to let
you discover things you may never
Annika Gunderson '11
have otherwise, and to help you
President's Scholar, world traveler
ln her three years as an Auggie, Annika Gunderson '1 t
succeed in everything you want to do," she says. As the recipient of the endowed scholarship for students pursuing careers in
political science, she also had the opportunity to get to know
has
almost spent more time away from Augsburg than on campus.
This international relations and Spanish major from Winona,
Minn., has studied abroad three times, spending five weeks in
is named. This student orientation leader and Homecoming
queen hopes to return to Augsburg some day, perhaps as a
Cuernavaca, Mexico; a semester in Central America; and
member of the administration.
another semester in Brazil. Gunderson suggests that all students take advantage of the many study abroad opportunities
Your giving supp0rts scholarships endowed to honor
Professor Emeritus Myles Stenshoel, for whom the scholarship
available to Augsburg students. "lt's important to be able to
challenge yourself to go beyond, to experience something unfa-
faculty careers and commitment
miliar."
Your giving supports life-changing experiences thr0ugh
Augsburg's Genter for Global Education
Michele Roulet '10
WEC Student Senate
Michele Roulet found Augsburg at the State Fair. Returning to college
after a two-year degree and full-time work, she enjoys working at her own
pace for "a chance to figure out who I am." The studio art major has
studied abroad in Central America and Europe. She has also found a
niche in the Weekend Student Senate and has served as its president,
making sure that Augsburg's weekend and graduate student voices are
represented on campus.
Your giving supports leadership in Student Government
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GIVING IN ACTIflNSupporting Augsburg Chemistry Students:
John and Marvel Yager
John Yager '7 4 was not a typical Augsburg f reshman. Although
born in Minnesota, he grew up traveling in a military family. He
picked Augsburg because his parents were expected to retire in the
Twin Cities; his uncle, Dr. 0. Lewis Zahrendt, was an Augsburg
graduate; and Augsburg's admissions materials were the most
appeal i ng.
It was a good choice. Yager says he considers Augsburg "one of
the most fortunate events of my life as far as my education was
concerned." His goal was medical school and he majored in chemistry and biology.
Yager credits his academic success to what he believes are still
the hallmarks of Augsburg's chemistry department-high levels of
integrity, dedication, and a commitment to achievement-as well
as the dedication of the chemistry faculty-Courtland Agre, John
Holum, Earl Alton, and Arlin Gyberg. Yager also credits his classmates, the "phenomenal group of very bright and hard-working students, who helped me work all the harder."
But even more crucial to his college success was the support
Yager received when his older brother, with whom he was living,
was tragically killed in an accident. ln coping with grief and trying
to decide whether to stay at Augsburg, Yager contacted Rick Thoni,
the director of student advisers, who arranged for housing options
that Yager needed to stay in school and supported him through the
While his first job involved hands-on chemistry, his subsequent
work has taken him into related fields and aspects of immuno-
chemìstry-q ual ity assurance, regu latory affairs, cl in ical trials, and
literature research and publications. He is a patent-holder on a
medical device used in endoscopy.
"l've had great opportunity to really apply chemistry," Yager
says, "to apply the discipline of what I've learned over the years to
a career that has been extremely rewarding personally." He notes
that while he didn't pursue a medical career, his work has contìnually helped people through development of better medical
products.
Yager currently'works for a new company,
Acist Medical
Systems, which manufactures products that help physicians
ing them reach out to me was something l've never forgotten,"
administer the contrast agent used in angiography.
Yager has continually remained connected to the Chemistry
Department and Augsburg. He has lectured in senior seminars,
Yager says.
served as a mentor to chemistry students, and coached students
After graduation Yager took additional chemistry courses and
worked as a pathology assistant at St. Mary's Hospital. While medical school did not become part of his future, in the pathology lab
through the hurdles of f inding their first jobs. He enjoys maintain-
crisis.
"Feeling that connection and that bond to the College, and feel-
he met Marvel, who also worked in the lab and later became his
wife.
Yager turned
to industry and took a position with an immunodi-
agnostics company, researching and manufacturing products that
improve medical diagnostic testing. Thirty-f ive years later he has
worked at all of the major immunochemistry companies in the Twin
Cities and has been on the cutting edge of medical research in
number of start-up companies.
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a
ing this connection and being on campus once in a while.
"l just
feel at home," he says.
John and Marvel Yager value education and have supported
Augsburg chemistry students through the Augsburg College Chemistry Alumni Scholarship. At times, Yager has also been able to
provide an employer match to their funds.
"As my career has advanced and we've looked at our values as a
family," Yager says, "the idea of giving back has been fundamental."
Yager says that for them Augsburg is the natural place to give,
and with the scholarship endowment, the gift keeps giving.
T
2OO8.2OO9 FINAI{CIAt H¡ûHLIGHTS
Where the Money Comes From
Where the Money Goes
7o/o
3o/"
Government grants
3o/o
Equipment
and capital
improvement
2o/"
Other sources
Student salary
5%
\
3o/o
Debt service
\
Private gifts and grants
.3o/o
/utititi"t
t2/"
Room and board
ffi
m
ffi
$34.5
$33.7
$30.5
$26.6
$26.2
$24.8
2009 Endowment Market Value
$23.2
Ï22.7
$23.3
May 31, 2009
$20.0
$26,211,136
As
$r 6.4
of May 31, 2009, we have
annual realized and unrealized
losses of 2I.7% on our endowment.
$r 4.2
$11.5
Our five-year average annual return
on the endowment is .18%, and the
lO-year average annual return is
I.42%.
We are committed to maintaining the value of the principal
gifts and to provide support to the
College in perpetuity.
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2ît7
2008
2009
Endowment Assets
(in millions)
June
l,
1
995
-
May 31, 2009
Fall
2009
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llEAR FRIEI{llS,
It is my distinct pleasure to share with you news about the many gifts and contributions made to Augsburg College between June 1, 2008, and May 31,
2009. I am filled with gratitude at the generosity of our thousands of alumni,
parents, and friends who wholeheariedly supported the College during this past
year
of unprecedented economic challenges and uncertainty.
Together, for the benefit of our students and community, we were able to witness many successes and end our year with an operating surplus.
I'd like to
highlight just a few examples.
.
We increased the number of donors who made gifts during the year to a total
4,75L This support went to The Augsburg Fund, student scholarships,
capital projects, and fine arts, athletics, signature programs, and other
important i n itiatives.
of
¡
Perhaps most exciting, especially in a challenging economy, was the success of The Augsburg Fund, our fund for unrestricted gifts for
the College. For the second year in a row, it reached its $1 million goal, surpassing last year's mark for a total of $1,003,210 from
3,400 donors.
¡
Also for the second year in a row, I am proud to tell you
that we received 100% participation in The Augsburg
Fund from the Augsburg Board of Regents, the Alumni
Board of Directors, the President's Cabinet, and-for the
first time-the staff of the lnstitutional Advancement
Division. This was a gratifying sign of commitment from
WE Lfl(lK BACK WITH GRATITUDE
ANIl F(lRWARD WITH EXPECTATION
F()R A YEAR OF CflNTINUED
SUPPflRT FflR flUR STUDENTS
these key groups of leaders.
.
Augsburg also received 619 gifts totaling $387,000 to new or existing scholarship funds. Scholarships are a primary source of financial aid for many students at Augsburg, and we are again grateful for the 334 generous individuals who chose to establish or con-
tribute to these funds,
this new academic year with the largest enrollment and greatest diversity of any incoming first-year class, we look back with
gratitude and forward with expectation for a year of continued support for our students. I thank you for your continued, unfailing support.
As we enter
Sincerely,
JIRTMY R. WELLS
VICT PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
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t¡FEÏIME ûIVI}IG
The following
list recognizes alumni and friends of Augsburg College who have generously given a minimum 0f $100,000, including
planned gifts, over a lifetime. We are immensely grateful for their examples of loyalty and commitment to the College.
'68 and Tamra Nelson
Ernest+ and Helen Alne
Phillip+'55 and Lynne Gronseth
George
Donald '60 and Violet Anderson
Carolyn and Franklin Groves
Barbara Tjornhom
Daniel '65 and Alice Anderson
Norman and Evangeline Hagfors
Robert'51+ and Carolyn Odegard
R. Luther Olson '56
'54 Nelson and Richard
Nelson
Brian Anderson '82 and Leeann Rock'81
James and Kathleen Haglund
Charles and Catherine Anderson
Hearst Foundation
Beverly Halling '55 0ren and Donald '53 Oren
Earl and Doris Bakken
Loren Henderson
John and Norma Paulson
Loren and Mary Quanbeck'77 Barber
Elizabeth '82 and Warren Bartz
Donald Hennings
Grace Forss
Robert '50 and Ruth Paulson
Glen Person '47
Paul '63 and LaVonne Olson
'63 Batalden
'57 Herr and Douglas Herr
Donald '39 and Phyllis Holm
Harvey
Sidney '57 and Lola Lidstrom '50 Berg
Allen and Jean Housh
Addison and Cynthia Piper
Barbara and Tane Birky
Garfield Hoversten '50
David Piper
Roy'50 and Ardis Bogen
Huss Foundation
Harry and lVlary Piper
John+ and Joyce Boss
Sandra and Richard Jacobson
Philip '50 and Dora Frojen'49 Quanbeck
Donald Bottemiller and Shellie Reed
Kinney Johnson '65
Mark'53 and Jean Raabe
Rodney and Barbara Burwell
James Johnson and Maxine lsaacs
Alan
Bush Foundation
Dean '75 and Terry Kennedy
Curtis and lVlarian Sampson
Carlson Companies
Bruce and Maren Kleven
Ward C. Schendel
The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation
David and Barbara Kleven
Ruth Schmidt '52
Richard '74 and Nancy Colvin
E. Milton Kleven '46
James and Eva Seed
David and lVìary Brandt '79 Croft
Dean and Susan Kopperud
Rodney
Theodore and Pamala Deikel
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
John and Martha Singleton
Corporation Foundation
Darrell '55 and Helga Egertson
Rhonda
Tracy L. Elftmann '81
Diane and Philip Larson
Fuad and Nancy El-Hibri
George
Leland and Louise Sundet
Philip and Laverne Fandrei
Winifred Helland '37 Formo+ and Jerome
Formo'37+
James Lindell '46
Dean '81 and Amy Sundquist
Gary'80 and Deanna Tangwall
Jeny and Jean Foss
Jennifer and Richard Martin
P. Dawn Heil
William and Anne Frame
Barbara and Edwin Gage
General Mills Foundatìon
Marie and Larry McNeff
Teagle Foundation
Gerard and Anne lVeistrell
Hoyt '39+ and Lucille lVlesserer
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Robert '63 and Marie Tufford
Michael '71 and Ann Good
Robert '70 and Sue lVidness
Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle
'84 and Jean Taylor '85
H. Theodore '76 and lVlichele Grindal
Raymond '57 and Janice Grinde
Paul '84 and Nancy Mackey '85 Mueller
Robert Wagner '02
William and Stephanie Naegele
Ronald '68 and lvlary Kay Nelson
Scott Weber '79
Del uxe
Roger Griffith
Spitzer'85 Kwiecien and Paul Kwiecien '86
ice
'74
and Catherine L. B. Schendel
Sill '82
Glen and Anna Skovholt
Gladys Boxrud Strommen '46 and Clair
David Lankinen'88
Strommen'46+
'61 and lVary Larson
Harris '57 and Maryon Lee
Arne '49 and Jean Swanson
R
'52 and Joanne Varner '52 Peterson
'52
lVarkland
Glen A. Taylor Foundation
laylor'78
Robert Wick '81
Every effort has been made t0 ensure that all nanes are included and spelled correctly.
lfyou notice an error, please contact Kevin Healy at 1-800-273-0617 or healyk@augsburg.edu.
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Fall
2009
39
PRESItlENT'S CIRCTE
GIFTS RECEIVTD JUNE 1, 2OO8 TO MAY 31, 2OO9
The following
list recognizes alumni and friends of Augsburg College who have generously made leadership gifts to the College 0f $1,000 or more in
the 2008-09 fiscal year.
Ruth Aaskov'53
Margaret Clyde
Andra Adolfson
Joseph Cook'89
William '51 and Marolyn Sortland '51 Halverson
Elling and Barbara Halvorson
Peter '70 and lVìary Agre
Walter and Janet Cooper
Jill Hanau
Lois Richter '60 Agrimson and Russell Agrimson
Brent Crego '84
Clarence Hansen'53
Edward '50 and Margaret Alberg
George
Craig Alexander and Roberta Kagin
Sally Hough Daniels '79
'72 and Janet Dahlman
Mark '68 and lone Agrimson
'68
Hanson
Jodi and Stanley Harpstead
Bartley Davidson '76
Hunt and Diane Harris
Julie Edstrom'90
Richard and Dail Hartnack
Leif Anderson
Judy Thompson Eiler '65
Christopher Haug'79 and Karl Starr
Deloris Anderson '56
Dantel'77 and Patricia Eitrheim
David '67 and Karen Jacobson
Daniel '65 and Alice Anderson
Richard '72 and Tamara Ekstrand
Helen Haukeness'49 and James Ranck
Robert'77 and Katherine Anderson
Brian Anderson '82 and Leeann Rock '81
Fuad and Nancy EI-Hibri
Lisa Svac Hawks '85
Avis Ellingrod
Mark Hebert '74
Catherine and Charles Anderson
Rona Quanbeck'48 Emerson and Victor Emerson
Philip'42 and Ruth Helland
Scott'76 and Lisa Anderson
Ronald Engebretsen
Leo Henkemeyer
Steven and Stephanie Anderson
Susan Engeleiter
Garry Hesser and Nancy Homans
Frank'50 and Georgette Lanes'50 Ario
Christine Pieri '88 Arnold and James Arnold '88
Stephen '68 and lVìarilyn lVcKnight '67 Erickson
Donald '39 and Phyllis Holm
Dean '68 and Diana Olson '69 Ersfeld
L. Craig'79 and Theresa Serbus '79 Estrem
Linda Baìley '74 Holmen and Kenneth Holmen '74
Paul Holmquist '79
Richard '87 and Carla Bahr
lVlark and Margie Eustis
Joeì and Alice Houlton
Dorothy Bailey
John '82 and Joan Moline'83 Evans
Kermit '50 and Ruth Hoversten
Robert Barber'56
Allison Everett'78 and Kenneth Svendsen '78
Clarence '41 and lVarguerite Hoversten
Elizabeth '82 and Warren Bartz
Paul '63 and LaVonne Olson '63 Batalden
Barbara Farley
Jane and Patrick Fischer
Allen '64 and Lenice Hoversten
Philip '71 and Patricia Hoversten
Duncan Flann '55
Jerelyn Hovland '63 and Clyde Cobb
Paul '59 and Pearl Almquist
.James
'58 and Beverly Almquist
Jean Hemstreet'68 Bachman and Harold Bachman
Vera Thorson Benzel
'45
'67
Haugen
Dawn Formo
fom'72
Jerome Formo'37+
Joseph Hsieh'61 and E. Mei Shen Hsieh
Birgit Birkeland '58
William and Anne Frame
Andrew Fried '93
Glenda and Richard Huston
Nancy Paulson '70 Bjornson and
JoAnne Digree '68 Fritz and Barry Fritz
Brandon Hutchinson'99
J. Ragnar Bjornson
Buffie Blesi '90 and John Burns
David '68 and Lynn Boe
Leola Dyrud Furman '61
Barbara and Richard Hutson
Karon Garen
Duane'68 and Diane llstrup
John '47 and lrene Jensen
Sidney'57 and Lola Lidstrom '50 Berg
Norman '59 and Delores Berg
John Berg'59
Ann Garvey
and Karen Howe
lVlichael and Barbara Hubbard
Anthony'85 and Traci Genia
Glen'52 and lrvyn Gilbertson
Carol Oversvee Johnson '61
Bruce Brekke
Orval and Cleta Gingerich
Michael Brock
Andrew and Carolyn Goddard
Ruth E. Johnson '74 and Philip Quanbeck ll
lVerton '59 and Jo An Bjornson '58 Johnson
Adam Buhr'98 and Laura Pejsa '98
Alexander '90 and Simone Gonzalez
Danìel Johnson'75
Robert and Brenda Bukowski
lVichael '71 and Ann Good
Gary'74 and lVelody Johnson
Carolyn Burfield '60
Shirley Larson '51 Goplerud and Dean Goplerud
Thomas Gormley and Mary Lesch-Gormìey
Craig Jones
Marilyn Saure '61 Breckenridge and
Tom Breckenridge
Charles Bush
Bruce '68 and Lois Hallcock '68 Johnson
Eric Jolly
Paul and Judy Grauer
Cynthia Landowski '81 Jones and Rick Jones
Carrìe and Peter Carroll
Charles and Barbara Green
H. Theodore '76 and lVichele Grindal
Jennifer Abeln
John and Peggy Cenito
lVabeth Saure '58 Gyllstrom and Richard Gyllstrom
Janet L. Karvonen-Montgomery and Alan
Keith '65 and Lynn Chilgren
Herbert'54 and E Corrine Chilstrom
David and Kathy Haaland
Norman and Evangeline Hagfors
Patricia and Paul Kaufman
C. Lee Clarke
James and Kathleen Haglund
Dean '75 and Terry Kennedy
Marion Buska '46
Christine Coury '91 Campbell and Craig Campbell
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Carol Jones
'78 Kahlow and Larry Kahlow
lVontgomery
lVichael Kivley '89
Jellrey'77 and Becky Bjella '79 Nodland
Charles and Ritchie Markoe Scribner
Linda Klas '92
Norma Noonan
James and Eva Seed
E. lVlilton Kleven '46
Roselyn Nordaune'77
Adam '01 and Allison Seed
Elsie Ronholm Koivula '49
Lisa Novotny '80 and lVark Flaten
Phyllis '58 and Harold Seim
Joanne Stiles '58 Laird and David Laird
Richard '70 and Linda Seime
Kalhryn'72 Lange and Dennis Sonifer
Teny'7O and Vicki Nygaard
Leroy Nyhus '52
Ruth Ringstad '53 Larson and lVarvin Larson
Robert Odegard '51+
Frankie and Jole Shackelford
Earl '68 and Lisbeth Jorgensen '70 Sethre
Norman '85 and Kim Asleson '84 Okerstrom
Stephen and Kay Sheppard
Harris '57 and Maryon Lee
Sandra Larson '69 Olmsted and Richard Olmsted '69
Chad '93 and lVìargaret Shilson
Thomas and Gratra Lee
R, Luther 0lson '56
David Soli '81
Andre Lewis '73 and Kathleen McCartin
Orville '52 and Yvonne Bagley '52 0lson
Earle '69 and Kathleen Kupka '69 Solomonson
Debora and John Liddell
William and Mary 0'lVìeara
Donald '53 and Beverly Halling '55 Oren
Allan '53 and Eunice Nystuen '50 Sortland
Alice Lindell '58 and Gordon '59 Lindgren
Mary Sue Zelle Lindsay and Hugh Lindsay
Beverly Ottum
Arne and Ellen Sovik
Patricia and John Parker
Carolyn Johnson
Dana Lonn
John and Norma Paulson
Robert and Joyce Engstrom '70 Spector
Kathy Lowrie
Robert'50 and Ruth Paulson
Richard '74 and Karen Pearson
Alan Petersen '58+
Harvey '52 and Joanne Varner '52 Peterson
Todd '89 and Amy Steenson
Karin Peterson
Gladys Boxrud Strommen '46
Eugene'59 and Paula Peterson
Corwin and Doris Peterson
Philip '79 and Julia Davis '79 Styrlund
Arne'49 and Jean Swanson '52 Markland
Ron '69 and Jane Petrich
Terry Marquardt'98 and Gary Donahue
Carol Pfleiderer
Jennifer and Richard lVartin
Sandra Phaup'64
Dean '81 and Amy Sundquist
Jeffrey'79 and Melissa Swenson
Nicole Swords '01 and April Leger '02
Jo Anne Sylvester '68 and Larry Dieckman
Gary '80 and Deanna Tangwall
Jean Taylor '85 and Roger Griff ith '84
Paul '60 and Nancy Thompsen
Dick '61 and Jane Thompson
lVlartin Larson
'80
James Lindell '46
Wenona '55 and Norman Lund
Thomas'68 and Carol Batalden '68 Luukkonen
Pamela and Robert lVlacDonald
Philip '79 and Diane Madsen
Kay Malchow'82 and Stephen Cook
Lyle '68 and Susanne Starn
'68
Robert '71 and Cheryl Lindroos
lVìalotky
'72 Marlin
Paul C. Pribbenow and Abigail Crampton Pribbenow
Donald '66 and Margaret fVattison
Karl D. Puterbaugh'52
Donna McLean
Philip '50 and Dora Frojen '49 Quanbeck
lVlark'53 and Jean Raabe
Tara Cesaretti
'97 lVcleod
and
Chrìstopher McLeod '00
Lori Lassi '80 Rathje and Tim Rathje'86
IVarie and Larry lVìcNeff
Clayton '91 and Denise Sideen
Beverly Ranum
'78
'94 McNeff
Meyer and Dennis Meyer'78
John
'62 and Ruth Sather '63 Sorenson
'80 Spargo and Lawrence Spargo
Donald and Annelies Steinmetz
lVìyles
and Eunice Stenshoel
Beverly and Thomas Stratton
Ralph and Grace Kemmer '58 Sulerud
Bruce and Sharon Reichenbach
Harold and Maureen Thompson
Eunìce Kyllo '62 Roberts and Warren Roberts
Gordon '52 and Gloria Parizek'53 Thorpe
E. Palmer Rockswold
David and Martha Tiede
Deidre Durand 'BB and Bruce lViddleton
John '68 and Linda Roebke
Frances Torstenson
Robert '70 and Sue Midness
Laura and Martin Roller
Lawrence '69 and Susan Turner
Frances Roller
Peter Turner
Timothy '74 and Deborah Anderson '73 Miller
John'77 and Gail Ronning
Emily Anne and Gedney Tuttle
Joyce Schroepfer lVliller '02
Philip Rowberg'41
Gerald '48 and Judith
Betty and Paul Tveite
Julie Lien '82 and Steve Vanderboom
Paul '70 and Barbara Durkee
Gay Johnson
'71
lVikelson
'66 Minear and Spencer
lVlinear '66
Ryan
'59 and Sylvia Sabo
Robert Minicucci
Thomas'59 and Ruth Carlsen '60 Moen
Mark'79 and Pamela Hanson '79 Moksnes
Curtis and lVìarian Sampson
'70 and Dennis Veiseth
Norman '76 and Kathryn Anderson '76 Wahl
Judith and William Scheide
David and Sarah Warch
Thelma lVlonson '41
Carolyn Hanson '68 Schildgen and
Loìs
Thomas and Lorraine Morgan
William Schildgen
Ruth Schmidt '52
Jeremy and Tracy Wells
LaWayne
'51 and D. LaRhea Johnson '51
IVlorseth
lVlartin
Alne'65 Schroeder and William Schroeder
lVìary
'76 Wattman and Douglas Shaw
John '49 and Arnhild Werket
Wheelock Whitney and Kathleen Blatz
James lVloulsoff
lVlarilee
Paul '84 and Nancy Mackey '85 Mueller
Suzanne Ziemann Schulz '87
Robert Wick '81
Donald Murphy '43+ Ruth lVurphy
John Schwartz'67
Diane Pike and Stephen Willett
Ronald '68 and lvlary Kay Nelson
lnez'59 and Lyall Schwarzkopf
David and Catherine Woìd
Mildred Nelson '52
Erik and Leigh Schwarzkopf
Todd Yeiter
Beverly Omdahl Nelson '55
Douglas Scott and Grace Schroeder Scott
Estate of E. lrene Lasseson Neseth '38+
Michael
'08
'71and Bonnie Scott
Every effort has been made to ensure that all names are included and spelled correctly.
lf you notice an errot please clntact Kev¡n Healy at l-800-273-0617 or healyk@augsburg.edu.
*
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Fall
2009
41
flRGANIZATIflNS
GIFTS RECTIVED JUNE 1, 2OOB TO MAY 31, 2OO9
The following
list recognizes organizations that provided generous gifts to Augsburg College 0f $1000 0r more in the 2008-2009 fiscal year
Peace Lutheran Church of Plymouth
Carl & Eloise Pohlad Family Foundatjon
3M Foundation
Halleland Lewis Nilan Sipkins & Johnson PA.
Accenture Foundation
Hazelden Foundation
Al Franken for Senate
Charles and Ellora Alliss Educational Foundation
Hennepin County
Charles N. and Florence S. Hensel Education Fund
American Lutheran Church
Huss Foundation
Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi L.L.P Foundation
Ameriprise Financial
IBM Corporation
The Summit Group
Ameriprise Financial Employee Gift Matching
lnstitute of American Physics
TCF Foundation
Kresge Foundation
A'viands
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans
Thrivent Financial For Lutherans Foundatìon
Bassford Remele
lVìacalester College
UBS Foundation
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
lVarble Lutheran Church
Bonner Foundation
lVat Bandits Wrestling Club
US Bancorp Foundation
Vista De La Montaña United Methodist Church
Campus Kitchens Project, lnc.
The McGee Group
Wabash College
Collegiate lVìarketing
IVlDTA
Data Recogn ition Corporation
Merck Partnership For Giving
Wells Fargo Educational Matching Gift Program
Wells Fargo Foundation Community Support
Deloitte Foundatron
Minneapol is Public Schools
Winthrop & Weinstine, PA.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
M
Program
FPL Group Foundation, Inc.
nnesota Legislative Society
Minnesota Private College Foundation
i
The New York Academy
Gethsemane Professional & Benevolent Fund
Edwin and Edith Norberg Charitable Trust
GI\4AC.RFC
Normandale Lutheran Church Foundation
E
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The following
Research Corporation
National Trust For Historical Preservation
0f Medicine
Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation
General Mills Foundation
SV
Presser Foundation
S0G
IETY,
SupportingAugsburg's mission intothefuture
list recognizes those members wh0 have documented planned gifts to Augsburg College during 2008-09, becoming charter members of
the Sven Oftedal Society.
Daniel '65 and Alice Anderson
Anna J. Hanson
L. Beth Buesing Opgrand '45
E. William Anderson'56
Rodney E. and Arlene B. (Selander) Hill
John Peterson+
Keith and Beverly Anderson
Lorna Hoversten
Elìzabeth Anne and Warren Bartz
Sherry Jennings-King
Quentin '50 and E. Lucille Quanbeck
Nancy M. (Joubert) Raymond
Oliver Dahl '45
Clair Johannsen '62
Dean and Susan Kopperud
Gladys Boxrud Strommen
Sally Hough Danìels '79
Laura Kompelien Delavie '92
Paul Kwiecien and Rhonda Kwiecien
Robert '65 and Kay Tyson
Avis Ellìngrod
David W. Lankinen '88
fVìary Loken Veiseth
Duane M. Esterly
Luther and Janice Larson
Beverly Gryth
Al
lVlarvin and Ruth Larson
ice Evenson
Allison M. Everett and Kenneth
Svendsen
H
I
'52 Villwock+ and H.
Robert Villwock
Julie (Gudmestad) and Joe Laudicina
Robert Wagner '02
Rev. John and Grace (Nydahl) Luoma
Dr. Scott J.M. Weber '79
Rev. Terry Frovik
Lyle and Susanne lVìalotky
Ann Garvey
Orval and Bernell Moren
James and Corrìne Hamre
Roger lVì. Nelson
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c0r{sEcuTtvE ûtvtNG
The following
list recognizes alumni and friends of Augsburg College who have generously given for 10 or more consecutive fiscal years.
lVlarcellus '54 and Thelma Johnson
Rachel Hendrickson '71 Julian and Bruce Julian
George'46 and Jean Christenson '49 Sverdrup
Jennings '51 and lVìary Schindler '48 Thompson
Roberta Kagin and Craig Alexander
Allan Tonn '75
Sharon Dittbenner'65 Klabunde and
Sheldon '49 and Margery Manger'47 Torgerson
Consecutive Giving, 25 !€âts 0r nì0t0:
Ruth Aaskov'53
Harold'47 and Lors Black '47 Ahlbom
Kenneth '61 and lVìarilyn Ellingson '62 Akerman
Charles and Ellora Alliss Educational Foundation
Raymond and lVlargaret Anderson
Jerome Kleven '58
Frances Torstenson
Catherine and Charles Anderson
Lowell '54 and Janice Kleven
Daniel '65 and Alice Anderson
Elsre Ronholm Koivula '49
Margaret Sateren Trautwein '37
Rebecca Helgesen '67 Von Fischer and
Kristin Anderson
Joan Johnson
l. Shelby Gimse Andress '56
Frank'50 and Georgette Lanes'50 Ario
Stanley'57 and Mary Esther Baker
Archie Lalim '5O
George '61 and lVary Larson
Linda Larson '70 and C. jerry Sells
Harris '57 and lVìaryon Lee
lrene Ppedahl Lovaas'45
Roger'57 and Fern lVlackey
lVlarie and Larry McNeff
Paul'70 and Barbara Durkee '71 Mikelson
Spencer'66 and Gay Johnson '66 Minear
Andrew'50 and Barbara Kolden '50 Balerud
Paul '63 and LaVonne Olson '63 Batalden
John Benson'55
Vera Thorson Benzei '45
Jack'49 and LeVerne Berry
Doris Frojen Bretheim '51
Beth Torstenson '66
Richard Klabunde
'53 Kuder and Calvin Kuder
'60
Thomas Von Fischer
Thomas '63 and Gloria Joyce Wadsworth
David and Catherine Wold
20 -24 year s consecutive
Lois Richter '60 Agrimson and Russell Agrimson
Charles'63 and Lois Luthard '65 Anderson
Julie Teigland '69 Anderson and Gary Anderson
Ray Anderson '49
Hamar'34 and Wanda Severson '40 Benson
Theodore '51+ and Carolyn Berkland
James'49 and Barbara Ekse'48 Carlson
Jeroy'48 and Lorraine Carlson
Thomas '59 and Ruth Carlsen
Thomas and Lonaine Morgan
Birgit Birkeland '58
Linda Carlstedt '63
Mildred Nelson '52
Mary Twiton
Gloria Burntvedt Nelson '43
John and Carolyn Cain
Carl '59 and Kathleen Aaker'62 Casperson
Paige Nelson '74
David '72 and lVlichelle Karkhoff '72 Christianson
Roselyn Nordaune'77
Wayne '69 and Pamela Bjorklund '69 Carlson
Addell Halverson Dahlen '43
Richard '74 and Nancy Colvin
Laverne lVoe '48 Olson and Paul 0lson
Orville '52 and Yvonne Bagley '52 Olson
Joyce Catlin
'73 Casey and Paul Casey
Lester Dahlen '39
Moen
'59 Bosben and Robert
LeVon Paulson
Bosben
Dinter'52
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
lVlarsha
Fred '60 and Janet Engelmann
Roger
Reynold '41 and lVarian Erickson
Ruth Ann Gjerde Fitzke '67
'68 and Dean 0lson-Strommen
'56 and Janet Ose
Patricia Strecker'64 Pederson and Dean Pederson
John '82 and Joan Moline'83 Evans
Marilyn Pearson '76 Florian and Kenneth Florian
Glen Person '47
Edward Evenson'41
Jerome Formo '37+
Robert'68 and Alice Draheim '68 Peters
Harvey '52 and Joanne Varner '52 Peterson
Rachel Rohde '76 Gilchrist and Chris Gilchrist
Leonard '52 and Anabelle Hanson '51 Dalberg
James Ericksen '69
Alan'67 and lVarilyn Albaugh '67 Gierke
Shirley Larson '51 Goplerud and Dean Goplerud
Janet Evenson
Paul and Judy Grauer
David Proctor'63
Raymond '57 and Janice Grinde
Philip '50 and Dora Frojen '49 Quanbeck
James'61 and BettyAnn Redeske
James '68 and Linda Gilbertson '71 Romslo
Olive Ronholm '47
'63 Potratz and Edward
Potratz
Leland '53 and Eunice Fairbanks
Paul '62 and Susan Grover
Sonia Overmoen'62 Gullicks and lVlilton Gullicks
Kenneth '58 and Aldemar Johnson
'57
Hagen
Evelyn Amundson Sonnack '43
Arvin '55 and Twila Halvorson
Herbert '51 and M. Joyce Tallman '52 Hanson
Philip '42 and Ruth Helland
Thomas'57 and Arlene Hofflander
Norman and llene Holen
Allen '64 and Lenice Hoversten
Florence Retrum Hovland'40
Ruth E. Johnson'74 and Philip Quanbeck ll
Donald and Annelies Steinmetz
Wayne Johnson
Garry Hesser and Nancy Homans
lVyles and Eunice Stenshoel
Duane and Ruth Johnson
Howard'51 and Nouaneta Hjelm
Gladys Boxrud Strommen '46
James '61 and Caroline Holden
Merton '42 and lrene Huglen '42 Strommen
Marvin'49 and Dorothy Quanbeck '48 Johnson
Daniel '70 and lngrid Kloster þ9 Koch
Bradley '63 and Linda Holt
Luther'39 and Helen Strommen
James Kottom '52
Gloria Johnson'51
Grace Kemmer '58 Sulerud and Ralph Sulerud
Joanne
lVìarlys Ringdahl
'53 Gunderson and
Charles Gunderson
Arlin Gyberg
lVabeth Saure '58 Gyllstrom and Richard Gyllstrom
Edward+ and Shirley Hansen
Sylvia Kleven Hanson '50
Betty Johnson '58 Haas and Charles Hass
Marjorie Wilberg Hauge '50
Marilyn Peterson
'63
Haus and George Haus
lVartín '59 and Sylvia Sabo
Ruth Schmidt '52
James'54 and Ethel Nordstrom '55 Shiell
Arnold '48 and Carol Skaar
'58
Stiles'58 Laird and David Laird
Every effort has been made to ensure that all names are included and spelled correcily.
lf you notice an enot please clntact Kevin Healy at 1-800-2/3-06J7 or healyk@augsburg.edu.
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2009
43
l\4artin Larson '80
Robert '56 and lVary Erickson
'58
Lockwood
David '53 and Janice Anderson '54 Rykken
Scott Daniels '82 and lVlarcia Pape-Daniels
Ann Erkkila Dudero '86
Audrey Nagel '51 Sander
'68 and Janice Bell '70 Schmidt
Brent Lofgren'88
Dann Forsberg'80
Gary
Susan Lageson '77 Lundholm and lVlark Lundholm
Joann Koelln Frankena'72
Kevin '78 and Catherine Rosik '00 Shea
Lynn '50 and lVliriam Hoplín
'50 Lundin
'66 Luoma
Ronald '56 and Christine Munson '56 IVlain
Kristin Settergren '86 l\4cGinness and
Gary and Barbara Glasscock
Glen and Anna Skovholt
John '65 and Gracia Nydahl
Alexander'90 and Simone Gonzalez
Allan '53 and Eunice Nystuen '50 Sortland
Robert and Nancy Granrud
Paulette Nelson '67 Speed and John Speed
Lloyd Grinde'56
David '63 and Karen Henry'64 Steenson
Tito Guerrero
Steve McGinness
Donna lVlcLean
Bonnie Johnson
'67 Nelson and Bryce
Nelson
lll
Beverly and Thomas Stratton
Suzanne Overholt'67 Hampe and John Hampe
Dorothy Joy Swanson '51
Jacquelyn Bagley'51 Hanson and Kenneth Hanson
Jelfrey'79 and Melissa Swenson
Karla lVorken '81 Thompson and
Shirley Christensen '75 Nickel and Daniel Nickel
Christopher Haug'79 and Karl Starr
lVìargaret Nelson Foss Nokleberg '48
Carolyn Hawkins
Edwin and Edith Norberg Charitable Trust
Rodney'62 and Jane Helgeson
Robert '55 and Karin Herman
Rodney'59 and Arlene Selander'59 Hill
Robert Nordin '64
Jonathan Nye
Thomas Thompson
Kenneth
'83 Ogdie and Al Ogdie
Norman '85 and Kim Asleson '84 Okerstrom
W. Donald '34 and Glenda Olsen
Edith Hovey
Glenda and Richard Huston
Rosemary Jacobson '69
IVìary
0lson
Lawrence'69 and Susan Turner
Jeanne lvl Kyllo '69 Wendschuh and
'74 and Linda Bailey '74 Holmen
Leroy Nyhus'52
lVìaren Lecy
Mark'79 and Janelle Tonsager
Ronald Wendschuh
Donald '89 and Melinda Mattox '91 Wichmann
Janet Cooke '59 Tilzewilz and Donald Zilzewilz
Robyn Arnold Zollner
'80
Kinney Johnson '65
James'64 and Rose Parks
Janet Batalden'61 Johnson and
10-14 years consecutive
Eugene'59 and Paula Peterson
Eileen Quanbeck '46
Dennìs'61 Johnson
Morris '52 and Marjorie Danielson '52 Johnson
Ordelle Aaker '46
Norman '59 and Ardelle Skovholt '54 Quanbeck
Luther'68 and Joanne Kendrick
The American Foundation
Paul '59 and Pearl Almquist
Bruce and Sharon Reichenbach
E. fVilton Kleven '46
Scott'76 and Lisa Anderson
Stephen '76 and Karen Reinarz
Carrie Kosek'85 Knott and Gerald Knott
Dean'74 and Janet Nelson '76 Anderson
Judith Sandeen'72
Janet Griffith '83 Sandford and David Sandford
Joyce Opseth Schwartz'45
Ronnie'62 and Karen Scott
Kari Beckman '81 Sorenson and Neil Sorensen
La Vone Studlien '58
lVlillard '52 and Dorothy Knudson
Leif Anderson
Duane and lVìary Alyce Krohnke
Scott Anderson '96
Lois Knutson '62 Larsen and Paul Larsen
lVargaret Anderson
Elizabeth Mortensen '56 Swanson and
Annette and Col. Henry C. Lucksinger, Jr.
LeRoy'52 and Carole Anenson
Bill and Anne McSweeney
Daniel '65 and Mary Tildahl '65 Meyers
Charles '63 and IVlary Jo Arndt
Robert '70 and Sue Midness
Mary Arneson and Dale Hammerschmidt
James '88 and Christine Pieri '88 Arnold
Viclor'42 and Rhoda Miller
Susan Hanson '82 Asmus and Kevin Asmus
Ruth Weltzin '45 Swanson and Edwin Swanson
Andrew Moen '87
Dorothy Bai ley
Norman H. Tallakson Charitable Trust
Alan Montgomery and
Lawrence'52 and Jayne Balzer
James Swanson
Jacqueline'80 and John Teísberg
Janis Thoreson '78
Dennis'58 and Doris Barnaal
Janet Karvonen-lVontgomery
Lawayne
'5i
and D. LaRhea .Johnson
'51
lvìorseth
Arlin Becker '88
'73 Becker and Charles Becker
'50 Berg
Adrian Tinderholt '38
Karl Nestvold'54
Catherine Berglund
Wells Fargo Educational IVatching Gift Program
Norma Noonan
Sidney '57 and Lola Lidstrom
Gunnar+ and Mary Wick
Betsey and Alan Norgard
Robert Wick '81
Robert Odegard '51+
Gertrude Ness Berg'51
Andrew '64 and Jean Amland
Pamela Zagaria
Ruth Pousi Ollila'54
Carolyn Berkland
Gary
'65 and Jean Pfeifer '64 0lson
'65
Berg
Anthony and Kathy Bibus
'65 and Jean Blosberg
15-19 years consecut¡ve
Brian Anderson '82 and Leeann Rock'81
Robert'77 and Katherine Anderson
R. Luther 0lson '56
Jack'62 and Nìna Osberg
John '79 and Rebecca Lundeen '79 Aune
-iohn and Norma Paulson
Dennes'57 and Florence Helland '54 Borman
Richard and Nancy Borstad
Willard Botko
Rosemarie Pace
Gary
Ronald and Anna Marie Austin
Daniel '51 and Lois Pearson
Bruce '64 and Nancy Braaten
The Batalden Advised Fund
Donald Peterson'49
Daniel and lrene Brink
Christine Wacker'87 Bjork and Steven Bjork
Rebecca
'63 and lVavis Bjurlin
Davìd '68 and Lynn Boe
Elizabeth Pushing'93
Quentin '50 and E. Lucille Quanbeck
l\4ichael Burden '85
Barbara Hanson
David Christensen'52
Joyce and Walker Romano
lVlorris
44
Augsburg Now
'88 Pfabe and lVìaurice Higgins
'68 Raymond and David Raymond
Roxanne Raunschnot'82 Buchanan and
Jim Buchanan
Eìnar Cannelin
'38
William Capman
Gregory Carlson '74
'65 MacNally and Thomas MacNally
John and Peggy Cerrito
lrene Shelstad Henjum '52
Marie Haf ie
Herbert'54 and E Corrine Chilstrom
Gregory'61 and Kay Hanenburg'62 Madson
Judith Christensen
Jeff Christenson '82
Rand'82 and Kay Kennedy'82 Henjum
Peter'92 and Becky Hespen
Kristen Hirsch '91 Montag and Paul Montag
Janet Niederloh '58 Christeson and
Sylvia Hjelmeland
Carlos Mariani Rosa
John '70 and Lynn Benson '69 Hjelmeland
Julie Magnuson '61 Marineau and Richard
John Christeson
Raymond lVlakeever
Patrick'72 and Nancy lvlarcy
C. Lee Clarke
iohn'81 and Karen Hofflander
Joseph '53 and Connre Cleary
Dean '57 and Jane Holmes
Donald '60 and Ruth Thorsgard '59 Homme
John '59 and De Anne lVartinsen
James'59 and Joanne Horn
Jon '58 and Judith lVlatala
Elizabeth Horton
Phillip '62 and Karen Tangen '63 lVattison
Lillian and Vernon Maunu
Dana Holmes '81 lVclntyre and Vernon Mclntyre '79
Tara Cesaretti '97 lVlcLeod and Christopher'00
Judith Norman '66 Coppersmith and
Norman Coppersmith
Cheryl Solomonson '89 Crockett and
Marineau
Donald '65 and Delores Hoseth
Larry Crockett
0liver Dahl '45
Kermit '50 and Ruth Hoversten
Tom'72 and Karen Howe
Sally Hough Daniels '79
Rhoda lVonseth
Lois Mackey Davis '58
Mark '88 and lVìarya lVlattson
Laura Bower '91 Cunliffe and Wayne Cunliffe
'59 Huglen and Erling Huglen
'83 Hultgren
Suzanne Doree
Bruce and Jean lnglis
Julie Edstrom '90
Darrell '55 and Helga Egertson
Judy Thompson Eiler '65
Carolyn Ross
Robert '71 and Cheryl Lindroos
'72 Mar|in
lVlcLeod
Meca Sportswear lnc.
Robert '59 and Mary Lundquist '60 Meffert
'89 lsaak and James
lsaak
Joan and Richard lVleierotto
Jeffrey '80 and Jacqui Jarnes
David '68 and Elaine Melby
Thomas '86 and Susan Miller
David '79 and Amy Eitrheim
'63 Johnson and Charles Johnson
Laurel Jones '69 Johnson and Larry Johnson
Bruce '68 and Lois Hallcock '68 Johnson
Daniel'77 and Patricia Eitrheim
Carolyn Johnson '63
Mark 'BB and Tamie lVlorken
Avis Ellingrod
Douglas'66 and Kathryn Wall '66 Johnson
Kari Elsila and lVlichael Buescher
Glen and Marlys Johnson
Rona Quanbeck'48 Emerson and Victor Emerson
Margaret Johnson
Paul '84 and Nancy Mackey '85 lVìueller
Scott '81 and Debra Musselman
Michael Navane
and Lynette Engebretson
Ellen Stenberg Erickson '51
Joan '94 and Mark Johnson
Doris Wilkins
Curtis '84 and Jody Eischens
Dean '68 and Diana Olson
'69 Ersfeld
Martha Johnson
Theodore '68 and lVlichelle Johnson
Duane Esterly'75
L. Cratg'79 and Theresa Serbus
'79
Estrem
'78 Kahlow and Larry Kahlow
Jennifer Abeln
'78
Moren
Edor'38 and Dorathy Nelson
Lany '65 and lVarilyn Nelson
Ronald '68 and Mary Kay Nelson
David '64+ and Johnson
lVlark
Ronald '59 and Elizabeth Miskowiec
Jonathan '78 and Bonnie Lamon
E. lrene Lasseson Neseth '38+
Steven '64 and Rebecca '64 Nielsen
John '68 and Martha Fahlberg
Suzanne Kelley'69
Robert '73 and Linda Nilsen
Karen Faulkner
Benjamin and Christine Kent
James '57 and Shirley Norman
William and Anne Frame
James Kerr
Donald '65 and Carolyn Francis
Richard '69 and Cheryl Nelson
lerry'67 and Pauline
North Dakota Community Foundation
'70 King
Linda King '78
Terry'7O and Vicki Nygaard
Edward '54 and Winifred Nystuen '54 Nyhus
Ann Garvey
Marie Gjenvick Knaphus '45+
Richard '69 and Sandra Larson '69 Olmsted
Barbara Gilbert'81
LaRhae Grindal Knatterud '70
Howard and Bettye Olson
Lorraine Vash '67 Gosewisch and David Gosewisch
Dean and Susan Kopperud
Cedric '61 and Marlys Olson
John '66 and Mary Jo Greenfield
Carmela Brown
Cindy Greenwood '05
Joan Kunz
Beverly Halling '55 Oren and Donald '53 Oren
ith '84 and Jean Taylor '85
H. Theodore '76 and Michele Grindal
Steven '81 and Kathy Grinde
Julia Ose'62 Grose and Christopher Grose
Jean Venske '87 Guenther and Stephen Guenther
Richard '72 and Carol Habstritt
Robert'80 and Lori LaFleur
George '50 and Vivian Lanes
Steven 0'Tool '74
Andrea Langeland
Ervin '56 and Sylvia Moe '59 Overlund
Marvin and Ruth Ringstad'53 Larson
Patricia Solum Park'02
Julie Gudmestad '65 and Joseph Laudicina
John '52 and lvlary Peterson '54 Leak
Roger'50 and Donna Wang'52 Leak
Jacqueline Kniefel Lind'69
Patricia and John Parker
James'67 and Laurie Lindell
Dwight '60 and Marion Pederson
Rosemary and Andrew Link
Dale Pederson'70
Arlene and Gene Lopas
Linda Christensen'68 Phillips and Gerald Phillips
Frovik
Roger Griff
Lucille and Roger Hackbart
Shirley and Hansen
John '69 and Barbara Harden
Robert'83 and Lynne Harris
Burton '72 and Rollie Haugen
Lisa Svac Hawks '85
Dawn Hendricks '80
Gerald '59 and lVaxine Hendricks
Olivia Gordon
'84 Kranz and David
Kranz
'62 Lorents and Alden Lorents
Vicki and Daniel 0lson
Russell '63 and Ruth Osterberg
Robert'50 and Ruth Paulson
Peace Lutheran Church of Plymouth
Howard '53 and Vicki Skor'59 Pearson
Leanne Phinney'71 and Mark Schultz
Jack'53 and Darlene Lundberg
James Plumedahl '57
lVlarissa Hutterer Machado '99
Jill Pohtilla
Every effort has been made to ensure that all nanes are included and spelled correctly.
lfyou notice an error, please contact Kevin Healy at 1-800-273-0617 or healyk@augsburg.edu.
*
Deceased
Fall
2009
45
lnez Olson '59 Schwarzkopf and Lyall Schwarzkopf
Richard '70 and Linda Seime
Drew'87 and lVìolly Privette
Jerry '83 and Susan Warnes 'BB Quam
lVlark '53 and Jean Raabe
Dick '61 and Jane Thompson
Sue Thompson
'85
Nicolyn Rajala '70 and Bill Vossler
John Rask '71
Frankie and Jole Shackelford
Gordon '52 and Gloria Parizek '53 Thorpe
lVarlys Holm '57 Thorsgaard and Arlen Thorsgaard
Charles Sheaffer
Richard '56 and Darlene Thorud
Paul Rensted'87
John '50 and Norma Shelstad
lVlìchael
James'75 and Jude Ring
David '59 and Arline Ringstad
James'63 and Patricia Steenson '65 Roback
Donavon '52 and Ardis Roberts
Stella Kyllo Rosenquist '64
Chad '93 and lVargaret Shilson
l\4ark and Ann Tranvik
Eugene and Margaret Skibbe
Gordon '57 and Karen Egesdal '61 Trelstad
'72 and Nancy Becker '72 Soli
Joyce Engstrom '70 and Robert Spector
Heidi Wisner '93 Staloch and l\4ark Staloch
Ronald '58 and Naomi Stave
lVìerry Tucker
Earl '68 and Lisbeth Jorgensen '70 Sethre
Alan
Philip Rowberg'41
'85 and Rhonda Riesberg '84 Tjaden
Betty and Paul Tveite
Robert'50 and Dee Ulsaker
Joan Swenson Van Wirt '78
Joan Volz
Richard Sandeen '69
Roger'54 and Bonnie Stockmo
Calvìn '51+ and Bonnie lVlartinson '59 Storley
Mary Mether'69 Sabatke and Bruce Sabatke
'68
Sharon and Stephen Wade
Pauline Sateren
Steven '65 and Chynne Strommen
Rebecca and Michael Waggoner
Carol Watson Saunders'68
Philip '79 and Julia Davis '79 Styrlund
Norman '76 and Kathryn Anderson '76 Wahl
Jan Pedersen '68 Schiff and Tom Schiff
John '69 and Stephanie Johnson '71 Sulzbach
Michael '64 and Carla Quanbeck '64 Walgren
Rodney and Elizabeth Schmidt
Kenneth Svendsen '78 and Allison Everett'78
l\4ichael and Leslie Schock
Stephen '76 and Antoinette Laux'77 Sveom
Lois '76 Wattman and Douglas Shaw
John '49 and Arnhild Werket
Larry '65 and Muriel Berg '67 Scholla
Brian Swedeen '92 and Teni Burnor'92
Heidi Norman '88 Wise and John Wise
Arvid '63 and Lillian Schroeder
Diana Talcott
Edmund '53 and Rose Youngquist
Roger'62 and Jean Schwartz
Barbara and Eugene Thompson
ALUMNI GIVING BY CTASS YEAR
The following
list indicates the percentage of alumni from the traditional day program in each class year who made a gift during 2008-09
Total participation for all class years, 21%.
7934
1935
1936
r937
1938
1939
1940
T94T
40.007"
50.00%
50.00%
62.50y"
64.7'I"/"
25.00%
52.94%
L949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
37.36"/.
1970
24.37"/.
45.83"/"
24.307"
7994
t7.49y"
1981
7982
L8.97"/.
17.44%
1995
1996
7997
1998
1999
70.73%
13.92%
4.23%
9.72%
10a?
18.4I"/"
17.73"/.
17.42y"
13.46"/.
14.34%
15.69%
2004
2005
5.247"
9.45"/.
Lr.48%
7.58%
43.657"
47.75%
46.O9"/"
I97 4
26.42%
38.31%
36.88%
37.97%
40.76%
7975
24.68%
I976
23.5a%
1991
8.70%
2006
4.78%
I977
24.65%
23.92%
t992
70.o7%
993
ro.7t%
2007
2008
5.56y"
3.05%
48.t5%
1961
45.83%
L962
42.86%
1963
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29.90ï.
46.4O"/o
19.09%
1958
1959
1960
1947
1948
46
37.447"
30.70y.
4L85"/.
34.357"
1979
1980
I957
t946
1944
34.75%
r
r972
r973
1945
1943
35.
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1984
1985
1986
7987
1988
1989
1990
40.63%
48.44%
38.10%
45.65%
48.72%
L942
i0%
L964
47.27%
33.52%
44.53%
50.86%
197
1978
26.IO"/.
25.,ry"
1
1132%
19.I2"/.
t2.20%
2000
2007
8.37%
2002
2003
8.74%
5A3%
alumni news
,fi,
,ì.
Dear valued alumni ancl friends,
s I write this article, we are passing
;! into autumn, and every year this
', brings a palpable sense of nostalgia and ref lection. This year I have been
considering some of the principles and
ideals I learned while a student and at
Augsburg.
As alumni we are all aware of the
another in our closely def ined lives. We belong to chatting commu_
nities, Facebook, MySpace, and thousands of other digital groups,
which could be argued constitute a community.
We cannot deny that technology has grven us the ability to stay
in contact and have more access to informatlon than ever before,
but the question we need to consider is, are we truly following our
duty and responsibllities of our fellowship in humankind?
Each of us will have a different answer to this question, but none
of us can deny that we are living in a time that needs all of us to
themes of vocation, caritas flove), and the duty to be an active part
of our community. These themes were the foundation of the educa_
actively be involved in the world we live. My call to dutyto each of
you, as alumni, is to take some time to rediscover the communities
tion we received from Augsburg and are stillthe foundation for stu-
in which you belong and consider how you can participate and
make a difference. A great place to start is by examining one
community in which you belong: Augsburg College. As a member of
the Augsburg community, a great first step would be to visit the
dents today.
However, my question is, what does each of these tenets mean
to us today, as alumni? Vocation and caritas are def ined without
much difficulty in our lives. We know that through our education
we are able to work in our various fields and through love have last_
ing and def inable relationships with our fellow human beings. But
in our hectic lives, how do we def ine our community?
The notion of community has gone through some interesting
changes over the years. We used to define community by main fac_
tors of geography and/or common goals and ideals. However, this
has evolved over the years with the advancement of digital capabil_
ities and how we communicate. Today we use Twitter, write brief emails, and compose quick text messages to communicate with one
Augsburg Col lege al umn i relations page, www.augsburg.edu/alum
and go to Get lnvolved. There are many opportunities to get
n i,
involved and volunteers are always needed.
I wish you all happy ref lections in this autumn season.
ù'* &*uDANITL HICKLE '95
ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT
Alumni Board
Augsburg Associates
Campus lfitchen at Augsburg
Alumni mentors
Advent Vespers volunteers
GET INVÍ}NE.D
There's a place for youl
Learn more at www.augsburg.edu/alumni
Fall
2009
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alumnl news
0ur 'Uniquely Augsburg' faculty add a special touch to alumni events
Have you ever wondered if those
Þ
costumes at the Renaissance Festival are really accurate? Did you
have any idea how the government's
€
stimulus billwould affect you? Ever
considered what it would be like to
see the ltalian countryside through
the eyes of an art historian?
These and many more are the
opportunities you have when
Augsburg faculty join you in the
Uniquely Augsburg alumni events
and programs. While not everyone is able to come to Augsburg's
campus, a number of professors are bringing the Augsburg experience to areas around the Twin Cities, sharing their expertise and
passions, answering questions, and helping interpret policies and
issues into news you can use.
Michael Lansing, assistant professor of history and director of
environmental studies, talked about the value of hands-on learning
in Augsburg's new environmental studies program. He led the Lake
Minnetonka eco-tour cruise in June, describing environmental
issues of the large lake and answering questions about its ecology.
Phillip Adamo (pictured left), associate professor and chair of
the History Department and director of medieval studies, hosted
lunch in Augsburg's tent at the Renaissance Festival and answered
questions about what's real and what's not. He also led a tour
around the grounds, stopping at a 16th-century lrish cottage
replica to give a glimpse of what life was like then.
When Auggies gathered in August for "Auggie Night at the
Races" in Shakopee, accounting professor Stu Stoller kicked off
the night with a presentation on "The Odds of Winning."
The quarterly Eye-Opener Breakfast Series provides alumni professionals an opportunity to start the day with networking and a
talk by an Augsburg academic. ln April, Economics Department
chair Jeanne Boeh spoke about the stimulus package, how it
affected the economy, and what it meant for most people.
The Uniquely Augsburg concept also extends to travel opportunities. The November tour to ltaly was led by art professor Kristin
Anderson, whose passions include the art, archìtecture, history,
and culture of this region.
Uniquely Augsburg alumni events have succeeded in engaging
alumni in great ways to experience an Augsburg education without
coming to campus. Watch for upcoming events in your area; the
next one may be just around the corner.
Keep up on all alúmnì events at www.augsburg.edu/alumni.
Journey to the Emerald lsle of lreland
à
Join friends from lhe Augsburg College community for an in-depth journey through lreland. Explore centuries of heroic history, visiting
archaeological sites dating lo S,000 BC. Experience the intense rugged
beauty of land carved from the sea, contrasling with the meticulous
gardens of stately castles. D¡scover the spirit of Celtic Christianity at
ancient monaslic communities where Christianity flourished during the
Dark Ages. Celebrate contemp0rary lrish culture with passion-filled
music and food at local pubs.
The tour departs in early 0ctober 2010 and will be hosted by
Augsburg faculty. A detailed tour brochure will be available in December. To receive the brochure, contact Alumni Relations, 6l 2-330-1
1
73
or alumni@augsburg.edu.
Kylemore Abbey, in County ûalway, the oldest ol the lrish Benedictine abbeys,
is one of the sites on the alumni itinerary in 0ctober 2010.
48
Augsburg Now
The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings
Continuing the Augsburg Choir's
75th anniversary celebration,
Augsburg is proud to announce that
the Augsburg Choir
recordings from 1949-1979 will
CD versions of
Box 3: Sateren Finale
I972-73: An Ascription of Praise; includes Sateren's composition
by the same name
I974-7ú
Day of Pentecosf; includes Sateren's composition by the
same name
soon be available. These re-mastered historical treasures will be
I975-76: And Death Shall Have No Dominion; visiting director
released as The Augsburg Choir
1977-78: Here Comes Our Kingi includes Sateren's composition
legacy Recordings.
by the same name
ldar Karevold
I978-79: Gloria; includes the title piece by
leland
Lars Edlund
B. Sateren '35
Three boxed sets, each containing five CDs, will be produced:
Box 1: From Opseth to Sateren
1949-50: Augsburg Choir, with Henry P. Opseth conducting.
lncludes Jeg er saa glad, Praise to the Lord, and Song of Mary
I95I-52: includes Sateren's Cycle for Christmas and his arrange-
The Augsburg Cho¡r Legacy Recordings
will add to the richness of
the choral tradition of the past, present, and future. Dr. Bill
Halverson '51 has written a monograph about Leland B. Sateren's
life and career that will be included with the recordings. These
ment of The Sun Has Gone Down
1954-55: includes Sateren's Christmas Canticle
1956-57: includes Knut Nystedt's Cry Out and Shout
recordings will also confirm the historical and continued significance of Augsburg College as a place of preparation for service in
community and church.
The Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings will be available early
next year through the Augsburg College Bookstore. For information
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years of music from Corsi and Bach to Jean Berger
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same name
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Five days in Oslo-located on a fjord, surrounded by hills, and
full of the excitement of a large, cosmopolitan city
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A journey westward by motor coach through Kongsberg, the his-
June 5-15,2010. This
toric Numedal Valley, and Hardangervidda (the mountain
special ly-designed tour
plateau home of large reindeer herds) to stay in a charming traditional hotel in Geilo
includes visits to Oslo,
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A journey south by motor coach and ferry to Stavanger, designated "European Capital of Culture" for 2008. Stavanger was the
Bergen, and Stavanger.
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will be hosted
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maìn departure point for Norwegian immigrants to Amerìca. After
offers a master's degree
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wiil be on or near campus. Faculty from Diakonhjemmet will lead three morning sessions
to complement the travel, providing an inside perspective and an
opportunity to reflect on what is seen and learned.
an overnight stay, the tour departs for home from Stavanger.
Cost: $3799 (includes airfare, accommodations, in-country travel,
entrance fees during group excursions, tour guides, workshops at
Diakonhjemmet, and 15 meals). Space is limited to 26.
For information about the tour and a PowerPoint preview, con-
tact Patty Park at 612-330-1150 or parkp@augsburg.edu.
Welcome home, 0ld Main bell
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Augsburg's first 0ld Main building opened in 1 8i4, and until it was razed to build
Sverdrup Hall, its bell called the campus communityto meals and events.
This bell has recently come back to Augsburg, and will find a new place and pur-
pose 0n campus. We're planning a story about the bell in the spring issue of Augsburg
I'low,about its history, its travels, and its return home. Scouring our archives, we haven't
been able to learn much about it, or find it pictured in archive photos.
I)o you rememberthis ()ld Main bell? Please help us learn more about
how and when did
it-where
was it located,
it ring? What do you remember about it?
After the bell served its duty in ()ld Main,
il became part of Augsburg student traditions-participating
in sports and other student activities. What do you
remember-tell
us, even anonymously, if you wish!
E-mail information and stories to now@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1 181. We invite you to become
part of the "rest of the story" about the 0ld Main bell.
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Johnson beean in Sepas interim sJperintend
ent at lVleadow Creek (Minn.)
Christian School. He retired in 2000
after 33 years as superintendent of
the lVlonticello School District, and
has since served four prior stints as
an interim superintendent.
Ult.ro.r.
Richard E. Lund, MD, is a retired
radiologist, living in Edmonds, Wash
He and his wife, Ann, have been
married for 43 years and have five
grandchildren. rlxrad@aol.com
tltSusan
Nelson has been teachlne elementary special education for 23 years in ihe Davenport
(lowa) Community Schools. She
coached lhe 1995 and 1999 World
Games Special Olympics lowa tennis
teams and the 2006 National
Games lowa tennis team.
Uf
l!fllon
Uü.r
Hageseth retired in Sepo.itro m his 27 -year
tenure as co-founder and director of
the Counseling and Testing Center at
the University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse. He plans to pursue photography and woodworking, as well as
play tennis and golf, and volunteer
in the community.
Kathy 0lson entered the contest in
September for an at-large seat on
the Waverly (lowa) City Council. She
retired last year as CUNA Mutual
human resources director and
serves on two non-profit boards in
her community.
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David Ctoss works at U N IVAC/
UNISYS Cadence Design Systems.
Robert Strandquist has taught high
school English around the world. He
has been a twolime Fulbright
exchange teacher, a scholar at
Oxford and in lreland, and has run
15 marathons. Now he's "tiredno, re-tired."
[arry Turner has raised a family,
retired from the Burlington Northern
Santa l-e Railway, served22 years in
the Naval Reserve, and now enjoys
opportunities to travel and expand
his photography hobby.
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(Johnson) Sullivan
llSharon Ann
lJreceived the "Excellence in
Jacqueline (Kniefel) l¡nd'94 MAt
works at the Airport Foundation
MSP to recruit, train, and recognize
300 volunteers for Travelers Assistance. She completed her Master of
Arts in Leadership degree at Augsburg and has served as Augsburg's
Alumni Board president.
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Jill (Beck) Burch works at Accenture
Kay (Peterson) Sauck is president
and CEO of Sauck Media Group, a
publishing company that she
founded in 2009 in Fairmont, lVlinn
She launched Womeninc magaÀne
in 2004. ln 2008, after a series of
personal tragedies, she started
Midwest Caregìver, which has now
become Caregiving in Ameñca.
Coming in spring 2010 is a third
publication called MN Rivers.
Bank.
at Best Buy.
Shari Kay (Hackbarth) Hunter completed an MBA at the Unìversity of
St. Thomas and works at Provincial
Karen Jensen works for the State of
Minnesota. After graduation she
look an Oulward Bound course,
found a passion for outdoor adventure, and has paddled around the
world. Five years ago, she lost her
husband, Jim Rada, when he died
while paddling a whitewater river.
Teaching Award" from the California
Council for Adult Education. She is a
kay@sauckmed ia.com
metropolitan ad ult education
¡nstructor at Hope Services, San
Jose, Calif., where she teaches life
skills to over 150 adults who are
developmentally disabled.
O,4ì Mary
Saturday evening lazz
show, Corner Jazz, on KBEM Radio,
after working for 12 years at Minnesota Public Radio.
't
f
(}rjworkshop in music therapy,
lJane (Catlin) Bracken, a firstlgraOe teacher at Cannon Falls
(Minn.) Elementary School, was
selected by her peers as the elementary Teacher of the Year in
Ann Sullivan began host-
Ctl,tnea
Q 2Xt]l
luedtke-Smith organized
a
"lVlusical Play: Learning through
Music," at the Fraser School last
February.
T flJanice Nelson is a new memt l,nu, of the board of directors ot
Southwest lnitiative Foundation in
Hutchinson, Minn. She is an attorney with the law firm of Nelson Oyen
Torvik in lVlontevideo, IVlinn., and
works with real estate, estate planning, elder law, and probate.
Lisa (Rykken) Kastler is program
executive at Youth Encounter and
oversees national and international
traveling ministry teams and weekend events. She has enjoyed opportunities to use her theatre studies in
youth minislry.
Kim Marie 0lsen taught elementary
and middle school and served as
a youth minister. Her husband
retired from active duty in the U.S.
Navy, and they are now settled in
Wisconsin.
Ja nuary.
@'/f-Wanda (Hemphill) Borman has
O¡Þworked, traveled to Europe
and Asia, and ¡s an instructor in the
Eagan Art House and manager of
the Eagan Ad Festival.
Liz (Peterson) Sheahan has worked
at Ministry Home Care, Inc., where
she has created Telly-award-winning
videos on home healLh and hospice
care used in fundraising.
(Strommen) Johnson is
J9'ùco-chairing
f,Andrea
Paul
St.
Children's
Hospital Association's CHAnging
Lives 60th Annual Ball. Proceeds
from the November 21 benefit go to
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of
M in
Kristi (Sanford) Goetsch enjoyed a
wonderful 30-year career in the
Seattle Public Schools from 19691999. Since then she has been
doing volunteer work with the elcierly
and teaching Sunday School.
management consulting firm,
Drakulic & Associates, which currently contracts in the operations
and development areas w¡th Hope
Chest for Breast Cancer.
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nesota.
ÊRev. David Halaas was called
Uìo ,.ru.
as senior pastor at
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Williston, N.D.
Church of Christ and Nerstrand
(Minn.) United lVlethodist Church
A group of Auggies from the late 1970s found an occasion to get
together for dinner in Minneapolis last April.
Front row, L to R: Laura (Berg) Nelson '79, Steve Nelson'78, Steve
Wehrenberg'78, Sue (Johnson) Wehrenberg'79, Pam (Hanson) Moksnes
last summer.
'79, Lynn Schmidtke'79; Back row, Llo R: Steve Pheneger, LuAnn
(Johnson) Drakulic spent
$Sue
{22years working at Honeywell, and then left to run her own
Pheneger, Mark Moksnes'79, Tim Gordon'80, Ga¡l (Wagner) Gordon'80,
Karin (Larson) Monson, Greg Monson'79 (in back), Susan Streed
McNaughton, Bill Voedisch. Laurie (Carlson) Voedisch, Chris Geason '78,
Julie (Edson) Geason'79
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Adrienne (Kuchler) Eldridge
Jason, welcomed a son, Hudson lsaiah, on
June 12. She is the program and
lff,¡
V-3.and her husband,
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organizational manager at the First
Lutheran Church and Bay Lake
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OEllir¡am Zien Edgar and Scott Edgar were married on July 5 in St. Louis
U UPark, Minn. Auggies in the wedding party included Molly Rivets'06,
Erlandson has published
fourlh book, Badass
Alia Sheirman'08, Laya Theberge'06, Dayle Vanderleest'04, Peter lindemann
'04, and Karley Kielty'07. Music professors Robert Stacke'71 and Ned Kantor played in the klezmer/jazz band. Miriam is orchestra director at J.F.
Kennedy High School in Bloomrngton, and Scott is completing his master's
degree in counseling and psychological services at St. Mary's University of
Jesus: The Serious Athlete and a
Life of Noble Purpose. Written for
"the most ¡ntense, focused, and
fiercest athletes," the book is rooted
in "Jesus' First and Greatest Commandment and his personal ethos
of radical other-centered love."
Minnesota.
Natasha Hamann is a family medicine physician at Allina Medical
Clinic in Buffalo, lVinn.
flfi.Sarah Huerta'06 MBA and
her
U Uhusband, C¡aig'09, wel-
comed theìr second child, Connor
Brian, on April 24. He joins big
brofher Brady,2-112.
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ÇAllison
(Cornell) and Matt
llUBroughton'06 were married
in
a small ceremony on June 27 . f he
couple lives in Hanover, N.H.,
where Malt is a graduate student in
physics at Dartmouth College and
Allison works for the Dartmouth
Medical School Development Offìce.
The photo was taken by Ryan
Bethke'09,
fì
Roper-Batker is the presiÚÚoent uÅo cro of the women's
Foundation of lVinnesota, which she
has served since 2001. She received
a diploma from the Higher Trade
Union College in lVloscow, where she
studied trade union movements.
flLee
Bethany Buchanan married
Micheal Scott, a high
school special education teacher, in
June 2008. A year later they started
Grace Homes-Williston House, a
residential care home for seniors in
lVlinnetonka. After working as a
O.tì
rll.Charles
social worker, Bethany graduated
from nursing school in 2001, and
worked at Fairview University Medical Center and Methodist Hospital
as a medical-surgical nurse prior to
opening the care home. ln 2003,
2004, and 2005 she did month-long
medical mission tours in Nigeria.
Tracy (Glumich) Hovland and her
husband, Erik, have a six-month-old
daughter, Ava.
June (Kirk) Nelson returned to West
Africa 15 months ago, where she
works at the Hopital Protestante in
Ngaoundere, Cameroon, a mission
hospital that trains Christian African
physicians to become surgeons.
Megan Renze has been in Florida for
10 years. She completed her Juris
Doctor degree at the University of
Miami Law School.
O OAaron
Shatol Tyra received a Star Award
2008 from the lVlinnesota Organization of Leaders in Nursing (N/l0LN)
in recognition of her commitment to
volunteering and dedication to influencing health care by advancing
professional nursrng leadership, particularly with the Metro Alliance Education and Service Collaborative for
Expanded Enrollment of Baccalaureate Nurses.
Petrasek married David
Alan Hurley on Oct. 28, 2008,
in Van Nuys, Calif. Paul works at
FedEx and David Alan works at the
VA Medical Center. They traveled to
Disneyland for a honeymoon and
Gabriel directed the
lJ
lJregional premiere of How Can
You Run with a Shell on Your Back
at the Stages Theatre in Hopkins,
lVlinn., in lVlarch. The musical won a
regional Tony award following its premiere in Chicago last year.
Chiho Okuizumi is program coordina-
tor at VH1 Save the lVlusic Foundation in New York City, which provides
access to instrumental music education to children in more than 1,600
public schools across the U.S.
OTPaul
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live in Avon, Calif.
Q$toucin da
(0lson) Bjorklund
rJ.rJ-works at Vascular Solutions,
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nc.
employed at the time of her wedding
at Appleton Cardiology Associates in
Appleton, Wis., as a physician assistant. Kevin is a high school math
teacher and head track coach at
Clintonville High School.
Marcy received his MBA
the Carlson School of
Management, University of Minnesota, in 2008 and accepted a promotion to senior internal auditor at
Valspar in Minneapolis. He travels
fl
2Max
U úfrom
widely doing internal audits, including the U.S., Europe, and China. ln
2OO4 he married his wife, Jessica, in
a Celtic mass held in Syracuse, N.Y.
They live in lVinneapolis with their
Persian cat, Eleanor Rigby.
fddam Nugent and Carolina
U T(Chiesa) are living in College
fi
Station, Texas. Adam is studying for
a lVlaster of Landscape Architecture
degree at Texas A&M, and Carolina
is teaching at South Knoll Elementary School.
Bourn works as a promanager with youth
service agencies and the Minneapolis Public Schools on the North Side.
He has run for the Minneapolis Park
and Recreation Board to keep parks
on the North Side safe and pro-
O FBrad
tlilgram
and has moved to Los Angeles.
grammed. He has received the Presidential Service Award for his work
with youth.
(l{¡
(l'fleremy
fl lEm¡ly Nugent'07 MA[, '09 MBA
lJ lis engaged to Nick Loiacano
Jennifer Langman married
Reese in Cameron, Wis.,
on August 9, 2008. Jennifer earned
a master's degree in health science
from Duke University and was
U-LKevin
Anderson adapted one
of his poems into a l0-minute
play, "Jones'n," which was produced
as part of the Bedlam Theatre's TenMinute Play Festival in May.
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prof ile
A Colombian Auggie in
Europe-
Paola Murcia '99
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How did a Latin American Auggie from Colombia end up in
Belgium via Minneapolis and Costa Rica?
Paola lVurcìa has lived in Antwerp, Belgium, for three years
now, working for Dole Fresh Fruit as the banana allocation
assistant for Europe. ln this role, she is the contact person
between the European market for Dole bananas and the production in Latin America.
This journey began in the mid-1990s when another Auggie
from Colombia introduced Paola to Eloisa Echavez, then the
director of Augsburg's Hispanic/Latino Student Services.
Echavez met with Paola's parents when she traveled in
Colombia, and they agreed to Paola's going to Augsburg.
She studied international relations, political science, and
Apart from her work, Paola Murcia '99 enjoys traveling in Europe and had a great view
ol the Thames in London from the london Eye ferris wheel.
French, and graduated in 1999. A year later, she took a posi-
tion in San José, Costa Rica, with Dole, and over the next six
years she was continually promoted and grew in the company
about those subjects," Paola says, "and it's important when
you live abroad that you try to blend in as much as possible.
toward the appointment in Dole's European division.
Also, to be open-minded!"
Shortly after arriving in Belgium, Paola ref lected on how she
felt Augsburg had provided a foundation for this new
When Paola arrived in Europe, for the first time she found
herself in a place where she didn't understand anything at all.
experience.
ln Antwerp, although most people speak English, the language
is Dutch (Flemish). But, since Belgium's off icial languages are
Dutch, German, and French, she could use her French from
Augsburg and fully appreciated the efforts of professor Pary
Pezechkian, who pushed her to master it.
As of now, Paola plans to stay in Europe, working in the
international f ield. She has studied Dutch and is striving to
"l have used what was learned in political
science and international relations to be the professional and the person I have
become," Paola wrote. "As Professor Norma Noonan puts it
better than I could, [she wrote to me,] 'You are living international relations, which is even better than merely studying ìt!
You are living the multicultural experiences that you have had
in all the countries through which you have passed."'
Paola would encourage current students to pay a lot of
attention to history and geography, as well as language.
"There is still an ìmage that Americans don't know much
perfect her French and German. She is also now accustomed to
the continental European winter, and she credits her years in
Minnesota for preparing her for this, as well.
BEÏSTY NORGARD
Shannon Olson works as a marketing
associate within a new type of teaming structure at Thrivent Financial
for Lutherans, called Professional
Office Practìces (POP).
0uincy Osborn joined the athletic
staf f at Ohio University as an assislanI coach in wrestling, after serving
in the same position for Augsburg's
wrestling team.
at an outdoor ceremony along the
Mississìppi River and drove to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon.
Daniel Manley is a police officer in
Glen Ridge, N.J. and saved the life
of a choking baby on the second day
on his job after having recently completed police academy training.
Alia Scheirman began her service in
the Peace Corps in Ukraine al the
fl QTasha Christensen married
l, [tNikolaus Browne on June l3
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end of September.
fi
$Abigail Ferjak, with a major in
U üyoulh and
family ministry, is
beglnning study at Yale Divinity
Graduate College and wants to
explore the possibility of teaching in
a college setting.
Matthew Tonsager has joined the
Elm Creek Associates of Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans as a financial
associate with the organization's
Central l\4innesola Regional [inancial Office.
Of;ATUATI PfiO$f;AMIì
Jeff Falkingham '95 MAL received
favorable reviews from the Sherlock
Holmes Society of London for his
second novel, Sherlock Holmes: In
Search of the Source, released on
January 6, the 155th birthday of
Holmes, The historical f¡ction ¡s set
in l896 in Sl. P¿ul. Read Lhe review
at www.sherlockhol mes.org. u k/pdf/
DM290.pdf.
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Full name
Maiden name
Class year or last year attended
ln Memoriam
[arson, Gertrude (Amundson)'35,
Denver, Colo., age 100, on Aug. 3.
Dahl, Jeffrey'74, Cottonwood,
Minn., age 56, on Sept.30.
Street address
Pautz, Richard'37, Minneapolis,
age 96, on July 4. Former athletic
director, director of public rela-
Treichel, Scott G.'76, Webster, Wis.,
age 55, on July 31.
City, State, Zip
tions, Augsburg regent emeritus,
and 7972 Distinguished Alumnus.
Ahlberg, Ruth C. '¿14, Chesterton,
Ind., age BB, on Aug. 25.
Johnson, Edwin 0. '44, Minneapolis,
age BB, on Aug. 16.
larsen, Marguerite (Greguson)'45,
Carlton, Minn., age 86, on July 4.
Strand, Carl '46, Owatonna, Minn.,
age 87 , on Aug. 12.
Wessman, Rev. Willis'48, Topeka,
Kan., age BB, on July 26.
ls this a new address?
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No
Olsen, Daniel ,1. '78, Apple Valley,
IVinn., age 53, on May 4.
Mason, WilmaÆom-Ba-Equay (Windy
Woman) '81, Bemidji, Minn., age
61, on Sept.10.
Home telephone
E-mail
Ballot, Sarah (Carlson) '98, Minneapolis, age 33, in early July, in
an auto acc¡dent.
Okayto publishyoure-mail address?
Allegrezza, Genevieve'04, Anchorage, Alaska, age28, on Aug.3.
Employer
Johnston, Hannah (Bratzel)'07, St.
Paul Park, lVinn., age 27, on June
25, of cancer.
Position
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Work telephone
Garstenbrock, Walter '49, Austin,
Minn., age 86, on July 7.
Brown, Orpha (Grimsrud) '50,
Wick, Cheryl '11 PA, Rochester,
IVìinn., age 25, on July 25, of cardiac arrhythmia.
Phoenix, Ariz., and Portland, Ore.,
Druck, Rachel
age 80, on July 27.
Oct.17.
'12, age 23,
[alim, Archie'50, lVladison, Conn.,
age 80, on Aug. 9. 1990 Distin-
Sulzen, Zoya'12, Minneapolis, at
the end of July.
ls spouse also a graduate of Augsburg College? O Yes
tr
No
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on
Spouse's name
guished Alumnus.
Berkland, Rev. Theodore'51,'54
Sem, Grantsburg, Wis., age 80, on
June 20 of multiple myeloma.
Sortland, Rev. Howard'51, Plymouth, Minn., age 86, on Aug. 3.
Balerud, Paul'54, North Platte,
Neb., age 79, on Aug. 5.
Nelson, Judith (0lson) '65, Shell
Knob, lVlo., age 66, on Aug. 29.
Jones-Hermerding, Ertwin'69, Otter
Anderson, Margaret (Klinner), Edina,
Minn., age 86, on June 19, She
lVlaiden name
Your news:
taught home economics at Augsburg and was the widow of Ernie
Anderson'37.
Pedersen, Myrtle Edith, Hudson,
Wis., age 100, on Aug. 12.
Wrightsman, Rev. Bruce, Garnavillo,
lowa, age 75, on Oct. 4, of heart
failure and amyloidosis. He taught
in the Department of Religion and
Philosophy,1960-63.
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Tail, Minn., age62, on Aug. 11, in
a motorcycle accident. 2003 Distinguished Alumnus.
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As part of the Homecoming celebration, Auggie (or a paper
cutout of Auggie from the Homecoming brochure) wandered
around campus and had his photo taken for the online photo
of the week. Here Auggie is studying sociology in the library.
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A publication for Augsburg College alumni and friends
Spring 2000 • Vol. 62 • No. 3
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
McNair program 'demystifies'
grad school for selected students
By Lynn Mena
Las! year, Augsburg received a four-year
grant of $760,000 from the Ronald E.
McNair Poslbaccalaureale Achievement
Program of the U.S. Department of
Education. One of three institutions in
Minneso1a 10 receive the grant, it funds
Augsburg's new McNair Scholars Program,
which was officially launched in October.
The purpose of !he national program, as
defined by the U.S. Departmenl of
Education, is 10 " prepare participants for
doctoral st udies through involvement in
research and other scholarl y activities."
Its goal i to "increase graduate degree
at1ainment of students from
underreprese n1ed segments of society."
A further purpose of 1he program is 10
encourage 1hese s1udents to become
college professors.
" I'm excited about the progran1:' says
Vic1oria M. Littlefield, program director
and Augsburg assislant professor of
psychology. "It's really a chance 10 level the
playing field for people who just didn't
have graduate school within their world
view - a chance 10 change their world
view. h 's the kind of program I wish had
been around when I was an undergrad.
For people from non-traditional groups
- group that don'! typically go on to
gradua1e school - they gel there sort of
accidentally. You know, a professor will
stop them in the hallway and say 'Oh, have
you thought about grad school?' One of
the things we wan! to help assure is that
this stuff happens sys1ematically."
Chad Uran, in1erim assistan t direc1or of
the program, agrees with Littlefield. "To
mosl s1uden ts, and nea rl y all people,
graduate school is a mys1ery;' says Uran.
"They don't know wha1 it is, what goes
on or what ii takes. The McNair Scholars
Program is about gelling these students
to seriously consider graduate school
and to enter graduale school fully
conscious of th e challenges and
expectations in front of 1hem.
" I would say tha1 in the past, student
went to graduale school more by accident
than design, or were ushered in by
professors, family members or some other
outside force," continues Uran. uSuch a
system of recruitment is by its very nature
exclusive. It is this type of system the
McNair Scholars Program subverts'.'
Eligible students are currenl Augsburg
sophomores, juniors or seniors who
demons1rate strong academic polential,
and who are I) low income and firstgeneration college students, or 2)
members of groups underrepresented
in graduate
education
(e.g.,
African
American,
C hicano/
Latino or
American
Indian/
Alaskan
Native).
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"The
Buth, Leyden Slreed, Pam Ferg us, (back) Myron Sherva, Vicki Aman, Taher
program
Omar, Dawn Premo, William Nyariki and Brandon Hofstedt. (See page 3 for a
immedia1ely complete list of the McNair Scholars.)
enhances the
for th e stud enls to ge1 in10 1he program
prestige of the College," says Li11lelield.
- and jusl by virlue of the fuci thal
"There are only abou1 154 in 1he
they're in the program, thal already
coun try, and it's a very competitive
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program." The o lher 1wo Minnesota
recipients are the College of SI.
McNair cholars have already
Scholastica and the University of
d emo nstrated success al Augsburg
Minneso1a.
College. The program prepares 1hem 10
" It's a way of attracting high-ability
s1udents 10 1he College, and a way of
rewarding a subsel of 1hem once 1hey
ge1 here," continues Li11Jefield. "Students
have 10 meel the eligibility criteria in
order to even be invited to apply. We had
aboul 135 Augsburg students who were
eligible to par1icipa1e; ou1 of those we
have chosen 18. So it' very competitive
con1inue thal uccess al the graduale
level. This includes preparation for th e
Graduale Records Examina1ion or an
equivalenl enlrance exam for their field,
and academic and career counseling wi1h
assistance in identifying and applying to
Ph.D. programs and seeking financial aid.
continued on page 3
Wrestlers dominate to win record sixth NCAA national title
By Don Stoner
Augsburg ended the year with eighl AllAmerican , tlie second-mos! for an
Auggic squad ever (1ying I 997's eigh1 AIJAmericans, second 10 I 998's nine).
Al the NCAA Division Ill na1ional
wrestling tournament, Augsburg head
coach Jeff wenson rarely smiles.
wenson, hi coaching staff and his
Auggie wrestler are all busine .
In addi1ion 10 the dominance on the
wrestling mal, th e Auggie.s were also
dominant in the classroom. Augsburg
placed second overall in 1he ational
Wrestling Coaches Associa1ion's academic national slandings wi1h a 3.40 learn
grade-poinl average, second to Wabash
(Ind.) with a 3.48. In the three years 1he
NWCA has awarded team academic
nalional 1itles, Augsburg has won 1he
title once ( 1999) and finished second
twice ( 1998, 2000).
Bui when the 2000 championships
came to an end - after Augsburg had
won its
AA-record sixth national
champion hip, crowned a record four
individual national titlis1s and achieved
one of th e most dominating performance in the history of college wrestling
- you could finally see a smile appear
on wenson' fuce.
h was a small one at first, but it was soon
a beaming grin for wenson, a he
wa1ched Auggie after Auggie ascend the
champion hip podium and finally, when
the entire team took the stand with the
g Id national champion hip trophy.
"To be hon t, we felt a lot of pressure
with where we were and what we
we.~ coming from," w nson said after
the m..,t.
The coach was referring to last season,
when the Auggi lo I the national
chan1pionship 10 rival Wartburg College
b • a slim m3.rgin.
This }'ear the Auggies dominated the
entire season and thoroughly swept the
Di,-ision [[I national championship
bdd al Ohio , ' rthem l'rmnsity in
Ada.Ohio.
SPRIN G 2000
conUnued on page I l
Augsburg College wrestlers show how many national titles the school has won after claiming
the 2000 NCAA DMsion Ill national championship.
The domination of the regular season
almost made the national tournament
anticlimactic. But the Auggies gave their
fans - seYeral hundred made the trip to
Ohio 10 watch the action March 3-4 plenty to ch~r abou1 as the Auggies
made his1ory by becoming the first
Divi ion Ill team ever to win six team
national championships.
Augsburg won the national title with I 36
points, the second-most points in the
history of the national champion.ships.
The margin of ,oiaory ovier second-placr
Wartburg - 48 poinu ( 136 to 88) - was
al.so the second-highest in 'CAA history.
Augsburg's four individual national titles
tied a rec.ord for the most by a single
school in a championship m~L
Senior Josh Cagle won the individual
national title at 149 pounds and became
just the second Auggie ever to go through
a season unbeaten, with a 40--0 6nal rec.ord
to earn Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet
honors by national toumamen1 coaches.
Sophomore ick lack followed up
Cagle's unbeaten accomplish.ment with an
unbeaten season of his own, going 31--0 to
win the 174-pound national title.
Senior Josh OaU5eD and junior Ben
Bauer won the other two national titles
for the Auggies,
What's Inside
Campus news
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page6
Development news
•shopmg Faith and Values• page l
page II
Calendar
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page 13
page 14
Sports
Alumnillt'WJ
Closs notes
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The Deans' Convocation on May 2
Around the Quad
Augsburg receives national
recognition for civic work
and /earning
Augsburg College was recognized
in the fall 1999 issue of Peer Review
for "the remarkable depth of its
commitment to civic work," and to
service programs such as AmeriCorps.
Among others recognized with
Augsburg are Stanford University
and the University of Pennsylvania.
Peace Prize Forum 2000
focuses on Ireland
More than 90 students, faculty and
staff from Augsburg attended the
12th Annual Peace Prize Forum at
St. Olaf College, Feb. 18-19. The
forum, "Strivi ng for Peace: Risk and
Reconciliation," honored the 1998
Nobel Peace Prize winners, David
Trimble and John Hume, who have
fo ug ht for peace in Northern Ireland.
Recent grants
Sl 43,000 from the Teagle Foundation
fo r second yea r funding (total
S350,000 over three years) to support
the strategic plan, which includes an
interdisci plinary initiative concerning
"the relationship of liberal with professional studies and faith with reason."
SS,000 from the Rhodes Consultation
for an Institutional Renewal Grant,
"Strengthening Community through
Peer Mi nistry." The purpose is to train
faculty, staff and students in skills for
commun ication and improving interpersonal relationships to create "an
environment that is safe, welcoming
and conducive to aca dem ic growth
for all students."
S64,000 from the U.S. Dept. of
Education to t he Center for Global
Education for a Fulbright-Hays Group
Projects Abroad g rant to send 11 area
teachers to Namibia for a five-week
study trip in July.
Augsburg 's exhibit to be
part of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
celebration
Augsburg is collaborating with Aid
Association for Luthera ns {AAL) to
help publicize the television movie,
" Bonhoeffer: Agent of Change,"
about the German theologian
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed in 1945 for his op positio n to
Hitler's regime. AAL co-produced the
movie with Germa n, Canadian and
American films companies. It won top
honors at the Monte Carlo Television
Festival and will be broadcast natio nwide on public television in June.
Augsburg's pictorial exhibit portraying
the hie and legacy of Bonhoeffer, prepared in 1994 when Bonhoeffer was
the subject of the Christensen
Symposium, will be on d is play at several locations during May and June,
including the German Information
Service and Metropolitan Synod of
the ELCA, both in New York; and at
the AAL home office in Appleton, Wis.
Providing research and creative direction to the exhibit since its inception
have been retired Augsburg faculty
members Ortoue Gisselquist, Philip
Thompson, Robert Friederichsen, with
help from Rev. Jonathan Sorum.
Sheila Tobias, noted science educator, will speak
Ea rl Alto n, interim d ea n o f th e college,
and Ma rie McNeff, aca demic m aster
plann er and former d ea n, will m ark
their retirement this May with a Deans'
Convocation, their gift to th e Augsburg
communi ty.
Sheila Tobias, n oted author and science
edu ca ti on consult ant, will speak at the
co nvocation o n May 2, at 3:30 p.m . in
Hoversten C hapel.
"Sheila represe nts, for us, an educa tor
who speaks to both science and
educatio n, which are interests o f bo th o f
us;• said McNeff. "She also has d o ne
resea rch and wr iting in the fi eld o f
femin ism and wo men's issues, agai n
interests o f bo th o f us."
McNeff continued , " Early o n in our
careers we both became interested in
Sheila's work when we read her book,
Th ey're not D11mb, TTiey're Different:
Stalking the Second Tier, and Breaking
tlie Science Barrier," which focuses on
facto rs that acco unt for the difficulties or
unwillingness of college students to
study m ath and science.
McNeff and Alton retire after serving
Augsburg as both fa cul ty members in
educatio n and chemistry, respectively, and
adm inistrators fo r a combined 72 years.
"11 seemed appropriate at this point in
time in the h istory of Augsburg College
as we focus on the co nstruction o f a
science building, co upled with th e need
for an informed and literate ociety in
the field o f science, that heila co me to
help us think abo ut the topic o f cien ce
and education," McNeff explained.
Tobias is a consultan t to U. . h igher
educatio n on issues of science
manpo wer and national utilization of
science professionals, and teac hes o n
gender issues in education.
A receptio n to ho nor Alton and Mc eff
will follow the co nvoca tion.
Study finds that Augsburg day students
overestimate alcohol and drug use on campus
What students believe can
shape their own behavior
By Nancy Guilbeault
T he "Augsb urg College Core Drug and
Alco ho l Su rvey [Summary Report]:
1993, 1994, 1996, 1998;' supported by
a grant from the Fund for th e
Impro vement o f Pos t Secondary
Education (FIPSE), provides the first
lo ng- term data o n th e n ature, scope and
co nsequ ences of d ay student usage of
alco hol an d o th er drugs with
co mpariso ns to n ati o nal data.
T he study finds that Au gsburg students'
alco ho l co nsumption pattern s are similar
to th ose repo rted in natio nal d ata. As
summ arized in the repo rt, "alco ho l and
to bacco are the m ost frequ ently used
drugs at Augsburg College."
And, also like n atio nal patterns, a mo re
important find in g is that Au gsburg day
stud ents ove restim ate the use of alcohol
and other drugs o n campus. T his is
significant since resea rch has shown th at
these m ispercep tions can sha pe th e
beh avio rs o f students in making
d ecisions co nce rnin g th eir own alco ho l
and drug use. Resear ch also shows th at
students co m e to campus with these
misperce ptio ns in place and that campus
culture reinforces them.
In o rder to grapple with this, a number
o f college campuses h ave ado pted th e
relatively- new "social no rms strategy"
of beh av ior change. This a pproach
focuses o n the reality o f the more
mod erate drinking behavio rs with the
intentio n of reducing frequent drinking
behaviors and preventing negative
co nsequences related to alcoho l and
other d rug use. Healthy behaviors are
docum ented and reinforced, while
problem behavio rs are de -emphasized.
"The good news is th at Augsburg
stud ents are similar 10 others across th e
U.S.;' says Ann Garvey, associate dean for
stud ent affairs. " However, that also
mea ns that, like o th er colleges, we must
wo rk with studen ts to reinforce positive
behaviors and minimize the negative
behaviors.
"The social norming strategy is a way to
get out the good news about students and
their choices, and to use that positive
message to reinforce good choices:•
Augsburg's application of this strategy
can be seen in a recent ca mpus
ca mpaign to prevent DWI (drinking
while intoxicated ). The message on
posters across campus, supported by the
Core Survey d ata, is that " most Augsburg
students choose to prevent DWI."
This ca mpaign was funded by a grant
fro m the Minnesota Department o f
Public Safety for the work of the
Preventio n Collaboration, a group of
several private colleges and universities
in St. Paul and Minneapolis formed to
provide cooperative alcoh ol and drug
prevention services. T he group is
coordinated by Casey McGuire, a health
educato r in Au gsburg's Center for
Counseling an d Health Promotion
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She can be reached at (612) 330- 1707 or
<g11ilbea11@a11gsburg.edu>.
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News Service/ Media Relations Director
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Sports Information Coordinator
Wi lliam V. Frame
President of Augsburg College
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Director of Alumni/Parent Relations
and Augsburg Fund
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research-based alcohol and drug
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The survey will also be utilized by the
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Training Team, an Augsburg committee,
that is chaired by Garvey and charged
with developing a campus-wide alcohol
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McNair Program
continued from poge 1
Scholars also participa te in an intensive
student-fac ulty research project (which
pays a $2,800 stipend ) wi th op portunities
fo r confe rence travel and professio nal
presentati o n of students' origi nal
research. Seniors take part in a studentfac ulty teaching collabo rati on to prepare
th em fo r graduate teaching
assistantships. All Scholars attend social
and cultural activities to enrich th eir
academic perspectives.
process, and to help th em make an
info rmed decision about how to succeed
and best reach thei r goals.
"We've go t a really good grou p of
students, and they're all so differen t,"
says Uran. " But they all have the same
interest and drive. We're here to help
demystify the whole graduate sch ool
" o many peo ple look at graduate school
and only see the expense, but I ee it in
terms of self-worth, identity and selfrespect," continues Ura n, who recei"ed a
B.A. in anthropology and American
Indian studies at the University o f
Minneso ta and ,vas recently accepted
into the Ph. D. program in anthropology
at the Univer ity of Iowa. "Edu cation is
abo ut your relationship with the world,
how you under land that world and
wh at you do ,vith that knowled ge 10
improve the wo rld for yourself, your
family and your communi ty."
The 1999-2000 Augsburg McNair Scholars
Dornlsha Adams '00,
Sociology and Secondary Education
William Nyariki 'O1,
Monagement Information Systems
Vicki Amon 'O1, English
Toher Omar '02, Physia
Ben Burgess 'O1, American Indian Studies
Dawn Premo '00, Elementary Education
Jennifer But h 'O1,
English and Secondary Education
Sara Quigley ' 00, History and Religion
Pam Fergus 'O1, Psychology
Rozenla Fuller 'O1,
Youth and Family Ministry
Brandon Hofstedt ' 02,
Sociology ond Communication
Dwayne Lowman '00,
Political Science and Urban Studies
M ichael Sa ble '00, Political Science
Darryl Sellers '02, Communication
Cassandra Shelton '02,
History and English
M yron Sherva 'O1, Elementary Education
Leyden Streed 'O1,
Spanish and Secondary Education
Stephen •Gabe•
Gabrielsen, professor
of music and College
organist, hod an
unexpected experience
on Jan. 23 when he was
selected from the 7,000
attendees at the High
Mass in St. Peter's
Basilica in Rome to read
the second scripture
lesson.
He and music therapy
professor Roberta Kagin
taught the course Sights
and Sounds of Europe
during January Interim.
While in Rome, they and
the group of 30 students
and S adults were at
High Mass at St. Peter's
when Gabe was asked
to read. (Apparently one
foreign speaker is invited
to participate each
Sunday.)
Launching REFormation 2000: Improving
registration, enrollment and financial services
As a culminatio n of study and wo rk over
the past 14 months, Vice Presiden t Rick
mi th anno un ced the fir t of several
reforms to take place th at will d ram atically improve and streamline the registration, enrollment and fin ancial (REF)
services for students.
The fir t floor renovation of verdrup
Hall will result in new and expanded
space for the Enrollment and Financial
Services Center (EF C), more than
doubling the sen ~ce counters available
to studen ts, and providing more
comfortable, attractive and private
space.
The renovation will also include a
lounge and reception area for students
Read the Now Online at
< www.augsburg.edu , noW>.
SPRING 2 000
at EFSC o r who are on a break from
studying in Lindell Library.
Capital improvements
bring other changes
to campus
The Board o f Regents in Jan uary
approved a seri es of capital projects that
will bring significant improvements lo
campus:
Sverdrup Hall will undergo majo r
renovatio n of th e first floor beginning in
April; the Link connecting verd ru p Hall
to Lindell Library will be built in May.
Melby Hall will receive new windows, a
new gym fl oor, bleachers and ai r
onditioning, beginning in March.
The Ice Arena is slated fo r face- uplifting
to include roof wo rk, painting and new
Aoors, starting in April.
T he U.S. Congress provided fundin g fo r
the McNair program in m emory o f D r.
Ro nald E. McNair, a nationallyrecognized expert in laser phys ics who
died in 1he US Challenge r pace Shuttle
acciden t in January 1986.
To fi nd out more abo ut th e McNair
Scholars Program , visit
<www. augsburg.edu/ mcnair>.
Nicole Warner wins first
place in vocal music
competition
Nicole Warn er, a
j unio r music
perfo rm ance majo r,
is the first Augsburg
student to win a to p
honor at the annu al
competition
spo nso red by th e
National Association
of Teachers of
Singing.
Her vocal performance last fa ll at Sr.
John's University in Collegeville, Minn.,
ea rn ed her a first place in Divisio n SA,
fo r younger, college-aged women.
Warner is a vocal perfo rma.nce majo r,
who is "a tro ng, dedicated and focused
stu dent," according to her vo ice
instru ctor, Susan Druck. Warner also
sings in th e Masterwo rks Cho rale of
Augsburg College.
Miss Minnesota draws on
Augsburg experience for
speaking engagements
Miss Minneso ta 1999, Augsburg senior
Natalie Lund, blends her communicati on
major and theatre interests with a strong
co mmitment to service as she travels
around the stale speaking to schools,
bus inesses, civic gro ups an d at events o n
behalf of the Miss Min nesota Scholarship
Program.
Vo lunteerism was her speaking
'platfo rm' at th e Miss America
competition last September. At
Augsburg, she has represented the
College on the West Bank Community
Coalitio n and was co-chair of Augsburg's
ln tergenerational Committee.
The proceeds fro m her speaking
engagements go toward scholarship
fun ds fo r Miss America and Mjss
Min nesota participants.
For information, call
(6 12) 593-5213 or e-mail
<missminncsota@mindspring.com> .
Keeping track of
faculty, staff and
students
Publkatlons
ANN GARVlY, student afhiln,
• eases Help Oeftne Free Speech on
Campuses,• In the lanwiry edition ol
the Association for College Unions
International publlcatlon, The Bulletin.
BILL GREEN, history, "lesse, Race and
the Guy Who Doesn't Do Sunshine,·
In the November Issue of Minnesota
1oum1l of Law & Politics, describing
Green's experience being interviewed
by Gov. lesse Ventura for a cabinet
position.
Exhibits/ Performances
BOYD KOEHLER, llbrarlan, directed
the Camphor Methodist adult choir at
the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
birthday celebration at the Basilica of
St. Mary, Minneapolis.
NORMAN HOLEN, art, exhibited
"Running Chicken,• a welded steel
sculpture, at the Foot ,n the Door
group show of Minnesota artists at the
Minneapolls Institute of Arts, a show
in which the size of art is limited lo
one cubic fool of gallery space.
PHIL THOMPSON, art emeritus,
displayed pieces In Calllgraphy, an
exhibit al Livingston's coffee shop,
Minneapolis, In February.
Papers/ Presentations
During the fall, LARRY COPES,
m ath em atics, spoke at or consulted
with the Key Curriculum Press in
California, SclMath Minnesota, the
Minnesota Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Michigan Technological
University, Ripon College in Wisconsin,
Mai nland High Schoo l in Florida and
the annual meeting of the
Mathematical Association of America.
Also, a collection of 1 3 puu les fro m
old editions of A-mail (and its
predecessors) and Augarlthms, was
published in Math Ho ri zons, a
nallonal journal fo r co llege m ath
students.
CASS DALCUSH, English; BOYD
KOEHLER, librarian; and Earcie Alien,
presented "The Co lor of lV News" lo
the Twin Cities Research Gro up al the
Minneapolis Urban Coalition on Dec. 9,
summarizing national research o n
media perlormance in the area of
crime reporting and shari ng the
findings of Augsburg's three-year
study of local lV performance In
reporting news.
Last summer, BILL GREEN, history,
spoke al the Humphrey Fo ru m o n
race relati ons and abolitionism in
Minnesota during the Civil War. In
early October he was a panelist at the
S4th Annual Confe rence of the
Association for the Study of AlricanAmerican Life and History, Detro,L
CARRY HESSER, soclology and
urb.ln studies, presented "Theory
and Re<eardl Supporting Expenenual
Education Across the Curriculum,•
a faculty development wo rkshop 1n
November at Gustavus Adolphus
College.
ANN KLAMER. residence llfe, copresented a program, "Opening a
New Hall: Beyond ComtlUCtlon, • and
facilitaoted a discussion on "Student
Leaming: A Seamless Eduulion," at
Concordia UnlwBity-SL Paul.
AUGSBURG NOW
4 • CAMPUS NEWS
Keeping track, continued
PATTY MURPHY, health education,
presented "Adolescent Sexuality and
Sex Education" at the 20th a nnua l
Minnesota School Health Confe re nce
in Bloomington in Fe brua ry. She also
m et in Fe brua ry with 20 high school
adm inistrators fro m Russia invited by
Connect: Russia, in Minne apol is.
BEVERLY NILSSON, nursing, coprese nted "Culture Care Diversity and
Unive rsality: An Educational Response
for the 21st Century" a t the a nnual
m eet ing of th e Tra nscultural Nursing
Socie ty, Salt Lake Ci ty. She lectured at
North Mem orial Med ical Ce nter,
Robbinsdale, Mi nn ., o n " Sm a ll Group
Communication." In November, she
prese nted "The Cruci ble of
Accountabi lity" at the an nu al Ethics
Workshop, Rosev ille Eth ics
Commission . She was also selected to
serve as a me m ber of the Editorial
Review Board fo r The Journ al of
Pastoral Care.
CURT PAULSEN, social work
and Catherine Paulsen, p resented
"App lication of Aristote li an/ Galilea n
Thinking and Newtonia n/ Quantum
Theori es To Teachin g a nd Learning"
at the annua l m eeti ng of the
Inte rnational Society for Exploring
Teaching Alternatives, Te mpe, Ariz.,
in October. They also p resented
"Enchanting Family Therapy:
Quantum Theory, Postmodernism a nd
Spirituality" at the a nnual meeting of
the Nationa l Council o n Fa mily
Relation s, Irvine, Calif., in Nove mber.
DIANE PIKE, sociology, led a
curriculum develo pme nt faculty
workshop for Wa rtb urg Colle g e in
November.
JENNIFER POSCH, p hy sics, led the
Space Physics Semin a r at th e Univ. of
Minnesota's School o f Physics and
Astronomy in Decembe r, with the
presentation " Studies of long-p e riod
ULF Pulsations at Hig h a nd Midd le
Latitudes during GEM Storm Inte rva ls
in 1997 and 1998."
SHARON ROLENC, information
tech n ology, prese nted "Supporting
the Dive rse Needs of a Li be ra l Arts
Campus" at the Blackboard Le aming
'99 Conference in Washi ng to n D.C.,
in December.
MILO SCH IELD, b u si n ess
administration, presented "Sta tistical
Literacy" at the nationa l meeti ng of
the American Mathematical
Association of Two-Year Colleges
(AMATYC).
KAT HRYN SWANSON, English , copresented a pre-conference wo rksh op
for department chairs at the
Collaboration for the Advancem en t of
Teaching and Learning Confe rence,
November. She also presented "When
Theory Meets Reality in the Writing
Classroom," with English student
Mary Beth Gruis and Nicole
Lindemyer '99, Univ. of Minnesota
law student.
Honors/ Awards
KEELY BLUMENTRITT, a senior
social work and religion major, was
selected to represent Augsburg at the
Young Leaders annual conference in
Cleveland in March, sponsored by
Lutheran Services in America and
Wheat Ridge Ministries.
Bill GREEN, history, received a
Minnesota Histoncal Society Research
Fellowship for the completion of his
book on the history of civil rights
in Minnesota, currently titled The
PKU/iar Imbalance· Race, Culture and
C,Yi/ Rights in Minnesota. 184 9- 1911 .
AUGSBURG NOW
Editor's note: News/medio director Don Benson and I were fortunate to accompany two of the Interim travel classes in
January-Dan went with a class on a bus tour through the U.S. South, visiting places of historic importance to the civil rights
movement. I traveled to Cuernavaca, Mexico, with a Center for Global Education course.
Seeing through their eyes ...
By Betsey Norga rd
Twenty Weekend College students, coinstructor Don Christense n and I set off
from snowy Minnesota for Mexico - not
ror a week or fun-in-the-sun , but to study
Religion 366, Mexico: The Church and Social
Change in Latin America. It was a chance to
briefly encounter a culture with which we
were unfamiliar, or knew o n]y as tourists.
Already on the first mo rning th ere, our
immersion began. For an assignment
called the Cuernavaca Quest, we were sent
into th e cit-y, in gro ups of three, without
translators or guides, to visi t the main
plaza, the cathed ral and the central market.
We had to purchase a kilo of frijoles and
check ou t the prices of several common
house hold items.
Upon returning to Casa CEMAL, Augsburg's
study center and our home for the week, we
were asked to list words describing what we
saw, heard and smelled in the city.
Ou r week's act ivities included visits to
historical site , lectures o n Mexican
history, a visit to a convent to hear th e
story or the Vi rgin or Guadalupe and
discussion of liberation theology, th e
Catholic movement or the 1960s and '70s
that put social and th eological focus on th e
pli ght of the poor in Latin Am erica.
The rea] learning durin g the wee.k, however,
came from the people we met and the
stories and experiences they shared. We met
women strugglin g to co nfro nt the social
norms that have limited their roles to being
mothers and housewives. We saw the
strength they've found in the small,
neighbo rhood Base Christian Community
groups that grew out of liberation theology,
giving them dign ity and voice to seek
education and work.
In the small indigenous town or Tepotzl:ln,
we met members of a women's cooperative
who successfull y led a three-year struggle
with the government (at times violent) to
prevent the building of a go lr cou rse and
country club that would usurp their crop
land and pollute the environment.
But by the end of the week, we discovered
that the real lesso n was with in ou rselves we had to learn to see Mexican culture
through their eyes in order to truly
understand. In looking back on the initial
Cuernavaca Quest assignment, we realized
tha t we saw, heard and felt the city from
our ow n cu]tural perspectives, by allowing
our own past experiences to influence what
we saw and felt.
" I imposed my own cult ure instead of
taking their culture into myself," said one
student. Another added , "We all had our
lists - gotta do this, gotta do that. That's
how we approached the q uest, like North
America ns."
And this speaks directly to the goals or the
Ce nter for Global Education's travel
seminars and cou rses - that by gaining
Historian Armando Lopez's lessons at the ruins
of Xochicalco brought to life the eighth-century
indigenous culture and ceremony. Center for
Global Education intern Stacie Steinbock
(center, with hat) translates for the group.
better understanding of social issues locally
and globally, we can make more informed
decisions within ourselves and our
communities relating to social justice.
Jon Sobrino, the author of our class text on
liberation theology, co ncluded a seminar
once by sayi ng, "Let the people in Lati n
America keep moving you when you
return home." Patricia Hume, our Mexican
co-instructor, brough t it home for us " Keep the images of this week in your
hearts, like the pictures yo u took."
.. . and walking in their shoes
By Dan Benson
Twenty- three Augsburg stud ents became
immer ed in civil rights history during the
Interim course Civil Rights Immersion.
Following two weeks of study, the stud ents
embarked on a I 0-day bus trip to the
South, stopping in cities where historic
civil rights events happened. Leading the
tour were the course instructors, sociology
proressor Garry Hesser and Pan-Afrikan
enter director Joe Young.
In Little Rock, Ark., the jou rney's lirst stop,
studen ts met Elizabe th Eckford , one or
" The Little Rock 9," who in September
1957 faced an angry mob as she and eight
other African -American students walked to
Central Hi gh School to integrate it.
Meeting Eckford was th e most memorable
part of the trip for freshman Sop hi a
Thompson. " [Listeni ng to Eckford! made
me rea] ize that the past can' t go away,"
Thompson said. " It's gonna always hurt.
It's always gonna be there, but you have to
grow from it. You can't erase it, you can' t
forget it. You just have to take it as a learning experience and learn from it and keep
moving on."
In Memphis, Tenn., the students toured the
ational Ci,•il Rights luseum at the
Lo rraine Motel, where Manin Luther King,
Jr., was assa inated in April 1968.
" randing and looking at the spot where
Martin Luther King died had the most
impact." said sophomore Nekesha May.
" I just couldn' t believe that I was actually
there at the hotel where he was shot, looking at where he la)' after he was dead."
While many or the tour tops emphasized
hi to ry, the uthern Poverty law Center
in lontgome ry, Ala., offered perspective
on current eve.nts. Internationally known
for its tolerance education program and
the tracking and prosecuting of hate
groups, the center raised questions
for sophomore Amanda Hasz from
Mitchell, S.D.
" I noticed on the m ap that in South
Dakota there weren' t any hate groups listed;' Hasz said, "but then I realized that
there is so much raci sm there, but it is aU
real subtle and undercover. I sta rted th inking, ' is it worse to have hate groups and
know the people who hate you, or is it
worse to not know if people hate you, or to
not know what they a re thinking?'"
Some sites prompted students to try to
place themselves in the historical events.
Senior Matt Lang imagined walking over
the Edmund Pettu s Bridge ( elma, Al a.)
wi th thousands of peo ple in a 1965 m arch
for voting rights.
" I was envisioning th e troops , just expect ~
in g them to be there , si tting there waiting
for us to come over the bridge," said Lang,
"and it kind of made me think sadness,
anger, just trying to put myselr in that
si tuati on."
In Atla nta, students toured the Martin
Luther King, Jr., Center for Non-Violence
and King's boyhood home and wo rshipped
at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King,
like his father a nd grandfather, served as
pastor. Other stops included Nashville
and Chicago.
Offering this course was important in the
context of Augsburg's mission and com•
mitment to intentional diversity, Hesser
explained.
" I think its importance was captured by
one of the students, who said that what
made the course especially valuable was
having two instructors - one wh.ite and
one black - work together in a way that
Augsbu rg students on the civil rights tour
stop to pose for a photo at the 16th Street
Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
mirrored what was being taught in the
course; Hesser said. "This student said seeing how Joe and I enjoyed teaching this
course together - making use of and
affirmi ng our differences - brought more
meaning and a deeper understanding of
the issues we were studying, and set the
stage for our travels together.•
Young said he hopes the class will ha,-e an
impact on furthering race relations at
Augsburg. • we wanted the immersion
experience to address issues of race relations, and to particularly address the issue
of relations between African-Americans
and European-Americans," Young said,
• because race relations in its greatest form
is a black-and-white issue, with struggles
that date back to the beginning of slavery."
Photos from the tour can be viewed online
at < www.augsburg.edu/civilrights>.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
CAMPUS NEWS • 5
FA CUL TY PERSPECTIVES
Kttplng trade, continued
CiAIIRY HUSER, sociology and
Faculty advising doesn't end with graduation
By Betsey Norgard
Tony Bibus, associate professor of
social work and director of the
bachelor of social work program,
understands how difficult it can be
for a social worker in the field to
connect with a licensed supervisor
with whom they must work if
seeking licensure. So, in add ition to
his teac hing and advising current
students, he volunteers his time to
an Augsbu rg alum who needs a
licensed dinical superviso r.
j
In addition to the specifics of certain
cases, their discussion also includes
how larger ethical issues transfer to
other cases. They constantly
exchange interesting articles, and
update each other on new training
and changes to the law. The supervision includes a set of objectives and
goals that the two update annually.
i Bibus finds that his supervisory
~
relationships are mutually beneficial
and help to keep his social work
Associate Professor Tony Bibus (left) volunteers as clinical
curriculum tied to the field. '"It's so
supervisor for Iris Burlock '94 MSW, who works for Henn epin
For nearly three years, Bibus and
important for us as faculty memIris Burlock, a 1994 master of social County and is seeking licensure in social work.
bers to keep fairly formal connecwo rk graduate, have met regularly
While Burlock has an administrative and
tions with our alums and other
in a formalized supervisory relationship.
clinical supervisor in her county agency,
practitioners in the field:' he says. For
Burlock is a child service worker for
example, during Interim, when Bibus
Bibus offers a perspective that is "outside
Hennepin County who is voluntarily
taught a course in child welfare and the
the agency box." He is an adviser with
seeking licensure as a social worker.
law, he drew on Burlock's experience and
whom Burlock can discuss issues that
Burlock currently carries 31 cases (high resources at Hennepin County.
arise in her cases.
er than the prescribed caseload of 20-25)
Keeping in to uch with alums also
"Our supervision tends to focus on some
o f children with severe fam ily problems
expands the network of Augsburg graduof the dilem mas tha t a practitioner can
- abuse, neglect, egregious harm, etc.
ates in the fi eld who can prov ide superface in an agency setting, where there are
Her role is to provide for the spiritual,
vision and practicum or fi eld work
rules and regulations - yet it's really
educational, medical and other needs of
experience to current students.
important to be able to think through,
the child in the best fashion . In almost
Bibus was recently appointed by Gov.
' How can we carry out our code of
all cases, this involves locating a new,
Jesse Ventura to a fo ur-yea r term on the
ethics within agency capacities for
permane nt home, while often still trying
Minnesota Board of Social Wo rk, which
to maintain ties with the biological famichildren and families>"' asks Bibus, "and
oversees licensure of social workers and
ly. She works in collaboration with other
also re main within the protocol, as
regulates their professional co nduct.
county service agencies and the cour ts.
prescribed by the county;' adds Burlock.
wbln studla, - selKted to an the Nalianll ~ llolld for the
Scholarship of Engagement.
developing lfflUn! Ind promotion
ailffll based upon the WOfk of the
Camegle Foundation 1nd
Emest Lyton_
NORMAN HOLEN, 1rt, won an
award of excellence for his graphite
drawing, •Bitter Melons,· at the
Extremely Minnesota Exhibition,
sponsored by the Hennepin Artists of
the Robbin Gallery.
JAY PHINNEY, registrar's office, and
DEB HUTTERER, public relatlons
and communication, were each
named as Augsburg's Employees of
the Year at a staff reception In
February.
JEFF STAFFORD, student affairs, was
appointed treasurer-elect for the
National Association for Campus
Activities (NACA) Upper Midwest
Region.
IRENE STEENSON, men's athletlcs/
A-Club, was honored for her years ol
work in support of Auggie student
athletes with a "KARE-11 Kare
Package" in November, given to
"everyday folks" who do outstanding
work on their jobs.
Newsnotes
Men's basketball coach BRIAN
AMMANN was a guest on WCCO
Radio's "Sports to the Max" show on
Feb. 1.
JEANNE BOEH, economics, joined
Scandinavian music collection accessible worldwide
By Deborah Hutterer
Augsburg's rare collection of
Scandinavian music, contai ni ng
approximately 1,400 compositions and
over 500 recordi ngs, is now accessible
onli ne to researchers everywhere. For the
past 33 years, the collection has been
available only to Augsburg library
patrons, cataloged on 3x5 cards.
In 1966 Augsburg was given the
Scandinavian collection as a donation
from tl1e Ame rican-Scandinavian
Foundation (see story in the Augsburg
Now, Spring I 999). Botl1 the library and
music staff were interested in making
tl1is collection more widely available and
invited Professor Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe,
a noted musicologist from the University
of Oslo, to evaluate the music.
His determination that the collection has
great value and includes one-of-a-kind
pieces encouraged the College to seek
funding for cataloging. A grant from Aid
Association for Lutherans (AAL) allowed
the library staff to send the catalog cards
to the Online Computer Library Center
(O CLC) in Ohio, where they were
converted into machine readable files
that can be loaded into CL!Cnet, the
library's online catalog.
Outsourcing the conversion project to
O CLC was advantageo us primarily
because OCLC has staff with exper tise in
cata loging music and non- English
language materials. As a result, the
project was completed much faster there
than it could have been done at
Augsburg. Cataloging records in an
online format allows patrons to search
them locally in CL!Cnet and makes them
available to scholars and =archers
aro und the wo rld_
"Th= musical scores have been
distinguished as a solid, core collection
of well-known and lesser known
ndinavian composers, gh'lllg it depth
SPRING 2000
as well as breadth," says librarian
and professor Kare n Mateer.
At least 70 percent of the collection,
according to Schjelderup-Ebbe, is
essential for scholars interested in
Nordic music.
Residence Life staff members LIZ
CARLSON, NANCY HOLMBLAD,
THOMAS HOWARD AND ANN
KLAMER attended UMR-ACHUO, a
regional housing conference In Sioux
Falls, S.D.
"This resource will be a tool to
understand our Nonvegian musical
heritage and build a link to contemporary Nordic culture;' explains
music professor Merilee Klemp.
Several events during Mai Fest 2000
will feature music from the
Scandinavian collection. For the
schedule of Mai Fest events, see tl1e
Calendar on page 11.
Deborah Hutterer is a commrmicario11s specialist in rhe Public Relario,,s
a11d Comn11micario11 Office.
Dave Dahl, Federal Reserve Bank, and
Erica Whittlinger, KNOW radio and
Whittlinger Capital Management, at
an American Women in Radio and
Television conference on Nov. 18;
their topic was "2000 Economic
Outlook."
NANCY GRUNDAHL, music, was
pictured in the Variety section of the
Star Tribune on Dec. 12 with a group
of Norwegian friends who gather
annually to make rull (a Norwegian
delicacy).
Augsburg's collection of Scandinavian music, boxed in
the library basem ent for 33 years, is now available
online to scholars and researchers worldwide. Music
profe.ssors Robert Karlen (left) and M erilee Klemp
(center), with libra rian Karen Mateer (right), exa mine
one of the music scores.
junior wrestler JOHN MARCHETTE
was the subject of a feature story on
Midwest Sports Channel's "Sports
Connection" in December.
Augsburg students, BROOK-LYNNE
MAYNE ('02) and LAURA WALDON
('01 ), were interviewed on Newsnlght
Minnesota (KTCA-Ch. 2) on Feb. 2
about their experiences on the Civil
Rights immersion Interim dass tour.
Women's hockey player junior
ANGIE RIEGER was the subJect of a
feature, • Augsburg's Rieger earns a
big rep; by Ray Richardson in the St.
Paul Pioneer Press on Dec. 7
Wrestling head coach JEFF
SWENSON was the subject of a
feature on Midwest Sports Channel
on Jan. 4 . He was also ,nterv,ewed on
WCCO Radio's "Sports to the Max"
show on WCCO Radio on Jan. 6 .
On March 2, IO Augsburg students celebrated Dr. Suess 's birthday with students at
Edison PPL Elementary School in Minneapolis, as port al •Reod Across America • Day.
The students enjoyed birthday coke and a reoding of The Cat in the Hat by Augsburg~
America Reods program axxdinaror, Katie Flater, who wos dressed as the baoH namesake.
Fourteen Augsburg students volunteer between six to eighr hours per week during the
year in the America Reads program as reading rutor, far the Book Oub al Edison PPL
School. An additional seven students serve os tutors far the Moth Oub (grades 5-7) os
port of the America Counts program.
j. AMBROSE WOLF, physics, was
selected as one of 68 jun,or physics
faculty members from research
universities and four-year colleges
nationwide to participate in a fourday New Faculty Workshop in College
Park, Md., in November, sponsored
by the American Association of
Physics Teachert CAAl'T) and the
National Science Foundation (NSF).
AUGSBURG N OW
6 • DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Augsburg 2000 funding project tops $9 million
With slightly more tha n nine months to
go in the Augsburg 2000, " Pride in Place
and Purpose" initiaLivc, Ida Simon, vice
president for institutional adva ncement
and comm unit y relations, reports the
effort has raised $9,530,453. The goal of
Augsburg 2000 is $20 million.
Since June I , 1999, the start of the
current fiscal year, the number of donors
has increased over the same period last
year by 13 percent, and contributions
have increased from all donor groups,
including regents, regents emeriti,
alumn i, parents, fac ulty, staff,
corporations and foundations.
"We are excited about the many new
donors who have chosen to support our
students and their academic pursuits
with their financia l gifts." Simon said. " I
also believe the increase in contributions
reflects a growing aware ness of and
confidence in the direction Augsburg is
taking. I think all of our donors, new
and continu ing, are touched by the
vi ion of the future we have defined for
the College. We thank them for their
contributions and their confidence in
Augsburg."
Recent major gifts targeted toward
capitol improvements
Committee, and Roger Griffith '84
have contributed SI0,000.
The Augsbu rg 2000 initiative includes $8
million targeted to capital and technology
improvements of campus facilities. The
overall project includes residence halls,
athletic faci lities, classrooms and science
laboratories. In addition, the renovation
of the first floor of Sverdrup Hall will
create a new Enrollment and Financial
Services Center. This one•stop" service
center will consolidate the fun ctions of
three different divisions - enrollment,
financial aid and academic advising to
more efficiently and effectively serve
Augsburg's 3,000-plus students.
Tracy Elftmann '8 I, member of the
Board of Regents and vice-chair of the
Development Committee, has
contributed $22,000.
0
Recent gifts (as of March I 5) in support
of capital improvements include:
Regent James and Kathy Haglund
have earmarked a recent commitment
of $ 100,000 for current renovations.
The Glen A. Taylor Foundation
has pledged $200,000 designated for
the new Enrollment and Financial
Services Center.
Jea n Taylor '85, member of the Board
of Regents and chai r of the Marketing
Ruth A. Schmidt '52 has contributed
$50,000 to establish the Anne
Pederson Women's Resource Center in
honor of her former professor and
mentor (see story below).
"We deeply appreciate the significant
contributions recently made by regents
and friends of the College;• said Kathy
Tunheim, chair of the Augsburg Board of
Regents. "Between now and the end of
June, we are seeking to raise $2 million
for the most critical and immediate of
Augsburg's capital projects. These gifts
no t only provide major support, but also
encourage us as we continue our efforts.
" I am grateful to the board for their
leadership and commitment during this
period in the Augsburg 2000 fundraising
initiative. And, I thank all of our donors
whose generous support is so instrumental
in moving Augsburg fonvard:'
Maroon & Silver Society supports scholarships for
Augsburg's finest students
The Maroon & Silver Society was
established in 1999 to recognize donors
whose annual support provides
opportuni ties for the finest students to
receive an education.
The Maroon & Silver Society is open
to all alumni, parents and friends of
Augsburg who make ann ual gifts of $1,000
or more to sponsor a student and pledge
their commitment for four yea rs. With
more limn 85 percent of Augsburg
students receiving some form of financial
aid, Maroon & Silver Society members
help keep an Augsburg education
affordable for a broad range of students in
a diverse student body.
"Members of the Maroon & Silver
Society are co mmitted to a very special
level of generosity. Their commitm ent
enables Augsburg to attract and retain
fut ure generations of bright students;'
said Donna McLean, director of The
Augsb urg Fund.
President's Scholars ($ 10,000 ann ually)
are students who rank in the top 15
percent of their high school class and are
selected competiti vely.
Four levels of support provide
scholarship assis tance:
Maroon & Silver Society members are
invited to the president's dinner at the
annual Adven t Vespers, receive regu lar
updates on the strategic plan and vision
of the College and meet students who
benefit from thei r support at an annual
spring event.
The Augsburg Grant ($ 1,000 gift
annually) is awa rded to students who
qualify and demonstrate need. These
gifts make a significant contribution
toward the education of many
traditional day and weekend students.
Regents' Scholars ($2,500 annually) are
first-year students who rank in the top
30 percent of their high school class.
For more information about the Maroon
& Silver Society, call Donna McLean,
director of The Augsburg Fund, (6 12)
330- 1I 79 or (800) 260-6590, or send
e-mail to <mclean@augsburg.edu> .
Legacy Scholars ($4,000 annually) are
qualified family members of Augsburg
alumni, current students or ELCA pastors.
Spring Phonathon
tops annual goal
"The Spring Phonathon elfort began
in February, and with two months ID
go I am veryoptlmiatic that thil wlD
be a RCOrd setting )Ur for Aupbarg:'
reports Amy Hero, manager of
telemarketing and dlnct 1114
"To elate, we line niNCl owr
$117,000, which swpasses the pl
set for the year. Thia is an increlile of
over $19,000 from last yar, uid 11111
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Center is dedicated
Anne Pederson is fondly remembered
as a teacher, scholar, friend, adviser,
gardener, quilter and reader of poetry.
At Augsburg, she is now formally
remembered with the dedication of the
new Women's Resource Center in her
name on April 13.
After her graduation from Augsburg in
I932, Pederson began teaching English at
the College. Over the next 40 years, she
ta ught freshman English, Greek tragedies,
Shakespeare and modern poetry.
It is through the generosity of Ruth A.
Schmidt, Class of 1952, that the Anne
Pederson Women's Resource Center will
honor her former professor, mentor and
friend. Schmidt has contributed $50,000
to establish the Center. After graduating
from Augsburg, Schmidt went on to earn
a doctorate in Spanish at the University
of Illinois, Urbana.
She taught at Mary
Baldwin College in
Virginia; served as
dean of
tate University of
New York, Albany;
and was provost at
Wheaton College,
orton, Mass. She
The Women's Resource Center, in Sverdrup Hall, is dedicated to
Professor Emerita Anne Pederson through the generosity of Ruth A.
Schmidt '52.
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More than 80 Augsburg alumni and employees of 3M attended a luncheon gathering at
company headquarte". Ron Nelson '68 (left), vice president and controller at 3M and an
Augsburg regent, accepted a plaque from President Frame commemorating the longstanding partne,.hip between the College and 3M.
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n Augsburg education ... exploring values, learning to appreciate and serve others, discovering a vocation
that answers a call from within.
Over its 13 1 years, the College has been shaped by the rich heritage and history of the Lutheran church.
At Augsburg students are nourished in spiritual growth, are challenged to learn through experience, and
leave ready to touch the fives of those with whom they live, work and worship. On the next several pages,
we explore the many ways in which spiritual growth is integral to an Augsburg education.
Living and nurturing faith in
daily life
By Lenore Franzen
A new electronic carillon o n top of
Chr is tensen Center rings hymn tunes
each day as a reminder of Chapel time.
Beyond directing attention to this daily
activity in Hoversten Chapel, the carillon
also symbolizes the presence of spiritual
life campuswide - in classroom
discussions of faith issues, in lunchtime
conversations studen ts have with the
campus pastors, in basketball
tournaments with area church groups.
David Wold, campus pastor and director
of ministries, explains the role of
campus ministry. "The founders believed
that education should take place in a
holistic environment." he said. "The
spiritual piece is an important
component."
Wold and Sonj a Hagander, associate
pastor for outreach, provide pastoral
care and a supportive, advisory role to
student-led programs. "We're on call to
the Augsburg community constantly and
get involved in the lives of hundreds of
students," affirms Wold.
Core to campus ministry are the daily
chapel services and th e Wednesday night
communion service. "They keep
Augsburg students connected to word
and sacram ent and to the wider church,"
said Hagander.
Under Wold and Haga nder's direction,
students have initiated an impressive
campus ministry program. From
recreational activities to yo uth leadership
summits to music festivals, these
activities have attracted a growing
number of students, community
members and congregations.
Hagander came to Augsburg in I 998 to
help expand campus ministry outreacl1
and inreach activities.
"We're the only Lutheran college within a
half hour of more th an 300 ELCA
congregations;' she said. "We have an
opportunity to show what life is like in a
city and to be good stewards of it."
The real leaders within campus ministry,
according to Wold and Hagander, are the
students. Ross Murray, a senior majo rin g
in youth and family ministry, is co-head
coordinator of th e tudent Leadership
Team. The team acts as a kind of "church
council," directing and supporting
campus ministry efforts.
" I like the variety campus ministry
offers," Murray said. "Each time we try
something different, we draw new people
in. It's impo rtant for students, the
community and congregations to
recognize each other's presence."
Kir<ten Arveson (left) and Erin Moore (righ t)
are among students involved in campus
ministry programs. They are pictured here in
the chapel balcony with associate campus
pastor Sonja Hagander.
For years, o utreach has been a foc us of
campus ministry through community
programs, service projects and food
programs. Clowning teams go to
hospitals, nursing homes, unday schools
and congregations.
"These teams
allow students
to try out
music they've
written,
leadership
skills,
devo tion al
storytelling,
peer ministry,
even
preaching,"
said
Hagander.
Campus Pastor Dave Wold takes a momen t after chapel to share storiei
with freshman Nathan Erickson and senior Rozenia Fuller.
Sports and recreation have also attracted
a number of students. Junio r Arn1i e
Osberg, a women's varsity hockey player
who also plays intramural volleyball and
softball, joined the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes (FCA) as a freshman.
" FCA offered me ano ther way lo grow
spiritu ally," said Osberg, who plans lo be
a church youth direc tor. " I've always been
a strong Christian," she added, " but
getting involved in FCA has give n me a
better perspective on how fa ith and
sports relate."
An example of how campus ministry
partners with athletics is the involvement
of Wold as anno un cer and chaplain for
Augsburg's men's athletics.
He also initiated a basketball league
among area EL A congregations. " ixtysome tea ms and hundred of player are
involved in this evangelistic effort, and
the growth potential is great," sa id Wold.
"Augsburg is a catalyst because of its
location and the talen ts of our students
as coaches, referees and spiritual guides."
In 1999, a student experi enced in outdoor
act ivities started Faith Adventures.
"Students stretch themselves physically
and incorporate devotional materials into
the challenge," said Hagande r.
Hagander has also encouraged a
number of inreach programs, which
bring students, th e community and
congregations to Augsburg. Last fall
saw the first Youth Leadership Summit,
a weekend for ninth- through I 2th·
grade rs.
Another recent addition to campus
ministry events is th e AuggieFesl, first
held in May 1999. "It'• a music festival
with five o r six hristian bands, open to
the communi ty:' aid Rachel elle, a
junior biology major who organized 1he
all-day event in Mu rphy Park.
Hagander offered the first-ever Weekend
College women's retreat in February.
"We're trying to connect with women who
are extremely busy," he said. The retrea l
included stress management techniques,
music, devotions, journaling and a spa.
C1mpus ministry also works with other
groups at Augsbu rg. "We partner wi th th e
music departm ent t provide the annua l
Advent Vespers services at Central
Lutheran Church invo lving hundreds of
students and nearly 12,000 auendees,"
said Wold.
Ray Makeever, a local m us ician who plays
with the group Bread fo r the Journey,
assists with campus worship, especiall y the
Wednesday night service. He has helped
attract more student leaders.
"First, we need 10 take care of people's
personal spirituali ty," said Wold. "Out of
their faith will come the activi ties and
outreach."
Lenore Franzet1 is n freelance writer who
lives in t. Pa11/.
A dual master's degree to serve both social and spiritual needs
This year Aug burg College and Luther
minary launched a pilot program
offering a dual degree in social work
(M . .\ .) and ministry (M.A. or M.Div.).
The dual degree focuses on meeting the
educational interests of people planning
to serve the spiritu al and social needs of
families, individual and communities in
both rural and urban settings.
Rosemary Link, professor of social work
and dual degree program coordinator at
Aug burg, tates, • 1n d,-·eloping this
dual degree"~ are having dialogue
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across disciplines and institutions.
Together we are learning ways to help
students: to recognize the role of
spirituality in finding meaning in
people's lives, to support the expansion
of faith-based human services and to
equip students with the skills 10 pursue
pirituaJ conversations.
The objectives of the dual degree are:
a. To educate practitioner in social work
and ministry who can combine the
values, kills and knowledge of both
theology and social work to serve people
in more holistic ways.
b. To generate the partnerships necessary
10 serve the complex needs of
communities and people experiencing
transition in their lives, including the
change of government support for those
in poverty.
c. To prepare practitioners to seek the
strengths of interdisciplinary teams in the
human service and pastoral settings.
of the two disciplines and institutions.
" It's exactly what we need to be about in
the life of the church and community.
In the dual degree program in social
work and mini try we are establishing a
relationshi p where we s« ourselves not as
competitors but colleagues in mini cring
to the whole person."
Students must be accepted into both
Augsburg and Luther Seminary. Approximately IO students have applied to date.
Paul Berge, coordinator of the program at
Luther Seminary, lauds the collaboration
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When Augsburg ca me over to St. Paul,
the Augsburg Seminary tradition came
in the form of teachers and students.
John Stensvaag, professor of Old
Testament at Augsburg Seminary, and
Bernhard M. Christensen, president of
Augsburg and professor of theology,
came across the ri ve r to teach, Some
years later they were followed by Paul G,
Sonnack, Jr,, in the Church Hfatory
Department. Their contributions to the
life and though t of both Luther
Seminary and the ALC left at Luther a
legacy, which continues to live in the
pastors and professo rs whom they
educated, Their co mmi tme nt to a hearty
Lutheran piety of both head and heart
attracted students who still remember
them with fondn ess.
The intellectual legacy of Augsburg
Seminary, one of free and living
Christians in free and living
congregations, has had a more difficult
time in the Lutheran Church because it
has go ne o ut of fashion with Lutherans.
At the same time, any growi ng church
knows instinctively wha t Georg
Sverdrup, the intellectual giant at the
head o f the Augsburg movement, knew:
that in Ameri ca hrist's work would be
done most effecti vely if it was done
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many institutions of the church today.
His interest in the life and ministry of
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When Augsburg Seminary merged with
Luther Seminary in 1963, it extended the
fo unding date o f Luther Seminary back
another seven years because it was the
oldest of the six seminaries that me rged
to form Luther Seminary.
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women led him to include women as
voting delegates at the annual meetings
of the Lutheran Free Church, He helped
to establish the Lutheran Deaconess
Hospital in Minneapolis, which not only
had a healing ministry in the city, but
also educated Lutheran women to be
deaconesses who served around the
wo rld in ministries of teaching and
healing, His concern for mission,
especially the mission in Madagascar,
caused him to devote some years to the
editing of a magazine, "Gasseren;' (The
T h e Lega cy ofA ugsburg Seminary
August Weenaas, foun<ler of Augsburg Seminary,
spoke of the 'ambitious plans' for an expanded
educational program at Augsburg brought by the
younger theological professors who joined the
faculty in 1873-74, Their goal, Weenaas
suggested, was to bl1ng about a significant
refonn of theological educatiOn which would
affect not only Nolweglan-American church IHe
but also the patterns of church ltte In No!way.
tt cannot be claimed that Augsburg Seminary
achieved such lolly goals. tt did, however, make
valuable contributions to Norwegian-American
Lutheranism. tt also represented ideals which
continue to be of importance to the broader
Lutheran fellowship.
In the final issue of The Lutheran Messenger, the
official organ of the lfC, Bernhard ChriStensen
spoke of the possibility of the lfC raallzlng Its
Ideals In the larger fellowship of the American
Lutheran Church, He maintained that as long as
Lutheranism exists In America there will be need
for upholding the ideal of the free coogregal/on,
struggling to build a wifnessing congmgalion In
which every believer finds ways ID share the
faith, and the ongoing need for educated
Christian leadership. These were Ideals to which
Augsburg Seminary committed itseH and
Christensen was convinced that tt was a legacy
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fellowship,
During Its 93-year hlsto!y, Augsburg Seminary
graduated 710 men, an avarage of seven ID eight
each year, Although the numbels may not be
large, their aintrtbutlons were not without aff8ct
Most of them 88Mld as Lutheran paslln,
missionaries, chaplains 1111d professors.
Augsburg Seminary ended Its separal8 8ldst8nc:e
shortly alter what Sydney E. Ahlslrom called 'the
Placid Decade" [the 19505]. Throughout a good
deal of its history, Augsburg had functioned with
a sense of being distinctive, even unique. By
1963, it was ready ID aintrtbute its tradition ID
the heritage of Luther Seminary.
In doing so, the school, which its early supportaq
had proudly called, 'the oldest Narw9Qlall
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sermons on mission that still stand the
test of time.
The connections between Augsburg and
Luther Seminary are being renewed in
these present days through several
persons and programs. Peter
Hendrickson '76 and I have worked on
several musical projects which bring
both the interesting Augsburg tradition
of musical excellence together with the
profoundly evangelical work of the
seminary: the operas Captive and Free,
and Noyes Fludde. Charles Anderson,
once a professor and dean at Luther
Seminary, who served as dean and
president at Augsburg College, has
returned for a brief tour of duty as
acting dean . Now the new Master of
Social Work program reconnects the two
in stitutions, plus St. Thomas, With its
concern to retu rn social wo rk to its
original religious foundations, the
program continues much of the
vocational concerns of both Augsbu rg
College and the Lutheran theology of
vocation. Augsburg's president, William
Frame, has renewed this theological
connection with his hearty endorsement
of Luther's theology of vocation as he
has moved to establish the work of
Augsburg College as one of training
students for a life of service. As one who
knows both traditions well, I applaud
this, with prayer that new things will
continue to spring forth from this
recommitment to some of the major
values of both Augsburg College and
Luther Seminary.
Gracia Grindal '65 is professor of rhetoric
at Lutl,er Seminary.
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Augsburg youth and family ministry
senior Ross Murray filled out a visitor
ca rd at entral Luthera n Church in
Mi nneapolis o ne Sunday morning and
ended up with an internship. On kind of
a gutsy whim, and anticipating the 100hour internship his study required, he
wrote "internship?" on the card - and
to his pleasant surprise, they took him
up o n the suggestion .
Since September, he has met on
Wednesday evening with a group of
senior high youth at Central, working
with them on community service
projects. On unday mornings, Murray
is part o f the ninth- and 10th-grade
education hour, and trains 10th-graders
in peer mini try. In addition, he
participate in the va rious retreats and
activities with the youth.
About hnlf of the 80- 100 youth at
entral are not children of congregation
members. They are neighborhood kids,
many non-white and non- hristian ,
who find enrral to be a safe place where
they can do fun thing with their friends,
"We end a bu around to pick up the
kids," Murray explained , and said that
others are beginning to come once they
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see their friends leave on the bus. " It's
really good outreach for us."
The youth and family ministry major,
begun in 1996, partners the religion
department with Augsburg's Youth and
Family Institute. The major is designed
to train people who seek leadership roles
in their churches, but not necessarily as
ordained ministers.
"The youth and family ministry major is
practical; a religion major gives you the
knowledge in theology, but doesn't
necessarily teach you how to share it_
wi th others;' said Murray, "The special
classes we have teach us to go into a
congregation, to share our fa ith, and to
relay the knowledge we've learned."
In May, Murray will be part of the first
four-year graduating class of you th and
family ministry majors. Augsburg is the
only school in Minnesota and one of the
few ELCA colleges to offer this program,
Augburg's Youth and Family Institute
national peer ministry director Lyle
Griner meets regularl y with Murray and
the other youth and family ministry
majors who share the youth and family
outreach floor hou e in Anderson Hall.
Senior Ross Murray (back, center) works with ninth- and 10th-grade groups_at Central u rior
Lutheran Church. last fall, the ninth-graders went on a retreat to Camp Am1con, near S pe ,
" Lyle teaches us stuff we haven't l""!"'ed
in class, and shares the resources hes
coUected," said Murray.
The internship at Central Lutheran has
given Murray e.xperience and a c?mfort
level working in a context very different
from his tiny home congregation in
Littlefork, Minn.
" I'm excited about Central, because of
what a large and diverse church it is, and
abou t working with inner-city kids," he
said, "It's an urban experience I didn't
have before,"
Currently serving as a volunteer, Murray
has been hired for the summer, after he
graduates. In August he begins a yearlong 1.our with Youth Encounter, a
Christian outreach group. After that,
Murray plans to enter Luther Se'?inary
for a master's degree, in preparaaon for
congregational work in program and
activities planning.
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At Augsburg, th at difference is best
understood through the co urse Issues in
Science and Religion, designed and
taught by Mark Engebretson, physics
professor, and John Benson, professor of
religion, who retired from full -time
teaching in January.
"The course
course moved
"In a secular institution, this course
might not exis t:• said Engebretson.
"Augsburg enco urages students to connect their faith with their intellectual
pursuits in all aspects of campus life."
The CoUege also requires students to
take three religio n courses, and Issues in
Science and Religion fit into this
requirement. Yet students who sign up
for the course do so for large r reasons.
" It allows th em to connect to iss ues that
also helps students see the
inconsistencies
in both fields,"
added Benson.
into the regular
term and has
been taught
eve ry yea r
since.
The course's
final project,
designing a
lohn Benson, religion
utopi an civilization in space,
allows students to integrate their learning. " It force students to ask questions
about the ro le of religion and their
Christian faith in society:• said Benson,
"and it helps them see that human ecology is an in tricate web of life that developed over a long time." Benson and
Engebretson first offered the course dur-
In 1995, they
received a
Templeton
Foundation
Mark Engebret.son, physics
Award, given
The Youth and Family Institute at
Augsburg has been receiving both
national and international attention,
praise and bookings fo r its Child in Our
Hands conference series. The two-day
conference "presents a vision for
effectively passing on the fai th to th e
next generations and strengthens
congregations to move from vision to
actio n, from being church to doing
church." Al its core is th e guiding
principle that th e home and the
congregation are bo th partners in
teaching and nurturing the faith.
Recently, congrega tions in Australia
asked fo r conferences, as well as for YFI
to train thei r congregational leaders with
th e conference's follow-up program,
Hand-in- Hand. This yea r the conference
will also travel to sites in more th an I 0
states from coast to coast. In addition to
increas ingly becoming nationally known
in the ELCA and the Missouri Synod, the
conference is also being booked by other
denominations, which take the
conference and adapt it to their own
denominational setting.
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That's an important point - as we
enter th e 2 1st century, it's clear to us at
the institute th at the ministry of the
church needs to be a cooperative
ministry. To oppose each o th er sends o ut
such a negative message," says David
Anderson, YFI program directo r.
The conference was developed from a
model created by Anderson with Dick
Hardel, YPI executive director, and
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faculty worldwide who promote intellectual discourse connecting science and
reli gio n. In 1997, they were recognized
with a second Templeton honor for
continuing to offer the course.
Had such a course existed when
Engebretson and Benson were college stu -
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dents, they likely would have t3ken it.
Both have lifelong interests in ien and
religion. Engebretson was ordained a a
Lutheran pastor before ttling o n a career
in physics. Benson' aCJdemic area systematic theology and the philosophy of
religion - puts him on the border
between the seculnr world and the church.
During the 2000-200 I n ademic yea r,
Augsburg will expand the conversation
around ciencc and religio n thro ugh
three lectureships. The hristen en
Symposium will focu on pirituality
and academia. The verdrup Visiting
dentist Progra m will addre th e religious aspects of extraterrestri al life, and
th e Augsburg eminar in Applied Eth i
will exa mine th e ethics of patenting life.
Lenore Franzen is a frce lnuce wr;,e, aud
lives iu t. Paul.
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Roland Martinson, YFI senior associate
and Luther Seminary professor.
congrega ti on and th e mini tr y of
th e home.
"For various reasons o n the part o f all
three of us, we came to a common
juncture in our understand ing of th e life
of the church," says Anderson. "So we
brought together our three perspectives
and expe riences in congregati onal
ministry and put together a model that
includes eight strategies to partner home
and congregation. What emerged from
that are five principles o ut of which the
Child in our Hands lives and breathes:
3. The ho me is chur h too, where
is present in faith.
I. Faith is formed thro ugh personal
trusted relationships, and often those
relationships are in our own homes.
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4. The Christian faith is caught more
th an it i taught.
5. If we want faithful children and youth,
we need faithful adults/parents.
"It' been very fulfilling and gratifying lo
see how this is growing," says Anderson .
"T he challenge is keeping up with it: •
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fo und ed in 1987 by Merton trommen
'42 in memory of his son, David Huglen
Strommen.
2. The church is a living partnership
between the ministry of th e
Lyle Griner is honored with the
'Little Red Wagon'
An1crica's Promise: The Alliance for Youth,
headed by Gen. Colin Powell, has awarded its
" Little Red Wagon" to Lyle Griner, national
peer ministry director at the Youth and Family
Institute, fo r the commitment of the peer
ministry program to the strengthening and
developing of f.tith and values among youth.
"I = 't imagine a more effective and rewarding
way to make a difference in youth's lives. Having
the support of Americ:J's Promise will open a number of new doors for us to train and support peer ministers," Griner said of the honor.
Over the next five years, YFl's peer ministry program will train adult facilitators who, in
turn, will train youth to be peer ministers. By practicing caring skills and modeling their
fuith and values, peer ministers will be positive role models to at- risk and other youth.
Griner teaches peer mini try on campus as part of the youth and family ministry
major. The class i open to all tudents and is quickly becoming popular.
America' Promise is a national organization dedicated to involving individuals and
organizations in activities to achieve a significant increase in positive youth developmenL
The wagon was chosen as a fitting symbol for the America's Promise commitment to
child~n. Gen. Powell wrote, "The little red wagon. A symbol of childhood. It could be
filled with a child' hopes and dreams or weighed down with their burdens. Millions of
American childttn need our help to pull that wagon along. Let's all pull together.•
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Richard A. Hardel (left), director of Augiburg ·, Youth and family lnililule,
and Merlan P. Strommen '4Z, a reiearch p1ychologi11 and founder of rhe
Youth ond Family lnititute, 1igned copiei of their book, A Radical New
Model for Youth and Family Ministry. Looking on (L to R) are ,enior
Kiriten Arveion, religion profellor Philip Quanbeck II and ienior Roll
Murray.
The book, a texl for youth ond family miniitry, ii a guide for eitabliihing
new kind, of partnerihipl between porenll and congregalioni in nurturing
and developing tht family life that build! ilrong faith.
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By Le no re Franze n
By Lenore Franzen
Given his fa mil y's nea rl y ce ntury- lo ng
co nn ection with Augsb urg College, Philip
Q uan beck Sr. '50, pro fesso r em eritus o f
religion , un d ersta nds well th e Co llege's
ties to the Luthera n Free Ch urch .
"Augsburg bega n in 1869 as a th eological
semin ary for th e Sca nd inavia n commun ity, especia ll y the No rwegia n community;' Qua n beck explai ned . "A di spute in
th e 1890s a bo ut th e role o f th e prepa rato ry depa rt ment a nd th e n ature o f se min ary educa tio n led th e lead ers of
Augsburg to separa te fro m th e United
C hu rc h, th e chu rch body with whi ch it
had bee n assoc iated."
These lead ers fo rm ed a gro up called the
" Friends of Augsburg," wh ich in 1897
beca m e the Luth era n Free C hurch. While
ch urch bod ies typicall y fo und educa-
tional institutions, in th e case of
Augsbu rg, the reverse was tru e.
In its beginning, Augsburg T heologica l
Sem ina ry foc used o n ed ucating pasto rs.
T he Co llege, wh ich b ega n as a prepara tory school fo r th e sem in a ry, sha red th at
concern. However, responding to the
needs of bo th stud ents a nd society, the
College h as b roadened its curric ulum
a nd areas of co m peten ce.
" In 1963, t he Lutheran Free C hu rch
m erged with the America n Lutheran
C hu rch, a nd the semina ry m erged with
Luther Semin a ry in St. Pa ul;' said
Q ua nbec k.
Des p ite these m any cha nges, Augsb urg
has always emph asized pe rsonal fai th as
an important component to a student's
edu cati o n . And Qua nbeck believes tha t
h erit age, gro unded in the Luth era n Free
hu rch , live o n at the College.
Myrna Sheie, Augsburg Class of 1968, feels
"superbly prepared" fo r her positio n as
executive assistant to th e ELCA bishop.
"Au gsburg still
views religion
co urses as a n
integral pa rt of
a student's edu catio n ," he said.
Phili p Quan beck Sr. ' 50
,cHowever, the
life of fa ith is no t simply a n acad em ic
exe rcise. The College h olds daily ch apel,
a nd campus m inistry programs provide
numerous opportunities to involve stude nts in a n active faith life. Also," he
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continued, 'the current emphasis foste red by President Frame o n the dialogue
between faith a nd reason is a contempo ra ry expression o f this t raditio n!'
Q uanbeck's fathe r, a pastor in the
Luthera n Free Church, graduated fro m
Augsburg in 19 [4 , "The underlying
ass umptio n for me a nd my five siblings
was th at we would go to Augsburg as
well;' h e said. All o f them did. Continuing
the traditio n, Quanbeck's so n, Philip,
teaches in th e religio n department.
After graduating fro m college and seminary, Qua nbeck b ecam e a Lutheran Free
C hurch pastor in Bagley, Minn. On a
1952 Luth era n Bro therhood scho larship
he went to Princeton , where h e ea rned an
M .T h . a nd Ph.D. befo re returning to
teach at Augsburg College and Seminary.
Startin g in 1993, Quanbeck b egan phased
retirement. He co ntinues to teach one
course in the spring and fall terms in
Weekend College.
When he co uld have returned to the
parish o r go ne elsewhere, Quanbeck
chose to teach at Augsburg. " Here I have
do ne so m ething I was able to do," he said.
" For that o pportun ity, I am grateful."
Lenore Franzen is a freelance writer who lives
in St. Palll.
Yet even she admits, "Working fo r the
church was not on my scree n during my
college years." Some 30 years later, the
gro unding experi ence Au gsburg gave her
see ms the obvious training fo r her roles at
the synod and national offices.
For 11 yea rs Sheie served as assistant to
two Saint Paul Area Synod bishops, Lowell
Erdahl and Mark Hanson. In 1998, she
moved to Chicago, where she is executive
assistant to ELCA Bisho p H, George
Anderson. In that capacity, she and two
colleagues coo rdinate staff services on
behalf of the bishop. Sheie is invol ved in
planning, budge ting and preparing agendas for churchwid e assemblies and coun cils, and acts as liaiso n with a variety of
boards and groups.
Comparing her synod and national roles,
Sheie said, " I work for the same church but
with a different foc us. At the synod level, I
was more connected with congregations,
pas to rs and lay leaders. Here my focus is
churchwide."
Augsburg prepared her well. "With its
urban location, Augsburg has always been
oriented to service beyo nd its waUs;' said
Sheie. "As an English and educati on major,
I had direct experi ence with children in the
neighborhood built into my training:'
Mark Hanso n and Sheie were classmates at
Augsburg. "When Mark became Saint Paul
Area Synod bishop in 1995;' said Sheie,
"our long co nnection strengthened our
working relatio nship."
Sheie also acknowledges the many leaders
Augsburg has nurtured, Hanson amo ng
them . Sheie herself was active in campus
leadership roles during college.
Dail y, Sheie sees Augsburg's mission for its
students played o ut in her life. " My liberal
arts education at
Augsburg gave
me a broad base
to move from ,"
she said. " I was
Myrna Shele '68
encouraged to
engage in both
critical and creative th inking. Yes, we had to learn the
material, but in new and fresh ways, so that
we could embed th at learnin g into our
lives and m inds."
From her current perspective, Sheie understands the critical role Augsburg and other
ELCA colleges play. " Unlike schools in so me
other denominations, Lutheran colleges
have maintained a stron g co nn ection to the
church," said Sheie. "The ELCA secs its colleges as valuable resources. The chu rch's link
strengthens the colleges and gives us a way
to claim a mission in the world.
"Graduates of Lutheran colleges also
become tremendous reso urces to congregations because they continu e to be involved
in the church, often as leaders," she added.
For Sheie personall y, Augsburg holds a
meaningful place in her life, She transferred her sophomore yea r so she could
live at ho me following her father's death.
After graduatio n, she lived one mil e from
ca mpus for 14 yea rs.
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I always had reaso n or desire to visit;' she
said. She enj oyed th e a nnual Adve nt
Vespers concert and has stayed in touch
with college friends.
In a sense, Sheie has never left Augsburg.
By preparing her broadly and connectin g
her with a community of leaders committed to service, she continues to live out
what first grounded her.
As she herself said, " I wandered o nto cam pus, loved it, and stayed."
Lenore Franze,i is a freelance writer who lives
in St. Paul.
Perspectives on Augsl,urg as a Lutheran eolle,e...
Members of the Augsburg community were invited to reflect and comment
on the significance of Augsburg as a Lutheran college, and how it makes Augsburg special.
Kathryn Swanson
Professor and Choir, Dept. of English
• in the tradition of Martin Luther,
Augsburg College is a place where
members of the community - staff,
students and faculty - can plunge into
bold and vigorous examination and
discussion of issues central to personal and
corporate faith and life in the world. That
this activity is at once exhausting,
invigorating and liberating is most
certainly true!•
The Rev. Oscar A. Andmon, Class of 1938
subordinated to this central core. The
vigorous presence of the gospel will be the
distinguishing marlc of Augsburg if it is to
continue as a Lutheran church college. •
" The Lutheran Church was bom in an
academic community - Wittenburg,
Germany - and has alwoj,s loolced ta our
colleges for educated and committed
leadership. We need our colleges more
than ever as we emborlc on the advmture
of a new millennium.•
to Augsburg from another~ or
university will mention how nice It is
to be able to discuss rel1gion and pmonal
faith issues in the c/ass,oom or lndMdua/ly
within the college community. Sometimes
ii takes an outside perspective to lffllind
us of a benefit aU tao emy to talce for
granted. I appreciate that Augsburg
Terry Coolr, Class of 1991 MAL
Dept of Soda/ Wort.
College encowages discussion and open
dialogue on rel1gion and religioln issues.•
" The hallmarlc of the Lutheran Confession
is the gospel of Jesus Christ capsulated in
Co-chair,
the words: grace alone, faith alone and the
MAL Program Coonl/nator
word alone. It is impottant that a college
of the Lutheran Church be rededicated
" king Lutheton allows us to acknowledge
a heritage that invites itlllOMtnent of
both to vigorous ocodemic pursuits and to
an unapologetic openness in welcoming,
studying and proclaiming this gospel.
Policy, proctice. piety and polity are
alhers. Discussions in dasses am
ocknawledgr the spiritual side of
individuab, and the added dimension
semces and haw the Aug,butg CCll7l'IU1IB
as a w#Jolt, ans for each ollllr ew,y dait'
TM Rev. Charles s. Andtnon
Pmldent of AllgllHlrg, JN0-1991
Jay Phinney. Class of 1919
The Rev. Herbert Chllstrom, Class of 1954 Associate Reglsttar
Former Pm/ding Bishop of the ELCA
•on occasion, students who transfmed
Pm/dent of Augsburg, 1963- 1980
AUGSBURG NOW
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Augsburg Events for Alumni and Friends - Spring 2000
Theatre
May 10
For information on any of these events, call the Fine
Arts Hotline, (612) 330- 1448.
Student Actors Showcase
Mal Fest art exhibition
5:30 p.m. - Tjomhom- elson Theatre
Gage Gallery, Lindell Library
April 28-May 10
May 10
May 5-21
Mal Fest 2000 - See complete schedule
below.
Senior Projects
Augsburg Juried Student Art Exhibition
7 p.m. - Tjomhom-Nelson Theatre
Alumni Galleri•,
April 28
Opening night of A Little Night Music.
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,
book by Hugh Wheeler.
April 28-May 10
hristen en
enter
Opening reception , Ma 5, 4-6 p.m .
May 11
Scenes from American Drama
7 p.m. - Tjornhom-Nelson T heatre
Other
Directed by Darcey Engen; music direction by
Sonja Thompson
Events
May2
Musi
Performances:
Apr. 28, 29; May 4, 5, 6 at 7 p.m.
Apr. 30, May 7 at 2 p.m.
Deans' Convocation - guest speaker,
Shella Tobias, science consultant
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April 28-May 10
3:30 p.m ., Hoversten
Christensen Center
Mal Fest 2000 See complete schedule below.
Tjornhom-Nelso n Theatre, Foss Center
Set in turn -of-the -century Sweden and strongly
influenced by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer
Night, this rom antic comedy captures th e imagi nation
of the audience with its world of moonlit woods, fairy
enchantment and amusing hum an foll y.
May 20-21
May20
Commencement Weekend ·
Commencement Concert
May 20
7:30 p.m ., Hove rsten C hapel, Foss Center
Tickets: $8 general public; $7 ACTC faculty, staff and
students; $2 Augsburg studen ts.
Art
and
Exh
bits
May2
Artistic Concepts, A Little Night Music
Darcel' Engen, directo r; Sonja Tho mpso n, music
director; Michael Burden, set designer; Sand ra Schulte,
costume designer
hapel. Reception to follow in
5:30 p.m ., o mmencement Dinner, ommo ns,
Christensen Center
7:30 p.m ., Commecement
o n cert, Hoversten
April 7-21
8:30 a.m., Eu chari st Service, Hoversten
Graduating Seniors Exhibition
10:30 a.m ., Baccalaurea te, Hoversten
Alumni Gallery, C hristense n Center
I:30 p.m., Commencement Ceremo ny (tickets
requi red , Melby Hall I:30 p.m ., Melby Hall
Opening reception, April 7, 4-6 p.m .
hapel
May 21
hapel,
hapel
3 p.111., Reception, Murphy qu are
11 :50 a.m.- 1:20 p.m . - Tjornhom-Nelson Theatre
Aprll 28
May 10
all of Grieg's extant letters in the original
~nguages.
WIWAM H. HALVERSON, associate dean
emeritus at The Ohio State University,
spedallzes in the translation of Norwegian
musical scholarship and materials. Previous
translations indude books by Professors
Finn Benestad and Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe,
NU,
Augsburg College professor of organ. She
wrote her doctoral thesis on the music cl
Knut Nystedt at the Unlvenlly cl Mlnnasobl.
All events for Mai Fest 2000 are on the
Augsburg College campus. Events are lree
unless otherwise noted.
Visit the Web site at
<www.augsburg.edu>.
Fest<Oo
bhlbltlon, April n - 111a, 10; ~ Gallery• ...,_ aa...y
0 April 28 - Ma., ,o
A Little Night Music, lJo,nhom-Nolson ThutN. • OHfflltlons: (61Z) 3311-1257
Ap,11 a; 2', llla,4, 5, 6 at 7 p.na.: Ap,11 Ml llaJ 7 at Z p.m. S8 _.a; 17 ACTI: foculty,
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AUGSBURG NOW
12 • SPORTS
Athletic facilities receiving major renovations
By Don Stoner
Back in 196 1, Si Melby Hall was unveiled
to rave reviews. An innovative, multipurpose facility which was used as a
gym nasium, chapel, convocation center
and concert hall.
Porty years later, the building is getting
its first majo r facelift.
A new gymnasium floor is being
installed for the fi rst time since the
building's opening. New bleachers will be
placed in the gymnasium , along with a
complete HVAC (hea ti ng, ve ntilation, air
conditioning) setup
for the building.
The lower-level
fitn ess center is
receiving its second
expansion in a year.
Lower-level athletic
department and
hea lth and physical
new das her boards, bleachers and a new
paint job in the main rink.
"There's a lot of enth usiasm abo ut the
scope of this project," said James Carey,
Augsburg's director of at hletic facilities.
"This is the biggest improvement made
Lo Si Melby Hall in fo ur decades."
Augsburg's athletic faci lities are
constantly used, not only by the College's
17 varsity athletic teams, but also by a
wide cross-section of the Augsburg and
greater communities. More than 600
Augsburg students, faculty, staff and
alumni participate
in the College's
intramural
programs, noted
Kris Kraft, the
College's
, intramural
coordinator.
educa tion
departme nt offices
are being moved
and renovated.
And the renova tion
is not lim ited LO
Melby Hall. The
Augsburg Ice Arena,
celebrating its 25th
an niversary this
school yea r, is also
rece iving a major
renovation , with
A new heating/a ir cond itioni ng system is
part of the M elby Hall renovatio n.
yea r have used the Anderson-Nelson
Field indoor ai r structure for youth and
adult leagues or programs sponsored by
the Minnesota Thunder pro soccer
team . The Ice Arena is used year-round
by local youth and adult hockey teams,
along with hockey camps.
"We're operati ng our facil.ities pretty
much 365 days a year, serving not only
our community but the greater
community, too;• Carey said. "So many
people have heard about Augsburg
College because they've come here for
you th soccer or yo uth hockey or our
learn-to-skate programs. That's their
first exposure to the College."
Work began on the facilities in early
March , when athletic department and
health and physical education
department offices were moved from
Melby Hall into two portable trailers
adjacent to the Ice Arena. Much of the
work in Melby Hall is slated LO be
completed by the time of the College's
The Twin Cities
Sports Connection,
a regional adult
athletic league,
holds many of its
programs in Melby
Hall and AndersonNelson Field,
drawing several
hundred adults to
the college during
each sport season.
As many as 1SO
This year's athletic facility renovations
are the first steps in a long-term plan to
expand and improve athletic fac ilities at
the College. The vision for the future
includes ano ther expansion of Si Melby
Hall and a new fieldhouse, to serve the
increased needs for athletic faciliti es by
the school's athletic teams, the greater
Augsburg community and the entire
soccer tea ms per
regio n.
Commencement exercises.
Wrestlers
continued from page 1
Over the past three yea rs, Aug burg is
the only school to have placed in the top
IO both academically and on the mat
each year.
"That's the foundation of our program,
academics," Swenson said. "That's the
cake, the base of everything we do in our
program. The icing on the cake is our
national title on the mat. If our guys
weren't doing it well academically,
getting the grades and getting good jobs
after graduation, we wouldn't get the
great crops of wrestlers we get. We do it
right. These guys are the ideal of what a
true student-athlete can be. They deserve
all the credit."
Augsburg also had IO NWCA Scholar
All-Americans, matching its NCAA alldivisions record total of two seasons ago.
Swenson earned the respect of his fellow
coaches, being named NWCA Division
UI National Coach of the Year for the
fourth time (199 1, 1995, 1998, 2000).
Swenson's assistants, all Augsburg alumni
- Scott Whirley '79, Don Wichmann
'89, Dan Lewandowski '97, John Pena
'98, Wade Johnson '98, Jamie Hilya r '97
and Jim Peterson '99 - deserve a lion's
share of the credit, he said.
Only six schools in all NCAA divisions
have ever won a seventh national title. The
Auggies will lose eight seniors, including
four All-Americans, but will return seven
wrestlers with national tournament
experience (six All-Americans) next yea r.
Women's hockey repeats MIAC title; men are second
in basketball
By Don Stoner
Women's hockey
For the second yea r in a row, Augsburg's
women's hockey team claimed the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference regular-season
championship. And this yea r, the Auggies
made more history in their fifth varsity
season, qualifying fo r the fi rst-ever
Division Ill national championships.
Augsburg cruised through the MIAC
campaign with a 12- 1- 1 conference
mark, tying St. Mary's for the league title.
In the MIAC playoffs, the Auggies swep t
St. Benedict 3-0 and 7- 1 in the semifinals
and swept perennial rival Gustavus 4-1
an d 2- 1 in the championshlp series to
improve to 2 1-5- 1 overall, advancing to
the AWCHA Division Ill national finals
agains t ECAC champion Middlebury
(Vt. ) in Boston, Mass. National title
re ults will appear in the next issue.
Angie Rieger (Jr., Courtland, Minn./New
Ulm HS) earned M lAC Player of the
Year honors by conference coaches.
Rieger was a first-team
AII-MIAC sele tion for the second yea r
in a row, along with defender Emily
Miller ( r., Blaine, Minn.) and goalie
Meg chmidt (Sr., West St. Paul,
Minn./Henry ibley HS). Fonvard Sarah
Garrison also was named All-MIAC first
team for the first time as an Auggie,
along with fonvard Erica Johnson (Sr.,
Blaine, Minn.).
Men 's hockey
ugsburg' men's hockey team reached the
LIAC playoffi; for the third season in a
row, as a young squad continued to show
signs of improvement throughout the year.
The Auggies finished 10-13-4 overall and
-5-3 in the MIAC, good for third place
in a competitive league tandings. The
AUGSBURG NOW
Auggies faced eventual MIAC playoff
champion Concordia- Moorhead in the
playoff semifinals, but were swept by the
Cobbers in two games in Moorhead.
Freshman Jaroslav Cesky (Fr., Prague,
Czech Republic) earned AII-MIAC
honors by leading the team in scoring
( 14 goals, 19 assists, 33 points), as did
senior captain Steve LaMere for the
second yea r in a row ( 10 goals, 20 assists,
30 points).
Goalie Rya n McIntosh (Jr., Calgary,
Alberta/ Bishop Grandin HS) earned AllMlAC honors for the third straight yea r,
with a sterling .904 save percentage and
3.24 goals-against-average.
Men's basketball
Augsbu rg didn't let the loss of NBA draft
choice Devean Geo rge to graduation
affect the squad in 1999-2000, as the
team qualified for the MlAC playoffs for
the fo urth straight season and finished
second in the conference standings.
The Auggies finished 16-8 overall and
15-5 in the MIAC, the fifth straight yea r
the Auggies have won I 5 games or more
in a season. Augsburg lost in the MIAC
playoff semifinals to eventual conference
playoff champion St. John's 58-57.
For the third season in a row, Augsburg
had a player earn MlAC Player of the
Year honors, as senior point guard
Jeof&ey Reed (Sr., Minneapolis,
Minn./De La Salle HS) shared the
honors with St. John's Troy Bigalke. Reed
,vas the team's key leader all season long,
averaging 14.3 points and 3.8 rebounds
per game. He ended his career with 79 1
points (27th-best in school history) and
249 career rebounds. Reed was a first team All-MIAC selection and a selection
fo r the second year in a row to the
conference's All-Defensin, Team.
Reed and Kevin Van Rossum (Sr., Green
Bay, Wis./Preble HS) formed the best
backcourt combinatio n in the
conference. Van Rossum broke the
school's career record for three-point
shooting, hitting 239 extra-pointers on
his career. The total puts him second alltime in MIAC history in career threepointers (all games). Van Rossum, an
AII-MIAC first team for the second
straight year, finished his career wi th
1,025 points, 15th-best in school history.
Women's basketball
A young Augsburg women's basketball
team showed strong improvement
throughout the 1999-2000 season,
finishing the year wi th a 6- 19 overall
record (6-1 6 MIAC), doubling the
number of victories from last yea r.
With only two seniors on the roster, the
Auggies had to rely on a deep rotation of
young playe rs all season long, and were
able to contend in several gam es against
much more experienced opponents.
Jodi Soule (Sr., Cannon Falls, Minn.)
earned All-M IAC first-team hono rs on a
vote of conference coaches.
Men's and women 's indoor
track and field
It was a year for record-setting
performances for Augsburg's indoor
track and field teams, as the Auggie
teams combined to set I 3 new school
marks during the indoor season.
For the second year in a row, Carrie Lind
(Jr., Coon Valley, Wis./Westby HS)
finished second in the nation in the 20pound weight throw at the NCAA
Division Ill indoor national
championshlps in Bloomington, ill. Lind
had battled a foot injury most of the
indoor season and did not compete until
the last meet before the MIAC meet.
Jeoffrey Reed (3) brings the ball up the court
during Augsburg's home game against
Carleton on Jan. 17 al Melby Hall. Reed was
named MIAC Co-Player o·f the Year for men's
basketball this season.
At the national meet, Lind finished
second to HarnJine's April Felt in the
event, ,vith a best throw of 53- 10 1/2
(16.42 meters).
Chrissy Baune (So., Marshall, Minn.)
continued her assa ult on the Auggie
record books, setting new school records
five times in the indoor campaign. She
earned All-MIAC honors in three events
at the MIAC meet, finishing second in
the 3,000-meter run and third in the 800
and 1,500.
On the men's side, Christian Dawson
(So., lnvercargill, New Zealand/Cargill
HS) achieved two school records - in
the 1,000-meter run and 1,500-meter
run, and earned All-MIAC honors in
those two events at the conference meet,
firlishing third in each.
Desman Oakley (Jr., Indianola, Iowa)
finished second in the men's 55-meter
hurdles at the MIAC meet to earn allconference honors.
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Peter Agre honored for research
in kidney disease
By Lynn Mena
Last November, Peter Agre '70, M.D., was
presented the 1999 Homer W. Smith
Award, which is given annually by the
American Society of Nephrology (ASN )
and the American Heart Association to a
medical researcher judged to have made
a major advance in understanding
kidney disease.
The award specifically recognizes Agre's
discovery and work on aquaporins - a
family of molecular membrane water
channels. "All of our tissues are
comprised of water, it's the most
fundamental component of all life
forms," explains Agre. "But how does the
water move from the cells within our
tissues? And why are some tissues, such
as the linings of our lungs, so much more
permeable than others? It has long been
believed that these tissues contain water
channels, but no one had ever been able
to find proof of their existence."
In 1991 , Agre, who is a professor in the
biological chemistry department and
director of the graduate program in
cellular and molecular medicine at Johns
Hopkins University Medical School,
made the discovery of aquaporin- 1, the
first molecular membrane water
channel. His finding ultimately revealed
an entire family of water channels now
called "aquaporins." A N Highlights (the
official publication of the ASN) wrote
that the discovery "represented a major
breakthrough," and has led to a greater
understanding of many inherited and
acquired water balance disorders (such
as kidney disease).
"The discovery was a big surprise and
tremendous luck," says Agre, who is a
blood specialist. " It's not going to be a
cure for cancer or anything, but the
human ramifications are just unfolding every year the enthusiasm builds." His
discovery has resulted in numerous
national and international speaking
engagements, including stops in Sweden,
England, Brazil, New Zealand, Russia
and most of the medical universities in
the United States.
Agre received a B.A. in chemistry from
Augsburg in 1970 (a choice perhaps
influenced by his father, the late
Courtland Agre, who taught chemistry at
Augsburg from the 1950s to the ' 70s) . He
went on to receive his medical degree
from Johns Hopkins University, where
he developed an interest in biomedical
research. After completing a medical
residency at Case Western University and
a clinical fellowship at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he
returned to Johns Hopkins for a research
fellows hip in the cell biology
department. In 1984, he became a
fa culty member in the department of
medicine at Johns Hopkins.
Agre's past honors include national
finalist fo r the American Society for
Clinical Investigation and the Young
Investigator Award for the American
Federation of Clinical Resea rch. He was
awarded Augsburg's Distinguished
Alumnus Award in 1995. He also serves
on the editorial boards of the Journal of
Clinical Investigation and the Journal of
Biological Chemistry.
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Traveling the world as a
global classroom
By Lynn Mena
Since graduating from Augsburg in
1991 with a B.A. in both English and
philosophy, Andrew Carlson's
nomadic path has taken him to more
than 20 countries. His global
sojourns have included such places
as Greece, Israel, Germany, Norway,
Hungary, England, Mexico, Syria,
France, Egypt and more.
problem getting to know the people
in the countries he visits. "I try to
learn hello, goodbye and thank you.
English happe ns to be the de facto
international language, so It's often a
common bond - though I must
admit, in some cases, not speaking a
native language probably puts up an
invisible wall.
"A case of wanderlust, you might
say," says Carlson about his
inspiration to travel. "I think that
having studied English and
philosophy and having a liberal arts
background lends itself to creating a
mind that's curious about things. My
earlier travels were mostly about
adventure; but lately I've been more
interested in observing and studying
issues such as ethnicity and religion ."
" People in non-Western countries are
often very curious - they will grab
you or flag you down as you walk
down the street," Carlson continues.
"They will often invite you for te a or
coffee and insist that you tell them
where you've b een and where you' re
going, if you have a family, what's
your job, etc. It's very heartfelt. "
Immediately after graduating from
Augsburg, Carlson was accepted into
the Master of Divinity program at
Princeton University. "I didn't go there
intending to become a minister or
pastor, a lthough I've got a lot of
ministers in my family, including my
father (the Rev. Myron Carlson ' 60),
so I was familiar with that route," says
Carlson. " I have an interest in religion,
and I wanted to study it further."
Carlson received his Master of Divinity
degree in 1994, and after moving
back to the Twin Cities for three yea rs,
he headed to Berkeley, Calif., where
he completed a one-year program at
Graduate Theological Union in 1998.
" I went abroad for the first time in
the fall of 1996," says Carlson. " I
went to Italy, Morocco, Spain and
Tunisia. I came back for a month and
then went to India and Nepal." He
hasn't been able to stand still since,
and as of press time he is either in
South Asia o r Eastern Europe.
"Anything could happen," says
Carlson. "My travel plans are always
very vague and fluid. "
Although he doesn't know any
foreign languages, he has had little
Some of Carlson's most memorable
moments occurred while he was
traveling over the holidays in
December 1998 and Janua ry 1999. "I
was in Jerusalem leading up to
Christmas time, a nd it was a special
feeling . I met a lot of good people
from a ll over the world. The n I went
to Egypt dur ing Ra madan (the Islamic
holy month), and it was wonderfu l.
The weather was beautiful, people
were beautiful. During the day,
observant Muslims were fasting, and
at sunset they would have this ve ry
joyous public celebration - just good
people having fun . It was very
moving and special."
When Carlson is in Minneapolis, he
ofte n makes a point of co ming to
Augsburg . "Ever since I left, there's
been about 4-5 professors that I
continue to see over the yea rs," says
Carlson. "I even mail them postcards
and letters. I think it's nice to know
that a professor took a particular
interest in you, and that whe n they
hear form yo u, they are able to
immediate ly tie you back to the
pe rson you knew. You can go talk to
them and it's like yo u're reestablishing/
building upon something you both
know about each other - it's very
important to me."
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Join the largest choral sound in Augsburg College history!
wa,
Thf- Wttkend Col~ Alumni Advisory Counol meets to advise on and develop programs and eve,U
for WEC • lumnl and sllJdonts. (L to R) Row 1: em Vande<wall ' 93, Andy Fried "9 3, Co,y Bryan '92,
Men Pygm.n '9 3~ Row 2: Nancy Toedt °94, assistant dir«tor of alumni relations, Heather Birch '96,
Faflioe Sundqu,st '93, T"")' Marquardt '98. (Nol pktured: Gary Bucher '93, Carol Seler '90)
SPRING 2000
• 1was in London last July, and I mel a young woman there who
staying wilh ~
people on the edge or the city. They invited me lo an outdoor Tchaikovsky c.oncert. We ,at
in a vast area of grauy hills, just beyond the paod-10< ,eating It was a picture-perf<et night
- beautiful music, a warm July evening, great food, the good company of English people,
Russian people - a very special nighL • - Andrew Carlson '91 (left, weanng T-ihort)
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ALUMNI PROFILE
Studying the northern
lights show
Erlandson and APL will now analyze the da ta and share the findings with the
Russian team at a meeti ng later this year. Erlandson was also involved in the 1997
mission, and has been involved with the collaborative effort since 1993.
By Lynn Mena
"It's been very interesting," says Erlandson about working with his Russian colleagues.
''They are very wa rm, enjoyable peo ple." Instead of noticing cultural differences,
Erlandson has mostly noticed similarities. "While we would sit and work on the
project together, we would often end up quoting the same literature and refe r to the
same books, and it really became evident to me that we all basically speak the same
human language and share the same feelings and thought-processes."
Many of us have searched the night sky for a sign of
the aurora borealis, or northern lights - Mother
Nature's celestial light show. Last January, Augsburg
alum Bob Erlandson '82 enjoyed a front row seat to
the aurora borealis from the outskirts of Fairbanks,
Alaska, as part of a collaborative mission between U.S.
and Russian scientists to study auroral physics in the
earth's ionosphere (the region of the earth's
atmosphere where auroras natu rally occur).
The international tea m, led by the Applied Physics Labo ratory (APL) of Johns
Hopkins University (where Erlandson is a staff scientist), successfully launched the
Active Plasma EXperiment (APEX) North Star 1 mission, which is a follow-up to a
previous mission in 1997. The goal of APEX is to study auro ral physics by creating
an artificial aurora in the ionosphere with a Russian-developed plasma jet device,
which creates a burst of energy, simulating an auro ra .
"Just as the rocket was about to be launched, a naturally-occurring aurora lit up
th e night sky," Erlandson said in an interview for the AP L newsletter."We were able
to study both a natural and artificial aurora simultaneously and collect data on
both . We couldn 't have asked for a better opportu nity."
Class
"It's really been a lot of fun," says Erlandson of his research an d work at APL.
"There's always something new happening with a project - you always move on
to a different aspect of the problem, and look at it in a new way. It's incredibly
interesting work and keeps you going. "
Erlandson graduated from Augsburg in 1982 with a B.A. in physics. He went on to
receive a Ph. D. in physics from the University of Minnesota in 1986. He was a postdoctoral research associate in the space physics department at APL from 1986-90
before being hired as a staff scientist in 1990. He and his wife of 12 years, Susan,
live in Columbia, Md., with thei r two sons, Matthew, 9, and Joey, 5.
Notes
1940
Wanda (Severson) Benson , Auburn,
Wash., and her husband, th e Rev. Ham ar
Benson '34, have lived in Auburn since
th ey retired in 1979. Since retirement, she
has take n o il painting classes and enjoys
writi ng and publishin g her poetry.
1941
Ma rgrethe Elea nor (Herum Os tlund)
Wise, Green Valley, Ari z., celebrated her
third wedding anniversary in September
with her husband, Dan iel.
19 4 8
Jean C. (Talso ) Lindahl, Naples, Fla., is
o n the board of a new elementary
Lutheran school in Napels. She and her
husband, Donald, both enjoy singing
with their church cho ir.
19 Sl
The Rev. LeRoy H. Anenson, Seattle,
Wash., is a retired Lutheran pastor; he is
currently servin g as volunteer chaplai n
at Evergreen Hospital and Medical
Center in Kirkland, Wash.
19 S7
The Rev. Gordon Trelstad, Red Wing,
Minn., retired in October after serving 38
years in parish ministry; he and his wife,
Karen (Egesdal) '61, moved from Westbrook, Minn., to Red Wing in November.
19 6 S
The Rev. Bruce A. Engebretson,
Anchorage, Alaska, is the interim pastor
at Petersburg Lutheran Church in
Petersburg, Alaska; he served more th an
11 year at Amazing Grace Lutheran
hur h in Anchorage.
1966
Richard Mork, New Brighton, Minn.,
has erved as mission director since 1996
fo r the Division for Outreach of the
ELGA rel ating to four ELCA synods.
1970
The Rev. Joe.I L Olsen, O -hkosh, w·is., celebrated his 25th annive=ry of ordination
in 0.., ber; he became pastor of I. John's
Lutheran hurch in shko-'lh in February.
David
iedlar, Carli le. ~ lass., i an
in tructor for the ~lassachusetts Bay
chJpter of the Ameri n Red Cross.
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Erlandson also devotes time to other space physics resea rch projects at APL. "I
study low-frequency electromagnetic waves with instruments on the ground,
which offer a way to remotely measure 's pace weather'." He has also traveled to
Sweden as part of two Swedish-based auroral satellite projects, Viking and Freja.
Nikki Rajala, Rockville, Minn., was
selected from a natio nal pool of m o re
th an 2,500 applicants to participate in
the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher
Progra m , which allows distinguished
primary a nd secondary school teachers
in the Uni ted States to travel to Japan for
three weeks in an effort to promote
grea ter intercultural understanding
between the two nations.
1971
Rob En gelson , Clinto n, Iowa, is in his
fifth yea r as director of choral activities
at Mount St. Clare College; he is also
chair of the music departm ent, head of
the fine arts division and was elected
moderator of the college's fac ul ty assembly for the second consecutive yea r. He
and his wife, T hea, a voice professor at
the college and a docto ral student in
music litera ture at th e University of
Iowa, have an 8-year-old son, Matthew.
1979
Linda Sue Anderson, Minneapolis,
appeared in three plays last year - two
for Theater Zoe and most recently
Seaso11s's Greetings at the Theatre in the
Round. She is also an assistant to the
senior vice president of m arketing at
Public Radio Internation al.
Oportunidad, Inc., and a part-time
self-employed psychotherapist in
South Minneapolis.
Lynn (Schmidtke) Lyng, Burnsville,
Minn., joined th e Mi nnesota
Foundation, a statewide community
foundation , as gift planner. She has two
children, Thor, 10, and Tova, 7.
Dawn Van Tasse.I, Richfield, Min n., married Mark Lorenzen '94 in September.
Dawn is a recent graduate of the Boalt
Hall School of Law at the University of
California-Berkeley and an associa te at
Oppenheimer Wo lff & Donnelly, LLP;
Mark is a business management consul tan t with End urant Business Solutions
and is pursuing his MBA at the Carlson
School of Management at the University
of Minnesota.
1987
1996
197S
Gordon Flanders, Inver Grove Heights,
Min n., recently accepted a position as
adjunct professor in the Department of
Marketing and Logistics Management at
the Carlso n School of Business at the
University of Minneso ta; he is also a
business development manager at
lmation in Oakdale, Minn.
Stephen Carlsen, Issaqu ah, Wash., is a
oftware engi neer with Adobe in Seattle.
1997
Bonnie (Cla rk-White) Johnson, Lino
Lakes, Minn., received her doctorate
fro m the Un iversity of Minnesota in
May; she was a member of th e first
Urban Leaders coho rt. Her dissertatio n
was entitled "African American Middle
School Mother's Stories: Factors that
Help o r Hinder Parent Invo lvement and
School Satisfaction!' She has been the
principal of McKinley Elementary in
Anoka for eight years; her husband, Jeff
Johnson ' 77, is a physical education
teacher in Forest Lake, Minn.
Cheryl (Witsoe) Dudley, Wyo m ing,
Minn., and her husband, Jim, renewed
their wedding vows while on vacation in
San Antonio, Texas - a surprise event
from husband to wife. But the greater
surprise came when finding out a fellow
Auggie would be involved ; The Rev. Tom
Rob ison ' 68 performed the ceremony at
St. Jo hn's Lutheran Church where he
serves as senior pastor.
1977
1991
Nathan Carlsen, Spring Valley, Wis., is a
Ronda Steller, Minneapolis, is enrolled in
Augsburg's Physician Assistant Program.
vete.rinarian.
Dean Lowell Reiners, Minneapolis,
received his doctorate in educational
leader hip in December from the
University of St. Thomas. He continues
to work as an elementary school principal in the Osseo school district.
Susan (Lageso n) Lundholm, Palatine,
lll., was a featured soprano soloist in
ovember and December ,vith the chorus and orchestra of Lutheran Church of
t. Luke in Chicago. he is an adjunct
professor of voice at Harper College and
College of Lake County and has two
children (Karl. 12, and Alina, 14) with
her husband, Mark
19 9 3
Carm en Nesheim, Plymouth, Minn.,
completed certification in Nov. for the
National Board of Professional Teaching
Standards; she co-teaches with Virginia
Allery in Augsburg Weekend College.
Corey Clem ents, La Habra, Calif., m arried Kristie Wawryk '98 in August; he
attends chiropractic graduate school and
she is a thi rd grade teacher in Long
Beach, Calif.
Aaron Cross, St. Cloud, Minn., was
recentl y awa rded the Communication
and Leadership Award by Toastmasters
International District 6. He is a professional motivational speaker and participates in national and international
wheelchair events including archery,
wheelchair racing and quad rugby; in
October he finished fourth individually
and fifth overall at the World Games in
Christ Church, New Zeal.a nd.
Tracy M. Holloway, Woodbury, Minn.,
is a financial analyst for Abbott orthwestern Hospital; she is also working on
her MBA at the University of SL Thomas.
1998
Sarah (Thyren) Scheller, Minneapolis,
loves teaching the second grade at Lincoln
Elementary in No rth Minneapolis.
19 9 S
Judith C Zimmerm an, Minneapolis,
received her M.A. in counseling and psychological services in January from
t. lary's University of Minnesota;
she is a program facilitator at La
1999
Thane Drier, Woodbury, Minn., is pursuing his doctorate of pharmacy at the
University of Minnesota-
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ALUMNI PROFILE
Telling tales of trolls
By Betsey Norgard
Trolls - those mythical Norse giant creatures, some
ugly, some with bushy tails, long noses, and some
carrying their heads under their arms - have
captivated children in Scandinavia for centuries. For
over 20 years, Lise Lunge-Larsen ' 77 has enchanted
children and adults alike in Minnesota w ith tales of
these trolls, and recently published a collection, The
Troll with No Heart in His Body.
As a child in Norway, Lunge-La rsen loved troll
sto ri es, and delighted in finding evidence of trolls in
nature - dead trolls that had become gnarled, overturned tree roots. She believes
that children need stories in their lives, and great folktales teach values, reveal
truths and provid e for the nouris hment of the soul.
How she came to be known as the "Troll Lady" is a tale in itself that began at
Augsburg .
Through a business friendship between Lunge-Larsen's father, an antique book
d ealer in Oslo, and the husband of fo rm er Augsburg professo r and dean Pat Parker,
Lunge-Larsen had opportunities to visit Minneapolis. On one trip, she stayed with
Parker's daughter, Jackie (Parker) Cherryhomes '78, then a stud ent at Augsburg.
The ex pensive drea m of attending college at Augsburg beca me reality for LungeLarsen w hen she applied for and was awarded a Crown Prince Harald Scholarship
for one yea r. In o rder to continue at Augsburg, Lunge-La rse n had to wo rk and
found a job in th e libra ry, working in the children's li terature collection.
"The very first time I told a story was in Pat Parker's children's litera ture class,"
Lunge- Larsen recoun ted . She d iscovered a love fo r storytelling, especially drawing
on the troll stories and fo lkta les from her childhood. With Parker's encouragement,
she visited schools and libraries reading and telling stories, and her vocation began
to take shape.
Births
Michelle M. (O'Malley) '84 and Todd ).
Morgan, Fulton, Mich. - a boy, Rya n, in
Nove mber. He joins Colin, 2.
Catherine (Budilc) '85 and Kevin Rossini,
Oakdale, Minn. - a gi rl, Tessa Priscilla
Kathleen, in November. She joins Geno, 4.
D' Anne (Privette) '86 and Wayne
Briggs, Edina, Minn. - twins, Sydney
Marie and Sherid an Lynn, in August.
The y join Courtney and Paige.
Kristin (Settergren ) '86 and Steve
McGinness, Richfield, Minn. - a girl,
Sara Beth, in October. She joins Joseph,
9, Jonathon, 7, and Steph anie, 4.
Aaron M. Warwick '89 and his wife,
Karen , Minneapo lis - a boy, Henry
Jam es, in May. He joins Sophia Marie, 3.
Amy (Strohbusch) '91 and Robert
Kenney, Clive, Iowa - a boy, Thomas
John, in O ctober.
Tina (Kubes) ' 92 and Lance Peterson,
Willmar, Minn. - a boy, Blake
Christopher, in December.
Marla (Stratton) '92 and John Mayer
'88, Fridley, Minn. - a boy, Mason
Thomas, in October.
In
Memoriam
Borghild L Olson '26, Redmond, Wash.,
died in February; she was 93. he was a
graduate of Augsbu rg's first co-ed dass.
he taught fo urth grade in th e Renton
(Washington ) School District fo r 16 years.
he was preceded in d eath by her husband, the Rev. hristian G. Olson. he is
survived by daugh ters. Phyllis (McDaniel),
Gracia (Lundy) and yh•ia (Strubel); fo ur
grandchildren; two step grandchildren;
and a step great-grandchild.
Emil M . Fo an '30,
Fergus Falls, Minn., died
in February; he was 93.
In I 924 he graduated as
the valedictorian of
Augsburg Acad emy, and
then summa cum laude
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Lunge-Larsen went on to a graduate degree in li ngu istics at the University of
Minnesota, and wrote her thesis on using storytelling to teach Eng lish to foreign
students. When her father died, she returned to No rway for a yea r, and studied
folklore at the University of Oslo.
After limiting her storytelling to biblical stories in Sunday School for a whi le, an
"aha realization" brought her back to the trolls and their val ue fo r children.
In the book's introduction, she explains that because trolls re present everything
negative or bad, "battling trolls brings out the very best in those who dare confron t
them.. . To do battle with a tro ll is to learn to draw on the best of ou r humanity.•
"These sto ri es offer a wond erful escape from real ity, w here the wo rld acts th e way
children think it should act. " she says.
To criticism of folktales as being violent, Lunge-Larsen counters, " I've lea rn ed ove r
the years that kids will imag ine a story only as violent as they can handl e," she
says. "It's not like TV, where violent imag es
are provided, and they can't be altered ."
Lunge-Larsen was long encouraged to wri te
down her stories, but couldn 't visualize her
trolls un til she saw the work of illustrator
Betsy Bowen. Her bold, strong wood cuts
"look old and powerful, and make a good
link with nature. '
1
Bowen was intrigued and agreed to
collaborate on the stories. The Troll with No
Heart in His Body was published by Houghton
Mifflin Company in 1999 and has been
no minated fo r a Minnesota Book Award.
Lunge- Larsen is married to Steven Kuross ' 76,
and they live in Duluth with their children,
Emily, 16, Even, 13, and Erik, 11 .
from Augsburg College in I 930. He
spent 37 years working as a translator in
27 languages for the U. S. Deparment of
State and was ho nored by his colleagues
as " Linguist of the Century" - the first
time such an award was made - in
1990. In 199 1, he was nam ed a
Distinguished Alumnus of Augsburg. He
is survived by his sister-in-law, Margaret
Fossa n, and her children, Anne and
Peter, and many o ther loved ones.
The Rev. Elnar Gundale (Elnar Olsen)
'33, St. Paul, died in Decen1ber; he was 96.
He was born in Norway and cam e to the
United States in I925; he was o rdained in
1937 and was the oldest living pastor of
the former Lutheran Free Church. He
served parishes in Minnesota, Neb raska,
North Dakota and Wisconsin; in retirement, he served as a nursing ho me chaplain. He is preceded in dea th by his wife,
Catherine (Petersen). He is survived by
their six children; Grace (Nyhus);
Evangeline (Hagfors); Ruth (Hillebrand )
'73; John '67; Stephen '70; Philip; I 6
grandchildren; five great-grandchildren;
and four step great-grandchildren.
Clarice (Blake) Danielson '34, Spring
Park, Minn., died in December after a
long illness; she was 86. She had a career
teaching Latin, English and French, cul minating at Minneh aha Acad emy, from
1953- I 974. She is survived by her husband Reno; d aughters Peggy and ancy;
grandchildren, Ch eryl and Mark; and
bro ther Wilbert.
Alf J. Larson '34, Albert Lea, Minn., died
in May; he was 96. He had been a
teacher, p rincipal an d coach in several
Minneso ta hi gh schools and at
Augustana Academy in Canto n, S.D. He
,.-as preceded in dea th by his wife, Mina,
and son, Don. He is su rvived by h is
d aughter, Opal; bro th ers, Norm '34 and
Earl e; sister, Mymle (Jo hnson ); daughter- in-law, Lois (Kolden ) ' 57; 11 grand children; an d 13 great-grandchildren.
Oliver Wanglie '34, Minn eapolis, died in
January; h e was 95. He is p receded in
death by his wife, Helga, and son, David.
Augsburg volunteers enjoyed holiday treats at an Augsburg House gathering ln December.
Pictured here are Evelyn Amund son Sonnack '43 (lert) an d LaVerne Olson Burntvedt '5 0.
He is survived by h is daught er, Ruth '63;
gra nd children, Michael and Jenn ifer;
and d aughter-in-law, An na.
Rach el (Boxrud) Brugge r '43, M pls.,
d ied in December; she was 79. She is
survived by her husband, Orville; and
bro th er, th e Rev. David Boxrud.
Hjalmar Ande rson '48, Lompoc, Calif.,
d ied in July; he was 74.
Theodore M. Bungum '50, Bloomington,
Min n., died in December after a lo ng
batlle with cancer; he was 75. He was a
membe r of St. John's Lutheran Church
in Min neapolis and St. Peter's Lutheran
C hurch in Mesa, Arizona. He retired in
I 986 afte r 30 yea rs at Honeywell. He is
survived by h is wife of 50 years, Lorraine
(Iverson) '50; children, Kathy (S mith )
and Brian ; six grandchildren; brother,
Palmer; sister, Sylvia (Mikkelson ); and
many other loved ones.
The Rev. Donald B. Olson '50, Wauwatosa,
Wis., d ied in Dece m ber following co m plications from Parkinson's D isease; he
was 76. He entered the U.S. Army in
1943 and se rved in WW II , ea rnin g many
medals. He was ordained in 1959 and
was a parish pastor for seven years
befo re se rving 2 1 years as court chaplain
in the Milwaukee Court System , working
th ro ugh haplaincy Cou rt Services, Inc.,
and Lutheran Social Services. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie; hi son,
Ma rk; and many other loved ones.
Thelma (F"mnesgard ) Dah.le '5 1,
Tualatin, Ore., di ed in September after a
courageous 13-year struggl e with
lymphoma cancer. She is survived by her
husband of 49 years, Trygve Jr. '5 1; sons,
Trygve Ill and Daniel; daughters, baron
(Crowson) and Helen (Armstrong); nine
granddilldren; and three gre.,t-grandchildren.
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t the very core of an Augsburg education
Ìs the belief that learning takes many
forms and happens in many places outsicle ol
the classroom. Lealning through experience
teaches us that there rs lransformative power in
walklng the path of a person in another culture
or in trying out a job instead o[ "book
learning" how to do it.
In thÌs issue, we feature three courses that
take students out of the classroom. fwo are
travel courses held cluringJanuary lnterim; the
third is an education course, funcled by a
national grant, that trains future teachers to
incorporate new lechnology in their students'
learning. All three classes involved both day
and Weekend College siudents, whose jobs
and family commitments of[en prevent them
from taking part in travel or experiential
More comments on the new
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M
ay I add my word o[
apprecratron for the new Now
It is not only the fine new format,
yor-r
and your staff are doing very well
with the editorial conlent. Much
could be saicl. May I express
appreciation lor two features. I like
very much the "Chapeltalk" page. I
trust yorl intend that as a regular
feature. I c1o not think you will have
difficr-rlty findlng good selections for
each issue. This leaLure gives yoLr
a
good opportunity to lntroduce new
laculty members.
f
hor-rgh not an Augsbr-rrg alum, I've
the last two of your Augsburg
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to linity Lutheìan
Church as the new office secretary
there. Compliments to you on both of
them-which l've lound interesting
and well done-so much so that thls
non-Auggie has reacl lhem cover to
cover. The photos (even of groups)
are clear and well-captioned (so one
knows what's being shown). The
layout is very attractive. I like the mix
of current happenings, alumni focus,
campus histor¡ and the thematic
thread of focus on Augsburg as a
church school.
Nor,vs aclclressed
Gisselquist,
-Orloue
ProJessor
Em¿ritus oJ History
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learning.
Whether these students are in Cuba,
France, or Minneapolis, their stories describe
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the learning that engages them and pushes
them beyond their cultural and educational
comfort levels to new insÌghts.
The Auggìe Thoughts page also crosses
cultural boundaries. PresÌdent Frame reflects
on dÌscussions he and other Minnesota private
college presidents had with Chinese higher
educatÌon offÌcials when the Minnesota
delegation traveled to China last fa11.
We hope you enjoy these glimpses into
Augsburg learning. As always, we welcome and
encourage your comments.
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Betsey Norgard
Editor
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Communication
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Director of Alumni and Parent
Têaching the Teachers
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is committed to pro\tiding
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Family Ministry around
the World
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Departments
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nt"Artist's Book:
Provence to Paris
Around the Quad
Faculty Notes
Sports
19
Alumni News
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Class Notes
28
Auggie Thoughts
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back
cover
Calendar
On the cover:
Eze, a picturesque, medieval village
in Provence, has charmed artists
and tourists and provided
inspir ation
www.augsburg.edu
for Augsburg students.
See story on pdge 14. Photo by
50 percent recycled paper (10 percent post-cot'rsumer waste)
Heather Sweeney'02.
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Jeanne Boeh, economics, serves on the
ln print
Introduction to Critical Thinking
By Bruce Reichenbach, philosophy
McGraw-Hill, 2000
Bruce
Reichenbach,
Board of Economists for the Minneapolis
Star kibune. The panel meets periodically
to discuss economic trends and make
philosophy, decided
to take matters into
his own hands
when he couldn't
fìnd a book that
forecasts.
Professor Ragnhild Collin-Hansen,
from Sør Tiøndelag College in
Tiondheim, Norway, co-taught an Interim
social work course with Tony Bibus.
There are currentþ l0 students from
Norway studying in the undergraduate
social work program, and two in the
M.S.\M program. Also from Tiondheim is
education professor Br¡t Hauger, who is
teaching at Augsburg this spring while
Augsburg professor Susan O'Connor
teaches at Sør Tiøndelag College.
Garry Hesser, sociology and merrourban studies, was chosen by the
American Association for Higher
Education and Campus Compact to serve
as a consultant to institutions across the
country interested in service leaming and
social and civic engagement. He was
noted as a "pioneer" in service leaming.
Norman Holen,
art, created a L2foot stainless steel
sculpture titled
'Arbor Image" for
the new Kirchbak
Sculpture Garden
complemented the
critical thinking
Bruce R. Reichenbach
with comprehension and aheady
Nin
By Cass Dalglish, English
Spinsters Ink, 2000
Cass Dalglish is
fascinated by the
oldest and ne\Mest
forms of writing. In
her translations of
Sumerian cuneiform
Holen also
won Best of Show
for his graphite drawing, "Winter I," in
the Extremely Minnesota competition,
sponsored by the Hennepin Artists of
Robbin Gallery in Robbinsdale.
"Arbor lmage"
writing ftom2350
BCE, she finds that
Nin, by Cass Dalglish
three-year term on the Council of the
American Sociological Association Section
on Undergraduate Education.
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possess
the sophisticated critical thinking skills the
texts are designed to enhance," he said.
Reichenbach includes numerous
exercises in his book, taken from media
sources, such as newspapers. magazines,
and advertisements.
to be dedicated in
the spring.
sociology, was elected to a
class offered at
Augsburg College.
Last summer, McGraw-Hill publlshed his
Introductíon to Cntical Thinhing.
The book is designed for the critical
thinking class that all Augsburg freshmen
must take if they cannot pass the entry level
skills test in this subject. Reichenbach said
he tried using several different books in the
course, but found that they did not address
the students at their level.
"The writing level and approach of
many of the critical thinking books
available presuppose readers who can read
in Richfield, Minn.,
Diane Pike,
Dalglish's second novel, Niir, provides
a connection for the reader to this ancient
she uses many of
the same metaphors
and comparisons as
she does when discussing and teaching the
newest language environment-hypertext.
Both require "reading" in a way that sorts
through layers of text and jumps from
image to understanding.
world of women who wrote four millennia
ago. Nin is a mystical, mythical, magical
fable set in the high-tech, modern-day
world of air travel, telephones, computers,
and the World Wide Web. Nin Creed is a
feminist poet who sets off to recover the
lost writings of her mother, who died the
day she was born. On the way, she
encounters a legion of women writers who
lived and wrote centuries ago and whose
work, too, was lost to future generations of
writers and readers.
When Children Pay: U.S. Welfare
Reform and its lmplications for
U.K. Policy
By RosemaryJ. Link and Anthony A.
Bibus, social work
Child Poverty Action Group (London),
2000
For a number of
years the Child
Poverty Action
Group (CPAG),
a
British agency
similar to the U.S.
Children's Defense
Fund, has paid a
great deal of
attention to the
lmpact of welfare reform initiatives in the
U.S. and whether similar reforms could be
adapted as policy in the U.K.
In their book, When Children Pay,
social work professors Rosemary Link
and Anthony Bibus study some of the
American policies that have influenced
British poiicy and the lmplications for
chlldren in poverty The authors seek a
critical understanding of the ways
countries exchange pollcy ideas and the
dangers as well as the opportunities of
such transplanting. The book is a policy
analysis which also helps students to
understand the useful insighrs into
domestic policies which come with
international comparisons.
The book reaches members of the
British Parliament as parr of the Child
Poverty Action Group's legislative package.
Link and Bibus' combined inrerests in
issues related to child poverty stem from
rheir longtime work in the
field-Link
was
Spring 2O0t
worker, and Bibus served
for many years as a child protection
a school social
worker.
Ave Eva: A Norwegian Tragedy
By Edvard Hoem; translated by Frankie
Shackelford, modern languages
Xenos Books,2000
Aye Eva: A
Nor'wegian kagedy,
an award-winning
novei from 20thcentury Norwegian
writer Edvard
Hoem, is now
Frankie Shackelford
available to the
English-speaking
community in the
translatlon by
Frankie Shackelford, professor of
Norwegian.
The novel, descrlbed on its bookjacket
as "powerful", "dark", and "brooding" is
charactertzed by Shackelford as "a complex
murder mystery/intertextual dialogue with
Milton's Paradise Lost.'' Despite its
complexity, she says, it has recently
captivated readers as diverse as an B6-yearo1d Wisconsin birdwatcher and a23-yearold actress from Zimbabwe.
The novel's hero returns to his
ancestral farm ancl finds culturai,
economic, and political changes. His
struggles to confronl the resulting
difficulties echo the universal theme of
regaining paradise.
The translation was commissioned by
the National Endowment for the Arts and
supported by the Office for NorwegÌan
Literature Abroad.
Presenti n g/Pe rform
in
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Dan Hanson, speech, communication,
and theatre arts, wrote a chapter in the
book, 12 Step Wisdom atWorh, released by
Hazelden and Kogan Page.
Norm Holen, art, has two sculpted
pieces-a terra cotta figure titled "Bethe"
and a glazed guinea hen-featured in a
book on contemporary artísts, Mahing
Ceramic Sculpture, by Raul Acero.
Bradley Holt, religion, wrote a chapter,
"The Twentieth Century" in the book, The
Story oJ Chnstian Spirituality, by Gordon
Mursell, published by Fortress Press.
Rolf Jacobsoñ, religion, published "The
Costly Loss of Praise" in the October 2000
issue of Theology Today.
Janet Gottschall Fried and Bradley
Greenwald, musì.c, played leading roles in
the re-staging of the Theatre de la Jeune
Lune's production of The Magtc Flute.
Greenwald played the character Papageno,
whlle Fried was the Queen of the Night.
Doug Green, English, delivered the
closing lecture on "Shakespeare in Love:
Sexuality, Cinema, and the Literature
Classroom," at the Carleton-St. Olaf College
undergraduate Shakespeare conference.
His
essay, "Preposterous Pleasures:
Queer Theories and'A Midsummer Night's
Dream'," has just been re-released in A
Midsummer Night's Dream: Cñtical Essays,
edited by Dorothea Kehler and published
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Center for
Global Education/Cuernavaca, Mexico,
facilitated workshops on cross-cultural and
experiential learning at a conference
"Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed,"
at the University of St. Thomas, and at the
Annual International Conference of the
Association of Academic Programs in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
She also presented a paper on the
Mexican Virgin of Guadalupe at the
IV International Congress of the Americas
in Cholula, Mexico, and a paper, "Violence
within Protestanl Churches and Theological
concepts that Foment Voilence agalnst
Women," at the Catholics for Free Choice
meeting in Mexico City
by Routledge.
Kathy Schwalbe,
Steven LaFave,
business
administration/Mls, presented
"Supplemental lnstruction and Academrc
Outcomes in a Second Accounting
Principles Course" at the annual meeting ol
the North American Accounting Society.
Dallas Liddle, English, presented "in one
Guise or Another: Voice, Profession, and the
Dilemma of the Victorian Woman
journaiist" at the North American
Conference on British Studies.
Spring 2001
business
administration/MIs, gave a kep-rote talk,
"The Magic of lS Project Management:
Revealing the Masters' Secrets," to the
Project Management Institute's lnformation
Systems Specific Interest Group (PMlISSIG). She is also editor of the quarterly
Newsletter, "ISSIG Review," and member of
a team to develop a new certificatron exam
for people managing technology projects.
Mark Tranvik, religion, presented a paper,
"Seventy Time Seven? Preachrng
Forgiveness in the Lutheran Reformatron,"
Merilee Klemp and Jill Dawe, music,
area featured performers on a new CD of
chamber music by Stephen Paulus, A
Chamber Fantasy, on the Innova label.
Esther G. McLaughlin, biology,
collaborated with David J. Mclaughlin and
PA. Lemke to edit an extensive volume,
The Mycota, vol. 7: Systematics and Evolution,
that is part of an encyclopedic series on
different aspects of fungal biology.
Bev Stratton, religion, published
"Ideologr" in the Handbook of Postmodem
Biblical Interpretation
to the American Society of Church History
meeting.
Joe Young, Pan-Afrikan Student Serwices,
and Garry Hesser, sociology and metrourban studies, presented a workshop, "A
Civil Rights Immersion: Experiencing and
Learning from History" at the National
Society for Expenential Education.
Also presenting at that same conference
were Ann Lutterman-Agu¡lar and Mary
Laurel True about the Center for Global
Education, and Tim Pippert, socÌology, and
Garry Hessef on service learning.
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The "Ernie Anderson Couftrr is dedicated
by Don Stoner
!r'nìe Anclerson csehcwcd pclsonaì
L Instcad. he cclcbrntecl his gi[t:
glory.
through the accomplishments of the
students who learned under his guidance
and the athletes r.vho showcased their
talents on the basketball conrt.
So it was fitting that, when Andelson
was asked to speak at a luncheon in his
honor, alter the College that was so much
part ol his lile nrmed thcu gymnrsiunr
floor for him, his response was simple.
"l really should just say 'thanks' and
'Amen.' That would be appropriate," said
Anderson at the Feb. 17 luncheon, lvhere
more than 150 former players, lellow
coaches, and friends gathered to celebrate
Augsburg's dedication ol the Melby Ha11
christened as AndersonNelson Field. The tielcl
will be rededlcated in
Nelson's honor
-õ
in lali
2001.
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Several former
a
"Ernie had ø way of nnhhry us feel
confident andpreparecl to play our
gantes."
Meyers '65
-Dan
players returned to
camprls to join in the
celebration of
Anderson's
accomplÌshments, ancl
most said their lives
were changed from the
lessons learned on the
court from the gentle
r:oar:h.
'Ernie had r way of
making us feel confident
and prepared to play our
games," sard Dan Meyers
A plaque honoring Ernie Anderson's long service to Augsburg will
hang in Melby Hall. (L to R) Ed Saugestad '59, professor emeritus
and retired men's hockey coach; President Frame; Ernie Anderson
'37; Edor Nelson '38, professor emeritus and retired football coach
'65, who played for
Ar-rderson's teams from 1961-65. "Ernie
made learning the game fr-rn and easy I
center court in hls honor. Later that
allernoon, during the halftrme of the men's
basketball game against Gustavus
Adolphus College, the court was officially
dedicated as the "Ernie \ùl Anderson
never heard harsh or cruel words from
Ernie. He has been a Christian example of
living life in a quiet wa;r He does not bring
Court."
the greatest players in school history, said
that his coach was a true role model and
mentor.
Ernie Anderson has been a member of
the Augsburg community since the 1930s,
when he attended the Augsburg Academy
âs a prep student. He played basketball
and baseball at Augsburg, graduating lrom
the College with a history degree in 1937.
Mariþ Florian'76, women's athletic
director, said that as a young coach early in
her career, Anderson gave her a chance to
retum to her alma mater. Florian served
the College as volleyball coach for 18
"l need to thank all ofyou and
remember all the wonderful things these
young men did while they were here," said
Anderson, deflecting the honors from
himself to his players.
However, others were quick ro point
out the true man of honor in the
celebration.
"This College stands today on the
shoulders of giants, and those shoulders
include yours," said President William
Frarne at the luncheon.
Anclerson served the College as men's
basketball coach for 23 seasons and as
athletic director for 34 years, in addition to
teaching in the heaith and physical
educatÌon department lor nearll' four
decades.
The College originalll, honored
Anclerson, along with fellou, athletic
clepartrlent legend Edor Nelson, in 1984,
u'hen the outdoor athletic held rnas
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attention to himself."
Dan Anderson '65, considered one of
seasons.
"Emie role-modeled leadership,
integrity, commitment, and caring. He had
a long-lasting influence on Augsburg
stuclents, faculty, and staff," Florian said.
"l have a personal thank-1'eu to gi\¡e
Ernie," said Florian. Jr¡,enty-one )¡ears ago,
in her seconcl year teaching and coaching,
Anclerson called to encourage her to apply
for LaVonne (Mrs. Pete) Peterson's position
when she retired. "Without that call,"
Florian sald, "I wouldn't be here today"
Chris Kimball, vice president for
academic and learning services, noted that
of the many reflections on the impact
Anderson had on the College and its
community, records and accomplishments
are rarely mentioned.
"This has not been about wins and
Iosses," Kimball said. "But it's about values,
commitment, and personal integritythings that make Augsburg such a
wonderful place and have made Ernie a
wonderful example to all the people who
have been aflected by him.
Ás for Anderson, after the numerous
standing ovations in his honor were
concluded, with his family and friends
surrounding him, his thank-yous were as
simple and direct as his lifetime of service
to Augsburg College.
"I would just say thank you. I
appreciate what has been said, and I hope I
can live the rest ol my life as an example to
others," he saicl. I
Don Stoner is sports irformatiort coordinator.
Spring 2001
Augsburg to host the Lutheran
Music program
Lutheran World
lrom June 24 Lhrough July 22, more
I than 220 high school students lrom
Federation.
will take up residence on
Augsburg's campus. They wiil be joined by
across the U.S.
an additional 60 faculty and staff members.
This national gathering, Lutheran Summer
Music (LSM), will be hosted for the first
time by Augsburg College.
LSM is a four-week summer camp for
student musicians in grades 8-12. Founded
by a group of visionary Lutheran educators
and musicians in 1982, LSM has been
hosted by seven Lutheran colleges or
universities. It is a program committed to
excellence in music. "LSM encourages
youth of high school age to develop their
God-given talents. The goal of LSM is to
extend the Christian tradition of fine
musical performance in worship,"
explained the Rev Dr. Victor E. Gebauer,
LSM executive director.
Even though this is the first time LSM
has been to Augsburg, the program has an
Augsburg connection in Melissa Olson,
director of admissions and financial aid.
Olson, a 1989 Augsburg graduate with a
degree in English and communication,
began at LSM in 1996 alter working for
Augsburg Fortress Publishing and serving
in Switzerland and Ethiopia with the
Olson credits her
career choices and
service to the church
to Augsburg.
"Augsburg literally
opened the world to
me," she said. "It
Melissa Olson '89
exposed me to
ideas and an environment I never knew
existed. I have enormous respect for small,
Lutheran liberal arts colleges."
ln talking with LSM students, Olson is
quick to point out Augsburg's advantagesthe best of both worlds, offering a tight-
knit community within
aLarge
metropolitan area. This Ìs echoed by Ruth
Hook'03, a current Augsburg student and
LSM alum from 1996-99, who described
Augsburg as a hometown in a big citli
This is the first time LSM will be ln a
major metropolitan area, and ú will benefit
from the Twin Cities' extraordinary culture
for the fine arts. Such an atmosphere is the
perfect setting for the more than 50
concerts and recitals that LSM will produce
during iLs lour-week duration.
It is this aspect of the summer camp
that most excites Augsburg music professor
and former LSM faculty member (198294) Merilee Klemp.
"LSM will bring a vibrant,
comprehensive, musical community during
¡þs 5¡mrn¿¡-not just to Augsburg, but to
the whole West Bank community," Klemp
said.
However, the most important part of
LSM is not the musical knowledge, Iocal
culture, or outstanding facult¡ but the
close spiritual community that LSM and
Augsburg will foster. The daily schedule
includes morning and evening prayer; it is
this characteristic that most defines LSM
and is what Hook and many other LSM
alumni most remember.
For more information regarding
Lutheran Summer Music 2001 or for a
listing of LSM 2001 concerts and recitals,
call toll free, 1-888-635-6583, or visit
LSM's Web site at <LMP@lutheranmusic
program.org>. For admission and financial
aid information, contact Melissa Olson at
the above number or Web site.
'Little Auggies' take center court
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and visiting teams that are introduced, but
a third team as well-the Little Auggies.
Girls'basketball teams in the Twin
Cities are invited to come to an Auggies'
home game and get some special lreatment
from the women hoopsters. Before the
game begins, the Little Auggies sit on the
team bench and listen to advice from Lauri
Ludeman, Augsburg's women's team coach.
Then the women Auggies line up, and each
ol the Little Auggies, as they are
introduced, runs through the line, getting
"high-fives" along the wa;r During the
halftime, the Little Auggies take over the
Spring 2001
fioor and show their stuff for the
home-team crowd.
One basketball team that signed
up as Little Auggies is a slxth- and
seventh-grade traveling team from
South St. Paul High School, coached
by Augsburg junior Kelly Manly, an
elementary education major. "They
thought it was really cool, going into
the locker room and getting to play
on the g;.'m floor," saÌd Manly about
her team's visit as Little Auggies.
Each of the visiting girls received
team
photo; and then, Manly said,
a
rush
was on to get autographs
the
lrom the Auggie women.
Women's basketball coach Lauri Ludeman gives
advice to the Little Auggies, from South St. Paul, with
their coach, Augsburg junior Kelly Manly (back),
looking on.
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FAMILY MINISTRYARoUN
by Betsey Norgard
Rev Thor Somrlerscth, pastor ln
resiclence, from Bergen, Nolway.
"The messrgc rs tlrat il you want
to make a church, yor,r l-rave to malie
it in every family, not only in a
chapei," said Sommersetl-r. "[The
T:il:',i'j'.i:.îiîï;åli,Läi'äLi'
and Family lnstitute (YFl) have taken it to
evely state in the U.S. and norv are literaLly
taking it around the u.orlcl.
During the past year, Dick Harclel,
cxecuiive director, and David Anderson,
clilector of laith formation education, have
travelecl to Canacla, Norway, and Alrstraha.
institntel research
Tanzanía, ancl U gancla.
A message and a paradigm
What the Youth and Family lnstitute
olfers and what chnrches across
denominations and around tl-Le lvorld are
seeking is a vision and r.vorkable modeis l'or
a nelv paradigrn in ministry with chrlclren,
yor-rtlr, and thcir [ar¡jlics.
YFI's message was ar[iculated recently
to the Augsbr"rrg commnni[y rn chapel by
t1-re
influence of laith comes from
lami1les."
Around that conccpt YFI has
cleveloped a range of Lesources-
Jn Canacla a1one, the rnstitr-rte's activities
have inclucled two r.vorkshops, lbr-rr
bÌshops' theological conferences, and plans
lor l'our more trlps.
Both Harclel ancl Anderson wili retnrn
Lo Ausiralla lor three weel<s in the spring to
present r.vorkshops ancl train church
lcaders. Ancl, ìn Lhe summer, Hardel will
lead a group, as part ol a new lamily wellbeing program, to Poland, East German¡
and the Czech Republic.
This is not to mention the service
reqllests tha¡ YFI has received from church
leaders in Malaysia, India, South Afrlca,
shor,vs tl-rat
consultations, wolkshops, prlniecl
materials, a peer mÌnistry program,
internships for the youth and family
ministry rnajor at the College, ancl a
sLlmmer leadershÌp conference.
Specialties to Norway
Augsburg's Youth and Family lnstitute provides
resources for congregations, organizations, and
individuals to help strengthen faith Iife in the
home. (Front row) Sarah Gustafson, Ross Murray,
Marilyn Sharpe, and Regina Pekarek, (Back row)
Richard Jefferson, David Anderson, Steve Lundell
Not pictured are Dick Hardel and Lyle Griner.
Sommerseth's r,rsit to Augsbr-rrg
is part of a special reiationship that has
developed over the past eight years between
YFI ancl the Chr,rrch of Norway In 1999,
Anderson and Hardel enjoyed a rare
opporiunrty to leac1 a tr.vo-day conference in
Oslo with more than 100 c1-rurch leaclers in
the Lutheran and other Christian
communities. Each year, Anderson teaches
a course al the Norwegran Têacher
Acaclemy in Bergen for Augsburg students,
and YFI is now exploring a partnership
witl-r this academy to help them begin
trainrng Norwegian students in youth and
lamrly mrnlstry.
Begrnnrng in the fal1, Kari Burke, an
Ar-rgsburg stndent graduating wìth a
double major in youth and family
ministry and Norwegian, r,vill begin
youth ministry r.vork with
Sonrmerseth xl lwo e ongregsl ions in
Bergen.
Tripp Trapp, tl-ie Chulc}r of
Norway's sr-rbscription series of
resources for the home, became the
model lor YFI's Fairhlile in rhe
Home resource guide ancl cenler.
Offering materials from more than
50 publishÌng sollrcres, the guide
makes available books, Bibles, CDs,
Augsburg senior Kari Burke (left) and the Rev.
Thor Sommerseth (right), YFI'S pastor in
residence, begin planning Burke's youth and
family ministry in Bergen, Norway, with his
congregation,
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WöRLD
vrcleos, games, puzzles, ancl toys to
lamilies in passing the falth
rom gcncratiurì lo P,cncmti()n.
assrst
f
Resources and conferences
Resource centers have been placed ln
over 200 churches across Lhe country; and
many ol these churcl-res have established
partnerships with the institr¡te and provide
internships for the nlore than 40 Ar-rgsburg
studen[s majonng in youth and family
ministry
YFI's popular Child in Our Hands tlvoday conference series has also traveled
around the world. In acldition to the three
conferences that Hardel and Anderson will
lead in Australia, 11 are scheduled arouncl
the U.S. during 2001.
The ecumenical and internatÌonal
Summer Leadership Conference brings
together pastors, youth directors, Chrlstian
educators, and church leaders lrom around
the world, The fourth annual conference,
"Worship and the Spiritual Life," lvill take
place on the Augsburg campus lrom July
3O-August 3, 200f , and feature Dr. Martin
Marty among others.
The Youth and Family Institute rvas
louncled rn 1987 by Mertoll S¡rommen '42,
in memory of his son, David '83. Over its
14 years, the insLitute has provtcled the
spark lor lxany new progrellts ìn c1-rurch
groups ancl congregations.
"We've created a vision of horv to
crcate a new paracligm to pass on the
liit1-r," Harclel said. "You can't own a
visiclt't-;,ott have ttl give it ar,vay," I
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EXPERI
Photos by students in the class
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PULAR
IDIR P,.
MeETING THE
PEOPLE, TRACKING
nûl
THE NUMBERS
uring Interin-r 2001, Augsburg
clay
and lveekencl stnclents u'hcr
enrolled in Quantrtatn,e
Journalism left their complÌters behind
ancl spent l0 clays handllng data and
stories in Cr,rba. They interviewed people
in schools and cloctors'offices, in hospitals
and orphanages, in cigar factories and on
farms, in homes, community centers and
churches-Ìn
spaces that reminded them
of the 1950s and bore little resemblance
to the cyber-age classroom they lelt behrnd
in Lindell Library.
The Cuba journallsm course was built
on a drearn of going to Cuba that began
lor me in 1968, when I was a Peace Corps
volunteer, living in a cement-block house
rn a slum-clearance project halfway down
the erodrng edges of a Colombian hill.
Often, in the evening wher-r I linished
teaching a literacy class or came back lrom
a neighborhood meeting, I turned on my
short r.vave radio ancl sat down to read one
o[ the Hernlngway stories that came in my
governmeni-issued book locker'. Most of
the trme, rhe only freqr,rency I coulcl pull
in was Radio Havana and the only voÌce
.that came droning across the rnountains
into my house was that ol Fic1e1, I've never
been able to lorget that souncl, Fidel's
voice used to question my rntent: What
was I
dorng-a
Yankee
velun¡ss¡-in
Augsburg's Quantitative Journalism class poses in front of the Cuban National Assembly.
Colombra? Drcln't I know how Cuba was
dorng thrngs?
From that ûloment on, I've rvanted to
travel to Cuba, to see it for myself, but
l1'avel restrictions made it almost
rrnpossible. So, when I realized Augsbr-rrg's
Center for Global Edncation cor-rld help
turn the Cuba dream into reality for me
ancl lor my students, I began working witl-r
the center on a cor-lrse that would give day
and weeliend journalism sluclents a chance
to learn about a place lvl-rerc few U.S.
citizens havc been able to stuciy Or-rl goals
were thc same as tl-rey ah.vays are for
QuantiLative Journalism: to evaluate ancl
analyze inf orn'ratior-r botl-r nr,rmerìcally ancl
verball;', to communlcate ql-rantltatirre clala,
ancl to r,vrite reaclable storlcs that
Y
Professor Cass Dalglish says good-bye at
an orphanage for special needs children
in Havana,
Spring 2001
demonstratc an ability to gatl-rer, l-rarrdle ,
ancl present quantitative inlorrnatron.
Once in Cuba, the studenl
journalists' observations tilted easì1y to the
quantitatrve sic1e, as they rnterviervecl
economists, met government officials,
travelecl to co-op larms and country
chr-rrchcs, ancl spent tirne wlth doctols and
teachers. They spoke wlth an adviser to
the Cr-rban National Assembl¡ the
equivalent of a Cuban Congress, and with
cliplomats in the U.S. lnterests Section, the
equivalent of a consulate. They talked and
sang ancl dancecl rvith mernbers of the
Commlttee for the Delense of tl-re
Revolution and ll-re Women's Fecleration ol
Cul¡a. All the whÌ1e thcy were learning
about the Cuban economy ancl tl-re gains
and challenges politics have brought to
Cuban people.
What dicl rhc srudents lind? ln some
cases, the student journalists observecl what
they cxpectecl. In some cascs, they came
bacl< to the U.S. surpnsed by what t1-Lc data
sho,,vecl. hr many ceses, the stuclent
jor-rrnalists learned whai Malia Lopcz Vigiì
prcclictcc'l in the booli we usccl es oLrr tcxt:
Cttbu wcts N¿i¿hcr Ilc¿¿v¿r Nor Hcll.
lnlcrspersecl here with pl-rotogr:ap1-rs ol
the Ar,rgsburg stuclcnts arrcl the peoplc they
met in Cuba are samples ol thr: stuclents'
writing.
¿¿ss¿rci¿rlc
-Cuss
Dalglish.
profirssor ry' English
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EDUCATION
Sara Thedinga '01 is a day student whose
report compares literacy rates and student
teacher ratios in Cuba and Minneapolis.
Th. teacher rold us that it is hard for them to find basic
I school supplies like maps, paper, pens, and pencils.
Although these supplies are scarce, teachers always find
way to get by
a
also r,rsited the School of the Arts, which is a school devoted
to music, theater, art, and creative writlng. Students from
seven schools come here one day a week to learn the arts. ...
The enthusÌasm of the students and teachers makes it apparent
that they do not feel deprived in any way ... Parents are highly
J
I
A grant from
the Student
Coalition for Action in Literacy
Education, provided a focus on
literacy in the Quantitative
Joumalìsm course. While in Cuba,
the students studied literacy rates,
leamed about human elements of
literacy, and visited the National
Literacy Museum. Mary Laurel
True and Merrie Benasutti, from
Augsburg's Center for Service,
Work, and Learning, joined the
students on this trip.
Two other English courses will
also include service-learning
components around literacy In the
"Share a Story with Me" project,
children at the Cedar-Riverside
Community School will write
down family stories with the help
of Augsburg English student tuiors
and then share them with the
larger community
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involved with the school. They
help make costumes and plan
and attend fiestas at the school.
... Some students sat down to
talk to us. They told me about
their dreams to become lawyers,
singers, interpreters, science
researchers, and biolech nìcians.
These elementary school students
are obviously proud ol their
abllÌties and excited about their
education. ln the school hangs a
banner which reads, "Those who
say educate also say love." It is
obvious that the children are very
loved by their lamilies and
teachers, and they are encouraged
to use their intellectual talents to
help other peopie.
(¡
Sen¡ TH¡orNcR
Luisa Campos, director of the National Literacy Museum,
the only such museum in the world, tells of Fidel's
sending 100,000 young people into the countryside to
teach €ubans to read and write.
-J- h. most impressive
I purt of Cuban
education is the special
attention each student
recelves due to small ciass
size. In Cuba, there is one
teacher for every 10
students. This is the best
student-teacher ratÌo in
the world."
"Those who say educate
also say love," Students at
the School of the Arts are
now corresponding with
students ât Adams School
in St. Paul.
Spring 2001
AGRICT]LTURE
Kellen Bredesen '03 is a c1a;,
rr ho rlitl íì c()nìpaì¡'al ive
studclli
study ef lamring
ar.rcl tl're
cooperative moveûÌelll rn cuba
nncl \\'isconsin
.
KrllpN Bn¡orsrN
uhas plivnLizccl c(roperative larmtng \,vas part of agrarian reform
lcgishLion prssecl ln 1994 to revive a chokecl cconomy. ... The là11 ol tl-ie
Communist block in 1989 ancl the ensuing rencging of Soviet slrppolt lelt tl-rc
islancl natiorr with only two percent olits lormer fueL sr-rpply, l5 pcrcenl olits
raw materiais, ar-rcl 25 percenl ol its fc¡od. .. . Cubans have a name lol thcii
time o[ dilfrculty: the SpcclaÌ Perioc].
f
\--,
l-hc Spccirl Pcriocl has forcecl far-nrs througl-rout Cr,rba to beccrme more fuelI clf i.iurrr lncì cxplon rllr'r'nrt iv,'llrnrirrg mul lrod5. Tllc Nitcto Pr'tiz L,,-r,¡r
A Cuban woman makes cigars by hand in the factory
at Piñar del Rio, Travelers to Cuba on a state
department license (like this class) are allowed to
bring 25 Cuban cigars back to the U.S.
is runnrr-rg at 70 perccnt of iis lormer luel consumption. Teams of orcn clo somc
ol tl-re plowing these days. GonzaÌcz saicl, "We har.e used worms in the
plocluctron ol humus ancl we also nsc companion plantrng-the association ol
crops. ... We mix corn with a 1ot ol cliflèrcnt crops, liÌ<c squash and beans and
sweet potatoes."
E
E
'J"lrt Rcr. HLuììlì('r't() AlgLttlrrr. l)iì>l{rt ()[
tr thc l\4rrrgt I Pt ntUt osl.ìl LlrLUi ll in
(J
Puclto Esperanza along CuLrr's wcstcrn
:Ã
i
his palisl-rioncrs. "Thc r,verlthicst jn Cuba
toclay arc tl-rc pcasants-Lhc oncs who livc
lvith thc llcst conclitions." l-rc saicl.
coest, says hc is ¡r lirmcl ancl so arc all ol
Ê4
Kellen Bredesen 'O3 visited the Niceto
Perez Cooperative Farm, about an hour
outside of Havana and spoke with Carlos
Enrique Gonzalez, the head of
production.
Spring 200f
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POVERTY
Camilo Power '03 is a day student u,ho c1ic1 a comparati\¡e
str-rdy of povelty in Nìcaragua
and Cuba. He said he comparecl "srnall facts" about the tu'o colrntries ancl found that in
Nlcaragua, the life expectancy ¿rt bìrth is 68.4 ¿rncl in Cuba it is 7ó.1. The mortaliry rate for
clrilclren under live in Nicar:rgua Ìs 47 per 1,000 ancl in Cuba it rs 8 per 1,000. There are 7.4
pl-r1'sicians per 10,000 people in Nicaragua, 52.9 per 10,000 ir-r Cuba.
in Nicnrgr-ra, bnt I r.rou.go to school
at Augsburg College. I participatecl in a trip tcr
citizens, ancl onl;'a fen'l-racl lteen to ¿r
Thircl \\/orld colìntr): \'h' IìrsL reaction uùen I got to Cr-Ìira \\'as orle ol snr¡trise , ltccause ol the
level ol ccluc¡ttiot-t of t"t'ti-rsL oltire peopÌc n.ith n'htrm l spoke. ... lt nas anrazir.rg The ltovertr'
lcvcl tl'rat I san'ir-r Cuba uas rlot corrl)aråble to thc l)overt)'fr¡nncl u.r the stlcets of ì\'lanagua, thc
ca¡rital ol NrcaragurL. I clicl r.rot scc a singlc chìlcl bcggir-rg lol fìrocl rn thc silccts ol-Har'¿rr¿l, r-rnlikc
thc lhousancls LhaL cach clar, in to sluvivc rn thc strccts o1 \,lanagua.
u'rrs lrlsecl
f
ICubr u'rth thc grrrul) that n'as macle r-rp olrnostl;'U.S.
TOI]RISM
Clvnlo Pow¡n
INDT]STRY
Kathy Kayser is a Weehend
Collcgc studcnt wl-lo wrote
about tourism and
prostilLltlon rn Cuba.
Knruy Keyssn
-fI
Jill Mintz
'O1
joins the musicians in a square in OId Havana.
hose ir-rvoivcrl in the tourism business who get tippecl ln clollars
rrc clchniLcly bcLLer off than the people whose incorne is strlctly
in pesos. ... An example ol the economic schism ls seen thlough an
exan-rple of a basl<et ol one pound ol pork chops, rice ancl black
beans, two pounds of tomatoes, three limes and one heacl ol garlic,
The bashet cost 43 40 pesos in Havana rn August 2000. It wourld
take the economist 3.8 days to pay fbr thrs basliet, a cloctor 1.9 clays,
and a prostitr-rte who teceives $20 U.S. a clay,2.3 hours. Where is
the incentivc to spencl long years str,rclyìng to malie a low salary in
dillìcult conclitions r,vhen a person coulcl easily go into thc tor-rlism
lrusiness ancl makc casy moncy?
-T- hr )¡olìrlgcr gùrlcr.ìrior1 ihat has r.ìot had to make agonizing saclilices for the re\¡olLltion,
1llie their parielÌts, erc the most encouragecl by
lilcstylc of th.-'tollrists. Stuclcnts have bcen clropping out olschool Lo talic.jobs surror-rncling lourism. Belwcen 1990 ancl 1998,46
percent of stuclents clropped ont ol seconclary schools ancl from those who continuecl thcit stuclies, belweeu l9Bg ancl 1998, 28 percenl
I
Lhc
of gracluate stuclcnts lelt therr stuches.
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Spring
2O01
RACE AND CLASS
-Þ
Desman Oakley '01 is a day stuclent who rvrote about hou'
he found life in a country witir a majorit)' o[ -t".0 .u..
people (Cuba), r'ersus his experiences in a country u'ith a
wl-rite majority (USA).
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r. Eduar.do Hernandez, a Cuban politician, said classification oI racial
rnnketrp is not in the traclition ol his counlr;: Both bhcl<s olcl rrhitcs
strugglecì together for nationalism and a strong bor-rd stemmecl fiorn ¡he
f-\
IJ
ir-rclepenclence figl-rt "
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Drsnnx ORxlsv
! il
E
Economist Gladys Hernandez stands in front of the Martin Luther King
Center in Havana, a partner with the Center for Global Education where the
class stayed,
\ T /hcn rshccl rl r.acial separation hacl anything to do wrth a class
VV ,yr,.,.r. cconoi¡jst Giedys Llernanclez qr-rickly answerecl, "No, t-to
.rvay. Tl-rc rcvolutrorr was crealecl lor social justìcc. Dlffercnt races harrc
their own cultulcs ancl tcnclencics, but iL doesn't mattcr, it's thc
rcvolution." Ms. Hcmanclcz also spokc ol some raciaL stcreotypes about
blacli Cubans tl-rat lccl nre to bclievc I was gciting thc runarouncl.
ccansc of thls, I clecicled to hit thc strcet,looking krr somcone who
cor-rld best breali it clor,rm for nlc. ... My ncw lricncl Jose Antonlo, a
clcfiniLe "blacli" Cuban ancl an Amcrican-influcncecl onc, bcgan to ask mc
aboLrt }rip-hop music. . .. J tmmecliately stertccl lhc Llr,ìcstionlllg frLrecss
B
Desman Oakley '01 visits the prehistoric mural in Viñales
Valley, designed by Leovigildo Gonzalez, a Cuban artist
who was a pupil of Diego Rivera. In f 959, Cuban farmers
hanging from parachute harnesses eight hours a day
completed the painting of the mural. The mural depicts
the "pre-history" of Cuba.
whcrc l-ris mr-rslcal ir-rfLuenccs camc lrom. "From lricncls," hc saicl.
lìrom blecli lricncls? I askecL. "Ycah, fron-r blacl< lricncls, fron-r whrtc liiends,
firom all ol rrry l'rienc1s." . I askecl, "Do yor-r have problems hcrc becausc ol
thc color of yor-rr sliin?" ,Josc pu1lccl clown the headphones ancl snicl<erecl.
"Llh, no. No, r.vc clo not hn,c e colllltry likc yor-us. I hcar it in your music,
hor.v l¡rcl iL is. We havc a cliflerent l'rÌstor;r thar.r you. In yor-tr colÌntry, you
arc blach. ancl that ls bacl. lìere, you arc t1-Lc pcrlcct color. Yolt are a pelfect
While in Cuba, the ciass met with Ann
Cuban."
Havana since last June.
esliir.rg
Spring 2001
AUGGIES IN CUBA
Gabrielson '84. She is a foreign service officer
r,vith the U.S. Departrnent of State and has
been posted to the U.S. Interesis Section in
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T'S BOOK:
to
Provence
Paris
An interdisciplinary course
in art and French
For three weeks in January, 15 Augsburg students
and 10 students from other Upper Midwest
campuses traveled through France with Augsburg
professors Tara Christopherson and Pary Pezechkian.
They followed the paths of six masters from the
last century: Matisse, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh,
Cezanne, and Picasso, visiting studios, sites, sources
of inspiration, and museum collections from
to
Provence
Paris. An exhibition of the resulting artists' books
was installed in Lindell Library during February
documenting those incredible sensory experiences in
words and images.
Excerpts from the books and photos are
published here with permission of the artists.
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q
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s
E
EZE
Enchanting, Cobbiestone
Winding, Medieval, Village
Blankets of fog biilow down,
HOBBIT
Art professor Tara Christopherson (second from left)
and French professor Pary Pezechkian (right) look
through the artists' books on display with Augsburg
students Ariann Russ'04 (left) and Michael Murray
'02 (second from right).
1q
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Gustavus
-Wendy
Adolphus
Bryanr,
College
The quaint village of Eze, France, attracts
tourists and inspires artists.
Spring 2001
-''E*¡såSsåcwtu*
I left my solid foundation at home,
and now I am losing my footing.
It's my trip ... my time to explore
the world ...
But as the homesickness sets in, I
find that the only thing that
comforts me
is your smile, which is what I see
whenever I close my eyes ...
-Heather
Top left: Adam Vorderbruggen, Weekend College. Above: Each student created a book,
documenting their inspiration in text and images. Michael Murray's book is pictured here.
Right: A watercolor sketch by Ariann Russ '04.
Bottom right: Lydia Noggle'01 and
Heather Sweeney'02.
Let it Go ...
Words can not express
how much I have grown,
we have grown.
F
s
Õ
i
have learned to
relax, "chill" and
"let it go" but most
important enjoy
EVERYTH]NG
-Michael
Spring 2001
Murray'02
Sweeney'02
MruE@
.Joseph Ericksor-r ancl l-iis collcagr-rcs in
Augsbr-rrg College's Echrcatron Departmcnt
¿ìre on a missior-l lo changc how stuclcnls
are preparecl to become teacl-rers in
Minnesota's schools.
"We need to lrain tomorrow's teachers
not only how to effcctively r-rse technology
but so that they go into the classroom
For hids today, computer
rvanting to do so, and not having to be
dragged klcking and screarning inLo the
technologt is a natural; but for
process," the Augsbr"rrg associate prolessor
remarked. "To stay current, teachers need
their teachers, technology in the
to both understand the 'big picture' of
technology use in schools and how to
think creatively abor-rt new ways things can
classroom can be unfamiliar
be done ln their classrooms."
Erìckson said his department
recognizes that it's going to be vely hard to
change the profession because most
and daunting.
inherently slow abont adapting
to new ideas. "l hate to say ir, but the
process is sort of like trylng to change a
tire while the car ls still rolling."
sc1-Lools are
A new program at Augsburg
is
training its education faculty
and its students-future
teacher
s-how to incorp
or ate
new, high-tech learning into
their classrooms. The aim is to
engctge children
in hands-on
learning with computers, digital
cclmeras, video equipment, and
other media, rathet" than letting
them passively watch their
teachers use them.
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And, he aclcled, "Wl-ule 1-Lardly anyone
thinks we shonlcln't be doing this, the brg
question is holv? Many teachers and
parents lavor trying new thlngs 'br-lt not
with my chilclren.' They clon't r.vanl theit
kids to be the 'expeliment.'We need lo
engage in a discussion on what lve think
teaching and learnÌng rs al1 about and
embrace the possibilities that technolog;'
provides; lo think creatively about neu'
ways lhal things can be done in our
the tcachrng lvorlcl.
The Ar,rgsburg program-Millennium
Teachers Technology proJect (MT2, lor
short)-features a r-tnique collaboratron ol
the College, a number of urban pr-rb1ic and
charter schools, ancl private technology
businesses lbcused on cleveloplng a model
lor technology training for teachers.
The prolect is being directed by a
team made up of project leacler Sonla
Schmieder; Education Department faculty
mernbers Erickson ancl Gretchen lrvine;
ancl Bili Bierclen, a technology specialist
,
ancl acl.lunct professor. Schmieder came
over to run the project lrom a nonplolit
school chslrict cooperative ca11ec1 TIES
(Têchnology and Inlonnation Educational
Services), a consortium of 36 school
districts headquartered in Roseville, Minn.,
that rvas created to aid edlttcators in
infusing techr-Lology into therr schools and
into lnstruction.
TiES firsr approached Augsburg about
taking or-r this project and helped secure a
pilot planning grant to explore the
leasibilrty of such an ambitious proJect.
"Augsburg has clevelopecl a repr-rtation
classrooms."
Torvard that encl, the Augsburg
Eclucetion Department has receivecl a
three-year, $,750,000 grant from the U.S.
Departmeni of EclucatÌon's "Preparing
Tomorrow's Teachers to Use lechnology"
(or PT3) program to immerse rts faculty
members and stuclents rr-r both learning
ancl applyìng "cr-rtting edge" technology to
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both innovative and as a center for
teacher education. We are among the
largest teacher education programs in the
state (more than 500 students are
currently seeking licensure)," Erlckson
said. "But, even though the College is'big'
in that regard, it also has the reputation of
being 'small' in terms of the close
relationships between faculty and
as
students-something we thought would
be important if this was going to succeed."
Augsburg also has a reputation of
being an advocate for all teacher programs
in the state. Toward that end, the College
is planning to sponsor an event for
prospective teachers and their faculties
from all of Minnesota's teacher preparation
institutions sometime yet this spring.
Schmieder said it was is a natural
thing to do. "We must think beyond our
Education professor Joe Erickson and Jade Wanzeck '02 work together on a new computer
program in the education lab.
being to train and deepen the skill level of
the education department's faculty By the
end of the first semester, each faculty
member had learned how to develop his or
her own Web page and had taken training
"A teacher of the 27st cuttury mustbe well enough prepared so
that they are not intimidated or oyerwhelmedby new technologlt."
-Karla
M. Juetten, Weehend College student
own grant and look for ways to present a
united voice to insure that we prepare
technology-proficient [uture teachers," she
sald.
Erickson noted that much of the
credit for securing the grant also goes to
the College's lnstitutional Technology (IT)
Department, which had been staying on
top of the newest technologÌcal trends and
investing in a campus-wide network to
glve faculty and students something to
which to connect. The lT Department also
has been actively involved in helping put a
new high-powered, yet sn-rall, laboratory in
place where the students enrolled in
teacher education will have the
opportunity to experiment with the latest
equÌpment-ranglng from laptop
computers to digital scanners, computers,
and digital cameras.
The project got underway at [he start
of the academic year with the lirst step
Spring 2001
on use of other technology as well.
Step two this semester involves
rntensive work with 20
teacher education
students, recruited
advocate with their professors in their own
training. We see Augsburg as a learning
community and we want this to go both
ways with the students belng both
supported and supportive."
Karla M. Juetten, Plymouth, a
Weekend College student, said she
volunteered to be one of the 20 students
because, "A teacher of the 2lst century
must be well enough prepared so that they
are not intimldated or overwhelmed by
new technology The tools available to the
classroom teacher are changing at such a
fast pace that we honestly can't know what
from both the clay
and weekend
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programs.
"We will take
what we learn with
these 20 studentswhom we're calling
Student Technology
Advocates-and
spread it across all the
students in our
program during years
two and three,"
Erickson said. "We
want to have them
not only learn for
themselves but also to
Bill Bierden, a technology specialist with the Augsburg's Millennium
Teachers Technology (MT2) project, discusses a class assignment
Weekend College student Karla Juetten.
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will be posslble five years from now. We
to enhance and communicate wrth people
need to consider technology a lifelong
subject and work to prepare teachers to be
open to the changes ahead."
Once the students are comfortable
wlth this new model, they will do their
community "service learning" in one of the
"partner" schools where they wlll be given
the opportunity to both teach and help
implement the use of technology wherever
possible. Eventually, it is hoped that in
addition to an ever-growing number of
in their community about what they are
doing in the classroom. Others might use
digital still or video cameras.
"And, we definitely want to geÍ away
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from the o1d model where students are
taught about technology by taking a
course on the subject. Our goal is to
embed technology across the curriculum.
We don't teach students how to use chalk.
They just see how it works by watching
how others use it and then use it
curriculum. We don't
teach students how to use chalh. They just see how it works by
watchinghow others use it and then use it themselves."
Joseph Erichson, associate professor of education
"OLLr goal is to embed technologt across the
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teachers trained ln this manner, these
schools can serve as models for other
schools in the state and beyond.
"If you think of technology as a 'tool'
it
that can be used in many dlfferent ways,
becomes a new way of thinking," Erickson
noted. "And, technology is more than just
computers. It's any advance in materials
and information that helps accomplish a
task. It's a continuum from spoken/written
language to the use of satellites. Some
kids, for example, might use fax machines
themselves. The same needs to be true for
technology-on an advanced level. We
want teachers to avoid the trap of
everybody having to do the same thing,
the same way, af the same time; avoid the
standard way of thinking and embrace the
possibilities.
"Some students might be using
computers, others digitai cameras, and
others VCRs-all at the same t¡me-as
they use different methods to solve a
Sonja Schmiedel MT2 project leadet came to
Augsburg from TIES, a 36-school consortium
aimed at helping teachers infuse technology
into their classrooms.
problem or accomplish a meaningful
learning task. That's why we need to get
past the o1d way of thinking and think
creatively about new ways things can be
done.
"And, of course, it'IÌ be an evermoving target, because as technology
grows and deveLops, so musl our training
and how it is used in educatlon." I
Education students Ryan Dehnel '02 (left) and Shannon Moen-Fjeld'01 (right) experiment
with the possibilities on a digital camera.
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president's desk ,¡,
Fl o you remember what the Augsburg
lJ.u*pu, was like when you *-u" ustudent? I was a student from 1966 to
1970, and I recall being quite proud of
our new facilities: the College Center [now
Christensen Centerl and Urness Tower.
Before that, students used to hang out in
the basement of Memorial Hall, where the
cafeteria was located. The bookstore was
in the basement of Sverdrup Hall, and
there was a Fort Knox-tpe arca for paying
tuition and seeing the registrar. Chapel
was held in Melby Hall. Football games
were played in downtown Minneapolis at
Parade Stadium. Hockey was played at
various arenas around the Twin Cities.
Many students, like myself, lived in the
older houses around campus. On the
average, we were all pretty similar looking:
white, Anglo-Saxon (if not Norwegian),
Lutheran kids, fresh from Luther Leagues
all over Minnesota. Augsburg was an
enclave in the midst of the big city of
Minneapolis.
Well, it isn't that way any more.
The Augsburg campus has been
improved many times over and continues
to get better each year. A wide variety of
students now attend our College: young
people, adults, working people, nonLutherans (even non-Norwegians!), and a
great cross-section of nationalities,
ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds. The
physical facilities continue to improve,
with the latest addition being a skyway
link between the new Lindell Library and
Sverdrup Hall. At one end of the link is
the newly remodeled Enrollment Center, a
one-stop visit for students with financial
needs and registrar questions.
I realize that many of our alumni live
in other parts of the country and can't get
back to Augsburg to see these changes.
Not to worry Soon you will be able to log
onto the Internet, go to
<www.augsburg.edu>, and get an online
campus tour (on the welcome page).
While you are on our Web site, go to the
alumni page, click on "keeping in touch,"
and give us your latest news. The best way
to keep track of what's going on is right
before your eyes-the AugsburgNow. Your
news will be listed in this magazine and
readby thousands of interested alumni.
One of the roles of the Alumni Board
is to find \Mays to keep Auggies connected
to each other and to the school. We are
trying many different ways of doing this,
from Internet news to alumni chapter
meetings. Keeping you in touch, in the
know, and in the spirit of Augsburg
College-you'll be surprised at what we
can do togetherl
Qrrr,,eWþL,
Paul Mikelson'70
President, Alumni Board
Alumni chapter program establ¡shed
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t used to be that the only way non-local
aiumni couici remain active with the
College and fellow Auggies was to plan a
special visit to attend Homecoming or
other events. But now, thanks to a
program established by the Alumni
Association, it's possible to keep ties from
anywhere in the world.
The Alumni Chapter Program was
developed to encourage alumni to organize
themselves, either around a geographic
basis or an emplo;'rnent basis, to
reestablish ties, promote the interests of
the College, and to be of service to its
alumni.
Spring 2001
"Historically, the Augsburg Alumni
Association has counted on local
involvement," says Paul Mikelson'70,
president of the A.lumni Board. "If you
lived in other places, it was difficult to
remain actively involved." But Mikelson
the chapter program as a new,
important extension of the Alumni
Association, enabling alumni to stay
sees
connected.
Alumni chapters are beneficial ro the
College in many ways, such as career
networking, event plannin g and/ or
publicit¡ resource development, keeping
track of Auggies, and studenr recruitmenr.
Chapters can be established with any
number of interested people. It is expected
that the chapters be self-governing and
operate without ongoing assistance from
the College. The Alumni Board suggests
that chapters have volunteer leadership
identified and that an annual plan of
chapter activity is developed and
communicated to the board.
For more information about alumni
chapters, please contact the AlumniÆarent
Relations Office at I-800-260-6590, or
e-mail <alumni@augsburg. edu>.
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Two Auggies at the longest-running
wedding in town
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anet Paone '83 was the mother o[ the
Uria. for five and a half years, and
heard her daughter say "I do" 1,785 times.
She was one of the original cast members
of Tony n'Tina'sWedding, a comedy at the
Hey City Theater in Minneapolis that set
records as the city's longest-running
theatrical production before finally closing
inJanuary.
Augsburg senior Kathn¡n Koch also
had a hand in the nuptials. She joined the
crew in 1998, and then became stage
manager last October-all while still a
full-time student. During that time, she
was a swing caterer and trained ne\¡/ actors
into the show.
Paone, a theater major and music
minor at Augsburg, came to the
production from a stage career in opera
and musicals, including the New York City
Opera, the Minnesota Opera, and two
years in Nunsense. To clinch the role as
Tina's mother, Paone had to return for
callbacks that included improvisational
skills and interacting with "audiences."
It was just these qualities that Paone
believes made Tony n'Tina so appealingit was interactive and pailicipatory
depending on the comfort level of the
audìence.
The play's run came to an end amid
sold-out performances. Koch describes
how difficult the farewells were amongst
crew members, and says it felt like
graduation with everyone then going off
on their own.
Koch, a theater major and music
minor who will graduate from Augsburg
next year, will stay on as stage manager for
the next production.
"l'm committed to Hey City Theater,"
Koch says. "It's an amazingcompany to
work with, and they have taught me a lot."
Paone had no time off as she
immediately began rehearsals for S¿r¿ef
Scene af The Minnesota Opera. Since
1984, she has also been the theater
director at Irondale High School and does
voice-over work.
And, she has not been to a real
wedding since before Tony n' Tina.
Janet Paone '83 (right) is shown here as
mother-of-the-bride Josephine Vitale in
the long-running musical Tony n'TinaT
WeddÍng at the Hey City Theater. Senior
Kathryn Koch (left) was stage manager.
Alumni
Gatherings
fo RSVP and get directions, please call
I the AlumniÆarent Relations Oflice at
1-800-260-6590.
First alumni job fair planned
n April, Augsburg will host its first
alumni job fair in an effort to bring
together Augsburg alumni (and their
employers) with Augsburg seniors and
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recent grads.
Sponsored by the Augsburg College
Alumni Board of Directors, the
AlumniÆarent Relations Office, and the
Center for Service, Work, and Learning,
the goal of the job fair is to match the
talents and experience ofAugsburg
graduates with the needs of employers.
"I think it's often the case that
Augsburg students dont really realize how
many successful alumni are out there,"
says Colleen Watson '91, past president of
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students to meet and connect with these
alums. It's good for students to see that
their education has value-it's a chance for
alumni and their firms to say'we have
hiring needs, you're good, we \Mant you,
and we value your Augsburg education."'
The AlumniJob Fair takes place on
April 10, 5-8 p.m., in the Christensen
Center. For more information or to reserye
table space for your firm, call the alumni
office at 6I2-330-IL7B or send an e-mail
to <alumni@augsburg.edu>.
Los Angeles, California
March 29, 5:30-7 p.m.
Hilton Universal City and Töwers
Sierra Suite, Mezzanine level
555 Universal Terrace Parkway
Universal City, Califomia
DeKalb, illinois
April4, 7:30 p.m.
Augsburg Choi.r performance
;
alumni reception following
First Lutheran Church
324 North 3rd Street
Dekalb,Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
April5, 5:30-7 p.m.
Rivers restaurant
30 South Wacker, Mercantile Exchange
Chicago, Illinois
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1945
1957
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Marguerite (Greguson)
Beverly (Olson) Flanigan,
Larry Scholla, Willmar, Minn.,
Larsen, Fargo, N.Dak., and her
husband, the Rev. Mart¡n D.
Larsen '43, celebrated their 50th
Athens, Ohio, has taught
linguistics and English as a second
language at Ohio Universiry since
1980. She received her M.A. from
Saint Louis University and her
Ph.D. from Indiana University She
has one son, Patrick, who is an IT
consultant in Europe.
retired from teaching math; he is
self-employed as a carpenter. His
wedding anniversary in October.
Both enjoy spending the winter
months in Mesa, Ariz.
1954
Erling Huglen,
Roseau, Minn.,
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and his wife, Rhoda (Monseth)
'59, celebrated their 40th
wedding anniversary in October.
served Moe Lutheran Church
Roseau for 35 years.
in
1956
John Thompson, Benson,
Minn., was ¡e-elected in
November for a third teûn on the
Swift County Board of
Commissioners. This election was
his ninth consecutive election to
local public office.
1964
M
granddaughter, Mara.
ike Walgren, Plymouth,
Minn., became chief operating
officer of the Children's Hospital
Foundation.
Pa., was elected to the
Institute of
Medicine of the National
Academies. He is medical director
of the March of Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation in New York.
1970
Nikki Rajala, Rockville, Minn.,
celebrated the publication
ofher
first book, Some Lìhe it Hot The
Sauna, its Lore and Stones. To
complete it, she intewiewed
Sergei Khrushchev (son of Nikita)
about his basement "banya"; a
Finnish general whose NATO
troops built saunas in Kosovo;
Tucson community
mourns w¡th Lute
Olson
;jjäï¡:r::',,ï"i"X,1il'".T:fi:lìii:lflfï:;
of Arizona Basketball"' died of cancer on Jan, 1,2OO1.
her
coach since 1983. She accompanied
husband on nearly all road trips and speaking
engagements, and was populai u-orlg th"
t.ã-
"No. I wit'e , No' 7 mother, and No.
grandmother-always No.,1 ."
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Bobbi Olson was also active in the Tucson
community Her two-hour memorial sen'rce was broadcast ovet Fox Sports Network there, demonstrating the
popularity respect, and affection rn Arizona for this family
in remembering his grandmother. "She died today,
grandmother-always No. 1," he sald.
The Anzona Datly Star quotes Olson's grandson, Mattherv Brase,
Spring
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mother, and No.
Rob Engelson, Clinton, Iowa,
returned to Augsburg in October
as one of the guest conductors at
the millennium choir reunion
during Homecoming 2000. He
also recently wrote an article, 'J.S.
Bach's Final Joumey to St.
Thomas," which was published in
the November issue of The Choral
Journal (the official publication of
the American Cho¡al Directors
Association).
Jim Grossman, B¡ainerd, Minn.,
is director o[ Hidden Mountain
Center, LLC, which he owns with
his wife. The organization
provides spirituaì direction and
corporate and individual
development. He is also assistant.
editor of the Braínerd Daily
Dispatch newspaper, and writes for
spiritual publications such as
Cistercian Quarteþ. In addition,
he completed course work on a
master's degree in theology with a
certificate in spiritual direction
from the College of St. Catherine.
olish - E ast G er man Relations 1 9 4 5 1962 (Westview Press). After a
two-year leave from Miami
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Lute Olson '56, with his arm around his wife, Bobbi,
Bobbi olson acrivery shared inherhusband,s
career and became known as the "first lady of
NCAA men's basketball national championship ¡n 1997,
Bobbi Olson, affectionately known as the "First Lady
Arizona basketball" where Olson has been a
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contributions ( 1-800-476-8599)
Sheldon Anderson,
grandchildren.
wife, No.
anecdotes for a
second book, and welcomes
Minneapolis, published his second
book, .A ColdWar ín the Soyiet Bloc:
The Olsons were married in 1953, while Lute
was a sophomore at Augsburg. They have five
chlldren and 14
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to collect
1973
Unlversity of Arizona men's basketball coach
Lute Olson '56 lost his wife of 47 years,
'Bobbi,
to cancer onJan. l.
playersandrecruirs.
she is continuing
1972
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Donald Mattison, Pittsburgh,
Rev. Joe Nystuen, Richmond,
Minn., and his wife, Nancy, were
the subject of an article in the 5t.
Cloud Times newspaper. The article
profiled rhe couple and rheir
decision to tum their longtime
cabin into a rustic lakehome after
they retired in August 1999. Joe is
a retired Lutheran minister; Nancy
is a retired registered nurse.
Erling, a retired ELCA pastor,
wife, Muriel (Berg) '67, is a
Title I instructor fo¡ Willmar
Public Schools. They both enjoy
spending time with their first
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and dozens of
other enthusiasts.
The process was
so much fun that
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University (Ohio) (during which
time he filled in for Professor
Emeritus Richard Nelson in the
Augsburg history department), he
is retuming to his tenured
position at Miami, where he is
associate professor of history
1976
Larry Morgañ, Denver, Colo.,
moved to Denver to assume the
role ol director oI compensation
and benefits for J.D. Edwards and
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Class Notes
Compan¡ an eCommerce
organization. He lives near the
foothills of the RockÍe Mountains
with his wife, Beth, and their two
children.
1977
splits his time between the High
Sierras and the central coast of
CaÌifornia. When he's in the
mountains, he does personal
fitness training and massage
therapy. When he's on the coast,
he enjoys surfing at Pismo Beach.
Ron Housley, Arnold, Calif.,
198.2
Diane (Peterson) Kachel,
Woodbury Minn., started a
company in Woodbury called
Wood Wonders, which specializes
in fine woodworking/furnishings.
She co-owns the business with her
husband, Jim, who has been
ffi
working in the buiìding and
cabinetry industry for more than
20 years.
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Roy Carlton, Bumsville, Minn.,
was promoted to the rank of major
in the Army Reserves. He is also a
full-time accountant with Ban-Koe
Systems in Bloomington. He and
his wife, Mary have a 4-year-old
son, Bryan.
Jim Bernstein:
Joining the "body politic"
Christopher W. Nelson,
Woodbury Minn., was named
by Maggie Weller'01
associate managing partner for the
LeNeave Group, part of New
England Financial.
Augsburg graduate Jim Bernstein '78 traded a c leeÍ in the private sector
for one in the political arena, and is now commissioner of the Mlnnesota
Department of Commerce in Governor Jesse Ventura's cabinet.
1984
Nila Neumiller, Minnetonka,
According to Bernstein, becoming commissioner was "sort of an accident,"
because he actually "started off as deputy commissioner in a department
that no longer exists." Now he is commissioner of a department which "is
the chief regulating agency in the areas of telecommunicatrons, energy, and
financial services."
He first became involved with Ventura's cabinet in March 1999 when
friend and colleague Steve Minn asked Bernstein to serve as deputy
commissioner of the Departmenr of Public Service. At the time, Minn was
serving as the department's commissioner.
Minn., is the founder and
executive director of Reaching
Jim Bernstein '78 was
appointed commissioner of
Bernsteln accepted Minn's offer because, "I supported the governor, and I
the Minnesota Department
thought the idea of working for him was very appealing." Bernstein also
of Commerce by Governor
admltted that he thought working for Ventura was going to be "quite a ride." Jesse Ventura.
He served as deputy commissioner until September 1999, when the
department was merged into the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Then,
when the Minnesota Senate failed to confirm Steve Minn as commissioner of
the newly merged department, Bernstein was asked to stay on as the acting
commissioner. He served in that capacity until last July when he was
appointed commissioner.
"Augsburg extended nry
yision andhorizons
in away Ihad
never imaglned."
PrÌor to his involvement in public service, Bernsteln spent most of his career
in marketing, public relations, and advertising. Most recently, he was vice
president and research manager at Colle 6c McVoy Advertising and Public Relations.
Bernstein admits he sometimes misses his former career and coworkers. However, he said, "I thought
not do rhis, I would spend the rest of my career in advertising, public relations, and marketing."
il I did
Staying in one career for his entire working life was something he wanted to avoid. "Too many people settle
into their career and wish to do other things and just do not do it," he said.
Bernstein attributes much of his success to what he calls the wonderful education he recerved al Augsburg. In
fact, he said, "The Air Force taught me confidence and made me grow up; Augsburg extended my vision and
honzons in a way I had never imagined."
The education and experience Bernstein received at Augsburg have kept him involved with the College as a
member of the Augsburg College Alumnl Board. "I wish more alums would do that. I strongly believe you
need to serve youÍ community, and I also think you have an ethical obligatlon to give something back to your
col1ege," he said.
Bernstein graduated lrom Augsburg wlth a B.A. in political science. He is a program advisor for St. Cloud
Têchnical College, a member of the Minnesota State College and UniversÌty Trustee Candidate Council, and
has served on the State Board of TechnÌcal Colleges.
Arms International, an
international adoption agency and
ministry outreach located in New
Hope, Minn. To date, Reaching
Arms has placed nearly 400
children in loving homes. Last
April her agency opened an
orphanage in Kieg Ukraine, called
Cradle of Children's Hope. The
first privately-run orphanage in
Ukraine, the facility is currently
home to eight toddlers, and will
soon be able to accommodate up
to'10 children. Neumiller became
an ordained minister in 1997 and
was recently honored as one of
three recipients for the 2000
Women of Achievement by Trin
West Chamber of Commerce.
1987
Patricia A. Lee, Minneapolis, was
accepted into the master of
divinity progrâm at Luther
Seminary in St. Paul last fall. She
also serves as a medical social
worke¡ for Fairview University
Medical Center and Minneapolis
Children's Hospital.
1989
Devoney Looser, Tempe, Ariz.
celebrated the publication of her
new book, Bntish Women Witers
andtheWitingoJ History
I 67 0-1820, by Johns Hopkins
University Press. Looser
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Paul last fall. She also serves as an
events strategist at Augsburg.
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DISCOVER NORWEGIAN TREASURES AND HERITAGE
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Karen Schachtschneider,
Sarasota, Fla., was promoted to
Join PresÌdent and Mrs. William V Frame and Professor Frankie
Shackelford on a journey through Norway rn the summer of 2002
senior marketing speciallst at
Speedcom Wireless CorporatÍon.
2000
Norway tour information meeting
Guest speaker: Frankie Shackelford, associate professor of modern languages
Christiaan Simmons, Brookþ,
"The New Norway"
N.Y., is a production coordinator at
Thomas Publishing in Manhattan;
his fiance, Susan Spector'00, is
an editorial assistant at Dennis
Publishing (also in Manhattan).
Sunday, Apr|I22, at 2 p.m.
Marshall Room, Christensen Center, Augsburg College
byAprll 20 to the alumni office: 612-330-Il78 or 1-800-260-6590
RSVP
This l2-day tour program features five nights on the world-famous Norwegian coastal voyage,
sailing south from the "top of Norway" to Bergen.
If you are unable to attend the information meeting, call the alurnni offlce to be included on
a special mailing list with fi-rrther tour details.
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Larry John Anderson,
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the Ci¿y Pages {or his production of
Eagan,
Minn., completed his master's
degree in biblical studies at
Andersonville Baptist Seminary
where he is now enroÌled in a
doctorate program.
Noya J. Woodrich, ('94 MSW),
MinneapoÌis, was appointed
executive director of the Division
of Indian Work in Minneapolis.
She has been on the staff since
I991, serving most recently
The Elephant Man,
Cedar Riverside Peopleb Center in
Minneapolis. The Star Ttlbune
wrote that "Curtis directs with
restraint, pace, and a fine
understanding of the mirth of lthe
author'sl language."
Hutchinson, lady Mary Wortley
Montagu, Charlotte Lennox,
Catharine Macaulay, Hester L1,nch
Piozzi, andJane Austen, and shows
how "each o[ their contributions to
historical discourse differed greatly
as a result of political, historical,
religlous, class, and generic
affiliations. Adding their
contributions to accounts of earþ
modem writing refutes the
assumption that historiography
was an exclusive men's club and
that fiction was the only prose
genre open to women." Looser is a
visiting assistant professor of
EnglÍsh at Anzona State University
She is the editor o[ Jane Austen and
Díscourses oJ Feminísm and coeditor
of G eneratíons: Academic F emínists
in Dialogue.
member for social work at.
Metropolitan State University
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Stottler,
1
Valley,
Minn., is a chaplain assistant in the
Army stationed in Heidelberg,
Germany
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Football game vs.
Macalaster CollegeSaturday, October 13
Reunion celebrationsClasses of 1951, 1961,
1976,1991, and 1996
998
Minn., completed her master's
degree in special education at
Bethel College inJanuary She
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teaches special education to grades
7, B, and 9 in Prior l¿ke, Minn.
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A gifi from the Augsburg
Bookstore goes to Helen
999
Gordon R. Flanders, Inver Grove
Amy Covington,
Heights, Minn., became a new
grandfather to twin boys, Derek
Calif., moved to San Diego last
(Nichols) Quanbeck'44 and
Phrl Helland'42, who both
correcrly identified rhe ice
Aprii, where she work at Academic
skaters pictr-rred
and Jarrod.
Press and writes for several
1997
newspapers.
archlve photo ln the winter
issuc as Dick McCuigan '45
and Laville (Henjr"rm)
Larson'44.
Zach Curtis, Minneapolis,
received glowing reviews from the
Spring 2001
dinner-
Amy Michele Reid, Savage,
995
Gary Munson, Apple
Forest
Buchanan, Smith
& FrederÍck, PA.,
as an associate attome)¿ He pians
to concentrate his practice in the
area of business law.
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Saturday, October 13
l¿ke, Minn.,
joined the law
firm Fryberger,
Robert Berg, St. Paul, gor
married in September.
HOMECOMING 2OO1:
AUGSBURG ON PARADE
Homecoming
Travis D.
as
also sen'es as a community faculty
tiI.rùtl{-'.rùt¡Iùr.-rlraÍ
which ran
November 3O-December 16 at the
associate executive director. She
investigates the careers of Lucy
Christopher N. Wahl,
Indianapolis, Ind., married Kelly
Harley in Chicago in November.
Wahl is a law student at Indiana
University
San Diego,
Deb Hutterer, Hudson, Wis., was
accepted into the master of divinity
program at Luther Seminary in St.
ln the
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Lessons in culture
program rn hrgher education
administration. He completed the
program in one year and one
by Lynn Mena
summer.
Amid the sunny
tourist destination
Having passed through Key West
once before, he relished the
rhought of its easy-going
personality It seemed the perfect
place to lay low and observe
humanity The region, which
attracts visitors of diverse faiths,
cuÌtures, and ethnic backgrounds,
Matt Milless
in
fascinated Mil1ess.
graduated from
immediarely upon
beaches of Key
West, F1a., Matt
Milless tended bar
and fished in the
wann, lroprcal
waters. He had
fled to the popr,rlar
Augsburg in 1998
1999,
"Culture plays such a huge role in
Milless (right) with a coworker in Key West, FIa.,
my life," he says. "I've always had
where he lived for one year after completing his
a desire to learn and understand
master's degree in 1999 at Ball State University,
other cultures." He found himsell
picklng up bits and pieces o[
sense of accomplishment." He helped raise
several languages-Spanish, German,
thousands of dollars to bring in such
French, and more. The experience served as
nationâl figures as Chuck D, activist and
a real-1ife extension of Milless's academic
member of rap group Public Enemy, and
studies in multicult ural al^lairs.
actlvist Jane E11iott.
receiving hrs
master's degree at
with a student-
designed B.A. in
Ball State
University in
Muncle, ind.
multicultural
studies.
"I lived in Key West for a year," says Mi11ess.
"First I worked as a cook for Marrlott
Hotels, but a couple monrhs later I left to
work a[ a locaì restaurant as a waiter,
"My major at Augsburg was a self-designed
major in multicultural studies, with an
emphasis ln sociolog¡" says Mi1less. "My
degree alìowed me the opporlunrty lo
bartender, and occasional cook." He also
helped a friend open a coffee and sandwich
shop.
explore other ideas and different cultures."
The jor"rrney south serued as a much-needed
hiaius from acaciemia. After receiving his
bachelor's degree from Augsburg in 1998, he
was accepted into Ball State's graduate
"I've
I
Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Milless
chose Augsbr-rrg because it was one of very
few sma1l, private colleges situated in a
major metropolitan
alwøys^had a desire to learn and
area. "I'm Augsburg's
biggest fan," he says.
under stand other cultures. "
"Augsburg recognizes
the value of
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Milless (bottom right) poses with a local youth and a
group of orientation students at Union College in
Schenectady, N.Y,, where he is assistant director of
student activites.
the value of its
location in an urban
area. I walked away
appreciating my
education; 1t
provlded me with a
great foundalion to
enter grad school and
the professional
G
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multiculturalism and
wor1d."
While an undergrad
at Augsburg, Milless
co-chairecl the first
[wo annual Diverslty
Weeks. "It was a li[eshaping experience,"
he says. "I rea11y felt a
In addition, while attending Ball State, he
worked as a grad assistant in the college's
multicultural affairs office. He also
compieted an internship at Butler University
in lndianapohs as an advisor in the office of
student activilies.
Today, Mllless is assistant director of student
activities at Union Co11ege, a smal1, pdvate,
nondenominational college in Schenectady,
N.Y. 'lt's great to be working on a small
campus. Because ol my experience at
Augsburg, i knew that I wanted to lind a iob
at a similar college," he says.
He accepted the position last August, feeling
the itch to bid farewell to Key West and
return to academia. "I advise students and
support their ideas and programming. It's
really been a good experience, with
opportunities to meet interesting students of
diflerent backgrounds. Right now I'm
developing Respect Day, and putting
together a commitlee of students to wnte a
stâtement or 'code of respect' for students to
sign and support."
Ultinately, Milless would llke to get his
Ph.D. and become a dean of students at
smal1, private college-somewhere like
a
Augsburg.
"Mrnneapolis and Augsburg are where I have
felt most at home-I loved it there."
Spring 20Ol
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Births
Karin (Sabo) '86, and Nicholas
Mantor, Burnsville,
Minn.-a
John Bjorn, inJanuary
son,
He joins
sister, Emily, and brother, Thomas
Kimberly (Kopitski) '86 and
David Spoerner, Lake in the Hills,
Ill.-a
daughter, Lauren Nicole,
in August.
Marc McElyea '92 and his wife,
Jenny, Shoreview, Minn.a daughter, lsabelle Marie, ìn
August. She joìns sister, Elizabeth.
Molly
(Fochtman)
'92 and
Greg
The Alumni/Parent Relations Office invites you
Schnagl'91,
to become an act¡ve member of the Alumni
Assocation! For information about
Blaine,
opportunities, contact the the alumni office at
Minn.a daughter,
Megan, in
August. She joins brother Thomas,
3. Greg received his master's degree
in education from the University o[
St. Mary's; he is teaching 4th grade
1-8OO-26G659O or e-mail <alumni@augsburg.edu>.
Pictured (clockwise from top) is Laura Cichocke
(administrative assistant), Jeff Krengel '93
(assistant director), and Nancy (Carlson) Ioedt
'94 (director).
Julie Sabo'88 and her father, Martin Olav
Sabo'59, were both sworn in as legislators
on the same day in January-but 1,500 miles
apart. Julie is serving her first term in the
Minnesota Senate representing part of south
Minneapolis, and Martin began his f2th term
representing Minnesota's Fifth District in the
U.5. House of Representatives.
at Rice Lake Elementary in the
CentenniaÌ School District.
Terry Okonek '93 and his wife,
Angeia, Woodbury Minn.-a boy,
Ryan, in October. Terry is an
engineer for 3M.
Julie Lynn (Holmquist)'93 and
Ted Sellers, Hamel,
a daughter,
Mirr.-
Katie Lynn, in
September.
Tiffany (Crawford) '94 and
Chris Klett, Apple Valley,
á son,
Minn.-
Jordan Christopher, in
October.
Stacy (Harmon)'95 and
Christian Johnson, Pll.mouth,
Minn.-a boy, Benjamin Emory,
in October.
Daniel Lideen '96 and his wife,
Jessrca, Dundas,
Minn.-a
son,
Wesley Daniel, in October.
Jim South '96 and his wrfe,
Robin, Cottage Grove,
daughter,
Minn.-a
Holly Lynn.
Jennifer Ringeisen '97 and Mau
Berg, Inver Grove Heights,
Minn.-a
boy,
in September.
Noah Matthew,
AN AUGGIE WEDDING
Sarah Ginkel '99 and Damion Spilman were married in December in New Ulm, Minn., where there
was no shortage of Auggies in attendance!
to R) ROW I (front): Erica Bryan 'o1, Sarah (Ginkel) Spilman '99, Damion Spilman. ROW 2: Sara
Luce '01, Meg Schmidt'01, Mark Peterson '01, Jason wegner'ol, Robyn Kahle ,99, Adrianne Rieger
'OO Katie Kolles '01. ROW 3: Jason Van Houten '0Q Lee Sprouts 'O1, Erin Peterson '00, Carrie Blau.
Row 4: Todd Boerboom '01, Jim Peterson '99, cassi van Ausdall 'ol. Row 5 (back): scott
(L
Hvistendahl '99, Angie Rieger'01, Mary Carlson ,00.
SprinE 2O01
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Gerald Thorson, alumnus and former
English professo[ dies at 79
erald Thorson,
a former
English professor
G
'43
from the 1957
Augsburgian
and chair of both
the English and
humanities
departments, died in January of congestive
heart failure at his daughter's home in
Knoxville, Ti:nn.
Thorson graduated from Augsburg in
1943 and returned ín1946 to teach
English. He played an important role in
building the Augsburg English
department, and served as department
chair from 1952 ro 1964.In 1959, he was
named chair of the humanities division,
Geratd Thorson
where he became a leader in broadening
programs in foreign languages, drama, and
arr. He resigned in 1964 and finished his
career at St. Olaf College, where in
addition to heading the English department,
he chaired the language and literature
division and was acting chairman of the
German department. He retired in 1986.
Rick Smith, vice president of admissions
and enrollment services at Augsburg,
remembers fondly the courses he took from
Thorson as an undergaduate English
student at St. Olaf. "Professor Thorson was
rigorous in his expectations of students, but
he was also a kind, thoughtful, and gentle
soul who provided that addi.tionai word of
encouragement and support you sometimes
needed," says Smith.
"He will be deeply missed by many,
not just me," continues Smith. "But, more
importantl¡ I hope his legacy as a scholar,
teacher, supporter, and friend will
continue to serve us ali as an example of
what involvement in Lutheran higher
education should always be about."
Thorson also published over 125
reviews, poems, articles, and translations. '
He had just completed an English
translation of the Norwegian book, Thø
Saloonheeper\ Daughter, to be published by
Johns Hopkins Press later this year.
M¡m¡ Johnson, who encouraged seniors to
continue to learh, dies at age 74
by Kavita Kumar, Star Ttibune staff writer (reprinted by permission of the Star l?ibune)
or 25 years,
F thousands of
senior citizens have
gathered in
churches and
community centers
to discuss topics
ranging from
Minnesota politics
Mary Elizabeth to stained glass as
(,,Mimi,,) Johnson part of an Augsburg
College outreach program.
That's because of Mary Elizabeth
(Mimi) Johnson's vision.
Johnson, of Plymouth, founder of
Augsburg's College of the Third Age and
professor emerita of modern languages,
died of liver cancer [January 23rd] at
North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale.
She was 74.
She was a strong believer that even in
a person's "third age," the retirement years,
the learning should not stop.
"Everyone talks about lifelong
education, but no one does much about
it," said her son, Eric Johnson of Eden
Prairie. But "she really tried to keep people
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active and learning."
A New York native, Johnson was the
dean of \Momen at Luther College in
Decorah, lowa, before comìng to Augsburg
in 1962.
She taught French and was an
international student adviser at Augsburg.
It was during a sabbatical in the early
1970s at the University of Toulouse in
France thatJohnson came upon the idea
Today there are almost 250 liberal arts
programs a year in the College of the
Third Age in Twin Cities neighborhoods.
An enthusiastic traveler, Johnson
organized many trips abroad for senior
for the education program for seniors.
She met a sociologist there who
studied the desire of the elderþ to leam.
With a group of graduate students he
helped create a curriculum for them at the
university
Johnson took this idea back with her
to .{ugsburg and within a few years had a
similar program in Minneapolis, one of the
firsr of its kind in the area.
"lt was always Mimi's and my belief
that people who keep learning put back
many hours into the community through
service," said Karen Lindesmith, director
of the College of the Third Age. "It makes
people more alive and alert ... keeping the
mind supple and excited about living."
lifelong student," Lindesmith said. "She
had such a wonder at the world and a
desire to keep learning."
Johnson retired from teaching about a
decade ago, but "retired badl¡" Eric
Johnson said. She continued to stay
involved in the school and related
programs before her death.
In addition to her son, survivors
include three grandchildren.
Editor\ note: Mimi Johnson was preceded
in deathby her husband oJ 47 years, Einar
citizens through a local credit union. She
also was heavily involved in Minnesota's
Elderhostel, which offers short-term
learning programs for senior citizens.
"She was a teacher, but she was also a
Johnson, proJessor ementus oJ education. Both
Mimi and Einar are deeply míssed by the
Augsburg communíty.
Spring 2001
John Harold Luther Hanson
schoÌarship. The scholarshiP
'33, Golden Valley, Minn., died in
April 2000; he was BB. A retired
established in their name was the
largest gh'en in bÌology and is
awarded annually to a biology
buyer/merchandiser, he was a 43year employee of Gamble Skogmo.
He sen ed four years in the Air
Force during WWII. In I989, he
was inducted into the Augsburg
College Athletic Hall of Fame.
student, preferably studying plant
pathology. Fridlund was honored
by Augsburg as a Distinguished
Alumnus in 1980.
Marvin C. Sulzdorf '44,
Ariz., died inJanuary; he was 78.
died in December at
LyngbÌomsten Care Center. She
was a missionary teacher in
Madagascar for 32 years.
He was a teacher and a coach
before joining 3M, where he
worked for 32 years.
included a number of
opportunitìes in international
work as a consultant in
horticuÌture, with research
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Augustine'51,
Sandstone,
Minn., died in December after a
brief battle with cancer; he was
72. After being ordained in 1955,
he served parishes in St. Hilaire,
with genuine ca¡e and patience.
unexpectedly
in February of
apparent heart failure; she was 75.
She was a great friend o[ the
College, her husband Milt Kleven's
('46) alma mater. She was a
member of the Augsburg
Associates and was a generous
supporter of the College. She is
survived by her husband, lour
chiÌdren, eight grandchildren, and
many other loved ones.
Other deaths:
Doris (Howe) Hartwig'45,
Shell Lake, Wis., died in August.
Stan R. Magnuson'67,
Burnsville, Minn., died in
November; he was 56. He spent
32 years with the Burnsville
School District, where he spent
most o[ those years as a counselor
and retired as dean of students at
Burnsvìlle High School.
Evanelle (Johnson) Lackie '46,
Richfield, Minn., died in October;
she was 75.
Frank Edward Petersen'50,
Wayz^ta, Minn., died in
December.
Robert S. Carlson, Edina, Minn.,
Thomas C. Grindberg'79,
He also served as a missionary
wrth the Lutheran Church in
Tanzania, East Africa. Upon his
retirement in 1987, he embarked
on a new career with his son,
died in December. He was a
football coach at Augsburg Ín
1940,'4I, and'46, and later at the
University of Wichita.
Blaine, Minn., died in November;
he was 43.
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Engebretson'65,
centered around the prevention
and treatment o[ viral dÍseases in
deciduous fruit trees. In 1987 he
retired from the graduate faculty
at the Research and Extension
Center at Washington State
University. In 1999, Fridiund and
his wrfe, Maxine, helped the
Augsburg biology department
build a plant sciences program by
creating a laboratory in his name
dedicated to that area of study,
and through an endowed
products company in Eden
Prairie, Minn. He had a passion
for music and was involved in
numerous bands and an orchestra
in Minnesota and Arizona.
Alaska, died in December at his
home of cardiac arrest; he was 57.
He moved to Alaska in 1967 and
served as pastor in seven Lutheran
churches; he also served at
Bethseda Lutheran ln Eugene,
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Pa., died in October; he was 76.
In I95I he joined RCA in New
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Augustine Medical lnc., a medical
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Wash., died in November. His
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Thoughts from China
ñ,
by President William V. Frame
de\egation of Minnesota private college
!{prr,ornts,
Doara mem*ers, ana rocaL
business leaders traveled to China
last
eight days, hostedby the
Chinese Ministry of Education, aiming to
strengthen relations b etw een higher e ducatíon
systems in both countnes.
November
for
November 7,2000
I write the morning of election day in the
U.S., and the day after our most extensive
conversation with the Ministry of
Education concerning the utility of
America's version of private higher
education for China.
At the moment, our hosts doubt the
relevance of our tradition to their
situation, but they are fascinated by our
description of it and wish to continue the
interchange. Part of the reason for their
skepticism is revealed, I think, by our
difficulty in explaining how one founds or
starts a private college of the sort we
represent. They want to know what
economic interest in our kind of education
"lthas
President Frame confers with Haidian
University president Fu Zhengtai (right),
who will visit Augsburg this year.
forces is hard to articulate, let alone
discuss.
November 8, 2000
The ancient artifacts lat the archeological
museum of the imperial regime in Xianxi
are stunning for their refinement in form
and proportion, and the narrat-ive
arrangement of them indicate the grand
trends in cultural development.
dfficult for us to explain the dedication of our institutions to
the training of men ond women for life in a free society ..."
been
WilliamV Frame, speahing about díscussion at a meeting of Minnesota private
-President
college presidents and Chinese higher education
fficials
is strong enough to draw investors who
require an attractive return and how the
government can make sure that such
institutions can help keep economic
development moving.
It
has been difflcult for us to explaln
the dedication of our institutions to the
training of men and women for life in a
free society; to the preservation and
cultivation of particular cultural
This great museum does no better
than any other we've visited in pointing
out the grand ideas that reorient society
The 5,000 years of Chinese history are
presented without reference to anything
like the trial of Socrates, the
Enlightenment, the Reformation, or even
the founding of the Communist Party of
China. I wonder if our current moment is
as utterly disconnected from our past as it
appears to be here?
The private colleges and unlversities
Íhar arc springing up across the country
are faulted for the quality of thelr faculties,
facilities, and the size of their
enroilments-but admired for their
popularity, iheir success in attractÍng
investors, and (perhaps) feared for their
potential ability to move forward wlthout
the need of official control.
The one check against this latter
possibllity appears to be accreditation.
Only one of the proprietary institutions
has lreceived] the right to grant four-year
B.A. and B.S. degrees; all the others grant
associate or three-year diplomas. Even as
the largest and oldest of the private
institutions await the ultimate level of
accreditation, they claim that their
graduates are winning immedj.ate and
rewarding employment.
The management both of the
proprietary institutions with whom we
have met and of the provincial and city
governments overseeing higher education
express strong lnterest in continuing the
conversation which has been occurring
with us over the past week. I think we
should continue our interest in it; we are,
after all, in touch at very high levels with
perhaps the greatest educational challenge
ever faced in the modern period. We
might be able to help, and we will
certainly learn new things about our owrr
challenge in the process.
Toda¡ we are off to the tomb of Chin
Shih Huang Ti. Tomorrow Shanghai. I
dispensations even as students are
prepared for full participation in the
proloundly
pl ural istic society.
The oldest proprietary university in
China is entirely focused on workforce
conslderations, and lts misslon is entirely
determined by industrial trends and
employment demand. The institution
seems to be in service to social forces
rather than to the liberation of the student;
the idea of education correcting social
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Music
Theatre
For more inJormation on any of these eyents,
call 612-330-1265
For theatre tíchet reservations call
612-330,1257
Apr. 3-B
Ap r. 2A-29
g
Augsburg Choir Midwest Tour,
"lmages"
Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois,
Visiting Scientist Lecture:
"From Antarctica to Mars and Europa:
The Search for Life"
Dr. Christopher McKay,
planetary scientist,
Space Science Division,
2001 Sverdrup
Iowa, Minnesota
NW
Apr.
B
Augsburg Choir Tour home concert
7 PM., Hoversten Chapel
Apr.20
"Trout Quintet" by Franz Schubert
Jill Dawe and Paul Ousley perform with
members of the Audubon String Quartet
7:30 cH¡., Sal"eren Auditorium
May I
Jazz Ensemble Concert
7 eu., Hoversten Chapel
lB-22
June
Theatre Arts Summer lnstitute
Darcey Engen at 612-330-1549 to'r
Gage
Family Gallery hours: Mon.-Fn. 9
Sat. 9
e.v.-6
p.l¿.,Sun.
p.ttt.
Chamber Music Recital
4 nv., Sateren Auditorium and Foss
May 19-20
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May 19
Concert Band Tour Kickoff Concert
7 PM., Central Lutheran Church
May 2l-June 5
Other Events
April 10
For i.nformation call 612-330-1178
.Atrium
Concert Band Tour
Ireland and England
May L2
"Eye to the Future" Conference
Alumni Job Fair
5-B ervr., Christensen Center
B
Mav 19
For information, call
612-330-r lB0
For information, call 612-330-155I
Hoversten Chapel
Commencement Concert
7:30 pv., Hoversten Chapel
Chapel
April l0-Noon talk, Hoversten Chapel
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Masterworks Chorale concert
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The Conference of the Birds
ByJean-Claude Carrière and Peter Brook,
based on the poem of Farid Uddi Attar
Directed by Darcey Engen
Performances: April 20, 2I,26,27,28 at
7 r.u.; April 22 and 29 at 2 p.x,t .
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
May 6
7
Seminars,
Lectures, and
Films
Commencement Dinner
5:30 nv., Christensen Center
Mar. 23-May 20
"Textiles from the Silk Road"
Explore the exotic world of the Silk Road
through the colorful textiles of its people.
Gage Family Galler¡ Lindell Library
Opening reception, March 23, 6-9 ev.
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Exhibition
Alumni Gallery, Christensen Center
Opening reception, May 4,4-6 ev.
Commencement Concert
7:30 eu., Hoversten Chapel
lr{ay 20
Baccalaureate Service
10 nlr¿., Hoversten Chapel
Commencement Ceremony
1:30 p.tu., Si Melby Hall
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he main rcature in this issue is a
package or three stories abou t learning
as adults. This "package" seemed LO
sugge l itsetr as we took note or the
concurrent 15-, 20-, and 25-year
annivcr ane this year or program at
u ed on adult learning-that
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Learning and the educational journey
T
he main rcature in this issue is a
package or three stories abou t learning
as adults. This "package" seemed LO
sugge l itsetr as we took note or the
concurrent 15-, 20-, and 25-year
annivcr ane this year or program at
u ed on adult learning-that
Augsburg
1s, providing education for people outside
or the trad1uonal college ages or 18-22.
The e anniversaries occu r just al the
ume when Aug burg 1s beginning to foll y
understand and rerine the nature or the
Lutheran urban education LO wh1 h the
College is call ed. In describing the
hrelong learning
demanded in
today's world ,
President Frame
has emphasized
and illustrated how
Aug burg'
-transformauve"
educauon responds
LO soc1et y's needs
and is as appropriate for working-ad ult
tudents as it is for students or traditional
college age.
tudents are changed in di fferent
ways during an educational journey. For
some it may be the experience with a
pani ular proressor and the enthusiasm
and park with which he or she teaches
the course material-perhaps not rully
appre 1ated until years later. Or, it may be
the broader exposure to thoughts , values,
,~s1ons, and perspectives not pan or the
student's prior worldview.
The stories in this issue re fl ect on the
growth that comes rrom this kind or
educational journey, both through the
fo rmal classes as described in the three
an ni ve rsary programs, or, as in the story
or Pro ressor Eugene Skibbe's an
collection, th rough a passion that grows
wi th lea rn ing about other cultures and
aesthetics.
Betsey No rgard
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2002 PEACE PRIZE FESTIVAL...
Over 700 school children, parents, teachers, and volunteers were at Augsburg on March 10
for the 7th Nobel Peace Prize Festival honoring the 2000 Nobel Peace laureate, Korean
president Kim Dae-jung. Senator Paul Wellstone (center) welcomed attendees. Other guests
included Lynn Elling, co-chair of the planning committee (back row, to Wellstone's
Immediate right); Olav Njolstad, representing the Norwegian Nobel Committee; and Ole
0veraas, assistant Norwegian consul general (back row, to Wellstone's immediate and
second left, respectively). Deb Hutterer ' 99, co-chair of the planning committee, is standing
to the right. The Chang Ml Korean Dancers performed the "Fan Dance" during the opening
ceremony.
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Weekend Coll ege:
Transforming lives for 20 years
by Richard Thoni
Master of Arts in Leadership:
Learning the arts and ski lls
by Bet sey Nor gard
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Serving older learners for a
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Around the Quad
Sports
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inside
back
cover
Auggie Thoughts
Calendar
50 percent ,·ecycled paper (10 percent post-consumer waste)
On the cover:
St udents and staff rnthusiasucally
welcomed No11tomb1 Naomi Tutu
as the 2002 Martm Luther K111g, Jr.
Co11vocatw11 ;peahe,. (L lo R) Jun
\Ian Wert '02; Xia Xwng '05;
Rozcnia Fuller '0 1, Swdcnt
Support Services academ,c adviser;
Dega Ali '03; Nontombi Nao,111
Tuw ; and Kevina Nalmva/1 '02.
Photo by Greg Helgeson.
Grant programs explore vocation, science
and civics, teaching, math
•
$2 million to discover 'vocation '
The Lilly Endowment has awarded
Augsbu·rg 2 million over five years [or
"Expl oring Our Girts: Connecting Faith ,
Vocation , and Work ," a program for
students, [rom fi rst year through
graduation , to explore, understand , and
re fl ect on vocation.
The program focuses on [our themes:
vocation as a li[e approach, vocation as a
curricular focus, vocation as education [or
service, and vocational awareness in faculty
and staff to build their capacities to help
students explore vocation.
Based on Augsburg's tradition or
ed ucation [or se rvice, its Lutheran heritage,
and its vision statement , Augsburg 2004,
"Explori ng Our Girts" will provide students
many opportunities to discover and
understand thei r unique gi fts and work in
careers as vocauon or calling. All incoming
students will encounter the theme of
vocation begin ning in their summer
onentation programs----even before they
begin any classes.
Twenty-eight colleges and uni versities
received fundi ng from the Lilly Foundation
in th is round of projects. Augsburg
received a planning grant in spring 2001
for this program; a ca mpus committee led
by Professor Bruce Reichenbach and Carol
Forbes, academic and learning se rvices,
then developed the program proposal.
•
Blending science and civics
Augsburg is one of 45 institutions
pa rtici pating in the SENCER program,
Science Education for New Civic
Engagements and Responsibi lities.
This fi ve-year national dissemination
project seeks to improve science educati on
and develop courses that teach rigorous
science content through problems that
require scienti!k knowledge and expertise.
"SENCER brings together two critical
elements in Augsburg's mission: high quality
science education and an ethic of service to
society," said Augsburg academic dean Chris
Kimball. "The project wi ll engage our
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W eekend College student Karla Juetten works with a student in science class at Cedar-Riverside
Commun ity School as part of a grant for teaching and mentoring activities.
students \vith the challenges facing our
world while helping give them the scientific
tools required to respond to those
challenges."
An example of Augsburg's involvement
is the development of a course that focuses
on urban environmental issues of the
. Mississippi River. This interdisciplinary
approach combines scientific and civic
experience while also addressing
community needs.
SENCER is supported by the National
Science Foundation and sponsored by the
Association of American Colleges and
Universities (AAC&:U). Professor Joan Kunz,
chemistry, coord inates Augsburg's activities
wi th the project.
•
Students teaching students
Five Augsburg students--one physics
major, two education majors , and two
mathematics majors-each spend seven
hours per week as teachers and mentors
working with six th- to eighth-graders at
the Cedar Riverside Com munity School.
Their work is part or a two-year,
$30,000 grant to Augsburg and the Cedar
Riverside School from the National Science
Foundation/lndependent Colleges
Organization. The program gives Augsburg
science and math majors opportunities to
explore teaching in these fi elds, and seeks
to improve science/math aptitude and
build positive attitudes among middleschool students.
Faculty members Jeanine Gregoire,
education , and Sandra Olmsted, chemistry,
co-di rect the project in collaboration with
teaching scholar mentor Linda Stevens,
ed ucation .
•
Increasing math knowledge
Augsburg was awarded a $29,000 grant by
the Minnesota Higher Education Services
O ffi ce (HESO) to increase content
knowledge in mathematics among
educational paraprofessionals.
Professo rs Jeanine Gregoire and Linda
Stevens, education , are working \vith
curriculum coordinators from the
Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Osseo Public
Schools to implement the proj ect during
2002-03 .
Spring 2002
Kudos ...
and saludos...
to Augsburg
•
Saludos Hispanos, a California-based
organization, named Augsburg one of " 100
Educators of Distinction" for its efforts to
provide education opportuni ties and
growth to the Hispanic/Latino community
and for its intenti onal diversity.
"Augsburg has dedicated itsel f to a
legacy of inclusion," said Saludos'
president, Tony Sanchez.
President Frame, associate dean Ann
Garvey, Hispanic/Latino program director
Emiliano Chagi l, and senior Joseph Hell
Pomares accepted the award on behalf of
the College.
•
For the second
year in a row,
Augsburg is
included in the
publication , Great
Colleges for the Real
World: Get in. Get
out. Get a j ob.
Colleges are
selected who best
demonstrate both
the education and
the opportunities to
prepare students for the real world.
•
Augsburg's physician assistant program
has a perfect record of student
certification . The 2001 graduating class of
26 is the fifth class to achieve a 100
percent pass rate on the nation al board
examination , required to obtain a license
to practice as a physician assistant.
The national mean score in 200 1 on
the q ualifying exam was 489 out of a
possible 700; Augsburg's mean score was
610 out of 700.
Augsburg's PA program , the only one
in Minnesota , began in 1995 as an
undergraduate program. During this
academic year, it became the College's
fourth graduate program, leading to a
Master of Science in Physician Assistant
Studies.
Spring 2002
The new and expanded coral-reef tanks enable biology major Keneeshia Williams to ca rry out
research evaluating the effectiveness of water filters with help from Professor Bill Ca pman.
The aquaria keep growing
A
ugsburg may be far from salt water,
but its biol ogy department now
supports the most unique co ral reef
ecosystem of live sand doll ars, sea urchins ,
sea stars, jellyfi sh , and swimming crabs in
the Upper Midwest.
Under the leadership of biology
professo r Bill Capman , major new
components have been added to the
original 130-gallon coral reef aquarium
system in the biology lab. Through a series
of gifts to the College, and countless hours
of work by biology department faculty and
students, the first phase of a multi -tank
system now is able to support addi tional
teaching and studem research projects.
A large 220-gallon tank , along wi th a
se ries of smaller, connected tanks , house a
wide variety of marine organisms and can
provide stability and life-support for a
much larger system. Whe n fini shed, eight
interconnected tanks wi ll circulate a
combi ned 600 gallons of water and allow
students to study the colorful , marine
organisms close up in their natural habitat.
Click on <www.augsburg.edu/
biology/aqua1ia> to see photos and lea rn
more about the new aquari a.
Financial leader to address grads
T
he Class of
2002 wi ll hear
from James A.
Johnson, a leading
Washington
banking and
fin ance executive,
at its co mmencement ce remony on
May 19. Johnson is
James A. Johnson
vice chai rman of
Perseus, a merchant banking and private
equi ty firm , based in Washington , D.C. ,
and New York.
A native of Benson , Minn ., he
previously served as a special assistant to
Vice President Walter Mondale, and as
CEO of Fannie Mae , a government
mortgage lender. He was elected "CEO of
the Year" by the George Washington
University School of Business and Public
Management and "Washin gtonian of the
Year" by Washington ian magazine.
J ohnson has a nephew in Augsburg's
graduating class, and a niece who is also
an Augsburg student.
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Around the Quad
$1 million gift is largest unrestricted gift in
College history
byDanJorgensen
I
f )'OU ask Jim Haglund what values he
pla es first in his life, he'll probably tell you
loyalty and commitment-to famil •, friends,
cornrnunil:): and the causes in which he
believes. That lo 'lilt}' and commitment has
led Haglund and his "~fe, Kath)\ to make a
1 million gut to Augsburg College, the
largest unrestricted gift ever gi,·en to the
instituuon he adopted in the early 1990s and
has helped lead e,·er since.
"l behe,·e in this institution, its leaders,
philosophy, ELCA base, and its diversity in an
urban setting,· said Haglund, a member of
the Colleges Board of Regents. "This gift:
added Augsburg President \ illtam Frame, "is
a wonderful affirmation of the mts.sion of the
College.·
ma: Joining the regents in 1994,
Haglund, who currently is vice chair of the
board, has been a tireless worker and actively
inrnh·ed in the decision-making process,
semng both on the Executive Committee
and m other key committee leadership roles.
He and his wife also have been among
the Colleges leading donors. already
contnbuting more than 200,000 to various
programs. Their newest commitment ,~II
have a rnaJOr trnpact in helping lead the
College through the ne.'1.1. cruaal years of
Frames presidencr The Haglunds plan to
gi,·e 500,000 now, with the remaining
500,000 as a deferred gift.
"I think its important for people to give
to causes while they are living." Haglund
said. "That wa)' we can see the rewards and
enjoyment from the guts that we make."
"Their gift was 'first' and 'leadmg' in two
ways,· said Frame. "It IS the largest
commitment that we have ever received that
has been offered ,~thout restriction; and Jim
was the first donor to ask me the most
welcome quesuon I could have been givenTell me, Bill, what do you need?' Jims
leadership at the College has been invaluable,
both as a donor and a clear-rrunded ad,~r
in respect to our pursuit of mission."
Augsburg President Emeritus Charles
Anderson 5a)'S he used to have a little
recrumng speech for potential members of
the Board of Regents that he also used in
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recruiting Haglund.
"Eve[)• potential regent during my tenure
!from 1980-971 heard the same song: 'We
need work-meetings of the board and its
committees and calls on prospective
supponers; we need 111isdom--special skills
and knowledge that the College could not
afford to purchase that the)' bring freely to
the table; and we need wealth-financial
suppon,' • Anderson said.
·1 always concluded m)' little speech
with the same tatement: '\Ve need all mree
from a regent, but I'll settle for two.' In Jim
Haglund, Augsburg has consistently had
three-for-mree."
Haglund said that while he has projects
and programs to wluch he feels a kinship-particularly athletics-he still purposefully
made his gift unrestricted. "If there is an
efficient administration and knowledgeable
and effective board, they are in a much better
posttion than a single donor to direct the best
"I believe i11 this ins titution, its
leaders, pliilosoph , ELCA base, a11d
its dive r ity in an urban setting. "
- A ugsburg Regentjames E. Haglund
way to utilize the funds: he said.
"Athletics, though, has been a big pan of
my life, since I was sbc years old. I believe it
prepares us for life be)'ond athletics " ~th its
discipline and teamwork.·
It was through an unlikely "athletic"
source-Augsburg Pastor Dave Wold-that
Haglund, president and owner of Central
Container Corporation, a Minneapolis-based
manufacturer of packaging products, was
proposed as a potential member of the
govemmg board.
"Jim and I go back to the days when I
was the youth pastor at Calvary Lutheran
Church in Golden Valley where he was a vef)'
active member," Wold recalled. "We first got
acquainted playing basketball and
racquetball I discovered what a fun guy he
was-a guy you could totall)' trust.
"After I had come to Augsburg, I read an
James E. Haglund
article in the Minneapolis paper about how
many states had tried to woo him to take his
business elsewhere because they could
pro,~de tax incentives and other incentives as
well. Butjim'.s commitment to Minnesota
reminded him of Augsburg's commitment to
the city. Plus, his daughter, Dawn, was a
student here."
Wold recommended him to President
Anderson and the rest , as they say, is history
Wold said he would put Haglund
squarely in the coun of those who love
Augsburg'.s liberal ans concept. "He
appreciates the emphasis we have on
developing th<.: whole person- including the
spiritual and the ph)'Sical-beyond just the
intellect. He also has a rremendous
commitment to family and a great
appreciation of his upbringing. The ,'alues
that his parents instilled in him are the same
son of values he sees represented in students
here at Augsburg."
And, Haglund said, he suppons
Augsburg and other causes because he
believes in another of Augsburgs major
tenets, service to others. "I believe many of us
in business are not given enough credit for
our beneficence and for our altruism.
Corporate leaders sometimes get a bad rap as
being either callous or uncaring when, in
fact, they often are people who want to be of
semce ,~th the resources that they have."
"Theres no doubt that senrjce to others
is exemplified in Jim and Kathy Haglund,"
added Sue Klaseus, ,~ce president for
institutional advancement. v\/e at Augsburg
are blessed to have them as donors and
faithful friends of the College."
Spring 2002
Training tech-savvy teachers
A
ugsburg is completing the second
year of the Millennium Teachers
Technology (MT2) project, fund ed as part
of the U.S. Department of Education's
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use
Technology (PT3) program. The MT2
project offers activities and opportunities
to both Augsburg's education facu lty and a
group of current education students to
understand and integrate techn ology in
the classroom. It also includes nine
partner elementary and secondary schools,
mostly in Minneapolis.
In this second year, emphasis has
continued on "changing attitudes, building
a knowledge base in technology, and
specific skill development of both faculty
and students," said Sonja Schmieder,
project director.
Teachers and students participate in
training sessions, visit model technology
schools, and work individually with
technology specialists. The goal is for
education departments to become
comfortable \vi th new applications of
technology so that standards can be
established for teaching prospective
teachers, their students.
The group of studen t "technology
advocates" meet weekly as a group and
spend time in the project's "tech center"
learning both how to use new applications
as well as how to be leaders in urging their
integration into the classroom.
For Weekend College education major
Gretchen Vickerman, the program has
already helped her in the classroom . "I am
always looki ng for ways to inco rporate
technology to help the teachers or make
the lessons more interactive and
interesting," she said .
Elementary education major Jennifer
Schroeder echoed this experience. "My
enthusiasm toward technology has had a
lasting impression on both the teachers
and students I have wo rked with. The
students get excited when they know I'm
coming to visit. They are just as excited as
I am in discovering what technology has
to offer," she sai d .
Augsburg has also taken the lead
among the Minnesota PT3-funded
institutions in sponsoring workshops
related to integrating technology in
educati on , e.g. research in using
technology, technology in instructi on and
classroom management, and hands-on
experience v.~th handheld computers.
Auggie Colleen Carstensen wins
'Miss Teen United States'
A ugsburg
~
tudent
Colleen
Carstensen won
the title of Miss
Teen United
States at the
national
pageant in
November, for
13- lO 19year-olds.
Coi ncidentally,
Colleen Carstensen
a Minnesotan
also won the title in the younger teenage
contest.
Carstensen , a 19-year-old student
Spring 2002
from Hastings, Minn ., has previously won
several beauty competitions and received
numerous other acclaims, including a
Discover Card Gold state award and
Tribute Scholarship , and figure skating
titles.
Since childhood , she has struggled
~th dyslexia and uses this as her
volumeer service platform . At the beauty
competition, her theme of "Accentuate the
Positive" suggests ways to use strengths to
overcome weaknesses.
During her on-stage inter.~ew,
Carstensen mentioned Augsburg's Cl.ASS
program and how it can help students v.~th
learn ing disabilities to succeed in their
academic studies.
Technology advocates Jackie Heyd a, Jennifer
Schroeder, and Shalinda Sherrod, all elementary
education majors, attended the t echnology
strand of the National School Board
Association's annual conference in Atl anta last
November.
New student
support programs
established
W
ith a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education , Augsburg
has established two programs to aid lowincome, first-generation college studems
and studems \\~th disabilities.
The TRI O/Student Support Se rvices
program provid es academic and personal
support
through
workshops ,
assistance ,
counseling,
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
and other
activities from studems' first enrollmem
through graduation . Assistance includes
improvi ng study skills, budgetmanagemem skills, identifi cation of
financi al aid, cultural enrichment , ca reer
exploration , and leadership opportunities.
In additi on, a four-week summer
bridge program wi ll assist students \vith
transi tion to the coll ege experience.
TRiO
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Around the Quad
Students receive
'Destination
2010'
scholarships
T wo Augsburg students have received
I scholarships through the Minneapolis
Private College Council to participate in
the Destination 2010 program , a joint
community partnership program that
seeks to transform the educational
experience of urban school fourth-graders
and help them aspire to a college
education.
Junior Zachary Da\~es is a religion
and psychology major who is a mentor at
Andersen Elementary Community School ,
linneapolis. ophomore Angie Foster is
majoring in religion and history and serves
at Elizabeth Hall Community School, also
m 1inneapohs.
Destination 2010 elementary students
who gradua te from high school will
receive scholarsh ips for their postseconda ry educa tion .
Studying Buddhism and Christianity
in Thailand
Sophomore Ariann Russ enjoys the beauty of
Ayuthya, the former capital of Thailand.
Forty-three students, led by religion professor
Brad Holt, and also with adjunct professor
Jerome Holtzman and Adrienne Kaufmann,
Center for Global Education, traveled during
January Interim to Thailand for the course
Buddhism and Christianity in Thailand. The
course also included eight StepUP students
and director Don Warren.
2002 Batalden Seminar
in Applied Ethics
April 5, 2002
"A Critical View of Affirmative
Action"
Peter Bell, Hazelden Foundation
10 a.m. Convocation
11 a.m. Panel discussion
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
Join the
retirement
celebrations
A
lumn i and fri ends are im~ted to share
in the celebration \~ th fac ulty and
staff members who are retiring.
Watch for a postcard in the mail with
this yea r's retirees and celebrations .
Norm Holen , pro fessor of artClosing of
exhibit,
"Retrospec tive,"
and retirement
party, April 18,
2002, 4-7 p.m. ,
Alumni Gallery.
• Don Warren ,
Rep. Alice Hausman, left, talks w ith Augsburg students Leah Spafford (second from left) and Brooke
Stoeckel (right), and media relations manager Judy Petree (second from right) at Minnesota Private
College Day at the State Capitol on Feb. 21 .
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AUGSBURG NOW
director, StepUP
ProgramRetirement
recepti on ,
May 6, 2002,
4-6 p.m.
Norm Holen's
"Adolescent I"
Spring 2002
Sports
Auggies fight to clinch eighth national
wrestling title
byDonStoner
I
n recent years, there hasn't been much
doubt when Augsburg has won the
NCAA Division lil national champi onship
in wrestling.
In fact , the onl)' doubt has often been
in how large the margin of vicLOry would
be. In Augsburg's prior seven national Lille
seasons, the average margin of vicLOry has
been 34 poims-more than 42 poi nts in
each of the four most recent national
title years.
Bul this year's eighth national
championship in Auggie hisLOry more than
made up for the lack of drama in the prior
seven years.
Augsburg entered the national
championships, held in Wilkes-Barre. Pa ..
March 1-2 . as the overwhelming favorite LO
win the national Litle, and by anmher large
margin . Four Auggies were top-ranked in
their weight classes, and Augsburg was the
only school to have wrestlers qualified in
all 10 classes. Augsburg had won its 16th
straight MIAC championship by wi nning
all 10 individual titles for on ly the second
Lime in conference history. Observers
believed another "slam-dunk" national title
was a vi nual cen ainty.
But by the final round , the Auggies
were in unfamiliar territory. Two topranked wrestlers had been eliminated ea rly
in the LOurnament, and just three wrestlers
were in the hunt for national titles.
The Auggies led perennial rival
Wanburg (Iowa) by six points and upstart
Upper Iowa by jusl nine points in the team
race. And going into the 10 national
championship matches, the lead was even
closer, as the Auggie lead was cut to jusl
two points. When senior Tony Abbou beat
Upper Iowa's Jorge Borgen 2-1 in the 164pound championship match , iL clinched
the national Litle for the AuggiesAugsburg's eighth in the last 12 seasons. an
NCAA Division Ill record .
Augsburg accumulated 87 points lo
win the national Lille for the third season in
a row, a feat unprecedented in the 29-year
hisLOry of the Di,~sion Ill tournament.
"He was the most imp roved wrestle r
Spring 2002
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--
we had as a freshman .
from freshman to
sophomore, from
sophomore LO j uni or. and
from junior, Lo seni or,"
said Augsburg head
coach Jeff Swenson .
•\
I.
.,,.
"Tony Abbou just kept
-• .;i.
I
on getting beuer and
better. He epitomizes the
41'
... -~,_,._
one-percenti m provement-a-day
philosophy that our
program has. "
Augsburg 's Tony Abbott (back) maintains control of Upper Iowa's
Jorge Borgen en route to a 2-1 win at the Division Ill Wrestling
"I knew il was
National Championships.
close, and I knew that
one or two of us were
going LO have LO ,vin , for sure," Abbmt
said . "My match was reall y important ,
because l was wrestling a guy from Upper
Iowa, and that's a big s,ving either way,
whoever ,~~ns. I knew if l would ,vin, il
ormer Augsburg College men's hockey
would help seal the deal. "
coach Ed Saugestad was honored for
Team depth proved LO be the
his contributions LO the growth of amateur
difference for Augsburg. The Auggies
hockey ,vi th the American Hockey
recovered from the early loss of their two
Coaches Association's John Macin nes
top-ranked wrestlers by having six AllAward .
Americans, the second-most of any school.
This awa rd , named for the former
"You lose two No. 1 wrestlers and get
Michi gan Tech head coach , recogn izes
no points out of them ... it was a real effon
coaches who have achieved exceptional
for th e guys that were left in the
success with athletes on and off the ice.
tournament to compete and do what they
Saugestad wi ll be honored al th e AHCA
did ," Swenson said .
Coach of the Yea r Banquet in April.
Seni or Nick Slack, the 174-pound
Saugestad coached Augsburg to a 503national champion in 2000 and national
354-2 1 in a career that spanned 37 seasons
runner-up last yea r, finished second again
(1958-96), a ,,~n total second on ly LO Don
this yea r. Junior Ricky Crone, a transfer
Roben s of Gustavus Adolphus (5 15)
from Nonhern Iowa, finished second al
among Division Ill coaches.
184 and ea rned All-American honors for
Saugestad began his Auggi e coac hin g
his first time as an Auggie.
caree r wh ile still a studem at Augsburg. He
Senior Brad Fisher placed founh for
graduated with a double majo r in physical
the Auggies at 141 , earning All-A merican
educati on and biology in 1959. ln additi on
honors for the third time in his career.
LO coaching hockey for pans of five
Senior Kevi n Rasmussen moved up a spot
decades, he also se rved as Augsburg
from his sixth-place fini sh last season to
football coach from 1959-84 (head coach
place fifth at 197 pounds. Junior Mike
in the 1970-71 seaso ns); men's athl etic
Fl anagan , seeded eighth al heavyweight
direcLOr from 1981-87; and during his
and a first-Lime All-American al Augsburg,
entire Augsburg caree r served as an
finished eighth .
instructor in the school's health and
r.
_.
Saugestad given
hockey honors
F
Don Stoner is sports informalion
coordinato,:
physical education depanmenl.
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7
Faculty/Staff Notes
NOTEWORTHY
Garry Hesser, sociology and metro-urban
studies, received the "Pioneer of the Year"
award from the National Society for
Experiential Education.
Grace Dyrud , psychology, was included in
the 2000-01 edition of W/10s Who of Amc,ican
Women and in A Tribut e to Outstanding
i\finncsota Women. In October, she co-taught
the beha,~or anal)•sis unit at Rogaland College
in Norway.
Noel Petit, computer science, and Mark
Engebretson , physics, were featured in The
Antarctic Sun for their research funded by the
Nauonal Science Foundation.
The story describes the work of six
Automatic Geophysical Observatories (AGOs),
small orange cabins fu ll of automated data
recording equipment scattered across remote
regions of Antarctica that study the space
environment just outside the atmosphere.
Engebretson IS one of the principal
mvesugators in the project.
Once a year, 5-7 gigab)'tes of data from
the six AGOs is shipped to Augsburg, where
computer science students, led by Prof. Noel
Pem, download ll and post it to a Web site.
To read the anicle, ,~sit
<www.polar.org/antsun/2002_01131>.
In print
Encyclopedia of Russian Women 's Movements
By Norma C. Noonan (editor), political science , and Carol Nechemias (editor)
Greenwood Press , 2001
Norma Noonan's
task as primary
editor in creating
this compendium
was enormous. Over
five years, she and
her co-editor
compiled a
comprehensive
Norma C. Noonan
resource about
Russian women, organizations, and
movements supporting women's issues from
the early 19th century through the end of
the oviet era.
The editorial work involved not only
original research and writing, but
coordi nating and editing the work of 50
scholars from around the world who
contributed approximately 150 major
articles. The entries are grouped into three
chronological periods, each introduced by a
general essay.
Interpreting "women's movements"
broadly, the work focuses on Russian
women's struggles and activities on their
behalf for education , suffrage , equal
opportunities, and social programs. Much of
the material on recent movements and
groups is not available elsewhere in Western
publications. For those studying women's
roles in the West, it provides good bases for
comparison across time , says Noonan.
ln addition , the book contains a
glossary, special terminology, chronology,
and suggested readings.
"Although new women's movements are
constantly cropping up, the book should
stand the test of time in terms of existing
groups and historical groups," says Noonan.
"I think we tried to identify the major
individuals, concepts, and groups in the
Russian context, and that should provide a
work of lasting value in the field of Russian
and women's studies."
Death and the Statesman: The Culture and Psychology of U.S. Leaders during War
PRESENTING/PERFORMING
Norm Holen , an, received an award of
excellence for his term cotta sculpture,
"Woman m the Wind," m the Extremely
Minnesota exhibition at Robbin Gallery.
Don Warren and Dave Hadden, StepUP
Program, presented a sess10n, "Recovery as a
Prevention Technology on the College
Campus" at the 15th Annual National Meeung
on Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Violence:
Prevenuon m Higher Education .
Lois Bosch and laura Boisen , social work,
presented their study on the ethical nature of
dual relauonsh1ps among school social
workers in rural, non-urban areas at the
annual conference of the Western Alliance of
Social Work Organizations.
Sumin Hsieh and Nancy Rodenberg ,
social work, presented papers at the Diversity
Conference for Social Work Education and
Pracuce at the University of South Carolina .
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A-UGSl3URG NOW
By Joseph B. Underh ill-Cady, po litical science
Pa lgrave, 2001
At a time when
American citizens
are becoming
increasingly engaged
in fighting an "axis
of evil ," Joe
Underhill-Cady's
book penetrates the
pysches of national
Joe Underhill-Cady
leaders and
decision-makers to explore Lheir
motivations about how and when they
made decisions about wa r.
Through their writings, memoirs,
biographies, and foreign policy speeches,
Underhi ll -Cady studied the "foreign policy
elite"-presidents, State and Defense
Department officials, and members of
Congress--who led the country over the
past ce ntu ry. He especially focused on their
views toward American deaths in these
con0 icts.
His findings show that decision-makers
are not simply concerned with strategy and
security but fo rn1ttlate policy that deals as
well \vith their own fears of death and
desires for immortality. Their policies re0ect
the desire to project these fears into actions
aimed at defeating death itself. When this
becomes institutionalized, opposition to
this policy (and thus to the war) becomes
difficult.
For the U.S., war is increasingly being
waged using so phisti cated technology, thus
decreasing the number of deaths in war and
allowing American forces to fi ght overseas
\vith minimal risks to their own lives.
Underhi ll-Cady's conclusion is that the
discourse on war should avoid abstract,
dehumanizing language, and that the
national dialogue about foreign policy
should include introspective re0ection to
guard against jingoism and the unnecessary
use of force.
Spring 2002
Exploring the 'physicist's kitchen'
Prof. Viacheslav
(Slava) Pilipenko
believes that
learning is more
than facts and
figures. He is head
of the Wave
Geomagnetic Fields
Laboratory of the
Viacheslav (Slava)
Institute of the
Pilipenko
Physics of the Earth
in Moscow and returned to Augsburg last
fall for coll aborative research with Prof.
Mark Engebretson.
During the fall Pilipenko also taught a
course tilled Secrets of a Physicist's Kitchen ,
in which he helped senior physics students
understand the practical, everyday tools
ph),sicists have used in making discoveries
in their fields. Examples he used derived
from the study of waves in geospace.
Pilipenko is a strong believer in broad
liberal arts ed ucation . He encourages
students LO take advantage of all learning
opportunities since they must prepare to
compete in a global marketplace of highly-
qualified scientists. Impressive LO him about
Augsburg's physics program are the
frequent contact between faculty and
students, the experience students can
receive in data analysis and programming,
and the opportunities to participate in
professional conferences.
"At Augsburg," says Pilipenko ,
"students are being taught the most
important skill-how LO learn-because
eve1yone will need this ski ll most during
their lifetime."
Pilipenko and Engebretson's research ,
fund ed by the National Science
Foundation, has suppo rted regular visits by
Pilipenko LO Augsbu rg since 1997 LO jointly
study the Earth's space environment. Their
research focuses on wave aspects of the
physics of the northern lights (aurora
borealis) as well as on rece m efforts to
understand geomagnetic storms, which can
disrupt electronic communications and
na,~gation systems and even damage
orbiting satellites.
Pilipenko returns to Augsburg next fa ll.
Rodenborg testifies for children
Prof. Nancy
Rodenborg, social
work , testified in
December at the
State Capitol befo re
the Senate Jud iciary
Commiuee, , hich
held a hearing
about
Nancy Rodenberg
disproportional
representation of African American
chi ldren in child protection . The session
was introduced by Augsburg social work
professor Glenda Dewbe rry Rooney.
The heari ng was arranged by the
Children's Defense Fund , seeki ng to bring
public auemion LO the high proportion of
African American chil dren in Minnesota's
chi ld protecti on system. In fact , says
Rodenborg, the proportion of these
children to their population is the highest
of any state in the nation .
Spring 2002
Based on research for her dissertation ,
Rodenborg testified that poverty influences
the child protection ou tcomes such that
poor children remain longe r in the system .
Even while onsidering the effects of
poverty and other va ri ables, by just being
African American , children remain lo nger
in the public protection system .
"I stated [to the commiuee] that this
suggested la rge-scale indirect
d iscrimin ati on ," says Rodenbo rg, "which is
very controversial."
She exp lains that the child protection
issues appear LO be simi lar to those faced
in the criminal justice system, where
African American men are also
disproportionately represented .
The J udi ciary Commiuee hopes to
draw public au ention LO the problems in
the ch ild protection system as they prepare
to presem a report LO the Legislature.
PRESENTING/PERFORMING (continued)
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar. enter for
Global Educauon , lex, o. presented a
workshop and po ter session , and Garry
Hesser. soc10log)' and metro-urban stud ies.
presented a session at the annual conrercncc
or the auonal Socicl)' for b7Jcrienual
Education .
Glenda Dewberry Rooney . soCial work .
spoke 10 the class or future deacon and la)'
nunisters or the Catholic Archdiocese or
Saint Paul and l\linneapolis about expanding
awareness or race, ethnicity, and gender.
Joan Thompson , English . presemcd
"Environmental Atlltudes Meet Cult ural
Loss: The Dam in D'Arc)' le ickle's \\'ind
from an Enemy Sliy ," 10 the Western
Literature Associauon annual meeting.
Bridget Doak. musi therapy, presented on
adolescent substance abuse at the American
Music Therapy Association conrerencc
Lejeune Lockett. Center for Global
Education. l\ lexico, presented a slide
presentation on her research about
Arromexicans at the Congress or the
Americas in Puebla . Mexico . She also gave
the keynote add ress at the honor
convocation al Jarvis Christian College 111
Hawkins, Texas.
Gretchen Kranz Irvine , education , copresented a workshop on 1ransfom1auve
teaching at the National Association for the
Education or Young Children's annual
conrerence.
Jacqueline deVries. history, presented
'"The Right to Labour, Love . and Pray': the
Girls' Friend ly Soc1et)' and Workmg-Class
Domesticit)', 1875-191-l" at the North
American conrercnce on Briush Studies m
Toronto.
Orv Gingerich , international educauon , copre ented at the workshop , "Integrating
Non-Western Topics into the Curriculum ,"
at a conrerence , "Globalizing Educa11on at
Liberal An s Colleges" at Roanoke College
Stephen "Gabe" Gabrielsen , music ,
played the dcdtcaLion recital or the new
organ at Prince or Peace Lutheran Church m
Rose,~lle , Mmn
A-UGSBURG NOW
9
Faculty/Staff Notes
PRESENTING/PERFORMING (continued)
Nancy Steblay , psychology, presented two
papers at the American Psychology-La,
oc1el)' onfcrence. One, "The lnnuen e of
Level of lncriminaLing Trial E\~dence on
Pretrial Publicity Effe LS," 1s co-authored b)'
three Aug burg alumni-Heather Klempp
'99 , Tamara Jerde '00, and Stacy Sellers 'Oland is based on research to which the)'
contributed.
Markus Fuhrer, philosophy, presented a
paper at the University of Leuven, Belgium,
on the problem of self-decepuon in the
philosophy of Henry of Ghent. Three
studems attended the conference WILh him.
Jennifer Kahlow , institmional
advancement, spoke at the 25th annual
Minnesota Planned Giving Conference.
Garry Hesser, socIOlogy and metro-urban
studies, co-presented "D1versil)' and
Common Themes of the Scholarship of
Engagement " at the American Associauon of
Higher Education conference.
Seeing more in statistics
As pan of a halfmillion-dollar grant
from the W.M . Keck
Foundation to
Augsburg, business
admi nistration
professor Milo
Schield organized a
two-day seminar in
Milo Schield
January at the
University of Cali fornia- Los Angeles on
" tatistical Association and Causal
Connections." The semi nar studied ways
to use statistical observations to test causal
theories.
The seminar was taught b)' two UCLA
professors: Judea Pearl, professor of
computer science and statistics, and
ander Greenland , professor of
epidemiology. Pearl showed how some
simple statistical tools can be used to
better evaluate statistical associations as
evidence for causality (e.g., smoki ng and
lung cancer, second-hand smoke and
asthma). This can be applied to various
fi elds-business, epidemiology, social
sciences, and economics. Sander presented
his experience in teaching this material.
The 40 conference attendees included
statisticians, epidemiologists, medical
doctors, and computer scientists interested
in artificial intelligence. Most were from
Southern Californ ia, but others came from
across the country and five foreign
countries.
Augsburg's statistical literacy grant is a
three-yea r interdisciplinary project to help
bridge the gap between formal
mathematical statistics and informal
critical thinking, between experimental
studies and observational studies in the
physical sciences, and between the social
sciences and the humaniti es.
Schield is project director for the Keck
Foundation grant to Augsburg. Julie
Naylor, adjunct instructor, is assistant
project director and teaches statistics in
the business department.
CONTRIBUTING IN PRINT
David Lapakko, speech , commumcauon,
and theatre arLS, published "A Plain-Spoken
Response to the Communib1ological
Challenge," in the summer issue of
Commumcauon and Theatre Association of
Minnesota Journal .
Kathryn Swanson , Enghsh , published
"ldenufy the Issues: A Case Study· in The
Department Chair, A Resource for Academic
Adm1ms1 rators.
Doug Green , English , published poems in
the summer issue of Rag Mag.
Nancy Steblay, psychology, co-authored
"Eyewitness Accuracy Rates in Sequential and
Simultaneous Lineup Presentations: A MetaAnalyuc Comparison" in the Law and Human
Behavior series.
Markus Fuhrer, philosophy, wrote a
chapte r 1n Albertus Magnus, Zum Cedrnllen
nach 800 Jahren, published in Berlin in fall
2001.
10
A-UG B RG NOW
Connecting across boundaries
Last year Augsburg
education professor
Susan O'Connor
traveled to Norway
This year, another
group of
Minnesotans is
visiting Norway as
an indirect result of
Susan O'Connor
that visit.
It began when Norwegian ed ucation
professo r Brit Hauger, from S0r Trendelag
College in Trondheim , ame to Augsburg
to teach during spring se mester. O'Conn or
trave led to Trondheim to teach in her
place.
While there, she had the opportunity
to meet Karl-Johan Johansen, a teacher at
the college and a consu ltant to PROFF. an
organ ization servi ng people with
disabilities. With others from PROFF. she
had the opportunity to travel to Hada mar,
ermany, to visit the site of a hospital
where 15,000 people wi th disabilities we re
killed during the Holocaust.
As a result of this connection \vith
PROFF. Augsburg became one of Lhe two
places in the U.S. to host a memorial
photographic exhibit from Hadamar last
November, its first showing in this
country. Johansen came to Minneapolis
with the exhibit , along ,vith Per
Frederiksen, from PROFf
While they were in Minneapolis,
O'Connor introduced them to the Interact
Center fo r Visual and Performing Ans , an
organization provid ing artistic creative
opportunities for peo ple with a variety of
disabilities. Some of O'Connor's education
students and vi siting Norwegian students
have fulfill ed practica requirements at
Interact.
Now, in March , Johansen and
Frederiksen have secured funding in
Norway for a group from Interact to travel
to Norway and Denmark to give
performances.
Spring 2002
LEARNING FOR A LIFETIME:
Ce lebrating 15, 20, and 25 years of educating adults
TH IS YEAR Augsburg marks the anniversaries of
three programs providing educati on to adults and
non-traditional students, largely initiated in
response to community and marketpl ace needs.
Now, as the College is engaged in refining and
sharpening its vision of Lutheran education , it is
even more clear how critical adult-learning is to
the core mission of the College.
In 1982, Augsburg opened its Weekend
College doors LO working adults, offering them an
opportunity LO earn the same education it offers
its traditional college students.
In 1987, the College responded to business
and corporate leaders by initiating a master's
program LO help working adults develop
leadership skills needed for higher leve ls of
management.
By this time, another program targeted to
older adul ts had already been quietl y growing for
a decade-the College of the Third Agedelivering educational programs in the
community where older adults live and gather.
The reasons that adult students come Lo
Augsburg's programs are varied-completion of a
college degree, required job skills, better chances
for promotion , personal interest and growthand their presence is vital LO the College.
President Will iam Frame, in his annual
speech LO the Augsburg community in February,
squarely addressed not only the fin ancial benefit
LO the College adult programs bring, but the
significance of these programs to its mission.
"We are preparing our students for
vocati onal li ves-that is, called lives of servicein a global society constantly altered by
techn ological innovati on ," Frame said. "Such a
society demands lifelong learning-of everyone.
"Such a reality narrows the difference
between a tradition al student and a working
adult ," he continued . "IL has reinforced our
Lutheran propensity Lo find a meeting ground in
ou r cu rriculum for classroom learning and
exp erience ... The refin ement of the educational
mission envisioned by Augsburg 2004 requires a
highly involved engagement in lifelong learn ing."
Spring 2002
Master of Arts in Leadership 15 years
Weekend College 20 years
College of the Third Age 25 years
"The refinement of the educationa l mission
envisioned by Augsburg 2004 requires a
highly involved engagement in life long learning."
,4uGSBURG NOW
11
Weekend College majors:
Accounting
Public Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Business Administration
Marketing
Management
Finance
Internati onal Business
Commu nicat ion
Computationa l Economics
Computer Science
Economics
Education
Elementary and Secondary Li censure
English
History
Management Information Systems
Marketing
ursing (BSN completion)
Psychology
Religion
Social Work
Studio Art
Youth and Family Ministry
Certificate programs:
Information Technology
Finance
Management
WEEKEND COLLEGE
Transforming lives for 20 years
by Richard Thoni
Mike was a custodian in an elementary
school in South Minneapolis. He was
sman and had gone to college, but
dropped out because he didn't have a
clear sense of what he wanted to do .
He was well li ked , but knew he didn 't
want to be a custodian for Lhe rest of
his life. One day he saw an ad about
Augsburgs Weekend College (WEC)
and came to campus to learn more
about it. Mike enrolled in the
elementary education major, earned his
college degree along with his teaching
license, and became a teacher in the
same school where he had been a
custodian-a life transformed .
Stories li ke Mikes are countless in
the history of the Weekend College
program. Over the last 20 years , WEC
has beco me a unique pan of Augsburgs
educati onal mission in the ci ty.
In the early 1980s Augsburg
became aware of some dramatic
demographic trends. The post-war
baby-boom generation was aging, and
it was being followed by a much
smaller age cohon-the "bust
generati on." The number of
Minnesota high school graduates
was going to drop by over 30
percent from the late '70s to the
early '90s, while the number of
working adults needing a college
education was greatly increasing.
By the mid 1980s, 45 percent of
the students in American higher
education were over the age of
25 . Most of these students were
living and working in large urban
areas.
As the only truly urban
Lutheran college. Augsburg had to
re-evaluate its educational mission
in light of these new demographic
trends. A couple of the Catholic
colleges in the Twin Cities-St.
Thomas and St. CaLherine's -had
just begun non-traditional adult
programs. After a great deal of
discussion with faculty, staff, and
A proud Augsburg
graduate and
dad celebrates
completion of
his degree.
MIS professor Kathy Schwalbe (right) discusses
class material with students after class.
12 A UGSBURG NOW
Spring 2002
admini strali on, Augsburg decided to
become the only protestant college in the
Midwest to offer church-related degree
programs to working adults. Over the years,
the Weekend College program grew from
69 students at its beginning in 198 2 to a
peak enrollment o r 1,268 in 199 1, and
expanded rro m three majors in 1982 to 17
at present . Since the early '90s, enrollment
has remained above 1,000 students,
comprising more than one-third or the total
Augsburg student populati on.
Now afrer 20 years or operati on ,
Augsburg is looking back over the
development or the Weekend College
program and re-affirmin g its centrality to
the overall mission or the College. The
demographic numbers have become even
more dramatic. Today over 55 percent of
the students in higher education are over
age 25 . Less than 20 percent or the high
school graduates in the U.S. go directly to
college and complete their degrees in four
years. The majority or the peo ple currently
enrolled in college have fo ll owed some sort
or "non-traditional" path .
Does Augsburg still believe that the
Weekend College program is a good match
between the educational needs or this large
adult student populati on and the mission or
the College? Absolutely. In 1997 the facult)'
and staff or Augsburg wrote a new vision
statement for the College. Key concepts in
th is ,~sion were those or "vocation" and
"transformation ." Augsburg believes that a
college education must make a qualitative
diITerence in the lives or srudents-a
"transforming" difference that helps
students relate their abi li ties, skills, and
learning to the needs or the world . That is
what "vocation " is all about.
There are, however, some d isturbing
trends in adult education. Many colleges,
including a number o r church-related
colleges, are offering adult programs that
focus primarily on work-skill development
without a clea r emphasis on the liberal arts,
and certain ly ,-vithout a focus on the
church-related values at the center or their
foundin g mission. These adult programs
focus more on convenience than character.
Adults can take classes in a hotel or on-line.
They might not ever see their cl assmates
face-to-face or even set fo ot on campus.
While thi s approach to adult education
Spring 2002
might be appropriate fo r graduate programs,
Ric'1 Tl1011 i di ,-cctcd the Wec/1c11d College
Augsburg has held LO its trad itional values in
program from its beginn ing in 1982 until
the undergraduate Weekend College
1991. He is currently director of Augsburg's
program . Certainly, most \,\/EC majors are
Rochester Program.
directly related to work-world needs, but all
majors are exactly the same ones that are
offered in the day school program. The
general education requirements are also
the same, speciryin g the same liberal arts
perspectives, including three courses in
religious studi es. Many \NEC students
have entered the College wi th an
exclusive rocus on specific work skill
development and have been surprised
that their favorite course has been in
religion, sociology, English , or
philosophy. These courses have helped
them rethin k important questions in
lire-questions about purpose,
responsibility, meaning, and values.
It is this combination or workrelated majors and liberal an s
coursework that continues to make
Wee kend College so valuable ror
wo rking adul ts. Most students enter
\,\/EC in their 30s, a time in lire when
people ofren re-examine their !He goals
and commitments. In vVEC, they find a
means to do that re-examinati on and Lo
redirect their lives to more meaning and
Professor Charles Shaeffer ill ustrates
reward .
a point with his computer
An adult student in the bachelor's
science class.
program in nursing spoke about th e
power or Augsburg's adult education
during a graduati on celebration last
spring. She recounted the
transrorming power or the religion
course that took her to Augsburg's
About WEC ...
study center in Mexico for eight
days and the impact or the
Number of students
1,05 2
community health nursing course
that placed her in a Salvation Army
34
Average age
clinic to do health assessments ,vi th
Age of oldest student
63
recent immigrants. "I will never be
•
able to look at the world in the
same way," she graterully reported
to the audience. That is the
transforming value or an Augsburg
education-as relevant Lo students
now as it was 20 years ago.
For inrormati on about the
\,\/EC program , call 612-330-11 0 1,
e-mail <"sveci nfo@a ugsburg.edu>, or
visit <www.augsburg.edu/weC>.
Ave rage grade point average (GPA)
3.14
Nu mber of co urses ta ught by
instru cto rs w ith adva nced degrees
100%
Number of laptop co mputers
ava ilab le for use in the li brary
50-75
Cost of Augsburg e-mail acco unt
$0.00
Number of cook ies served on
Saturday ahernoons
26 dozen
A-UGSBURG NOW
13
MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP
Le a r n i n g t he a rt a n d sk i 11 s
In Lhe early 1980s, abouLLhe same Lime
as 'Weekend College was gelling
underway, Augsburg faculty and
adminisLraLOrs were beginning Lo realize
how Lhe Colleges educaLional mission in
Lhe ciLy could add ress oLher pressing
community needs.
ALLhaL Lime, business and corporate
leaders were reponing LhaL many of Lheir
employees could noL advance in Lheir
careers because Lhey lacked skills in
communicaLion, criLical Lhinking,
by Betsey Norgard
visioning, and problem solving- all inherent
pans of Augsburg!; liberal ans curriculum .
In 1985, wilh WEC's iniLial success and
experience in serving adulL sLudents, Lhe
College began LO explore options for a nonLradilional graduaLe program. While other
schools offered graduaLe programs Lo
develop managers, Augsburg created a
program to develop leaders, largely designed
by Augsburgs Tom Morgan and Rick Thoni.
The)' worked ,viLh Lhen-academic dean Ryan
L.aHurd on a Lask force Lo develop Lhe
disLinctive MasLer of Ans in Leadership
(MAL) degree and Lhe learning model Lhat
drives Lhe program . The MAL program was
launched in 1987.
The MAL program is defined as a crossdisciplinary program of liberal ans that-like
Augsburgs undergraduate program-builds
skills in communication, in problem-solving
and critical thinking, as well as increases
students' self-confidence and risk-taking. For
companies, this means employees wilh
vision , ,vith ability LO work across company
divisions, and Lo make thoughtful decisions.
Terry Cook '98 MAL, direcLOr of
continuing studies and former coordinaLOr
for the MAL program, wrote in her MAL
thesis, "The program brings LOgether people
,vith a mulLitude of backgrounds and
experience levels in the work world. The
field or major you received your
undergraduate degree in is less important as
preparation for Lhe MAL program than how
it impacted your career, your life
expectations, and your experiences."
A shared teaching and learning
over 60 requests to
present information
from her MAL thesis
about the use of
metaphors by leaders.
Lisa Zeller '8 1, shown here receiving
her MAL degree in 1989, was chosen
by fellow students to speak on behalf
of the first MAL graduating class.
Jim Kline '01 MAL, pictured here in a
Saturday morning class, found that MAL
classes equipped him to more effectively deal
with change and diversity in the workplace.
14
AUGSBURG NOW
Inherent in the appeal of the MAL program
to senior Augsburg faculty was the
opportunity LO streLch out of their normal
classroom discipline LO engage in an
educalional journey alongside their students,
guiding and learning from Lhem
simultaneously. Rick Thoni, in recalling
conceptual thinking abouL the program, says
thaLfaculty needed LO be willing to
orchestrate and not control.
An Jv!AL course is more like a laboratory
Lhan a class, and not merely a place for
informaLion exchange. Teaching through use
of case studies, group presentations, role
modeling, and discussion helps students
build skills Lhey need for working ,viLh and
leading others.
Jacqueline Kniefel Lind, a 1969
Augsburg graduaLe, 1994 MAL graduale, and
president of the Augsburg Alumni
AssociaLion, defin es these skills as "a
relevant, practi al, core set of compeLencies
LhaL are most needed in LOdays workplace:
working well with mhers; understanding
group dynamics and processes; thinking and
Spring 2002
AUGSBURG COLLEGE
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1
J\ ug burg's Maroon & ilver Society was launched during this past year to offer special leadership opportunities for
flA.u gsburg alumni and friends to exte nd help to current students. Maroon & Silver Society members are individuals and
organizations who are committed to a special level of generosity. These donors pledge to sponsor an Augsburg scholarship for
four years, with gifts ranging from $ 1,000 to more than $10,000 per year.
This new society creates a olid foundation of an nual financial support to help the College maintain its commitment to keep
an Augsburg education affo rdable for the broadest range of diverse and talented students. Today, over 80 percent of Augsburg
students receive some form of financial assistance, made possible in part by the generous finan cial co mmitment of Maroon &
ilver ociety member .
Maroon & ilver Society members can take pride in their contribution to building the legacy for future students to receive an
Augsburg educatio n with the same academi c and spiritual fou ndation they received or have come to recognize and value.
To be specially recognized as one of the charter members who helped to launch this newest and most innovative program,
plea e let us know of your interest before May 2002.
Donna McLean, Director of The Augsburg Fund • 6 I 2-330-1179 or l-800-273-0617 • mclean@augsburg.edu
CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE MAROON & SILVER SOCIETY
Richard & Mary Adamson
Edward & Margarct Alberg
Paul '50 & Pea rl Almquist
Brua, '60 & Joann Eliason '62 Amun dso n
harles & C..,herine Anderson
William '86 & Kelly Anderson
Daniel '65 & Alice Anderson
Deloris Anderson '56
con Anderson '76 & Lisa Bailey
Brian Anderson '81 & Leeann Rock '8 1
I. helby Gimse Andress '56
Augsburg Associa,es
Do ro,hy Bailey
tan ley Baker '57
Mary Quanbcck '77 & Loren Barber
Elizabeth Anne '82 & Warren Barn
Vera Thorson Benzel '4 5
Sidney '57 & Lola Lindsirom '50 Berg
Inez chey '77 & John Bergq uist
Kevin Bonderud '79
Harlan hristianson '57
Brent Crego '84
Paul '79 & ally Hough '79 Daniels
D,niel '77 & Patricia Eicrhcim
Marie Eiirheim '85
Joel and Mary Ann Elftmann
Tracy Elftmann '81
Avis Ellingrod
Jero me '37 & Winifred Hellan d '37 Formo
Wi lli,m & Anne Frame
Michael & Terry Freeman
Andrew Fried '93
Laurie Fyksen '80 & Willi,m Seise
Alexander '90 & Si mone Johnson Go nzalez
Michael '7 I & Ann Good
Raymond '57 & Jan Grinde
Fern Hanso n Gudmestad '4 1
No rm an & Evangeline Hagfors
James & Kathleen Haglund
T homas '66 & Wa nda Wagner '65 Hanson
Beverly & Roe Haden
hristopher Haug '79 & Karl Starr
Donald '39 & Phyllis Holm
Kenneth '74 & Linda Bailey '74 Holmen
Richard & C..rol Holy
Allen & Jean Hous h
Pearl Husby
andra & Rich, rd Jacboso n
Helen Johnson
Jam es Johnson & Maine Isaacs
Heather Johnsto n '92 and Jason Koch '93
Menon '59 & JoAn Bjornson Johnso n
Ruth Johnson '74
Dan & Susan Jorgensen
heri Hofsrad '85 & Thomas Kamp
Muriel Kappler
Karina Karlfo '83
hristopher & Liz Kimball
Richard '69 & heryl Nelson '70 King
usan Kl aseus
Dean & usan Kopperud
Joanne Stiles '58 & David Laird
David & Caryl Larson
Harris '57 & Maryon Lee
Jacqueline Kniefel Lind '69 '94 MAL
Jennifer Marcin
Te rry Marquardt '98 & Gary Donahue
Donna Mclean
erard & Anne Meistrell
Robe rt '70 & ue Midn css
Paul '70 & Barbara Durkee '7 1 Mikelson
Mark '79 & Pamela Hanson '79 Moksncs
Rob & Taylor Moor
Thomas & Rainy Morgan
Pau l '84 & Nancy Mackey '85 Mueller
Jeanne Narum
hristo pher '83 Nelson & Lisa chroeder
loria Burnrvcdt Nelson ·43
Julie Nelson '83
Ron ald '68 & Mary Kay Nelson
Margaret Nelson Foss Nokleberg '48
Roselyn Nordaune '77
Norm '85 & Kim Asleso n '84 Okemrom
Donald '53 & Beverly Hall ing '55 Oren
2
Robert & Ruth Ann Paulso n
Ronald & Arlya, Peltier
Gerald '39 & Bernice Person
Thomas Peterson '70
Karin Peterson
Philip '50 & Dora Frojen '49 Quanbeck
Mark '53 & Jean Raabe
tella Kyllo Rosenquist '64
Curtis & Marian Sampson
Audrey Nagel Sander '5 I
Robert & Marianne a.ndcr
Ruth Schmidt '52
John Schwam '67
Carol Schweizer '50
Patrick Sheehy & Wendy O ' Leary
Philip idnc:y "63
Arnie '48 & C..rol kaar
Glen & Anna Skovholt
Joyce Engstrom '70 & Robert Spector
Todd teenson '89
William '64 & Sara Halvorson '63 S,rom
Philip '79 & Julia Davis '79 Styrlund
Dean '81 & Amy Sundquist
Ronald w:inson '69
Jeffrey wenson '79
Michael & Debbie zymanczyk
Gary '80 & Deanna Tangwall
P. Dawn Heil '78 & Jack Taylor
Jean Taylor '85 & Roger Griffith '84
Richard & Linda Thoni
Gordon '52 & Gloria Parizek '53 Thorpe
Kathryn & Jack Tunheim
Berty Wade
Norman '75 & Kathryn Anderson '76 Wahl
Colleen Kay Warson '9 1 MAL & Mary McDougall
Lois Wartman '76 & Doug Shaw
Kurt Wehrmann '90
John '49 & Arnhild Werker
Gunnar & Mary Wick
Anne Holmberg '80 & Joh.n Wilson
DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF
AUGSBURG COLLEGE:
We are pleased to share with you this report of the gifts and
contributions made to Augsburg Co ll ege during the June I , 2000 to
May 31 , 2001 fisca l period. Our facul ty, staff, and students are gracefu l
for what each of you has done on our behalf, both through these
financial contributions and, in many cases, through vo lu nteerism,
Wi ll iam V. Frame
Susan ). Klaseus
fund-rai sing activities, and recruiting of new students and friends for the
institution .
G iving to the College continues co grow. New program s were launched. New scholarship fund s were initiated and ochers expanded.
Without yo ur support, this would not have been possibl e.
This past Sep tember, we opened o ur 133 rd year with enthusiastic hope and optimism. Just a week lacer, we were faced with the
devastating impact of September 11 and its afte rmath. We came together in prayer and support fo r ch e many people impacted by chis
tragedy. Like many of this natio n's institutions, we also came upon more di ffic ult times-both in how we dealt with th e perso nal and
social issues char faced our constituents because of rhat terrorise ace, and beca use of the temporary reduction of fin ancial support as
people were faced with the econom ic problems that resulted. Bue, like the nation , we believe that we are turning the co rner and
movi ng forward once again. We have received a number of majo r grants to enhance and su pport so me of our programs, including the
College's involvement with our neighbo rs and the greater Twin Cities communi ty. W/e have received remarkable new pe rso nal support,
including the largest unrestri cted gift in the College's history from regent Jim H aglund and his wife, Kathy, (see story in the Augsburg
Now spring issue). and we have been enco uraged by some majo r foundation s and corporations to submit proposals char we believe
will result in fundin g fo r new program and capital needs.
Finally, the College continues its general rehab ilitation and revitalizatio n under the tenets of Augsburg 2004: Extending the Vision .
More than just a visionary docum ent, it continues as a guiding force for the College in its progra m development, cu rricular refo rm ,
and fulfillm ent of its historical vocation in helping students from a wide range of experiences achieve the dream of a pose-second ary
education .
Your gifts help Augsburg move along this pathway to excellence and achievemen t. They help the Co llege prepare ics students for li fe
and wo rk in an ever more globalized and co mplex world . We have been re-challenged by the events of Sept. I I co reinforce the
transforming education that has long been a hallmark of this in stitution. We are equipping our students to deal with th e world's
diversity--of people, movements, and opinions. We are affi rming that a communi ty of lea rners is not confined to the class room, bur
is o ne prepared to be of service to the world. T hank you for providing your suppo rt as reinforcement to that belief.
William V. Fran1e
Susan J. Klaseus
Pre ident
Vice President for lnstiturional Advancement and
Communi ty Relatio ns
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THE
AUGSBURG
COLLEGE
FINANCIAL
REPORT
2000-2001 OPERATING BUDGET
$42 ,761 ,3 01
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Monies in the operating budget fund the
overall work of the College, from faculty
and staff salaries co student financial aid
co paying the uti lities bill. The operati ng
budget keeps the College up and running,
and is supported in part by undesignated
gifts co the Augsburg Fund.
Tuition & Fees 78%
Other Sou rce 7%
Board 4%
Room 7%
Private G ifts 3%
Government Grants 1%
2000-2001 REVENUES
2000-2001 PLANT ASSETS
(Net) $50,248,134
T he College co ntinues to address the
deferred maintenance issues in relation co
its campus infrastructure. For the past year
funding has gone toward roof replacements and HVAC systems. Master
planning wo rk for capital expansion
remains focused o n the College priority
for a new science structure.
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Sa lary & Benefits 48%
Other 18%
Financial Aid 18%
Utilities 4%
Equipment & Capita l Improvement S%
Student Salary 3%
Debt Service 4%
2000-2001 EXPENDITURFS
2000-200 1 ENDOWMENT
Market Value: $24,805,309
A strong endowment ens ures Augsburg's
futu re strength and growth. The interest
and investment inco me on the
endowment principal provide needed
funding fo r student finan cial aid.
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1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
ENDOWMENT ASSETS
May 3 1, 2000-May 31, 200 1
4
1999
2000
2001
LIFETIME GIVING
Th, Jollo,ving JOcitties recognize alumni and friends of
Augsburg who havt generously given a minimum of
$25,000 to tht College over a lif,timt.
LEGACY SOCIETY
C umulative gifu of $500,000 or more
Earl & Doris Bakken
Rich>rd '74 & Na ncy Colvin
Julian •30• & June• Foss
Edwi n & Barbara Gage
Orville '36• & Gemude Lund '36 Hognander
Kinney Johnso n '65
Ed• & Phyllis• Kavli
E. Milton '46 & Doroth y Lijsing •47+ Kleven
James '46 & jean• Lindell
Elroy Srock '49
C lair '46• & Gbdys Box rud '46 Srro mmcn
1869 SOCIETY
Cumulative gifu of $ 100,000-499,999
Charles & Cath erine Anderson
C.A. L. • & Esther J . E.• Anderson
Leona Radman Antholz '4 I•
Paul '63 & LaVonne Olson '63 Baralden
Carl Blegen+
Jack & Joyce Boss
Darrell ' 55 & Hel ga Egertso n
Raymond Erickso n
Malco lm Escrcm+
C lara Evj u•
•so•
Jerry & Jea n Foss
Paul '42+ & Max ine Fridlund
Raymond ·57 & Janice Grinde
Franklin & Carolyn Groves
Norman & Evangeline Hagfors
James & Ka1h lee n Haglund
Donald '39 & Phyll is Holm
Al len & Jean Housh
Lester Hoversten+
James Johnson & Maxine Isaacs
Roy Krohn•
William & 1ephani e Naegele
Richard & Barbara Tjo rnh om '54 Nelson
Ida Nelson•
Martha Nylander•
John Paulson
Cunis & Maria n Sampson
Paul + & Lorene+ teen
Genev ic\le rclbcrg+
Co nrad und e ' I 5 +
Leland & Louise Su nde,
Helen vcrdrup+
Johan verdrup
Andrew Urness+
Elsie Wildung•
BENEFACTORS
C um ul ati ve gifts of $25,000-99,999
Ernes1 & Helen Alne
Ha.nvig Anderson+
Ted & Ru,h Arneson
Lurh<r •29+ & C larerre Jorcnby •29• Arnold
Kenne,h• & Dorothy Bailey
Ada Bakke n•
Bcnha Johanson '28 Hagen+
Za ne & Barbara Kleven Birky
Roy '50 & Ardis Bogen
Donald & Nancy Bloomfield '63• Bor1emiller
Rodney & Barbara Burwell
rl '59 & Kathy Aakc r '62 Casperso n
Fritjof hrisrcnscn ·2s+
James+ & Esther• Crabtree
Mrs. Oscar DeVold'
Tracy Elfcmann '8 1
Amy Erickson
Philip & Laverne Fand rei
Jerome '37 & Winifred Helland ·37 Formo
Emil Fossa.n ·30+
O laf aastjon+
Donald' & Irene Gra ngaa rd
Phi llip G ronserh '5 5
Florence Haasa rud+
John Hanson+
Mr.+ & Mrs.+ Reuel D. Harmon
Lawrence & Lois Hauge
An na Mae Hayden
Loren Henderson
Douglas & G race Forss '57 Herr
T helma Leeland '32 Hess•
Chester '60 & Clcnora Hoversten
Chester+ & Bernice Hoversten
Garfield Hovemen '50
Vincent '50 & Marjorie Hoversten
Joseph Hsieh '6 1
Oscar• & Pea rl Husby
Richard & Glenda Husron
Alfred Iverse n
Ri chard & Sandra Jacobson
Rud, John son '74
Ru1h Johnson '27'
Bruce & Maren K.1 even
David & Barbara Kleven
Lowell '54 & Jani ce Kl even
Norma Knurson +
Dean & Susan Kopperud
Mildred Krohn
Dean '62 & Barbara Begling r '63 Larson
Philip & Diane Kleven Larson
Harris '57 & Maryon Lee
Alp hamae Ha.Iverson '3 1+ LofgrC'n
Larry Lokken '60
Larry & Mari e McNeff
Theodor Menzel•
Else Michaelse n •3 1•
Rohm ' 0 & uc ~idn ess
Spencer '66 & Gay Johnson '66 Minear
A.Ian & Janet Karvonen Monrgomery
Joel & Jeanne Mugge
Edith orberg+
R. Luther '56 & Bobbie' Olson
Donald '53 & Beverly Halling '55 Oren
Donald• & Dag ny• Padill a
Isabelle Park Trusi
Glen Person '47
Harvey '52 & Joann e Varne r '52 Peterson
Oliver & Jeannene Peterson
Thomas Peterson '70
Manin •29+ & E.sthcr+ Quanbeck
Philip '50 & Dora Frojen '49 Quanbcck
Luther Rodvik '5 1
Olive Ronholm '47
Maihi lda Sagcng '3 1
Clara E. Sanders+
Rmh chmid1 '52
Kenneth Schmit ·3s•
Lyall & Inez O lso n '59 Schwac,kopf
Rosemary Shafer
Agnes Siverson+
Glen & Anna kovhoh
Mathias Siena+
Borger Solberg
ran ley & Berry 1ake
Roger '5 & Bonnie Stockmo
Odin Srori en '28+
jean Taylor '85 & Roger Grifti,h '8
Jack & P. Dawn Heil '78 Taylor
\Xlilliam & Donna Teeter
L. Bern iece Thompson+
John T hu,•
Joan Vo lz '68
Richard & Olive Nilse n '5 1 Zo ll er
+
De eased
PLANNED GIVING
HERITAGE OCIETY
The A11grb11rg Colkge Heritage Sociery recog11iu1
thou ruho have 11"1111ged 11 de/med gift for the College
through a b,q,wt, life i1u11ra11u policy, a111111ity
agrumellt, or a charitable tnm. Thm tho11ghtfal gifo
o:tmd support to gmeratiom offi,ture 1t11dmu.
Ernest & Helen Al ne
harles & Catherine Anderson
Daniel . '65 & Alicc Anderson
E. tlliam Anderson
Ernest '3 & M•rgam Anderson
Esther Anderson+
Gary & M•ry Anderson
Os= '38 & Leola Anderson
\Vtlliun '86 & Kelly Anderson
James '51+ & I. helby Gimse '56 Andn:ss
Vi ncent Andrews+
Betty Arnold
Luther •29+ Clare ne Jorenby •29+ Arnold
Osc,r• & Dorothy Austad
w l & Doris Bakken
Andrew ' 50 & S.rbara Kolden '50 Balerud
M•ry Qumbcck ' Barber
Gl•dys Pederson '25 Bunes
Elizabeth '82 & Warren S.rn
Abner '35 & M.nh. Bat:llden
Thomas '56 & Bernie Benson
idney '57 & Lola Lidstro m '50 Berg
Birgit Birkeland '58
Anne Blegen+
Kendra Bonderud '78
Richard & Na ncy Borstad
Donald & Nmcy Bloomfield '63+ Bonemiller
J. Bernhard '4 8 & Hildur Anderson '43 Brerhcim
Nmcy Brown '74
Jeroy '48 & Lorrai ne Carlson
Harold Caspersen · 2+
Herbert '5 & Corinne Chilstrom
Fritjof hriS<en.<en '28+
Judi th Ch risten.<en
L Gracia Christensen
George '72 & Janet Dal,lman
Dmiel & A. Carolyn Benson '7 1 Dauner
Dallas Day '64
Richard '55 & Audrey Dronen
Beverly Durkee
Ru ben '45 & Thelma Egeberg
Tracy El frmann '8 1
larence •35+ & Thora Eliason
Avis Ellingrod
Casper & Thelma '39 Emberson
Deni.<e Engebreuon '82
Loren '46• & Edna Kastner '42 Ericksen
Raymond Erickson •50+
John Evans '82 & Joan Moline '83
Kenneth vcndscn '78 & Allison Everett '78
Norman & Rachel Ferguson
Maud Forberg
Jerome '37 & Winifred Helland '37 Formo
Julian •30+ & June• Foss
Ardella Fossum+
\Vtlliam & Anne Frame
Leola Dyrud Furman '6 1
huck Gabrielson •77+
Harry & Mabel Storm •25• Garlock
Clayton Gjerde•
Donald• & Irene Grangaard
Gracia Grindal '65
Raymond ' 57 & Janice Grinde
Phillip Gron.<eth '55
Florence Haasuud•
Bertha Johnanson '28 Hagen+
Gary '7 1 & Dallas Ahrens '69+ Hagen
James & Kathy Haglund
David Halaas 7 6
Janet O lson '79 Halaas
Edward & hidey Han.<en
Ernest & Anna Hovland '58 Hanson
ymhia Hanson '66
Mark '68 & lone Agri mson '68 Hanso n
Charles & Berry Johnso n '58 Hass
Lawrence & Lois Hauge
Loren & Helen Mohn •42+ Henderson
Robe rt '55 & Kui n Herman
Mrs. Ono E. Hjelle
igvald '41 & Helen Hjelmeland
O rville '36+ & Gertrude Lund '36 Hognandcr
Kenneth '74 & Linda Bailey '74 Holmen
Everett '57 & Ethel Holt
John Hoium
Allen & Jean Housh
Merl in & Ruth Hovden
Chester '60 & Clenora Hoversten
Mr. & Mrs. Clucnce Hoversten
Gufield Hoversten '50
Lorna '62 Hoversten
Rohen Hovcmcn
T homas '56 & Lorena Hoversten
Richard & andra Jacobson
Morris & Beverly Jespersen
Anna Johnson•
Jerry & Bonita Johnson
Ki nney Johnson '65
Mark '54 & Thelma Johnson
Ruth Johnson •27•
Ruth Johnson '74
Kenneth & Carmen Jones
Larry & Jennifer Abeln '78 Kahlow
Mary Kin glsey
Ruth Kislingbury
Gloria Grant '57 Knoblauch
6
No rman & Gwen Johnson ' 58 Krapf
Roy Krohn•
Lois Kvamme+
Obert Landsverk •45+
LaJune Thomas '68 Lange
David Lankinen '88
Marjorie M. Lankincn
Ernest Larson •30+
Luther '52 & Janice Bremmh ' 55 Larson
Alan & Dorothy Lee
Harris ' 57 & Maryon Lee
Clayton & Virginia LcFeverc
Ella Lindberg
James '46 & Jean• Lindell
0 . Herbert & Ilene Lindquisr
Marion Liska
Alpharnae Halverson '3 1 Lofgren•
Arne '49 & Jean Swanson '52 Markland
Ronald & Donna Matlhias
Theodor Menu!•
Daniel '65 & Mary Tildahl '6 1 Meyers
Mark '79 & Pamela Hanson '79 Moksnes
Carol Brandt '67 Mork
Ors. Van & Mike Mueller
Mr. & Mrs. George L. Nelsen
Richard & Ba.rbara Tjornhom ' 54 Nelson
Grace Pccerson '33 Nelson•
Kenneth & Vera Nelson
Mildred Nelson '52
Robert Nelson '97
Rohen '66 & Rose Ann Nelson
Roger '52 & Marilyn Nelson
Roselyn Nordaune '77
Estelle Nordine•
James '57 & Shirley Norman
Glenn & Ann Nyc.klemoe
Jonathan Nye '72
Terry '70 & Vicki Nygaard
Martha Nylander•
Marvin Nystrom
H. Arlan Oftedahl '64
Norm '85 & Kim Asleson '84 Okerstrom
Evelyn Olson•
Gordon '63 & Janice O lson
R. Luther O lson '56
Orville '52 & Yvonne Bagley '52 Olson
Donald '53 & Beverly Halling '55 Oren
Kenneth & Lillian Ysreboe '51 Osc
Ervin '56 & ylvia Overlund
Donald• & Dagny• Padilla
Robert '50 & Ruth Paulson
Richard Paun '37
Douglas & Joycc Anderson '65 PfufT
Thelma chroeder '38 Preuscc•
Roy Quam •31•
Martin •29+ & Esther• Q uanbcck
Nancy Joubm '63 Raymo nd
Barbara Rodvik
Frances Roller
Olive Ronholm '47
Donald '38 & Borghild Ronning
Audrey Nagel '5 1 Sander
Robert & Marianne Sander
Leland '35 & Pauline Saieren
Ruth Schmid, '52
Kenneth Schmir 138+
Roger '62 & Jean Schwartz
Rosemary Shafer
Pmick D. Sheehy & Wendy M. O' Leary
Olive r '36• & Elisabeth T hompson Sidney
Rodn ey Sill '82
Arnold '48 & Carol Skaar
James mith '9
Russel '50 & Virginia Smith
Evelyn Amundson ~,43 onnack
Doctic orenson +
Robert & Joyce Engstrom '70 Specror
Steven & Naom i Christensen '8 1 Scaruch
Joh n ' 6 & Esther Sieen
Paul+ & Lorene+ Steen
Odin rorien ·2s+
Merton '42 & A. Irene Huglen ' 3 Strommen
lair '46• & Gladys Boxrud '46 irom men
Johan ve rdrup
Dorochy Sward +
Gary '80 & Deanna Tangwall
Jack & P. Dawn Heil ' 8 Taylor
John Thu,•
Jcaneiie Tollefson '24
Joel '38 & Frances Torsrenson
Kenne1h '26• & Ovedcia Torvik
John & Marcia Thompson '78 Turcone
Morris •- I & Bonnie Bieri •~ Vaagencs
Mark Voelk,r '83
Tom Wa rme '57
Colleen Wauon '9 1 & Mary ~lcDougall
Doug Shaw & Lois Warrman '76
Donald 1chmann '89
Peder '49 & Alice Berg '5 1 Wilcox
Woodrow Wilson '53
Darrell & Lauralee Howe '63 Zenk
ANNUAL GIVING
Alumni Giving by Class Year
CLASS OF 1929
Number of Alumni: 11
Tora! amount of Gifu: $200.00
Participation: 9%
CIASS OF 1934
Numbe r of Alumni: 23
Toial amoun1 of Gifts: $535.00
Participation: 26%
$ 120-239
M. Glendora Dueland
$ 120-239
Hamar Benson
Clifford Johnson
W. Donald Olsen
CIASS OF 1930
Number of Alumni: I4
Total amount of Gifts: $200,730.00
Part icipacion: 35%
$ I 0,000 or more
Julian Foss•
$500-999
Elsie Lokken Lower
$ 120-239
Leonard Froycn
Gifts up to SI 19
Stella Pederson Eiermann
Magnhild Nybroren
CIASS OF 1933
N umber of Alumni: 9
Toral amounr of Gifts: $260.00
Parriciparion: 44%
$ 120-239
Vincent Kcn stad
Gifts up 10 $ 11 9
olveig Bergh
Harold Olson
$500-999
Ge rtrude Lund Hognander
$240-499
Dag mar Dahl Q uanbeck
Ann Kvee n Sveom
$ 120-239
Arnold Henkel
Lynn Hanson Lurhard
Gifts up ro $ 11 9
Gladys O udal Woolson
Gifts up 10 $ 11 9
Roselyn Ekberg lhling
CLASS OF 1935
Number of AJumni: 20
Toral amounr of Gifts: $625.00
Participation: 25%
CLASS OF 1937
Number of Alumn i: 26
Toral amount of Gifts: S 17,305.00
Participation: 34%
$240-499
Ge rtrude Amundson Larson
S I 0,000 or more
Richard Paur,
$ 120-239
Clifford Kent
$1,000-2.499
Jerome Formo
Winifred Helland Formo
Gifts up 10 $ 11 9
Laura Leigh Jorenby
Leland Satercn
Carl Solberg
$500-999
Ernesr Anderson
Forrest Monson
CLASS OF 1936
Number of AJumni: 22
Total amounr of Gifts: • I 4,420.00
Participation: 45%
$ I 0,000 or more
Gertrude Erling Paun+
S 1,000-2,499
Sophia Iverson Gjerde
7
CIASS OF 1938
'umber of Alumni : 4 1
Toral amount of Gifrs: $3 ,650.00
Participation: 29%
S 1.000-2,499
Oscar Anderson
Edo r Nelson
Adrian Tindcrholr
S240-499
E. Irene Ncseth
Leland Steen+
Hannah Mehus Stensvaag
$ 120-239
Joel Torsrenson
Gifts up ro S I 19
Else Bjornsrad
Salome Eidn ess Cannelin
Una Lee Kruse
Grctha HaJvorson Loken
Lloyd Raymo nd
CLASS OF 1939
Number of Alumni: 42
Total amount of Gifrs: $ 130,144.25
Participation: 30%
or more
Hoyt ~essc rer+
$240-499
E. Margaret arere.n Tra utwein
$ I 0,000
Gifts up ro $ 11 9
Carl Ch rislock+
Dwight Elving
onrad Jergenson
$ 1,000-2.499
Gerald Person
$500-999
Lesier Dahlen
$240-499
Ru1h Aune
120-239
John Haaland
Irene Hagen Kyllo
Luther Srrommcn
Palmer Wold
Gifts up 10 11 9
Robert halmer>
Donald Holm
Marion Lund Lowrie
1vicn Thompson Paulson
Artldle Alberrso n Ver>en
CLASS OF 1940
umber of Alumni: 53
Tora! amount of Gifu: $ 1,840.00
Participation: 26%
2 0-499
\''(lanci2 Severson Benson
Russel Hclleckson+
Ea.rl '-'incs
Erli ng Tungseth
$120-239
Henry Chapman
Gifu up to SI 19
Valborg Gils,th hri, lock
Marcy Ditmanson•
Roy Gortlon
Flo~nCC" Rc1rum Hovland
Irvin Nerdahl
Cul Overvold
Robert Pcanon
Lawrence Rydquist
Roger Thompson
C LASS OF 194 1
Number of Alumni: 68
Total amount ofGifu: $4 ,040.00
Panicipation: 27%
SI ,000-2,499
Fern Hanson Gudmcsud
Philip Rowbe rg
5500-999
Thelma ydncs Monson
$ 120-239
Sigvald Hjelmeland
Clarence Hoversten
Vivian Peterson
Ruth udim Wold
Gifts up 10 SI 19
Erwin hell
Reyno ld Erickson
Edward Evenson
Waldemar Frnm5lad
Elmer Frykman
Roy Johnson
Vernel Johnson
Martha Quanbeck May
Helen Helm Mork
Theodore Nelson
. Tang
H. Alfred Wcl1zi n•
CLASS OF 1942
Number of Alumni: 70
Tora! amount of Gifts: $7,455.00
Panici pation: 2 1%
$2,500-4,999
Merto n tro mmcn
SI ,000-2,499
Philip Helland
S500-999
Mary Eye Helleckson
Lo uis Smiih
$240-499
Victor Miller
M urid Q uanb«k Turrittin
Gifts up to SI 19
Hazel Lines Angell
hcstcr Brooks
Ebba Johnso n Brooks
Donald Lundberg
Elwood Lundeen
Elaine Olson cal
Harry So renson
Everald tro m
CLASS OF 1943
umber of Al umni: 84
Toral amount of ifts: $8,01 5.00
Participation: 25%
$2,500-4,999
A. Irene Huglcn tro mmcn
$ I ,000-2,499
loria Burncvedt Ne.I.son
$500-999
rloue Gisselquist
$240-499
Dorothy Herman u ncs
Evelyn Amundso n nnack
Ruih Framstad tee n
erald Thorson+
$ 120-239
Manin L:arscn
Arno Mani n
lone halgren Martin
Wayne Pc1crson
harloctc Anderson Ra.s musscn
ifis up to $ 11 9
Addell Halveoo n Dahlen
llorgh ild Esmcss
Herman Holtt'n
Elizabeth Bjornstad Luukkonen
Lu Verne Nelson
Stanford Nelson
Henry ,aub
Marshall teen
leone BolS1ad Tang
CLASS OF 1944
Number of Alumni: 77
Total amount of ifu : $2,720.00
Parlicip:uion: 14%
$1,000-2,499
hcster Hoversten
$500-999
Marvin Sululorf+
$1 20-239
Burton Fosse
Kenneth Gilles
Gift, up to $ 11 9
Herman Ho&md
Norman Nielsen
Marjorie Kl even Quam
Helen Nichols Quanbeck
Vartlon Quanbcck
Iver onnack
Cora Rishovd Steen
CLASS OF 1945
Number of Alumni: 57
Tor.ii amoun1 of Gifts: $6,923.75
Participation: 29%
$2,500-4,999
Ruben Egeberg
SI,000-2,499
Vera Thorson Benzel
$500-999
Joyce ps,th chwarn
5240-499
Marie jenvick Knaphus
John P:irbSI
Ruih Wel ni n Swanson
5 120-239
Oliver Dahl
Muriel Ruud Frosch
Marguerite Greguson Larsen
ifrs up to $ 11 9
Mildred emock Boxrud
Es1hcr Aadland Hofsrad
Elin Johnson u ppcgaartl
Ire ne Ppcdahl Lovaas
Carol Tyvoll Nokleberg
L Buesing Opgrand
B. Randolph Quanb<Ck
CLASS OF 1946
Number of Alumni: 47
Total amoun t of Gifts: $494,702. 16
P:irricipation: 27%
or mott
E. Milron Kleven
James Lindell
$ I 0,000
S1,000-2,499
Marion Myrvik Buska
$500-999
Orddle Aakcr
Clair uommen+
Gladys Boxrud Sttommen
corge vcrd ru p
$240-499
Gerhard Bretheim
Valdemar Xavier+
$ 120-239
Norma Sateren Anderson
Gifu up to $ 11 9
Marcella Solheim Nelson
Eileen Quanbcck
John Steen
CLASS OF 1947
Number of Alumni: 69
Tora! amount of Gifts: $228,053.60
Parcicipation: 23%
$ I0,000
or more
Doroihy Lijsing Kleven+
$2,500-4 ,999
Glen Person
Olive Ro nholm
$ 1,000-2,499
Harold Ahlborn
Loi, Black Ahlborn
$500-999
J. Vernon Jensen
Margery Manger Torgerson
$240-499
P:iul Bliksrad
$ 120-239
Sylvia Brandt atercn
Gifu up to $ 11 9
Borghild Rholl Gabrielson
Lowell Larson
Cu-ol YS1eboe Lindsay
cmorc Nelson
Roy R. Roth
John Thompson
CLASS OF 1948
Number of Alumni: I03
Tora] amount of Gifu: $ 11,822.00
Participation: 24%
$ 1,000-2,499
Jeroy Carlson
Rona Q uanbeck Emerson
Margarci Nelson Nokleberg
Arnold k.1a r
Mary chindJer T hompson
$500-999
Gerald Ryan
Llewellyn Rusrad miih
$240-499
Barbara Ekse Carlson
Dorothy Quanbeck Johnson
Alt on Kn urson
Richart! Koplin
$ 120-239
T heodore Anderson
L, vcrnc Moc Olson
Gifts up 10 SI 19
J. Bernhard Bretheim
Lorraine Gimmcsrad
lyne
Esther Bakken C rosby
Ca rol Quam Hon e
Gudrun Vik Kampen
Paul Kilde
Duane Lindgren
Eliubeth Westphal Pctmon
Nathalie Anderson Pererson
Mary Kuhn Schmidt
Arne imengaard
CLASS OF 1949
Number of Alumni: 156
Total amount of Gifts: $22,85 1.65
Panicipation: 28%
$5,000-9,999
Dora Frojen Quanbeck
John Werket
$ I ,000-2,499
Elsie Ronholm Koivula
James Nokleberg
CLASS OF 1950
umber of Alumni: 227
Total amount of Gifts: S38,629.00
Partici pation: 28%
$5,000-9,999
Roy Bogen
Ro~rt Paulso n
Philip Quanbeck
$2,500-4,999
Frank Ari o
Georgette Lanes Ario
$ I ,000-2,499
Lola Li ndmom Berg
Howard Halvorso n
Kermir Hoverscen
$500-999
Erling Ca rlse n
Sylvia Kle,•cn Hanson
Archie Lalim
Geo rge Lanes
Carol \Xlacson Schweizer
Eunice Nysruen ortland
$500-999
Louisa Johnson
Jean Christianson Sverdrup
Sheldo n Torgerson
$240-499
Rohen Andersen
James Ca rlso n
Donald Embrecson
Arn old H enjum
Grace Gisselq uist Johnson
Marvin Johnson
Margrerra Ramalcy Knutson
alvi n Larson
Paul Roth
Henry Roufs
$ 120-239
Ray Anderson
Lu ,her Bergeland
Lois \X/a rner Bergeland
Hel en Haukeness
Donald Sa teren
Gifts up 10 SI 19
John Almquist
Helen Bcrgeland Benneu
Jack Berry
Fabian Ca rlson
Ruth Isaacson ornell
hi rley George Foster
Betsy Towns Framstad
Willard Glade
Donna Curry lrgcns
Wi lli am lrgens
Russell Mamhi e
John Midcling
Lyla O lso n
Robe rr Peterson
Donald Peterson
John Quam
liver Solberg
Donald ween
Connie Rh oll Wagoner
Peder Wilcox
$240-499
Ecl,el And ersen
And rew Balerud
Barbara Kolden Balerud
Gordon Bernrson
Norma \'Vcs tby Bern cson
harlone Forness Egebcrg
Marjorie Wi lberg Hauge
Doro1hy Gramblin g Hoffiandcr
O li ver Joh nson
Co rinn e Shei ll Lesli e
Lynn Lundin
Miriam Hoplin Lundin
Rhonda Hek tn er Lybeck
Paul Olso n
Harold Tollefso n
$ 120-239
Rich ard Aune
Raymond Bodin
11 Carso n Jr.
Alfred Forsell
arol Schm idr Larson
Harva.rd Larson
Roger Leak
La Vonne \'Vessman Lyons
Quentin Q uanbeck
Marion Roe
Eliz.1 bCLh Fell and Ronning
Jo hn Shelm d
Gifts up to S I 19
Edward Alberg
Cunis Am lund
Marilyn Vai l Andros
El mer Anhalt
Idel le Nornes Bagne
Delphine Jensen Bakke
Lois O lso n Berg
Ruth Kolden Brown
La Verne Olson Burmvcdt
hirley Dahlen
Robe rt Eftedahl
Dolo res No lan Fevig
Merlyn Fredman
Robert Hagen
Enoch H all
Phebe Dale Hanso n
Beverly Fowler Holec
William Holte
Robert Howells
Rayn ard Huglcn
Esther Johnson
LeRoy Johnson
Delores Farm Johnson
Everette Johnson
Jean Kuklish Knudsen
Wi lliam Knutson
Evely n Shelscad Kriesel
Marion Anderson Loberg
Marion Iverson Loges
Mae John son Luhn
James Peterson
\'(/ayne Pe1erson
Herbert Peterson
Alfred Sannerud
Marion Jacobsen Schumacker
Helen Green Seline
Joan Fering Smith
Vio la clso Solberg
Angeline Rolland Sorenson
Roben Ulsake r
Dav id Wasgarr
ClASS OF 1951
1umber of Alumni : 19 1
Toral amount of Gifts: $43,950.49
Pani ipation: 29%
$ I 0,000 or more
Roben Odegard
$2,500-4 ,999
Maro lyn Sortland HaJ verson
\V.lliam Halverson
$ I ,000-2,499
Aud rey Nagel an der
Jennings Thompson
$500-999
D. La Rhea Johnson Morserh
LaWaync Mo rmh
$240-499
Douglas Auguscine+
Gertrude css Berg
Theodore Berk.J and
Doris Frojen Brecheim
Robert Hoffiander
alvin Storl ey
$120-239
Elaine Hanson Aune
Eli1..abcth Becken
C1rl Benson
James Bergcland
Ruby Helland Brown
James hrisropherson
Ellen Stenberg Erick.son
Shirley Larson Goplerud
Gloria Johnson
Arthur Kuross
Erika Sraub iemi
Wallace Pratt
Dorothy ,vanson Ryan
Gifts up 10 119
Marvel loe Ander,o n
Kerman Be.nson
Gordon Berg
James Bergum
Do lores Flaa Bjerga
Alben Bjerk trand
T rygve Dahle
Anabelle Hanson Dalberg
Harold Emerson
Kathry n Thor gard Erickson
John Ga rland
Paul Green
Herbert Hanson
Howard Hjelm
Joseph Huhcrstrum
Eleanor Ewen Hutchinson
Arvild Jacobso n
John Krenz
Clari ce Thingelstad O nsager
Lillian Ystcboe Ose
Daniel Pearson
Stanley Puelscon+
Howard ordand
Charl es tenvig
Herbert Svendsen
Joel Swiggum
Mary Valtinson Vevle
Roben Weeden
Alice Berg \Xlilcox
ClASS OF 1952
umber of Alumni: I 6 I
Total amo unt ofGifu: $58,77 1.82
Pardcipacion: 37%,
SI 0,000 o r more
Harvey Peterson
Joanne Varner Peterson
Ruth Schm idt
$ I ,000-2,499
Glen Gi lbcnson
Orville Olso n
Yvonne Bagley Olson
Gordon Thorpc
S500-999
Leroy Nyhus
S240-499
Eugene Anderson
Irene Shels tad Henjum
\'(lilliam Kuross
John Leak
Dorothy Skonnord Petersen
Marlo Petersen
Charlotte: KJcvcn Rimm ercid
Beve rly Gryd, Villwock
$120-239
Cymhia Hanske Erick.son
Kay Roper H agen
Mo rris Johnson
Marjorie Danielson Johnson
James Kouom
Luther Larson
Donna Wang Leak
Mi ldred elson
Karl Pu,erbaugh
Rohen Thompson
Gifts up ro SI 19
LeRoy Ancnson
James Armstrong
Norma Arneson
L.,urie Balzer
hcrman Bohn
Berry Brccro
David Chrisrensen
Lronard Dalberg
LcVon Paulson Dintcr
Edich ore.m Gudim
Elmer H anson
M. Joyce Tai.Iman Hanson
Mildred Herager
Richard Howdls
Theodore Husroft
Ronald Johnson
Millard Knudson
Elwood l.ar,on
Lloyd Lyngdal
Leroy orthfdr
Go rdon Odegaard
Lyman O m:rn
Richard Perry
Gladys Dahlberg Pmr,on
Vera Peter,on Rachuy
Dona,'On Roberu
David Rokke
Lrona Eng Rokke
La ton Schwanz+
Roger helsrad
Mae Ness parby
Alyce l.ar,on Thureen
Orlcr« Hjelle Waller
Cl.ASS OF 1953
umber of Al umni: I 56
Toral •mount of Gifts: $25,675.00
Participation: 29%
I 0,000 or mone
Mork Raabe
SI ,000-2,499
Gloria Pariuk Thorpe
$500-999
Ruth A:ukov
Morlys Rin gdahl Gunderson
Berry Munson Nyhw
Beverly Nysruen Carlsen
Thomas Ohno
Allan Sortland
$240-499
Herman Egeberg
Wilgord Johnson
Joan Johnson Kuder
Marvi n Larson
Ruth Ri ngstad Larson
John Lingen
Wilmer Oudal
Arthur Rimmereid
. Arthur hul tz
Juliana Lindell hul n
$ 120-239
Joyce Jorgensen Eckhoff
Leland f-a irbanks
Marilyn Elness Froiland
M•rvi n Hagen
Howard Pearson
Edmund Youngquist
Gifts up to $119
Helen Lodahl Amabile
Elizabeth Manger Andmon
Torrey Berge
Duane
Horace Poncn
$500-999
Robert Lockwood
Donna Erickson Reimer
$240-499
Dorothy Ploisrad Benson
Orla Chris1<nsen
James Haugen
Wanda Warnes Olson
Donohue Sarff
John Thompson
Normon Quanbeck
Ardelle Skovhol1 Quanbcck
Janice Anderson Rykken
Maryls Harleman chmidc
John Seaver
Jerome Trclscad
Robcn Twiton
hrisccnscn
Joseph leary
John Dallond
H. Danielson
Faith Carlsred1 Dippold
Kristian Frosig
Cl.ASS OP 1955
Number of Alumni: 122
Total amount of Gifts: $32, I 40.44
Que111in Good rich
Norman Johnson
igrunn Kvamme
Jack Lundberg
Donovan Lund~n
Donald Oren
Richard Pearson
Donald Reimer
David Rykken
Corinne Rethwill Tiegs
Harold Werts
\V.lliam Whi1<
Participation: 2 1%
$ I0,000
or more
Phillip Gro nseth
$ I ,000-2,499
Darrell Egerrson
$500-999
Arvin Halvorson
Cl.ASS OP 1954
Number of Alumni: 176
Toou amoun1 of Gifts: $6,775.00
$240-499
Grace Larson Anderson
Agnes Thompson Becker
John Benson
Participation: 25%
S1,000-2.499
Herbert hilstrom
\Vcnona trandic Lund
Richard Mahre
Ethd Nordstrom hiell
5500-999
James hidl
$120-239
enc Anderson
Kenneth Bdkholm Jr.
Maxine Dahlin ChriSI
Helen Halvorson Hjermstad
Ervin Johnson
La Vonne odcrberg Johnson
Janice Brcmscch Larson
Philip Nelson
$240 99
Louil Becker
Mark Johnson
Richard Johnson
Mavis Kyllonen
Robert Langseth
Mary Pererson Leak
Alice Jensen Noble
Roger 1ockmo
Gifts up 10 $ I 19
Elaine Foss Erickson
Jacquelyn Bagley Hanso n
Wallace H•nson
Rohen Herman
Diane Aho Nelson
Beverly Halling Oren
Clyde Peterson
David Skaar
Mavil Berge Trelsrad
$1 20-239
Florence Helland Borman
Lowell Brown
lo ts Bwevics
Valborg Kyllo Ellingso n
Eileen Johnson Hanson
Erling Huglen
Lowell Kleven
Joyce ravncy Cassill
Cl.ASS OP I 956
Number of Alumni: 144
To1al amo unt of Gifts: $20,809.70
Participacion: 22%
Gifts up 10 SI 19
Kei1h Anderson
Orlan Bjornrud
Jeannine Torsten.son Blanchard
Willard Bo,ko
Roger rlson
corge Fisher
Jerry Fullerton
Lrroy Iscmingcr
Orpha Hw hagen lscminger
Fred Lee
Beverly Jacobsen Lundeen
Karl Nesrvo ld
Edward Nyhw
Winifred Nys1uen Nyhus
Ardil Dorr Nysruen
Ru1h Pousi O ll ila
Lloyd l'cicrson
$5,000-9,999
R. Lurher Olson
$2,500-4,999
Lawrence Nerhcim
$ I.000-2,499
Deloris Anderson
I. Shelby Gimse Andress
hristine Munson Main
Ro nald Main
Mark Thorpe
IO
$120-239
Thomas Benso n
Hans Dumpys
Robert Norby
Elizabeth Mortensen Swanson
Gifts up to $119
Margaret Hermanson Barnes
Gerald Baxter
Carolyn Lower Bliss
Ronald Bredeken
James Bwkirk
Robert Gjengdahl
Lloyd Grinde
Marlys Nepsund Lester
Stanley Ludviksen
Roger Ose
Ervin Ovcrlund
Richard Thorud
Merlin White
Cl.ASS OP 1957
Number of Alumni: 174
Total amount of Gifts: $46,347.50
Participation: 19%
or more
Raymond Grinde
H• rril Lee
$ I 0,000
$ 1.000-2,499
Stanley Baker
idney Berg
Duncan Fiann
Dean Holmes
$500-999
Morris Jespersen
$240-499
Aldemar Johnson Hagen
Thomas Hoffiander
Gloria Grant Knoblauch
Maynard Nelson
Bill Zinn
$ 120-239
James Armstrong
Dcnncs Borman
Wayne Johnson
James Norman
Gordon Trclsrad
Gifts up co $1 19
Richard Berg
Harlan Christianson
Beverly Olson Flanigan
Doris Rovick Hanson
Evcrcrr Holr
Jcanmc Olson Locke
Roger Mackey
Erwin Moc
Orval Moren
James Plumcdahl
Daular Billawala Ramamoorthy
Marian Graff Skaar
Neal nider
Marlys Holm Thorsgaard
Barbara Gi lbcrc Tischer
Richard Vcvle
Ronald Welde
CLASS OP 1958
Nu mber of Alumni: 157
Total amount of G ifts: $ 18, 145.00
Participation: 26%
$5.000-9,999
Mabe,h Saure Gyllsrrom
$2,500-4,999
Joan ne Stil es Laird
$ 1.000-2.499
Birgir Birkeland
Jo An Bjornson Johnson
Wesley Sidccn
$500-999
Mary Eri ckson Lockwood
race Kemmer Sulerud
$240-499
Byron Golie
Kenneth Hagen
$ 120-239
G udwren Ellingson Belkholm
Janer Niederloh C hrisrcson
C hcs rer Dyrud
Le Roi Elias
Lois Hofsrad Esselsrrom
Hugh Gil more
Berry Johnso n Hass
Donald Myrvik
Rhoda Dahl Myrvik
Gerald Parupsky
Wendel l Shiel)
G ifts up ro $ 11 9
Elycc Lundquisi Arvidson
Robert Bagley
Dennis Barnaal
Vernon Berkncss
Elaine Nelson Bernards
Erwi n hriscenson
Lois Mackey Davis
Myrn a Tollefson Ga rdin
Bonica Griep
r:mley Gu nn
Anna Hovland Hanson
David Harris
Philip Heide
. Leroy Johnso n
Joy Hu nd ) Johnso n
Jerome Kleven
Jon Macala
heldon Nasce nt
Clara Ann Haugen Nordstrom
Lr dia Dyrlid Quanbeck
Ronald cave
L1 Vonc Srudlien
CLASS OP 1959
Nu mber of Alumni: 17 1
Tocal amounr of Gifts: S 16,325.00
Parcicipacion: 25%
500-999
ancy Garland Erickson
Dale Hanka
Ruth
risen Moen
Donald O lsen
$ 1,000-2,499
Paul lmquist
Norman Berg
Carl Casperson
Dennis Gibson
Menon Johnson
John Martinsen
Eugene Peterson
Marrin Sabo
Inez Ison Schwarzkopf
S240-499
John Anderson
Ri chard Berge
Carolr n Burfield
Phyll is Raymond Bu rge
Phyllis Dah lmeier Fering
Gerald Hendricks
Donald Homme
Loren Nielsen
Darrel I ,cse
$500-999
Janee Cooke Zitz.ewin
Thomas Moen
S120-239
Bruce Cunn ing
Donald ilbcrg
Kay Lemmcrman Gi lmore
Ralph Kcmpski
David No rdli e
Ramona Pedersen Sectergren
Paul T hompsen
Marjorie Moland \X'endl
Lowd l Ziemann
$240-499
John Berg
Charles Fering
Lois Ander en Golie
Arlene dander Hill
Rod ney H il l
Ru di T horsgard Homm e
Josep h Nrsruen
Bonn ie Martinson Storley
G ifrs up ro $ 11 9
Lois Ritcher Agrimson
Norman Anderson
Marcia Myring Carlson
Ca rol Johnso n Casperson
Di Ann hristiansen Dougherty
Fred Engelmann
Denni G lad
Chester Hoversten
L1 Vonne Gravgaard Iverson
Gerald Johnso n
Del Lind
Peter Locke
Mary Lundquisc Meffert
!eve Moore
Cleve Moore Jr.
Jam
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Dwight Pederson
Barbara Jlj esberg Pecerson
Nancy Jensen Poeschel
Byron Schmid
Marlene Srudlien
Gordon yverson
Kermit Valleen
Sharon Grod i Wc:sr
$ 120-239
Mary Twicon Bosben
James Hanson
Rh oda Monserh Huglcn
Vicki kor Pearson
ifts upro$ 11 9
Lawrence Berg
Irene Olson Brown
James Brown
Dennis Burreson
Paul Christensen
Nad ia hristensen
James G uldm h
Donald Hagcs tu en
Franklin Hawks
James Horn
Harry Horne
Donald Jorenby
Larry Jun kermeier
\Xlalter Lundeen
Robert Meffert
Ronald Miskowiec
Richard Overby
Sylvia Moc Overlund
Dav id Rin gsrad
Peggy Oneil Swensen
Tal,•ryn Tischer
CLASS OF 1961
Number of Alumni : 200
Tora) amo unr of G ifrs: $ I 0, 175.00
Part ici pation : 23%
$ 1,000-2,499
Roger Go rdon
Marr Ti ldahl Meyers
Kenneth Nelson
Richard Thompson
CLASS OP 1960
umber of Alum ni: 196
Tora) amounr of Gifts: $ 13, 135.00
Participation: 25%
$2.500-4,999
Bruce Amundson
$500-999
Dennis Johnson
Janet Baraldcn Johnson
regorr Madson
S I ,000-2.499
Barbara Mi lne Go rdon
Beverlr Tollefson Uhl enberg
II
2 0-499
H >rold Erickson
Arden Norum
Co nsra ncc ildseth Spangenberg
120-239
Kenneth Akerman
Theodore B01ten
Lois Burmeister
Daniel Carlson
George Larson
Ron ald L.,u dcrr
James Red kc
even core
Karen Egc:sdal Trclsrad
Bruce Westphal
Gifts up 10 S I 19
\\7i nnie ordlu nd Anderson
,ayle Arvidson
loyd Bakke
Harris Bendix
David Buchkosky
Mary Lou Baker hristcnson
Lawr<ncc Gallagher
Kenneth jerde
James Holden
Audrey Halvo rson Hovland
Parricia Swanson Kreuziger
Joa n Gibson Labs
Keith Lcisech
George Lundquist
Julie Magnuson Marineau
Ced ric O lson
orlyn Paulsen
Myron Rew
Mari e Gje rd e Sch link
Terrance chlink
Judy Fosse Snider
Roger ollic
Deloris Olson Stinson
Gary Terrio
Arlene Stockman Torgerson
Carolyn Arndt \~ard
CLASS OF 1962
Number of Alu mni: 21
Tora) amou nt of Gifrs: $9, 95.00
Participation: 19%
$2,500-4,999
Joann Eliason Amundson
S 1,000-2,499
Kathleen Aaker Casperson
Eun i e Kyllo Roberts
$500-999
Kar Hanenburg Madso n
Arne Sather
Ron ott
$240-499
Sonia vermoen Gu llicks
Olivia Go rdon Lorcnts
Phillip Mauison
Roger chwartz.
\Xlaync- 1ockman
$120-239
Jennelle Joh nso n Cun ning
Paul Grm•cr
Lois Mahlum Hagen
David Proctor
Gary Olson
Marie Bergh Sandbo
David Sevig
Roger Bevis
Morris Bjurlin
David Johnson
Sharon Christensen Kildal
Diane Garbisch Lcvake
Sharon Lindell Momud
James Parks
$ 120-239
Bradford Aamodt
Gary Blosberg
Judy Thompson Eiler
Mark Gjerde
Cordelia Colrvet Hoffmann
\'Uaync Christiansen
Satoru Sudoh
Carla Quanbeck Walgren
Michael Walgren
Lewis undquist, II
Gifts up to SI 19
R. Charles Anderson
to
$119
Rose Marie Nordin Anderson
Kristi Anderson
lairc Helland Buettn er
Wayne Coil
Sherman Coltv<et
Loiell Dyrud
Kenneth Erickson
Tamara Ronholdt Francis
Pauicia Hanson Gjerde
Marilyn Olson Gron ner
Julia Ose Grose
Rock Helgeson
Lorna Hoverste n
Peter Hovland
John Hugo
Ruch Goschnauer Johnson
Lynne Mclean Junkermeier
Charles King. Jr.
Ella Bowlby Lerud
Ina Madison Meyer
A. Robert MoUdrem
Reynold undnrom
Allan Tvcirc
Mary Ann Sorensen Urban
Cl.ASS OF 1963
Number of Alumn.i: 236
Tocal amount of Gifts: $7 1,298.18
Participation: 26%
$ I 0,000
or more
Paul Bacalden
LaVonne Olson Batalden
$5,000-9,999
Nancy Bloomfield Bonemiller•
$500-999
Jerelyn Hovland Cobb
David Stccnson
ara Halvorson Strom
Robert Tufford
Lauralee Howe unk
$240-499
Bradley Holt
Karen Tangen Mattison
Carol Anderson MeCuen
Hans Sandbo
Allen Saner
$ 120-239
Charles Arndt
Ronald Beckman
Lannell farmer
Mary Lower Farmer
Lola Nelson Grafmom
Doris Wilkins Johnson
Judich Lillcstol
Paul Monson
David Momud
Jan et Evenson Pomu:z
Greta Giving
Deanne Scar Greco
Jo hn \Van ner
Linda Tollefson Zenk
Gifts up
Steven Nielsen
Bruce Braaten
hrisrophcr Wagne r
Lois Knucson Larsen
Ann Ring Odegaard
Jack Osberg
$120-239
Dorochy Borsgard Berkland
Joyce Bacalden Richards
Brenda Henrickson Capek
Wendell Carlson
Linda Carlstedt
Virginia Hovland Plunkett
Gloria Clauso n
Bernard D ebar
Gifts up to $ 11 9
Carolyn AacUand Allmon
Donald Anderson
Luther Anderson
Karlton Bakke
Andrew Berg
Charles Daggett
David Damcke
Will iam Erickson
Marya Christensen f-arrel l
Stephen Gabrielsen
Donald Gjesfjeld
Marlys Thompson Gustafson
Joyce Gustafson Hauge
Mari lyn Peterson Haus
Mary Jo Cherne Holmstrand
Jean Bagley Humphrey
Carolyn Johnson
Lee Keller
Judith Hess Larsen
Julie Medbery
Ronald Noc
Russell Osterberg
Jeffrey P«erson
Glenn Pct"crson
James Roback
Marcia Johnson Ross
Arvid chrocder
haron Bates Erickson
Barry Fosland
Margery Kyvig Haaland
H. Lester Halverson
Robert Hanson
Ann Tjaden Jensen
Roger Johnson
Verlie Block Jorenby
.Ell~ Paulson Keiter
Sharon Swanson Knu tso n
Bruce Langager
Mary Lindgren
Karla Krogsrud Miley
Karen Swenson Nazaroff
Patricia trccker Pederson
A. Lois Grossmann cncn
Patricia cinson
hirley Titterud undberg
Thomas Wadsworch
Carol Erickson Zwcrnik
andra impson Phaup
Ron Poeschel Sr.
L.c,ley Schwarren Schmid
Linda Hamilton enta
Cl.ASS OF 1964
Num ber of Alumni: 247
Total •mount of Gifu: $67,757.58
Participation : 23%
James piess
Ke nneth Ziemann
CLASS OF 1965
Number of Alumni: 288
Toral amount of Gifu: $283,534 .77
Participation: 23%
$ I0,000
or more
Helen atcrcn Quanbcck•
$2,500-4,999
Robert Nord in
Joyce Lcifgrcn Young
$ I0,000
or more
Kinney Johnson
Marilee Alne Schroeder
$ I ,000-2,499
Mary Lou Ervin Erickson
Dennis Erickson
$5,000-9,999
Dan Anderson
Stel la Kyllo Rosenquist
Charles Schulz
$ 1,000-2,499
JoAnn Halvorson
Dan id Meyers
AJ lcn Hoversten
$500-999
Karen Henry Steenson
$500-999
William Su om
Wanda Wagner Hanson
Julie Gudmesrad Laudicina
Larry Scholla
$240-499
Jerry DeVrieu:
ary Langness
David Lobben
Jean Pfeifer Olson
Betty Hanson Rossing
David Sidney
tanley Spangenberg
$240-499
Peter Jacobson
Sharon Dittbenner Klabunde
Carol Welch Langness
John Luoma
John McIntyre
12
Marlene Hanggi Heimbigner
Janice Mattso n Johnson
Paul Larson
Gene Nagel
Judich Olson Nelson
Dwight Olson
Steven Strommen
Gifts up to $ 119
Lois Luchard Anderson
Marilyn Nielsen Anderson
Judich Kasin Ancnson
Jean Amland Berg
Lois Harp Bjorngaard
Darryl Caner
Gerald Dahl
Eunice Bregman Dietrich
Keith Dyrud
Thomas Eberhart
Dale Engel
Sharon Kunze Erickson
Wayne Fehlandt
Paul Fieldhammer
Priscilla Srrecke.r Fieldhammer
Donald Francis
Hildur Oyen Gleason
Anica Chrisropherson Granscc
Nancy Bacon Hale
Robert Hinz
Donald Hoseth
Edyche Berg Johnson
Kendall Kamp
Marie Hafie MacNally
Michael Marcy
Michael Monson
Dennis Morreim
Larry Nelson
Peter Onstad
David Paru psky
Philip Peterson
Joyce Anderson Pfuff
Lilah Rasmussen
Paul Reiff
Judich Reynolds
I. Patricia Sccenson Roback
Sylvia Johnson Strand
William Tessman
Lyndon West
Robert uller
Cl.ASS OF 1966
Number of Alumni: 282
Total amount of Gifts: $ I9,376.08
Participation: 17%
$5,000-9,999
Gay Johnson Minear
Spencer Minear
S 1,000-2.499
John Greenfidd
Mary Pecmen Lanfo rd
$500-999
Cynthi a Hanso n
Thomas Hanso n
Beth To rsfcnson
$24 0-499
Jani ce Peterson An drews
Larry Cole
Thomas Coleman
Edward Huseby
Douglas Johnson
Kat hryn Wall Johnson
Gracia Nydahl Luoma
Rodney Scivland
$ 120-239
John Andreasen
Larry Hoff
Ka ren Johnson
Allan Kri stenson
Mary Larso n Leff
John Miller
Robert Nelson
La rry O lson
Gifts up co $ 11 9
Le nn ore Bylund Bevis
Helen Colrve t Clarke
Benjamin Colrvec
Jud ith Eri ckso n Coppersmith
Shirley Sandin Dahl
C. Fra nson
Kath lee n Kalpin Franson
Jack Gustafson
Lois undberg Jacobso n
Marjo rie Delan y Jo nes
Elsie Anderso n La rso n
Roberta Humphrey Leinke
Jea nn e \Xlanner Morreim
Ka ren Lund O rrill
Dennis Paulso n
Mardelle Johnson Pearso n
Darrel Pe rerso n
Judid1 Erickson Pinelkow
aro l)'" Benso n Pi rrma n
Mary Anderson Ra p
Niles Schulz
James Senn
Joa nn Gi lbertson Snyder
C harles Stenson
James Struve
C haron Peterse n Tessman
CLASS OF 1967
Num ber of Alumni: 280
Total amount of Gifts: $ 17,735.00
Parricipa cio n: 26%
S2.500-4 ,999
John Schwarrz
Sa muel Yu e
S500-999
Duane hil gren
David H auge n
Karen Jacobson Haugen
Muriel Berg Scholla
Grerchen Larson Swenson
'-: ayne Swenson
$240-499
CLASS OF 1968
Sandra Bacalden
Stephen Bacalden
Gail Stromsmoe Dow
Lo ren Dunham
Terry Frovik
Rebecca Beiro Huseby
Lee An ne Hansen Lack
Dennis Miller
Rebecca Helgesen Von Fischer
Philip \Xlold
Number of Alumni : 333
Total amount of Gifts: $36,093.38
Pardcipation: 2 %
S I0 ,000 or more
Ronald Nelson
S5,000-9,999
Joan Vo lz
$ 1,000-2,499
$ 120-239
Dean Ersfeld
Ron Bu rke
James Call
Mary \Vestermo Farrar
Alan Gierke
Ma rilyn Albaugh Gierke
Sharon Hendrickso n Gronberg
Carol Ne rdrum Grover
John Grover
Suzann e O ve rholr Hampe
Barbara \Valen Hanson
Elaine Erickson Larson
Mary Ellen Strommen Liebers
Geo rge Lillquisc
Duane Vik
S500-999
Jonath an DeVries
Wayne Hansen
$240-499
Michae l Arndt
Jea n Hemstreet Bachman
David Boe
\Villiam Farmer
lone Agrimson Hanso n
Mark Hanson
Ge rald Jensen
Carole Braud Jensen
Lyle l'vlalocky
Susanne St3rn Malocky
Geo rge Nelso n
Miriam Cox Peterson
Ea rl Sec hrc
Janet Thorp
Constance Ackerson \Y/anncr
Jane Kn udsen Wo ld
Gifts up co $ 11 9
Barbara Anderson Aabe rg
Bruce Ande rson
John Anderson
Stanl ey Bomsta
Keit h Bra rsch
Ruth Stensvaag Casperson
Phyllis Ti nsech Chi
Dianne Larson Conn
Janet Fischer Dave nport
C. Leroy Eri ckson
Ruch An n Gjerde Fic, ke
Kathleen Mane r Gjes~eld
Lorraine Vas h Gosewisch
Fred ri c Gro,h
Barry Gunderson
Kay Dahlquist Gunderso n
Robert Haskin
Robert Hos man
Gene Hugoson
Roger Husbyn
Eileen Emch Kivi
loria La mprecht
Mary Lou Lanes
Karen U nander
James Leschensky
James Li ndell
Johanna Neidert
Bonnie Johnson Nelson
Linda U rson Pahl
Kenneth Pererson
Janee Madsen Peterso n
\Vi lliam PiHman
Fern R.1Srn usse n
Lynn \Vesley Rossow
Denn is Sackreiter
Karen Foss ackrei tcr
Pa1ricia Si1kin
Robert Skon egaard
Paulene Nelso n Speed
Geraldine Neff Wa ll
arl Wa ll
Kachl«n ~- ti Iiams Hendrickson
Jim Hos ch
Russ II Ilmu p
Duane llstrup
Dolores Johnson
T heodore Johnson
Luther Kendrick
David Lofcn~
Janet Lem Marrin
Robert Nelson
NoRcen Nystrom-Henke
Jan Pedersen- chiff
Mary Roiland Pccerson
Linda hrisce nsen Phill ips
David Pilgrim
Barbara Hanso n R.1ymond
John Roebke
James Roms lo
Geraldine C.1 rlstrom Rustad
Na ncy Peterso n almi
Terry Sateren
Carol \Xlacso n aundcrs
K:1rh leen N)rquist Schorns1cin
Robert Schornsrein
Audrey eiderhause r cverson
Clair Severso n
Jan Severso n
Byron Troite
Lois \Vcl lni n \Y/arrcn
CLASS OF 1969
umber of AJumni: 383
Total amount of Gifts: 14 ,970.00
Pa rci cipario n: I 5o1c,
$ 1.000-2,499
$ 120-239
Dorothy Anderson
Jeffery Elavsky
Janet Lunas Gjerde
Bruce Johnson
Lois Hallcock Johnson
Herald Johnson
David Melby
Marsha Strommcn O lson
Lois Monson O lson
Al ice Draheim Peters
Robert Pecers
Ga ry Schmidt
John \Y/einard
Gifts up to $ 11 9
Donna And erson
\Y/. Benso n
Priscilla Plan Berg
David Berg
Joel Iljerkcscrand
John Bohnsack
Donald Brin
Janet Braaten DeGaetano
Eli zabeth Hu kee Dere1ich
Mary Trulson Durst
John Fahlberg
Douglas Feig
Alan Fredri ckson
Jo Anne Oigrce Fritz.
Gregory Carmer
AJ len Gislaso n
Denis Guecz.kow
Anne Dauphine Haywa rd
David Heidtke
Dale Hendrickson
13
Diana O lson Ersfcld
John H:uden
Lynn Benson Hjclmcland
Richard King
E:.1rlc Solomonson
Km hlcen Kupka Solomonson
Ronald Swanson
$500-999
James Ericksen
Lois Bacaldcn Han en
$240-499
Ingrid KJ0s1er Koch
Ri chard O lrnsced
Sa nd ra La rson O lmsted
Melva Lyon Scvig
L1wrcnce Turner
Jea nne Kyllo \Xlendschuh
S 120-239
Pamela Iljorkhnd Carlso n
\Y/ay ne Carlson
Marilyn Kusel Kirk
Michacl Peterson
Diane Ellingso n Runquis1
Jerinc angs1ad Spindler
Ro bert Scrandquist
John Sulzbach
Gifis up to S I 19
Julie Teigland Anderson
\Xlarrcn Bey
Ca rol Hahorson Bjcrkcs1rand
hcryl Jenneke Bracsch
David Ci na
Mary trom Dyrud
Peggy elson Edstrom
Philip Edstrom
Julia Kreie Eidsvoog
Douglas Fdix
Diane Follingsrnd
Mary Michaelsen Garmer
John Greenfield
Dallas Ahrens Hagen•
Paula Mueller Hook
Rosemary Jacobson
Laurel Jones Johnson
Robert Kirchner
Joanne Ogdahl Leach
James Lindstrom
Ma rk Lund
Janis Mathison
Barbara chivonc Parrish
enc Parrish
C.role Otte Pesek
Karen Jensen Pcrcrso n
Dennis P0ipscn
James Rostc
Kathleen Ford Ruud
Mary Mether S.batke
Richard andccn
Mark Satc~n
Sonya Christensen tcvcn
Mark Trcchock
Cunis Zieske
CLASS OF 1970
Number of Alumni: 354
Tocal amount ofGifo: $27,932.17
Participation: 15%
SI 0,000 or more
Rohen Mid ncss
S1,000-2,499
Virginia Golberg Baynes
Nancy Paulson Bjornson
John Hjdmdand
Cheryl Nelso n King
Terry Nygaard
Paulene Olson Odegaard
S500-999
Linda Larson
Paul Mikelson
Joyce Engstrom pcctor
$240--499
James Ashley
Kerry Bade
Mark Francis
Daniel Koch
Richard Scime
Lisbeth Jorgensen ethre
Mary Loken Vciseth
$120-239
Pc<cr Agre
Daryl Anderson
James Fischer
Larry Glenn
Lon Johnson
LaRhae Grindal Knattcrud
Michael Thorstenson
Ronald Wah lberg
Gifts up ro S I 19
Portia Maland Brandsoy
Carolyn Gilbertson Brown
Mary Buss
Kenneth Casperson
John Eidsvoog
Kathie Gildemeister Erbes
Bonnie hristophcrson Feig
Lynn Anderson Haanen
Donald Hauge
rcvcn Johnson
Mary Brand, Kley
Janis Nelson Klick
Marilyn Lading
tcphen Larson
onya Nydahl Lund
Nancy Ldvska Mcnz.ia
Dorothy Peterson
andr.t Klorz Pilgrim
Mark Prigge
Nicolyn Rajala
Bradley Refsland
Lorenc Peterson Rostc
Douglas cholla
Richard haw
Donald mi,h
haron Johnson Sulli v:m
Diane Johnson Thorkildson
M Jane Cornel ison Van Brunt
Marilyn Wahlstrom
Sonya Hagen Zieske
Linda wanson Zimmerman
CLASS OF 197 1
Number of Alumni: 347
Tot2I amount of Gifts: S12,73 .00
Panicipar.ion: 14%
$1 ,000-2,499
Bruce Bcngrson
G2ylord Hall
Wayne Jorgenson
Kay Hendrickson Owen
D2vid Owen
u.san con wanson
S500-999
Barbara Durkee Mikelson
S240--499
David Benzel
John Jenneke
Bruce amerrc
Marilyn Borcherd ing Womeng
S l20-239
Susan ibbons c.scy
"limothy Casey
Paul hindvall
William Eggers
Alice Rutkowski Ga, rder
Gram Husrad
Curtis Johnson
Rachel Hend rickson Julian
Leslie Lee
Gregg Nelson
Judid1 Larson Peterson
Janice Bell chmidt
Michael cott
Nancy Hedstrom Sim oncni
Siephanie Johnson ulzbach
Gifo up to St 19
Donald Beach
Mark Bcrmcss
Glen Bruins
Randall Burmeister
A. Carolyn Benso n Dauncr
Ruth Schroeder Duffy
Peter Eckberg
Janet Levin Gordon
Gary Hagen
Marilyn Buschbom Lueth
Charles Maland
Robert Martin
Judy Hoseth Mikolich
Lynn Oeder Miller
Barbara Berg Pclcrsen
Reynold Petersen
Leanne Phinney
John Rask
Linda Gilbertson Romslo
Nancy Rosrbcrg ylvestcr
Janice Sheldon Thompson
Jane Sontag Verncss
Jeff Walsh
Gregory Wi,hers
CLASS OF 1972
Number of Alumni: 356
Tocal amount of Gifo: $ 13,746.00
Participacion: 18%
$ 1,000-2.499
David Christianson
Michelle KarkhofT Ch ristianson
Peter Gale
C.nal Pederson Jorgenson
Joseph ro rk
$500-999
James Agre
$240--499
Margaret Rein Bade
Joann Kocl ln Frankena
Bunon Haugen
Thomas Howe
Jonathan Nye
Pamela Hcrmstad antcrrc
$ 120-239
Vivian Yonker Anderson
Timothy Brady
Donovan Erickson
Lyn Froiland
John Gisselquisi
Richard Habsrrin
Naomi Haugen
Judy Bacon Haugo
Annet1e Olsen Hust:1d
Ronald Johnson
Mary Whitney Johnson
Kathryn Modrow Kufus
Gary Larson
Patrick Marcy
Thomas nell
Alan oli
Na ncy Becker Soli
James Wolslegel
ifrs up to SI 19
Lorraine Wienke Aaland
usan Anderson
Bruce Bo re.son
Kathleen Dig,e
John Ewert
Darla Lovaas Frantz
Steven Frann
James Geske
Alan Huus
Rachel Iverson
Randall Johnson
Lcnnicc Nordaunc Keefe
David Lehrke
Brian Lundell
Margrcra Magelssen
Cheryl Lindroos Martin
C.rol Ellingson McMillin
Mary Muhlbradt
)a.nice Nelson
Daniel Nordin
Kristine Olson
Bruce Patterson
Kathy Quick
Joel Ra>en
Pamela Enge Rausch
Stephen Rolfsrud
Susan Maahs Rowan
Rita trampe Samuelson
Judith Sandeen Sandell
Jill Steele
Mary Kay Johnson Stcnsv2ag
Saul <ensv:ug
Gary Syverson
F. Clayto n Tyler
Marlys Oelschlager Withers
CLASS OF 1973
Numbe r of Alumni: 372
Toca! amount of Gifts: $7, I 60.00
Participation: I 4%
$ I ,000-2,499
Marlene Thompson Stork
S500-999
Marilyn Gissclquist
James Larson
$240--499
Linda Wahlberg Jenneke
Cheryl Peterson Lange
Bonnie Peterson
Daniel Peterson
Gary Wollersheim
Sl20-239
Gary Anderson
Rebecca Nysruen Berger
Joyce Catlin
Marilyn Rude Chindvall
James Hagen
Dennis Johnson
Marvin Lcvakc
Andre Lewis
Pamela Nichols Nelson
Bradley Olson
Janice Weum Philibert
ynrhia Brakke Wolslegel
Gifts up to $ 11 9
heldon Anderson
Kim Anderson
Jo Ann Berg Bablitch
atherine Berglund Becker
The Maroon & Silver Society
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SOCIETY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _
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ugsburg's Maroon & Silver Society was lau nched in 2000 as part of The Augsburg Fund to recogni ze individuals who are
committed to supporting current students by pledging to spo nsor an Augsburg scholarship for four years with a pledge
ranging from $1,000 or more per year. Charter members of the Maroon & Silver Society lead the way and encourage oth ers to
join in , stepping up to a new level of givi ng to build the "living endowment" that an annual fund provides.
Please consider joining the current charter members who are helping to build a solid base of ongoi ng financial support that is
essential in attracting and retaining our outstandi ng students. If you would like information about making a gift to Augsburg,
please call the Office of Institutional Advancement and Community Relations at 1-800-273-0617.
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President's Club
$1,000-2 ,499
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Marshall Council
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$120-239
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Janet Schurr Brubak
Steven Carlson
Douglas Conboy
Duane Foss
Kaui ryn Frank
Roger Gorham
Jon Hanson
Ly,:h Harn
David Heikkinen
Allen Hdmstcrcer
Ru th Gundale Hillebrand
Thomas Jensen
Mark Johnson
Janer Kl even Kujat
Mark Ladwig
Mark Mart ison
Diane Baars Mills
William Moos
Roberc Nilsen
David Pautz
Reid Peterson
Peggy Srafne Ruch
Julie Hagberg waggert
Donald Swenson
Lee Videen
Jean Bridges Wachs
Kristine Michaelsen \Vickens
Randel Widstrom
CLASS OF 1974
Numbe r of Alumni: 376
Total amo unt of Gifis: $222,84 1. 20
Parcicipation: 15%
or more
Richard Colvin
$ I 0,000
$5,000-9,999
Ruth Johnson
$2,500-4 ,999
Robert Srrommcn
$ I ,000-2,499
Cynthia Behmer Gale
Kenneth Holmen
Linda Bailey Holmen
Gary Johnson
Richard Pearson
KatMecn linscth
$500-999
Alan Bach man
Ronald Hovmrad
Gifts up to $119
\Vayne Anderson
Nancy Kerber Anderson
Darlene Anderson
James Arends
Josic chramm Axncss
William Axncss
Rhona Newport Brysky
Carl Bublin
Ann Knutson Bundy
Grego ry Carlson
Jeffrey Dah l
Lavon Emcrson•Hcnry
Marvin Felderman
Ma.rcia Thompson Hagen
Kenneth Hanawk.a
Janet Durkee Hohn
Lyle Herrmann
Michael Hoversten
Marlene Chan Hui
Karen Anderson Johnson
Alan Krann
Ka,hleen Anderson Lorsbach
Gail Burson Maifeld
Paige Nelson
Wendy Nilsso n
Mary Olson
Steven O'Tool
Linda Larson Pipkorn
Leeda Prcm il Pitra
Ro land Root
Ri chard Rose
Ward Schendel
harlcs chulr
Lynn Corrin Seykora
Carla Joh nson Velenchcnko
Julie Johnson Westlund
David Langness
aomi Larson
Diane Loeffler
Ruch Anderson Lofg«n
Clifford McCann
usan Johnson McNeil!
ancy oli Mollncr
Daniel Nelso n
Shirley hristensen ickel
James Ring
Cynthia Roach
James S,•iggum
Paula Robercs Tm.loff
Norman Wahl
Carol Rubbdke Jernberg
CIASS OF 1976
Number of Alumni: 406
Total amou nt of Gifts: $ 14,060.01
Partici pation: 14%
$5,000-9,999
H. T heodore Gri ndal
$ 1,000-2,499
Scon Anderson
Stephen Rcinarz
$500-999
Jeffrey Edson
Stephen Sveom
Larry Wells
CIASS OF 1975
Number of Alumni : 293
To,al amount of GifLS: $3,345.00
Participati on: 11 %
$2,500-4.999
And rea Johnson Strommen
$500-999
Linda Hyde Bachman
$240-499
Duane Esterly
Kathryn Faber Norum
Pamela Birdsall Richard
Allan Tonn
$240-499
Elizabeth Turrirrin Lien
Rebecca Per rson Sulliva n
Brian Wigdahl
$120-239
Rebecca Amdah I
Lisa Johnson Anderson
Sheryl Birk Gable
Mark chwarn
S I 20-239
Dean Anderson
tephen Blake
Karen Hayes Brophy
Nancy Thomsen Heckler
James Husing
Judith Lu-Lawson
Michael Lundeby
Paula McDermid Lundeby
Mary Ranlnff
Nancy andro
Gifu up 10$ 11 9
Peggy Anderson
Mark Bengtson
Karen Johnson Brudvig
Br nda Hoppes ttadoris
David Dahl
Eleanor Davis
Ri chard Fischer
tep hen Gr:12iano
Keith Howard
Ri chard Kruger
15
Rohen Ohs
Dale Paschke
rcky Bergh Paschke
Ruch Graff Peter on
\ illiam Raadt
Michad a k
Dean mith
Joel quadroni
Minda Grist quadroni
Richard Sviggum
tcve Swanson
Nancy Nelson Temre
ynthia Theorin
Michael Thomsen
Kauiryn Anderson Wahl
Debra Wheeler
Thomas Zanh
CIASS OF 1977
Number of Alumni: 373
Total amoun t of ifts: S I 2,255. I 8
Parcicipacion: 15%
$ I ,000-2, 99
Rohen Anderson
Mary Quan beck Barber
Daniel Eitrhcim
Jeffrey Nodland
Dav id Wygant
$500-999
Roselyn Nordaune
Mark Schmid ,
Antoincue L'lu.x Svcom
S240-499
Jon Bcrghcrr
Marilyn Pearson Florian
Susan Ga ngsci
Ka ren Hessdrorh
Beth Quanbeck
Lois \Va nman
S240-499
Eric Aune
Joel Gisselquist
Mark Hall
Laura Sunon
$ 120-239
Janet Nelson Anderson
reven Bloom
Rachel Rhode Gilchrisc
Donald Groce
Tracy \Xle um Husing
Sa nd ra Hahn hs
Dav id Lane
Douglas Nelson
Jerome Rokkc
S I 20-239
Thomas Anderson
Jeffery Blix,
Mary Fasmcr Bloom
Linda Carlson \Vcscon
Lee Hagberg
Michael He k
Mark Rubensrein
John Sonnack
Lou Ann Dien \Xlenen
Gifts up 10 S I 19
Nancy Dahl Andrews
Daniel Cassada
Jackie Parke r herryhomes
B«h Dell Clodfelter
Laurie Paulson DaJ,I
Jean Maland Dahl
Vendla Fah ning
David Halaas
Shari Simonson Hanson
\'Varren Hawkins
Linda Bcrgm h Jarvis
Chris Jensen
Mark Johnson
Susan Forsmark Long
Randall Lundell
olveig Evenson Mattson
Larry Morgan
Jane Henselin Murray
Jeff Nessler
Gifts up Lo $ 11 9
Na ncy Bergstrom Allen
Debra Chase Anderson
Lynne Kohn Bates
Alton Bennen
Lori Berg
Charles Blixt
James Bremer
Dwaine Bruns
Pamela arlson Heid e
David orndl
Cynthia Anderson Oury
Wayne Eklund
Nat han Flak
Lori Otto Han n
Susan Hengy Johnson
Susan Lageson Lundhol m
Ru th Jacobson McKinney
Randall Nelson
Laurie Stevenson Nielsen
ancy Olso n
Philip Raaen
Joy Johnso n Rirtenhousc
Paul Ritr~house
Jo hn Ronning
John andness
John chraan
Phyll is mith Shirk
M:irk reeling
Ti mothy rrand
James tro mmcn
Judith Knu tso n Srto mmen
Ruth Underdahl-Peirce
Sharon vcndscn ~' anvig
Cluistine Webber
Marjorie Ellis Wdde
Virginia Bonde Zanh
ClASS OF 1978
umber of Al umni: 370
Tot>l amount of Gifts:
P:i.rticipation: 15%
sr .292.00
SI 0,000 or mo«
P. Dawn Heil Taylor
$2, 00-4,999
Al lison Evcrcn
Kenneth Svendsen
S 1,000-2.499
Kendra Bondcrud
S500--999
Jennifer Abeln Kahlow
S240-499
Mary Powell Ashley
lGrstcn accrc.n Be:rghcrr
Thomas Bramwdl
Linda King
Dennis Meyer
Bonnie Lamon Moren
Jonathan Moren
Michad Sparby
Nor«n Walen Thompson
Stephen Thompson
$120-239
David Backman
Thomas Burnside
Christopher Gcaso n
Patrick Haar
Peter Hanson
core Kemper
Cymhia Peterson
Deborah Lease Wagman
David Wilhel m
Naomi Wi ll iamso n
Gifts up 10 $1 19
Dirk Abraham
Margam Casey
Mark Ch ris1ofl"erscn
Mark Depaoli,
Donna Woodwick Did rikson
Janie Fox-Palmer
Tho mas Hendrickson
Bruce Hendrickson
Richard Hendrickso n
Score Jacob
Carol Fevold Koepke
Carol Rom ness Loncar
Tarnalyn Anderson Lundquist
Thomas Lundquist
Rachel Li ndel l Nelson
Carol Krassin Nissen
Deborah Larso n chul tz
Mark Tonsager
Karhy Yakal
G ifts up to $ 11 9
Linda Anderson
andra Spiczack Elhard,
C raig Ellestad
Cynrh.i a Erickson
Kathleen Dan ielson Gabrielsen
Anncrte Stiern Gcisdrnan
Tonia Hendrickson Gustafson
Kim Ranc:zka Gyu ricsko
Janet Olson Halaas
Joni Jensen
Ayrlahn Johnson
Karen Rust Kulenka mp
T homas Kulenkamp
Mark Lamberty
Mark Lewis
Marguerite McDonough
Paula \Vinchcstcr Pa1crmo
Kristine Peterson Pearson
Bruce Peterson
Katie Piehl
Connie Lamon Pricn
Scon Rysdahl
El len Wessel chulcr
Kevin hca
Suzan Moe tegemocller
Robert toreygard
Richard Swenson
Marc Thoen
Janis Thor,son
Amy Jo Thorpe wenson
Timothy \Voltcr
Deborah Wood burn
Ronald Zillmer
Joan wenson-Br<denbe Van Win
S 1,000-2,499
Kevin Bonderud
usan Johnso n D rakulic
Mark Moks nes
P:i.mcla Hanso n Moks nes
Bee~")' Bjella Noclland
Jul ia Davis cyrlund
Philip tyrlund
Jcfl"r,y wenson
2,500-4,999
Gary Tangwall
S I ,000-2.499
Manin Larson
S500-999
JefT«y Jam es
Jacq ueline Brookshi« Teisberg
$240-499
JoAnn e Moeller-Andersen
Phill ip Nelson
Robert Roy
Harold Weick
$ 120-239
indy Brehm
C laud ia Walters Forsberg
Dann Forsberg
Anita H ill Hansen
Janet orenssc.n Ru benstein
Lisa Rusinko
Paul anncrud
heryl Michelsen Slen en
K. Phoebe Worthing1on
16
Brian Gauger
CLASS OF 1981
Lau rie Fykse n-Seise
$ 120-239
Eric Anderso n
Annette Johnso n Anderson
Mark Aun e
David Boors
Mary Brand t roft
David Ei trh ei m
Jul ie Edso n eason
Catherine lngman Golv
Lynn Schm id,kc Lyng
Laurie Nelson O rl ow
Debra Mercier Peters
G ram Rykken
Bill Carlson
Samuel Dyrud
Kath ryn Encalada
Janyce Erickson
Kristofer Fenlason
CLASS OF 1980
$ I 0,000 or more
$240-499
John Aune
Rebecca Lund een Aune
L Es Lrem
T heresa erbus Estr<m
Carol Dubovick Hard
Michael Kenn edy
Adelaide Pererso n ParbSI
Sharo n Laki n Up1.o n
cott Wclxr
Brad Brewster
Gai l Menke
Ka rla Wiese Mi ller
Nicholas Nelso n
Emilie Nysruen Kennedy
usan O hnesorgc
Jacq ueli ne Roesler Pe1erson
Donald Potter
Terri Radovich
Lana Hall Skahen
heUey Patterson ruen
Jody Anderson undlee
Dana Patch Thomas
1ephen Wenrzcll
Number of Al umni: 437
Total amount of Gifts: $22,332.68
P:i.rtici pacio n: 12%
$500-999
Laurie Carlson
Paul Daniels
Sally Ho ugh Daniels
C hris1opher Haug
Terry Jellison
Lisa Bradshaw O lso n
Jay Phinney
Brett Batterso n
Ann Pirschka Bielenberg
Michael Bloberger
Gayle Lammi Boyer
Fri n Hadd er•
Julie Leviscn Hammons
Paul Hartmark
Dawn Hendricks
Peter Jackson
Eunice Johnson
Maryl Gardin Jordahl
Paul Kilgor<
Cynth.ia Ellman Kneisl
Roben Lafleur
Lee Lillquist
Sue Lyback-Dahl
Kevin Oss
Roald Sareren
Val Lebus Sicllo
Margaret O lson Sommers
Susan Svcndby Sorenson
John Sor<nson
Gayle Anderson Teskey
Kory Teskey
Dian n Uzelac
John Wagenaar
Chris Walker
Robyn Arnold Zo Uner
Verno n McI n tyre
ClASS OF 1979
Nu mber of Alumn i: 408
Tot>l arno un1 of G ifts: S 19,766.92
P:i.rcici patio n: I 6%
G ifts up to $ 11 9
Number of Al umni: 422
Tot>l arnounr of Gifts: $2 1.869.84
P:i.rcici patio n: 13%
S5.000-9,999
Tracy Elftman n
$2,500-4.999
Leeann Rock
Dean Sundquist
Robert Wick
$500-999
P:i.mcla Herzan C rowell
revcn Rosvold
Naomi Christensen Staruch
$240-499
Galen Bruer
revcn Grinde
Erik Kanren
Kimberly Markie
Dean Moren
Ru th Musch inske
$ 120-239
Brian Arvold
Janis Blomgren Aune
Camilla Knudsen Carlson
Barbara Gilbert
Elisabe1h Lundeen Sandgren
David Soli
Ka ri Anna Beckman Sorensen
John trommen
John Twi1on
Gifts up to $1 19
hristopher Ascher
Arlin Becker
Mark Bodurtha
Gregory Boone
Michael Burkhard,
Christine Conroy Cherwien
Gary DiSalvo
Victoria Jeffress DiSal vo
Charles Emmons
Pere, Froehlke
Louise Becken Gallagher
John Hofflander
Kristine Johnson
Wair Johnson
Fred Larson
Dav id Leonidas
Charles McCan
Dana Holmes McIntyre
Wa rd Miller
con Musselman
Janine Mattison Nelson
Lyndon Nelson
Julie Holm Odi l
Suzanne Sienkiewicz Peterson
\'(/endy Nelson Peterson
Susan Dahlgren Sackrison
Kirsten Schwappacl1
Stephanie Togerson Sipprell
Penn y Becker ull ivan
Karla Morken Thompson
Lisa Ness Trai nor
Kath leen Knost Van Ness
Maureen \'(/ebster
Kathy Yelle
CLASS OP 1982
Number of Alumni: 546
Total amounr of Gifts: $ 16,920.42
Parricipation : 9%
$2,500-4 ,999
Bri an Anderson
$ 1.000-2,499
Melinda Tuma Arvold
Roberr Arvold
Elizabeth Barn
John Evans
Debra Krueger Knight
Rodney Sill
$500-999
Jeff Christenson
Lori Moline
$240-499
Kathleen Jul in Benson
Mark Hulrgren
Jon Lillejord
$ 120-239
Michael Cady
Cheryl Howard Fisher
Daniel Roff
Julie Reinke Roff
Jeffi ry andgren
Sheryl Anderson Shark
john Turner
Katherine Aune \Vade
Gifts up co $ 11 9
Paul Amos
Laurie Bennett Halvorson
Debra Hannu
Jane Helmke
Charl es Hout:S
Terry Johnson
Susan Hackbarth Lundquist
Janet Griffi th andford
Susan Hanso n As mus
Rich ard Bennett
Douglas Bergstrom
David Berryman
Leslie Boyum
Terry Brown
Roxanne Rauschnot Buchanan
Sharon Pautz Carey
Scon Daniels
Karia nn DahJen Sanny
James Sierakowski
Daniel Thompson
Jea nette Hovey T hompson
Charlene Ellis
Rebecca OscendorfTungseth
Denise Engebretson
Mary Yu ri ck
Jean Hanso n
CLASS OF 1984
Donald Fulton
Rand Henjum
Nu mber of Alumni: 429
Toral amount of Gifts: S I6,673.66
Penelope Larson Hinderaker
Sand ra Walrer Holten
Peggy Egge n Hyyrinen
Eliza beth Bly Iverson
Parli cipation: 8%
$ I 0,000 or more
Roger Griffith
Cynthia Blomqu ist Johnson
Rurik Johnson
Laura Kasper
$ 1,000-2,499
Brent Crego
Paul Mueller
Kim Asleson Okerstrom
Heidi Smith Labyad
Grego ry Opi n
Lynda Bonsell Orr
Randall Peterson
Parri Eve nson Ruth
John Sackrison
Shell ey Swanson Sa teren
Maureen Cooper Thomsen
$500-999
Michael Picken
$24 0-499
Kyle Anderson
Philip Johnson
Brenda Hansen Peterson
Ron ald Tungmh
Julie Lien Vanderboom
Katherine Drechscl Vichich
$ 120-239
Bruce Arvold
Michael Bodnarcz.uk
Paul Burow
Cunis Eischens
ynrhia Fir1.patri ck
La urie Ofscedal Frarcall one
Patrick Sir
Rhond a Riesberg Tjaden
CLASS OP 1983
Number of Alumni : 538
Total amoum of Gifts: $ 15,44 1.56
Participation: 6%
$ I 0,000 or more
Julie Nelson
$ 1,000-2,499
Joan Mo lin e
Gifts up co $ 11 9
Manha Hanson Baco n
Dave Covan
Susan Dolan
John Ennen
$500-999
Melinda Causron Lee
Nora Andersen Si ll erud
Jim Finch
$240-499
Paul Elliocr
Marya Mattson Hultgren
David Meslow
Christopher Nelson
Michael chwa rrz
Kalharine Ku chera Gruber
M ilcs Hauge n
Kent Karn ick
Janer Larson Karn ick
Lisa Rykken Kascler
Carmela Brown Krnn i
Donna Lewis
$ 120-239
Robert Adams
Pamela Brakke Lanning
Kachleen Lysell-Crawford
Maren Lecy Ogdie
Jerry Quam
Daniel Schueller
Patti Lloyd
Perry Madsen
Anthony Nelson
Mary Olson
Douglas Ru,h
Julie Schume
Loni Loftncss Sharp
Gifrs up co $ I 19
Daniel \Vestrum
Jay Ziemann
Timorhy Asgrimson
Jea n Nadea u Boern er
Alan Corn elius
\Villiarn Ennen
Lori Schmidt Fisher
Linda Dibos Graslewicz.
CLASS OP 1985
Nu mber of Alumni: 464
Total amount of Gifu: $ I 25 ,809.65
Participation: 10%
17
I 0,000 or more
Jean Taylor
5,000-9,999
Cheri Hofsrnd Kamp
$ 1,000-2,499
M.aric Eitrheim
Lee Hawks
Lisa vac Hawks
Na ncy Mackey Mueller
Norman Okers1ro111
$500-999
tevcn Lee
Charles Ra cl,
Tamera Osell Rath
$ 120-239
Bria n Ammann
Dawn Gerbe r Ammann
Jane Blame uscr
Michael Burden
Quinn Karpan
Lisa Wo nh Kindwall
Michael Pirn er
Jen ni fer Jo hnst0 n Schai dler
Sue Thompson
Michael Tjaden
Gifts up ro $1 19
Katherin e poo lman Ahlrich
Sherry Sein Akridge
Cheri Johnson Anderson
Peter Au ra n
Reid Bonshirt
Bernie Brunello
Joy Burkhart De-an
Rollin Eri ckson
R L1wrence Evans
Lisa Erickson Gustafso n
Clay Gustafso n
Jen ni fer Olstad Hammer
Ann Scharberg Hein
Sreven Jones
Carrie Kosek Knott
James Maen ens
Li nda Ott
Carh leen Smith Pagels
Tamera Oscll Rach
Charles Rath
Roben Smrekar
Serena prengc r Steffe nhage n
Kay Scracing
Noel Swanson
Kaye Schouwe iler Th ibau lt
corr Thompson
Ka,hyTiffc
CLASS OF 1986
Number of Alum ni: 398
Tocal amount of Gifrs: $5,245.00
Panici pat ion: 11 %
$ 1,000-2.499
\Xli lliam Anderson
$240-499
An n Erkki la Dudcro
Marth a Gisselquist
John Wahlberg
$ 120-239
Duane Birnbaum
Carol Cyprian Callahan
raig Fcring
Lynn Pendergast Fering
Nicholas Gangesrad
Linda Gfrcr,,r
Gifts up to $ 11 9
Todd Anderso n
Kevin Augustine
Debra Balu.r
M ichacl Berry
Ken neth Boehm
Leslie Gilberrson Bonshir,,
Kara Hansel Buhr
Virgi nia Carlson
Anne Conzemius
Richard Danielson
Peter Dien
Mary Dow-Bunnell
David Drake
tcphcn Harriry
Carol Johnson
Robert Kappcrs
Kristen Knoepke
Kristin Lundquist
Karin J:bo Mantor
Caroline Quinzon Marvcts
Kristin Scttcrgrcn McGinncss
Anthony McPhill ip
Thomas Miller
Sarah Evanso n Nelson
Michelle Moritz Richards
Ann Sclberg Robinson
Margam Rog
David Shaskey
Lynn Demaray plitm ocsscr
Julie Subia
Tammi Klcincn Trclstad
Joanne Whitcrabbit
John Yazbcck
Mark Zaruba
Lois Vaagenes Ziolkowski
CJ.ASS OP 1987
Number of Alum ni: 557
Tow amount of Gifts: $4 ,240.0 1
Pan iciJ>2don: 7%
$500-999
Alice Dahl Roth
$240-499
Brian Brakke
Keith Gliva
Lisa Johnson Wahl berg
$ 120-239
Danic:I Aune
Joel Engel
Karen Sterner Engel
Scot1 Enu
Janice Cox Green
Sally Montei McPhillips
Drew Privette
PauJTerri o
Traccy Morris Terrio
Todd Weis
Gifts up to $ 11 9
Amy Hyland Barett
Christine Wacker Bjork
Mary Johnson Boehm
Carol Chase
Caroline Krapf Gifford
Sylvia Dickinson
Vicki Ellingrod
Morris Engler
Lisa Brakke Geislinger
CJ.ASS OP 1989
Number of Alumni: 4 19
Tora) amount of Gifts: $2,442.56
Dean na Germai n
$ 120-239
Teri Bloxham Girtus
Timothy Gustafso n
Bradley Meyer
Pamela Eckhoff Meyer
Todd teenson
Participation: 7%
$240-499
Cheryl Solomonson Crockett
Carolyn Ross
Donald Wichmann
Jean Guenther
Christian Hahn
Melanie kar Hansen
Julie O lson Hendricks
Judith Jarousek Jacobs
Andr,,w Moen
Wendy Rude Panged
Gifts up to $ 11 9
tcvc Ainsworth
KariArfstrom
Debra Brazil
Merrilee Miller Brown
William Bunnell
Lori Jackman Handberg
Amy Johnson Hanson
Carrie Johnson Ingram
Lauren Johnson
Barry Kedrows ki
Brian Larson
John Mayer
Mark Muhich
Catherine Oniskin Nash
Linda Ruekcrr
WiUiam Schwartz
Roberta Shaw
Carol koglund Suess
1imochy Suess
Cathleen Kleiman Thom
rcven Thom
Janet Lindell T horson
Aaron Warwick
Iris Porter
Paul Renstcd
Michelle Rolfs- Dunbar
Ramona Rusinak
Corine Grundhoefer chlepp
Christopher chulz
Suzanne Ziemann chu.17.
Steven cvcrtson
Emalee Hayden Vicker
Mark Wheeler
Donald Williams
CJ.ASS OF 1988
Number of Alumni: 402
Toe,) amount of Gifts: $4 ,151.84
Participation: 7%
$500-999
Paul Norman
$240-499
Chris Pieri Arnold
James Arnold
Clay Ellingson
usan Hakala Gliva
Patrick Lilja
Heidi Norman
CJ.ASS OF I 990
Number of Alumni: 389
Total amount of Gifts: $5,560.00
Panicipation: 7%
$ 120-239
Brent Lofgren
Mark Morken
Scon Peterson
usan Warnes Quam
$ 1,000-2,499
Bruce Holcomb
Neal Malmberg
Kurr \Vehrmann
Gifts up to SI 19
Douglas Baretz
Michele Kloppcn Chapdelaine
Kelly Peterson Duncan
Jean Eilerts0n
Paul Goen
Margaret Nutter Guelker
Chris Hall in
Carole Holmberg Hamer
Daniel Handberg
Nicole Hcnz
Louise Brown Immen
Sha.ron Johnson
Chris LcBourgeois
Sandra Ludtke
Jennifer nater Olson
Pamela Paar Parvi
Rebecca Arvold Pfabe
Maryan n Roudebush
Sarah Wojtowicz Stehly
Gregory Thorson
$240-499
Alex Gonzalez
$ 120-239
Janeen Burow
David Chad
Todd Delong
rcvcn Gircw
Greg Hanson
Pat McNcvin
Lynn Huotari Pinoniemi
Carolyn Young chucller
Gifts up to $ 11 9
Sharon Alton
Bruce Bina
Lisa McEathron Caswell
Doug Cyphers
Mary Ann Pox Domholdt
Rebecca Fahlin
18
Robe.re Harris
Sally Hedman Lawless
Julie Edstrom Olson
Claudette Parris
Pete Rinzd
Bradley Schafer
Debra tone Schumaker
Paula West Stevens
Michael Stofferahn
Sara Nieman Syverson
Dan Terrio
Judy Chamberlain Twisk
Deborah Zic.man
CLASS OP 1991
Number of Alumni: 5 I4
Total amount of Gifts: $8,383.20
Participation: 5%
$5,000-9,999
Colleen Kay Watson
$500-999
Carla Asleson
$ 120-239
John Beatty
Steff.my Colgan Bernier
Christine Coury Campbell
Renee Clark
Corey Davison
Stephen Hagstrom
Joelle Audette Hilfers
Kent Kleppe
Todd Machlin
Kevin Ronncberg
Heacher Laatsch Saby
Gregory Schnagl
Dean Wahlin
Gifts up to $ 11 9
Debora Blakeway
Andrew Carlson
Laura Bower Cunliffe
ue Dunleavy
Christina Emery
Kristen Hirsch
David Johnson
William Koschak
herri Larson
Br,,nda Lundc-Gilsrud
Lindy Lundgren
Clayton McNeff
hirley Severson
Julie Urban
CJ.ASS OP 1992
Number of Alumni: 590
Total amount of Gifts: $2,500.00
Participation: 4%
$240-499
Jeffrey Meslow
Julie Westcott Traft
$ 120-239
Debra Groezinger
Pcrcr Hespen
James Lensing
Erick Norby
Kristen Hauschild Norby
Adam Olson
Molly Pochtman Schnagl
Brian Swedeen
Gifts up to S I 19
Lau ra Brcck.hcimer
Kim be rly Brodt
T erri Burn or
Kathy Lindberg Evavold
Bradley Levenh agen
Debra tcffcnson Meier
Gregory Page
Barbara Peterson
lin a Kubes Peterson
Scon Peterson
Jennifer Piper
Eliza b«h Guyot Purcel l
Carol Riege r
Debra Young Rurh
Lois Schwarcz.
Ca role Senty
Marla tranon
AJ ayne Thoreson
Mi chell e Westrum
CLASS OF 1993
Number o f Alumni: 6 I 0
To ial amount o f G ifts: $5,65 .00
Participacion: 6%
S I ,000-2,499
Andrew Fried
$500-999
Donna Magdanz
Willi am Vand erwall
$240-499
Jonathan Erickson
Joseph Ho ialrn en
Ki mberly Mcslow
Marilee Poe
Li, Pushing
Fal linc undquist
$ 120-239
MiSti Al len Binsfeld
C hristoph er Bush
Erik Hellie
Melissa Danko Machlitt
Carol Seiler
had hilso n
Heidi Wisner Sraloch
Peter teen
Gifts up ro $ 119
Lisa Alexander
Marc And erson
Rira Billingto n
Margaret Granr Browne
Do nn a Canno n
Juani ta C ucler
Mark Deming
Laurie Palmer Drolson
CLASS OF 1994
Nu mber of Alum ni: 53 1
Tota l amo unt of G ifts: $3,493.32
$500-999
Jacqueli ne Kni efel Lind
Nancy Toedt
Dale Parvi
James Rustad
C harlon e C rawford To urville
Chad Hanson
Mike Jerd e
Jessica Barker J hnso n
Joseph Lav in
Michael LeD uc
Roes hcll Lewis
Harry Lockrem
Linda O liva
$240-499
Wi ll iam Gabler
Eil een G lasspoole
Lisa Schroeder Nelson
C hristopher Terrell
Lisa Rirchie Terrell
CLASS OF 1996
1umber of Al umni: 524
Kathleen owles
Participation: 6%
Go rdo n Flanders
Ka tie Gerwing
Ja on Hanson
\Vendi Hockerr
Craig Johnson
Catherine Kurvc rs
Tho mas L,Bd le
Kay La rso n M irchel l
Darleni: Mueller
Michel le Li ndsey Parso n
Heidi Ri gcl rnan
Scon Scholl
Karla Singer
Robert Wasik
$ 120-239
Crane Christianson
Karin Ludwigsen Ro hcs1er
Susan Estcnson Johnson
Laurie Beckm an Yerzer
$ I ,000-2,499
Terry Marqua rdr
$240-499
Co n rad !eyer
$ 120-239
Patrick Griswold
Marth ew Rochester
Ni ls Dybvig
Robert Fi rzs imons Jr.
$ I ,000-2.499
Tara Cesarerti
D arrell
Laurie Zins
Christa Barnard Close
$240-499
John Nielsen
Rachel Schu ltz Nielsen
Kent Tangen
Teri Hanson
Jesus Hernande?.
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Mi chel e Braley
CIASS OP 1997
Number o f Alu mn i: 502
Toral amou nt of G ifts: $5, I 30.00
Partici pation: 5%
Debra Ridderin g Miller
helley urry O'Neill
Jam Rosenberg
Jo hn ander
Sherrie Knauss eidcnsticker
Connie Arndr
Rebecca Satre Benncct
CLASS OF 1995
Num ber of Alu m n i: 555
Tora l amo unt o f Gifts: $ 1,725.00
Partici pation: 4%
G ifts up 10 S I 19
Greg Bachmeier
Margaret Benson
Renee Burger•McM ichacl
L1Lonnie Erickson
Bra 111 Goen
Susan Laabs
Benjamin Lorent
CLASS OF 1998
Number of Alumni: 47
To tal amou nt of G ifts: $3,027.00
Partici pati on: 4%
G ifts up to $ 11 9
Christine Clay
Ri chard C racraft
Mark Du ffy
Janell foel
Stonna Goodwin
Lori Langager Higgins
Barba.ra Jensen
Joan Johnson
Karen Grobe Johnson
Ti ffa ny C rawford Klen
Deborah Emery Knutson
Thomas LaJ im
Deni se Sid ee n Mc Neff
Vonn ie Blevi ns clson
Julie Severson Norman
Pacricia Pardun
Jonathan Rose
Sandra Vo ss Wollschl ager
Mi chael Haub as
Jeffrey Krengel
S500-999
Lee warrwoudr Hanmann
$ 120-239
L1urie Bcnncn
Parrick hesla
Jul ie Dein C larke
Do nna Falls Se mlak
Patri ck Thull
$240-499
Scon Anderson
Bonnie Bina
Shirley An dreason accornan
Total amount of G ifts: $2,3 14.50
Partici pation: 4%
Gi fts up m $ 11 9
C indy Weyhrauch
Carrie Kennedy
Deanna Oman
James Osberg
$ 120-239
Sracy Erlanson Bergmann
Troy Bergmann
Jennifer Peine Hel lic
ara Rh ines Masters
D arren Garren
Julie Hanson
arah Evans Kuehl
Lu ke Mal loy
Michael Mo rel and
G ifts up to $ 11 9
Peggy Ban ks
Eloisa Le Echave,
Jason Exley
Dustin Froyum
C1.lvin Hanson
John Hurst
Kaydcc Kirk
\Vill iam Monroe
Manhew Osberg
K.risrin L1rson Palm
John Pena
Hea ther Gunderson Rose
Thomas Ru ffa ner
Linda Schmidt chwichte nbcrg
Susannc \Veiss
Daniel Vener
CLASS OF 1999
Number of Alum ni: 68
To tal amounr of Gi fts: $2,945.00
Participation: %
Mary L, uer Waln
$ I ,000-2,499
$240-499
Mona Domaas
Ann Riebe Meister
$500-999
Lisa Theure r
$ 120-239
Teresa. ook
S 120-239
Marissa Hurtcrcr
James Kindwall
Harold N ichlcss
Deborah Hunerer
Caroline Rossbach Woitas
Gifts up 10 S I 19
G ifts up 10$ 11 9
An drew Allen
Amy Anderson
Nancy Holmbl ad
Mi chell e Breen
Kathleen \Vt lder Burn
Jennifer
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Stefu n Grysb
Debbie Knudson-Seliski
Dawn Haglu nd
Berry G ustafso n
Kenneth Hagen
19
Ann Meyer Anich
Pamela Preimcsbe.rger Ba.kcr
Jennifer Bahuff
Vicki T raurmann Goh I
Na tasha Hamann
hrista Hassman
Terry Hermanson
Linda Gravon Homan
Wa nda O lso n Jasd1
Diane McQuarry
Lisa Nos
Jennifer Amundson Palmer
Steven ach re
Todd Tourand
Kyle Wheaton
CLASSOF2000
umber of Alumni: 08
Toral amount of Gifts: $3,622.00
Participation: 4%
S 1,000-2,499
Carolyn Hardel
Christopher McLeod
Ryan Mills
Sherilyn Storms Murphy
Chad Olson
Bonnie Stueve Ostlund
Brenda Seaver
Catherine Rosik Shea
John Stover
Samuel Walsech
$ 120-239
Joshua Cagle
Em ily Miller
Jared Trost
Gins up to $ 11 9
Dawn Anderson
Kirsten Arveson
Michelle Basham
hari Benoir
Ryan Bueler
Patricia Heinzmann
Lorri Kenny
tephanie Lein
$500-999
Paul Tetzloff
Gifts up to $1 19
Madeline Bartels
Jennifer Eckman
Eric Long
Jessica Norman
Scot Olson
CLASS OF 2001
Number of Alumni: 549
Total amount of Gifts: $675.00
Participation: I%
ANNUAL GIVING
Faculty & Staff
SI 0,000 or more
Philip Fandrei
W1Uiam Frame
Allen Housh
S5,000-9,999
Garry Hesser
Philip Quanbcck, r. '50
Pacrick Sheehy
SI ,000-2,499
Richard Adamson
David Anderson
James Carey
L)•le Griner
Deborah Hutterer '99
Thomas Morgan
Barbara Nagle
Marilyn Sharpe
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Richard Thoni
Donald Warren
$500-999
Leif Ande rson
Arlin Gybcrg
Irene: Jensen
Jennifer Kahlow '78
hriStopher Kimball
Mary Kingsley
Lillian Maunu
An Meadowcroft
Beverly Nilsson
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Ronnie con '62
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Ann Garvey
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Michael chock
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Nancy Steblay
Grace ulerud ' 58
Mark Tranvik
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Joseph Underhill-Cady
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Pamela Weiss
Darrell Wiese '60
J. Ambrose Wolf
$240-499
Heidi Breen
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Lawrence Copes
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Barbara Korman
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rlos Mariani
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Gordon Nelson
Dale Pederson
ynchia Peterson
Jill Pohtilla
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harles hcaffcr
Ida Simon
Donald Stcinmen
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David Wold
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$ 120-239
Margaret Anderson
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Janelle Bussen
Gifts up to $ 11 9
John Benson '55
Laura Boisen
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William Capman
Beth Carlson
20
Janna Caywood
Nadia Christensen '59
Charles Lee Clarke
Jacqueline deVries
Jay Dobberstein
Suzanne Dorce
Doran Edwards
Ruth Enestvedt
Carol Enke
Joseph Erickson
rephen Gabrielsen '63
Calvin Hanson 1 98
Emily Hause
Jennifer Hellie '94
Amy Hero
Nancy Holmblad '95
Ella Howell '02
Daniel Jorgensen
Jeffrey Krengcl '93
Steven La.Fave
Stephanie Lein '00
Karen Lindesmith
Ray Makeever
Theresa Manin
Diane McQuarry '99
Catherine Nicholl
Norma Noonan
Jessica Norman 'OI
Julie Olson '90
Joyce Pfuff '65
Lillian Reire
James Roback '63
Thomas Ruffaner '98
Pam Schreurs
Lora Steil
George Sverdrup '46
Kathryn Swanson
Patrick Theigs
Philip Thompson
David Washingron
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SI 0,000 or more
John & Joyce Boss
Joel & Mary Ann Elfrmann
Bobby & Barbara Griffin
Norman & Evangeline Hagfo rs
Mark & Shirley Hanson
Donald Henn ings
Jane Herzog
Dick & Glenda Huston
Ri chard & Sa nd ra Jacobson
James Johnson
Dean & usan Kopperud
Philip & Diane Larson
Emma Lorcntso n
La rry & Marie McNeff
Lucille Messe rcr
I. \'v'isra r Morris
Roger Pulkrabek
Morris Schonenstei n
James & Eva eed
Eugene & Margaret Skibbe
Glen & Anna Skovholt
John & Kath ryn Tunheim
$5,000-9,999
Dorothy Bai ley
James & Kathy Haglund
Nancy Ho mans
Pea rl Husby
James Johnson & Maxine Isaacs
Mu ri el Kappler
Afa n & Janet Karvonen Mo ntgo mery
0 . Herber, & Ilene Lindquist
Gerard & Anne Meistrell
Robert & Maria nn e Sa nder
Andrea Vento
$2,500--4 ,999
Kjel l Bergh
Mi chael & Terry Free man
Roe & Beverly Haden
David & Caryl Larson
Michael Olson
John Paulson
Ronald & Arl ycc Peltier
Frances Roller
urti s & Marian Sa mpso n
Patricia Sa muelso n
Richard St.m
1.000-2,499
harl es & Catherine Anderso n
Donald Bonemil ler
Floyd & Ru,h Case
Mary Dewey
Ri chard & Carol Holy
El iL'lbeth Ho rto n
Mimi Johnson+
Ka~n Larsen
Jeann e Narum
John & Patricia Parker
Karin Peterson
Don Irish & Marjorie Sibley
Paul & Betty T ve ice
Catheri ne Va n Der chans
St.even & Ma rtha \Va rd
May Ka-Yee Yue
$500-999
Ro land Amu ndso n
Marlys Barry
Ri chard & Nancy Borstad
L. Gracia C hrinenscn
\"(lilliam Dun can
Richard Gi dquisc
Robert Gran rud
11Jiam Hal verscadt
Lo ren Henderson
Rhonda Hubba rd
Dua ne & Ruth Johnson
Kenned, & Rhoda Mah ler
John & L, urie Mcwethy
Dea n Moo re
O rs. Mike & Van Mueller
Joel & Jeanne Mugge
Edward eshcim
No rm a Palmer
Glenn eefeldt
Arne Sovik
John & Lw ene teen
$240-499
Ron Boerboom
Dani el Brin k
Judi th hris1cnse n
Parti iena n
Shirley Dah l
Dick &
rolyn Duerre
Greg Gisselq uisr
Pcrc.r Gisselqu ist
George & Frances Grober
James Hagquisc
Jack & Sharl ene Hauer
Paul Helgerson
Kun Hob.inger
Eri ck Johnson
Glen Johnson
Max ine Johnson
Trice Johnson
Steven Klin g
Gregg Kuehn
Harriett Ku rek
Larry Lee
Deborah Leser
David Lidcen
M. Lykes
Michael & Debra McC ray
Karen Novak
Bern ice yhus
Donald lsen
J. Roderick Rinel l
Ea rl Robenson
Peter Ru liffson
George imones
Anna Spiess
David & Annabelle w:mson
(non-alumni)
Karen Twectcn
Gunnar & Mary Wick
Elsie Wildun g
John & Renata \X'i nsor
John Zimmerman
$ 120-239
raig AJexa nder
lary Arneso n
David Austin & La ura Dresser
Ronald Austin
Darrell Bosell
Gerald Brockberg
H. Mead Cavcn
Roger hristians
Patrick Cronin
Paul Deursch
Al ice Eva ns
Kathl ee n Eva ns
Darald Evers
Mindy Evers
Keith & usa.n Fahnh orst
Ru ch Flesner
David Foecke
Devean Geo rge
Borghild Gissd quist
John Grygel ko
Curtis Hargis
Stephanit:: Hauge n
David Hiben
Sylvia Hjclmeland
ail Holmes
Erv in & Li nda lnnige r
Richard Jacobson
Russell Jerd e
Eric Johnson
Gerald Kegler
Eda Kel ley
Tom Kli mek
\'(lill iam Kron schnabel
Dean L3 mbcn
Clayton Lcfcvcre
Jeffrey Louden & Marage1 Cain
Beve rly Mathiasen
Doreen Maye r
Abigail Mildbra nd
James Mo ndo
,lenn Nycklcmore
Aval on Okerson
. Richard Palen
Richard Palla
Jerry Peterson
Ro nald Pfeffer
Mi cchd l Piper
Robm Powell
loria Pou .ini
David & Ann Preus
Tim & Caren Privert e
Phillip R., nhci m
Rmh Rehwa ldr
Ka rhy Rich,er
Gudru n tenoien
Rebecca renoien
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Richard Tyler
Mark Vand d ist
Ri chard Walker
Fred cgscheider
John Wdshon
James & Nancy Azarski
Hea1her Yerbich
E. Lo rr:i inc Yokic
Gifts up to SI 19
Jeff Abel
Pccer Abell
Karen Ackerman
Dale Ackm ann
Cordeli a Agrimson
Joy Agrimson
Reuben Aho
Roland Allen
Ea rl Alron
ancy Amacher
Jeni fe r Amb ler
Ralph Ammann
Barbara Andersen
Alben Anderson
Arthur Anderson
Berry Anderson
Z.1 ne & Carole Anderso n
Douglas Anderson
Elaine Anderson
Gordon Anderson
J. Anderson
Linda Anderson
Ernest & Marga ret Anderson
Ma.rvin Anderson
Phil ip Anderson
Raney Anderson
Ray mond & tvla.rga ret Anderso n
Robert Anderson
Roger And erso n
Rol:rnd And erson
Sophie Ande rson
Vernon Anderson
Leo na Andert
Ri chard Andert
Stephan Andert
Albert Annexstad
Michael Aquilina
Charl es Amason
Milto n Arneso n
Betry Arveson
Sonja Ashner
David fui lcso n
Evelyn As plin
Timo, hy As pl und
Paul Baadsgaa rd
Carolyn Babcock
Mary Bakke n
Ge,•eva Ball
G. Bancroft
Davi d & Karen Barber
Thomas Barrett
Roben Bathen
Marsha Batt
Oarrold Bauman
\Villiam Bauman
0 . Baumann
Verna Beardsley
Richard Becker
Gary Becks
lkverly Bedard
andra Bclkcngrcn
reven Benck
hcricda Bender
Valerie Bengal
Elsie Berge
Mark Berg,
Roben & Rose Marie Bcrghcrr
C. Berry
Lronard Biallas
Carsten Birkeland
Melvin Bisson
Birgit Bjornson
Cun Blanchard
Donald Blanic
Jerold Block
Gary Blom
Thelma Boedeker
Craig Boehlke
Lowd! Bolscad
Robert Bonahoom
James Bonham
Joseph Borkman
John Borry
Ervin Boschcrc
Catherine Bowler
Kevin Bowl ing
Mary Boyack
James Boyce
Linda Boyer
Lucy Boyum
Kathleen Boz.i.,
Richard Bradfo rd
usan Bradford
Ronald Bragg
George Brakclcy
Donald & Josci Brandli
Ray Brande
Milo Brekke
Dennis & Kathleen Brekkcn
Mabel Brelje
Bryce Bresnahan
Paul Bresnahan
Jay Brewsccr
Eric Brockberg
Mac Brockberg
Esther Brodcruis
Wayn Broggcr
Henry Bromclkamp
Robert & Mary Brooks
A. Brosiu.s
Donald Brown
Oran & Jean Brown
Raymond Brown
Barbara Brunton
Bath lcnn Bru.ss
Steven Buban
Charles Burford
Howard Burgdorf
Janis Bu rkhard,
Patricia Burns
Kcnncch Bu.ss
Robcrc & udic Bu1chcnhan
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Clarence Campbell
Carolyn Canfield
A. arlson
Carl Carlson
Robcrc Carlson
Paul Career
Harlan Caven
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hcstcr hambcrs
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Kit Christensen
Clyde Ch ristenson
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tcphen Christenson
heri Christiansen
Howard & Vernita Christianson
Robe.re lydc
Arthu r Coleman
Don Conlin
Eugene & Bmy Connon
Ruth Connon
Donald Conrad
Leslie Cookm•n
Roben Correa
Jaso n Couhcr
Eloise Cr.i.nke
Mike Curran
Genevieve Cwrcr
Liv Dahl
Olga Dahlen
Karel Dahmen
Catherine Daines
Ruthie Dallas
David Dalton
Laura Mac Daniels
Randall Danielson
Glenn Danz
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William Davies
Karen Davis
Timmy Davis
Lloyd Delsan
James DeMan
Elayne Dnclar
John Dickinson
Kath leen Diehlmann
Yvonne Dicrenficld
Mildred Discad
Joyce Ditmanson
Anne Dinlcr
Ron Dockery
Nancee Doepke
Ru.ssell Donnelly
Valerie Dunagan
Richard Durgin
Frank Eastburn
Margaret Eberle
Todd Eccles
Gilliam Egan
E. Egeberg
Hannah Ehrlich
John Ekholm
Avis Elli ngrod
Lisa Ellio11
Kari Elsila
Donald Elwell
Charles Elzca
Donald Engelbert
Carol Engler
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E. Erdmann
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L.1urcl Erickson
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Robm Esse
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Shenandoah Gale
Frank Garaffu
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Odelia Gcssell
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role Gil bmson
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Jessica Glenn
«phen Godsall-Myers
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Garold Goodyear
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Karen Graves
Robi n Grawe
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Roberc Gregerson
Howard Grinde
Al Gruenhagen
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Chester Guinn
Rod Gulbro
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Pamela Gu.srafson
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Ernest Haemig
Ken neth Hagg
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Craig Halverson
Recd Hamer
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Paul Hammer
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Enid Hansing
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Tilford Hellie
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Dorochy Henderickson
Roberra Henke
Jane Henni ng
Paula Herring
Edwi na Hertzberg
Joann Hicks
Richard Hilbert
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Margare.c Hiner
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Lennan Nelson
Opal Nelso n
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THE
AUGSBURG
COLLEGE
ANNUAL
REPORT
BOARD OF REGENTS, 2000-2001
ALUMNI BOARD, 2000-2001
Rev. Gary E. Benson '70
Ms. Jackie C herryhomes '76
Ms. Tracy Lynn Elftmann '81
Mr. Michael 0. Freeman
Mr. H . Theodore G rindal '76
Mr. Norman R. H agfors
Jim Bernstein '78
Brent C rego '84
Jeff Elavsky '68
Paul Fieldhammer '65
Andy Fried '93
Ch uck Gab ri elson •77•
Tom H anson '66
C hristopher Haug '79
Kirsten H irsch '91
Linda Bai ley Holmen '74
Karina Karlen '83
Jackie Kniefel Lind '69, '94 MAL
Mr. James E. H aglund
Rev. Mark S. Hanson '68, ex officio
Ms. Beverly Thompson Haden
Mr. Allen A. Ho ush
Dr. Ruth E. Johnson '74
Mr. Dean C. Kopperud
Mr. D avid J . Larso n
Ms. G loria C. Lewis
Rev. Jose Anto nio Machado
Ms. Julie R. Nelson '83
Mr. Ronald G. Nelson '68
Rev. Glenn W. Nycklemoe, ex officio
Mr. Ro nald J. Peltier
Mr. Glen E. Person '47
Mr. Wayne G. Popham
Mr. C urtis A. Sampson
Mr. G len J . Skovholc
Mr. Ph ili p Scyrlund '79
Dr. P. Dawn Taylor '78
Ms. Jean M . Taylo r '85
Mr. Michael W Thompso n
M s. Kathryn H . Tunheim
M s. Joan L. Volz '68
Paul Mikelson '70
Andy Morrison '73
Liz Pushing '93
Meri Pygman '93
Beth To rscenso n '66
Colleen Kay Warson '9 1 MAL
Berty Wi lliams '83
1962 Lew Sundqui r
1963 ara Halvorson rrom
1964 Robert Nord in
1965 D arryl arcer
1966 T homas H an son
1967 Jo hn lawson
1968 lone Agrimso n Hanso n
1969 Lois Peterso n Bollman
1970 Terry Nygaard
1972 Kathy Modrow Kufus
1973 Merja Wile nius Fox
1974 Marlene Chan Hui
J 975 Jann Meissner H amil ton
1976 Larry Morgan
1977 C hu ck Gab ri elson•
1978 Michael parby
1979 Mark Aune
1980 Rob LaFleur
198 1 Janis Blomgren Aune
1982 Lo ri Moline
1983 Su an Kappers Ryan
1985 Norm Okerscrom
huck Rach
CLASS AGENTS, 2000-2001
1986 Deb Balzer
1941
1943
1944
1944
1987 C heryl W icsoe Dudley
Richard Jacobson
G lo ri a Burnrvedc Nelson
C hester Hoverste n
Joyce Opseth Schwartz
Vera T horson Benzel
1946 John Sceen
1947 Agnes Valvik Larso n
1948 Jeroy Carlson
Arnie Skaa r
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
J 954
1956
J 957
1958
1959
1960
l 96 1
Cal Larso n
Shirley Dahlen
Dan Pearso n
LeVon (Vonnie) Paulson Dimer
Ruth Aaskov
Herb C hi lsrrom
Carolyn Lower Bliss
Scan Baker
Byro n Golie
Carl Casperson
Dale H anka
Phyllis Acker
Barb Niesen McG lynn
Sharo n Mackenthun
1988 Sand ra Kay mich
1990 T rygve Nyscuen
Carol Sei ler
199 1 Kristen Hirsch
1992 Heather John ton
1993 Misti Allen Binsfeld
H eidi Wisner caloch
1994 Amy Nora n
1995 Lisa Carlson ackreicer
Amy Torgelso n Forsberg
1996 Jayne Rudolph
Heather Birch
1997 Amy Bowar
Jen Ringeisen
1998 Calvin H anson
Terry Marquardt
1999 Jackie Fuhr
2000 Sam Wal eth
2 0 0 0 - 2 0 0 1
.A-UGSBURG
CO LLEGE
Office of Insti tutional Advancemenr
Augsburg College, CB 142
221 I Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 5545
Non -profir Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Mpls., MN
Pcrmir No. 2031
MAL... the numbers:
Number of students
Wh en cl asses meet
(beg. fa ll '02)
45
every other
Saturda
Average time to degree
3 years
38
Average age
Percentage of students coming from:
Business sector
44%
Non-profits
31%
Hea lth ca re
25%
MAL graduates, like the Class of 1999 pictured here, represent
a wide spectrum of professions and job sectors.
MAL students enjoy frequent opportunities to meet
together with faculty. Here, MAL director Norma
Noonan (right) confers with student Kathy Gibson.
communicating effectively; and creating and
sustaining hope through vision, action , and
persuasion."
The goal of the program is noLonly the
study of leadership , buLdevelopment of
leaders, which usually ends up transforming
the individual during the process.
Students enter Lhe MAL program for
many of the same reasons adult students
enter other graduate programs-enhancement of current job or career skills,
improved opponuniLies for promotion,
change of careers, or personal growth . Whal
students experience in the program is often
much less tangible-increased selfconfidence, greater wi llingness to take risk,
desire Lo make an impact in their
organization or com munity, and abi lity Lo
communicate more easily in the workplace.
Barry Vombrock, a 1996 MAL grad ,
says, "I've become a more balanced thinker
(my undergraduate degree is in electrical
engineering) with a personal style of
leadership n unured and tempered to a
degree that ould easily have taken eight Lo
10 more years of life experience."
Spring 2002
Transforming careers and lives
For many, the MAL experience has led Lo
changes in their professional and personal
lives.
Lisa Zeller, president of The Phaedrus
Group and a 198 1 Augsburg graduate, was
among the first 34 students in the MAL
program and finished in 1989. "Having an
advanced degree in leadership helped gel my
foOL in the door to the fi eld and company I
was interested in ," she says. "From there, l
was able LO sLan my own business in 1994."
Vombrock, who shifted from one
industry LO another and is now with
HealthPanners, Inc., says the MAL program
helped him find talent as a synthesizer, which
he feels allows him to "seize opponunities
from a different perspective and use unique,
stronger plans to achieve goals."
Lind, with the Division of Ecological
Sen ~ces of the Minnesota Depanment of
Natural Resou rces, says that her thesis work
has led Lo over 60 requests for presentations
and seminars.
MAL-a timeless relevancy
As distance learning and "click" courses
become more prevalent in graduate
education, the human interactivity of
Augsburg's MAL classes continues LO prO\~de
dimensions of learning that equi p people for
multiple careers and changing workforces.
Jim Kline, vice president of
manufacturing fo r SICO America Inc., who
finished his MAL degree last May, enrolled at
Augsburg because he felt the liberal ans
approach helps develop a more wellrounded person.
"To be effective one must be able to deal
,vith all forms of diversity and change
(continuous improvement) in today's
manufacturing workforce," says Kline.
'The ability LO think creatively and LO
respond LO new situations, which we hope is
enhanced by the curriculum in the MAL
program , ,vi ii help our alumni meet the e,·erchanging challenges of the workplace in the
21st century," according LO Professor Norma
Noonan , direcLOr of the program and of the
Center for Leadership Studies.
For info rmation about the Master of
Ans in Leadership program, call 612-33011 50, e-mail <malinfo@augsburg.edU>, or
visi t <www.augsburg.edu/mab.
•
A-UGSBURG NOW
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COLLEGE OF THE THIRD AG E
Serv i ng o l der l ea rn e rs f or a quarter century
"Engaging minds, enriching lives." ils a
slogan for Augsburg Colleges innovative
College of the Third Age. But more
importantly, its a philosophy that has been
lived out and expanded through a quanercentury of taking educational opportunities
to older learners in an ever-widening arc
around the nvin Cities.
Modeled after a similar program at the
University of Toulouse in France, and named
after the French concept of the "third age" as
the time of maturity (follmving youth and
adulthood), the program is the brainchild of
the late Augsburg professors Mimi and Einar
Johnson. They devised a program of
providing learning opportunities for older
adults taught by older adults. But, to make
the concept even more palatable, the
Johnsons, along \vith social work professor
Vern Bloom, the programs first director, came
up with a novel idea. Instead of having the
learners come to the College, they would take
the program to the learners.
Courses were taught in high-rise
apartment buildings, community centers, and
churches. Not only did the idea catch on, but
it took off and has not stopped growing.
Starting with 12-20 courses and 300
participants in the first three years, the
program now has some 200 courses and
nearly 8,000 students annually. Yet, it still has
room to grow, particularly in areas where
participants need assistance in paying for
course fees.
"Our goal," said current director Karen
Lindesmith, "is to celebrate the 25th
by Dan Jorgensen
anniversary of the program by holding an
anniversary event to raise funds for an
endowment. We hope we can build the
endowment to $15,000 or more and then
use the interest to help serve urban
churches or high-rises where they can't
afford to pay."
Fees for a course are $85, with just
$10 going to program administration and
the remainder to the instructor. The
endowment fund has been started, kicked
off by a donation from Mimi, who was
both a co-founder of the program and its
second director.
The event Lindesmith and a
volunteer commiuee envision is one that
features a nationally-known speaker in a
celebration of liie, faith, and learning. She
Karen Lindesmith, the fourth
and current director of the
College of the Third Age, is
working with a committee to
plan a 25th anniversary
celebration in the next year.
Classes for College of the Third Age bring together older adults with
retired faculty and experts from various backgrounds and
organizations in a wide range of topics.
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A UGSBURG NOW
Spring 2002
College of the Third Age courses range from art to angels
said the College of Lhe Third Age hopes to
hold its special program sometime during the
2002-2003 academic year and has targeted
this October as Lhe primary date.
"This idea was proposed by Mimi just
before her death last year," Lindesmith said.
"Now we have a six-member planning
committee leading the way, but we hope to
recrui t many more volunteers Lo help make
Lhis a success." The committee is being
headed by Sonny (Sonja) Albers, wife of
Central Lutheran Church pastor Rev. Rohen
Albers. Rep. Manin Sabo '59 and his wi fe,
Sylvia, and Bill and Anne Frame \viii serve as
honorary chairs.
LindesmiLh has led the program, as only
the founh director, since September 1998.
She succeeded Bettye Olson, a well-known
local anist and teacher in the program herself,
who took the reins from Johnson in 1992
and continued the programs expansion.
Under Olsons leadership, the program began
using local cable television as yet another
outlet for its faculty members.
While the majority of the faculty are
retired Augsburg College professors, oLhers
come from backgrounds in institutions
throughout Minnesota. Luminaries such as
Frank Wright, longtime Minneapolis Star
Tribu11e writer, also Leach courses.
The program has expanded to all
comers of Lhe seven-county metropolitan
area and is now being requested in such
settings as Lhe Athena Group in Edina,
LEAF in Fridley, and SALT in Dakota
Coumy. As it always has, it is run on a
shoestring budget, a fact that Lindesmith
says makes the proposed fund raising event
even more imponant.
"With the demographic bump coming
from the Baby Boom Generations agi ng, I
think theres only going to be more and
more interest in this son of lifelong
learning," Lindesmith said. "A lot of people
over the years have given it a whole lot
more than what the)"ve been paid to do.
Its a wonderful program. I'm glad I've
been able to be pan of offering older
learners the chance to expand thei r minds
and have some adventures in learning
along Lhe way."
To learn more about College of the
Third Age, or to assist in the special
anniversary event, call 612-330-11 39. •
Spring 2002
Whe n College of the Third Age fi rst got off the gro un d, its ea rl y faculty
me mbe rs were cha llenged to utili ze "scho larl y creativi t " in the ir
course developme nt. Wh at res ulted was a ri ch and va ried curri culu m
fo r the hundreds of pa rti c ipa nts who jumped at the chance to te t the
lea rning waters.
Earl y co urses ranged from "Speech Pa tte rns of th e Upper Midwest,"
ta ught by Ha ro ld B. Alle n, to "Sca ndin av ian Forest Practi ces," by Dr.
Henry Ha nson. "Astro no my a nd the Bible," by Dr. Theodore Ha nwick;
"The Roots of Nati ve Ame ri ca n Spirituality," by Dr. Tho mas Raitt; a nd
"Memori es in Poetry a nd Prose," by Trudy Stechma nn also were on the
lea rning palate.
Today, tho usands of o lde r lea rne rs co ntinue to be treated to simi la r
creativity. Among the course offerings in this yea r's curric ul um a re titles
ra nging fro m art to a ngels, but not in the "traditio nal" se nse.
Art and Architecture titles, for exa mple, inc lude "Sacred Stones of
th e Wo rld," a look at places such as Stonehe nge a nd Easter Island,
taught by Haze l Stoecke ler. "The Story of Sta ined Glass," ta ught by Ji m
Ne lson, emphas izes this artisti c medium 's history as we ll as tec hn iques
in its makin g.
Ne lson a lso has a course in th e "angels" category, ti tled "Angels:
What on Earth are They?" taught in th e la rgest course-offering category:
Philosophy, Re ligio n, a nd Spiritua li ty. O th er sessions in that catego ry
range from "Faith Hea ling," taught by Wa lter Benj a min, to "Re ligio n,
Coping a nd Grief," taught by Leola Dyrud Furma n.
In th e popular Music category, lea rners can study the reco rdings of
Fra nk Sinatra or the legacy of Bing Crosby, both w ith Arne Fogel, or th e
music of Edva rd Grieg with Ca ro lyn Bliss.
Poetry of eve ry kind is offe red in the Literature category, while
"Africa n Wisdom" is part of the large Inte rn ati o nal Re latio ns and
Cultures divisio n. Amo ng the other divisio n catego ries are
Co mmuni cati o n a nd Mass Medi a; History, Geography, a nd Po litics;
Re lationships, Sociol ogy, a nd Aging; and Women's Studies.
Regardl ess of th e catego ry, howeve r, classes are designed to fulfill
the legacy of the first instructors: prov iding "joyfuln ess in learn ing"
where mature lea rn ers reside o r meet.
Rev. Duane Addison, retired pastor and
professor in Augsburg's Weekend
College, teaches a session on Hi nduism
as part of a course at Bethlehem
Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
'4UGSBURG NOW
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Grand Journey' into Japanese art
and tradition
byBetseyNorgard
Known for his woodblock
prints, he had been
\ hen the 4inneapolis
connected to the College by
Institute of An opened a
an Augsburg alumnus,
major exhibit on four
Nobo ru Sawai from Japan.
generations of the Japanese
During the Skibbes' first
Yo hida fa mily artists, one of
visit to Japan in 1985, they
their key resource people was
called Yoshida, at the
Dr. Eugene kibbe, professor
suggestion of art
emeri tus of religion. He and
department chair Phil
his wife, Marga ret, have built a
Thompson , and reached
collection o\·er 15 years of
Yoshida's son , Tsukasa.
nea r!}' 300 works of art b}'
Their first purchase was five
variou members of the
woodblock prints-with
Yoshida famil y Nearly onethem , their collection and a
third o f the pieces in the MLA
deep fascination were
exhibi t are from their
launched .
coll ection , and Skibbe also
As Skibbe learned more
se rved as a lecturer at the
about the four-generation
Institutes symposium on the
artistic dynasty, he became
"Wakabayashi," a
exhi bit.
interested in documenting
woodblock by Micah
In what kibbe calls "a
Schwaberow, one of
their remarkable history.
grand journey together," he
Toshi Yoshida's
Beginning in 1989 , with
students, is part of
and Marga ret have found a
help from Toshi's son , he
Augsburg's
exhibit
in
new world that incl udes not
began recording and
Gage Gallery.
only collecting the artwork ,
transcribing interviews \vith
bu t developing close
Toshi. What resulted was a book, Yoshida
relationships with several members
Toshi: Nature, Art, and Peace, about him
of the fa mil y, and publishing books
and his work. A year later, he embarked
and arti cles about them.
on a similar project to explore and explain
This journey into Japanese an
the work of Tosh i's brother Hodaka, more
grew indirectly from two summer
challenging becau e of his abstract style.
teaching visits at Augsburg in 1970
Skibbe's collection of Hodaka's prints
and 1974 by Toshi Yoshida, a third helped nurture his own understanding.
generati on Yoshida famil y artist.
"There is no substitute for living \vith
works of an and taking the
time- alone and in silenceto all ow individual pieces to
speak," Skibbe wrote in the
book, Yoshida Hodaha: The
Magic of Ari.
Skibbe readil y renects on
the dichotomy in his life as
an an co llector and a
theologian . "There's a
collision or struggle," he
says. "Art is teaching me how
hard it is to dea l with greed
and acquisiti veness," i.e., the
Th ird-generation Japanese artist Toshi Yoshida (far left)
appeared in the 1975 Augsburgian with the art
need to have, and says that
department faculty during his second summer stay at
he and Margaret are lea rning
about "the dange rs conn ected to it as well
as the joys ."
He explains that the other part of his
life, the gospel , is so much more important
than the intellectual curiosities of looking
at a picture or trying to understand an
artistic career. It is the new life that arises
from God's forgiveness.
In addition to the two Yoshida books
he has published since his retirement in
Professor Emeritus Eugene Skibbe described
how Japanese artist Toshi Yoshida's
observations of African animals helped shape
Yoshida's worldview.
1995, Skibbe has also continued his
vocational work \vith the publishing of
two books about the life and thought of
Edmund Schlink, the German theologian
who was a pioneer in the church's modem
ecumenical move ment and Skibbe's
doctoral adviser in Heidelberg. The first ,
published in 1999, is a biography about
Schlink's life and work; the second ,
published last year, is a translation of his
vision of all the various churches united
ecumenically in Christ.
In conjunction with the MLA exhibit,
Augsburg will host an exhibit of works by
seve n of Toshi Yoshida's students ,
including his son , Tsukasa, in the Gage
Family Gallery in Lindell Library. All 41
pieces in the exhibition are loaned from
Gene and Margaret Skibbe's collection . The
exhibition runs from March 15 to April
18; for gallery hours, see the Calendar in
thi s issue.
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Augsburg .
A-UGSBURG NOW
Spring 2002
From the Alumni Board president's desk ...
S
oon another
group of
Auggies wi ll
grad uate and
join the
Augsburg
Alumni
Association. We
welcome you!
All alumni are
members of the association, which exists
to support and se rve the College,
promoting involvement of alumni and
their giving of time and resources to the
College. As a member, you serve Augsburg
through vo luntee r and fin ancial support
and by interacting wi th current students in
an effort to enhance their educational
experience.
The Board of Directors for the Alumni
Association currently has 22 members
who serve one or two three-year terms and
meet five times a year. All meeti ngs are
open to association members. Just contact
the alumni office or view the alumni Web
page at <www.augsburg.edu/alumni> for
meeting dates. This year we have heard
speakers present the capital cam paign's
fundraisin g goals, the master plan for
development of the physical campus, and
the academic master plan.
Four committees meet between board
meetings to pl an and implement projects.
Events: The events comm ittee works on
activities for Homecoming,
Com mencement, Augsburg Day at Como
Park (see you there on May 11!) , afterwork "Auggie Hour" gath eri ngs at local
restaurants, and treats for students during
finals weeks.
with the new regional alumni chapters in
Minnesota and other states.
Effectiveness: This committee, comprised
of the Alumni Board officers and the chairs
of the previous th ree committees, ensures
program coordination , measures progress,
recruits new board members, and
proposes improvements to the Alumni
Association's structure and programs.
Connectio ns: A prep session and job fa ir
for students- \vith Augsburg alumni
providing the job connections-is a spring
acti vi ty organized by thi s committee. They
also build connections between alumni
and student groups, facu lty,
administration , and special alumni
organi zations.
The Augsburg Alumni Association is your
group. Our mono , "Building
Connections," guides the Board of
Directors as they strive to con nect alumni
wi th one anothe r, the campus, students,
facu lty, and ad min istra tion. How can we
do a better job in building these
connections? Let us know. Con tact us
through the Augsburg Office of
Alumni/Parent Relations at 612-330-1178.
Communi cations: Members on this
comm ittee are advisers for the Augsburg
Now, as well as the alumni Web page.
They recruit class agents who write letters
to alumni , as well as honor the
achi evements of Auggies th rough awards
programs. They maintain communications
Jackie Kniefel Lind '69, '94 MAL
President, Alumni Board
Alumni Association celebrates successful first
year of •Auggie Hour' and •Auggie
Conversations'
L
ast October, the Alumni Association
kicked off Auggie Hour and Auggie
Conversations , a new alumni monthly
gatherings program . The program brings
together alumni , fri ends, and faculty for
dining and onve rsation at area restaurants
and Augsburg events.
"It has been wonderful to connect
with Augsburg people," says Liz Pushing
'93, Alumni Board member and
coo rdinator of the new program. 'The
eve nts have a great turn-out of alumni and
fri ends of all ages. 1 hope people continue
Spring 2002
to join us for great food , fellowship , and
conversation ."
The gatherings provide a time and
place to relax and reconnect with old
friends , as well as an opportunity to join
faculty members fo r a discussion and a
meal. At the kick-off gatheri ng in October,
alumni met at Conga Latin Bistro in
Minneapolis and enjoyed Latin cuisine
wh ile discussing the current political
si tuation with Joe Underhill -Cady, assistant
professo r of political science.
Alu mni are welcome to attend an
upcoming Auggie Conversation April 23
with John Cerrito, assistant pro fessor of
business admi nistration/M IS, to discuss
the future of business education. ln
addition , alumn i are encouraged to auend
the second annual Augsburg Day at Como
Park in St. Paul on May 11.
This summer, the Alumni Association
\vi ii present 'Auggie Hours al Fresco'-a
series of Auggie Hours at area restaurant
outdoor patios (watch your mail for
furth er information or ca ll the alumni
office at 612-330-1178).
'4UGSBURG NOW
19
1938
Salome "Sally" (Eidnes)
Cannelin , Indian Head Park, Ill. ,
and her husband , Einar, visited
Augsburg in October for the
Homecoming fesuvities. Now
retired , both Salome and Einar
taught for many years-Salome
English and Einar band . The
couple enj0)•S travelmg, and has
traveled to Europe I 7 times, as
well as to Japan, Australia, and
Africa.
1956
The Rev. Hans G. Dumpys ,
Oak Park, Ill., celebrated his !0th
anniversary as bishop or the
Lithuanian h angelical Lutheran
AUGSBURG
Church in Diaspora. He
represented his church at the
synod assembly last summer in
Lithuania, and prea hed at the
worship sen~ce , which concluded
the synod. He also co-chaired the
annual coordinating meeting
between leaders of both churches.
He ts recovering from open-hean
bypass surgery with the support of
his 1vi[e, Donna.
1956
John Thompson , Benson , Minn.,
was re-elected in November for a
third term on the Swift County
Board or Commissioners. This
elecuon was his mnth consecutive
election 10 local public office.
ALUMNI
GATHERINGS
The month!)• gatherings for alumni and friends Lo re- onnecl have
been a great success! Auggie Hour ts a ume to relax and visit with
old friends. and Auggie Conversations give alumni the opponunity
to join Augsburg faculty members for discussion and a meal together.
At each monthly gathering, there is a dra wing for Auggte wear!
The last Auggie Conversation before fall is a noon luncheon
Tuesday, April 23, in the linneapolis Room, Christensen Center,
" ~th John Cerrito, assistant professor of business admin1stration/MIS,
discussing the future of bu iness cducauon. Please RSVP 10 the
alumni office al 6 12-3 30-1178 or e-mail <alumni@augsburg.edu> b)•
April 18.
Join MAL alumni for a dinner at the home of President William V.
and Mrs. Anne Frame londay, April 29 , at 6 p.m. Call the alumni
office at 612-330- 1178 for more informa tion.
1962
1965
Harry Cleven , Oslo , Nonvay, is
the assistant ednor of Tlte
Norseman, a journal 1vith news
and information about Nonvay
and Norwegians around the
world , published by the Norse
Federation (NordmannsForbundet) in Oslo.
Steve Strommen , Bloomington,
Minn. , retired last fall after 33
years as coach of the Kennedy
High School basketball and
baseball teams; he previously
retired as a teacher after 32 years
of teaching primarily sophomore
American history. He coached one
of Kennedy's greatest athletes,
former Minnesota T~ns first
baseman Kem Hrbek.
1964
Dennis J. Erickson , Los Alamos,
N.Mex ., was elected to the 51person Board of Delegates of the
National Safety Council. He has
served as division director for
em~ronment , safety, and health at
the Los Alamos National
Laboratory, and is a recognized
champion for safety improvement
initiatives such as integrated safety
management and work-sman
standards. He is a physicist , a
senior member or the laboratory,
and an operations expert . Since
1993, he has had institutional
responsibilny for occupational
safety and health for more than
12,000 Los Alamos workers.
Sharon (Stordahl) Simpson,
Walker, Minn. , was recently
spotlighted by the Pilot-Independent
and the Walker-Hackensack-Akeley
Parent, Teacher, Student Association
for her work as pan or the K-3
Indian Educauon Depanment staff.
She is a Tit.le IX tutor and the
Indian Home School liatson.
NORWAY
DISCOVER NORWEGIAN TREASURES AND HERITAGE
There is still space available to J0in President and Mrs. William V. Frame and
Professor Frankie Shackelfo rd on a journey th ro ugh Norway, June 13-24 , 2002.
Spend ft ve mghts aboard the Non vegian Coastal Voyage WS Nordlys, visiting such places
as Yards, Hammerfest, the Risoyrenna Channel, Bronnoysund , Nidaros Cathedral , and much
more. The tour also includes five nights in first-class hotels while touring Oslo, Karasjok,
Bergen. and Flaam.
For more in formation contact the alu mni office at <alumni@augsburg.edu> or ca ll 6 12-330- 11 78
o r 1-800-260-6590.
Upcoming orway Tour Information Meeting
May 5, 2002 , 2 p.m.
Marshall Roo m
Christensen Center
RSVP required; please call the nu mbers listed above.
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1966
Jan (Peterson) Andrews ,
Minneapolis, co-authored The
Road Not Tahen: A Htstory of
Radical Social Worh in the United
States (published by BrunnerRutledge). A professor at the
University of St. Thomas, she is
currently writing a biography of
Gisela Konopka.
1967
John Selstad , Minneapolis, was
honored ,~th the 2002 Dutch
Kastenbaum Outstanding
Gerontologist Award , which
honors individuals who have
made significant contributions to
the lives of older people in
Minnesota, either through
r earch, practice, or academics.
He is senior vice president of the
National Chronic Care
Consonium, and has worked on
projects to improve the lives of
older people for more than 20
years.
1968
Suzann (Johnson) Nelson,
Grand Rapids, Minn., and Janet
(Letnes) Martin '68 of Hastings,
Minn ., have co-authoredjttst How
Much Scrap Lumber Does a Man
Ha ve to Save? The title is the latest
of eight books of humor the pair
has wriuen since the mid-1990s
reflecting their traditional rural
Minnesota Lutheran upbringing.
They have completed the script for
a musical adaptation of their book
Growing Up Lutheran , which won
the 1998 Minnesota Book Award
for humor and the 1999 Midwest
Independem Publishers Award.
Spring 2002
1969
Daryl Miller, Plymouth , Minn .,
was hired as the special education
direclO r [or Robbinsdale Area
Schools last July Pri or 10
accepting the position, he was the
special education director [or
Minnetonka Public Schools.
1970
Sharon Ann (Johnson)
Sullivan , Sanjose, CaliL ,
received the Inspirational
Voluntee r Award (2001 Volunteer
of the Year) [rom the Tech
Museum of Innovati on . She is a
docent m the Exploration Gallery,
a Tech Museum ambassador, and
se rves on the commin ee lo
develop the Tech Patch for Boy
and Girl Scouts. She is an adult
education teacher al Hope
Rehabilitation Services.
1973
Paul Lohman , Minneapolis,
conducted the National Lutheran
Choirs 200 l Christmas Festival
Concens. In addition, his choral
composition or Whal Child was
per[ormed at the 200 l SL Ola[
Christm as Festival. He works [or
the Schantz Organ Company.
1974
Donn C. Johnson, Faribault,
Minn., was selected as the Daily
News Citizen or the Year for 2000
in Faribault. He was chosen by an
independe nt group of past winners
and community leaders to honor
his efforts with the Faribault Arts
Boosters. Most recemly, he was
responsible for obtaining 11.nancing
lO enhance the Michael J . Hanson
Performing Arts Center.
Brian Wigdahl ,
Hummelstown ,
Pa., was elected
lo a second
three-year term
as pres1dcm o[
the Internauonal
Society for Neuro\/irology. He has
served as an associate editor o[
the society's official research
journal, journal of Ncuro\/irology,
since 1995. He is a professor at
Penn Stale College of Medicine.
Karl (Howg) Spring '86:
No place like home byCherieChrist
Have you ever wondered what meteorologists get exci ted about ,
aside from the weather? For, Karl (Howg) Spring '86, enthusiasm
comes [rom his recent move back lO Mi nnesota after 14 years out
o[ state. A native of Hopkins, Minn., Spring returned by accepting
the position of chie[ meteorologist fo r Fox 29 News.
"I have been trying lO return lo Minnesota fo r awhile," Spring
says, but found il difficult with [ew available meteorology
positions in the Twi n Cities. Always interested in broadcast
communications, Spring jokingly remarks, "I either wanted to be
a major leagu e base ball playe r or a news anchor." In fact, he notes
that several of the news anchors and weather forecasters he
watched on TV while growing up are still in the fi eld .
Karl (Howg) Spring ' 86 recently returned to Minnesota after 14
years to accept the on-air chief meteorologist spot at FOX 29
News in Minneapolis.
A major in communications, Spring came 10 Augsburg in 1979 , after a difficult firsl year al the University o[ Minnesota . He a11ribu1es his success
al Augsburg lo a variety o[ circumstances including smaller class sizes, having several frie nds who were already auending Augsburg, and the
ability lo gel involved throughout campus. Springs own involvement al Augsbu rg included li ving in Mortensen Hall , working in both Buildmgs
and Grounds and Food Service, and acting in theatre productions. Spring believes that gelling involved in acti ng al Augsburg was "great training"
[or his career as a meteorologist, as weather is "a lot or ad libbing."
A[ter two years as a day school student, Spring le[1 Augsburg lo earn a degree from Dun woody Institute in Minneapolis. However, with a
continued interest in broadcast communications, he returned lo the College in the [all of 1983 as a Weekend College (WEC) student. He
graduated from Augsburg in 1986 by auending Brown College in the morning, interning at KA RE 11 in the evenmgs, and taking classes through
WEC.
Upon completing his degree at Augsburg, Spring began working in Austin , Minn ., as the weekend weather fo recaster, and from there, his caree r
conti nued lO grow. From such locations as Sioux Falls, S. Dak. , and Harrisburg, Pa., Spri ng has worked at app roximately l l different TV Stallons
throughout his career. In the imeresl of advancing his ca reer, he cominued his studies of meteorology by enrolling and graduating from a three year, distance-learning program at Mississippi Stale University.
Although Spring has worked in many different locations, he is excited about being back in his native state and has wasted liule time genmg
involved with the community He works with kids fro m more than 100 schools a year, is involved in baseball and hockey leagues , and coaches
fo r various yo uth leagues. He says that working with children is his most reward ing pan of his job.
He and his wife, Jeanne, have four chi ldren: Kai, Kacey, Karl y, and Gunnar. They live in Minnetonka, and in addition l0 thei r involvement
Hopkins School District, are membe rs of Westwood Lutheran Church in SL Louis Park.
111
the
- Chetic Cl11ist is a con1111w1icatio11 specialise in the Office of Public Relations and Commu,1 ica1ion.
Spring 2002
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Class Notes
1975
Barbara J. (Mattison), St.
Simons Island , Ga., married Paul
Lagrue last Apnl. She is an aquatic
therapist and president of
Movement Solutions Through
Aquatics. She can be reached via
e-mail at <maLtison@darientel.
net>. She continues to perform
with communny bands and the
Coastal S)'111phon)' of Georgia.
Pau la (Roberts) Tetzloff, Prior
Lake, Minn., reu red as pnncipal
of Hidden Oaks Middle School.
he is an adj unct professor al the
Umversit)' of finnesota.
1976
The Rev. Stephen Lien , Cedar
Falls, Iowa. 1s semor pastor at SL.
John Lutheran Church. He
recently released his fi rst solo CD,
All Thal I Am , on the Sound
Foundation record ing label. His
wife , Joanne (Hall) '77 , 1s
climcal director of Cedar Valley
Hospice. They have three
ch ildren: athan, 22 ; Chnsuna,
20; and Kari, 18 .
1977
Lisa Lunge-Larsen , Duluth ,
Minn ., published a new children's
book , The Race of the Birhebeincrs,
which explores the origm of
Norway's national ski
championship of the same name,
telling the story of a cross country
escape that kept the nation's infant
king safe from an invading army.
1981
Paul Herzog, Maplewood,
Minn ., became head football
coach m Woodbury High School.
He has been a coach for 22 years
including positions at Humboldt
and North St. Paul high schools .
Steve Rosvold , Vancouver,
Wash., 1s CFO for ConAgra Malt.
He and hts " rj fe, Pat, have three
children: Kristin , 1-+; Rile)•, 12;
and Michelle, I. The family enjoys
living in the Pacific Northwest,
where they have resided for more
than two years.
Bob Wick , St. Louis Park , Minn .,
is regional sales d1 rector for
AVAYA Inc., a telecommunications
manufacturer.
1983
Beth Borgen, Hastings, Minn., is
an assistant principal of Henry
REMEMBER
Sibley High School in Mendota
Heights. She has been acting as
interim principal since last June.
Roy Carlton , Chanhassen ,
Minn., 1s an accountant for BanKoe Systems, Inc,. and a major in
the Army Reserves. He and his
wife, Mary, have Lwo sons-Bryan,
5, and Christopher, 11 months.
Debra Hannu, Duluth , Minn. ,
was named An Educator of the
Year in November by An
Educators of Minnesota. She
teaches an at Chester Park
Elementary School and Central
High School. She has been
teaching an in Duluth Public
Schools for 14 years.
Odawa Indians, he heads the
firm's Indian law practice group.
Charles Jorenby, Prior Lake.
Minn .. recently accepted a
position as a crisis care manager
with BlueCross BlueShield of
Minnesota. He and his wife, Sue,
have three children.
The Rev. Tammy J. Rider,
Claremont. Minn ., recently began
senrjng as pastor of First
Presbyterian Church of
Claremont. She is glad to be in
her home state of Minnesota after
ser.~ng as an associate minister for
several years in Topeka , Kansas.
She has two daughters---Christa,
18, and Pamela. 14.
1985
1988
Dale M. Christopherson.
Grand Forks, N.Dak., married
Debra Hoff in June 2000. He is a
chemist at Human Nutntion
Research Center.
Heidi Norman, Spri ng Valley,
Minn. , married John Wise last
April in Carefree, Ariz. She is a
communications director at
American Express.
1987
1989
James M . Genia, Onamia ,
Mmn., was recently named a
partner of the law firm Lockridge
Grindal Nauen PLLP. A member of
the Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Debra (Brazil) Duquette , St.
Paul , is a mental health triage
coordinator at Behavioral Health
Services, Inc., an affiliate of
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota.
WHEN .. .
Do you see yourself or someone you know in the photos above? Let us know and you could win a prize! Contact us via
e-mail at <now@augsburg.edu> or by mail: Augsburg Now, Editor, 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454.
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Spring 2002
ALUMNI
PROFILE
Jennifer Umolac '94: Helping to create a global vision
by Wendy Elofson
Jennifer Umolac '94 is not afraid to take the path less traveled. In
fact, she has been on many paths that most of us will never see .
Since graduating from Augsburg with a degree in social work, she
has been to 35 countries across the world . While most people
trave l as a hobby, she has chosen it as a means to make a living.
How does she justify doing what most people would only dream
of? Umolac is the owner of Global Vision Imports, a business that
specializes in selli ng a variety of imported goods-the product of
her trips around the world .
"I know for a fact my life has been completely
different because I have traveled, and I wouldn't
trade my life for anything."
There is, however, much more to Umolac's business than traveling
and shopping for goods to bring back to the U.S. By providing
customers with opportunities to witness first-hand the artistry and
skills of people from all over the world , Umolac contributes to the
community by celebrating di versity.
Jennifer Umolac '94 owns Global Vision Imports, a business that
specializes in selling a variety of imported goods.
Her interest in diversity was enhanced during her experience at Augsburg. In fact , she chose Augsburg in pan because of its urban location and
also because it was one of a few schools offering a degree in social work . She says that "being a pan of the cit)' was especially important as a social
work major." Umolac ,~sits Augsburg frequently, as she has remained in touch with her social work professors.
Last fall , she and a business partner opened Global Vision World Market, located in Northeast Minneapolis. Global Vision World Market provides
independent vendors, many of whom sell their goods at the Farmer's Market during the summer, with an affordable means of displaying their
products year-round . The store also pro,~des members of the community an opportun ity to learn about different cultures and traditions. Umolac is
no longer a partner of Global Vision Market due 10 the time-intensive nature of owning the business; it left little time to do what she is tru ly
passionate about-traveling.
Accordi ng to Umolac, her travels have been major
learning experiences that have defined for her what is
truly important in li fe . Following her college graduation,
she went to Asia, for what she thought would be a sixmonth trip. She enjoyed her exploration of Asia and
Europe so intensely that she decided to stay, and to
fin ancially enable herself to do so , she taught English in
Taiwan and Korea . She mentioned , "nobody really thinks
about how everybody else is washing their clothes until
you see people in Asia washing their clothes in the ri ve r.
You realize and appreciate the conveniences we have as
well as just how much we have spiritually and
mate ria lly."
The realization of the impact traveling has on a person's
perception and knowledge of the world has led Umolac
to start writing a book containing travel tips, stories, and
pictures gathered and produced by her own experiences
abroad. One of her life's goals is to "encourage others to
travel and to live the life they want to live . 1 know fo r a
fact my life has been completely different because I have
traveled , and I wouldn't trade my life for anything."
According to Umolac, her travels have been major learning experiences
that have helped define what is truly important in life.
Spring 2002
-Wendy Elofson is an information speciali.sl in the Office of
Institutional Advancement
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Class Notes
HOMECOMING
2002
HOMECOMING 2002
SEPTEMBER 26-29
Football game vs .
Gustavus Adolphus
CollegcSaturdar, September 28
Homecoming dinncraturda)', eptember 28
Reunion celebrationsClasses of 195 2, 1962,
1977. and 1992
Contact rhc alumni office ar
612-330- 11 78 if you are
intacsted in serving on rhe
rcumon planning commiuee.
Gail (Moran)
Wawrzyniak,
Last summer several Auggies from classes in the 1950s gathered at the cabin of Orv '52 and
Vonnie (Bagley) '52 Olson and created the wooden U.S. flags pictured above. L to R: Gordon
'52 and Gloria (Parizek) '53 Thorpe; Morris '52 and Marjorie (Danielson) ' 52 Johnson; Lee
Eng '52 and David Rokke '52; Arvin '55 and Twila Halvorson; Lloyd '52 and Colette
(Peterson) '52 Lyngdal; and Vonnie (Bagley) '52 and Orville Olson '52.
1992
1991
Sue Hendrickson. Minneapolis,
obtained a Ph.D. m Educauonal
Psrchology/Counseling and
Student Personnel Psychology
from the Umvers,t)' of linnesota
in July She mamed Les Chylinski
in October and is a staff
psychologist at Gustavus Adolphus
College Counseling Center.
Anthony C. Patton mamed
The Rev. Scott Peterson ,
Raleigh. N.C. ,
was promoted 10
assIStant ,rjce
president of
BB&T
Corporation, the nauon's 16th
largest financial holding company.
Doranellys Duran-Franco in
October and became a stepfather
10 her son, Damel, 3. He recently
published a novel called Delph,
Justice. He is a Depan mem of
Defense chrjhan at the U.S.
Embassr m Samo Domingo,
Domamcan Republic.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada. recently
became pastor of Prince of Faith
Lutheran Church. He resides "~th
his wife, Gina (Nelson) '94.
Tammy Lynn Schmitt,
Minneapolis, works at WCCO-TV
Channel 4 News, where she has
been employed since July 2000.
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oin together at Como Park in St. Paul on aturday, May 11,
from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and visit with Augsburg alumni , facu lty,
staff, and faculty emeriti. Bring a picnic lunch (BBQ grills are
available) and Augsburg will provide soda and brownies. Regi ter
for door prizes including Auggie wear and 1wo free pas es 10 all
events at Homecoming 2002. This event is sponsored by the
Events Commiuee of the Augsburg ollege Alumni Board .
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Lara Schock, Lillie Rock, Ark. ,
started a new job as desktop
publisher for DSG Consulting in
June after seven years with the
AnhritIS Foundauon .
Stacy Shiltz. Mukwanago, WIS.,
married Chris Abraham in
Milwaukee m November. She is an
insurance underwriter for
American General Financial Group
and is auending Cardinal Stritch
University m pursuit of her
elementary education licensure.
Sharai Tyra , Hanover, Mmn ., was
featured m the newsletter. In Care
of Nu rses, in November. She is a
personal/career coach and
motivauonal speaker.
1993
Michelle Budig received her
doctorate in sociology from the
University of Arizona-Tucson in
June and accepted a position as a
professor at the University of
MassachusetLS-AmhersL. The
American Sociological Review recently
published her anicle, "The Working
Mom Penalty" Her husband, Peter
umdstrom , is a psychiatric nurse.
Jennifer Evenson , Plymouth,
Minn., is a choir teacher for grades
6-8 al Minnetonka Public Schools.
Nathan Hanson, Dubuque, Iowa,
completed graduate school in 1995
at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee and recent!)•joined the
staff at the University of Dubuque.
He and his wife of eight years.Julie,
have one daughter, Sophie, 5.
1995
Matthew A. Gooding,
Goodyear, Ariz., is a special
education teacher in the Litchfield
Elementary School District where
he has been employed since 2000.
Stacy Keding, New York,
married Paul LcPlae , Jr., last July.
Both completed Ph.D. degrees at
the University of WisconsinMadison m December. Stacy is a
research fellow at Memorial SloanKeuering Cancer Center and Paul
is a postdoctoral fellow at
Columbia University.
Luke Malloy, Plymouth, Minn., is
a senior compensation consultant
[or Unned Health Group.
Tiffany Peterson graduated [rom
the Logan School of Chiropractic
in St. Louis, Mo., in December.
and married Dr. Steve Garzone in
January. The couple \\rjll reside in
North Carolina.
Spring 2002
1996
John R. Burt, Fargo, N.Dak.,
mamed Kara Miller in December.
John works at Scheels AII-Spons.
Jake Reint, Lakeville, Minn., was
promoted from senior account
executive to account supervisor at
the Twin Cities olTice of Weber
Shand\\1ck, a public relations
agency
1997
Tami Peterson , Willmar, Minn.,
was promoted to manage r of the
Minneapolis-St. Paul office of Wipni ,
the 25th largest CPA firm in the
Umted States.
1998
Angela Ahlgren , Minneapolis,
directed Stop Kiss by Diana Soren as
pan of Theater Mus New Directions
Fesuval. The production, pan of a
series to showcase new. up-andcoming directors, featured fellow
Auggie Stephanie Lein '01 in the
pan of Callie.
1999
Jill Ruprecht was recently accepted
,mo Thunderbird, The American
Graduate School of International
Management, located in Glendale,
Ariz.
Christopher Steffen , Andover,
Minn., married Amy Lynn Amenrud
in June. He is employed by the
University of Minnesota and she is
employed by Childrens Hospital m
Minneapolis.
2001
Anna Brandsoy, Minneapolis, was
recently an anist-in-residence at
USC Middle School. She is a
member of the Minnesota Opera
Company.
Ryan Cobian married Jennifer
Runke '01 in August; they live in
New Brighton, tvlinn. Ryan is a
graduate student in electrical
engineering al the University of
Minnesota, and Jennifer is a
kinderganen teacher al Wilshire
Park Elementary School in St.
Anthon)(
Amy Stier,
Chippewa
Falls, WIS.,
married Jeff
Eppen. Amy
is interning at
the Nonhem
Wisconsin
Center,
working ,vith the developmentally
disabled ; Jeff is a teacher at StanleyBoyd High School.
2000
Kirsten
Arveson
married
David Kelly
'OO in
September;
they live in
Plymouth ,
Minn . David
is a financial analyst at American
fa-press Financial and Kirsten works
m youth and family ministries al
Tnmt)' Lutheran Church. The
couple can be reached ,~a e-mail at
<kellykir@hotmail.com>.
·oo
Erica Johnson, Arden Hills , Minn.,
is specializing in chemisuy and life
science m the Master of Science
Educauon Program at the University
ofMmnesota.
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Doug Nelson '76 and his " ~fe,
Becky, Bloomington , Mmn ..
adopted a daughter, Emily
Jessica, 2. They tm·eled to India
and upon their return to the
Minneapolis/St Paul airport , they
were met by a KARE-11 News
reporter who reported the arn val
of their 'Christmas Miracle.' Doug
is an athletic trainer for Eagan
High School; prior to this he was
an assistant trainer for the
Minnesota T\\~ns and also an
equipment manage r and athletic
trainer at Augsburg.
Lori
(Moline)
'82 and
Steven
Olson ,
Minneapolis,
ado pt ed a
daughter,
Evalin . Lori
can be contac ted ,~a e-mail at
<cross1ngborders@worldnet.att.net>.
Mary (Yurick) '83 and Richard
Bennett, Lowell , Mass.- a son ,
Wilfred Monroe, in October.
Elizabeth Burow-Flak '86 and
David Burow-Flak '86 ,
Valparaiso, Ind .- twin sons,
Samuel Justin and Benjamin
Emil. Elizabeth is an assistant
professor of English at Valparaiso
Uni versity; Da,~d is in-house
counsel for Safeco Insurance in
Valparaiso.
Kristen
(Knoepke
Traun) '86
and j ohn
Szatkowski .
Madison ,
Wis.- ason ,
Samuel
John , in
November. He joins siblings
Karissa and Ben Traun (pictured).
Jennifer (Snater) '88 and Mitch
O lson , Bloomington , Minn .- a
son , Martin Alexander, in
Decem ber. He joins siblings
Annika, 6 , and Anders, 3.
, J une. He ioms
brother
Chri topher Alan , 3.
Karen Ann
(Neitge) '90
and Lee Holt ,
Wimers.
Calif.-a
daughter,
Grace Opal
Ann , in
September.
Karen is a teacher at Davis
Waldorf School.
Julie (Edstrom) '90 and Dean
Olson ' 0 0-a son , Tristan John ,
in August. He Joins brother
Cameron , 6, and sister Maren , • .
J ulie is director of the Enrollmem
Center at Augsburg.
Cathy Lynne (Svendsen)
Springhorn '91 and he r
husband , Shoreview, Minn .- a
son , Andrew Adair, in March
2001. He j oins sister Sarah . 3.
Lisa (Campton) '92 and Thomas
Marek . Columbia Heights,
Minn .-a daughter, Anna
Louise , in May.
Deb (Bellin) '95 and Scou
Smith , Wrightstown , Wis.-a son ,
Noah Scott, in October.
Connie J. (Arndt) '96 and Andy
Clausen, Blaine, Minn .-a son.
Adam Charles, in October.
Justin J.
Hansen '98
and his " 1fe,
Lo n , Houston,
Texas--a
daughter,
Taylor
Noell e, in
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In Memoriam
James D. Johnson, professor emeritus of piano,
had a 'heart as big as his musical talent'
Augsburg News Service
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James D. Johnson
ames D.
Johnson ,
professor emeritus
of music at
Augsburg from
1961- 1986, died
on January 4. He
was a well-known
Twin Cities pianist
and instructor of
piano for many years.
Johnson, born April 3, 1934, in St.
Louis Park, Minn., to Lurabelle and Frank
Johnson , began his musical studies under
his mother's direction at the age of 2. He
received a B.A. from the University of
Minnesota in 1956, and his M.A from the
Juilliard School of Music in 1958.
He began teaching private piano at the
Rymer School of Music in the Twin Cities,
and was hired in September 1961 as an
instructor at Augsburg; he was tenured in
1971. Johnson reached the rank of
associate professor and retired in May
1986.
As a young performer, Johnson won
numerous prizes and competitions,
including the Womens Association of the
Minnesota Orchestra, the Schubert Club
Competiti on , the Thursday Musical
winner, the Minnesota Music Teachers
Associati on Young Artist winner, and the
Young Artist Competition , sponsored by
the Phill ips 66 Junior Talent Parade.
He was frequently a soloist with
orchestras throughout the Midwest,
including the Minnesota Orchestra on four
occasions , the Rocheste r Symphony on
five occasions, and the Austin Symph ony
on two occasions. When Augsburg
celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1969,
the College featured Johnson as soloist
with the Minnesota Orchestra in a
performance of the Grieg A Minor Piano
Concerto, conducted by Stanislaw
Skrowaczewski.
"Jim was an unfailingly joyous man ,
always focus ing on his two passionsmusic and his fri ends ," said Mary Ann
Feldman, long-time Minnesota Orchestra
program annotator and editor. "As an
undergraduate, one day I was literally
entangled in a hornet's nest at the Johnson
family cab in . As an an tidote to the pain ,
Jim suggested lis tening Lo the symphonies
of Anton Bruckner. This balm worked and
marked my discovery of Bruckners music.
Incidentally, Jims last child was named
Bruckner Johnson ."
''.Jim Johnson had a heart as big as his
musical talent," said Hen ry Charles Smith,
former associate conductor of the
Minnesota Sym phony. "He was bigger than
life. Anything worthwhile was possible. He
will be missed by countless students and
music lovers."
More than anything else, Johnson was
a formidabl e private instructor, sometimes
seeing as many as 100 students a week.
He was dedicated teacher.
He is survived by wife , Rosie; four
children: Chersten , Andre , Ginevra, and
Bruckne r; and 10 grandchildren.
Johnson gave 35 years of his teaching
career for his students, family, friend s, and
colleagues. The Augsburg College Music
Department would like to establish a
James D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship in
his memory. Contributions may be sent to:
The James D. Johnson Memorial Fund ,
Augsburg College, O ffice of Institutional
Advancement , Campus Box 142 , 2211
Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55454.
Rev. Vincent Hawkinson '41, longtime peace
a ct iv ist, di es at 86
by Kavita Kumar, Star Tribune staff writer
, • he Rev. Vincent Hawkinson '41 , a
I
longtime pastor of Grace University
Lutheran Church in Minneapolis who
imbued his ministry with messages of
peace and justice, died in his sleep
December 10 at the Augustana Home in
Minneapolis. He was 86.
"He always felt the need to get out
and do someth ing to make the world
better, no matter what th e consequences,"
said his son , Keith .
"O r how popu lar the cause," added
his wife , Gloria.
Hawki nson was a vocal opponent of
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the Vietnam War and spoke at many
antiwa r demon strati ons.
"The clergy, if they are to be
significant in our generation, must always
speak to the conscience," Hawkinson told
the Mi nneapolis Tribune in 1968.
Bo rn in Co pas, Minn., he graduated
from Augsburg College and Augustana
Semin ary in Rock Island , Ill. He spent four
yea rs in Germany from 1948 to 1952
wo rking with World War II refu gees.
In 1956 , he became pastor at Grace
University Lutheran Church. He left there
in 1985. The Vincent L. Hawkinson
Foundation for Peace and Justice was
created in 1988 to award annual
scholarships and recognize those who
work for peace.
Other sunrivors include his sons,
Mark of Lauderdale, Minn., and Bruce of
St. Peter, Minn .; a daughter, Karin of
Mound , Minn .; eight grandchildren; and
sisters Pearl and Jean Hawkinson of
Minneapolis.
Reprinted by permission of th e
Star Tribune.
Spring 2002
Phyllis M. Kennedy '37 ,
Deephaven . Minn ., died in
December; she was 87. She was a
reured librarian from Lhe
Minneapolis Public Library. She is
survived by sis ters-in-law Esther
'38, Solve1g, and Laverne; nieces
and nephews; and many others.
The Rev. Luther S. Borgen '41 ,
La Crosse, Wis., died in October.
He was a reured ELCA pastor.
Audrey (Kyllo) Smith Engler
'43 , Randolph , 1inn, died
peacefully at home surrounded b)•
family in December; she was 80.
he worked at Northfield Hospital
m the busmess office for 25 years.
Prior to this, she worked as a bank
teller. She was a chu rch pianist , an
acti ve member of the P.T.A ., and
enjoyed oil painting, music,
making afghans, and traveling. She
is survived by her husband ,
Leonard ; hildren, Deane, Liz, and
Paul ; step-children , Steve, Herb ,
John , and Carol; five
grandchildren; three stepgrandch1ldren; six greatgrandchildren; and many others.
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Kathryn (Balerud) Larson '44,
\V,ll1ston , .Dak., died in
September; she was 78. Prior LO
retiring m l 982, he taught
English, literature, and history. She
taught for many years in the
Williston public school system; she
was devoted to her profession and
spent coumless hours in research
and preparation . She was especially
proud of her family and intensely
loyal to her fri ends. She was a
member of First Lutheran Church
in \V,lhswn , P.E.O. Sisterhood,
Mercy Cancer Support Group m
which she was a mentor, and the
Retired Teachers Association. She is
survived by her husband of 56
years, Donald ; daughter, Carol;
grandson . Christo pher; and many
others.
The Rev. Elder Oscarson '49 ,
Long Beach , Calif. , died in
September. He was a retired pastor.
He is survived by his wife, Rhoda
'53; five children: Cynthia , Daniel,
Deborah , Mark, and Malcolm; and
many others.
long Illness; he was 71. He was Lhe
owner of onhfelt Realtr and a
30-year employee of Hennepin
County. He 1s suno ved by his ""fe,
Janet; children, Kun and Lyn n;
step-children , Shelley and Peter:
six grandchildren; and many
others.
The Rev. Louise S. Barge '89,
~linneapolis. died in December;
she was 79. he was assistant
paswr at This Is It Ministries and a
member of many civic and
religious organizations. he was a
onduiL for change, and many
were wuched by her deep concern
fo r others. he 1s sun'\Ved by her
children: Sandra, Demse '89 ,
Matthew, and Michael; 12
grandchildren ; one great-grandson;
sister, Evelyn ; and many others.
She was preceded in death by h r
husband , Herbert.
Omer A.
Bullert.
Delano, Minn .,
died in January:
he was 76. For
most of his life,
he, orked on
Richard A. Northfelt '54,
Crystal, Minn ., died in July after a
Full name
the fatnil)' farm we l of Howard
Lake, lmn. He was also an
accountant m the bu mess offi c at
Augsburg for 25 years, reuring I 0
years ago. 'He was a great
colleague and had a real
commnment to Aug burg." said
Herald Johnson, director of
finan cial aid in the ugsburg
Enrollment Center. "Omer was
everyone's fnend and also practiced
his a counting craft well."
lngvald Johnson , lmneapohs,
died in November, he was I 00. He
joined the maintenance staff at
Augsbu rg in l 959 , where he
worked until reurement m the
laLel960s. Prior LO Augsburg, he
farmed for 27 years near Middle
River, Minn. He was an ac ti ve
member of both Immanuel
Lutheran Church of East Valley
Township and Minnehaha
Commum t)' Lutheran Church m
~linneapolis. He 1s sun•ived by h,s
children : lngvald , Marshall , and
Sylvia; seven grand h1ldren ; and
13 great-grandchildren . He was
preceded m death b)' his "~fe,
Bertha, in 1999 .
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Empowering others toward a common goal
A
t the annual Ethnic Student
Leadership Recognition Dinner in
ovcmbcr; senior Juliana Marti ne::
presented the following remarks about
leadership.
ty name is Juliana Maria Martinez and I
am one of Lhe officers of the
Hispanic/Latino tudent Association. I
was asked LO share my thoughts in rega rd
LO the meaning or the word leaders hip.
That hould be easy LO explam, I
thought LO myself, since, while growing
up in Colombia, I participated in
leadership seminars, Christian missions
across my country, and many social
organizaLions where I learned what being
a leader was all about. I became a leader
despite the fact that I grew up in a
country where women Lraditionally don't
take leadership roles, simply because
they do not thmk they can, nor do they
have the ambiuon to pursue them . But,
explaming Lhe meaning of leadership
"To be a leader, on e needs to have
been led" - Juliana Martin ez '02
may not be as easy as iL sounds when the
world around us misleads us with
notions of leaders as figures of
untouchable power or individuals who
happen to be on LOp as a result of
networking with the "right people." What
about those who perceive leaders as
controversial characters, loud individuals,
and other images introduced Lo us on a
daily basis?
What it all comes down LO, however,
is that a leader is any person who 1s able
LO utilize his or her ski lls Lo empower
others LO work LOward a common goal.
It's not doing the entire project by
yourself or trying to be a multi-tasking
super-human who does not take into
conside ration other peop le's talents.
Being a leader is being able LO connect
everybody's ideas and energies into
accomplishing so mething. We all , as
students, faculty, an d staff members or
Augsburg College, have plenty of
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opportunities to be leaders in our daily
activities. It is our option to take
advantage of those chances and influence
someone else's life in a positive way. We all
heard abou t the leaders who risked and
lost their lives during the events of
September 11. A true leader may be
recognized in someth ing as big as such
disasters or in something as little as
cheering up someone on our campus who
is havi ng a bad day.
Some people may think that they
don't have what it takes LO be a leader
because they don't organ ize big events or
reach higher posiLions. But LO that line of
thinking, I respond ,vith a quote I read
one day on my e-mail that stuck as one of
the most important slogans in my life: To
the world. you may just be somebody, but
to somebody, you may just be the world'
Utilizing what we are or what we know to
change somebody's world in a good way
makes us all leaders.
Finally, 1 share the idea that to be a
leader, one needs to have been led . I would
like to thank everyone who has been a
leader in my life, starting from Jesus and
Mary to my parents, siblings, rriends,
teachers, and many others . .. because they
are somebody in my world and because
they have made me a leader.
•
Juliana Martinez is a senior with a
major in management information systems
and a minor in business administration. She is
a co-chair of the Hispanic/Latin o Student
Association.
Music
For more information 011 any of these events
(u nless othenvi.se noted), call 612-330-1265
or visit the mu.sic department online at
<ww,v.augsbu rg. edulmusic>.
April 14
April 9
April 26-May 19
The Role and Function of the Dramaturg
"The Augsburg Juried Student Art
Exhibition, 2002"
Alumni Gallery, Chri ten en Center
Opening Rece ption: April 26, -+:30- 6:30
p.m.; awards at 5:30 p.m.
Michael Lupu , dramaturg, the Guthri e
Theatre
11:50 a.m.-1 : 20 p.m.
April 19- 28
Riverside Singers and Men's Chorus
Concert
4 p.m.-Hove rsten Chapel
Into the Woods
Music and lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim , book by James
Lapine. Directed by Darcey
Engen.
Performances: April 19 , 20 ,
25, 26, 27 at 7 p.m.; April 2 1,
28 at 2 p.m.
April 30
Augsburg Jazz Ensemble Concert
7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
May 1
Augsburg Chamber Orchestra Concert
7 p.m .-Sateren Auditorium
May 5
Masterworks Chorale Concert
7 p.m.-Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
May 8
Chamber Music Recital & High Tea
4 p.m.-Sateren Audi torium
May 12
Augsburg Concert Band Concert
Guest organi t: Ma rk Sedio '76 , director
of music at Central Lutheran Church
3 p.m.-Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
May 17
Augsburg Choir Bon Voyage Concert
7:30 p.m.-First Lutheran Church
Columbia Heights, Minn .
Theatre
For ticket information, ca ll 612-330-1257 or
visit th e theatre department onlinc at
<www.augsburg.edu/th eau·c>. All events take
place at Tjornhom-Nel 0 11 Th eater in Fo s
Center unless othcnvise indicated.
April 23
Artistic Concepts: Into the Woods
ll :50 a.m.-1 :20 p.m.
Seminars,
Lectures, and
Films
For inform ation, ca ll 612-330- 11 80
April 8
2002 Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Lecture:
"Expedition to an Asteroid :
The Near Earth Asteroid
Rendezvous (NEAR)
Mission"
Directed by Hope Moy and Lindsay
Hockaday
7 p.m.
Dr. Mari a Zuber, E.A.
Griswold Pro fessor of
Geophysics and
Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
8 p.m.-Hove rsten Chapel
May 9
Other Events
May 3 & 4
Senior Project Performances
Scenes from American Drama Class
7 p.m .
May 10
Senior Acting Recitals
7 p.m.
Exhibits
For galle,y and exhibit information, call
612-330- 1524 or go online to
<w,v,v.augsburg.edulgalle,ies>.
April 26- May 19
"Kilims: Weaving as a Tradition "
This exhibition of kilim rugs from nati onal
collecti ons will explore ancient weaving
traditions in natwoven rugs from Per ia,
Turkey, and the Caucasus' region.
Gage Family An Gallery, Lindell Library
Openin g Reception : April 26, 6- 9 p.m
May 18 & 19
COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND
1ay 18
President's Reception
1-3 p.m.- Augsburg House
Commencement Dinner
6 p.m.- Christense n Center
Commencement Concert
8 p.m.-Hove rsten
hapel
May 19
Baccalaureate Service
l O a.m.-Hove rsten Chapel
Commencement Brunch
I I a.m.- Christensen
enter
Commencement Ceremony
l :30 p.m., Mel by Hall
Ti ckets required
Commencement Recept ion
3 p.m.-
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a
college-wide program dedicated to
fulfilling its mission of "education for
service" and making the Christian
concept of vocation a vital part of its
classrooms and co-curricular activities.
Minneapolis illustrates how nursing
students learn that healing can begin
with the gift of a smile or a
compassionate, listening ear.
The Kleven family's gift of an
endowed scholarship honors Dorothy
"True vocation joins self and service ... as'the place where
your deep gladness meets the world's deep need."'
J. Palmen author of leú Your Life Speak (Jossey-Bass, 2000),
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and upcoming guest speaker (see calendar on back cover)
This program, Exploring Our Gifts, was
funded by a grant from the Lilly
Endowment, and encourages the
Augsburg community to look at the "big
picture" and think about where our gifts
intersect with faith and service.
Indeed, exploring our gifts is about
much more than just choosing the right
major or finding a "fit" in a job.
Ultimatel¡ we can discover and share
our gifts-ou¡ y6ç¿1is¡-in many
different ways.
Our story on page 10 about the
Augsburg Central Nursing Center at
Central Lutheran Church in downtown
Lijsing Kleven '47 , who spent her life
sharing her passion for choral music
(page 8). This annual President's
Scholarship, the first one to provide full
tuition, fees, room and board, will enable
future students to nurture their talents
for choral music.
In Februar¡ Augsburg celebrated the
success of Devean George '99, who
returned to campus for ceremonies
that officially retired his Augsburg
No. 40 basketball jersey (page 7).
George, a member of the NBA
world champion Los Angeles
Lakers, recently shared a gift with
his hometown community, and
sponsored eight children from the "Why
Can't I Go?" program for special
education students in Minneapolis and
flew them to a game in Los Angeles.
Finally, on page 12, our feature story
introduces the Lilly-funded Exploring
Our Gifts program, sharing the many and
varied ways the grant has allowed the
Augsburg community to tackle some of
Iife's big questions: What are my gifts?
Why am I here? What ought I to do with,
my life? Where are my gifts and talents
most needed?
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Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan. with African drums to honor his heritage, during the Eighth
Annual Nobel Peace Prize Festival.
Students from Gatewood Elementary School paused
at the base of the huge, inflatable globe that
welcomed visitors to the Peace Prize Festival.
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faculty, and stalf are engagecl in finding ways to unclerstand how their
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Augsburg has announced plans to open
a charter high school in 2004 focused on
health careers. As part of the "Faith in the
City" collaboration with five other Twin
Cities Lutheran-based organizations, the
Augsburg Academy for Health Careers will
be funded through start-up grants from
the Gates Foundation.
Augsburg will administer the school
and provide courses and tutors, while the
other groups will add acrivities relating to
their expertise. For instance, FairviewUniversity Hospital will match students
with mentors and provide internships.
The new academy hopes to attract
students from urban, underserved areas to
pursue careers in health caÍe to address
workforce shortages and to better serve the
Twin Cities populat ions.
Faith in the City also includes
Fairview Health Services, Centrai Lutheran
Church, Lutheran Social Services, Luther
Seminar¡ and Thrivent Financial for
college honors programs.
Created by Honors Program director
(a
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Larry Crockett, the Honors
Program pages acquaint
viewers and inform
prospectÌve students about
curriculum and seminars, as
à
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well
as the fall and spring
Monday Fon¡m series, open to
the public.
Readers can access the
online journal, Ah-zine, and
the annual Honors Revíew,
featuring outstanding student
writing selected and edited by
Honors Program students.
To see the Honors
Program page, go to
<www. augsburg. edu/honors>.
to R) StepUP program director Patrice Salmeri, StepUP
student Katie Moore, and Rick Francis listened to testimony
by U,S. Rep, Jim Ramstad criticizing Christian Dior's
advertising campaign.
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Augsburg has received two grants from
the lmproving Teacher Quality program
for teachers to participate in Gourses
this summer at Augsburg. Part of the
No Child Left Behind Act, the grants are:
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Lutherans.
Augsburg's Honors Program Web page,
"honors.org", is rated by search engine
Google as the number one page among
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Thirty education paraprofessionals in
the MinneapolÌs, St. Paul, and Roseville
school districLs wilì participate in a twoweek intensive summer course with
additional follow-up in mathematics
content and teaching techniques.
Twenty-five middle and high school
social studies teachers from Minneapolis
Public Schools will attend the summer
Paideia lnstitute, JuIy 2I-25.
StepUP students testify at
state legislature
StepUP director Patrice Salmeri and two
students from Augsburg attended a special
hearing at the Minnesota House of
Representatives as part of a worldwide
protest against the advertising campaign of
cosmetic giant Christian Dior for their new
perfume, "Addict." The edgy ads used
images and language that seemed to glorify
addition.
Junior Katie Moore read from a paper
she had written for a class on the campaign
U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad presented testimony
both in Minnesota and the U.S. Congress.
In response to the protests, the Dior
company revised the ad scripts and
changed the name to "Dior Addict."
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Augsburg3 chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national
leadership honor society for cotlege students, faculty, and
staff, initiated eight new members at its meet¡ng in February.
Prof. Lori Lohman, faculty adviser, and Colleen Junnila, faculty
secretary have reactivated Augsburg3 ODK chapter, which
was chartered in 1987 but has been inactive for the past
several years,
to R) Prof. Keith Gilsdorf, economirs; Colleen Junnila, ODK
secretary; Erika Benson; Jennife¡ Holm, president Jana Skrien;
T.J. Bramwell, treasurer; Sarah Haberkorn; Heather Wessling,
vice presidenü lindsay Ruliffson; Norm Okerstrom '85,
Development Office; and Prof. Lori Lohman, business
administration and faculty adviser.
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top-notch in tournaments
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surprised their coach,
and even themselves, as
they carried home a fifth
place sweepstakes award
in the largest and most
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Acosta is one
of 300
competitive division at
the 2lst Annual Novice
National Speech
Tournament, held Feb.
28-March 3. They
competed in I I
recognized events and
categories
against hundreds of
students fiom teams
across the country.
two debate
students
nationwide in
Back row (L to R): Dan Sweet, Kirstin Kuchler, Becky Tellin, Nick
Carpenter, Kyle Loven, Ryan Sobolik, Coach Bob Groven (Front
row): Heather Nystrom, Gretchen Hemmingsen, Crystal Harles,
Robert Jones
finish in Impromptu Speaking.
"This award represents a
breakthrough for the team," said
Robert
Groven, coach and speech professor. "We
had assumed that competing in Division
One would prevent us from winning a
sweepstakes award, but the team's
performance exceeded my expectations."
Freshman Kyle Loven took top
honors with a second place in
Informative Speaking and a semifinal
The team had also competed well in
local and state tournaments. At the
Minnesota College Forensic Association
state tournament they garnered a third
place sweepstakes award.
Freshman Heather Nystrom placed
sixth at thls tournament in Informative
speaking as she used her own experience
with diabetes to speak about a new
tïeatment to help orhers.
Successfu I'Connect¡ons'
/Fonnections: A Women's
LLeadership Event,"
sponsored by Augsburg and
Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans, brought together
130 students, alumni, faculty,
and staff to discuss issues of
financial freedom, vocation,
and life balance.
Speakers included
to R) Kathi A. Tunheim, Pamela Moksnes'79, Shelby
Gimse Andress '56, Andry Andriambololona Jurcich '98,
Anne Frame, and Connie Evingson'76.
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Andress'56, training and
development consultant Kathi
A. Tunheim, vocalist Connie Evingson'76,
Spring 2003
Victor Acosta
win
a
prestigious
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for
2003-0+. The scholarship covers costs of
tuition, fees, books, and room and board
up to $7,500.
Acosta, a native of New York City, is
in the
StepUP program, where he is chair of
a McNair Scholar and active
the governing board.
For the past two years, Acosta has
carried out independent and team
research on thin magnetic films in the
solid state physics lab with Prof.
Ambrose Wolf. He worked on a summer
internship at the U.S. Department of
Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center last year; this summer he will be
at University of California-Berkeley
working on condensed matter and
atomic physics contributions to
quantum computation.
Acosta is the fifth Augsburg
Goldwater Scholar in the past seven
years and is one of eight recipients from
Minnesota colleges and universities. The
scholarship winners are selected by the
Thrivent's Lutheran
Community Services manager
Pamela Moksnes'79,
consultant l. Shelby Gimse
the fields of
mathematics,
science, and
engineering to
and The Augsburg Fund assistant director
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and
Excellence in Education Foundation
from nearly 1,100 nominees by college
and university faculties. Goldwater
Scholarships are considered the premier
undergraduate awards in these fields of
science and math.
Andry Andriambololona Jurcich'98.
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Margaret Anderson and Adrienne
A coral reef aq uanum for
neighborhood kids
Kaufmann, Center for Global Education,
presented "Crossing Borders, Challenging
Boundaries" at the ELCAb Global Mission
event in Minneapolis last summer.
tlack in 1999. when biology
a
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Lapman
Orv Gingerich, international programs,
set up the two coral reef
h,
and Michael O'Neal, sociolog¡ presented
"Developing a Global Perspective through
Faculty Development" at the Association
of Lutheran College Faculty in October.
Gingerich also co-presented
"Transformative Learning and Critical
Pedagogy: A Collaborative Workshop
Approach to Theory-Building for Study
Abroad" at the annual conference of the
Council for International Educational
Exchange (CIEE), in Atlanta in October.
aquaria in the biology
department, he probably had
no idea where this project
Þpror.rro, wlrram
Jeanine Gregoire, education and NASA
Space Grant program, presented "Make and
Take Space Science Activities for the K-6
Curriculum" at the 2003 Space Science
Across the Curriculum Conference at the
Science Museum of Minnesota in March.
She also presented "Girls Solving Real
Life Problems Using Science Technolog¡r
and Math" at the National Science Têacher
Association Conference.
Stella Koutroumanes Hofrenning,
economics, presented "Greek Orthodox
Perspectives on Economics," at Baylor
University's Lilly-funded conference on
Christianity and economics in November.
She also teaches modem Greek
language to school-aged children at St.
George Greek Orthodox Church in St. Paul.
Thirty students and staff from residence life
attended the Area Twin Cities College
Housing Association (ATCCHA) conference
in February Nancy Holmblad, residence
life, presented a workshop, "The Augsburg
Challenge: Getting First-year Studens
Involved." Christine Olstad, residence life,
and StepUP students Torin Kelly and
Mitch Lyle presented about campus
drinking and drug use. Studens Amy
Jones and Bekah Cahill presented a
workshop on ice breakers and teambuilders.
s,
ra
would lead.
One direction
it led was
right into the neighborhood,
to the Seward Montessori
School, where he has worked
with staff to build aquaria for
their science classrooms. The
first project was a small, lowbudget tank furnished with
spare parts from Augsburg's
Biology professor Bill Capman helped build a coral reef
aquarium at the Seward Montessori School, with its
biology department.
colorful habitat of corals, marine plants, and fish.
Over the pastyeaÍ,
however, he has helped
Capman was able to supplement their
construct and populate a reef system
grant funds with donations of both
containing live corals in a much larger
money and livestock from Augsburg and
70-gallon, four-foot long tank.
other reefkeepers to outfit the school's
"We had our share of problems for a
system.
while-the water was pea soup green
In March Capman led a day-long
with algae lor six months before we
workshop at Augsburg on marine aquaria
figured out what the problem was," said
for grammar school, middle school, and
Capman, "but we did a'transfusion' of
high school teachers. Six teachers
sorts from our tanks at Augsburg ... and
attended, with one bringing a student
we fixed a problem with their water
along, and received continuing education
purifier." Since last fall, he said, the tank
credit for their participation. Among
has been "beautiful and healthy."
attendees was John Roper-Batker from
The Web site that Capman created
Seward Montessori, who spoke about his
for the biology department's aquaria has
use of the new aquarium in teaching
attracted attention from an active
middle school science.
community of reefkeepers who share
To see more about Augsburg's
their knowledge and ideas, as well as
aquarium, go to <www.augsburg.edu/
offer materials and funding where
biology>.
needed. For Seward Montessori School,
Looking closely at Shakespeare
nglish professor Doug Green joined
Lejeune Lockett, Center for Global
Education-Mexico, presented a poster
session "Black Mexicans? A Non-traditional
Cultural Perspective in Mexico" at CIEE.
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E teachers and researchers from
across
the country at the annual meeting of the
Shakespeare Association of America in
April.
There, he participated in a workshop
to examine small portions of texts in
Shakespeare's plays, not for understanding
of the play, but for the language itself, in
isolation from the play's meaning.
The workshop was led by Professor
Stephen Booth, a Shakespearean sonnet
expert from University of CaliforniaBerkeley
Spring 2003
Learning to read the numbers
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proí.rro, rtÏ¡to s.t i.t¿ received
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$500,000 grant from the \ùlM. Keck
Foundation to develop statistical literacy
as an interdisciplinary curriculum in the
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liberal arts.
In terms of student learning,
becoming statistically literate means
gaining understanding of the use of
statistics as evidence in an argument. In an
age of numbers and technical information,
it means helping students to develop a
comfort level in the use of statistics in
much the same way they become
comlortable using words.
As part of the Keck grant, Joel Best,
author oï DamnedLíes and S¿a¿isúícs visited
Augsburg in November to meet with
faculty and students in several
departments and give an invited talk.
Students reported that while Best's
book takes a somewhat cynical look at the
use of statistics, it helped them become
Business professor Milo Schield (left) hosted the visit of author and statistician Joel Best as part
of the Keck Stat¡stical Literacy grant. Best lectured in classes on the need to th¡nk critically about
numbers and statistics.
more aware of what they read.
"Within 24 hours of reading the book,
I found myself questioning statistics being
thrown around by the current crop of
lpolitical] candidates," said student Jim
Humbert.
Schield is collaborating with faculty in
several departments to develop teaching
materials to include a greater focus in the
statistics curriculum on reading and
interpreting data.
Schield has also collaborated with the
Royal Statistical Centre for Statistical
Education at the University of
Nottingham-Tient. Peter Holmes, a senior
researcher there, visited Augsburg in late
March to review Augsburg's curriculum.
NfornWOnil'
Sally Daniels '79, undergraduate
admissions, is president-elect of the
Minnesota Association for College
Admission Counseling (MACAC).
Mark Engebretson, physics, served on the
Decadal Survey of Solar and Space Physics,
an l8-month planning effort of the National
Academy of Science. He was vice chair of the
Panel on Education and Society, which
prioritized scientific and education effors in
U.S. solar and space physics research for the
decade 2003 through 2013.
He was invited to present. a paper at the
NASA Earth Science Institute at the Science
Museum of Minnesota in November.
With Augsburg students, including
Jesse Woodroffe'03 and Jeremiah Knabe'04,
he made presentations at the fall meeting of
the American Geophysical Union in San
Francisco.
Engebreson also had papers published
Series of the
American Geophysical Union and the
Journal of Geophysical Research.
in the Geophysical Monograph
members of the Minneapolis school board.
He was also quoted in an article about
state legislative initiatives in education in the
Dec. 4 issue of EducationWeeh.
Garry Hesser, sociolog¡ received the2OO2
Distinguished Sociologist Award from the
Sociologists of Minnesota, at the association's
fall meeting in St. Cloud.
He presented "Rebuilding communities:
A Comparison Between the Annie E. Casey
Rebuilding Communities Initiative and the
Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization
Program" at the Urban Affairs Association, in
Cleveland in March.
He also served as a retreat leader at
"Worthy Questions," at the College of
Wooster in January, and served as an
evaluator for service-learning and urban
studies programs aÍ, Aztza Pacific University
and Messiah College in February.
Norm Okerstrom '85, development,
coordinates the Lutheran College Advocates
and serves as the council president at Peace
Luthe¡an Church in Pl).rynouth.
Joseph Erickson, education, was elected
to a four-year term as one of the seven
Spring 2003
Timothy Pippert,
sociology, was named
president-elect of the Sociologiss of
Minnesota at their fall meeting in St. Cloud.
Glenda Dewberry Rooney, social work,
was re-appointed to the Association of
Social Work Boards (ASWB) Examination
Committee, which reviews, edits, and
approves questions for the social work
licensing examination used in 48 states.
John Shockley, political science,
participated in a national study funded by
Pew Charitable Trusts that examined I5
close Congressional ¡aces. He analyzed how
Minnesota's Second District race between
Bill Luther andJohn Kline was covered
poorly by media.
Jim Trelstad-Porter, international student
advising, passed both phases of the Spanish
Interpreter Proficiency Exam and is now a
Minnesota certified court interpreter.
The travel seminar that he led in 2001,
"Cultural Immersion at Tirrtle Mountain
Indian Reservation," was selected for
inclusion in the 2003 model program list by
NAFSA: Association of Intemational
Educators.
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Steven LaFave, business administration,
presented "The Effect ofEuro Conversion
on Price Stability in the French Economy:
A Market Basket Study" at the annual
meeting of the Midwest Academy of
International Business in March. It was
nominated for a manuscript award.
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Center for
Global Education-Mexico, presented a
workshop, "So You Want to Change the
World? Educating for Responsible Global
Citizenship" for the National Society for
Experiential Education in l-as Vegas.
Kathryn Swanson, English,
presented
"Now I Become Myself: Power and Peace
in Aging Sleuths," at the Popular Culture
Conference in New Orleans in April.
She completed two site accreditation
visits this year for the Higher Learning
Commission and was elected to serve on
their review board. With Norma Noonan,
political science, she presented "Lessons
Learned from Years of Reviewing SelfStudy Reports: Advice on Writing and
Editing the Self-Study" at the Higher
Learning Commission's annual meeting.
Doug Green, English, published an
on Shakespeare and film in R¿el
essay
Shahespeare (2002), and a scholarly
review in Shahespeare Bulletin of the
Guthrie's production of A Comedy of
Errors.
He also presented "Desperately
Seeking Desdemona: Ideologies of
Gender in Shakespearean Tragedy" at
the Renaissance Society of America
meeting in Toronto in March.
Bruce Reichenbach, philosophy, coauthored the third edition oÏ Reason and
Religious Belief (Oxlord University Press),
an introductory text in the philosophy of
religion.
He also published "Genesis I as a
Theological-Political Narrative of
Kingdom Establishment" in the Bulletin of
Biblical Research, 2003.
From card catalogs to art
catalogs
Flill Wittenbreer. reference librarian at
Þ,-r'oa,, Lr'rary, worKs atl clay wrtn
words, but it's visual images that occupy
much of his free time-especially
Minnesota landscapes.
Wittenbreer is co-curator o[ the
current exhibit at the Minnesota
Museum of American Art, "An Artist's
Paradise: Minnesota Landscapes 1840-
l9+0." This exhibit, for which he
researched and located works, contains
some images painted by visìting artists
seeking the "exotic" on the mid-l9th
century northern plains, as well as
commissioned works portraying the
growing prosperity of Minnesota's
cultural centers.
This is Wittenbreer's first adventure
in Midwest
histor¡ culture, and politics for many
years was focused in literature, perusing
old diaries and items of literary historical
interest. About a decade ago, however, at
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, he saw
an exhibit about art and life of the Upper
as an art curator. His interest
Mississippi, and began appreciating and
seeking Minnesota landscapes, especially
those depicting Minnehaha Falls.
He was drawn to works at the
Minnesota Museum of American Art in
St. Paul, and became a volunteer in the
library and a docent, and more recently
technology project published two
monographs with JDL Technologies:
Nowhere in Technology: All Children Left
Behind and Talhin' Tall: Voices for
Millennium Teachers.
Fìrofessor Amin Kader was honored
l'vu..h
11 by the Department
of
on
in
serving
for 16 years as the department's first
chair. ln his honor and to his surprise,
an Amin E. Kader Business Scholarship
Business Administration for his role
was established by his faculty colleagues,
friends, and alumni.
Department of Business
Administration chairJohn Cerrito
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has worked with the museum's curator,
who invited him to collaborate on the
current exhibit.
He began this project by considering
attitudes held by Minnesotans toward
their landscape over a century, and how
national trends played into the state's
artistic history. He sought to discover
how deep and how strong the influences
were-in other words, how they played
out here, he said. He then researched
catalogs and vendors to find works for
the exhibit.
His own collection includes seven or
eight images of Minnehaha Falls, from a
small, romantic Currier and Ives print to
a more contemporary wood block print.
The exhibit runs through June 22.
Professor Amin Kader honored
by his department
founding the department and in
The Augsburg PT3 education
Reference librarian Bill Wittenbreer cocurated an exhibit on Minnesota landscapes
spoke
about the significant role Kader played in
building the foundation and leaáing the
growth of the department over the past
two decades, and of the atmosphere of
respect and dignity that he fostered
among faculty and students.
Kader's leadership as chair, followed
by that of Milo Schield and John Cerrito,
has helped the department grow to be
the largest major at Augsburg College,
currently with 716 majors.
Spring 2003
Auggies place second at NCAA nationals
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E team accomplished nearly all the
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goals they set for the NCAA Division III
wrestling national championships, they
ended up with a second-place trophy,
breaking their three-year string of
national titles.
Augsburg nearly finished with more
team points (84.5) than its 2001-02
championship performance (87). They
finished with six All-Americans and one
individual national champion, matching
last year's total. And it took a recordsetting performance by Wartburg
(Iowa), with 166.5 points and 10 AllAmericans, to break Augsburg's
stranglehold on the national
championship.
The Auggies continued their
dominance in small-college wrestling,
however, with the runner-up finish.
They have finished either first or second
nationally l2 times in the last 13 years,
winning eight titles, and have finished
in the top 20 every year since 1971.
The Auggies were paced by Marcus
The Auggie wrestlers' second-place finish this year was only three po¡nts shy of last year's
national title points as they were topped by record-setting Wartburg College in the NCAA
national championships,
an individual season unbeaten. He
With six All-Americans, it marked
15th
the
straight year that Augsburg has
had at least five wrestling All-Americans.
finished 44-0 to win the 157-pound
individual national championship.
Don Stoner is sports int'ormatron coordinator.
LeVesseur, who became only the second
wrestler in school history to go through
Augsburg ret¡res Devean George's jerseV o,Donstoner
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his Augsburg No. 40
to formally retire
'basketball jersey
George, a small forward with the
three-time NBA world champion Los
Angeles Lakers, was honored in public
6¿¡srn6¡is5-once for students, faculty,
and staff and also during Augsburg's men's
basketball game against Hamline.
"I want to thank the school for doing
this for me. This is real special for me and
I will always remember it," said George. "I
want to thank my family, my teammates,
and friends, for being there for me. My
success is because of them. I've had good
people around me."
George's family, friends, and former
teammates and coaches were a prominent
part of the celebration events. George,is
Spring 2003
s
the only player
from an NCAA
s
a
s
Division III
institution
currently in the
ts
NBA. His No.40
joined the No.
50 jersey of Dan
Anderson'65
the only two
as
numbers retired
any Augsburg
sports team.
by
During the
weekend,
Men's athletic director Paul Grauer (right) congratulates Los Angeles Laker
Devean George '99 as his Augsburg jersey was retired at a celebration in
February.
Augsburg also
unveiled a
banner to honor Lute Olson'56, men's
basketball coach at the University of
Arízona, who was inducted into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
Fame in September.
Don Stoner
rs sports
ntformatron coordtnator
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Around the Quad
First endowed President's Scholarship honors
Dorothy L¡¡sing Klgvgn '47
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world, and in her memory her husband,
and her four children and spouses have
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created Augsburg's first endowed
President's Scholarship to be given
annually to an entering student in
choral music.
On March 23 the Kleven family
members gathered with the family of the
first recipient of the award, Carl Gruhlke
of Kelley, lowa, to both honor Dorothy
and the student who received the award.
"My family and I are pleased to
present this first annual scholarship for
choral music," Said E. Milton Kleven'46
"It seems a fitting tribute to Dorothy
because, in addition to her family and
her Christian faith, choral music was
very important to her. From an early age
when her parents discovered that she had
beautiful talent, she took voice lessons
and was active and involved in church
and school choirs.
"While a student here at Augsburg in
the mid-40s, she was a member of the
Augsburg Choir, and throughout our 53
years of married life, while busy raising a
family, running a busy household, and
helping me run our flooring business,
Dot remained an active member of the
church choir."
Kleven said that over the years
Augsburg has never been far from his
thoughts. He also said he was pleased
that his children and their spouses joined
him in giving their emotional and
financial support to the scholarship
because they understand the importance
of maintaining Augsburg's strong musical
heritage and attracting talented students
to the College. Gruhlke displayed that
talent by performing two songs,
accompanied by his future choir director,
Peter Hendrickson'76, music professor
and director oI choral activities.
Joining with their father in funding
the endowment were Bruce and Maren
Kleven, David and Barbara Kleven, Zane
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Milton Kleven '46, with his sister and his four children and their spouses, have endowed a
President's Scholarship in choral music in the memory of his wife, Dorothy Lijsing Kleven '47. The
first recipient is entering freshman €arl Gruhlke. (L to R) Maren Kleven, lvadell Kleven Rice. Bruce
Kleven, Carl Gruhlke, Zane Birky, Milt Kleven '46, Philip Larson, Barbara Kleven Birky, David
Kleven, Barbara Kleven, and Diane Kleven Larson.
E.
and Barbara Kleven Birky, and Philip and
Diane Kleven Larson.
"It's our family's hope that the
recipients of this scholarship will find an
Augsburg College community where
their love and talent for choral music can
be nurtured and developed and bring
them to a lifetime of happiness," Kleven
said.
Sue Klaseus, vice president for
institutional advancement, both
welcomed the participants and spoke
about the prestige of the scholarship
itself. "The President's Scholarship is the
most prestigious and highly competitive
scholarship, recognizing the most
academically qualified freshmen entering
Augsburg College each year," she said.
"This particular scholarship sets a model
for future endowments that will help
build our reputation and recruit the kind
of talent that Carl Gruhlke represents."
While President's Scholarships have
been awarded annually since the fall of
1982, this is the first one to provide full
tuition, fees, room and board thanks to
the Kleven Endowment. Ninety students
competed for the award with five others
receiving the traditional scholarships
covering tuition and fees. Gruhlke, who
is a student at Ballard High School, plans
to major in youth and family ministry.
Hendrickson spoke about the
transformation that occurs when
students come to the College, noting that
he came to Augsburg to prepare for
medicine and left to live his life in choral
music. "This is a place where we want
you to be you," he said to Gruhlke, "and
if you can do that through choral music,
that's fabulous."
And Herald Johnson'68, assistant
vice president for enrollment and market
development, spoke about the impact
that scholarships make on the life of the
institution.
"Augsburg always has been an access
place," he said, "and gifts such as this
show an ongoing confidence in the
College and its mission. Fundamentall¡
it's a commitment to an individual
student, but it's also commit"ment" to
Augsburg College, what we stand for and
are trying to perpetuate into the future.
"When you endow something you
are creating something for posterit¡" he
said. "You've given us a wonderful
vehicle to carry things into the future."
Spring 2003
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faculty, and staff
gathered on campus
to celebrate the
generosity of one
generation to
another. The annual
Scholarship Têa
brought together
students who have
received
scholarships and the
donors and their
families who have
made them possible.
Senior student
body president and
physics/math major
Brad Motl spoke
about the
È
President and Mrs. Frame hosted four of the President's Scholars at
(L to R) Jean Johnson '04, President Frame,
Alexis Johnson '05, Andrea Carlson '04, Anne Frame, and Adam
their table for conversation.
Nugent'03.
importance of
scholarships to his studies.
''Scholarship money is
important-it
I don't have to focus on working
to go to school here, but allows me to
means
focus on other things, such as my
research with Prof. Ambrose Wolf in
physics."
Motl's sister, Melissa, a freshman at
Augsburg, told donors that her
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scholarships allow her the time to
become involved in student activities and
campus ministry.
Junior music performance major
Jennifer Holm and donorJonathon Nye
were thrilled to meet each other. Hohn,
an oboeist, is the recipient of the Lois
Oberhammer Nye Scholarship that Nye
established in memory of his wife, who
was also an oboeist.
During the 2002-03 academic year,
over $750,000 was
available to fund 247
endowed
scholarships.
In additlon,
another $3.9 million
provided President's,
Regents', Tiansfer
Regents', and Legacy
Scholarships. This
aid, much of which
t
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Student body president Brad Motl '03 and his sister, Melissa, a
freshman. enjoy being at Augsburg together and spoke about how
their scholarships have allowed them to grow while here.
Spring 2003
by Betsey Norgard
comes from the
College's operating
budget, is especially
critical at a time when
state ând federal
funding for education
is facing considerable
reduction.
Senior Yvonne Andert Wilken '03, who is
studying with a Transfer Regents'
Scholarship, stops to chat with a donor.
Sue Klaseus, vice president for
institutional advancement,
acknowledged and expressed gratitude
for the growing support to The
Augsburg Fund, the College's annual
fund.
"We set some very aggressive annual
fund goals," she said. "The good news is
that in this difficult time and in this
economy we are achieving those goals,
and many of you in this room are
responsible for making that possible."
Development director John Knight
summarized the thoughts of many.
"Augsburg is not a building stuck in
the middle of Minneapolis. It's about all
the people who have attended here, who
have taught here, who have come to
campus ministry here, who have played
athletics here, who have donated here,
who have sent their children here-all
for different reasons, but the same place.
It's a remarkable place."
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YOU CAN TALK ABOUT LOVE and compassion all day, but if you really want to
experience
it first hand, spend a few hours at the Augsburg Central Nursing Center
at Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis. The Nursing Center, a
collaboration of Augsburg College, Central Lutheran Church, and the Urban
Communities of Minneapolis, offers people from the community of Minneapolis and
from the congregation of Central Lutheran Church an opportunity to meet with a
nurse, discuss their health concerns, and get linked to other resources if needed.
As an educational endeavor, the center offers nursing students unique
opportunities to learn about the needs and strengths of homeless people who are
often invisible in society and marginalized in health care.
The center, which recently celebrated its lOth anniversary, is based on a nursing
model, which teaches health promotion and helps people take control of their own
lives, rather than a medical model, which is focused on diseases and curing.
Professor emerita Bev Nilsson, retired chair of the Nursing Department and Rev Dr.
Bill Miller, retired associate pastor at Central Lutheran Church, worked closely in
establishing the center, but it wasn't an easy task
Above: At Augsburg Central Nursing Center at Central Lutheran Church. nursing students
learn that healing sometimes can begin with a listening ear and a smile as well as with a pill
Photo by Stephen Geffre.
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The Beginning
In the early 1980s, nursing centers,
which are independent nursing
practices, were just starting to get press.
Nilsson, then chair of the nursing
department, was looking for a different
clinical site where Augsburg nursing
students could practice, to see what a
difference nursing in itself can make.
She spent a lot of time searching for
an ideal location for a nursing center,
looking at places from rooms in the
nursing department at Augsburg to
various sites in the neighborhood.
Nilsson said she even considered at one
time buying a bus and having a mobile
nursing center, but there was always a
glitch.
While students and faculty were
excited about the potential of a new
type of practice and educational
experience, Nilsson said she was about
Spring 2003
it was known that they were
going to hand out hygiene
supplies, items were left in
shopping bags-full outside the
door. With that and a $15,000
start-up grant from Fairview
Foundation, they were ready to
open.
"Another miracle," Nilsson
said, "is that we have never run
out of everything, thanks to
generous donations. And some
Nursing professor emerita Bev Nilsson and the Rev. Bill
days," she added, "we give
Miller. retired associate pastor at Central Lutheran Church,
away
as many as 100 pairs of
celebrated the 1oth anniversary of their collaboration in
socks."
providing health counseling and resources for the innercity community.
As word of the center
spreads, the demand for
ready to give up because she couldn't
service is increasing. "The good news
find a location.
is," Nilsson said, "many people use the
That's when Miller entered the
center. The bad news, many people must
picture.
use the center."
One of the greatest gifts the nurses
and volunteers give to the people who
come to the center, is the gift of
listening. Miller said the nurses accept
the people as they are, they always listen
"lt was almost a miraculous turn of
and never turn their backs on anyone.
events," Nilsson said. "It was like Gocl
"You don't have to have anything
was saying you need to be in that
physically wrong with you to go to the
place. "
center," Miller said. "To some, it's just a
place to go where someone wiÌl listen to
That place was Central Lutheran
them, which is a rare commodity,
Church. Several factors came together to
especially in today's world."
make the Nursing Center a reality.
Nilsson added that they, too, receive
MilÌer and Rev Steve Cornils, then
a gift from the people who come to the
pastor at Central Lutheran, were talking
center-the gift of trust. It takes a while
about the "visions" they had for the
to build that trust to the point where
church, and Cornils ancl Charles
people who come wili open up to the
Anderson, president of Augsburg, were
center'.s staff.
having discussions about ways the
church and College could work more
closely together. This discussion lecl to
a
Nilsson's search for a nursing center site,
and as they say, the rest is history. Miiler
got in touch with Nilsson, ancl the two
worked closely in establishing the center
Nilsson said she hopes the nursing
at Central Lutheran.
students come away with a heightened
As Nilsson recently saicl at the lOth
appreciation for nursing-that clifferent
nursing practices can make a difference
anniversary celebration, "As people were
lecl to Bethlehem, we were 1ed here, and
in people's lives, and that you clon't
aÌways need a pill to heal. As a matier of
are delighted to be here."
Nilsson said word spreacl about the
fact, they do not give out medications or
prescriptions, rather vouchers, which
nursing center and "the abundance
can be turned in at a clesignated local
flowed down." Equipment and supplies
drugstore. These vouchers are very
started showing up at the center. When
Miraculous turn
of events
'
specifically written out, Nilsson said. The
nlrrses never prescribe an over-thecounter medication, rather write down
the symptoms and leave it to the
pharmacist to recolnmend a proper
treatment.
She said she also hopes the stuclents
come away with a greater appreciation
and understanding for what it is like to
live in poverty, what it takes to survive
on the streets, and for the hopes, dreams,
and fears these people also have.
Students see the opportunity to work
at the center as a valuable addition to
their education. Nilsson said it can be "a
big eye opener" to many students.
Eric Eggler, second year nursing
student in the Augsburg Rochester
program, said his experience in working
at the Nursing Center has given him a
"better understanding of life, and how
much he, as an individual, can do to
change things for others."
"I feel like a better nurse for my
experiences," Eggler said. "I can honestly
say that it really is the simple things we
do as nurses that patients remember. Just
offering a warm smile and a polite hello
without judging can make the difference
in someone's day."
I
Judy Petree is media relations manager.
Students making
difference
Spring 2003
Linda Ackerman, a student in the Master of
Arts in Nursing program, measures the blood
pressure of a visitor to the Nursing Center.
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RECONNEC ING FAIT
LIFE, AND VOCATION
by Lynn Mena
those of Martin Luther when she writes: "Ministry is not
a minister is
anyone who chooses to use our resources to tend to the
wounded heart of the world. Anything we do can be a
just for ministers: In the new spirituality,
ministry, from menial labor to the highest professional
endeavor. It is our ministry if it is an activity we use to
spread peace and forgiveness and love."
lndeed, as defined by Exploring Our Gifts: "In its
broadest sense, vocation is the thing that you were
created to be and do, whether that means being a
student, a parent, a doctor, a teacheq a businesspersonanything you can imagine. A vocation is both personal
and communal; it serves to bring you true happiness, but
it also serves the greater community."
¡Æ<ploring Our Gifts, funded by a grant from the Lilly
I-Endowment. Inc., is a college-wide program dedicated to
Lufulf'll'ng
the mission of Augsburg and making the Christian
concept of vocation a vital part of Augsburg's classrooms and cocurricular activities.
This article serves as an overview of Exploring Our Gifts,
introducing its inspired and varied programs and celebrating those
whose lives are enriched by vocation. In upcoming issues of the
AugsburgNow, we'Il continue to showcase these and other Lilly
programs and their influence upon the Augsburg community
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In her book Everyday Gracø (Riverhead Books, 2002), Marianne
Williamson challenges the reader by asking: "If life is to have
deeper meaning, can our work be something we merely do to
make money? Or can work itself become sacred, a channel
through which we shine our light and extend our love?"
Williamson gets to the heart of vocation, and her words echo
The above photo, taken by sociology assistant professor Tim Pippert, is
part of a photographic essay he completed during an intensive Exploring
Our Gifts seminar on vocation for faculty and staff (see p. 14).
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Augsburg College has deep roots in the Christian tradition.
Founded as a seminary in I869 to train pastors for immigrant
Norwegian Lutheran congregations, it is now a liberal arts
college that continues a significant engagement with the
Christian faith land a commitment to vocationl.
The word vocation is derived from the Latinverb vocare,
which means, "to call." Exploring Our Gifts, with a deep debt
to the Lutheran tradition, understands vocation in a dual
sense. First, people are called by God to particular roles and
responsibilities in daily life. These include being a student,
professor, friend, parent, and family member. Second, within
these callings, people are called to the love and service of God's
creation. Thus, faith in God and love toward the neighbor may
be distinguished but never separated. By insisting on the
importance of vocation, Augsburg is seeking to reconnect faith
with daily life.
What might all of this have to do with you? It means that
Augsburg is dedicated to helping students ask and find
answers to some of life's big questions: What are my gifts?
Why am I here? What ought I to do with my life? Where are
my gifts and talents most needed? We firmly believe that life
means much more than a job and a salary. By entering into the
world of vocation we are inviting you to look at the "big
picture" and think about where God, faith, and service fit into
your life.
Tranvih, director of Erploring Our
proJessor of religion
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Gifts and qssociate
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Augsburg's Lilly-funded
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profit agencies, apply for
prograrn
focuses primarily on stuclents, but
also provides numerous
opportunities for faculty,
staff, and alurnni. The
progrâms are assembled
under four themes: l)
vocation as a life approach;
2) vocation as a curricular
focus; 3) vocation as
education for service; and 4)
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by Daniel S. Hanson'86
When I think about vocation and what it means for me, I
think about Augsburg College. My experiences at
Augsburg shaped my life's work and gave it new meaning.
I arn a graduate of Augsburg's Weekend College
program.
I returned to complete my degree after a 15awareness.
year
absence.
Returning to college was not easy for me. I
While Exploring Our
still
recall
long
weekends cramming for an exam or
Gifts is grounded in a
struggling
to
complete
an assignment. I often studied late
Lutheran perspective, its
at
night
so
that
I
would
have time to play with my
Daniel S. Hanson'86, a Distinguished
cloors are open to people of
Alumnus and assistant professor in the
children
before
they
went
to
bed.
More
than
once
I
all faiths and beliefs. Many
Department of Speech/Communication
wondered whether getting my degree was worth all the
points of view are needed to
and Theatre Arts, says Augsburg
effort. But I also remember how good it made me feel
Weekend College "shaped my life's
create a full, honest, fruitful
when
I did well on an exam or when I grasped a new
work and gave it new meaning."
discussion aboui vocation.
concept
or
theory
as
if
I
was
learning
it
for
the
first
time.
The opportunities for
I remember, too, the special people who were part of my learning experience, both students and
involvement are rnany:
teachers, and how good it felt to be part of a learning community.
students can take vocation
Because of my experiences at Augsburg, I fell in love with the adult learning experience.
courses, participate in
After
graduation I applied and was accepted to graduate school at the University o[ Minnesota.
mentoring groups and
My
intent
was that some day I would teach in a program like the one at Augsburg, which had
vocation retreats, receive
impacted
me
in so many positive ways. Years later, when I learned of an opening to teach at
Lilly Scholar grants to
Augsburg,
the
decision to apply was, as my son would say, a no-brainer.
explore seminary, receive
I often say that Augsburg Weekend College changed my
life. But what do I really mean by that? I suppose I could say
that Weekend College helped me achieve success in my career.
The evidence seems clear on the surface. After graduating from
Augsburg, I became an officer of a Fortune 500 company, and
eventually president of a major division. I finished my master's
degree, had four books published, and was honored by
Augsburg as a Distinguished Alumnus. But I don't think that
these accomplishments by themselves capture the significance
of what the Augsburg experience did for me. My experiences
at Augsburg helped me believe in myself, if I applied my
energy to a task or a cause, I could indeed make a difference.
It also gave me a new vision for what I could be, perhaps a
calling. I was given a taste of a learning environment that
made me hungry for more.
In a way I never left Weekend College. As a teacher, I am
blessed to be a part of the ongoing Augsburg Weekend College
experience. And every time I watch a student exceed his or her
own expectations I am reminded of how I felt, and I am
Sonja Hagander, associate campus pastor (left), and coralyn Bryan
(right), Campus Ministry associate, help oversee several programs
renewed, once again, in my own sense of what work should be
under the Exploring Our Gifts umbrella, including a vocation
mentoring program, a summer vocation institute for high school-aged
Daniel S. Hanson is an assistqnt professor in the Department of
church youth leaders, and more.
Speech/Communication and Theatre Arts.
developing vocational
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Hagander, associate
campus pastor. "It crosses
the students who are
wondering, 'What do I
want to do when I grow
up?' to us as faculty, staff,
and alumni who are all in
a
work situation for
various reasons. It crosses
over all of that and brings
Liz Pushing '93 has participated in a series of vocation
us closer together,
mentoring meetings that join students, faculty, staff, and
because vocation is all
alumni.
about life-what you love
to do in life, what you
travel seminars, and much more.
want
to
share
with
the world-these are
Staff and faculty can develop
the
things
that
cross
religious grains and
vocation courses, participate in
us
together."
bring
professional development activities,
Liz Pushing '93, director of financial
and become mentors. Alumni are also
services
at Providence Place in
invited to get involved as mentors,
Minneapolis,
has enjoyed her
attend vocation convocation
participation
in
the group. "I wanted to
activities, and help lead international
my
knowledge
and experiences,"
share
travel seminars.
"and
Pushing,
I've
says
also learned a lot
Since last fall, students, alumni,
myself
in
about
talking
with everyone."
facult¡ and staff have gathered for a
Likewise.
Augsburg
com m unication
series o[ vocation mentoring
Baweka,
senior,
Melissa
credits
the
meetings. This mentoring program,
mentoring
group
with
opening
overseen by Campus Ministry and the
Center for Service, Work, and
Learning, joins two students with two
alumni and one member of the
faculty or staff.
"l think the mentoring
group
crosses everybody," says Sonja
ways of using the concept in both
communal and personal projects, such
as revising a course to include vocation,
or re-conceiving how to incorporate
vocation into work with students. In
January the group gathered for a final
meeting, where they shared their
experiences and project abstracts.
"This project was designed to force
me, and ultimately my students, to
examine how we visualize the
fulfillment of our vocation," wrote Tim
Pippert, assistant professor of sociology,
in his project abstract. "While reflecting
on my vocation ... I turned to
photographlz
"I chose a beach as the location to
capture these images ... a young child
Ð..rnbolizes the experiences my students
gain before they reach my classroom
(see p. 12), a college-aged woman
represents the brief timeframe I have to
work with, and a middle-aged woman
represents the experiences of my
students after they leave college. ... lt is
my calling to ensure that what I select to
her eyes to different
u
perspectives and possibilities.
"l've been increasingly curious
about vocation-I'm looking
for more than just a job," says
Baweka. "Itìs been so
wonderful to hear how alumni
experienced Augsburg and
where their journeys have
taken them after graduation."
In Januar¡ one of the first
Exploring Our Gifts programs,
a seminar for faculty and staff,
completed a six-month study
of faith and vocation. Last
summer, Mark Tranvik and
s.
q
Philip Quanbeck II, associate
professors of religion, led
participants in a two-day
workshop to study the concept
The Rev. Oliver Johnson '50 returned to
campus in October to present the homily
at a mini-convocation on vocation. Since
September, Campus Ministry has held
monthly Exploring Our Gifts worship
services that embrace varying themes of
vocation.
of Christian vocation from
a
biblical and theological point of
view. Participants then spent the
ensuing months reflecting uPon
their vocation and considering
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Melissa Baweka, a communication senior (left), credits
her participation in a Lilly-funded vocation mentoring
group with opening her eyes to different perspectives
and possibilities.
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teach them about their social
environment is relevant to their lives
in the hope that it will impact their
life beyond Augsburg.
"The second component involved
how first-year students envisioned
vocation," continued Pippert.
"Students in my Introduction to
Human Society course were given the
extra-credit opportlrnity to représent
their concept ofvocation through ... a
single photographic image" (see p. 18).
A ¡"
"This job has proven to be a wonderful fit with my own gifts. I have the
opportunity not only to help administer a prograrn with an important
rnessage and purpose, but also to exercise my research and writing abilities
and to interact with a lively college community."
-Juliana
Exploring Our Gifts is funded by a
two-million dollar grant from the Lilly
Endowment, a private philanthropic
foundation based in lndianapolis, Ind.
Founded by the Lilly family in 1937, it
supports the causes of religion,
education, and community
Sedgley, progrclrn assistønt Jor Exploring Our Gifts (pictured øbove
wíth Professor Mqrh Trøtn¡ih, clirector of Exploring Our Gifts)
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Since 1982, Augsburg's Center for
Global Education has been a
national leader in providing crosscultural travel programs, serving
nearly 10,000 people. As part of
Exploring Our Gifts, CGE will
oversee nine different student travel
gr',t^"" Lo h,r4^
seminars led by Augsburg faculty
and staff in collaboration with
CGE's adjunct faculty in Mexico,
Guatemala, Nicaragua, El
Salvador, and Namibia. Each
seminar will offer $1,000 grants
for up to 15 students.
"We've rnade it an open
competition for faculty and staff to
propose seminars that could be
done either as part o[ an existing
course taught internationally, or as
development, and is interested in
initiatives that benefit youth, foster
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leadership education among nonprofit
institutions, and promote the causes of
philanthropy and volunteerism.
Two years ago, the foundation
called for grant proposals from
religiously rooted colleges and
universities outlining a theology-based
exploration of vocation. Augsburg's
proposal, "Exploring Our Gifts:
Connecting Faith, Vocation, and
Work," was written by philosophy
professor Bruce Reichenbach and
Carol Forbes, director of sponsored
programs in Academic and Learning
Services. In addition to Reichenbach
and Forbes, a committee of faculty and
Regina McGoff, associate director of Augsburg's Center for Global Education, helped
develop an international travel component of Exploring Our Gifts, which provides
$1,000 grants for students to participate in vocation-themed travel seminars to
Mexico, Central America, and Africa.
staff helped define and plan the grant
proposal's contents.
Mark Tranvik, associate professor
of religion, serves as director of
Exploring Our Gifts. Juliana Sedgley,
previously an assistant to the
Department of Worship and Sacred
Arts at the Basilica of St. Mary in
Minneapolis, was recruited as program
assistant. The program's offices and its
resource center are located in
Memorial Hall.
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Leland Fairbanks grew up in a poverty-stricken
home in Harmony, Minn. during the depression-era
years and has since applied this experience to his
life's work. Helping others has become his passion,
his trademark, and his calling-and through this he
has learned that "life is more than just earning a
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Although he yearned to be
A 1953 graduate of Augsburg with bachelor's
degrees in sociology and chemistry, Fairbanks went
on to receive his medical training from the
a
missionary 1953 alumnus L"Fnq.
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Fairbanks' decision to enter the field
of medicine forever .¡""glj;ìr'iit"] university of Minnesota Medical school and his
leading him to discover tñat a careei master's degree in public health from the University
in public health could be his mission. of Oklahoma.
Although he yearned to be a missionar¡
Fairbanks' decision to enter the field of medicine forever changed his life, leading him to
discover that service to others could be his mission. For this he credits Augsburg, and
says, "service to others was always portrayed as the reason Augsburg College existed."
Fairbanks spent more than 30 years working on Indian reservations for the U.S.
Public Health Service, and continued his dedication to a life in public health by
promoting the hospice movement and campaigning to lower the D.U.I. limits in
Arizona.
However, Fairbanks is best known for his work to ban smoking in hospitals. He
remembers that in the 1950s, "workplaces and hospitals were like smoke-filled
dungeons. No one else seemed willing to stand up for those most affected because of a
risk of offending someone." Fairbanks added, "I started the movement because someone
needed to do it."
It has been this fight against the tobacco and liquor industries that Fairbanks has
found to be the most challenging-yet most rewarding-part of his career. For his work,
Fairbanks has earned several awards and honors, including an appointment in the early
1980s by then-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop to expand the ban on smoking to
include all public facilities.
Although retired in 2000 from Cigna HealthCare where he worked as a family
physician, Fairbanks has continued his involvement in public health service. He
currently serves as president of Arizonans Concerned About Smoking, and also serves as
ex-officío member of the Executive Committee for International Network Towards
Smoke-Free Hospitals, a London-based organization that works to promote smoke-free
hospitals around the world.
Reflecting upon his career, Fairbanks embraces Martin Luther's quote, "a manb
work is his mission," and concludes, "my work has been my mission and continues
to be."
Cherie Christ is content webmaster
in
Augsburg's infonnation technologlt departrnent
part of a new course that they
could develop,' says Regina
McGoff, associate clirector of CGE.
"In the case of staff, they might
propose something that could be
developed as a non-credit
'Augsburg Experience.'
"The goal oI these seminars is
to look at themes o[ vocation in a
global context-which is already
part of many of our programsbut this grant gives us an
opportunity to really fine-tune and
develop a stronger model for
incorporating faith ancl vocation
aspects," says McGoff.
Last year, CGE recruitedJeni
Falkman as an intern for their
Lilly program. Falkman, who
graduated from Augsburg last year
with a major in religion,
participated in two of CGE's
programs as a student, and had a
transforming experience as a result
of her travels.
"Jeni is helping us develop a
faculty guide, because the goal is
to use these nine seminars to
develop a model that Augsburg
can use for faculty-led, studyabroad programs that help
students reflect on faith and
vocation," says McGoll.
"She'll also help us pull
together an independent study
journal that can be used by
Augsburg students on nonAugsburg programs, provlding an
imprint for all study-abroad
programs, so that students will
more intentionally think about
their faith experiences and their
vocation."
In addition to faculty and
staff, CGE hopes to include
alurnni in the seminars. "Ideally,
we'd be interested in individuals
involved in a vocation related to
the discipline," says McGoff. "For
instance, it would be great to have
an educator go along on an
education seminar, and really be
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publications and
alongside the faculty, staff, and
students." While there are no
scholarships available for alumni, the
experience would certainly serve as a
unique and possibly transforming
learning and teaching opportunity.
"It's really exciting to work on
developing something that can create
more of a framework for Augsburg
students," says McGoff. "Most studyabroad programs don't incorporate
faith elements, and we're trying to
build a stronger model for doing so."
editor of Augsburg
Now, will lead the
Center for Global
Education's first
Exploring Our
Gifts travel
seminar. The
seminar, entitled
"Namibia:
International
Education," will
spend three
weeks in this
African countr)¿
Students will visit
schools in the
capital city of
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On May 21, Augsburg education
professor Gretchen Kranz Irvine and
Betsey Norgard, director of
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Augsburg education professor Gretchen lrvine (above), along with
Betsey Norgard, director of publications in the Office of Public
Relations and Communication, will lead the Center for Global
Education's first Exploring Our Gifts travel seminar to Namibia this
spring.
Windhoek as well as several other areas
to explore differences in the educational
a teachers'college, an early childhood
development center, and
experiences of students and teachers in
Namibia.
Students will be encouraged to
foster enduring relationships with
Namibian teachers and students. They
will learn how to develop culturally
appropriate educational materials and
methods, and how to become a better
educator about Namibia and Africa.
Furthermore, students will explore the
vocation of teaching as a call that
integrates faith and profession.
"Têaching is such a natural vocation
and connection to the Lilly
opportunities to appreciate Namibia's
Endowment," says Irvine, who in 2000
led in a five-week Fulbright-Hays
educators' travel seminar to Namibia.
"At that time, we did similar things to
what we'll do now, and I can see our
students as really understanding the
Namibian educational system."
To Jind out more about Exploring Our
Gifts, vísit <www.augsburg. edu/lilþ>
and see the vqríous ways that vocation
Students will have a
chance to rneet with school
two days in a second-grade classroom,
where she took this photo of the teacher
and a group of her students using bottle
caps for a math lesson.
minister of education and
culture. They'll also gather with
members of the Namibia National
Têachers'Union, and
with leaders of the
Sexuality Education
Research Project. In
park, Etosha.
"For me personally, when you go
on a trip such as this the first time,
there's that first meeting of that
culture, and that first thinking about
all of it," says lrvine. "So noq on this
trip, I'm in a different place in my
thinking about Namibia; I hope to
take myself to a nelv level in my
understanding of Namibia." I
is being integrated into the life of
Augsburg.
,AUCSBURG COLIÆGE
directors and Namibia's
During her first visit to Namibia in 2000 as
part of a Fulbright-Hayes educators'travel
seminar, Professor Gretchen lrvine spent
culturally rich heritage, majestic
scenery, as well as the largest game
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Reconnecting Faith, Life, and Vocation
addition, their stay will include visits to
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A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF VOCATION
In collaboration with a six-month vocation seminar for faculty and staff, Tim Pippert, assistant professor of sociology,
invited students in his Introduction to Human Society course to participate in an extra-credit assignment. Pippert
challenged the students to represent their concept of vocation through a single photographic image and a brief description.
Following are samples of the students' images and excerpts of their descriptions.
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A PASSION FOR CHILDREN
I believe that my vocation is to work with children. I am not exactly
sure how I will end up helping children, but I know that I will
definitely incorporate it into my life. ... I gravitate toward children,
and many people have told me that I look happiest when I am
helping them. ... [My passion for] children has grown over the
years into real enjoyment. ... I think this is my vocation because I
get such satisfaction out of it.
Wien, elementary education freshman
AN ALTRUISTIC VOCATION
My vocation in life is to help individuals. I think
my purpose in life is to make a difference in
[people's lives] and to touch their hearts. I am here
to [helpl people find their potential and guide them
back to where they [belongl . I am here as a friend, a
confidant, and as an extra person to love, in case
someone doesn't feel love.
Yang, psychology and
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communication freshman
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nurturer of kids.
...When I got
out of high
school, the first
job available to
teacher's aid at a Catholic elementary school. ... My first three
months were pure hell ... someone then advised me to attend
teacher's training college ... from then on it was great. ... I was
nominated Têacher of the Year and received an award for best
teacher/student relationship. ... When I came to America, I found
myself in the same role as a live-in nanny, taking care o[ four
kids, ages 3 through 7 . ... I think I have now accepted that my
vocation meets the needs of those parents who don't have lextra]
time to [spendì with their children, which is very important to a
child's maturity and self-esteem.
Jones, marketing sophomore
-O'Fay
A CALL TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
First and foremost, I wanted to be a cop since age 5. ...
lThenì all through high school, I dreamt of nothing but
the FBI as my vocation. ... ll¿terl, I got sidetracked by
my path to the FBI ... and vowed that the Navy was a
great choice. ... Now guess what-I want to be a cop
again. So now I'm making calls, having interviews,
going on ride-alongs, researching internships,
volunteering, etc. At least one thing is lcertain]-I
know I want to be involved in law enforcement.
Brunzell, sociology freshman
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From the Alumni Board president's desk...
Tlåi:,"ï:l,
part of a cold
January in Russia
behind the lron
Curtain with a
group of
Augsburg and St.
Olaf students.
The trip was led
by Professor Norma Noonan, and this was a
part of my education that I will never forget.
Recently, I spent an enlightened Auggie
Hour with Professor Noonan and a group of
Augsburg alumni discussing the current
status of Russia. We ate Russian food and
leamed a lot-without the fear of a final
examl
This calls to mind two facts: we should
never stop leaming, and we should maintain
our relationship with Augsburg colleagues
and alumni. However, in our busy lives,
getting together with old friends and
retuming to campus can be difficult.
The Augsburg Alumni Board represents
you, and we would like to hear from you so
we can keep alumni connections open. Email us at <alumni@augsburg.edu> and let
us know who you are, what you are doing,
and how you would like to be involved with
the College and fellow alumni. We value
your input!
Becoming involved can be as simple as
updating your e-mail address so we can
contact you about upcoming events in your
area, or joining us for some geat
conversations at an upcoming Auggie Hour
listed on p. 25 of this issue of the Augsburg
Now. We welcome your ideas for building
connections between Augsburg and our
alumni and providing events and services
that are valuable to you.
Paul Batalden '63 receives
Alfred l. duPont Award
llaul
B.
Itgatalden,
M.D., was
honored in
September as the
recipient of the
2002 Alfred I.
duPont Award for
Excellence in
Paul Batalden'63
was
Children's Health
Care. The award
honored in September recognizes his
for excellence in
childrent health care. early and ongoing
efforts in
developing innovative, high-quality
systems to advance health care worldwide.
Batalden's Health Care Improvement
Leadership Development program at
Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover,
N.H., has as its main goal the
development of knowledge and leadership
that will result in cost-effective, patientcentered, quality health care both
Spring 2003
nationally and internationally. Batalden is a
professor of pediatrics and of community
and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical
School, and program co-director of the
Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars
Fellowship.
In accepting the award, Batalden
remarked, "My hope for the future is that
we will recognize the importance of
understanding and improving those small,
living systems where children, families,
and health care meet. We also need to
rccogrize the challenges facing us as we
try to integrate cognitive knowledge,
technical skills, and values. Through this
connection, others who share these
concerns
will be energized, encouraged,
and make connections with each other."
The Alfred I. duPont Award, which
includes a $50,000 pnze and original
crystal award, is granted annually by
Nemours, one of the nation's largest
pediatric health care providers.
Many interesting things are happening
at the College, and alumni involvement is
on the rise. Watch for upcoming
opportunities to get involved-such as those
Iike the vocation mentoring program, which
be recruiting alumni for the 2003-'04
school year who can share a little of their
time and talents with students.
Mark your calendar for this summer's
alumni picnic onJune2S at Como Park in
St. Paul (see p. 2l for more information).
Family and friends are welcome, and we're
hoping for better weather this year!
will
Andrew Morrison'73
President, Alumni Board
Gene Hugoson'67
appo¡nted
commissioner of
agr¡culture
¡F
overnor Tim Pawlenty appointed Gene
'ó7 commissioner o[ the
|\IHugoron
Minnesota Department of Agriculture in
January A south-central Minnesota farmer
from the East Chain area, Hugoson was first
appointed agriculture commissioner in July
1995 by Gov. Ame Carlson, and was
reappointed in 1999 by Gov. Jesse Ventura.
Hugoson also served five terms in the
Minnesota House of Representatives, having
been first elected in 1986, and served four
years as assistant minority leader.
Pawlenty said he looked "far and wide"
for an agriculture commissioner and
real:zed Hugoson was the best person for
the job. He cited some of Hugoson's
accomplishments, including the creation of
an online licensing system for people or
companies who hold certificates, licenses, or
permits required by state law Pawlenty also
said Hugoson has followed up on numerous
trade missions over the years.
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Books). In making its selection,
the award jury commented: "A
953
Dean Lapham, Bloomington,
Minn., is one of the authors of
new book on Freemasonry in
Songfor Nettie lohnson is
a
Minnesota, entitÌed, The Scottish
Minnesota1867-2001. Sales of the book go to
support the Scouish Rite Clinic
for Childhood Disorders in
Duluth. Dean can be ¡eached via
Rite oJ Freemasonry in
e-mail at <lapham2@mac.com>.
Gloria Sawai,
Edmonton,
Alberta, received
the Canadian
Governor
General's Literary
Award for Fiction
for her book, A
Songfor Nettíe lohnson (Coteau
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a
profoundly light-tilled collection
of short stories set on the prairies
and peopled with holy sinners,
visionaries, children, and socalled ordinary folk. The power
of grace illuminates her world."
Her book also won two awards at
the 2002 Alberta Book Awards:
the Henry Kreisel Award for Best
First Book and the Howard
O'Hagan Award for Short Fiction.
In addition, she was the lirstprize winner of the Writers'
Union of Canada's Danuta Gleed
Literary Award. An author,
playwright, and teacher, Gloria
has been
publishing individual
Nettíe lohnson is her firsr booklength publication. Her plays
have been produced by Alberta
Theatre Projects and the
Edmonton Fringe Festival.
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HOMECOMING 2OO3
October 3 and 4
Football game vs.
Carleton College
1957
SaLurda¡ October
Marshall D.
Johnson,
Minneapolis,
recently received
news thât his
,,.¡ry,Fr book. Mal¿ins
-Á!,@r*D.rú,ún (Eerdmans,
2002), was named to the
"Outstanding Academic Title" list
for 20O2by Choice magazine,
published by the American
Library Association.
stories [o¡ many yeârs; A SongJor
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p.m.
Homecoming dinner
Friday, October 3, 5:30 p.m.
Reunion celebrations
Classes of 1953, 1963, 1978,
and Ì993
Psychology department allclass reunion
& 40th
anniversary celebration
Saturday, October 4
Contact the alumni olJrce at 612-
330-1178
iJ
you are interested in
serving on a reunion planning
committee.
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Dean Gulden '63: From Augsburg professor
dOgsled mUSh€f
¡v
to pr¡ze-winning
ressica Brown and Lynn Mena
Imagine beginning your day with the sun on your face and the wind rr-rshing against you, traveling at high speeds through the woods, stopping
for breakfast only after you've reached the top of a hÌll so high you can see Lake Superior and its stunning vistas. This is a solitary adventurewell, almost-just you, nature, and a pack of canine companions leading the way.
For Dean Gulden, a prizewinning dogsled musher, this has become a way of life. In 1985, he and a friend started a summer mountain program
for area youth in Grand Marais, Minn., taking a busload of l<ids to Wyoming to experience the thrill of mountain climbing. ln continulng the
program into the winter, he was introduced to the sport of dogsled raclng. Having a great love of the outdoors, the sport quickly grew on Gulden,
who now owns l7 Alaskan Huskies and participates in up to slx races per year.
Sometimes, Gulden's competition includes his wife, Jean. "[In 200tL we were competing and I was
having a good run," recalls Gulden. "i was out first and Jean was five or six teams behind me. I was
cruising along this river and looÌ<ing at the blue sk¡ when all of a sudden I heard, 'trail!' which race
etiquette dlctates you must relinquish the trail and let the competitor by. We1l, I look around and here it's
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Jean passing me!
"It's a tough sport, there's both competition and camaraderie
need help, they're there for you,"
... mushers are fiercly competitive, but if you
One of the most enjoyable aspects for Gulden is the ability to share his dogs with others. "I go to high
schools and senior centers so they can see the dogs and pet them and learn about them," says Gulden.
"It's a vehicle I can use to share myself and what I've done ... I've been very blessed and I like to share
that blessing with other people."
Tiaining the dogs is both challenging and fulfilling. "Finding what the strength of each dog is and helping
them to maximize that potential is a lot like teaching," says Gulden, a longtime leacher. "I'm not
comparing students to dogs-though most people who know dogs would not be offended."
Dean Gulden '63, former Augsburg
math department chair and
professor, now participates in up to
six dogsled races per year.
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Both an Augsbr"rrg alumnus and a former Augsburg math department chair and professor, Gulden left the
College in 1975 for Grand Marais, where he taught at Cook County High School. Prior to Cook County and
Augsburg, Gulden served in the Air Force and also worked in the space industry He and his wife now split
their time between Grand Marais and Fairbanks, Alaska, where he teaches rn the summer monthsJessíca
Brown is a communication speciøList in the OlJice of Public Relations and Communication.
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l1964
Lloyd A. Pearson, Holmen, Wis.,
retired in November after 30 years
of airline flying, most recently as a
captain with Northwest Airlines.
He began his airline career with
North Central Airlines, which
became Republic Airlines, and later
merged with Northwest. Prior to
airline flying, he taught high school
math and then spent five years in
the Air Force, including a year in
Vietnam, during which he flew
365 combat missions.
1967
George Lillquist, Golden
Valley,
Minn., was featured in an article in
the Crystal-Robbinsdale Sun-Post,
after he was named interim artistic
director at the FAIR fine arts
magnet school in Crystal. George
had retired in the spring ol2002
as principal of the TÞchnology
Learning Campus and Robbinsdale
Spanish Immersion School, after a
35 -year education career.
Gail(Stromsmoe) Dow,
Denver, Colo., was presented with
the Career Achievement Award by
the Colorado Library Association
in recognition of her many years
of dedicated sewice to the library
profession. In 1999, she was
named Librarian o[ the Year,
honoring her efforts with the
Colorado Legislature. She has
since retired, but remains an
active part of the Denver library
system and also volunteers at her
.church library
f968
Minn., was the featured speaker at
the Lac qui Parle Prairie
t
Inbune, after she spoke at
a
Community Leaders Breakfast in
November in St. Paul. LaRhae is
pÌanning director for the Project
2030 Aging Initiative in the
Minnesota Department of Human
Services.
Donald Q. Smith, Monticello,
Minn., was featured in an article
in
Preservation's annual meeting in
November. Janet, who calls herself
Augsburg alumnÌ, friends, facult¡ and staff are invited to jorn
academic dean Chris Kimball and associate professor Kristin
Anderson on a trip to explore the great American pastime o[
baseball. Travel by bus to Chicago and visit the Field Museum's
"Baseball as America" exhibit, as well as check out some great
baseball:
the Monticello Times, after his
selection for the Monticello High
School (MHS) Wall of Fame, in
recognition of his civic activism.
Wednesda¡ June 18, 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox
Richard J. Seime, Rochester,
Minn., presented a forum in
Chicago White Sox vs. Boston Red Sox
US Ceilular Field (Comisky)
February on "Interpersonal
Psychotherapy for Depression" at
Metropolitan State University's
First Friday Forum Series.
1973
Syl Jones, St. Louis Park, Minn.,
was the topic of a recent interview
in the Puls¿ of the'Iwin Cities
weekly newspaper, entitled "A
discussion of race relations and
other matters with Syl Jones." Syl
is an editorial writer for the
Minneapolis Stør Tnbune and a
consultant to corporations on
topics of diversity and quality He
also collaborated with Augsburg
to form the Scholastic
Connections program.
US Ce11ular Field (Comisky)
Thursda¡June 19, l:05 p.m.
Frida¡ June 20
Field Museum Exhibit: "Baseball as America"
Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox
Wrigley Field, 2:20 p.m.
Saturday, June 21, 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Minnesota Twins
Mi11er Park
Sunday,June 22, l:05 p.m.
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Minnesota Twins
Miller Park
Cost of trip is $595 per person based on double occupancy For
complete details, contact Thorpe Tours at l-866-553-8687 or
<thorpe@wwt.net>, and contact <alumni@augsburg.edu> so we can
add you to our line-up!
Jan (Weum) Ph¡l¡bert,
Minneapolis, is a business
applications anaþt at Guidant
Corporation.
1975
Minn., is co-author and ilÌustrator
of a book of childhood games,
entitled Sally B's Games for Good
HomeMøde Fun. She owns
speaking engagements a year and
has authored, co-âuthored, and
created I3 books, two audio
tapes, and various novelty
products.
Mark Sedio,
girl
humorist," does about 100
1970
nflrdsrr'lTrcIt[f1
a
computer consulting firm, Hakes
Consulting Inc., and also trains
and shows horses. She and her
husband, Steve Hawrysh, Iive on a
12O-acre farm.
a "Norwegian-Lutheran farm
Join Augsburg for a special "Baseball as America" trip!
JUNE 18-22, 2003
Jennie A. Hakes, Monticello,
Janet Letnes Martin, Hastings,
l
St. Paul, was quoted in a recent
issue o[ the MinneapoÌis Stør
1976
Ar<¡y
Dz-1
al 0â"*
ÞÁr,1,
June 28, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Join us at Como Park in St. Paul for this annual event and visit with
Augsburg alumni, friends, faculty, and staff. Bring a picnlc lunch
(BBQ grills are available) and Augsburg wlll provide beverages and
brownies. There will be fun activitres for kids and great door prizes!
St. Paul, was
featured in the CrossingBorders
newsletter, Crossings, after he led
For more information, please contact the alumni office at
612-330 -II7 B or <alumni@augsbr"rrg.edu>.
LaRhae (Grindal) Knatterud,
Spring
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Class Notes
choir concerts during a toul to the
1979
Czech Republic, Poland, and
Slovakia. Mark is director ol
The Rev. Mark R. Aune,
Mendota Heights, Minn., was
installed as senior pastor o[
Augustana Lutheran Church. He
ancl his rvife, Janis (Blomgren)
music at Central Lutheran Church
in Minneapolis.
1977
'81, have two children: Stefan and
Roselyn Nordaune, Plymouth,
Minn., rvas featured in the "Who's
Who in Family Law" resource
guide to Minnesota attorneys in
nonprofit organizations. She can
Shorewoocl, Minn.
John Popham, Washington,
Susan Lyback-Dahl, Wahkon,
Minn., is a staff writer for the
1
980
Sarah Parker ('89 MAL), Edina,
for 15 years.
Minn., recently returned to
1978
Minnesota after spending nearly
l0 years in the Pacific Northwest.
She owns a busìness providìng
marketing, media relations, and
communications services to small
and mid-sized businesses and
The Rev. Mark Christoffersen,
Fairfield, Conn., is pasror at Our
Savior's Lutheran Church.
7lI
Daniel J. Carlson rvas promored
to chief of police in the City oi
Eden Prairie. He and his wife,
Camilla (Knudsen) '81, live in
Ingrid.
D.C., received a Master o[ Science
in Information Systems from
Shippensburg Universit),.
a
recent issue of Minnesota Latv €>
Politics. She has practiced family
larv since 1980, and rs a founder
of Nordaune 6¡ Friesen, which has
operated in St. Louis Park, Minn.,
be contactecl via e-mail at
<sp 1243@qrvest.net>.
Mille Lacs Messenger. She has an
extensive background in
Norwegian cultural heritage. She
owned and operated a
Scandinai'ian retail business lor
l0 years and continues to ser\¡e
the Norwegian-American
community vra her lolk music.
artwork, and writing.
198f
Walt Johnson, Minneapolis,
temporarily left the Minneapolis
Public Library to begin a yearlong
fellowship with the U.S. Patent
and Tradernark Depository Library
Program (PTDLP) ofiice in
Arlington, Va., rvhere he will assist
rvith the clei'elopment and revision
oI electronic products lor PTDLPs
throughout the country He i,vill
also travel to some of these
libraries to train staff and patrons
on patent and trademark searches.
The Rev. Richard D. Buller,
New Hope, Minn., was installed
ol Valìey Community
Presbyterian Church in Golden
Valley. He previously sen'ed 10
years at a diverse, inner-city
congregation in Philadelphia and
four years at another diverse
church in Waterloo, lowa. He
and his wife, Jean Ann, a
as pastor
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Tim McWatt'742 Unique path leads to professional success
by Judy Petree
It
comes as no surprise that Auslin McWatl has a love o[baseball. After all, his c1ad, Tim McWatt, Class of '74,
played baseball rvith one o[ St. Paul's own Hall of Fame baseball players, Dave Winfield. O[ course, that rvas
rvhen they were both klds playing at the Oxford lields in the Rondo neighborhood of St. Pau1. Today, McWatt
hves in Santa Rosa, Calif., and is a hon're office property claim technical manager for Frreman's Fund insurance
Company (FFIC). He has bcen in thrs positron srnce rnoving fiorn Mir-u-reapolis in December 199ó.
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Mcwatt has lvorked for FFIC for the past l7 years, starting as a property adjr-rster and then moving to
management in 1991 in what usecl to be their Minneapolis branch oflice. Before FF]C, McWatt rvas an adjuster at
St. Paul Companies and SAFECO Insurance Company. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in business
adminÌstration/econornics from Ar,rgsburg, he began working in the loan department of First Produce Bank, a
part of the First Mir-rneapolis Bank's system. He has also worked for 3M in sales.
While a stuclent ât Alrgsburg, McWatt held positions
Tim McWatt's success as a
business professional is
grounded by student
leadership roles at Augsburg
and as an early member of
the critically acclaimed gospel
group, Sounds of Blackness.
as
vice president and president of the Black Student Union
(BSU). He recalls his educational experience at Augsburg to be very positive, enabling hÌm to develop business
and leadership skills that have played a palt in his success today.
McWatt me[ one of his best frìends while at Augsb]-rrg, Roger Clarke, rvho was also a past president olBSU. They
were both members of the critically acclaimed and internationally-renowned gospel group, Sounds ol
Blackness-McWatt from I9TI-1975 during its infancy under [he directorship of Gary Hines.
"I had great opportumtres to travel r,vith the group throLlghout the Unlted States, and was fortunate enough to be
on the first alburn," 1-re said, "and happen to be one o[ the members picturecl on the back of the a1bum."
He and his wife, Michelle (Whie) '75, r,vhom he also rnet while they rvere stnclents at Augsburg, recently celebrated their 25th wedding amlversrry.
Michelle is a teacher's aid in Santa Rosa-ReiblÌ. They have trvo chilclren: 12-year-olc1 Austin, who, besides loving baseball and basketball, plays piano,
and Ì6-year-old Danae, a sophomore at Santa Rosa High Scl-rool and a member of the Dance Cornpany One o[ her best experiences, says her dad, is
when she became a cast mernber of the Penumbra Tl-reatre's production of Blacl¡ Nativity rvhen they rvere back in Minnesota.
McWatt and his family belong to the Harvest Christlan Center Church 1n Santa Rosa, ancl he enjoys playing golf and workrng olrt at the local
YMCA. He has been an assistant basketball coach for the past three years for the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) St. Rose boy's basketball tearn,
lvhere 1-ris son, Austin, rs a point gr"rard. The 2002 season brongl-rt Lhem therr fìrst champions}rip season.
ludy Pctrct is
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in thc Olficc
oJ Pttblic Rclations and Comtntnicatiott
Spring 2003
psychiatric nurse at Nonh
Memorial, have two sons: Peter,
13, and Martin, 10.
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The Office of Alumn¡/Parent Relations announces...THE AUGSBURG SONG CONTEST
Have you ever loved the words to a song, but the music was rmpossible to follow? Here is youlchance lo
rewrite the music for the Ar-rgsburg Song that was written by P A. Sveggen and H.P Opseth. The song has a
wonderful message, but a diffÌcu1t line of music to slng. We would like to update the Augsburg Song into one
that can be sr-rng by the masses throughout the year.
985
Kevin Augustine, Plymouth,
Minn., married Cathe
Cunningham in October.
lor oul Augsbulg Song, keeping in mind that it rnust be simple enough for a range
of voices and talents. We would like to begin singing the new music at Hornecoming, October 3 and 4.
Please compose new music
1987
Jenni Lilledahl, MinneapoÌis, led
The words are:
a seminar, entitled "The Power
love the school where we belong: We love to sing its praise .
AndiJ the nrclody o[ songMay hearts to rdpture rctise.
Let Augsburg where it now doth stand and Augsburg in our love,
Resound iir songs on every hand, in thanhs to Him aboye
'We
of
Yes!" at the CoÌlege of St.
Catherine's Leadership lnstitute in
February She is co-owner of the
Brave New Workshop Theatre
.
We síng of those
(Minneapolis), and director of its
school for improvisation, the
Brave New Institute.
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of
t'ormer days, with thanht'ulhearts we sing,
Because they wrought in wondrous ways the Love of God to bring,
To
bringhis love and wisdom down to every seehing
h joyJttl praise Let music
988
sotLl.
sound and up to heavet-t roII.
We sing of all who now belong to Augsburg's brotherhood:
May they stand always Jirm and strongwhere those before them stood:
Let Augsburg still in strength remøin, \\/hen we our way have trod:
Janice L. Aune, St. Paul, was
recently featured ln the St. Paul
Pioneer Press. She is president and
Let sound Jor aye the joyous strain oJ thanhJul praise to God.
CEO of Onvoy, a teÌecommunications firm based in Pl1'rnouth.
The deadline for submission lsJuly 16, 2003. Please send your composition [o
Heidi Breen, Associate Director
Augsburg College AlumniÆarent Relations
CB I,16
2211 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 5545'+
Jeannie (Shaughnessy)
Hodges, Alexandria, Va., recently
became president and co-owner of
Pathwise Partners, LLC, a transition
management consulting firm
focused on partnering with nonprofit and for-profit organizations
breen@augsburg.edu
e>.periencing significant change.
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989
Gail(Moran)
Wawrzyniak,
Raleigh, N.C.,
was promoted to
vice president. at
BB&T
Corporation,
based in
Winston-SaÌem, N.C
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administrative pharmacy and
director ol the pharmacogenetics
laboratory at the University of
Iowa College ol Pharmacy
Renee (Paulsen) married Paul
Del¿ria in March. The couple
resìdes in Ham l¿ke, Minn. She is
project manager for Wells Fargo
Spring 20O3
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993
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received the Young Investigator of
the Year award from the American
College of Clinical Pharmacy She
was also recently awarded a fiveyeñ career development award
Mental Heaìth to investigate the
genetic basis oI antipsychotic
metabolism. She is assistant
professor of clinical and
s.
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Deb (Stone) Schumaker, Blair,
Neb., received a Master of
Education degee from Lesley
University in July She is in her
ninth year as a kindergarten teacher
at St. Paul Lutheran School. She
and her husband, Jay, have two
sons: Brett, 6, andJared, 4.
Vicki Ellingrod, Iowa City, Iowa,
from the National Institute of
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Home Mortgage in Edina.
The Augsburg Alumni Association and President Frame honored
2002 Distinguished Alumnus Richard J. Seime, Ph.D., at a
1994
gathering in February of Augsburg alumni. friends, and parents in
Rochesteri Minn. ln addition, Professor Nancy Steblay presented
architectural renderings of Augsburg's proposed new Natural and
Nancy (Moore Smith), Erie,
Pa., married Dr. Michael T. Kalisra
in June. She is executive director
Behavior Science Center. Pictured, L to R: Richard Seime '70,
President Frame, and Augsburg regent Ruth Johnson '74.
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of the YWCA of Erie, and was
previously executive director of St.
David's Child Development and
Family Services in Minnetonka,
Minn. She can be reached via emaiÌ at <mtknak@yahoo.com>.
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naval history military
indoctrination, and physical
[itness.
Paula Seeger, Madison, Wis.,
995
Amy Ellingrod, Woodland Hills,
Augsburg wrestling alumnus Dan Lewandowski '97 was inducted
into the National Wrestling Coaches Association's Division lll
Wrestling Hall of Fame in March in Ada, Ohio. Lewandowski, who
won Division lll national titles for the Auggies in 1996 and 1997, is
the first Augsburg wrestler to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
After graduating from Augsburg, he served as an assistant coach
for the Auggie wrestling program for four seasons (1998-2002),
and was part of three national t¡tle teams as a coach, He is
currently pursuing a graduate degree at the University of
Minnesota.
training in naval warfare,
seamanship, navigation,
engineering, naval leadership,
Calif., has been a member of the
Santa Monica S¡rmphony since
1998. After five years of working
as an engineer for 3M
Pharmaceuticals, she folÌowed a
new career path, and is currently
working for the Los Angeles
Philharmonic in the development
department.
Deborah A. Kirby,
Pensacola,
Fla., was commissioned to the
rank of Navy ensign after
completing Aviation Officer
Candidate School at Naval
Aviation Schools Command, Naval
Air Station, in Pensacola. At the
school, she received intensive
was promoted to the reference
and outreach services librarian at
the Dane County Law Library in
Madison.
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Chellie (Kingsley) married
David Shaffe¡ in September. The
couple lives in Rancho Palos
Verdes, Calif., where Chellie is
pursuing a doctorate degree at
Ryokan College in Los Angeles,
and David is owner/operator of
Summit Pain and Injury
Treatment Centers.
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Jane Marie (Ruth) ma¡ried
in September.
Jeremy Zirbes
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Los Angeles-area alumni, parents, and friends are invited to this special performance of
the Augsburg Concert Band's 2003 tour, conducted by Robert Stacke '71, and featuring
reunion of the internationally-acclaimed "Skeets" Tiio and an original composition
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conducted by Augsburg alumnus Brendan Anderson'02.
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 7:30
Crystal Cathedral
p.tø.
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Lewis Street . Garden Grove, California
714-97t-4000
All
are
invited to a reception from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Crystal Cathedral Art Gallery;
please RSVP to Alumni/Parent Relations at I-800-260-6590 or <alumni@augsburg.edu>
il you plan to atl.end this reception.
The Crystal Cathedral in Los Angeles.
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THE "SKEETS" TRIO
The "Skeets" Tiio has played for presidents and royalty. Members include "Skeets"
Langley'65, winner of the prestigious Coupe Mondiale (World Cup) and the Gold Medal
at the 1963 Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes in Baden-Baden, Germany;
Stanford Freese, entertainment director for Disney Corporation; and Robert Stacke '71,
Augsburg Music Department chair and director of bancls.
BRENDAN ANDERSON'02
will conduct hÌs original composition, I Believe, an interpretation
of the Apostle's Creed in word and music, performed by the Augsburg Concert Band
with guest high school and youth choirs from the grealer Los Angeles area.
Brendan Anderson '02
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An early photo of The "Skeets" Trio, featuring
(l to r) Stanford Freese, Robert Stacke'71, and
"Skeets" Langley'65.
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Brent Grier, Naperville, Ill., is a
lile/dental insurance underwriter
o
rvith Metlife.
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AUGGIE HOURS
s.
Ar.rggie Hours are held the
Laurence Stratton was recenrly
featured in an article in the
l.
Springfield Adv ance-Press, aftel he
L)
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a
second hesday of each month
at 5:30 p.m.
joined the Ìegal firm o[ Muske,
Muske & Suhrhoff Ltd. He and
May 13
his wife, Jennifer (Draeger)
'97,live in Morgan, Mìnn.
Stillwater, Minn.
Facilitator/topic: Angie
Ahlgren '98, theatre
Freighthouse
Ryan Kehnle, Ortonville, Minn.,
and his wife, Nikole, were
featured in an article in the
O rtonville lndep enden t detaillng
the celebration oI their one-year
anniversary as owners of the
Ortonr'ìlle Matador Supper Club.
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Kaydee Kirk, Chicago, works
for Lakefront SRO, a nonprofit
developer oI supportive housing
for the homeless in Chicago. She
is pursuing a graduate degree at
the University of Illinois at
Chicago in the urban deveÌopers
program.
Gretchen Meents, South Sr.
Paul, Minn., was featured in the
St. Paul Pioneer Press as a
candidate for the St. Paul Winter
Carnival's Queen of the Snows
competition. She is a senior social
worker for Hennepin County, and
ls also co-chair o[ the Hennepin
County Social Work Advisory
Council.
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Scott Hvistendahl recenrly
.
accepted a position at TiueWell,
an organization that helps youth
pastors design, build, manage,
and rnaintain Web communities.
He can be contacted via e-mail at
<hvisty@hotmail.com>.
2000
Aaron Gabriel perlormed with
the Grimrn family includlng
Jennifer Grimm '99, in a concert
at Bigfork High School Commons
inJanuary The concert was
featured in an article in the Gr-and
Rapids Herald-ll¿vi¿1a,. Jsnnifsr has
also been performing overseas and
rvith the Minneapolis band, Soul
Tight Committee.
Spring 2003
AUGGIE HOURS AL
FRESCO
Same great after-work event, but
held outside on a locaÌ patio!
(left) recently spent two weeks teaching
English in Xi'an, China, as part of a Global Volunteers service
program. He was assigned to teach conversational English to
adult learners and was impressed by their level of knowledge.
"Their English skills were good," said Soderberg, who lives in
Minneapolis. "l mainly helped them with pronunciation-so we
had many good conversations. lt was interesting; I learned a lot
about their lives."
Eric Soderberg '92
Soderberg enjoyed strolling the streets of Xi'an, meeting people
and immersing himself in the city's daily rhythms. "One day, I
was walking back from the park to the hotel," he said. "l passed
a young man-he nodded, rushed up to walk next to me, and
said 'hi!'very enthusiastically. Then he continued talking in
Chinese! We exchanged many smiles, and I knew he was just
trying to be friendly."
June
l0
Black Forest Inn
Minneapolis
Facilitator/topic: Jim Bernstein
'78, state go\¡ernmenl
July 8
Pickled Parrot
Apple ValÌe¡ Minn
Facilitator: TBA
Augsust 12
It's Greek to lvle
Minneapolis, Minn.
Facilitator/topic: TBA
Anna (Missling) married Kyle
Nutting '02 in October. The
couple resides in Eagan, Minn.,
where Anna is a case managel at
the Salvation Army's HOPE
Harbor project and Kyle r¡'orks at
Gourmet Alvard Foods.
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Sarah (Henderson) married
Justin Accola inJanuary The
couple live and work in the
Minneapolis area.
Brandi Czyson, Brooklyn Park,
Mìnn., was featured in a Chantplin
Dayton Press article on nelv school
district employees. Brandi is a
compuier lab paraprolessional
r'vith the district.
Meghan L. (Swanson) married
Peter Dangerfielcl
in December.
The couple resides in Minneapolis,
li'here Meghan rvorks at
Make\4usic! lnc., and Peter lvorks
ar rhe Universit)'
ol Minnesota.
ln February, the Augsburg Alumni Association sponsored a
networking fair for careers and internships, which joined
students with area employers-many of which featured
Augsburg alumni. Held in Christensen Cente1 the event also
featured a talk by Colleen Watson '91 MAL, and a panel
discussion by alumni on what employers look for in new grad
hires and interns. For those interested in recruiting Augsburg
students, contact the Center for Service, Work, and Learning at
612-330-1148 or via e-mail at <careers@augsburg.edu>. Pictured
above are Kristen Hirsch '91 and junior Brittany Fagen.
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Mary Olson '742 'Find passion in what you do'
by Marissa Mapes'03
Would you like to trade in your business suits, endless meetings, and stale coffee for an
opportunity to fulfill your dreams? A[ter 22 years of successfully cllmblng the
corporate laclder at USWest, Mary Olson did just that when she jumped at Lhe chance
to transform her dream ol owning a winery rnto a reality ln 1996, Olson sold her
lifetime supply of pantyhose and purchased Airlie Winery in Monmouth, Ore.
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As a high school student, Olson longed to broaden her experiences, and Ar-rgsburg's
Minneapolis location seemed the "perfect fit" for this small-town girl from Osceola,
Wis. Olson discovered all that Augsburg had to offer through her visits to another
Augsburg alumna-her cousin, Juhe (Olson) Munson '72.
"My days at Augsburg gave me great insight into people," Olson said. She graduated
from Ar"rgsburg In L974 with degrees ln English and politlcal science, and fondly recalls
chess games with Professor Myles Stenshoel, her tennre as student body president, and
her trlp to Russia with Professor Norma Noonan. Olson was highly involved in campus
life, and later brought that experience into her professional life and the world of
business.
"Work to me has always been more than a job-1t is a passion," Olson said. Following
graduatlon, she was hired into the management-training program with Northwestern
8e11, which became USWest and is now Qwest. From there, she was transferred and
promoted to different branches of USWest throughout the country. In 1990, she was
transferred to Portland, Ore., as she worked her way from the technical ranks to vice
presrdential level.
ln 1996, Mary Olson '74 traded her 22 years in the
corporate world to purchase and operate a winery in
Monmouth, Ore.
"I fell in love with Oregon, its people, and the wines, and started telllng friends that in my next life I was going to move back to Oregon and own
a winer¡" she said. Her "next 1ife" came sooner than she thought, and her dream came true; she ls now the proud owner of a beautrful vineyard
and winery
Olson said she would not change anythlng that lec1 up to her owmng the winery "My career at USWest made it possible for me to live out my
dream." Olson's success is illustrated by her passion for life and work. For othels seekrng to transform their lives, Olson advises, "Learn, enjoy, and
find passion ln what you do."
Olson has kept in touch with many o[ her Augsburg friends, and some have visited her vineyard. If you can't get to her winery in person, you can find
Airlie wrne at area Twin Cities retailers. Olson is planning to hold an Augsburg alumni gathering at Airlie Winery this summer. Watch for details!
Marissa Mapes is a senior majoringin commLLnication.
joins sister
2002
She
Brooke Stoeckel, Isanti, Minn.,
is a group sales manager at
Riverwood Inn in Monticello,
Minn. She can be reached via e-
advocate
Karin, 3. Diana is
a sentencing
mail at
Defender's Office.
<brookiedoll2 7@hotmail. com>.
Brenda Selander, Oakdale,
Minn., is a physical education
teacher at Anoka High School.
She can be contacted via e-mail at
<selander9@hotmai l.com>.
Births/Adoptions
Diana (Wilkie)'86 and Rick
Buffie, Apple Valle¡ Minn.-a
daughter, Kirsten Dale, in,July
26
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with the
Hennepin
County Public
Leah is a special education
teacher and Todd is a social
studies teacher. They both teach
at Armstrong High School.
Julie (Severson)
Jennifer
'94
(Cummings)
'96 and Brian
and Dermott
Norman, St. Louis
Patricia
(Noren)
'91 and
Park, Mirm.-a
daughter, Sophie
Lyle
Enderson,
Leah (Johnson)
'95 and Todd
Elk River, Minn.-twins, Evan
Noren and Laura Mary, in
December. Patricia is a marketing
communications specialist for
Reviva Co.
Marla (Stratton)'92 and John
Mayer'BB, New Prague, Minn.a son, Trace Alan, in November.
He joirs brother Mason, 3.
Farmington,
.-'.:.I Minn.-a
Ann, inJune.
Weisjahn'95,
New Hope,
Minn.-a
son,
Noah Charles,
in November.
I
Ackland'95,
I
Krystina,
last
daughter, Ellie
April. They can be
reached via e-mail at
<bjackland@msn.com>.
Jasmina Besirevic-Regan'97
and Matthew Regan '95, New
Haven, Conn.-a daughter, Selma
Jane. in November.
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The Rev. Harry T. Sorenson
'42,Ephrata, Wash., died in
January he was 83. In his 58
years of minìstry he sen'ed
parishes in Minnesota, North
Dakota, California, and
Washington. He is survived by his
wife, Judy; two daughters, Linda
and Sheila; son, Aaron; and four
grandchildren. He was preceded
in death by his first wife, Ruth
Berg, and his daughter, Cheri.
Marilynn
(Peterson)
Merced. She and her husband,
Herman, rerired in lg8l ancl
began a long and memorabÌe
retirement. She loved to travel and
was talented at needlepoint, crossstitching, and crocheting. A
dedicated volunteer, she surpassed
6,500 volunteer hours at a locaì
hospital, and was very active in
her local ELCA church. She also
organized and enjoyed mini
Auggie reunions on the Pacific
Coast. She is survived by her
husband of 55 years; three
children, Steven, Scott, and
Olson'48,
Shelley; eight grandchildren; and
Merced, Calif.,
died in July; she
was 77. She
taught school for
many years at
five great-grandchildren.
Wayne L. Stutelberg'49,
Woodbury, Minn., died in
September; he was 77. He spent
32 years working with programs
Oak Grove High School in Fargo,
N.Dak., and kindergarten in
related to special services,
including serving as head of the
and Wisconsin. She is survived by
her husband of nearly 40 years,
Bob; two sisters and a brother; and
speech department at Gillette
Children's Hospital, state director
for the National Easter SeaÌ
Society, and director of special
education programs for both the
Rosemount and Forest Lake
her beloved Boston terrier, Arf,
who shadowed her every step.
school districts. He is survived by
three children, Tom, Patricia, and
Mark, and eight grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his
elementary school principal.
wife, Marlys.
John N. Samuelson'50,
Minneapolis, died in December;
he was
/).
Shirley A. (Knapton) Hooker
'57, CaldwelÌ, ldaho, died inJuly
2001 after a prolonged medical
battle; she was72. AÎrer
graduating from Augsburg, she
worked for the state highway
departments in both Minnesota
Marvin Husby, lr.,'64,
Inverness, Ill., died inJanuary of
cancer. He was a retired
Dennis J. Carlson '90,
Minneapolis, died inJanuary; he
was 35. He worked as a bouncer
for many years, and was also
involved in semi-professional
wrestllng in Minneapolis, where
he was known as "Samson." He is
survived by his mother, Patricia;
three sisters, Candy, Kathleen, and
Cindy; and two brothers, Robert
and Jerome. He was preceded in
death by his father, Edwin.
Augsburg remembers leader |ibrarian
by Boyd Koehle¡; associate professor and librarian, reprinted from the Augsburg Echo
M
arJone
Sible¡
librarian and
professor at
Augsburg for more
than a quarter of a
century died
January 21,2003,
at the age of 82.
Sibley served as a reference librarian
from 196l to 1987 and also as library
'director from 1970 to 1977. Concurrentl¡
she taught courses in Quakerism and
library science at Augsburg and courses in
library science at the University o[
Minnesota.
Sibley's educational preparation
included a B.A. with Phi Beta Kappa
honors at the University of lllinoisUrbana, an M.A. in sociology with work
toward a doctoral degree also at Urbana,
and a second M.A. in library science lrom
the University of Minnesota.
Augsburg colleagues remember
Sibley's leadership style both in the library
and on campus at large. "Marjorie
regarded the library as the 'heart of the
Spring 2O03
College campus'," according to Margaret
Anderson, former library director and
professor emerita. "She helped build the
library collection up to national standards
and introduced reference service to
promote the library as an active agent of
learning," Anderson said.
The library collection received a boost
in the area of minority and diversity
studies during the early 1970s under
Sibley's leadership, according to Grace
Sulerud, acquisitions and reference
librarian. "She wrote a Bush grant that
increased our budget by $75,000 over
three years," Sulerud said.
"Her energy could not be contained in
the librar¡" said Anderson. "She served on
the laculty senate and nearly every other
faculty committee." Sibley chaired the ad
hoc commìttee on the status of women in
the early I970s, a committee that
examlned pay equity for women and other
lacets of discrimination on campus at both
faculty and staff levels. This study
triggered actual change in Augsburg's
salary structure, according to Grace
Dyrud, psychology professor.
"Marjorie was very good at seeing the
big picture and could approach matters
calmly and rationall¡" Dyrud said. Sibley
also championed world peace. "Marjorie
advised students interested in peace
studies, and, with her husband, Dr.
Mulford Sibley, devoted energy to peace
and justice in the world beyond campus,"
Sulerud said.
"Her Quaker conviction that 'there is
something of God in every person' guided
her life and work," Sulerud said.
"Marjorie was an advocate for justice
in the minds and hearts of everyone she
came in contact with," said Spanish
professor Mary Kingsley, a friend and
colleague who served on various faculty
committees with Sibley.
Sibley's first husband, Mulfurd, a wellknown political science professor at the
University of Minnesora, died in 1989.
Sibley is survived by her husband,
Don Irish; a son, Martin; a daughter,
Muriel; five sisters and brothers; and a
host of grandchildren. A Quaker memorial
service celebrated Sibley's life in February
at Augsburg's Hoversten Chapel.
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by president wirriam v. Frame
ollowing are excerpts of a piece written
F by President
Frame Jor the September 6,
2002, issue of Tlne Chronicle of Higher
Education.
Having recently returned from a lO-year
stint in the corporate world to my original
home in the academy, I have stumbled
onto an idea of great utility-both to
rattonalize my own tortuous career path
and to guide the curricular and cultural
reforms needed to serve our college's
students. The idea is vocation. ...
The most immediately distinguishing
aspect of vocation is that of being drawn
to an undertaking with a deep sense that
"This is the right work for me!" I first
encountered that aspect as a reporter for
the student ne\Mspaper at Ohio State
University in the early 1950s. Campus
journalisrn in the early days of the civilrights movement was a thrilling business,
and it gave me, for the first time in my
college life, popular recognition. Yet my
inner voice had not yet matured, and was
thus overwhelmed by its natural rival, the
voice of public acclaim.
That orientation, unfortunatel¡
remained as I shifted my study to political
science and followed it into the
professoriate ... where I eventually
achieved tenure and the rank of professor
of political science. Now I see that I was
actually chasing after the seductive but
ultimately unsatisfactory vindication of
acclaim. ...
Even so, the process of becoming a
professor and achieving tenure
introduced me to two of the critical
axioms of the teaching vocation: Great
teachers begin and remain as serious
students-of themselves as well as of the
world-and learning improves life. But
since I discovered those axioms in a
selective liberal-arts college that was
purposely set well away from the cit¡
they took a particularly private and
rnildly antisocial form. They did not gel
with the outgoing and service-oriented
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aspects of vocation. ...
A sneaking discomfort with all this
caused me, I now think, to strike out
from the secure shores of rural academe
after 13 years there. I had gone to
Chicago to direct a research program in
the humanities at the Newberry Library. I
fell in love with the city, which, I
realized, is the quintessential social
institution of the modern world. ...
As a result, I was hesitant to return
to the college at the end of the
fellowship. Almost frantically, I cast about
for an alternative, wonderingwhat a 42year-old professor of an arcane art could
do effectively in the "real" world. I joined
the First National Bank of Chicago as a
trainee in the summer of 1981. ...
Those seven years in commercial
banking, followed by three in corporate
finance, gave me a profoundly different
attitude toward work and the world than
I had acquired in the academy Yet as I
advanced in the commercial hierarchy ...
I became less and less interested in the
ultimate purpose (stockholder value) of
the institutions that employed me. I
knew that my appreciation of the
compatibility of work and personal
fulfillment in the modern commercial
world had deepened in several important
ways, and I longed to see how that new
understanding would resonate with
students. I wanted to go back to teaching.
Yet, as I was absolutely dumbfounded to discover, higher education
institutions did not invite my return,
especially into any available teaching or
teaching-related administrative function.
I had to make my way back through
finance ... I re-entered the hallowed halls
as vice president and chief financial
officer at Pacific Lutheran University ...
It was there that I learned of Martin
Luther's respect for "the fine liberal arts,"
which he proposed as the chief human
therapy for modernity-the world in
which work had begun to disconnect
from its earlier communitarian functions.
President Frame led an AugSem discussion
with students about vocation and service on
community service day last September. That
month, he also reflected upon his personal
vocational path in a piece he wrote Íor The
Chronicle of Higher Education.
Vocation, or the called life of service, is
the ultimate objective of that therapy ...
I could see in Luther's idea of
vocation the rnakings of a life-changing
educational concept ... in the presence
ol Luther and my colleagues in a
church-related college ... I began to
draw together into a new educational
philosophy the disparate elements of
what had by now been four different
adult careers. ...
Now, as president of Augsburg, I am
pursuing the application of vocation in
our curriculum and culture in ways that
reflect my personal and increasingly
fulfilled search for my own calling. ...
Looking back, I see that the concept
of vocation has helped me find a pattern
in what I once regarded with shame as a
restless turning from one profession and
career to another ... it has allowed me to
make real progress in drawing together
into a satisfying whole both thought and
action, theory and practice, work and
leisure, and ultirnately, reason and faith.
That wholeness is the ultimate gift of the
called life of service-and what I believe
we should strive to achieve for ourselves
and for our students. I
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Music
For more information, call 612-330-1265 (unless otherwise noted)
April 30, }t4ay 2-3
Masterworks Chorale with the Minnesota Orchestra
Sir Neville Marriner, former music director of the Minnesota
Orchestra, returns to conduct the music of his fellow countrymen.
Actor and screen star Christopher Plummer narrates the words of
Shakespeare with music by William Walton from the lllrnr'Henry V
Elgar's poignant Enigma Variations places the finishing touches on
an all-English event.
April 30 at7:30 p.m.-Orchestra Hall
}y'ray 2 at 8 p.m.-Orchestra Hall
May 3 at 8 p.m.-Ordway Center
For ticket information, call the Minnesota Orchestra at 612-371-5656
Seminars, Lectures,
and Films
May 7
Master of Arts in Leadership Series on Transformational
Leadership
Presenters: MAL students, "Leadership Paper Colloquium"
6 p.m.-Christensen Center
For information, call 612-330-1786
Muy 5-10
Augsburg Concert Band Tour
Los Angeles area (seep.24)
Theatre
April
25
Senior Acting Recitals
7 p.m.-Tjornhom-Nelson Theater
For information, call 612-330-1257
Exhibits
For gallery information, call 612-330-1524
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Parker J. Palmer
"Honor Thy Teacher: Authentic Educational Reform in an Era
of Smoke and Mirrors"
Parker Palmer, a teacher, activist, and bestselling author of
Let Your Life Speah: Listening for the Voice of Vocation and The
Courage to Teach, will present this lecture as part of
Augsburg's Exploring Our Gifts program. This presentation is
free and open to the public.
7 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
For information, call 612-330-1 180
Other Events
May 3-4
COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND
May 3
Commencement Luncheon
Noon-Christensen Center
March 2B-May 4
All-Student Juried Art Exhibition
Gage Family Art Gallery Lindell Library
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I :30 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
Honors Convocation
4 p.m.-Hoversten Chapel
May 4
Baccalaureate Service
10 a.m.-Hoversten Chapel
Commencement Ceremony
l:30 p.m.-Melby Hall
Seating begins at 12:30 p.m.
Tickets required
March 2B-May 4
Senior Art Exhibit
Christensen Center Art GallerY
Com mencement Reception
3
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aul C. Pribbenow, president of
Rockford College in Rockford, Ill.,
has been elected as the 11th president of
Augsburg College by its board of regents.
“We are confident that Dr. Pribbenow
has all the qualities of leadership and
passion needed to continue Dr.
[William] Frame’s work at Augsburg
College,” said Jean Taylor ’85, chair of
the Board of Regents. “He has already
demonstrated that he is an accomplished
communicator, a person who can
demonstrate his own sense of Christian
vocation, a skilled administrator, and a
visible leader, actively participating in
the life of the campus and surrounding
community.”
Presidential search committee chair
and regent Ted Grindal ’76 expressed his
thanks and gratitude to the entire
Augsburg community for their participation in the search process. “After a very
thorough and successful search, we are
pleased to welcome Dr. Pribbenow as
Augsburg’s next president,” Grindal said.
“In Paul Pribbenow, we feel we have found
a successor who will not only carry on
Augsburg’s commitment to being a college
committed to a Christian understanding
of vocation, but will maximize its
exciting potential for the future.”
“This is the work I believe I was
called to do, and I look forward to
serving as Augsburg’s next president,”
Pribbenow said. “I firmly believe that my
experiences and commitments are a
remarkable fit for the mission and needs
of the College.”
Paul C. Pribbenow was born in
Decorah, Iowa, in 1957. He received his
bachelor’s degree in sociology/political
science from Luther College, and his
master’s degree in divinity and his
doctorate in social ethics from the
University of Chicago.
He has served as president of
Rockford College since 2002. Since his
arrival there, Pribbenow has launched
several new educational initiatives,
including working with faculty and staff
to develop the Jane Addams Center for
Civic Engagement. This program’s
primary responsibility, according to
Pribbenow, “is to find ways to work with
students to integrate their education,
co-curricular activities, spiritual
experiences, and service to the
community as part of an intentional
vocational formation initiative.” He has
also been an integral part of expanding
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opportunities for the campus and its
community to join together in a variety
of collaborative efforts.
He and his wife, Abigail, an arts
administrator, have two young children.
Pribbenow succeeds retiring president
William V. Frame, and will take office on
July 1.
To read more, go to
<www.augsburg.edu/news>.
NEWSNOTES
Agre to speak at commencement—two honorary
degrees to be awarded
Peter Agre ’70, Nobel Prize laureate for chemistry in 2003, will
speak at the College’s 137th commencement on May 6.
Agre is vice chancellor of science and technology at the Duke
University School of Medicine. He will receive one of two
honorary degrees approved by the Board of Regents to be
conferred on that date.
James A. Johnson will receive the second honorary degree. He
has enjoyed a distinguished career in finance and lending, formerly
with Fannie Mae and now as vice chairman of Perseus L.L.C.
Johnson has been active in supporting the Gateway Building and
development of the urban village concept along Riverside Ave.
Johnson was Augsburg’s commencement speaker in 2002.
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Outstanding physics students
For the third time in six years, the Society of Physics Students (SPS)
has named Augsburg’s chapter as an Outstanding SPS Chapter, this
time for 2004-05. Fewer than 10% of the chapters nationwide
receive this honor; Augsburg’s chapter was also named in 19992000 and 2002-03. Professor Mark Engebretson is chapter adviser.
Jim Haglund honored
Regent Jim Haglund was honored with the Hall of Fame award by
the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC), a
1,000-member international organization. Minnesota Gov. Tim
Pawlenty lauded Haglund as characterizing the “best of
Minnesota.” Pawlenty also drew attention to Haglund’s leadership
on the Augsburg Board of Regents.
Spring 2006
Mexico social work consortium receives
award
Courtesy photo
by Betsey Norgard
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Students in the 2004 spring semester program in Mexico visited the pyramids of Xochicalco to
learn how pre-Hispanic cultures regulated the solar calendar.
is noteworthy in several regards beyond
the challenges of satisfying the needs and
criteria of nine different institutions.
Foremost, it makes possible a study
abroad experience for social work
students at colleges that can’t sustain
their own individual programs.
Also, because the program is ongoing,
issues of social work in developing
countries are constantly part of
department discussions and curriculum.
Returning students readily talk about the
program as life transforming.
“Students who return from Mexico
have a window into the lives of Hispanic
and Latino communities impossible to
gain domestically,” commented social
work professor Nancy Rodenborg. She
said the department hopes to take
advantage of this experience in working
with Twin Cities’ Spanish-speaking
populations.
Also cited in the award is the program’s
shared ownership and governance among
the partner institutions in Minnesota and
South Dakota—both public and private—
allowing social work students equal access
to study abroad.
Rodenborg stated that a large part of
the success of the program is due to the
Center for Global Education’s expertise in
offering international education and the
resources available at its Mexico center.
Courtesy photo
ugsburg is part of a social work
consortium that has been honored
for its semester study program in Mexico.
The consortium was awarded the 2006
Global Commission Partners in
Education Award by the Council on
Social Work Education (CSWE) in
recognition of “the contributions of
individuals, organizations, and others as
partners in advancing education for
international social work.”
The development of the BSW Mexico
Consortium of the Minnesota/South
Dakota Area, which includes both private
and public institutions, was more than
two years in the making and is
remarkable for the complexity of issues it
negotiates. The study courses meet all
the schools’ curricular needs and allow
social work students to participate
without delaying their graduation date.
Financial costs were worked out so that
students pay only their home-school
tuition (plus airfare), regardless of which
partner institution they attend.
The program, “Social Work in a Latin
American Context,” is based at the
Center for Global Education (CGE)
study center in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and
includes study of Mexican culture,
intensive Spanish language instruction, a
social work course, and either a field
practicum or comparative social policy
course. A several-week homestay gives
students a chance to experience living
with a Mexican family. There is also a
two-week exchange with students in the
School of Social Work at the Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
in Mexico City.
Cultural content courses are taught
by CGE staff, and the social work
content is taught by a rotating visiting
faculty member from one of the partner
schools. Augsburg social work professor
Barbara Lehmann is currently in
Cuernavaca, teaching for the second year.
The BSW Mexico Consortium model
Social work students visited Tlamacazapa, a
rural village where Claudia (in red, above)
helped them learn to weave.
Schools belonging to the BSW Mexico
Consortium are Augsburg College,
Bemidji State University, Bethel
University, College of St.
Catherine/University of St. Thomas,
Metropolitan State University, St. Cloud
State University, St. Olaf College,
University of Sioux Falls, and Winona
State University.
For more information on the Mexico
study semester, go to <www.augsburg.
edu/global/swksem.html>.
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Business students seek stronger connections
through ABO
by Betsey Norgard
international presence and do a thorough
analysis of its marketing department. It
meant making the contacts, meeting with
corporate officials, and following up on
the research. Sometimes it’s even possible
to tie ABO activities into coursework for
some extra credit.
A
ugsburg business students realize
the importance of stepping out of
the classroom to gain “real-world”
experience, and the Twin Cities offers
them plenty of opportunities. The
Augsburg Business Organization (ABO)
aims to provide them a platform to do this.
Students join ABO to learn more
about the business world, to meet
corporate leaders, and to network in
search of opportunities for projects,
internships, and future employment.
Since ABO is student-run, they gain
leadership and professional skills as they
brainstorm, contact, and arrange for
speakers and trips.
Founded five years ago by business
major Rod Gonzalez ’04, ABO currently
has about 15 active students, with a
number of others who participate in
various events.
In January, 12 ABO students traveled
to Chicago for an activities-packed three
days of visits to CEOs and businesses,
following up on contacts from Augsburg’s
Development Office. While there they
visited three businesses—Chase Bank,
Hydrotech Manufacturing Co., and the
H&K law firm; plus, they met with
executives and toured the Mercantile
Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank.
“The Chicago trip was a unique
opportunity,” said senior business major
and ABO member Nii Mensah, “in that it
gave us an opportunity to see many
different aspects of the city in both a
business and urban sense.”
Building a portfolio of experience
Anthony Haupt, a senior from Red Wing,
Minn., and the current president of ABO,
has taken good advantage of
opportunities in ABO for his own
leadership growth. Last year after
arranging for Greg Smith ’72 to be a
guest speaker at ABO, he kept in contact
with Smith, who is chief operating officer
of Walden Automotive. It led to a summer
internship at the Denny Hecker
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Anthony Haupt, senior international business
management major and president of the
Augsburg Business Organization, hopes to
involve more business professionals and
Augsburg business alumni in the student
organization.
Automotive Group where Haupt did
financial analysis and project management
work. He and Smith still keep in touch,
and Smith continues to suggest other
contacts from whom Haupt can learn.
“ABO has opened many doors for me,
like the summer internship,” Haupt says,
“and has put me in leadership roles with
responsibility.”
Haupt also strengthened his major in
international business management with
a semester study program in Barcelona,
Spain, that included courses in
international business and Spanish. He
hopes his minor in Spanish will support
future work with a company that has an
international presence. He also
completed an internship in a healthcare
organization, and will seek opportunities
to gain training in project management
and/or account management after he
graduates in May.
Even as a part of their coursework, the
business administration faculty push
students to connect with the business
community. Haupt cites his international
marketing class in which students had to
choose a Minnesota company with
ABO seeks business contacts
Haupt’s vision for ABO is for the
organization to build a network of Twin
Cities business professionals, especially
Augsburg business alumni. What
students hope to gain, he says, are
relationships with the business
community and access to business
expertise, experience, and information.
Business professionals should be
assured, Haupt says, that Augsburg
students are well-educated and eager to
get their feet wet in the business world.
He cites several examples of past student
leaders, like the ABO presidents, who
have transformed internships into job
opportunities, and used their experiences
as springboards into a career.
How to connect with ABO
ABO offers these ideas for connecting
Augsburg business alumni and other
business professionals with students:
• Volunteer as a guest speaker at an
ABO event
• Participate in a resource network for
business students
• Host Augsburg business students at
your company or workplace
• Join the Take an Auggie to Lunch
program
• Help ABO with fundraising to support
trips and other activities
To learn more or participate in ABO
activities, contact Anthony Haupt at
<abo@augsburg.edu> with your name,
class year (if you are an alumnus/a), title
and place of work, and e-mail and/or
telephone number.
Spring 2006
Sports
For current sports information, scores, and schedules go to <www.augsburg.edu/athletics>.
Auggies inspire hoop dreams in
neighborhood kids
by Don Stoner
H
elping young members of the CedarRiverside neighborhood learn about
the game of basketball was a “slamdunk” proposition for the Augsburg
College men’s basketball team.
In January, the Auggies invited 50
boys and girls from the Cedar-Riverside
Community School, which primarily
teaches immigrant children, to attend a
morning basketball clinic at Si Melby
Hall. Head coach Aaron Griess and
members of the Augsburg squad showed
children the basics of the game, then
broke up into smaller groups to work
individually with them. Each group took
part in fun games with the Auggie
players, where they were able to put
their newly-learned skills into practice.
The clinic ended with an impromptu
dunking exhibition from members of the
Augsburg squad, to the cheers of the
youngsters watching.
“We’re proud to be able to make a
difference in the lives of young people
who haven’t had the same opportunities
that other children have, and we’re
committed to helping build the
community we live in,” said Griess, in
his first season as Augsburg’s head coach.
The clinic was organized by Griess
and Mary Laurel True, associate
director of Augsburg’s Center for
Service, Work, and Learning.
“Spending time with the kids,
watching them laugh, and teaching them
some basketball skills was a tremendous
joy,” Griess said. “Each and every one of
our students put their hearts into the
short period of time they spent with the
kids, and we’re all looking forward to the
next opportunity.”
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Thank you, Auggies!
“I had fun learning with you guys. It was
important to me because when I grow up
I will be a good basketball player.”
—Abdullahi, 3rd grade
“I learned basketball is not easy; it's hard,
but it just looks easy.” —Sagal, 6th grade
“Thank you for giving me inspiration to
play basketball.” —Karina, 6th grade
“In the summer I will love to show all of
my friends what you have taught me. It
really meant a lot to me when you taught
me a lot of tricks.” —Muna, 4th grade
The Cedar-Riverside kids yell “41, 41, 41…”
to pull no. 41 Auggie junior Tait Thomsen to
the floor.
“I’ve learned new tricks and so much
more. I felt like a professional basketball
player. This is one of the best days of my
life.” —Nasra, 4th grade
Fifty-plus students from the Cedar-Riverside Community School watch in awe as Auggie senior Aaron Benesh dunks the ball.
Spring 2006
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Faculty and Staff
PRESENTATIONS
Tony Bibus, social work, presented a
poster, “Working with Involuntary Clients
in Slovenia,” about a study with Ljubljana
University, at the Council on Social Work
Education meeting in February.
Bill Capman, biology, co-presented “Reef
Aquaria in the Classroom and Teaching
Laboratory: Learning Activities, Organisms,
and Logistics” at the Marine Aquarium
Conference of North America (MACNA) in
Washington, D.C.
Emiliano Chagil, Hispanic/Latino Student
Services, presented “Higher Education and
Acculturation: The Contradictions Involved
in Improving Your Life through Education
while Sustaining Your Cultural Self,” at the
annual Breaking Barriers Conference at the
University of St. Thomas.
Su Dorée, mathematics, led a paper
session, “Countering ‘I Can’t Do Math’:
Strategies for Teaching Underprepared,
Math-Anxious Students,” at the annual
joint meetings of the American
Mathematical Society and the
Mathematical Association of America.
At the same conference, Rebekah
Dupont, mathematics, co-organized a
panel discussion, “Firefighting, Paper
Trailing, and Cat Herding: Everything You
Wanted to Know to Be an Administrator
but Were Afraid to Ask.”
Teachers meeting teachers
in Namibia
by Gretchen Kranz Irvine
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or over five years, my life has been
exponentially enriched, professionally
and personally, from my experiences in
Namibia, Africa. I have been the trip
leader for three summer study trips in
2000, 2003, and most recently last
summer, July 1-22, 2005. I gathered a
group of educators—classroom teachers,
a preservice teacher, and teacher
educators—to travel to Namibia to learn
about the country and her people,
focusing on the education system. In
collaboration with the Center for Global
Education, my goals for the trip were to
introduce Namibia by visiting various
locations; by hearing from Namibians
working in a variety of sectors,
especially teachers, principals, and
faculty from the University of Namibia
and teachers’ colleges; by accessing local
media; and by being immersed in a
culture so different from ours, and yet
the same.
I was pleased that our group bonded
easily as a community and blended like a
fine-tuned melody. We benefited from
the two University of Namibia students
preparing to be teachers who joined us
and added depth to our understanding
of schools and the influence of culture.
A highlight for this trip was a oneday conference for teachers in the
Windhoek area hosted by our group,
with the help and facilitation of many
others. We gathered at the Rossing
Conference Center in Khomasdal, a
suburb of the capital city, Windhoek—
50 people interested in schools, teachers,
learners, and all areas related to
education—for sessions titled “The
Important Role of Teachers in NationBuilding.” The speakers, facilitators, and
organizers were both Namibians and the
members of our group.
The results far exceeded what could
be stated here. We explored large issues
impacting all teachers. We built
professional links—both individual and
group—that would sustain relationships
after we returned to the U.S. And we
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Garry Hesser, sociology and metrourban studies, co-presented “Toward the
Public Good: Maps, Lenses, and Models
of Civic Engagement,” at the Association
of American Colleges and Universities
conference in November.
Hesser also presented, with Ann
Lutterman-Aguilar and Merrie
Benasutti, “Crossing Borders: Exploring
Vocation in a Multicultural/Global
Context,” at the Nov. meeting of the
National Society for Experiential Education.
Marc Isaacson, MIS, presented
“Statistical Literacy—Online at Capella
University” at the American Statistical
Association meeting.
Cheryl Leuning, nursing, and Pandu
Hailonga, CGE Namibia, co-authored and
presented, “Transforming What is Known
about HIV, AIDS, and Tuberculosis into
Culturally Appropriate Protective
Practices in Namibia and Tanzania,” at
the July Tumaini conference in Tanzania.
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A group of educators from Minnesota spent three weeks with teachers and educators in
Namibia, based at Augsburg’s Center for Global Education. Augsburg participants are: Melinda
Stockmann (front row, left), CGE-Namibia intern; Pandu Hailonga (back row, fourth from left),
CGE-Namibia trip leader; Carol Knicker (back row, fifth from left), assistant professor of
education; and Gretchen Irvine (back row, second from right), assistant professor of education
and Augsburg trip leader.
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On a visit to the Haganeni Primary School in Walvis Bay, Namibia, the educators enjoyed meeting
the students, or “learners.”
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helped to respond to the need of all
teachers to discuss important issues,
realizing how vital it is for people
involved in the process of educating our
children and youth to have opportunities
for dialogue and reflection. Because of
the cultural differences unfamiliar to me,
I appreciated working with the
Namibians who helped to make the
conference relevant and meaningful for
everyone.
It will be months and years before we
can realize what this trip has meant to us
as individuals. We have tried to spread
the word about Namibia, a very silent
country on the world stage. Our
worldviews have been forever changed
by images of Namibian teachers, of the
children and youth, and of the life we
witnessed in the coastal cities as different
from the villages in the north. We heard
the voices of Namibians telling of their
past, and we learned about the current
struggles toward the constitutional goals
of their 16-year-old nation. We witnessed
the joy of people together, and enjoyed
being in the company of a youth group
building their lives. And we read about
the hopes and dreams of people looking
toward the future. Our global vision has
expanded as a result of this experience.
I am grateful to the Center for Global
Education staff—both here and in
Namibia—whose expertise helped us
create the best learning environment for
our experience. In our own group,
individuals acted beyond any expectations
in caring for each other, challenging
thinking, and with kindness to all.
I have been a teacher for 38 years.
The experiences I’ve enjoyed are true
gifts to me as a teacher, and, also, to my
students at Augsburg.
Gretchen Irvine is assistant professor of
education.
Professor Gretchen Kranz Irvine presents an
Augsburg folder to Augsburg alumna
Fredericka Uahengo ’90, rector of the
Ongwediva Teachers College in northern
Namibia.
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Read more about this travel seminar and
conference on the participants’ blog at
<web.augsburg.edu/~irvine/Namibia>.
PRESENTATIONS
Dallas Liddle, English, presented
“Bakhtinian ‘Journalization’ and the MidVictorian Literary Marketplace,” at Oxford
University’s First Annual Conference on
the History of the Book, sponsored by
their English faculty, in Nov.
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Center for
Global Education-Mexico, presented a
theological perspective on the rights of
women at the International Women’s Day
conference in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in
March 2005.
She and Judy Shevelev, also with
CGE-Mexico, along with five former
students, co-presented two papers at the
National Women’s Association conference
in June.
Diane Pike, sociology, presented the
keynote, “Not Rocket Science: Teaching,
Learning, and Engagement,” at the Oct.
joint meeting of the Wisconsin and
Illinois Sociological Associations and the
Wisconsin Political Science Association.
Marc Skjervem, student affairs, and
Keith McCoy, residence life, presented a
session, “Developing a Seamless FirstYear Experience on a Small Campus,” at
the National Orientation Directors
Association regional conference in April.
NOTEWORTHY
Markus Fuehrer, philosophy, is
preparing a translation and commentary
of Albertus Magnus’ Liber de homine
(Treatise on Man). He is currently
preparing an entry on Albertus Magnus
at the invitation of the Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Brad Holt, religion, was elected to the
national board of the Society for the Study
of Christian Spirituality (SSCS), an
international organization of people who
teach Christian spirituality in colleges,
universities, and seminaries.
Patrice Salmeri, StepUP® program, was
elected chairperson of the executive
board of the Association of Recovery
Schools (ARS).
Milo Schield, business administration
and the W.M. Keck Statistical Literacy
Project, completed a textbook on
statistical literacy, which is being used in
Augsburg classes this spring.
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Lynn Bollman, art, participated in the
Third Biennial Printmaking Exhibition,
in November, showcasing the work of 40
professors of printmaking at 22
Minnesota colleges and universities.
History professor Jacqui DeVries’
article, “Rediscovering Religion after the
Postmodern Turn,” was published in the
spring 2005 issue of Feminist Studies and
will also appear in the fall 2005 issue of
the online History Compass.
Pandu Hailonga, Center for Global
Education-Namibia, published an article,
“Violence, Rape, and Murder: Symptoms
of Societal Disease,” in The Namibian in
March 2005.
Garry Hesser, sociology and metrourban studies, co-authored a chapter,
“Liberal Learning and Internships in
Sociology, in The Internship Handbook,
edited by Richard Salem and published
in 2005.
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Center for
Global Education-Mexico, published a
chapter, “La reconstrucción de la iglesia,”
in Los derechos humanos al interior de
nuestra iglesia, edited by Guadalupe Cruz
Cárdenas, published by Católicas por el
Derecho a Decidir (CDD) in 2005.
Phil Quanbeck II, religion, contributed
to a collection, Teaching the Bible,
published in October by the Society of
Biblical Literature. An article by
Quanbeck “Preaching Apocalyptic Texts”
was published in the summer issue of
Word and World.
Department of Public Safety—
Augsburg’s 411
by Betsey Norgard
L
ocked out? … Too hot in your room?
… Need a jump for a dead battery?
… Want to know when the hockey game
starts? … Need a ride from the lightrail
station?
These are just samples of the
questions fielded by the Department of
Public Safety. Headed by John Pack, who
came to Augsburg nearly three years ago
after 13 years at the University of
Minnesota, this office operates 24/7 and
oversees the College’s switchboard
communications, facilities management
requests, campus security, and
communications and emergency
management.
Pack tries to get the word out about
their services, especially about campus
safety. Each summer at orientation, he
enjoys talking with new students and
their parents.
“The message is that Augsburg is in
the heart of the city,” Pack says, “which
brings tremendous opportunities, but
also some challenges, mostly parking
and security.”
Public Safety strives to ensure that
everyone in the Augsburg community
feels safe. Escort services are available to
any of the parking lots and for students
who go back and forth from internships
or service projects in the neighborhood.
Security officers also provide rides to and
from the nearby lightrail stops. A phone
call from two stops away gets students a
quick ride back to campus.
Pack has initiated regular meetings of
security personnel from Augsburg, the
University of Minnesota, FairviewRiverside, College of St. Catherine, and
the Minneapolis police to share
information and coordinate prevention
efforts in order to decrease incidents
overall.
A recent incident illustrates this
cooperative relationship. At a building
near the edge of campus, an intoxicated
person, not part of the Augsburg
community, slipped, fell, wedged his
head between two pipes, and went into
respiratory distress. Augsburg security
officers on routine patrol noticed him
and called 911. Officer Annie DeYoung
stayed with the injured man, monitoring
his medical condition, until rescue
personnel arrived. Firefighters needed
the Jaws of Life to free the man and rush
him to the emergency room.
The firefighters credited DeYoung
with saving the man’s life—for assessing
the situation quickly and applying the
medical treatment that kept his airway
and breathing clear until they arrived.
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PUBLICATIONS/EXHIBITIONS/
PERFORMANCES
HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS
Mark Strefeler, biology, received a
$57,500 grant from Beckman Coulter’s
matching grant program for a genetic
analysis system to aid research in plant
genetics and microbiology. It allows for
gene sequencing, DNA fingerprinting,
and molecular genetics. In his research
with students, he carries out DNA
barcoding for species identification and
identification and isolation of genes for
disease resistance in plants.
John Pack, director of public safety, accepts a Certificate of Appreciation
from Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak (left) and police chief William
McManus for the College’s cooperation and for support to the
Minneapolis Police Department.
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Photo illustration by Stephen Geffre
Office space: or how I spent 18 years
in the closet at Augsburg
by Doug Green
W
hy I didn’t move out of
my little hole in the wall
of an office when I had the
chance, I’ll never know. It’s
one of the smallest spaces in
the maze that is Memorial
Hall, a former dormitory and
the second oldest surviving building on
campus. The room can’t be more than
6 x 6 and would be more suitable as a
walk-in closet—or perhaps a very large
coffin.
My office desk, an old metal one of
modest size and a rosy beige hue, faces
the wall beneath an enormous Saul
Steinberg print of America as viewed
from Manhattan. Before I got my laptop,
Manhattan was unfortunately hidden
behind my computer, just as Minnesota
has blotted out most of my New York
past over the last 20 years.
On the wall behind me as I sit at my
desk, the floor-to-ceiling shelves are
overflowing with books, papers,
knickknacks (mostly mementoes from
past students and pictures of my wife
and son), and last year’s posters for
campus events. The filing cabinet next to
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the door obscures some of the shelves
and is buried under debris. Confidential
student records are now filed on top of
the cabinet for easy access—even to
passers-by in the hallway: It’s my version
of the Freedom of Information Act.
Behind the door and next to the desk
is another freestanding bookcase, also
overflowing and surmounted by stacks of
texts and paper—for creative writing, I
think. The walls and the hallway side of
the door are plastered with notices,
reminders, pictures drawn by my son,
and posters of events I had a hand in—
like the first GLBT alumni reunion and
art show: “Out and About.”
The window, however, I love best.
When I sit at my desk and look out, it’s
like Rear Window; I can spy on a whole
set of neighboring offices. But if I push
back just a little and face the outside, I
see Augsburg’s little quad, an Edenic
version of my little closet.
Maybe that’s why I can’t leave:
because this little cubby across the floor
from an old dormitory bathroom that
sports mold from the era of Warren G.
Harding and College President George
Sverdrup is the quintessential
professorial space. Like the brain in
Dickinson’s poem, my office “is wider
than the sky.” My little cabinet contains a
world of thoughts—from the books
behind and beside me to the computer
on my desk to the many visiting
colleagues and students who come to
share their inner lives with me. I need
their stifling and stimulating proximity.
My office is certainly no “proud,
ambitious heap” nor “built to envious
show,” but a place in which, like the
Sidneys at Penshurst in Jonson’s famous
poem, I can “dwell.”
Doug Green is professor of English. This
story first appeared in Augsburg Echo in
September.
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1 THE NEW GUTHRIE
Only a mile away, the Guthrie Theater’s new
home makes it even easier for actors and
technicians to visit Augsburg seminars and
teach as adjunct faculty.
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2 CORPORATE DOWNTOWN
Internships downtown with non-profits,
Fortune 500, and other companies are but a
quick lightrail or bus ride away for students
and often lead to future career opportunities.
Saint Paul
3 MEETING HIS CONSTITUENTS
City Hall is his home base, but Minneapolis
mayor R.T. Rybak enjoys getting out to meet
the new students on campus.
4 PLAY BALL!
The Twins, Vikings, Gophers—and the
Auggies, for one game per season—compete
several blocks away at the Metrodome.
OUR CITY …
OUR CLASSROOM
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WHAT EXACTLY DOES BEING A COLLEGE OF THE CITY MEAN FOR
AUGSBURG? WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DOES IT BRING TO THE AUGSBURG
LEARNING COMMUNITY—TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF?
If one were to look at just a TWO-MILE RADIUS AROUND AUGSBURG,
what would be found?
5 HIGH-RISE MELTING POT
Riverside Plaza is the hub of the most diverse
neighborhood in Minneapolis—and a partner
with Augsburg in its community programs
and school.
The answer is A LOT …
the most diverse neighborhood in Minneapolis …
the downtown business district …
a Super Bowl pro-sports dome …
a brand-new home for a world-class theater …
a Big 10 university and teaching/research medical center…
a quick train ride to the largest shopping mall in the country…
miles of running, walking, and biking trails along the Mississippi River.
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6 A JUMP ON THE LIGHTRAIL
Just a few blocks away, the lightrail train is a
quick ride to downtown, the airport, and the
Mall of America.
7 LEARNING FROM LIVE CORALS
Biology professor Bill Capman lends expertise
and some live corals to help teachers at
Seward Montessori School set up and maintain
a coral reef aquarium for their science classes.
8 WORSHIP IN THE CITY
Central Lutheran Church is the majestic
setting for Augsburg’s Advent Vespers, an
annual celebration of word and music that
begins the holiday season.
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Here, we highlight some of the myriad opportunities our location offers
to learn, serve, volunteer, intern, experience, shop, compete, perform,
keep fit, have fun, and so much more!
Teach. Reach. Feed. Lead.
That’s the motto of the Campus
Kitchens Project, based in Washington,
D.C., that combines preparing and
delivering meals, partnering in the
community, training for employment
opportunities, and providing service
learning for students. Since opening on
campus in 2003, the Campus Kitchen
at Augsburg has served more than
25,000 meals to community
organizations. The program, which is
student organized and run, is based in
the College’s food service facilities, and
works with surplus food from the food
service and local food banks.
Two shifts of student volunteers
each week prepare meals and deliver
them to six locations the next day. The
students spend time in each location, getting to know and talking with
the people being served.
Above, at Peace House in the Phillips neighborhood, junior Jeanette
Clark talks with a visitor. She and other students deliver meals on
Thursdays to the 30-50 people who drop in to Peace House for
conversation, fellowship, and nourishment.
During the summers, Augsburg’s Campus Kitchen operates a job
training program to train and certify unemployed people in food
management culinary skills to help them find jobs.
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Trick or treat—dorm style
Targeting a career
Each Halloween, ghosts, goblins, and other costumed
characters wander the halls of Urness and Mortensen Halls,
going from door to door trick-or-treating.
They’re neighborhood children invited to campus by
LINK, the student service organization, for fun, games,
treats, and, sometimes, a haunted house. LINK provides
the candy, and students provide the fun for the kids.
Tim Benson ’00, graduated
with a business administration/marketing major
and a minor in management
information systems.
Benson picked up his first
downtown corporate
experience at a summer
internship with Accenture
(then Andersen Consulting).
He found it to be great
preparation for the business
world that he couldn’t have
learned in a classroom—
“protocols, unwritten rules,
and business speak”—that
helped him get a foot in the door at Target Corporation.
He started as a business analyst and was eventually
promoted to a supply chain expert. Now he is manager of
an eight-person team in the kitchenware department,
which is responsible for about 1,000 items and hundreds of
millions of dollars in sales annually in all 1400+
Target stores.
A day at the Soap Factory
(map #10)
As part of AugSem,
their first-year seminar,
students in ART 102
Design spent an
afternoon at the Soap
Factory. This turn-ofthe-century wood and
brick warehouse, which
formerly housed the
National Purity Soap
Factory, has been turned into an art gallery featuring work
by emerging artists, and offering available studio space.
The afternoon was part of City Service Projects Day,
which started with a 20-minute walk to the gallery
through the historic flour mill district. At the gallery, the
students helped take down one show and prepare to
install another. They cleaned floors, scrubbed and
squeegeed walls, and moved furniture.
The students got first-hand experience in what a
gallery is—or not, i.e. it’s not just clean floors and bright
lighting. Since a number of these students intend to major
in art-related fields, this gave them an opportunity for a
service project in something that really interested them.
Plus, the gallery director told them that what they
were able to do for the gallery in three hours would have
taken the staff all week to complete.
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(map #2)
Staying connected with kids
(map #9)
Kristy Bleichner graduated from Augsburg in 2002 with a
major in social work. While a student, she began to
volunteer for Wednesday Night Out, a program sponsored
by Trinity Lutheran Church. For this, Trinity partners with
community organizations, including Augsburg, to provide
suppers for neighborhood families, giving them a place to
gather and talk. After supper, Bleichner and other student
volunteers take the children to a nearby gym for games,
making it more convenient for their parents to talk with
each other about family and community issues.
Even after graduating nearly four years ago, Bleichner
has wanted to stay connected with these families and
continues to devote time to the Wednesday Night Out
program.
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A school of many cultures
(map #5)
Around-the-world food
Five blocks from Augsburg lies the only school in the country
located in a high-rise apartment building. The Cedar-Riverside
Community School, a K-8 charter school sponsored by
Minneapolis Public Schools, is in the midst of Minneapolis’
most diverse neighborhood, largely Somali and East African.
The school serves mostly immigrant children, from nearly
a dozen different countries, some of whom never had any
formal education before arriving in the U.S. Each week nearly
30-40 Augsburg students tutor and mentor at the school, and
provide instruction or support during the year in music, art,
piano lessons, physical education, science, and health.
Augsburg elementary education students in Professor
Jeanine Gregoire’s science methods class teach hand-on
science units at the school. In the photo, Pa Kou Yang ’05 is
working with two second-graders.
When Augsburg moved to the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood
in 1872, it was home to a thriving community of
Scandinavian immigrants. Again, it is a center for many
people recently arriving in the U.S., primarily from Somalia
and East Africa.
The neighborhood has more than 20 restaurants, most of
which serve ethnic foods; as well as ethnic clothing stores,
grocers, and art galleries; and a Lutheran church and a
mosque. As part of the first-year AugSem group, students
visited area businesses and tried out some of the nearby
restaurants. In this photo, a group sits around the table at
Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian restaurant down the block from
campus.
Helping women stay fit at FOLC
Caring for the mighty Mississippi
(map #5)
Eilidh Reyelts ’06 (facing
front at right in photo), a
senior biology and premedical major, began
volunteering last year with
Rachel Domier ’05 (left) at
Family Opportunities for
Living Collaboration
(FOLC) at Riverside Plaza.
This center encourages
community members to
work together at meeting
the needs of neighborhood residents, many of whom are
immigrants or refugees with little understanding of English
or of American customs and health practices.
Reyelts and Domier were both Lilly Interns and designed
internships to explore areas within their vocational interests.
Twice a week at FOLC they taught exercise to immigrant
and refugee women, and helped them monitor their weight
and blood pressure.
Reyelts also is a Citizen Scholar through the Campus
Compact program. As an AugSem leader, she took new
students on a tour of the neighborhood and to FOLC. Reyelts’
vocational goals include a career in medicine or public health.
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With the Mississippi River
within a stone’s throw,
Augsburg has joined the
network of “river stewards”
and has “adopted” a section of
the river just downstream
from campus. Planned
activities involve students in
litter clean-up, trail
monitoring, placing stenciled
warnings on storm drains to
prevent pollution into the
river, monitoring invasive
species, and trail monitoring.
In the summer, political
science professor Joe
Underhill-Cady teaches
Environmental and River
Politics, a course that looks at
the challenges of balancing
economic development, social justice, and environmental
stewardship. Students spend time on the river and meet
with people involved in river-related issues.
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H U R R I C A N E K AT R I N A :
R E S P O N D I N G F R O M T H E H E A RT
Medicine for both patient and doctor
The days were long, the work was
physically exhausting. What Augsburg
alumni Paul Mueller ’84, M.D., and Rick
Seime ’70, Ph.D., encountered in the
hurricane-devastated areas of southern
Louisiana was far worse than news
reports could show. But, Mueller describes
returning to Minnesota rejuvenated and
thankful for the opportunity to help.
Seime says he would do it again in
a heartbeat.
Mueller, an internist with a public
health background, and Seime, a
psychologist, both at Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, Minn., served on different
medical relief teams. They were a part of
Operation Minnesota Lifeline, a
collaboration of healthcare volunteers
from Mayo Clinic, University of
Minnesota, College of St. Catherine, and
the American Refugee Committee.
Sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Health, their work helped to
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by Betsey Norgard
bridge the crisis period by treating
immediate medical needs and connecting
people to resources until more permanent
public health clinics were set up.
For two weeks each, Mueller’s and
Seime’s teams operated from a base in
Lafayette, La., and were housed at a
Baptist church. Each day they set out in
vans supplied with medicines, supplies,
and vaccines, to treat people in the field,
most of whom were either Hurricane
Katrina evacuees from New Orleans or
residents of the areas ravaged by
Hurricane Rita.
The medical teams were
multidisciplinary, including physicians,
nurses, social workers, and others. But,
everyone served as a mental health
counselor because the need was so great.
Many people had lost everything they
owned, had lost contact with family
members, and had lost their medications
and medical providers. Many simply just
needed to talk.
Despite their adversities, Seime was
“impressed with their resiliency, in the
faith they had, and in the way they came
together to help each other out.” Both
Mueller and Seime remark about the
gratitude expressed by hurricane victims
for the care they received from the
medical teams.
In Johnson’s Bayou, La., a coastal
town almost totally destroyed by
Hurricane Rita, Mueller met Rhonda, “a
salt-of-the-earth person” and one of a
very few who had returned to her home.
Above: Mayo Clinic internist Dr. Paul Mueller
’84 (left) and Sr. Romana Klaubaus (right), a
nurse from the College of St. Catherine,
posed with residents of Johnson’s Bayou
(La.). There they met Rhonda (second from
right), a local emergency medical technician,
who helped them find and treat the
residents who had moved back.
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left Lafayette at 4:45 a.m. and worked
until 10 p.m. that night. The team
consulted all day, but still could not meet
with everyone seeking help.
His most vivid memory is of Miss
Cindy, who came to be vaccinated in
Eunice, La. He listened to her story of
riding out the storm in her apartment
building in New Orleans. When the
levees broke, she told of trying to get
help to rescue the other tenants in her
building, and of wading in the water to
get to boats. Not all survived, and she
told of an elderly man who had to turn
back. They saw him drown without
being able to offer assistance.
Miss Cindy was so grateful for the
medical team’s help that she baked a
Cajun meal to thank them and drove it
35 miles to the church where Seime and
his colleagues were staying.
Drawing on his background in both
internal medicine and public health,
Mueller felt “called” to respond to the
medical needs in Louisiana. Seime
considered it a privilege to serve and was
glad for the opportunity, even taking into
account the 21 hours each way on the bus.
Paul Mueller ’84, M.D., is a member of the
Augsburg Board of Regents and serves on the
Science Center Task Force. Rick Seime ’70 is
a Distinguished Alumnus and member of
Augsburg’s Science Advisory Board.
Mueller’s medical team set up shop in a FEMA
trailer park, where many evacuees were living
in tents.
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Donald Mattison ’66, M.D., a senior adviser at the National Institutes of Health and a U.S.
Public Health Service (USPHS) medical officer, led a team to Louisiana on Aug. 31, just
after Hurricane Katrina struck, for a two-week deployment.
Emergency medicine in a field hospital
by Donald Mattison ’66, M.D.
Mayo psychologist Rick Seime ’70 (right) and
internist Dr. Daniel Hartigan (left) from the
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., pack the van
with medical supplies and vaccines for the
day’s assignment in the field.
Even though the local gas station her
husband owned had been destroyed,
Mueller says she was “amazingly happy
and optimistic, and determined to
re-build.”
He tells of how Rhonda knew
everybody—those who had returned to
town, their ages, what medicines they
took, etc. She was a volunteer emergency
medical technician and rode with the
team in their van, taking them to each of
the homes where returning residents
could be vaccinated and treated.
Seime spent one day on a team sent
to New Orleans, where they treated
people in a FEMA resource center. They
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I was part of the second team of Public
Health Service (PHS) officers deployed
into Baton Rouge, La. Our initial
assignment was staffing and coordination
of a temporary hospital established in
two buildings on the Louisiana State
University campus—an acute care
“emergency room” with intensive care
unit (ICU) containing about 150 beds,
and a lower acuity hospital containing
200-500 beds (depending on need).
While both were operating as
hospitals over about a 15-day period,
approximately 15,000 individuals were
“triaged” and about 3,000 admitted,
cared for, and discharged. When the
demand for acute care diminished, the
smaller facility was closed and the lower
acuity facility converted to a special
needs shelter. At that point additional
PHS officers were available to participate
in needs assessment and establishment of
surveillance systems with the state health
department.
Teams were also assigned to manage
medical and mental health needs of first
responders from New Orleans. Missions
Donald Mattison ’66, M.D., was honored on
campus last fall as a Distinguished Alumnus.
during the “public health” period of the
deployment included assessment and
surveillance of hospitals, clinics, schools,
public wells, food processing facilities,
and shelters.
The PHS officers I worked with
during the deployment were dedicated,
highly professional, and went far beyond
what would be expected to meet the
needs of Louisiana. I was honored to lead
these officers and extremely proud of all
of them.
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Hurricane Katrina,
a personal perspective
by Shira Hussain
I was recruiting in Wisconsin when
Hurricane Katrina was set to hit the Gulf
Coast. My dad was determined not to
leave and actually held my family back
from evacuating as soon as they wanted
to. I even called home and was crying
because I just didn’t have a good gut
I just didn’t have a good gut feeling
about this hurricane.
feeling about this hurricane. Frequently
people in New Orleans do not evacuate
for hurricanes because they are so
common, and people fear their houses
will be looted if they leave.
My parents, sister, and brother
evacuated to Lake Charles, La., the day
before the storm hit. I watched the news
and was happy to see that the storm
came and went.
Then disaster struck on a whole new
level. The minute the levees were
declared breached, I knew things were
going to get a lot worse. I saw the city
under water and couldn’t stop crying. I
didn’t hear from my family and friends
and cried even more. I was finally able
to reach my mom two days after the
ordeal and cried for more positive
reasons. Eventually, I got in touch with
the rest of my family and also my
hometown friends.
Although I couldn’t explain why all of
this happened, I did have the choice to
find something positive out of all of it.
Although I couldn’t explain why all
of this happened, I did have the choice
to find something positive out of all of
it. The fact that my family and friends
were alive is what kept me going. A few
weeks later, my parents returned to the
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Shira Hussain was on the road attending college fairs when she heard the news that her New
Orleans neighborhood was under water.
house, which was completely destroyed.
Fortunately, my mom was able to get our
family Bible and photos. They plan to
rebuild in the same area.
I, too, took a hard hit with all of this.
I lost the house I grew up in and the
schools I went to. Most of my hang-out
of things as we think we are. (My
parents, like so many others, are still
waiting for their insurance checks and
their trailer from FEMA). This whole
experience gives us all so many reasons
to be thankful. And it emphasizes that
minor problems, petty grudges, and bad
Helping my fellow “N’awlins” neighbors in any way I could
was in turn helping me deal with everything.
spots were gone, and the worst part was
being so far away from my family during
all of this.
So I did what I could. I got advances
on my checks and sent money home.
I headed up fundraising efforts at
Augsburg for hurricane evacuees. I even
passed out my number as a resource to
Minnesota locals who were hosting,
donating to, and/or aiding evacuees.
Helping my fellow “N’awlins”
neighbors in any way I could was in turn
helping me deal with everything.
From all of this, I’ve truly accepted
that nothing material lasts forever. I’ve
also learned that we are not as in control
intentions are really things we shouldn’t
hold on to, because major things beyond
our control will happen—both good and
bad, easy and challenging.
A family friend of ours did drown in
her house while waiting for her nephew,
who never came to get her. My mom
took it particularly hard because she had
wanted Miss Gerdy to evacuate with
them. I just trust that she died peacefully
in the house as I believe many people did
who were stuck behind.
Shira Hussain is senior admissions
counselor in the Office of Undergraduate
Admissions.
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Teachers who lead,
leaders who teach
EDITED BY BETSEY NORGARD
Vicki Olson describes how teachers as
leaders must be willing to take risks and
to become positive influences in schools.
O
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS
I’ve been reading about a topic dear to
my heart—teacher leadership. At
Augsburg, this concept undergirds our
teacher licensure programs at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels.
What teacher leadership means to
Augsburg’s Education Department is that
the teachers we prepare have both the
right and the responsibility to exercise
leadership within their classrooms,
schools, districts, and communities.
Recognizing that teachers lead within
the classroom is not difficult; it is
accepted enough to seem like common
sense. But once you get beyond the
classroom walls, the concept of teacher
leadership is less well established.
Some would say “teacher leadership”
is an oxymoron. Principals lead, not
teachers. They would go on to say that
teachers carry out the will of the school
district by teaching the designated
curriculum, following the standards
determined by the state, and upholding
the expectations of the community.
Teachers, in other words, follow the
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direction of others who make the
decisions, creating classrooms, in turn,
where students learn what they are
required to learn.
This philosophy exists, but it isn’t the
one we believe in or work from.
Certainly our vision incorporates the
idea that teachers have a responsibility to
the school district, the state, and the
community to educate students in the
best ways possible. That’s a given.
But rather than simply doing what
they are told, we believe teachers must—
truly must—see themselves as active
participants in deciding what should be
taught and how to teach it.
In our vision, teachers come to the
table with administrators, parents, other
community members, and sometimes
students to define what it means to be an
educated person and then to map out
how that education will happen within a
given setting.
Teachers count themselves among the
grown-ups and accept the responsibility
and risks from making the decisions
they make.
This conceptualization of “teacher”
that includes an element of leadership
frightens some. Responsibility and risk
bring with them accountability, but along
with that they also can bring a fine sense
of exhilaration, energy, and eminent
satisfaction in a job well done.
Roland Barth, in Learning by Heart,
says, “I think of a teacher leader as one
who has a positive influence on the
school as well as in the classroom … all
teachers have the capacity to lead the
enterprise down a more positive path, to
bring their abundant experience and
wisdom to schools.”
Like Barth, at Augsburg we believe all
teachers can be teacher leaders and share
in leading the collective “enterprise” of
making schools positive places with
learning at the heart. Teachers who
understand their role in this way—risks
and all—are more likely to define
teaching as their vocation rather than
simply their job.
Vicki Olson is associate professor
of education.
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Teachers who lead,
leaders who teach
M
MARGARET KNUTSON ’91
Fifth-grade teacher at Orono (Minn.) Intermediate School
Education is the second largest major at Augsburg,
with approximately 500 students across undergraduate and graduate programs.
How do Augsburg students carry the qualities of
teacher leadership into their classrooms? Augsburg
Now invited a number of alumni and faculty who
have been recognized as leaders to reflect about their
careers and how they have seen themselves both as
teachers who lead and as leaders who teach.
Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 2004
My goal is to inspire students to find the learner in themselves,
to challenge themselves and to find meaning in their education.
To that end I have always yearned to try new things in order to
find ways to more effectively connect students to learning on a
real and personal level. When I discover or create methods I find
successful, I share these with colleagues at my school as well as
lead workshops for schools around the state.
So, being a teacher leader involves keeping your mind and eyes
open for new methods, being a risk taker and pioneer in
applying new methods, and then not being shy about sharing
your successes with others ... and to humbly educate other
teachers.
Above: Maggie Knutson tries to keep her students engaged in ways that
challenge and inspire them to find learning meaningful.
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J
JOSEPH ERICKSON
Professor in Augsburg’s Education Department, and chair of the
Minneapolis Board of Education
My personal philosophy of teaching is based on the assumption that
my primary role is to motivate learners to gather information and
develop themselves—I don’t make them learn. I think that’s a kind
of leadership; sparking curiosity and motivating learners. I think that
is central to good teaching.
In my role on the school board, I’m constantly meeting people who
have opinions about what should and should not be done in
Minneapolis Public Schools. It’s hard to underestimate how much
rumor and gossip is out there. My role is to help educate the public
when I meet people who hold information that is wrong or misleading.
More importantly, I try to make sure that I take every opportunity I can
to inspire optimism and confidence in MPS’s future. Sometimes inspiring
confidence is even more important than competent administration.
Joe Erickson brings his school board leadership experience into
his classrooms at Augsburg to help future teachers understand
the issues affecting school districts.
J
JACKI BRICKMAN ’97
Mentor at Elizabeth Hall International
Elementary School, Minneapolis
From my second year of teaching, my
classroom has been a public place—
to current and new teachers, to district
officials, politicians, and parents.
Teachers are at their best in their
classrooms facilitating learning, and when
teachers open their doors to one another
and make their classrooms a public place,
we are able lead and teach at the same
Teachers in Jacki Brickman’s school meet regularly in study
groups to share their practices and strategies in order to help
each other grow.
J
time. Both the teacher observing and the
teacher being observed can grow in their
practices if they engage in reflective
conversation after this shared experience.
JUDY SCHAUBACH ’68
President of Education Minnesota
Being a teacher and a leader are for me inseparable.
In my early years as a teacher I was a strong voice
for ensuring a positive work environment that
included advocating for professional development
opportunities, insisting on compliance with state
and federal laws, and working together with the
administration to insure a safe and respectful learning
environment. The more I took responsibility for these
issues the more I grew as a professional.
Being involved at the local level and gaining a sense
of empowerment was what prompted me to get
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involved at the state and national level. As a union
leader I rely on my teaching experience to help
policy-makers understand what needs to be done …
I believe that teachers should not be passive
bystanders to what is occurring in their classrooms,
schools, or communities, nor should they be silent
about policies and laws that have a direct impact
on their profession and the students they teach.
This philosophy has been the impetus for my
leadership, even when it is sometimes difficult and
may be controversial.
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Teachers who lead, leaders who teach
A
ADAM THRONSON ’99
Social studies teacher at Coon Rapids (Minn.) High School
2005 Anoka-Hennepin School District Teacher Outstanding
Performance (TOP) award
Teachers are leaders by researching and implementing new
strategies into their classroom. It means you take a risk.
Teachers usually try methods that other teachers have found
success with, but leadership comes when you blaze a new
trail by trying something new.
B
BRUCE PALMQUIST ’84
Professor of physics and science education at Central
Washington University, Ellensburg, Wash.
Washington State Professor of the Year, named by the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
and the Council for Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE).
I started teaching while I was a student at Augsburg. I
tutored first-year physics students. This taught me that it
takes more than good grades in a subject to be a good
teacher. I learned that I needed to understand what the
students knew and didn’t know before I could help them. …
In general, a good teacher is one who leads by example. I try
to make my science teaching methods courses relevant by
developing interesting opportunities for my students to
interact with children. My teaching methods students have
been among the first at my university to teach science lessons
in the local schools, to develop after-school science clubs, and
to provide children with practice items for the Washington
state science assessment.
(To become better acquainted with Bruce Palmquist, see Auggie
Thoughts on p. 32)
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I have been a leader who teaches when I’ve accepted and
encouraged the work of other teachers. This could be new
programs like Link Crew or just cooperation dealing with the
same student. I have been a teacher who leads by staying positive,
supporting administration, and trying new things in my
classroom.
A
ALLEN TRIPP ’69
English teacher at Rush City (Minn.)
High School
2005 Leadership in Educational
Excellence Award,
selected by peers
After 35 years of teaching English, I can look back and see many
times where I have been both a teacher and a leader. The teacher
role is six classes a day September through May. However, the
leader role has grown on me over the years as I became more
experienced in my profession and familiar with the people in the
community. …
Teaching ability and leadership skills are a necessary
combination for any successful teacher. When I look back at
my first year of teaching, I see I had the knowledge to teach
effectively, but at times lacked the confidence to lead. By
talking to experienced teachers and gaining experience
in the classroom, the leadership skills evolved. When you
demonstrate confidence in yourself as a teacher, you will
clearly communicate goals to the students; and they gain
confidence in themselves as learners. It’s a win/win situation.
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ALYSSA SNYDER ’98
President, Bethany Lutheran
College, Mankato, Minn.
It is in the classroom where we have the
most direct impact on our students;
however, it cannot end there.
As educators we must challenge one another’s ideas and philosophies
through professional dialogue in order to gain insight into how to
better meet the needs of our learners.
My top priority is having high standards for all my students. This
is why I feel fortunate to be an instructor in the Weekend College
program. I want to influence potential educators to advocate for
all of their students, not just the smart and well behaved. A true
teacher leader is willing to do this by going against the status
quo knowing the student must come first. When I can influence
future teachers, I can impact more students positively.
D
DAN BRUSS ’75
Adjunct instructor in Augsburg’s
Education Department
J
I have been connected to the
teaching enterprise of higher
education nearly 25 years.
As a professor I saw myself not just as a champion of
my area of expertise, but primarily as a role model, an
individual concerned with the wide variety of struggles
students have during their college experience. For me
life in the classroom was seamlessly interwoven to the
life outside of it.
As a college president I still see my chief function as a role
model, although now my teaching crosses constituency
boundaries. As an administrator I look for the professor
who can have the biggest impact on students’ lives. They
generally have more lasting influence than programs or
buildings.
JOHN-MARK STENSVAAG ’69
Charlotte and Frederick Hubbell Professor of Environmental and
Natural Resources Law at the University of Iowa College of Law
University of Iowa 2005 President and Provost Award for Teaching
Excellence
All of my great teachers led by example. Every day, I try imperfectly
to emulate what my greatest teachers showed me; every day, I
expect my students to outshine me in their future endeavors. The
enterprise is driven by love: love of learning, love of the subject
matter, and love of the students. My greatest teachers led by
illustrating such love. For me, “leading” is nothing more than
striving to reflect their love to a new generation of students.
A POSTSCRIPT: After this story was completed,
announcement came of the appointment of
Augsburg history professor Bill Green as interim
superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools.
As he steps from the classroom into a leadership
role in a difficult situation, Green has been quoted
as saying that he is “first and foremost a teacher.”
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Paulson family makes major gift to the Science Center
Courtesy photo
In December, John Paulson, together with
Norma Paulson, pledged a $1 million gift
on behalf of his family to name the front
entrance and atrium of the new Science
Center.
This is the Paulson family’s second
major capital gift to Augsburg. In 2001,
the family provided major funding to
complete the enclosed skyway link from
Lindell Library to the two-story atrium
between Memorial and Sverdrup Halls.
“One does not have to be on campus
long to see what an important need was
met by the Paulson Link,” said Stephen
Preus, director of development. “This new,
special gift by the Paulsons will provide
for an equally important and highly
attractive space.”
While Paulson is not an Augsburg
alumnus, three of his children and a sonin-law graduated from the College—Mary
Jo (Paulson) Peterson ’80, Laurie
(Paulson) Dahl ’76 and David Dahl ’75,
and Lisa Paulson ’80.
The motivation behind the Science
Center gift, however, may date back much
farther than his family’s education.
Paulson served in the Second Infantry
Division during World War II and was part
of the Allied invasion landing on D+1 at
Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, in June
by Betsey Norgard
Cory Ryan
$1 million gift will name the new atrium
John and Norma Paulson pledge $1 million for the Science Center atrium. (L to R) Dick Adamson,
vice president for finance and administration; Jeroy Carlson, senior development officer; and
Norma and John Paulson.
1944. He was a frontline soldier until July
28, 1944, when he was wounded during
the St.-Lo breakthrough. Among the
awards Paulson received were the Combat
Infantry Badge, Bronze Star, and the
Purple Heart.
In June 2004, Paulson and his wife,
Norma, traveled to France to take part in
the 60th anniversary commemoration of
the event that proved to be the turning
point of the war.
The festivities brought together
thousands of people—war
veterans, military officials,
local people and tourists, as
well as Hollywood
celebrities whose acting
roles had recreated the
battles on movie screens.
Standing in his Army
uniform, wearing medals
depicting D-Day service,
Paulson enjoyed the
commemoration.
Following the ceremony,
however, he noticed lines of
French citizens forming to
At the 60th anniversary commemoration of D-Day, Norma and
shake hands and request
John Paulson met and talked with actor Tom Hanks.
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autographs from the U.S. veterans.
Puzzled, Paulson finally asked someone
why he wanted a soldier’s autograph.
“Don’t you understand,” the
Frenchman told him, “you saved our
country.”
Paulson recounted how vivid an
impression these words made. When he
thought about the statistics—the
staggering numbers of soldiers who were
killed or wounded during the invasion—
he realized that he was, in fact, a
survivor. And with that realization also
came the insight that he had been
blessed with many gifts in his life that
should be shared with others.
“I believe it is important to leave this
world in better condition than it was when
we arrived,” Paulson said, “so contributing
to Augsburg and other worthwhile
organizations is part of this process.”
The Science Center atrium girft is
provided in memory of Lois V. Paulson,
Rose E. Paulson, and Johnny E. Paulson,
by the Paulson family—John R., Sr., and
Norma Paulson, John Reid Paulson, Mary
Jo Peterson ’80, Deborah Stansbury, Laurie
Dahl ’76, and Lisa Paulson ’80.
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Naming the ‘Doc’ Johnson A-Club Office
Office in Doc’s memory. Their gifts, with
additional gifts from Louie Morseth ’51,
Roger Stockmo ’54, Leroy Nyhus ’52, and
Virg Gehring ’57 have made it possible.
In his senior year at Augsburg, Doc
Johnson was elected president of AClub. Now, it is the A-Club vice
president from that year, Ron Main,
helping to perpetuate Johnson’s legacy
as an Auggie.
Archive photo
Donnis “Doc” Johnson ’52, an Auggie who
died at the age of 23, well before his time,
will not be forgotten by his friends. Five of
his classmates and friends have joined
together to name the A-Club office in the
new Si Melby South Wing in his memory.
Raised in the small town of Newman
Grove, Nebraska—the only Lutheran Free
Church congregation in that state—
Johnson followed his sister, LaRhea, and
several relatives to Augsburg College, 400
miles away. He enrolled in 1948, majored
in physical education, and became center
on the football team.
After graduation in 1952 and two years
in the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard Wood,
Mo., Johnson returned home to a teaching
and football coaching position at the Elgin
(Neb.) High School. This was to be his
only year of teaching, as he died of bulbar
polio in November 1954. Members of his
high school football team served as
pallbearers.
Early last year, Doc’s cousin, Mark
Johnson ’54, together with Augsburg
development officer Ron Main ’56,
proposed a plan to name the new A-Club
by Betsey Norgard
“Doc” Johnson (top row, no. 28) played on the 1951 football team, along with teammate, and
now development officer and donor, Ron Main ’56 (middle row, no. 38).
Connections
Augsburg meets
Thrivent challenge
Augsburg received bonus funding of
$5,415 from Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans for successfully meeting the
GivingPlus program challenge.
About 450 Lutheran schools and
social service agencies were awarded
portions of an $800,000 grant from
Thrivent for significantly improving
participation in Thrivent’s GivingPlus
program, which matches contributions
to Lutheran institutions by its members.
In order to qualify, Augsburg needed
to increase GivingPlus by 588 member
donors before December. It exceeded
that with a total of 693, thereby also
earning $78,805 in matching funds from
Thrivent under the program.
The bonus funds will be used for
student scholarships, curriculum
development, student-oriented
activities, and campus improvements.
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Barbara Gage, president of the Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation, was honored with the
2006 Leading Leaders award for lifelong commitment to family, career, and service to
community. (L to R) Emily Anne Tuttle, Augsburg Board of Regents; Barbara Carlson Gage;
and Tracy Elftmann, Augsburg vice president for institutional advancement.
The Connections event, co-sponsored by Augsburg and Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans, also included speakers Janice Aune ’88, chairman/CEO of Onvoy, Inc.; Augsburg
regent Gloria C. Lewis, president/CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin
Cities; and Shira Hussain, Augsburg senior admissions counselor.
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Sig Hjelmeland led fundraising efforts for 30 years
Sigvald Hjelmeland ’41 was the second of
four generations of Augsburg graduates
and spent three decades at Augsburg
leading fundraising efforts that made
possible a number of major capital
projects. He died on Dec. 25 at age 90.
Hjelmeland returned to Augsburg in
1952 to serve as the College’s first
director of development. Major
campaigns he headed led to the
completion of the George Sverdrup
Library, Christensen Center, Urness Hall,
and Foss Center.
He is best remembered by colleague
Jeroy Carlson ’48 as “meticulous.” In the
late 1950s, as donor and giving programs
were being created, Hjelmeland drew on
his expertise and passion for detail to
create a manual accounting system and
bookkeeping procedures for donor gifts.
This included the use of a bank book to
help donors track their monthly pledge
payments.
In 1963, as the College moved
through the transition from the Lutheran
Free Church (LFC) into the American
Lutheran Church, Hjelmeland, with his
Norwegian LFC background, served a
valuable role in helping many of
Augsburg’s longtime LFC families stay
part of and feel connected to Augsburg.
“He spoke Norwegian and had a great
sense of humor,” Carlson says, “not just
American humor, but Scandinavian
humor as well.” Hjelmeland’s
relationships helped to foster a culture of
philanthropy that has nurtured many of
Augsburg’s current donors.
In 1986, Hjelmeland, with his wife,
by Betsey Norgard
Three generations of Hjelmeland Auggies: Sigvald Hjelmeland ’41, who is survived by his wife,
Helen; (back row, L to R) James Clarke and daughter Laurene (Hjelmeland) Clarke ’64; son John
’70 and Lynn (Benson) ’69 Hjelmeland; and granddaughter Jennifer (Hjelmeland) Stewart ’00.
Helen, and son and daughter-in law John
’70 and Lynn (Benson) ’69, established a
scholarship in the name of his father,
John Hjelmeland, who graduated from
Augsburg Academy, College, and
Seminary.
In 2003, Sig Hjelmeland received the
Spirit of Augsburg award for his
dedication and long service to the
College.
Hjelmeland is survived by his wife,
Helen; two children, Laurene and John;
seven grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. The family has directed
memorial gifts to the Rev. John
Hjelmeland Scholarship Fund.
Faculty-staff giving boosts campaign
From September through December, guided by a faculty-staff
campaign committee, employees of Augsburg raised the bar on
giving and encouraged awareness of a philanthropic culture.
A generous matching fund, matches from Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans for its members, and contacts from committee members
helped to significantly increase both the dollar amount and the
rate of giving within the Augsburg community.
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Through December 31, an additional total of $133,000 was
given or pledged by employees of the College, beyond the
$635,000 since the campaign’s launch.
Even more important, however, was the increased rate of
participation in the campaign—to more than doubling the overall
rate of 17% in 2004-05. By the end of the year, the giving rate for
full-time faculty and staff exceeded 50%.
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AAlumni
LUMNINews
NEWS
From the director of Alumni Relations…
A
ugsburg College
is in the midst
of many exciting
changes this spring.
Our first group of
MBA students will
graduate in May,
along with
candidates from our
other master’s
programs in leadership, education,
nursing, physician assistant studies, and
social work—plus our undergraduates
from the day, weekend, and Rochester
programs. Congratulations to you all!
The campus face is changing, too. I
hope that you have had an opportunity
to view the artist renderings of the
planned Science, Gateway, and Si Melby
additions. We welcome you back to
campus to tour the grounds this spring
and summer—our grounds crew does an
amazing job beautifying the campus!
In Alumni Board news, three members
will end their terms this spring. We would
like to thank Beth Torstenson ’66, Andy
Morrison ’73, and Paul Mueller ’84 for
their dedication and hard work during
their tenures. We hope to see them at
many events in the future. Thank you!
Alumni Relations, along with
Advancement Services and Information
Technology, are pleased to announce the
newly launched Augsburg Online
Community, which will help you stay
informed and involved with Augsburg
via the Internet. See the information
below for details.
Planning for Homecoming 2006 is
well underway. This year’s theme is
“Watch Us Soar,” and events are
scheduled this September 25-30. Watch
your mailbox for your Homecoming
brochure in August. We have made
changes to the usual Saturday activities,
and we encourage all alumni, family, and
friends to join us.
We look forward to hosting you at an
Augsburg event in the near future. Please
let the Office of Alumni Relations know
if you will be in the metro area this
summer—we would love to show you
the campus!
Heidi Breen
Director, Office of Alumni Relations
Introducing Augsburg’s new online community
A
ugsburg’s online community has
been developed just for you—
alumni, friends, parents, and donors of
the College. The new online community
will help you stay informed and involved
with Augsburg via the Internet. This is a
great way to stay connected!
Visit the site and register today so that
you can take advantage of the great new
features to keep you connected to your
Augsburg friends and classmates.
You’ll find:
Alumni Directory
• Learn where your classmates and
friends are, and what they’ve been
doing since graduation
• Connect with other alumni in your
area of the country
• Update your personal profile so your
classmates can get in touch with you
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Class Notes
Tell us what you’ve been up to! As part
of your personal profile you can now
submit class notes online for possible
publication in Augsburg Now.
programs, and of course, Access to
Excellence: The Campaign for Augsburg
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SUMMER AUGGIE HOURS
Please join us for these upcoming alumni events (see also the college-wide calendar on the
inside back cover for additional Augsburg events); unless otherwise noted, call 612-330-1178
or 1-800-260-6590 or e-mail <alumni@augburg.edu> for more information.
March
May
16
5
Graduation reception for all
undergraduate and graduate
business students, Marshall Room,
Christensen Center, 4-6 p.m.
April
9
Alumni tour to China departs
18
Alumni Board meeting,
Christensen Center, 5:30 p.m.
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Senior reception hosted by the
Alumni Board in honor of the
Class of 2006, East Commons,
Christensen Center, 4:30-6 p.m.
WECAN meeting (Weekend
College Alumni Network), 6-8
p.m., Riverside Room, Christensen
Center
WECAN meeting (Weekend
College Alumni Network), 6-8
p.m., Riverside Room, Christensen
Center
April
Join a variety of alumni who are
actively involved in the Twin Cities
theatre community; location TBA.
May
W.A. Frost & Company, Historic
Cathedral Hill—Dacotah Building,
374 Selby Ave., St. Paul,
651-224-5715
June
Maynard’s Restaurant,
685 Excelsior Blvd, Excelsior, Minn.
(located in the southeast corner of
Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka),
952-470-1800
August
Campiello, 1320 West Lake St.,
Uptown Minneapolis, 612-825-2222
June
20
Alumni Board meeting,
Christensen Center, 5:30 p.m.
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Rochester Weekend College
graduation banquet, Rochester
Country Club, 5-8 p.m.
Commencement 2006
Augsburg
Associates Spring
Seminar
Softball and
baseball alumni
receptions
The Augsburg Associates invite you to
their 20th Annual Spring Seminar,
Saturday, April 1, 8:30-11:30 a.m. at
Foss Center. This year’s guest speakers
include Augsburg professor of religion
Brad Holt ’63, Tsehai Wodajo, and Ann
(Tjaden) Jensen. Wodajo emigrated from
Ethiopia 15 years ago and received her
MSW from Augsburg in 1997. Jensen
served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia
after graduating from Augsburg in 1964.
They are founders of REAL (Resources
for the Enrichment of African Lives).
Registration is $15 per person, payable in
advance (this includes refreshments and
materials).
Call your old teammates and join us at
these upcoming receptions! Softball
alumni are invited to gather at 5 p.m.,
Thursday, April 20, prior to the game
against Carleton College; for more
information, contact Carol Enke at
612-330-1250 or <enke@augsburg.edu>.
Baseball alumni are invited to gather at
1 p.m., Saturday, April 29, prior to the
game against Macalester College; contact
Keith Bateman at 612-330-1395 or
<bateman@augsburg.edu>.
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Auggie Hours are held the second Tuesday of
each month from 5:30-7 p.m. Please join us!
Reunion
celebrations
Attention Auggies from the classes of
1956, 1966, 1981, and Young Alumni
1990-2006: this is your reunion year!
Plan now to join your classmates this
September 25-30 for the annual
Homecoming festivities and your
reunion reception. Watch your mail and
upcoming issues of Augsburg Now for
complete details; please let us know your
current e-mail address at
<alumni@augsburg.edu>. You can also
stay up-to-date by visiting the alumni
website at <www.augsburg.edu/alumni>.
Spring 2006
CLASS
NOTES
Class Notes
1956
Richard Thorud, Bloomington,
Minn., has pursued a hobby of
writing, illustrating, publishing,
and marketing books since his
retirement as a research and
development engineer. His
seventh book, Mette Marie’s
Homestead Journal, is based on
his mother’s childhood memories
of living in a sod hut in North
Dakota; for more information, go
online to <www.amazon.com>.
1967
Rev. Harley J.
Refsal, Decorah,
Iowa, is a
professor of
Scandinavian folk
art and
Norwegian at
Luther College. He has earned
national and international acclaim
for his figure woodcarving—
including a St. Olav Medal in
1996 from the king of Norway.
Besides teaching at Luther, he has
written four books and numerous
magazine articles. He’s also the star
of an instructional video,
Scandinavian Style Figure Carving
with Harley Refsal, which earned a
prestigious 2005 Telly Award.
John N. Schwartz is serving as
interim president and chief
executive officer of St. Patrick
Hospital and Health Sciences
Center in Missoula, Mont. He
previously served as interim
president of Providence Medford
Medical Center in Medford, Ore.,
and has 30 years of experience in
the healthcare field and a long
history in management.
1969
Allen C. Tripp was one of four
Rush City, Minn., teachers selected
by their peers for the Leadership in
Excellence Award, which honors
their teaching quality and
commitment. The awards were
presented in October at a banquet
in St. Cloud. Tripp has been an
English teacher at Rush City High
School since 1970. In addition to
teaching English, he has directed
class plays and all school plays for
14 years and has been a junior
high speech coach for 15 years.
He has also served as an assistant
track coach for 20 years. His wife,
Linda, teaches first grade at
Jacobson Elementary School.
They have two sons, Ryen, 29,
and Justin, 23. See more about
Allen on p. 20.
AUGGIES AT
CARNEGIE HALL
1977
Timothy Strand was elected
mayor of the City of St. Peter
(Minn.) in November in a
landslide victory. Strand, who by
election time had served two
years of a four-year term as a
Ward II council member, was
anxious to start his new role.
“I’m very excited, and the first
thing that comes to my mind is
that I’m proud to have been
elected,” he said in a postelection article in the St. Peter
Herald.
Patricia Clausen Wojtowicz,
Largo, Fla., is manager of
Jan (Pedersen) Schiff ’68 of
Mill Valley, Calif., will be a
guest conductor at Carnegie
Hall on April 24, performing
two works for women’s
chorus and orchestra. The
concert is part of
MidAmerica Productions’
2005-2006 concert series.
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AUGGIE HONORS
Ora Hokes ’90 of Minneapolis was one of 10 recipients of the 2005 Virginia
McKnight Binger Award in Human Service. The awards are an annual tradition of
The McKnight Foundation, and each recipient exemplifies the life-changing
difference one person can make through service. The following is reprinted from
the award program:
Ora Hokes is transforming the health of her community Sunday by Sunday. A
member of the Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church for 25 years, Hokes
saw the alarming health-related risk factors affecting the African American
community, and took action.
In 2003, after years of service with the Sabathani Community Center and its Way
to Grow program, she began volunteering with the American Red Cross and the
American Heart Association. Working with her pastor, she created the Health
Sundays program to provide monthly health information to her congregation.
Partnering with nurses and others from the congregation, and using additional
resources from the American Cancer Society and the Stairstep Foundation’s Health
Initiative, she implemented monthly blood pressure checks, distributed health
information on sexually transmitted diseases, instituted a “Stomp Out Stroke”
awareness program, and started the Promised Land Fellowship walking program
which focuses on weight loss, nutrition, and exercise. “My mother was my
inspiration,” Hokes says. “She had the gift of healing.”
Hokes is a lifelong advocate for continuing education. She returned to school
after her two children were grown, and has since received an Associate of Arts
degree from Minneapolis Community College, a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Augsburg’s Weekend College, a Master of Arts degree from the University of St.
Thomas, and a parent educator license from the University of Minnesota. It seems
no challenge is too big for Ora Hokes.
Spring 2006
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Class Notes
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ALUMNI PROFILE
Mike and Gail Koski: Traveling the
missionary road
by Sara Holman ’06
Working in the mailroom, falling in love with a fellow coworker, graduating
in four years, and preparing for a bright future were just a few of the things
that Mike and Gail (Niederloh) Koski accomplished while attending
Augsburg. However, finding their joint calling to become missionaries
happened just months after their marriage. Married in October 1972, the
following July carried the Koskis across the ocean to Africa.
Mike, a 1971 graduate, came to Augsburg and studied history and secondary
education. Gail graduated one year later with a B.A. in French secondary
education. Both came from congregations that were involved in missionary
work, yet each confesses that overseas missionary work had not been a part
of their plan. When the inspiration came, Mike recalls, “It was an answer to
prayer.”
“We just understood that this was the way God would want us to use our
gifts and abilities,” Gail said.
Mike ’71 and Gail ’72 (Niederloh) Koski have traveled the
world as missionaries since meeting and graduating from
Augsburg more than 30 years ago.
After 32 years of missionary work in Kenya and Zaire (now the Democratic
Republic of Congo), the Koskis are currently awaiting their next assignment. The couple works with the Minneapolis-based mission
organization World Mission Prayer League (WMPL). When choosing a mission group, “WMPL resonated well. Its principles, policies, and
practices fit the best,” Mike said.
Every four years, the couple comes back to the United States on furlough. During this one-year break, the missionaries continue their work
and await news about their future destination. The Koskis were called back in September 2005.
The couple’s mission experience started in Zaire where they worked in a rural setting, often connecting with nomadic tribes. It was the
couple’s responsibility to learn the language and culture and then present the gospel in a way that would be understood. Their time in Zaire
was limited to only four months, and then their assignment changed.
Kenya has been a very permanent place for the Koskis’ mission work. They spent many years in the agricultural parts of northern and
western Kenya but have been stationed in the city of Nairobi for the past 10 years. Mike became assistant director of the Urban Ministries
Support Group (UMSG) in 1995 and then moved up to the director position in 1999. Gail’s work has consisted of many facets: UMSG
resource center librarian, ESL teacher, Sunday school supervisor, and mission hostess. She was also in charge of home-schooling their three
children. Now fully grown, their children have all graduated college and live and work at various places within North America.
The Koskis’ main goal in Nairobi was to help develop leadership within the Lutheran church. With strong leadership skills instilled, the
church was able to discuss and respond to societal ailments such as poverty and HIV. To reach more people within the city, one church
decided to split the congregation into five groups and build five new churches. Everything was planned and prepared ahead of time: pastors
were found, worship teams were formed, and everything transitioned very smoothly. The five new congregations each held a special
characteristic that made it fit perfectly into its new part of the city. For example, in the area where many university students lived, the
church emphasized youth activities and provided a contemporary worship service.
The couple’s greatest excitement is to see their fellow church members’ faith development. “We’ve been doing this for so long that we get to
see young people grow into adults. We are able to see how their faith keeps growing and then how it impacts their families, vocations, and
communities.”
Kenya holds a special place in both the Koskis’ hearts. They enjoyed the vibrant colors and temperate climate, but it was the people-oriented
culture and relaxed pace of living that really appealed to the couple. Being concerned about people and taking time to establish relationships
is a big part of missionary work, and the Koski family praises God for the rich experiences that were shared in Kenya.
Sara Holman is a senior English/communication studies major.
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Spring 2006
accreditations at Forensic
Quality Services, Inc., in Largo.
Courtesy photo
STENSVAAG-DARDA WEDDING (CORRECTION)
1979
1980
Nancy (Weatherston) Black,
Cornelius, Ore., is a serial
cataloger for Millar Library at
Portland State University.
Rev. David L. Norgard, West
Hollywood, Calif., has
established a consulting practice
for churches and other nonprofits in the area of
organizational development. He
can be contacted at
<davidnorgard@yahoo.com>.
1982
Kevin Gordon, International
Falls, Minn., was quoted in an
article in the St. Paul Pioneer
Press newspaper about his son,
Ben Gordon, who is a
sophomore forward on the
University of Minnesota Gopher
hockey team. Ben acquired his
hockey skills growing up playing
on outdoor rinks and from his
father, a former International
Falls High School coach and an
Augsburg All-American.
Spring 2006
The above photo from the July 2004 wedding of Rebecca Stensvaag ’01 and Paul Darda ’01, which
features more than 40 Augsburg alumni, contained unintentional inaccuracies in the winter issue of
the Augsburg Now. The correct information is as follows: ROW 1 (L to R): Cindy Huber Blummer ’01,
Emma Stensvaag ’08, Ruth Casperson ’67, Hannah Mehus Stensvaag ’38, Rebecca Stensvaag Darda ’01,
Paul Darda ’01, Nancy Strommen Stensvaag ’71, John-Mark Stensvaag ’69, Stephanie Johnson Sulzbach
’71, John Sulzbach ’69, Jean Boxrud Steen. ROW 2: Roland Blummer ’00, Mary Kay Johnson Stensvaag
’72, Ken Casperson ’70, Peggy Nelson Hintzman, Gladys Boxrud Strommen ’46, Hans Strommen ’04,
Andrea Johnson Strommen ’75, Bob Strommen ’74, Roy Steen. ROW 3: Normajean Johnson Strommen
’69, Saul Stensvaag ’72, Ann Peterson ’01, Tony Quance ’03, Tjersti Strommen ’07, Adam Thronson ’99,
Marsha Strommen Olson ’68, Dawn Hofstad Strommen ’70. ROW 4: Peter Strommen ’69, Mary Nelson
Eckberg ’70, Brad Fischer ’03, Heidi Peterson ’03, Mark Peterson ’01, Mary Ellen Strommen Lieber ’67,
Tim Strommen ’70. ROW 5: John Eckberg ‘68, Ben Paul ’03, Ainy Carlson, Jeroy Carlson ’46, Phil
Edstrom ’69, Luther Strommen ’40, Steve Strommen ’65.
1984
Bruce Palmquist, Ellensburg,
Wash., was honored as the 2005
Washington State Professor of the
Year by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching
and the Council for
Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE). Palmquist is a
physics and science education
professor at Central Washington
University, and is highly regarded
for his commitment to improving
public understanding of basic
scientific principles and working
to develop skills in the next
generation of science teachers
needed to successfully bring
about a scientifically literate
society. In his dual role as a
physicist and a teacher educator,
Palmquist has taken on many
AUGGIES ON THE ROAD
Courtesy photo
Paul Daniels, archivist for
ELCA Region 3 and
archivist/curator at Luther
Seminary, traveled to Chennai
(Madras), India, to assist the
Lutheran Heritage Centre at
Gurukul Theological College on
several projects. Daniels had
served there 12 years ago when
the archives center was just
beginning its work of collecting
and making available records of
the 12 Indian Lutheran church
bodies. Over the years he has
maintained contact with the
staff, working on issues of
collection development,
preservation, and program
expansion. Daniels and his wife,
Sally (Hough) ’79, director of
parent and family relations at
Augsburg, live in Golden Valley,
Minn., and have two daughters,
Kristin ’09 and Maren.
Jennifer Tome ’99 (left) of Minneapolis visited Mary Olson ’74
(right) in October at Airlie Winery, Olson’s winery in Monmouth,
Ore. Tome is a wine representative for Grape Beginnings.
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Class Notes
initiatives, including developing a
new CWU program at Green
River Community College in
Auburn, called Project TEACH
(Teacher Education Alliance for
Colleges and High Schools). In
2004, Palmquist was also named
the CWU Distinguished Public
Service Professor.
1988
Brad Anderson, Plymouth,
Minn., teaches biology and
human genetics at Wayzata High
School. He also serves as head
football coach, and this past
season led the Trojans to capture
the 2005 state championship. He
and his wife, Maari Anderson
’87, have two daughters, Barrett
and Isabelle.
1990
Kay E. Baker, Savage, Minn., is
an account director hired to set
up the new Minneapolis office of
the Jerome Group, a direct
marketing support firm based in
St. Louis, Mo. She was recently
featured as a “Mover” in the
business section of the St. Paul
Pioneer Press newspaper.
1992
West Central Initiative in Fergus
Falls, Minn., as a Connectinc
Replication Project executive.
She has several years of
experience in the service
industry, including serving as a
board member for Restart Inc.
1996
Julie (Lindusky) Corcoran,
Forest Lake, Minn., was elected
in November to a four-year term
on the ISD 831 School Board.
She and her husband, Mike,
have three children.
Paul Wahmanholm, St. Paul,
is an administrative intern for
Dayton’s Bluff Elementary
School in the St. Paul Public
Schools district.
Debra Carpenter has joined
Courtsey photo
HINTON-HANSEN WEDDING
1997
Lars P. Dyrud, Amesbury,
Mass., was one of approximately
70 selected worldwide by the
Young Scientists Award Panel to
attend the Union RadioScientifique Internationale
(URSI) General Assembly at the
Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi,
India, last October. Participants
were also given the opportunity
to meet with the president of
India at the Rashtrapati, the
official presidential residence.
1998
Melanie Hinton ’04 married Mark Hansen in October; the
couple resides in Kasson, Minn. Melanie is a registered nurse
and assistant nursing supervisor at the Mayo Medical Center.
Ann Rohrig, Lima, Ohio,
married Stephen Jenkins in
June, becoming a stepmother to
two children. She is a social
worker for a therapeutic foster
care agency in Lima.
AUGGIES IN THE MILITARY
Lewis Nelson ’00, pictured here with his wife, Holly, is currently
deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is in
the U.S. Army serving with the 506th Infantry Regiment of the
101st Airborne Division (AASLT), and is in charge of the signals
intelligence analysis section for the brigade. Lewis’ wife and two
children, Benjamin, 2, and Arianna, 9 months, reside in Clarksville,
Tenn. The family maintains a website at <www.nelson
downs.com> and welcomes any e-mail messages for Lewis at
<lewis@nelsondowns.com>.
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2000
Mauris De Silva, Miami, received
a Ph.D. in materials science and
engineering from the Department
of Chemical Engineering and
Materials Science at the University
of Minnesota in May. He now
works in the Department of
Ophthalmology at the University
of Miami’s Miller Medical School
of Medicine.
2001
Greg Barrett, St. Paul, graduated
from the University of St. Thomas
with a master’s degree in gifted
and talented education.
Becki Frestedt, Seattle, received a
Master of Public Administration
from the Evans School of Public
Affairs at the University of
Washington in June. She works for
a community development
organization, where she
coordinates outreach for a land
use study in the city.
Beth Nordin, Minnetonka, Minn.,
was named vice president of
information technology by CHS
Inc., an energy and grain-based
foods company. She previously
served as vice president of
operations for Capella Education.
Prior to Capella, she held several
positions with Pearson Education,
including senior vice president of
information technology and chief
information officer.
2003
Shawn Smith was acquired by
the Quad City Mallards from the
Port Huron Flags. Smith is a
rookie-defenseman who has
appeared in 14 United Hockey
League games this season split
between the Fort Wayne Komets
and the Port Huron Flags.
Births/Adoptions
Lisa (Svac) ’85
and Lee Hawks
’85 in New
Brighton, Minn.,
adopted a son,
Andrew John, in
December.
Spring 2006
Carley (Miller)
’94 and William
Stuber in
Shakopee,
Minn.—a
daughter,
Kirsten Rae, in
May. Carley is executive director
of the St. Francis Regional
Medical Center Foundation in
Shakopee.
Jay Lepper ’95 and his wife,
Bronwyn, in Savage, Minn.—a
daughter, Rowan Jane, in May.
Jennifer (Polis) ’97 and Dan
Debe in Minneapolis—a son,
George William, in September.
He joins older sisters Allison, 5,
and Emily, 3. Jennifer can be
reached at <jendebe@
yahoo.com>.
Summer Joy (Sorenson) ’99
and Jeffrey Brackhan in
Mondovi, Wis.—twin boys, Cole
and Dakota, in February 2005.
Heidi
(Erickson) ’01
and Matt Segedy
in Minneapolis—
a daughter,
Eleanor
Catherine, in
November. Matt is a pediatrician
at South Lake Pediatrics, and
Heidi is currently home with
Nora.
in November.
Lisa (Ashbaugh) ’04 and
Darrel Stange in Bertha, Minn.—
a son, Nathan, in September.
Lisa and Darrel married in
October.
In Memoriam
Bertha D. Lillehei ’34,
Minneapolis, died in January; she
was 92. Following the example of
her father, Lars Lillehei, who
taught Greek at Augsburg, Bertha
taught English at Augsburg in the
1930s and ’40s.
Sigvald Hjelmeland ’41,
Edina, Minn., died in December;
he was 90 (see p. 24 for further
details).
Rev. Earl E. Dreyer ’56, Detroit
Lakes, Minn., died in December
of heart-related problems; he
was 75. Ordained in 1959, he
served parishes in Alexandria,
Rochester, Canby, and Detroit
Lakes.
Holly Ebnet ’03 married Jeremy Knutson in August 2004; the
couple resides in Hugo, Minn. Holly is pursuing an MBA at
Augsburg, and Jeremy is a pipefitter for Yale Mechanical in
Bloomington. The couple can be reached at
<hknutson04@yahoo.com>.
NEVE-KNUTSON WEDDING
Paul A. Benson ’85, Willmar,
Minn., died unexpectedly in
December; he was 42. He was a
financial controller for West
Central, Inc., and previously
worked for R.J. Ahmann
Company and Twin City Group.
Rev. Louisa (Goplen) Fure
’95, Albert Lea, Minn., died in
December after an automobile
accident; she was 53. Ordained
in 1999, she served as an
associate pastor at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Owatonna.
She was also active in
community theatre, with roles in
Sommerset Theatre of Austin,
Little Theatre of Owatonna, and
Footlights Dinner Theatre in
Rochester.
Jason Jenness ’01 died in July
2001 of Non-Hodgkin’s
lymphoma; he was 31.
Spring 2006
EBNET-KNUTSON WEDDING
Courtsey photo
Marissa
(Skowronek)
’02 and Michael
Partridge in St.
Michael, Minn.—
a son, Logan
Michael,
Courtsey photo
C.J. Beaurline ’94 and his wife,
Christin, in Ham Lake, Minn.—a
son, Basil, in December. He
joins older siblings Savanna, 7,
Simeon, 4, and Sophia, 2. C.J. is
a sales engineer at Vector Design
Technology, and has also served
as an NCAA hockey referee in
the WCHA for eight years. He
can be reached at <cbeaurline@
vectordesigntech.com>.
Niels Neve ’97 married Darlene Knutson in September; the couple
resides in Pine Island, Minn. Niels is an account representative at
UnitedHealth Group, and Darlene works for the Mayo Clinic in
cytogenetics.
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AUGGIE
THOUGHTS
Auggie Thoughts
Editor’s note: Bruce Palmquist ’84 was honored as the 2005 Washington State
Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement in Teaching
and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Eschewing the normal media interviews that accompany such honors,
Palmquist decided to introduce himself to readers through the eyes of his best
canine friend, Jack.
Bruce DOES know Jack, or
Jack, Bruce’s Jack Russell Terrier,
interviews Bruce about teaching
Bruce: I like answering students’
questions and helping them make sense of
concepts they are having problems with.
Some professors go into the classroom
with an elaborate presentation all planned
out. But, that’s not me. I know where the
class should end up by the end of the
week. And, I have planned, in general,
how we will get there. But, the students
help create the path with their specific
needs and questions.
J: You often teach late night astronomy
labs or organize public observing
sessions that go late. How can you
stay up so late and still get up at
5 a.m. to take me outside?
B: Well, it isn’t easy. The Central
Washington University Astronomy Club
helps out a lot. In fact, they plan most of
the late observing sessions you
mentioned. But, I think it is important
that introductory astronomy students get
familiar with the nighttime sky. The best
way to learn about the night sky is to
observe it with some expert help. By the
way, taking you out at 5 a.m. is better
than cleaning up after you in the house.
J: Speaking of expert help, you write a
weekly astronomy column …
B: I hope Augsburg Now doesn’t misspell
that as “weakly column.”
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J: It would be a Freudian
slip if they do. Anyway,
why do you volunteer
your time to write a
newspaper column in the
Ellensburg Daily Record?
B: Science is such an
important topic. And, it is
woefully under covered in
the popular press.
Astronomy is a very
attainable topic. The stars
and planets are always up
there for people to see.
And, I have selfish reasons
for writing the column, as Bruce Palmquist ’84 and his “interviewer,” Jack
well. If my column helps
the general public have a
requires students to write about science
more positive outlook toward science,
and to design scientific experiments.
they are more likely to support science
Simply memorizing facts will not result
teaching in the schools and universities.
in a good WASL score. And, the WASL’s
emphasis on designing experiments
J: Talk a little bit more about science
means that teachers will need to include
in the schools, especially the state’s
more experiments and the analysis of
standardized test called the
experiments in their classroom. This is a
Washington Assessment of Student
good thing.
Learning, or WASL.
J: What is your favorite constellation?
B: Even dogs know that the WASL is a
sensitive subject. In general, children are
B: Canis Major, the great dog. During the
over-tested. I think no child gets left
winter, it is low in the southern sky.
behind, because they leave such a long
paper trail of standardized test sheets.
J: Good answer.
But, the science WASL is much better
than the typical multiple choice
For more about Bruce Palmquist’s thoughts
standardized test. The science WASL
on teaching and leadership, see p. 20.
Spring 2006
Courtsey photo
Jack: What is your favorite aspect of
teaching?
CCalendar
ALENDAR
Music
April 29
March 27
For music information, call 612-330-1265
Augsburg Concert Band
7 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
Sverdrup Visiting
Scientist Lecture:
“Civilization as a
Geosystem: A Scientific
Perspective on Global
Change”
Dr. Thomas H. Jordan, university
professor, Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Southern California
8 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
612-330-1551 or gregoire@augsburg.edu
March 28
Augsburg Jazz Ensemble
7 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
March 29
Augsburg Choir
5:30 & 7 p.m.— Mt. Olivet Lutheran
Church; Minneapolis
April 1
Augsburg Choir
7 p.m.—St. John Lutheran Church
Owatonna, Minn.
April 30
Musical celebration honoring the
service of President William V. and
Anne Frame
2 p.m.—Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
May 8–21
Augsburg Choir
Tour to Hungary, Czech Republic, &
Germany
April 2
Theatre
Augsburg Choir
8:45, 10, & 11:15 a.m.—Calvary
Lutheran Church; Golden Valley, Minn.
For ticket information, call 612-330-1257
Riverside Singers
9:30 & 11 a.m.—Mt. Calvary Lutheran
Church; Excelsior, Minn.
Metamorphoses
By Mary Zimmerman
Directed by Darcey Engen
April 7, 8, 20, 21, & 22 at 7 p.m.;
April 9 & 23 at 2 p.m.
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater
Augsburg Choir
4 p.m.—Cambridge Lutheran Church
Cambridge, Minn.
Brass in the Chapel
Joint concert of the Augsburg & St.
Thomas brass ensembles
7:30 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
April 9
Masterworks Chorale
4 p.m.—Lake Nokomis Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
April 22
Augsburg Symphony Orchestra
4 p.m.—Sateren Auditorium
April 23
Riverside Singers
8:30 & 11 a.m.—Mayflower
Congregational Church; Minneapolis
April 26
Chamber Music Recital & High Tea
4 p.m.—Sateren Auditorium & Arnold
Atrium
April 7–23
Exhibits
For gallery information, call 612-330-1524
April 7–May 7
All-Student Juried Art Exhibition
Opening reception: April 7, 4:30–6:30 p.m.
Gage Family Art Gallery
April 7–May 14
Senior Art Exhibition
Opening reception: April 7, 5–7 p.m.
Christensen Center Art Gallery
Seminars, Lectures,
and Films
January 25–May 20
Augsburg Native American Film Series
www.augsburg.edu/home/ais/filmseries/
April 12
Speech and booksigning by Norwegian
Crown Princess Martha Louise
4 p.m.–6 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel
612-330-1176 or jorgensd@augsburg.edu
Other Events
April 18
Pan-Afrikan Year-End Celebration
6–9 p.m.—Christensen Center
612-330-1022 or bolden@augsburg.edu
April 27
Senior Athletes Award Banquet
6–9 p.m.—Christensen Center
612-330-1243 or grauerp@augsburg.edu
May 5–6
Commencement 2006
Featured speaker: Dr. Peter Agre ’70
Recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry
www.augsburg.edu/commencement/
May 22
Third Annual
Healthcare Conference:
“Building Minnesota’s
Healthcare Workforce
Through Diversity”
8 a.m.–5 p.m.—Melby Hall
www.augsburg.edu/healthcare
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SPRING 2007
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A P U B L I C AT I O N F O R
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Editor
Notes
from President Pribbenow on…
Being a college in the city
B
ut seek the welfare of the city where I have
sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on
its behalf, for in its welfare will you find
your welfare. (Jeremiah 29:7, RSV)
One particular afternoon last fall, I was shepherded
through the nearby Cedar-Riverside neighborhood
by our legendary community ambassador Mary
Laurel True. She introduced me to good people
whose lives and work intersect with the College. We
sat in one of the four mosques in the neighborhood
and spoke with the elders about peace and the God
of Abraham, about our lives here together, about our
children, and about the world and how frightening
it can be to live with strangers. In other words, we
spoke as fellow humans living together in the city.
I love the city (despite my rural upbringing) and
my recent experiences in our neighborhood lead me
to revisit some of the historical themes that fascinate
me about city life.
My first thoughts go to the role that neighborhoods play in a strong urban life. Though we are a
city, we live our lives in neighborhoods. It is in the
neighborhood where I come face to face with the
challenges and joys of negotiating my life with others. I think of Jane Addams, who made the west side
Chicago neighborhood near Hull-House the sphere
of action for her efforts in the late 19th and early
20th centuries to build a stronger democracy. There
are many of us who still believe her settlement
house idea has relevance for the 21st century. It is
not a philosophical exercise—it is the daily living
with, abiding with, meeting the needs and sharing
the aspirations of neighbors that defined the work of
Miss Addams and her colleagues, and that needs to
define our lives in cities as well.
A second theme about cities is the ways in
which they reflect our abiding pursuit of civilization.
Sir Peter Hall in Cities in Civilization suggests that
great cities have been at the center of artistic growth,
technological progress, the marriage of culture and
technology, and solutions to evolving social problems. Cities are places “for people who can stand the
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heat of the kitchen: places where the adrenaline
pumps through the bodies of the people and
through the streets on which they walk; messy
places, sordid places sometimes, but places nevertheless superbly worth living in, long to be remembered and long to be celebrated.”
Finally, I think of the late Jane Jacobs, the legendary urban theorist, whose The Death and Life of
Great American Cities was a clarion call to arms for
all those who loved the diversity and energy of cities
that was being ravaged by trends in architecture and
city planning. One of Jacobs’ main points was that
the well-being of cities is defined primarily by common, ordinary things, like sidewalks, parks, defined
neighborhoods, and a diversity of architecture styles
and buildings of different ages. These common,
ordinary things, when thought about with the needs
and aspirations of citizens in mind, will create
healthy, sustainable, and vital urban centers. It is not
about spending a huge amount of money, but rather
about a reflective practice of city life—the genuine
work of urban planning.
During my short time here at Augsburg, I have
been challenged to think again about the role of colleges and universities in an urban setting. I am committed to the mutual dependency of colleges and the
city. The paradigm for the relationships between
cities and higher education must be less about
extracting benefits from each other, less dependent
on incidental impact, and more focused on the various resources that can be shared in the pursuit of a
more robust, healthy, and meaningful urban life. I
look forward to our efforts at Augsburg to give substance to this new (but not really so new!) paradigm
of urban citizenship.
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Contents
Features
11
The Kitchen Connection
by Betsey Norgard
Weekend College student Tom Gouras uses his food service experience to feel
more connected on campus and provide service in the community.
12
Fitting the Pieces Together
by Betsey Norgard
In their keystone courses seniors synthesize all their Augsburg experiences in
preparing for the next step.
16
The Ending of an Era
Photos and text by Stephen Geffre
The boxes are packed and farewells said as Martin Olav Sabo retires from a
28-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives.
21
Urban Legends
by Bethany Bierman
Augsburg’s metro-urban studies alumni are making their marks as leaders
in public service and city planning.
16
26
A Place of Their Own
by Betsey Norgard
The East African Women’s Center bustles with activity as mothers, children,
grandmothers, and girls learn skills for living in a new community.
On the Cover: Congressman Martin Olav
Sabo, Class of 1959, retires from a lifelong
career serving his constituents in Minneapolis
and earning high respect from colleagues on
both sides of the aisle.
Departments
2 Around the Quad
6 Supporting Augsburg
8 Sports
29 Alumni News
36 Views
All photos by Stephen Geffre unless otherwise indicated.
AROUND THE QUAD
Brian Krohn awarded
a Goldwater
Scholarship
NOTEWORTHY
A team of Augsburg and University of St. Thomas students received honorable men-
Junior Brian
Krohn, who is
majoring in
chemistry
with a biology
minor, was
awarded a
Barry M.
Goldwater
Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year. A total of 317 schol-
arships were awarded from the
more than 1,000 nominations
made by college faculty in the
fields of natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.
Krohn will join a research
group this summer at the Graz
Technical Institute in Austria,
funded by the National Science
Foundation.
Two other Augsburg students
received honorable mentions—
Kent Bodurtha and Reid Larson,
both in physics.
tion at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York in March.
Model UN team
wins award
A team of Augsburg and
University of St. Thomas students
received honorable mention at the
National Model United Nations
Conference in New York in
March—Augsburg’s first award in
nine years of competition.
More than 4,000 students
from the U.S. and 31 countries
participated, with opening and
closing ceremonies held in the
UN General Assembly Great Hall.
The student team represented
the interests of India in the conference and met with the Indian
Mission to the UN during the
week in New York.
Matt Broughton
named a Fulbright
Scholar
Matt
Broughton’06,
who graduated summa
cum laude
with dual
degrees in
English and
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physics, has been named a
Fulbright Scholar to Germany
during 2007-08. He will spend
the year at the Technical
University of Braunschweig,
working in space physics
research.
It was during an internship
with the National Academies’
Space Studies Board that
Broughton began to see how
research he had been doing fits
into the larger context of national and international physics
research, studying the relationship between the sun and earth.
At the Technical University,
he will study ultra-low frequency
(ULF) waves in the magnetosphere, using data gathered from
four satellites in the Cluster mission. He will be able to analyze
the data with use of a wave telescope, a multi-spacecraft analysis
tool, using techniques that scientists there developed. He already
has a working relationship with
the scientists and has received
some training on the wave
telescope.
This summer Broughton will
spend 10 weeks in Washington,
D.C., in an intensive German
language program.
Coach and athletic director
Ernie Anderson dies
Ernie Anderson ’37, who served Augsburg College
as its men’s basketball coach for 23 seasons and as
its athletic director for 34 years, died on March 18
at the age of 90.
Anderson was a part of the Augsburg community for more than 40 years. He attended the
Augsburg Academy as a prep student in the early
1930s. He played basketball and baseball at
Augsburg, graduating from the College with a hisErnie Anderson ’37
tory degree in 1937.
Anderson served as men’s
basketball coach for the
Auggies from 1947-70, and as
the school’s athletic director
from 1947-80. He was inducted into the College’s Athletic
Hall of Fame in 1975.
In 1984, Augsburg named
its outdoor athletic field
Anderson-Nelson Field, in
honor of Anderson and fellow
longtime coach Edor Nelson
’38. In 2001, the center competition court at Melby Hall was
named Ernie Anderson Court
in his honor, while the outdoor
athletic field was rechristened
as Edor Nelson Field.
Men’s basketball coach Ernie Anderson is
lifted in the air as the team celebrates its
conference championship in 1963.
PA students excel on
certifying exam
Physics students
receive award
All 28 of Augsburg physician
assistant 2006 graduates passed
the National Commission on
Certification of Physician
Assistants (NCCPA) exam,
required for physician assistants
to practice in most states.
While the mean score for all
new grads nationally was 506,
Augsburg’s mean score was 581,
which put the program in the
91st percentile in comparison to
other programs.
Augsburg’s chapter of the Society
of Physics Students (SPS) was
selected as an Outstanding
Chapter for 2005-06. This is the
fourth time in the last five years
the chapter has been recognized
among the top 10 percent of
chapters nationally.
Recognition is given for the
breadth of SPS activities in
research, public science outreach, physics tutoring programs, and interaction among its
members. Brian Wood ’08 serves
Students and money—dollar/sense
Sophomore Cody Warren (left) and financial aid counselor Carly Eichhorst (right)
teamed to teach students about financial literacy.
Studies show that more than half
of all college students acquire
their first credit card during
their first year in college. Nearly
half of all college students have
credit card debt, with the average debt over $3,000.
Combine that with the fact
that most parents feel they are
neither prepared to talk to their
kids about personal finances, nor
do they feel they are good role
models concerning financial
planning and decisions. And few
high schools offer courses on
financial matters.
Last year, Augsburg’s
Financial Aid Office decided to
do something about this and
provide resources for students to
as chapter president and
Professor Mark Engebretson is
faculty adviser.
Best Workplace for
Commuters
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the U.S.
Department of Transportation
become more fiscally literate and
learn to make responsible money
choices. “Does Your Money
Matter?” was offered as a series
of formal presentations.
This year, financial aid counselor Carly Eichhorst and sophomore student worker Cody
Warren teamed up to revamp the
program and ratchet up the level
of conversation and participation.
“I knew my peers didn’t have
the [financial] information,”
Warren said, as they planned a
new program they called “dollar/sense.”
Five sessions (three of which
were repeated) were offered on
weekday evenings:
• Embark: Begin the Financial
Journey
• Build: Establish Credit.
Maintain Credit
• Plan: Chart Your Course
• Renew: Financial Aid Springs
Anew
• Share: Time. Talent. Gifts
included Augsburg among the
Best Workplaces for Commuters
in Minneapolis. It was recognized as an employer offering
good benefits to employees for
alternatives to driving alone to
work every day. Augsburg faculty, staff, and students can buy
discounted travel on buses and
light rail, can make teleworking
arrangements, and use carpools.
Augsburg also hosts an
HOURCAR hub in the CedarRiverside community, making a
hybrid-fuel vehicle available for
hourly rent by qualified drivers on
campus and in the community.
Lots of audience response and
visuals in a relaxed atmosphere,
plus some food, brought home
the message to 20 to 40 students
who came to each session of
“dollar/sense.”
Eichhorst was delighted at
the response. “[A student who]
attended last night’s event on
credit scores … came to me this
morning and told me he pulled
his credit report right away last
night and wanted to talk about a
discrepancy,” she said. “[Another
attendee] was a student who
experienced financial problems
last year … and he attended
every single session of
‘dollar/sense’.”
The word reached parents as
well. One mother e-mailed, “It is
really a shame that you don’t get
more students attending those
sessions since they are truly REAL
LIFE and kids so often complain
about learning things they think
they will never use. Thanks to
everyone in the Enrollment
Center who put them on.”
—Betsey Norgard
SPRING 2007 3
AROUND THE QUAD
Japanese artists visit
Augsburg
For two days in late February,
Ayomi Yoshida and Bidou
Yamaguchi engaged the
Augsburg community with their
talents and art.
Yoshida is a printmaker,
installation artist, and designer,
whose work ranges from a colorful gift wrap line designed for
Target to multi-story installation
art. She is a fourth generation
member of the illustrious Yoshida
family of printmakers, which also
included Toshi Yoshida, who
taught at Augsburg during two
summers in the early 1970s.
For an exhibit at the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
(MIA) in 2002 featuring her family, she created a large installation
of wood grain panels. The installation was purchased by Target
Corporation and re-installed in
their corporate executive suites
in downtown Minneapolis.
“Reverberation Ad Infinitum”
is made up of four columns and
a wall, each running three stories
high, flanking a stairway. Out of
each red column, Yoshida carved
repeated lines of oval chips with
a scoop chisel. The red chips
were then glued to the white
wall, creating positive and negative polka dots. Over 60,000
chips were carved, with three
people working on it for three
months.
MIA curator Matthew Welch
led a group of Augsburg students
to Target Corporation to view
Yoshida’s installation—an opportunity for the students to see the
artwork in this restricted, nonpublic area. They appreciated the
centuries-old, handcrafted nature
of the installation, says Kerry
Morgan, Augsburg’s coordinator
of galleries, and were captured
by “the physical process, the
amount of work, and the time
and dedication needed for it.”
Morgan recounts that as people walk through the installation,
“fascinating things happen to the
eye, the grid becomes diagonal
and casts shadows.”
Bidou Yamaguchi demonstrates his master skills in carving masks from cypress wood
for Japanese Noh drama.
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Students explore the panels of a multi-story art installation created by Ayomi Yoshida
at Target Corporation headquarters.
Bob Ulrich, chairman and
CEO of Target Corporation,
greeted the group and told them
that Target employees prefer
walking the stairs through the
installation to taking the elevator.
Yoshida also is a designer for
Target. Her gift wrap line, with
polka-dot-and-lined patterns,
has been described as making
packages “too pretty to open.”
Yoshida’s husband, Bidou
Yamaguchi, is a master carver of
masks for Noh drama. He is
trained as a graphic designer, but
became enchanted with the
ancient craft of carving masks
and their long history as part of
an ancient art form.
Carved and smoothed from a
block of cypress wood by knives
and chisels with three layers of
steel, the masks are lacquer coated many times and then stressed
to show age and wear.
Yamaguchi tried his own
hand at carving, and sought out
a master carver with whom he
could apprentice. After five years
of study—only half the normal
time—he was awarded the master carver status. He was also
given his artist’s name, Bidou, a
combination of words meaning
the “god of war” and “a stack of
wood.”
Yamaguchi has lectured and
demonstrated his craft at numerous institutions in Japan and
other countries. His masks are
part of the permanent collections
of Target Corporation (which the
students also were able to view
on the tour) and the MIA.
Bringing Yoshida and
Yamaguchi to campus was a collaborative effort among the art
galleries, Art Department,
Theatre Arts Department, Art
Club, Pan-Asian Student
Services, and professor emeritus
Eugene Skibbe, a friend of the
Yoshida family. The presentations
made by the artists were open to
the public, and scheduled to
involve classes in AsianAmerican theatre, sculpture, art
history, and design.
— Betsey Norgard
Augsburg Stewards:
Preserving history,
keeping traditions
alive
The Augsburg Stewards have
been involved in nearly every
recent Augsburg event, and they
are not much more than a year
old. The 14-member group has
already participated in
Homecoming, orientation, an
event honoring the Augsburg
Associates, the annual
Scholarship Brunch, and other
events with alumni.
Augsburg students can’t help
but notice the Stewards, but
many wonder, “Who are they?”
If you refer to the group’s
official statement, the Augsburg
Stewards’ mission is “to engage
students in the mission of
Augsburg College in order to
cultivate pride in place and
purpose.”
Lead Steward Solveig Mebust
says, “We combine three important aspects of the College: we
look at the history, the present
traditions, and the future of the
College and then try to make it
all something to which students
can relate. We basically provide
the link between the students
and the alumni.
“We make connections with
people whom you might not otherwise have met, and these are
powerful people,” she says. “They
make the difference between having an Oren Gateway Center or
not, having a scholarship to go to
college or not.”
The Stewards don’t just make
connections with alumni, but
also focus on students. In an
interview in spring 2006,
Augsburg Stewards’ founder,
Paul Cumings ’06, said,
“Students are trying to find ways
to connect with Augsburg, to
The Augsburg Stewards seek ways to engage students in the history and traditions of the College and create links with alumni.
(L to R) Rikki Starich ’07, Marie Sager ’09, lead Steward Solveig Mebust ’08, Sarah Valasek ’09, Cody Warren ’09.
create meaning behind the
school.”
“That’s exactly what we try to
do,” Mebust confirms. “We want
students to be invested in this
school, to take pride in our rich
history, be involved in present
traditions, and to help sculpt the
future of the College.”
The Stewards have already
started working toward that goal.
Each Steward receives a copy of
the late professor emeritus Carl
Chrislock’s Fjord to Freeway, a
centennial history of Augsburg
College. They then share the
College’s history with the student
body.
For example, during Auggie
Days, an orientation program for
first-year Augsburg students,
Steward Chris Kuhn presented a
brief history from Chrislock’s
book.
The Stewards began in
December 2005 when Cumings,
the student body president, came
up with the idea. “It’s important
to learn the history of the
College, to open up our past.
That helps us learn why deci-
sions have been made,” he said.
Cumings asked a few students to join, wrote a constitution, and submitted the constitution to student government. In
January 2006 the Augsburg
Stewards became an official student organization.
Currently the organization is
structured into three main committees: the History Committee,
the Present Committee, and the
Future Committee, each led by a
Steward member and focusing
on one of the three main components. However, Mebust plans
changes to the structure to make
it easier for students to participate more fully. Formal recruiting for new Stewards has taken
place during spring semester.
In December the Stewards
hosted an event called “What is
an Auggie, anyway?” With information tables in Christensen
Center, the group focused on
what it means to identify as an
Auggie and provided students
with information, food, presentations, and a documentary about
the College’s history.
“There’s something unique
about Augsburg. It’s always been
the odd child out of the
Lutheran colleges because we’ve
never felt the need to compete,”
says Mebust. “We produce amazing alumni who are leaders of
both the political and religious
realms, and their children are
now attending Augsburg.”
Mebust hopes to learn more
about why Augsburg is so
unique. She assigned the
Stewards a long-term goal of discovering the personal history of
the College. “Fjord [to Freeway] is
a great history based on institutional life, but not [its] personal
life.”
Even while still evolving, the
Augsburg Stewards are working
hard to reach their goals. Mebust
says, “We do our best to be
involved … and to be the best
representation of the College.”
—Kari Aanestad ’08
Kari Aanestad is a junior, with double majors in English/writing and
political science.
SPRING 2007 5
AROUND THE QUAD
SUPPORTING
AUGSBURG
Sabo Scholars …
‘Walking the talk’
One year after he graduated from
Augsburg, 22-year-old Martin
Olav Sabo was elected to the
Minnesota House of
Representatives in 1960 as its
youngest member. In 1978 he
was elected to the first of 14
terms in the U.S. House of
Representatives and served as one
of its most liberal members.
Throughout his entire career, he
has exemplified Augsburg’s motto,
“Education for Service,” and he
leaves a legacy as one of the most
fair-minded and principled legislators.
In 1990, his friends, family,
and alumni established the Martin
Olav and Sylvia A. Sabo
Scholarship in recognition of
Sabo’s distinguished record. The
scholarship is awarded to students who study political science
and/or have engaged in public
service, and aspire to careers in
public policy.
In 1994, fundraising began to
build the Sabo Endowment for
Leadership in Public and
Community Service. In addition
to the Sabo Scholarships, a summer leadership program for high
school students, a lecture series,
and academic support to public
service are envisioned.
Since 1995, nearly 50 students have been named Sabo
Scholars, and some served internships in Sabo’s Washington office.
A number have since chosen
careers in public service.
Garry Hesser, professor of
sociology and director of the
metro-urban studies program,
says, “What we’re trying to lift up
with the Sabo initiative is that
graduates in urban studies walk
the talk … . They stand for elected office and grapple with the
complexities of public issues and
The Sabo Scholarship
The Martin Olav and Sylvia A. Sabo Scholarship, established in 1990
by friends, alumni, and family is awarded to students with demonstrated financial need and academic achievement who study political
science and/or have engaged in public service or have interest in
public policy.
“I hope your college experience has taught you to listen, and that you
will continue to listen. … I hope you will develop your convictions
and your beliefs. I hope that you will pursue your passions. And I
hope you do get involved and choose your causes. But always remember to listen. And remember—you may not be absolutely right.”
— Martin Olav Sabo ’59
Augsburg Commencement address, 1983
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public policies.”
Here are four Sabo Scholars
whose lives are centered around
walking the talk of public service.
For Minneapolis native
Breanne Dalnes ’03, it took a
year at another Lutheran college
to realize she was an urbanite at
heart.
Once at Augsburg, a metrourban studies major became an
instant fit. “I knew as soon as I
discovered there was such a thing
as neighborhood organizations
that I wanted to get involved on
such a grassroots level,” she says.
While at Augsburg, Dalnes
spent one semester with HECUA’s
Metro-Urban Studies Term
(MUST), which she says opened
her eyes to a new way of thinking. She also served as a planning
Junior Kari Aanestad’s internship teaching
a recent immigrant to write has brought
to life issues around community needs
that her classes in political science have
introduced.
intern for the City of St. Paul.
Her last semester, she spent a
week in Washington D.C., where
her group visited various nonprofits and Sabo’s office. “It was
the perfect send-off to graduate
school.”
She received a Master of
Urban/Regional Planning degree
at the University of Minnesota’s
Humphrey Institute in 2005 and
currently serves as an associate
planner for the City of Ramsey.
“I’m putting my passions to
good work and watching out for
people who are too busy making
ends meet to get involved in their
communities or politics.”
Erica Champer ‘04 chose
Augsburg “for its integration into
a world-class city.” She also chose
metro-urban studies because, in
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her words, “it intertwined all of
the areas I was interested in—
history, economics, sociology, and
politics, all with a focus on making the city a better place.”
She now serves as an associate
director of quality and compliance at Heartland Alliance for
Human Needs and Human Rights
in Chicago. Champer climbed the
ladder in a short period of time,
becoming the youngest director
in a company of 800.
“At Augsburg I learned about
public housing in Chicago and
what a disaster it was, and now
I’m here two years later working
on a real solution!” says Champer.
“I am working on issues that are
meaningful to me—affordable
housing, human rights, and
more.”
Kari Aanestad graduates next
year with double majors in political science and English with a
writing concentration. During her
time at Augsburg, she has taken
advantage of many opportunities
to reflect on vocation, community
service, and building democracy.
“I love helping people and
being a servant of the people,”
Aanestad says. Her Honors Junior
Colloquium, taught by President
Pribbenow, focused on humanitarian Jane Addams, and what
Aanestad took away was a deep
appreciation of Addams’ belief
that in serving people she did not
expect to teach them, but to learn
from them.
Aanestad says her four classes
during spring semester all seemed
to synthesize around public serv-
Ana Chilingarishvili’s international
interest in children’s rights stem
from her own experience growing
up in the post-Soviet Union
Republic of Georgia.
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ice. In political science theory, she
studied what it means to be a
civil leader and servant of the
people. A statistics course taught
her how knowledge is used and
how public policy is translated for
the general public. An internship
gave her the chance to work oneon-one with a 46-year-old East
African man, teaching him to
write. She learned how education
is empowerment, and how leaders have a responsibility to
empower their people. Lastly, in
American literature, she studied
what it means to have a voice,
and how in poverty people do
not have any voice.
Her thoughts after graduation
include work with the Lutheran
Volunteer Corps or AmeriCorps,
giving her chances to offer community service and better understand the role of civic associations
in a democracy.
Ana Chilingarishvili graduates this year with a major in
international relations and will
begin law school in the fall. Her
sights are set worldwide, beyond
local and national boundaries. A
native of the Republic of Georgia,
she was 6 years old when the
Soviet Union came to an end and
independence was declared. Her
family endured the civil war that
followed and were fortunate to
receive help from a number of
international organizations.
Chilingarishvili’s interest is in
human rights law, especially children’s rights, so that she can help
others in the same way. She
doesn’t yet know exactly what
that will be, but feels that
Augsburg’s focus on vocation has
helped her prepare for whatever
may develop.
When the Sabo Scholars had
the opportunity to meet Martin
Sabo on campus this spring,
Chilingarishvili was amazed to
hear about the roots of this legislator who has traveled the
world—a tiny North Dakota community and a high school graduating class of three.
— Bethany Bierman and
Betsey Norgard
SPRING 2007 7
AROUND THE QUAD
SPORTS
Auggies win 10th
national title, claim
nine All-Americans
Claiming three individual national
titles and making collegiate
wrestling history for one of its
wrestlers in the process, the
Augsburg wrestling team won its
record-10th NCAA Division III
national championship in the last
17 seasons with a dominating
performance in the tournament,
held in March in Dubuque, Iowa.
With nine All-Americans,
including three titlists and two
runners-up, Augsburg finished
with 135.5 points, 36 points
ahead of second-place Wartburg
(Iowa), the defending national
champion, with 99.5 points.
Wisconsin-La Crosse finished in
third with 92.5 points, Luther
(Iowa) finished fourth with 86.0
points and the College of New
Jersey finished fifth with 46.5
points.
Augsburg head coach Jeff
Swenson ’79 was named National
Coach of the Year by the National
Wrestling Coaches Association,
the sixth time he has earned the
honor in his 25-season career.
After the championships,
Swenson announced his resignation from his coaching position,
in order to focus on his responsibilities as the school’s assistant
dean for athletics and recreation.
Sam Barber, who has served as an
assistant on the Auggie staff for
six seasons, was named the team’s
new head coach.
“We had a lot of ups, mostly,
and a few downs,” said Swenson.
“It’s hard for me when the year
comes to an end because of the
great seniors, but the bottom line
is I’m proud of them as a group.
They really came together in the
last month of the season.”
Augsburg has finished among
the top two teams in national
competition 19 times since 1975,
has finished among the top four
Wrestling head coach Jeff Swenson steps
down after 25 seasons.
Auggie coaches Jeff Swenson (lower) and Sam Barber (upper) watch their team
With a commanding win, Auggie wrestlers captured their 10th national championship in March, with nine All-Americans.
nationally the last 19 seasons in a
row (the only NCAA school in
any division that can make that
claim), and has finished in the
top 20 nationally every season
since 1971 (NCAA from 1983 to
present, NAIA pre-1983).
Augsburg’s Marcus LeVesseur,
a senior from Minneapolis,
became the first Division III
wrestler ever to win four national
titles, and the second college
wrestler ever to finish his career
unbeaten and untied. LeVesseur,
who won Division III national
titles at 157 pounds three times
(2003, 2004, 2005), finished his
senior season at 31-0, and his collegiate career at 155-0, the second-longest winning streak in
college wrestling history. Cael
Sanderson went 159-0 during his
career at Iowa State from 19982002, winning four Division I
national titles.
“It’s unbelievable,” Swenson
said of LeVesseur’s accomplishment, “… no one had ever won
four titles (at the Division III
level), and only two guys have
ever gone through their careers
undefeated. He’s in great company with Cael [Sanderson].”
Junior Quincy Osborn
claimed his first national championship at 141 pounds. Osborn
finished his first season as an
Auggie with a 44-3 record, completing his third national tournament appearance. As a Division I
wrestler at the University of
Minnesota, he competed in
national tournaments in both
2004 and 2005. Osborn is now
104-35 in his college career.
Junior Jeremy Anderson also
earned his first national championship, completing his second
All-American season with a win in
the 157-pound class. Anderson,
who was a national runner-up last
season, finished his junior campaign at 39-2 overall and his 83-5
in his two seasons as an Auggie.
At 133, junior Jafari Vanier
repeated his second-place finish
from a year ago, and sophomore
Seth Flodeen claimed national
runner-up honors in his first
national finals appearance at 125
pounds.
Senior Jared Evans, a threetime All-American, closed out his
career with his second straight
fourth-place finish, and junior
Robbie Gotreau finished his campaign at 41-6 overall. Heavyweight senior Andrew Neumann,
in his second national tournament, finished fifth overall. At
197, junior Wally O’Connor finished eighth.
Augsburg finished with an
11-1 dual-meet record this season. For the third time in the sixyear history of the event,
Augsburg claimed the championship at the National Wrestling
Coaches Association/Cliff Keen
Division III National Duals in
January.
Academically, Augsburg finished 11th among Division III
programs in the NWCA’s academic national rankings, with a 3.283
team gradepoint average. Five
Auggies earned NWCA Scholar
All-American honors—Evans,
Neumann, Paul Bjorkstrand, Josh
Hansen, and Brandon Klukow.
wrestle to a national title.
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—Don Stoner
Jeff Swenson resigns
as wrestling coach
Augsburg wrestling head coach
Jeff Swenson announced in March
that he is resigning his coaching
post in order to focus on his
responsibilities as the school’s
assistant dean for athletics and
recreation.
Swenson, a 1979 Augsburg
graduate, served as head coach of
the Auggies for 25 seasons (198084, 1986-2007), building the
squad into a national small-college
wrestling powerhouse. Under
Swenson’s leadership, Augsburg
won a record-10 NCAA Division
III national championships and
produced a career dual-meet
record of 321-44.
Associate head coach Sam Barber takes
over as head coach.
Sam Barber, who served as an
assistant coach on Swenson’s staff
for six seasons, is taking over head
coaching duties for the Auggies.
Barber has served as associate
head coach for the last two seasons. A 1995 Upper Iowa
University graduate, he served as
head coach for the Peacocks in the
1999-2000 season.
During his Augsburg tenure,
Barber has been a part of three
national championship squads
and two national runner-up
squads, and has coached 46 AllAmericans and 13 individual
Jeff Swenson ’79 retires after 25 seasons, with a national title and Division III Coach
of the Year honors. He shares the moment with his nearly-two-year-old son, Brady.
national champions. He was
named Division III Co-National
Assistant Coach of the Year by the
National Wrestling Coaches
Association in 2006.
In his role as assistant dean for
athletics and recreation as a member of President Pribbenow’s staff,
Swenson supervises the 18-sport
intercollegiate athletics program,
the athletic facilities department,
and the College’s intramural athletic program. Swenson was
named to the position on an interim basis in 2001, and his posting
was made permanent in 2004.
“I look forward to working
with Coach Swenson in the years
ahead,” Pribbenow said, as “we
partner to make Augsburg one of
the finest examples of NCAA
Division III athletics in the country—a college that honors the
connections between academics
and athletics, that celebrates both
sportsmanship and competition,
and that helps our students to
grow as individuals and teammates … I can think of no one
better than Jeff Swenson to lead us
in this vision for intercollegiate
athletics at Augsburg College. His
track record speaks for itself. His
love for the College is unparalleled. And he has the passion,
commitment, and skills to guide
our athletics programs into a
bright future.”
Swenson has been a member
of the Augsburg community for
more than 30 years—as a student,
coach, and administrator. A
national champion wrestler at
Augsburg in his senior year of
1979 with a career record of 10217, Swenson began his coaching
career in his first year out of college, as an assistant coach on John
Grygelko’s Auggie staff. Grygelko
retired in 1980, and Swenson was
named head coach.
Swenson said that two years
ago, he made the decision that he
would step down from his coaching post this year. He said that
focusing on his role in athletic
administration will help him in
his goals to improve every aspect
of Augsburg’s athletic program
among schools in the Minnesota
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
and NCAA Division III.
“For me, this is a cause for celebration. It’s not a sad day. It’s a
great day. I’m able to listen to my
vocational calling and lead the
entire athletic department without
having the coaching demands,”
Swenson said.
As an administrator, Swenson
has led the Augsburg program
through a period of unprecedented growth and improvement. This
year, construction was completed
on the new Kennedy Center addition to Melby Hall, which
includes expanded classroom,
meeting, and locker room space,
along with a new fitness facility
and a new wrestling training facility. Two years ago, a new
SprinTurf surface was installed at
Edor Nelson Field, and a new
seasonal air-supported dome was
installed for the first time this
year over the field.
“I’ve been around Augsburg
since the fall of 1975, over 30
years,” Swenson said. “Augsburg
has shaped me. Augsburg has
made me who I am, and it’s
allowed me to pursue my passion
to be a coach. Now, I have a
greater passion to lead the entire
athletic department as a full-time
administrator. I’ve learned a lot
about leading and coaching by
being the head wrestling coach
here for 25 years. That’s going to
help me as I lead Augsburg athletics into the future.”
“I am proud to know Jeff
Swenson and to be able to honor
his remarkable career as our head
wrestling coach at Augsburg,”
Pribbenow said. “He has accomplished great things with his
wrestling teams—10 national
championships, countless individual titles, team academic achievements, and so on. But perhaps
more than anything, I am proud
of Jeff’s commitment and passion
for that individual student who
needs the guidance, support, and
challenge to be the best he or she
can be—as an athlete, as a student, as a person. Jeff exemplifies
what makes Augsburg the special
and rare place that it is—putting
students first and helping them to
grow to be successful, responsible,
and good people.
“Jeff Swenson leaves a remarkable legacy as the Augsburg
wrestling coach. He has built a
program that will endure as a
shining example of quality and
achievement. Now he has made
the remarkable decision to bring
his skills and passion to bear on
moving Augsburg’s intercollegiate
athletics programs to the next
level of excellence. Surely there is
no one better than Jeff to lead our
athletics programs—both to the
benefit of our student-athletes and
the reputation of the College.”
—Don Stoner
SPRING 2007 9
Augsburg
men’s hockey
head coach
Chris Brown
was named
Minnesota
Intercollegiate
Athletic
Conference
Chris Brown
Coach of the
Year. In his first year as the
Auggies head coach, Brown led
the Auggies to a 12-10-4 record
and third-place conference finish
(9-3-4), as the Auggies clinched
a berth in the MIAC playoffs for
the first time since the 2002-03
season.
Brown returned to Augsburg
last season as an assistant coach
under Mike Schwartz, a position
in which he also served during
the 1996-97 season. After leaving Augsburg in 1997, he was an
assistant coach at Division I
Alaska-Anchorage for three
years, then served as head coach
at Marian (Wis.) for four seasons
(2000-04) and at Hamline for
one season (2004-05).
Brown was also named as
one of 12 finalists for the
Edward Jeremiah Award as the
NCAA Division III National
Coach of the Year by the
American Hockey Coaches
Association.
Aaron Johnson
named MIAC Player
of the Year
Senior forward Aaron Johnson
was selected by MIAC as the
conference Player of the Year in
men’s hockey. A three-time AllMIAC honoree, he also was
10 AUGSBURG NOW
named for the
second year in
a row as a
first-team
selection on
the AHCA/
RBK Hockey
Division III
All-American
Aaron Johnson ’07
squad.
In April, he was selected as
one of two Division III players to
compete in the NCAA Pontiac
Frozen Four Skills Challenge
during Division I men’s hockey
Frozen Four in St. Louis, Mo. He
was also one of eight finalists for
the Sid Watson Award, given by
the AHCA to the Division III
National Player of the Year.
Ed Saugestad
receives Hobey Baker
Legends of Hockey
Award
Former
Augsburg
men’s hockey
coach Ed
Saugestad ’59
was recognized for his
lengthy and
outstanding
service to college hockey with
the 2007 Hobey Baker Legends
of Hockey Award. The award
was presented by the Hobey
Baker Memorial Award
Foundation on May 3 in St. Paul.
Saugestad coached Augsburg
to a 503-354-21 record in a
career that spanned 37 seasons.
Only two other Division III
coaches have amassed more than
500 career victories.
In his 37 years of coaching,
Saugestad took teams to national
postseason play on 10 occasions
(nine NAIA and one NCAA),
winning NAIA national championships in 1978, 1981, and
1982. He was named NAIA
National Coach of the Year after
each of the national championships. He coached 22 AllAmericans at Augsburg.
Saugestad and his Auggies
won Minnesota Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (MIAC) regular-season titles six years in a
row (1976-77 to 1981-82), and
Saugestad was MlAC Coach of
the Year six times. In 1998, the
MIAC’s playoff championship
trophy was christened as the Ed
Saugestad Trophy.
Saugestad began his Auggie
coaching career while still a student at Augsburg, in 1958. He
graduated with a double major
in physical education and biology in 1959 and went on to earn
his master’s degree from the
University of Minnesota in 1964.
In addition to coaching hockey
for parts of five decades, he also
served on the Augsburg football
coaching staff from 1959-84
(head coach in the 1970-71 seasons); men’s athletic director
from 1981-87; and during his
entire Augsburg career served as
an instructor in the Health and
Physical Education Department.
Saugestad was named the
2002 recipient of the John
MacInnes Award from the
American Hockey Coaches
Association for his contributions
to the growth of amateur hockey
in the United States. In 1996,
the state of Minnesota declared
Feb. 17 as Ed Saugestad Day, in
recognition of his career accomplishments.
Archive photo
Chris Brown named
MIAC Men’s Hockey
Coach of the Year
Sophomore Ed Saugestad (back row, second from left) played on the 1956-57 Auggie
hockey team.
Coach Saugestad studies a hockey pro-
Saugestad’s hockey team captured a
gram during the 1961-62 season.
national championship in 1981.
Weekend College student Tom Gouras uses his food service background as a volunteer in Augsburg’s
Campus Kitchen, a great way for him to meet other students and feel more connected to Augsburg.
The kitchen connection
by Betsey Norgard
“I can begin to see
it take shape.”
Tom Gouras, the Monday
night shift leader at Augsburg’s
Campus Kitchen, is looking at
several pans of fried rice and vegetables, surplus food donated by a
local restaurant through the
Emergency Foodshelf Network.
Alongside them sit other pans of
pork riblets, wax beans and carrots, potatoes, and some melons.
From the donations they
receive, the Campus Kitchen volunteer crew transforms the various components into healthy
meals to be heated, delivered, and
served the next day—to the Brian
Coyle Community Center and
Trinity Lutheran’s Safe Place tutoring program in the CedarRiverside neighborhood, and at
the Minnesota Indian Women’s
Resource Center.
“I call this Chinese medley,”
Gouras says, as he combines several pans of rice and vegetables.
It can be a challenge, as the crew
never knows exactly what foods
they’ll find when they arrive for
the cooking shift. Sometimes, he
says, “what goes into the soup is
interesting.”
Since Augsburg students are
on break, Gouras’ crew tonight is
a group of four students from
Fridley High School with their
teacher, a father with his middle
school son who is doing community service, and Augsburg alum
Bill Ogren ’73. All of them have
become regular Monday night volunteers. Tonight, they cook the
potatoes, chop the melons, and
check out all the boxes of food to
make sure everything is still fresh.
Finally, pans are labeled—protein,
starch, vegetable, and fruit—and
everything is cleaned up to finish
the evening shift.
Gouras is a Weekend College
student who has been volunteering at the Campus Kitchen at
Augsburg since January. His 15
years of experience as a cook and
chef are valuable in the kitchen to
lead the crews of students and
community volunteers.
He entered Weekend College
last spring after two years at
Rasmussen College studying criminal justice. A native of St. Paul’s
East Side, Gouras recites a litany
of blue-collar jobs he’s held—furniture delivery, food service
cook/chef, garbage truck driver,
loading dock worker, chemical
dependency technician, greenhouse hand, and, currently, delivery truck driver for the New
French Bakery.
While at Rasmussen, Gouras
realized that in order to advance
much higher than where he is and
has been, he needs a four-year
degree. He hopes his courses in
psychology and sociology will prepare him for probation work with
the county or state. He’s also open
to possibilities that may develop
during his studies. “I’ve been
asked if I know my calling,” he
says, “and I hope I find it. I’m
open to it.”
After two trimesters in WEC,
Gouras began to understand how
much of the college experience
involves social interaction, and he
wasn’t feeling very connected to
Augsburg. Campus Kitchen
appealed to him because he could
use his food service experience,
and he liked the program’s mission of reaching out to others less
fortunate, making sure they have
hot meals.
Gouras is old enough to be
father to most of the student volunteers, but he enjoys their
enthusiasm, as well as sharing
with them some of his “street
smart” wisdom and common
sense.
Rachel Vallens, Campus
Kitchen coordinator, recognizes
what this does for the program.
“Tom’s cooking experience and
maturity really bring an added
dimension to his cooking shifts,”
she says. “The students look up
to him as someone who knows
what he’s doing and has done a
lot in life.”
Recently, Gouras took on an
additional task. Three days a
week, sandwiches and deli items
are donated from the University of
Minnesota, and when no one else
could pick them up on
Thursdays, he volunteered. It’s all
part of giving back, which is why
Gouras says he’s in the kitchen
every week. Ⅵ
For more information about
Augsburg’s Campus Kitchen, go to
www.campuskitchens.org.
SPRING 2007 11
keystone
courses
Fitting the pieces together
by Betsey Norgard
In architecture, a keystone sits at the top
of the arch and provides the shape and
support to the curved pieces rising to it.
In the Augsburg Core
Curriculum, the keystone is the
final piece that integrates what
students have learned in their
required general education
courses and their chosen major
with everything else they have
done at Augsburg—co-curricular experiences, leadership
development, service-learning,
study abroad, and other areas
of their Augsburg experience.
12 AUGSBURG NOW
First-year day students begin
their Augsburg education with
Augsburg Seminar, a semester
that includes orientation to residence life; development of skills
and strategies they need for success in college; introduction to
the themes of an Augsburg education, including vocation, service, community; and learning
about Augsburg’s neighborhood
and the city. It’s all about transition to college, integration into
Augsburg’s learning community,
and reflection on how they
become responsible learners.
Students learn that a hallmark of an Augsburg education
is intentional reflection on vocation, or what they call the “v”
word. All students study two
semesters of “Search for
Meaning,” which includes critical
conversations on understanding
and discovering one’s own gifts.
The senior-year keystone
course becomes the other bookend. Students synthesize all their
in-classroom and out-of-classroom experiences as they focus
on transition from college to the
community, integration of what
they’ve learned, and reflection on
how they will use their gifts and
knowledge—again, transition,
integration, reflection.
What does it mean to be a
professional in their major? What
does it mean to be a biologist,
accountant, social worker, English
teacher, actor, or whatever?
Because conversations about
vocation are revisited during the
keystone, faculty need to feel
comfortable and confident in
discussing issues of faith and
vocation in this context. A grant
from the Wabash Center for
Teaching and Learning in
Theology and Religion,
“Common Vocation, Distinctive
Callings,” provides funding for
keystone faculty to partner with
religion faculty members.
Together they strategize on content and methods for these crucial conversations.
The vocation focus and other
signature elements of the Core
Curriculum—diversity, the city,
service and service-learning—
distinguish Augsburg’s keystone
from other senior “capstone”
courses. Russell Kleckley, associate professor of religion and
coordinator of keystone seminars, explains that Augsburg’s
keystones are “more intentional
about the educational experience
as a whole, to see how the general education experience has
informed the [major] discipline
and vice versa.”
Diane Pike, sociology professor and director of the Center for
Teaching and Learning, says that
keystones “take the time, with
guidance, to help students figure
out how the pieces fit together
for them.” She says, “We’re
equally serious about the transition from college outward as we
are about the transition to college from high school.”
From the College’s point of
view, the keystones measure how
well Augsburg fulfills its promise
to students. Are they satisfied
with their experience, and do
they feel well prepared and confident in what they know and
will take away with them?
keystone
Psychology majors (clockwise from bottom) Rebecca Lewis, Tiah Colacci, Nghi Ngan, and Peter Chea played a version of the Game
of Life in which the cards required players to discuss some of the bigger questions in life.
the keystone
variations
Most students take the keystone
in their senior year, and most
often in connection with their
major. This past academic year
was the first time all students
have had access to a keystone
course. With a fair amount of
flexibility, departments have created or modified existing courses, or collaborated across departments or divisions to create
classes.
psychology:
the game of life
The psychology keystone is a
good example of a department
capstone course that evolved into
a keystone. All psychology
majors have completed capstone
internship semesters that includ-
ed time on the internship site,
plus time in class, plus papers,
portfolios, etc.
This year, the course changed
to be one-half internship and
one-half keystone, with about
one-third of the total time devoted to issues around vocation. As
part of the Wabash grant, Bridget
Robinson-Reigler, associate professor of psychology, was paired
with Mary Lowe, assistant professor of religion. RobinsonReigler says that she and Lowe
had five or six conversations
about vocation, and that Lowe
helped her plan new activities to
engage her students.
“I was pleasantly surprised
how unbelievably well the students have gotten into [the discussion of vocation],” says
Robinson-Reigler. Early in the
seminar, she offered her own
model of vocation, and by opening herself to them, she set a
comfortable tone for class
discussion.
In what became a popular
activity, Robinson-Reigler introduced an adapted version of the
Game of Life, in which a number
of the play cards were rewritten
with questions relating to vocation. Given this context, students
felt comfortable first answering
the questions themselves, then
opening the conversation to
everyone.
In another session, students
were asked to evaluate the effectiveness of their required liberal
arts courses. Did they work?
Why did Augsburg want them to
study those courses? Some students responded by saying that
without the keystone they never
would have thought about these
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business and
vocation
John Knight, Center for Faith and Learning, encourages business majors to consider how their skills, beliefs, and values will
influence decisions they make every day in the business world.
questions, and this assignment
helped them figure out what
they had learned.
Robinson-Reigler’s psychology keystone is a mix of day and
weekend students, giving the
class a combination of ages and
experiences. While all students
were in the same situation of finishing college and figuring out
what was next to come, some
interesting conversations were
launched in the multigenerational class. One WEC student
said that these discussions
helped her understand her own
daughter better. Some said it
helped them understand and
appreciate the younger day
school population.
Robinson-Reigler confirms
that students are not getting any
less psychology in the new capstone-keystone with the addition
of the vocation conversation;
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they’re just getting it differently.
“I’ve taught this class before,
but I love teaching it now,” she
says. “I enjoy grading the papers!”
keystone-capable
english courses
In their new curriculum, the
English Department doesn’t have
a separate keystone course, but
rather several advanced courses
designed as “keystone-capable.”
Students are required to take one
of these courses as a keystone, for
which extra work is indicated.
Much of that work is selfreflection, and requires students
to consider, for example, their
function as readers and to think
about what is happening when
they read. The nature and depth
of their commitment to reading,
and what, if any, responsibilities
their reading entails.
This reflection is more seamless in some courses than others.
When Professor Doug Green
teaches Advanced Studies in
Language, Theory, and Method,
he integrates reflection and vocation throughout the course, even
for the non-keystone students.
Last year he taught Criticism
and Theory as a pilot keystone
course. Students read Azar
Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran
and wrote about how they
viewed the place of literature in
their own lives and cultures.
They had to respond to questions like, “How has my understanding of ‘self’ (who I am as a
reader, writer, student, English
major, woman or man, and
human being) evolved as a result
of my experiences at Augsburg?”
John Knight, associate director of
the Center for Faith and Learning,
has taught several sections of the
keystone course for the Business
Administration Department, the
College’s largest department. The
course is a collaboration between
the business and religion departments, and he co-taught the day
section with religion professor
Hans Wiersma.
Titled Vocation and the
Meaning of Success, the keystone
objectives include reflecting upon
the ways students have been
transformed by their college experiences, especially in their business major; reflecting critically on
beliefs and values they use in a
diverse world; and reflecting on
Augsburg’s understanding of vocation and a comparison to their
own vocation.
Knight finds that the feel of
the class depends significantly on
the class makeup—the day or
weekend student mix, the mix of
males and females, etc. Weekend
College students, he says, who
bring wider job skills and life
experience to class, showed a
“deep willingness to engage in the
material … and really wrapped
themselves around the [vocation]
issues by the second class.”
Some students are suspicious of
the keystone as being a religion
class and question its relevance to
their future. Knight asks them to
consider the bigger picture of
meaning and purpose in their lives.
What does it mean to be a business
professional? How does he or she
behave? He believes that somewhere down the road students will
understand why they had to take
this course and see the benefits
from it.
creating a life in
the fine arts
Students in music, visual art, and
theatre share a cross-disciplinary
keystone course, Creating a Life
in the Fine Arts.
The syllabus states that the
course will “synthesize recurring
powerful concepts of vocation
with practical tools and realities.”
Students will balance the “development of entrepreneurial skills
with ‘intrapreneurial’ knowledge
and awareness” while preparing
for professional life in the community.
The idea of shared courses
across the arts is not new—several short-term courses have
taken place over the past few
years. What’s new is the infusion
of the larger issues integrating
liberal arts and vocation.
Merilee Klemp ’75, associate
professor of music, led the conversations among arts faculty
around the new Core
Curriculum.
Anticipating the need to create a keystone course, she sought
a Lilly Endowment grant for the
music faculty to explore topics in
music and vocation with a consultant, Janis Weller.
Extending this conversation
to art and theatre faculty formed
the nucleus for the new keystone. It also promoted the
building of a fine arts community among both faculty and students on campus. Weller taught
the course, along with Klemp
(music), Darcey Engen (theatre),
and Tara Sweeney (art).
Critical conversations about
vocation began and ended the
course. These included visiting
guest artists, who spoke about
their roles in the community and
world.
In conjunction with the
Wabash grant, Sweeney was
paired with Lori Brandt Hale,
assistant professor of religion.
They met frequently, and Sweeney
describes the experience, “What I
am discussing in the service of
teaching the keystone is inseparable from what I am learning about
my own vocation and practice as
an artist at the same time.”
Their discussions included
how their religious upbringing or
belief systems affected what and
how they teach, and how they
could challenge and support students to discover their own
authentic voices.
The keystone seniors across
art, music, and theatre were
encouraged to find common
ground. In one exercise, teams of
students were given ordinary
objects, like a chair, and together
asked to consider it from a number of perspectives—how the
object could move or be used
with their bodies, what the visual
elements of the object were, what
kinds of sounds the object could
make.
Practical sessions about being
an artist were also included.
Students practiced networking
with introductions and business
cards, and they had to prepare
artist’s statements and professional
résumés.
Several break-out sessions separated the students into their
respective departments for discussions specific to their fields.
For the most, students resonated with the cross-disciplinary
focus of the keystone. “I think
working alongside artists in
another genre is a rare gift in the
college setting,” said music performance major Nikki Lemire.
Still, she enjoyed working with
her music classmates, however,
and would have enjoyed more
break-out time within her own
department and less full-group
time.
Theatre major James Lekatz
appreciated the practical elements
of the course. Hearing from guest
speakers—practicing artists,
teachers, grants administrators—
made him aware of their involvement in the community and the
different styles they use. He said
the course helped students deal
with removal of the “safety net of
Augsburg,” and taught them how
to use specific skills, e.g., to get
gallery space, to plan a show, etc.
Over the next couple of
years, the keystone courses will
all be evaluated and revisions
made where needed. But no matter what the form or content the
senior keystone courses take,
they will all continue to help students complete an Augsburg
education as effective, informed,
and ethical citizens. And to
become adaptable and resilient—
elements needed for success on
whatever path they choose.
Studio art major Rachel Nelson (top), theatre arts major James Lekatz (middle), and
music performance major Catherine DeVoe (right) explore the properties and possibilities of a stool.
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Above: Martin Sabo smiles to greet a judge as he stands in the
imposing Capitol Rotunda, 96 feet in diameter.
Left (top): In their suburban Virginia home, Sylvia Sabo, Martin’s wife
and college sweetheart, works on a crossword puzzle; her husband
usually tackles Sudoku. According to Sylvia, playing the puzzles is
part of their morning ritual.
Left (below): Leaving Congress means many farewells, in this case to
Pennsylvania’s 12th District congressman John Murtha, as the doors
close in the Rayburn Building elevator.
Right: The transition in leadership begins to seem more real as Sabo
sits in a nearly barren office watching Rep. Nancy Pelosi read the
results for the new Democratic leadership in the House.
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The
ending of an
era
CONGRESSMAN MARTIN OLAV SABO,
Augsburg College Class of 1959, represented
Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District in the
U.S. House of Representatives for 28 years and
became a fixture in the Democratic party. In
2006 he made the decision to retire from
Congress and return to life as a private citizen.
Augsburg staff photographer Stephen Geffre
tagged along on the day Sabo and his staff
vacated the corner office in the Rayburn
House Office Building he had earned through
seniority. Sabo actually spent the last month
of his term in a basement cubicle in Rayburn
HOB, with room enough for him and only one
staff member.
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Olav
Martin
Sabo
THE ENDING OF AN ERA
Above: Martin Sabo takes a moment to read through the
mail delivered to his desk.
Left (top): After a rainy day, the sun finally breaks
through to illuminate the dome of the United States
Capitol, a stately presence in the nation’s capital city.
Far left: Bonnie Gottwald, Sabo’s scheduler, packs up her
small portion of the D.C. office. She is one of only two
schedulers Sabo has had throughout his 28-year tenure in
Washington, and she echoes the entire staff in saying that
Sabo was always a joy to have as a boss.
Middle left: Each departing representative receives a
lengthy final checklist, to ensure as smooth a transition
as possible.
Left: Martin Sabo’s staff poses on the Capitol steps for
their last official photo.
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THE ENDING OF AN ERA
Above (top): Sabo chats with Kevin Bonderud, who served as his first communications
director, during the office-closing party. Scattered across Sabo’s desk are mementos of
more than two decades in the House of Representatives, including mock baseball cards
with Sabo’s stats on them, photos, ashtrays, and T-shirts.
Above: Back in his Minneapolis office, Sabo takes a few minutes to go through the mail.
The plaques, hanging outside the door, are just a small sample of the honors and awards
that mark the achievements of a long legislative career.
Right: Each successive file drawer marked “empty” means that staffers are getting closer
to having all files reviewed and sorted.
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Auggies at the forefront
General civil unrest swelled across the nation. Detroit was
rioting, and downtown Minneapolis was starting to empty.
College students demanded social change, and colleges
responded with programs centering on the urban crisis.
And, Augsburg College was at the forefront.
Thirty-five years later, thanks to a visionary professor, an
enterprising faculty, and a supportive administration,
Augsburg’s metro-urban studies program graduates leaders
who are making decisions about current issues and future
needs, and planning for livable and sustainable neighborhoods and cities.
Urban legends
by Bethany Bierman
in city planning
It was the late sixties, and American cities were in crisis.
Joel Torstenson’s vision laid the foundation for an urban studies program. His wife,
Garry Hesser is professor of sociology and chairs the metro-urban studies program.
Fran, joins him here.
A program is born
Joel Torstenson came to Augsburg as a history major from west central Minnesota. After graduating in 1938, he worked in education for
Farmer’s Co-ops, earned a master’s degree in history and sociology,
and began teaching part time at Augsburg.
During the war years he joined the peace movement and community organizing. In 1947, he returned to Augsburg to develop its
social work and sociology programs while completing his PhD in
sociology. These programs provided a natural foundation for urban
studies 20 years later.
Torstenson writes in his memoirs, “The more [Augsburg] became
involved in urban affairs, the more we began to ask the question—
what is the appropriate role of a liberal arts college located at the center of an exploding metropolis?”
In 1966, Torstenson used his sabbatical to explore this question.
He visited urban studies programs at East Coast schools. Upon
returning, he wrote a position paper with the rationale and proposal
for a metro-urban studies program at Augsburg.
In order to set this in motion, courses centering on the city were
needed. Torstenson, Miles Stenshoel of the political science department, Orloue Gisselquist in history, Ed Sabella in economics, Ron
Palosaari in English, and other faculty embraced this concept.
In 1968, when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, the director of
youth programs for the American Lutheran Church, Rev Ewald Bash,
wanted to address the cultural challenges head on. Colleagues
encouraged him to contact Torstenson, who had a reputation for his
pursuit of racial justice and human rights.
“The Crisis Colony” was born from their conversation. Students
lived on the north side of Minneapolis, first in public housing and
later in an abandoned synagogue, while learning from people who
lived and worked in the community. Led by Torstenson, Bash, and
Stenshoel, it grew from an intense summer program, to a semester
program, to the Metro Urban Studies Term, or “MUST,” the first academic program of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban
Affairs (HECUA). Today, MUST is a key element for all urban studies
majors and is one of the premier interdisciplinary experiential education programs in the nation.
Torstenson took his second sabbatical in Scandinavia in order to
explore how to build cities without crisis. Out of this came the
Scandinavian Urban Studies Term, or “SUST,” the second program of
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HECUA. Based at the University of Oslo, students attend seminars,
go on field excursions, and volunteer with various community and
governmental organizations.
“Two unique ingredients contributed to the success of the [metrourban studies] program: commitments from faculty … and the programs offered through HECUA, which became catalysts and capstones for the major,” says Garry Hesser, professor of sociology and
chair of the metro-urban studies program, who was hired in 1977 to
succeed Torstenson.
While the University of Minnesota and other private colleges
established urban studies programs in response to the mid-’60s urban
crisis, most have not survived.
“Augsburg’s is one of the few that has retained faculty and administrative commitment,” Hesser says. “Over the past 35 years there has
been a steady stream of graduates who have become professional
planners, city administrators, elected officials, and citizens serving on
planning commissions, hearkening to the call to public service.”
With monies from the Lilly [Endowment] grant, a spring break
trip to Washington, D.C., has run the past five years, exposing students to vocations in community development and public service. Up
until this year, the group visited Martin Sabo at his office. This year
they met with newly-elected congressman Keith Ellison and his staff.
Many students decide on metro-urban studies majors after the trip.
Here are several stories of careers that have been shaped by the
metro-urban studies program.
Allan Torstenson ’75
Transforming neighborhoods
One of the first graduates of the metro-urban studies program was
Allan Torstenson.
In his first semester at Augsburg, the Dawson, Minn., native took
his Uncle Joel Torstenson’s “Man in Modern Metropolis” course (now
called “Community and the Modern Metropolis”) because it fulfilled a
graduation requirement. “I tried my best not to disappoint him, and
found it to be a fascinating subject,” says Allan.
As a sophomore, he took an Interim course on new towns, which
included meeting with architects and city planners and visiting HUD
officials in Washington, D.C., and Columbia, Maryland. He loved the
trip, but was still unsure of a major. He considered taking a break
Allan Torstenson ’75 speaks to a metro-urban studies class about community
Paula Pentel’s life experiences have informed her work in urban studies at the
development.
University of Minnesota and with her City Council seat.
from school, but when he shared this with his uncle, Joel suggested
the new SUST program, which was being offered for the first time in
1973. That cross-cultural experience was the eye opener he needed
to decide on metro-urban studies.
Today, Allan is a senior planner for the City of St. Paul, where he
has worked since 1980. One of his most challenging and gratifying
projects has been the Phalen Village Plan and redevelopment project.
Through strategic vision, neighborhood involvement, and hard work,
a run-down, auto-oriented area surrounding a failed shopping center
was transformed into a more pedestrian- and neighborhood-oriented
“urban village” with new housing, new jobs, a restructured neighborhood commercial area, a restored wetland, and a new sense of community.
More than just “the guy who wrote the plan,” Allan researched solutions and wrote grants addressing the larger issues. In 1993 he authored
the Phalen Corridor Redevelopment Proposal, leading to the Phalen
Corridor Initiative and affecting much of St. Paul’s East Side.
“The transformation in only a few years has been amazing,”
Torstenson shared with one of Hesser’s classes recently. “A lot of what
I did in this effort was influenced by the urban studies program at
Augsburg. It’s not just about design, but addresses the real problems
neighborhoods deal with to build and sustain socially and economically viable communities.” He also credits the SUST program as a
foundation for many of the project concepts he considered.
Washington Avenue down through the scrap yards … up through
Cedar-Riverside, which in the early ’70s was very vibrant—it was a
fascinating trip through time that I took every day.”
A course she took from Joel Torstensen really resonated with her,
and she abandoned the biology major.
While at Augsburg, Pentel got involved in collective decisionmaking as one of the volunteer coordinators of North Country
Co-op. Pentel also participated in SUST the fall of her junior year.
“What I took back was planning for versus planning with the public.”
Between Augsburg and graduate school in geography at the
University of Minnesota, Pentel interned for the City of Richfield and
became involved in her neighborhood organization. In 1985 she and
her husband moved to Golden Valley, where she continued volunteering in the community, serving 12 years on the Planning
Commission, seven years as chair.
In 2004 there was a vacant seat on the Golden Valley City
Council. Pentel was appointed to fill out the term and was reelected
in 2005. During her tenure, she’s seen considerable improvements in
regard to environmental stewardship, construction of the Luce Line
bike trail, and creation of a vibrant downtown area.
Pentel stays connected to her North Minneapolis roots by serving
as a board member on the West Broadway Area Coalition and being
active at the Hollywood Studio of Dance, a non-profit, parent-managed endeavor.
“To be effective in what I do in my public life, I have to be articulate, informed, accepting, and open. A lot of that I developed at
Augsburg,” she says.
In her professional work, Pentel serves as undergraduate advisor
for the urban studies program at the university. “I help students find
their calling and what interests them.” She is particularly proud of
mentoring Patricia Torres Rey, who became the first Latina woman
elected to the Senate in the State of Minnesota.
Pentel developed and now teaches a course on the urban environment, which examines the urban effects on air, water, and soil. “All
environmental issues have a local component,” Pentel says. “I tell my
students to look at Augsburg’s new low-impact parking lot [on the
east edge of campus]. It’s a great example of a very innovative way to
mitigate pollution from storm water runoff.”
Pentel also continues the Torstenson legacy of hosting an annual
open house for her advisees—about 80 of them. “I tell them, ‘This is
your private college experience.’”
Paula (Brookins) Pentel ’78
Teaching the next generation
It was at Minneapolis North High School that Paula (Brookins) Pentel
’78 began her life-long interest in civic engagement. She witnessed
the unequal distribution of resources while visiting various
Minneapolis high schools with the debate and cheerleading teams,
and also watched “white flight” from her north-side neighborhood. “I
became interested in social justice and wanted to understand and
affect change in how the city works.”
Pentel chose Augsburg because it offered a biology major and
allowed her to commute.
“I rode the bus to and from campus for four years,” she recalls.
“That’s how I really became interested in urban studies—riding down
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Tammera (Ericson) Diehm ’93
Giving citizens a voice
Growing up in Coon Rapids, Minn., Tami Diehm was fascinated by the
“inner city.” Her plan to be a social studies teacher changed when she
took a metro-urban studies class from Andy Aoki her freshman year.
“For me, the program was the perfect way to combine my interests in
people, government, and the urban environment.”
In the spring of her junior and senior years, Diehm interned with
Anoka County, and during her senior year, she examined multicultural
education in Minneapolis public schools for her senior honors project.
Following graduation from Augsburg in 1993, Diehm spent several
years raising three children but kept in touch with her interests through
her appointments to the Columbia Heights Charter and Planning
Commissions. She also kept in touch with Aoki, her adviser.
While discussing her graduate school plans with him over lunch
one day, he asked her if she could do anything, what it would be. Her
answer? Law school, although she thought her three young children
prevented her from pursuing it. Aoki said she owed it to herself to
check it out.
Three years later, in 2003, Diehm graduated summa cum laude
from William Mitchell College of Law, which she attended on full scholarship. She clerked for Justice Russell Anderson of the Minnesota
Supreme Court for one year and currently is an attorney at Winthrop &
Weinstine, P.A. Her practice focuses primarily on land use and real
estate, assisting clients as they seek development approvals from local
government. She also serves as the city attorney for Mendota Heights.
In addition to her legal work, Diehm is serving her second term on
the Columbia Heights City Council, and was elected as council president in 2006. She is also a member of the Economic Development
Authority and the chair of the city’s Housing Redevelopment Authority.
“There was a strong sense that Augsburg students should not only
be an active part of the College community, but also an active part of
the larger community in which the College is located,” says Diehm.
“This desire to ‘give back’ has stayed with me and directly impacted my
decision to run for my position on the City Council. I saw a need in our
community—the need for young families to have a voice in the decision-making process of the city.”
The desire to give back that Tami Diehm ’93 learned at Augsburg has influenced her
decisions to serve in public office.
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“Through my experiences at Augsburg, I realized that I could use
my gifts to serve a need in the world, and thus follow the Christian concept of vocation,” says Diehm. “I have incorporated my ‘call to serve’
into my work—not only by adhering to the highest ethical standard in
the way in which I practice law—but also through a commitment to
providing pro bono legal services to those who would otherwise have
only limited access to legal representation, and by serving my community on the city council.”
These pro bono projects include representing women and children
in domestic abuse cases, volunteering at a legal clinic where she advises
people who are starting new businesses, and assisting with the formation of new non-profit organizations as they work to obtain tax exempt
status from the IRS.
“In both my legal work and my public service I feel I am using my
gifts to serve a need in the world.”
Diehm was named a “Rising Star” by Minnesota Law and Politics in
2007 and one of 15 “Up and Coming Attorneys” in 2006 by Minnesota
Lawyer.
Susan (Horning) Arntz ’94
Managing suburban growth
Susan (Horning) Arntz decided in ninth grade civics that she would run
for president in 2020, with her slogan being “A Clearer Vision.” Her
love of government grew, and she came to Augsburg to major in political science. She learned of the metro-urban studies program in her second year and focused her electives around metro-urban studies courses.
At a rally on campus her sophomore year, Arntz introduced herself
to Hennepin County commissioner Peter McLaughlin, hoping to secure
a summer job. His aide, fellow Auggie Mike Matson ’79, insisted she
begin earlier, and she spent one-and-a-half years working for him.
After graduation, she interned for the City of Shoreview and then
began her professional career in assistant city administrator positions in
Chaska and New Brighton, before becoming the youngest person ever
hired as city administrator in the City of Waconia, where she has
worked since 2001.
“It’s a growing community, so much of what we do requires look-
Susan Arntz ’94 leads the City of Waconia through its growth spurt.
Today’s Students
ing to the future on a daily basis,” says Arntz. “The people having
these conversations may never be here to see these things happen, just
as those before us made decisions that affect us today.”
Arntz says the biggest challenge she deals with is how to manage
the growth of the city, which has increased 25% in six years and
shows no sign of slowing. This requires communication and cooperation with developers, the school board, property owners, and elected
officials.
“I think one of the best things that Augsburg taught me, both from
a faith perspective and also from an educational perspective, was how
to be receptive to all of those ideas and to have a guide for what I
believe to be right.”
As far as running for president, Arntz says, “The longer I serve in
the capacity I am in, the less I’m intrigued by elected office. I can
make an immediate impact on 10,000 people. We can make huge,
positive improvements or small incremental improvements that will
have a greater outcome down the road.”
Arntz earned a master’s degree in public administration from
Hamline University in 1999. In 2004, Augsburg awarded her the First
Decade Award, and she has served on the Alumni Board.
Rebecca Brown ’00
Promoting community development
While her mother, Barbara (Anderson) ’66, is an alumna, it was the
call of the city that lured Rebecca Brown of Appleton, Minn., to
Augsburg.
While at Augsburg, Brown completed five different internships
and off-campus work-study opportunities, from working with a summer youth peace garden for the Seward Neighborhood Group, to
teaching English for the South American arm of the YMCA in Quito,
Ecuador.
After her sophomore year, Brown took a year off to serve with
AmeriCorps in order to truly live in the city. She took the bus every
day from South Minneapolis to her work at an alternative high school
in North Minneapolis.
Brown also participated in HECUA her senior year, teaching
Tomorrow’s Leaders
Sarah Pesola ’07 of Wadena, Minn., chose metro-urban studies because,
“It meant that I could study history, sociology, economics, political science,
and other disciplines as well.”
Pesola participated in SUST and recalls, “My semester in Norway was
amazing. It had a huge impact on me, ultimately changing the way I view
the world.” Pesola will begin to volunteer at a youth homeless shelter in
Berkeley, Calif., through Lutheran Volunteer Corps.
Since a mission trip to Detroit in junior high, Greg Hildebrandt ’08
has felt the pull to work with people living in the inner city. He went on
the D.C. trip with Hesser last year and will participate in the MUST
semester in the fall.
“Students who are in [metro-urban studies] are very passionate about
what they are doing,” Hildebrandt says. “They’ll carry this passion with
them the rest of their lives, whether professionally or through volunteering.”
Plans for the future include using his second major in mathematics to help
with statistics and budgeting within a non-profit as well as tutoring students.
Jeanette Clark ’07 felt a calling into urban ministry even as a student
at Hopkins High School. She chose Augsburg for its metro-urban studies
and youth and family ministry programs.
At Augsburg, Clark served as a campus ministry commissioner and
leadership team member for the Campus Kitchen. In March Clark created a spring-break opportunity, “Go Away Here,” which included service
projects in the local community, visits to neighborhood organizations,
and social outings.
She will begin work at City South Cluster Ministries in South
Minneapolis through Lutheran Volunteer Corps, then plans to begin
Seminary with the hope of serving in an urban congregation.
English and learning about community organizing, agriculture, and
the economy in Ecuador and South America. She spent an additional
seven months in Ecuador on her own, working with rural youth in
agriculture.
“Traveling abroad definitely makes me a better city planner,”
Brown says. “It has opened my mind to varied ways of thinking and
behaving in community. As a city planner, understanding and validating different points of view, opinions, and experiences is critical.”
After graduating from Augsburg, Brown served over three years as
code enforcement and neighborhood coordinator for the City of
Crystal. She earned a master’s degree in city and regional planning
with a specialization in economic development from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2006.
She now serves as project coordinator for the City of Minneapolis’
Department of Community Planning and Economic Development.
She works in neighborhoods to coordinate commercial redevelopment projects that incorporate public assistance.
As for her future, Brown says, “I see myself in a life of public
service, involved in state-level economic and tax policy in 15-20
years and perhaps an elected office.” Ⅵ
For more information about programs mentioned, go to:
www.augsburg.edu/sociology and www.hecua.org
Travel abroad and internships prepared Rebecca Brown ’00 for city planning.
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T
place
A
of
their
own
Doroth Mayer
by Betsey Norgard
East African women spend time at the East African Women’s Center, established two
he East African Women’s Center in Riverside Plaza near
Augsburg’s campus is a busy place on a weekday morning.
In this two-year-old program of the Confederation of
Somali Community in Minnesota (CSCM), several East
African women sit at sewing machines, practicing sewing
seams in bright fabrics. Others are pressing their fabrics or talking with
a center volunteer. In the next room, behind a glass window, six or
seven small children play actively under the watchful eyes of mothers
and the center’s caregiver in the family childcare room.
In the middle of the activity is center coordinator Doroth Mayer,
often juggling a baby on her hip as she goes about her work. Rarely are
there quiet moments for her in this center she co-created with CSCM’s
executive director, Saeed Fahia.
Since 1994 CSCM has served more than 18,000 Somali immigrants who have settled in Minnesota—the largest concentration in the
country. CSCM provides resources and services to assist Somalis in
navigating American systems and making the transition to living life in
a new culture, while still preserving their traditions. CSCM is funded
by county, state, and federal agencies, as well as a number of
Minnesota foundations. The Women’s Center’s funding has come from
the Office of Refugee Resettlement and local foundations including the
Bush Foundation, the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation,
Sheltering Arms Foundation, and Wells Fargo.
Within the East African refugee community, young mothers with
children and elderly women who have arrived in the last few years
remain especially isolated, some rarely leaving their apartments to take
English classes, to meet American women, or to learn how to cook and
prepare American food. When CSCM was offered a 2,000-square-foot
location right in the middle of the Riverside Plaza housing complex, it
secured grant money and opened the Women’s Center in February
2005. From the beginning, a family childcare center was an integral
part of CSCM’s plan so mothers would have a safe place to leave their
children and take English language classes, learn to sew, or simply to
do their laundry and daily tasks.
The Women’s Center currently serves 85-100 women and children
every week. Different levels of sewing classes meet three days, morning
and afternoon, with two teachers and six or seven women in each
class. Fabric is provided, and the women learn the basics of how to
sew and how to use sewing machines to make simple items, like
aprons and bags. Some women’s skills are now advanced enough to
make clothing for themselves and their children.
years ago in Cedar-Riverside, for sewing classes, the family childcare center, and other
activities.
A partnership
grows
Augsburg’s partnership with the East African Women’s Center is relatively new. During President Pribbenow’s inauguration week last fall, a
service group from Augsburg spent a morning painting at the center.
One person in the group that day was Augsburg junior Kristen Hoyles,
a youth and family ministry major. After hearing Mayer talk about renovation of the center and how much painting was still needed, Hoyles
made a commitment not only to paint, but to teach two or three of the
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Doroth Mayer
adolescent girls in Girls’ Group
how to paint, so together they
could get the job done. She’s
there on Friday afternoons and
feels she is living out her theology by using her painting experience to help where it’s needed.
“I’m in awe of how grateful
the center has been for something I feel is no big deal,”
Hoyles says.
Mayer adds, “Kristen has no
clue how much she means to us.
She has finished the painting,
and we’ve negotiated a new job
for her—she is becoming our
‘handy person.’ She is starting by
taking on the task of repairing
the center’s tricycles so the little
kids have trikes to use.”
The group that visited the
center also took great interest in
the textile weavings hanging on
the walls, made by Somali
women from yarn donated to the
center.
The weavings represent the
thousand-year-old tradition of
East African “twine weaving,”
originally using grasses and vines
to make wall coverings, horse
blankets, and bags used in their
nomadic cultures. When
President Pribbenow furnished
his new office at Augsburg, he
sought out Somali art, and now
has samples of these weavings
hanging both in his office and in
his home.
The Somali weavings will
Kristen Hoyles, an Augsburg junior majoring in youth and family ministry, volunteers at the Women’s Center, teaching adolescent Somali girls to paint with her.
also be featured on campus as
the inaugural exhibit in the new
Gage Family Gallery, scheduled
to open in August in the Oren
Gateway Center.
A kitchen shower
Mayer, who has worked for
many years in community-based
activities, would love to see more
opportunities for the East African
women to spend time with
American women—she knows
how much the women want to
develop friendships with
American women, learn from
them how to live within
American culture, and share East
African culture with their new
friends.
Mayer sometimes takes
women from the center with her
when she buys groceries for center activities. The women ask
about things they don’t know or
understand and foods they’ve
never seen before.
“Last week at the supermarket, we saw some asparagus,”
Mayer says. “We brought back
several bunches and steamed it.
It was a big hit. Even some of
the little kids in the family child-
care center tried it—cautiously,
but they tried it!”
When the Women’s Center
space was renovated (with the
support of the Bush and Phillips
Foundations and the apartment
complex managers, Sherman and
Associates) a full kitchen was
added at Mayer’s suggestion—
and it has proven to be popular
and very well used. She learned
that giving the women recipes to
try at home was not useful, since
many of them don’t read or
know how to follow recipes. But
learning by observing and then
trying it themselves was the way
to go.
“Once in a while we make
quick bread to give the kids for
snacks,” Mayer says. “We learned
that women wanted to watch us
make it. Then, after we make it
together they tell us they feel
comfortable trying it themselves
at home.”
The popularity of cooking
led to another project initiated
by Augsburg community services
director Mary Laurel True. For
Professor Bev Stratton’s religion
class, in which students carry
out projects that benefit the
community, True suggested the
idea of a kitchen shower for the
Women’s Center.
With a wish list provided by
the Women’s Center to adequately equip their kitchen, the class
sought donations from faculty,
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Doroth Mayer
The Somali yarn weaving hanging in President Pribbenow’s office
East African women enjoyed opening gifts for their kitchen from Augsburg faculty, students,
symbolizes the partnership between Augsburg and the East African
and staff at a “kitchen shower” initiated by Professor Bev Stratton’s religion class.
staff, students, and friends.
Fifteen women from Augsburg
met nearly 20 East African
women at the center, shared
desserts and Somali tea, and gave
them “presents” to open. In addition, cash gifts and Target and
IKEA gift cards were given, to
involve the East African women
in shopping for their kitchen.
Mayer was delighted and
called it a great event. “Mary
Laurel came up with the most
creative way to bring women
together that I’ve seen yet. She is
giving women an opportunity to
share their cultures in a respectful and joyous way.”
Learning to lead
Mayer recognizes that new leadership must grow from the
women at the center. She is
encouraging them to actively
engage in whatever learning
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opportunities are appropriate to
their personal situations and to
develop their leadership skills so
that some day they have the
capacity to run the center that
they call their “home away from
home. “In addition,” she says,
“we need partners in the community who try to understand
what we’re doing … partners
who really get to know the
women and plan together with
them.”
For Augsburg’s part, this
kind of partnership wouldn’t be
possible without its Center for
Service, Work, and Learning,
which establishes and nurtures a
myriad of connections between
the College and its surrounding
neighbors—for tutoring, health
education and fitness, sports
clinics, music lessons, science
teaching in the school, meals
programs, use of campus facili-
Doroth Mayer
Women’s Center.
ties, college preparation sessions,
and so on.
Augsburg partners with
CSCM for two tutoring programs, one of which brings
Somali high school students
directly to campus twice a week
for homework help from students in Augsburg’s Honors
Program. The other program targets elementary and middle
school students for tutoring and
receives snacks from the Campus
Kitchen at Augsburg College
Monday through Thursday.
Already True has ideas for
new projects, especially between
the Women’s Center and
Augsburg’s Women’s Resource
Center.
“We are so fortunate to have
this new center in our neighborhood,” True says. “There is so
much we can learn from each
other, and so many ways we can
work together to enhance the lives
of women in this community.”
Hoyles confirms this, saying
that during her time at the center
she is gaining a stronger sense of
community, and “understanding
that our world isn’t so big.
“I think students who do not
learn about our community are
really missing out,” she says. Ⅵ
ALUMNI NEWS
From the Alumni Board president …
Greetings fellow Auggies,
As I’m sure you’re experiencing, the circle and cycle of life continues unabated this year. It is
particularly noticeable to me this year because of the differences which reinforce the sameness
(apologies and thanks to Dr. Palosaari—you helped me improve my writing skills tremendously and
ensured that the poet in me remains untrammeled, too!). Let me explain …
I’m both a student of and practitioner in the field of human systems dynamics. One way we model the
world is through containers, differences, and exchanges. A container, like Augsburg College, is
described by its differences which make a difference in the world. Then, as critical friends, we can
exchange thoughts about those differences in our mutual container.
One difference at Augsburg I want to bring to your attention relates to Commencement:
• The school year is ending with graduation again—a common experience we alumni share and a tremendously important difference,
that makes a difference in the lives of our alumni-to-be. Please join me in welcoming them into new stages of life as Auggie alumni by
taking a moment to think warm, welcoming thoughts or remember them in your prayers.
• Augsburg has two Commencement ceremonies for the first time in its history—one on May 5 aligns the cycle of life of
traditional day students and physician assistant students on semesters, and one on June 24 aligns with WEC and graduate program
students on trimesters. Please join me in saluting Augsburg’s leadership for recognizing the differences in the cycle of life for different
parts of the student body and responding to provide a better graduation experience.
Another difference I want to encourage you to check out is our Online Community. Go to www.augsburg.edu and click on the Alumni
and Friends link:
• To see up-to-date information on Alumni Relations
• To check out the benefits available to you as alumni (did you know that as alumni you can use Lindell Library? Check out the Alumni
Benefits link!). Read about it on the next page.
• Log in to the Augsburg Online Community where you can search for fellow Auggies, keep the College up to date on contacting you,
make a donation to support Augsburg, or read about fellow alumni. You can even read the minutes of the Alumni Association and its
committees (log in to the Online Community, then select the Alumni Leadership>Alumni Board path).
And finally, as you make a difference in the world, remember to stay in touch. We want to hear from you and we want to be able to
contact you.
• Let us know how you are and what you are doing through the Alumni Relations Office (alumni@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1181).
• Register and visit our Online Community (www.augsburg.edu, click on Alumni and Friends, then Augsburg Online Community). Then
update your profile and search for your fellow classmates.
Go Auggies!
Barry Vornbrock, ’96 MAL
President, Augsburg Alumni Association
We’re off to the races!
Auggie Night at the Races
Canterbury Park, Shakopee
Thursday, August 2
5:30 p.m., picnic • 7 p.m., first race
Complimentary entrance fee; fun for all ages. Space is limited.
RSVP to rsvp@augsburg.edu by July 26.
Alumni Board meetings
Aug. 21, 5:30 p.m.—location to be confirmed
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ALUMNI NEWS
Take advantage of Auggie alumni benefits
Augsburg Legacy
Award
The Augsburg Legacy Award is
available to full-time day
students working toward their
first bachelor’s degree, who are
children or spouses of Augsburg
graduates; siblings of current
Augsburg students; or children
or spouses of current ELCA
pastors. No scholarship
application is required. Students
who qualify for both the Legacy
Award and Regents’ Scholarship
or Transfer Regents’ Scholarship
will receive only one award,
whichever is higher. Renewal is
based on maintaining a
minimum cumulative grade
point average of 2.0, measured at
the end of spring term.
Amount: Minimum $4,000
per year
Deadline: Accepted for
admission by May 1 for fall
enrollment; or Dec. 1 for spring
enrollment
www.augsburg.edu/day/finaid/
scholarships.html
Discount on tuition
for classes
Alumni are offered up to four
courses—one course per
term—at 50% off the current
part-time tuition rate (day or
weekend programs). This benefit
does not apply to alumni whose
enrollment qualifies them for
full-time comprehensive tuition.
Tuition discount must be applied
for in the same academic year as
the course is taken.
The following courses do not
count for the benefits noted:
directed study, independent
study, internships, Summer
School, graduate programs,
study abroad, continuing
education. The following do
meet the requirements for the
benefits noted: fall, winter, or
spring term courses; student
teaching; and partial courses (.50
and .25 education courses use
one of the four benefits). NOTE:
The tuition discount cannot be
applied until after the 10th day
of classes in the specified term.
Book privileges in
Lindell Library
Free Augsburg library cards with
limited services are available to
alumni. Check with the
circulation or reference desks for
further information on how to
obtain a library card.
Augsburg License
Plate
Join the Augsburg Online Community
It’s designed just for you—
• Keep in touch with classmates
• Find out what’s happening on campus
• Send class notes about what you’re doing
• Change/update your address and e-mail
• Update your profile so others can find you
• Make an online gift to Augsburg
It’s fast and easy. Already, more than 500 alumni have registered.
Simply go to www.augsburg.edu/alumni—have you signed up?
If you have questions, e-mail healyk@augsburg.edu.
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Display your Augsburg
connection! Available through
the Minnesota Department of
Transportation
www.dps.state.mn.us/dvs/
PlBrochure/CollegiatePlates.htm
Athletic facilities
Augsburg’s athletic facilities are
available to alumni when they
are not in use for special events,
classes, or other activities. If you
plan to come, it’s best to check
first with the athletic facilities
office at 612-330-1504,
especially during the summer.
Schedules are posted outside
of ice rinks A and B (neither rink
is available during the summer),
the gym, and the fitness centers.
Note: Use of the fitness centers is
available only to graduates of the
College. Alumni may use the
racquetball court by signing up
on the posted sheets at the court.
Reservations must be made in
person—no phone reservations
are accepted.
Alumni will be asked for
identification when using the
facilities. An Augsburg ID card
(available in the Enrollment
Center) or an A-Club pass will
expedite your admission.
Alumni using the facilities are
allowed one guest each.
CLASS NOTES
1950
1968
Roger “Bud” Leak, Excelsior,
Minn., was named the 2007
recipient of the Cliff Thompson
Award by the Minnesota Hockey
Coaches Association, at its
banquet in March. The award is
given annually for “long-term
outstanding contributions to the
sport of hockey in Minnesota.”
He helped start the Minnetonka
boys’ hockey program in 1952.
Lois (Hallcock) and Bruce
Johnson, Plymouth, Minn., were
featured in a Minneapolis Star
Tribune article in March about
how families finance education.
All three of their children—Leah,
Thomas, and current senior
Aaron—have attended Augsburg.
1964
Dennis J. Erickson, Los Alamos,
N.M., was awarded the
Distinguished Service to Safety
Award, the highest honor
bestowed by the National Safety
Council, in recognition of
outstanding service in the field
of safety. He has worked for 35
years at Los Alamos National
Laboratory and is scientific
advisor in the New Mexico
governor’s office.
1967
Loren Dunham, Fairmont,
Minn., is retiring from public
school teaching in Fairmont after
39 years in the classroom. He
taught economics, psychology,
American history, and
International Baccalaureate
courses, as well as coaching
tennis and Economics Challenge
and Knowledge Bowl. A former
editor of Augsburg Echo, he says
he feels he was “well-prepared
academically for the many and
various teaching assignments” he
received. dunfritz@charter.net
1969
Matty (Janis) Mathison,
Shawano, Wis., was honored
with the Women’s Sports
Advocates of Wisconsin Lifetime
Achievement Award for 2007. In
1998 she retired from 35 years
of teaching and 25 years of
coaching volleyball at Shawano
High School.
1970
Susan Pursch, Philadelphia, Pa.,
received the 2007 Tom Hunstad
Award (known as the “Tommy”)
at the ELCA Youth Ministry
Network Extravaganza. She has
served as a youth minister and
has coordinated and run
programs for at-risk youth.
Currently she is vice president
for church and community
partnerships at Liberty Lutheran
Services in Philadelphia.
Donald Q. Smith, Portland,
Ore., retired as the publisher and
editor of the weekly Monticello
Times. In October he was
honored with the James O. Amos
Award by the National
Newspaper Association, one of
the highest tributes in
community journalism.
1976
James Moen, Carrollton, Texas,
retired last year from 27 years of
serving as band director in the
Carrollton-Farmers Branch
school district. To honor his
legacy the district named the
new fine arts wing at R.L. Turner
High School after him.
In addition to spending
retirement time with his family,
he works with computers, is a
substitute teacher, and
accompanies students in music
competitions. JLJAMS@msn.com
1977
Rev. Dr. Mark Braaten, Bullard,
Texas, is senior pastor of Our
Saviour’s Lutheran Church in
Tyler, Texas. His first book Come,
Lord Jesus: A Study of Revelation,
was published by Liturgical Press
in January. His second book, on
prayer, is scheduled for
publication in fall 2008.
James M. Strommen,
Minnetonka, Minn., was recently
re-elected president of the
Minneapolis law firm of Kennedy
& Graven, a firm of 36 lawyers
located in downtown
Minneapolis and St. Cloud. He
practices in the area of municipal
franchise, construction, and
utility law.
1978
Rev. Guy Redfield was installed
in November as senior pastor at
Chetek Lutheran Church in
Chetek, Wis.
1980
Carol (Kenyon) Dekker,
Sheboygan, Wis., began as an
administrative and operations
assistant in marketing and public
relations roles at BurkartHeisdorf Insurance in
Sheboygan.
Gary Tangwall, Lake Elmo,
Minn., a senior financial
consultant for the Landmark
Group of Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans in Lake Elmo, has
been honored as the second
highest performer in 2006
among the organization’s 2,500
financial representatives. He is
one of 25 Thrivent representatives
invited to attend the Pinnacle
Leadership Retreat in September
in New York.
1985
Jean Taylor, Eagan, Minn., is
president of Taylor Corporation
in North Mankato, Minn., and
has recently assumed additional
responsibilities as chief executive
officer.
Denise (Rolloff) Tewes,
Lincoln, Neb., announces the
release of her first original CD,
Apple of Your Eye, contemporary
Christian music drawing from
the psalms and reflecting on
some of life’s experiences. She is
choral director at Messiah
Lutheran Church.
denise@denisetewes.com
James Rongstad, Pine Island,
Minn., was appointed in January
to a three-year term on the Van
Horn Library Board. This is the
public library serving Pine
Island. In February he was
appointed treasurer of the Board
of Directors of the Girl Scout
Council of River Trails, serving
southeast Minnesota.
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CLASS NOTES
Responsibility as an adjunct
professor at William Mitchell
College of Law.
1987
Scott L. Anderson married
Susie Wilkey of Coon Rapids on
April 8, 2006. He joined Farmers
Insurance Group and Farmers
Financial Solutions in March.
They live in Minneapolis.
ScottLAnderson38@msn.com.
1998
Brandon Reichel and Shannon
Geiger were married Aug. 28,
2004. They welcomed a baby
girl, Finley Vada, on Jan. 17,
who was 8 lbs., 5 oz., and 21.5
inches long.
1992
Stacy (Shiltz) Abraham and her
husband, Chris, in Milwaukee,
Wis., announce the birth of
Elijah James, on Jan. 26. Stacy
is a teacher in the Milwaukee
Public Schools.
mrs.abraham@earthlink.net
1989
Thomas Stutsman, St. Louis
Park, Minn., founded Stutsman
Realty, Inc. in 1992 and is
celebrating 15 years of business
this year.
1991
Mark Keating and his wife,
Amy, of Edina, Minn., announce
the birth of their third son,
Aidan Howard, on March 14,
2006. He joins brothers Owen,
5, and Carson, 3. Mark is an
account executive at Symantec.
Sharol Tyra, of Life
Illuminations Presentations &
Coaching has qualified for
professional membership and
joined the National Speakers
Association.
1993
Kim (Swanson) Meslow and her
husband, Jeff ’92, in White Bear
Township, Minn., announce the
birth of their third daughter, Hanna
Rose, born on July 7. She joins
big sisters Ally (5) and Kayla (3).
kmeslow@swansonyoungdale.com
Michelle Kay (Wincell) Nielsen
and her husband, William,
welcome the arrival of a
daughter, Lena Kay, on Dec. 10.
They were married in September
2005 and live in St. Paul.
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1996
Scott Magelssen, Rock Island,
Ill., saw publication of his book
Living History Museums: Undoing
History through Performance, by
Scarecrow Press in February. It
treats performance practices and
historiography at living museums
in the U.S. and Europe. He and
his wife, Theresa (Hoar) ’95,
and two-year-old son, Trygg, will
move to Ohio where Scott will
teach theatre history at Bowling
Green State University, starting
in August.
Heidi (Geyer) Ostrander is a
physical education teacher at
Valley View Elementary School
in Columbia Heights, Minn.,
where she teaches the Dance,
Dance, Revolution curriculum.
She was featured on the Fox
Morning Show in February.
Brooke (Manisto) and her
husband, Erik Reseland ’98, in
St. Anthony, Minn., welcomed a
daughter, Adeline, born on Feb. 3.
She joins big sister Elsa, 3.
1994
1997
Will Stute has joined the
Minneapolis law firm office of
Faegre & Benson as a partner in
the Business Litigation Group,
focusing on litigation matters,
particularly commercial fraud.
He also teaches Professional
Astrid Larssen, of Oslo,
Norway, is currently living in
Sydney, Australia, where she is in
the process of finishing up a PhD
in computer science. She has
also lived and worked in Norway
and Ghana since leaving the U.S.
Wendy (Shields) and her
husband, Bradley Reiners ’99
PA, in Prairie Farm, Wis.,
welcomed a son, Jackson
Patrick, their first child, on Aug. 10.
Brad works as a physician
assistant at Luther MidelfortPrairie Farm Clinic.
1999
Aaron Smith and Jill (Pintens)
are proud to announce the birth
of Wyatt Douglas, born May 20,
2006. They currently live in
Tucson, Ariz., where Aaron is a
surgery resident and Jill is a
physician assistant.
With an internship at the White
House, Emily Soeder carried out a
dream and has stayed in
Washington to gain the experince
it has to offer for her future
career choices.
Inside the White House
Emily Soeder didn’t realize how
many statements she would be
researching and fact checking, or
how many definitions of
ordinary words she would be
looking up. But she did know
that she had always wanted to
work at the White House, and
that is exactly where she landed
during her last semester, before
graduating summa cum laude
from Augsburg in December.
She had known for some
time about internships available
at the White House, and during
her senior year worked with Lois
Olson in the Center for Service,
Work, and Learning to complete
and submit the online
application. Several months later,
she was living what was for her
an “amazing experience” as one
of about 70 interns selected for
fall 2006, and one of three in the
Office of Presidential Speechwriting.
“One of the most memorable
projects I worked on was
annotating a version of the
speech the president was going
to deliver to the UN,” Soeder
says. It meant going through it
line by line, ensuring the
factuality of every word and
statement.
When asked how the real
West Wing compared to that of
the TV show of the same name,
Soeder notes that in reality the
West Wing is very small—not
the huge area it seems to be on
TV. In fact, nearly all of the
administration’s staff offices are
not located there, but next door
in the Eisenhower Executive
Office Building.
Beyond her specific duties,
Soeder has learned a great deal
from the contacts with executive
branch staff, as the interns
listened to speakers such as Karl
Rove, assistant to the president,
deputy chief of staff and senior
adviser, and Harriet Miers,
counsel to the president. Her
most exciting “Washington
moment,” she says, came in
November when she met
President Bush the day after
election results came in.
Once her internship ended
in December, Soeder was
fortunate to be appointed as a
confidential assistant to the
assistant secretary in the Office
of Legislation and Congressional
Affairs at the U.S. Department of
Education. Here, she works on
projects, scheduling, and briefing
materials.
Outside of work, Soeder
volunteers as a tutor with
Horton’s Kids, a non-profit
agency that provides services to
children from nearby, lowincome Ward 8 in D.C. The kids
are bused to the Department of
Education once a week for oneon-one tutoring by the
employees.
While at Augsburg, Soeder
was involved with College
Republicans, and has now
become active with Young
Republicans in D.C. To be hired
for political or legislative jobs,
she says, candidates generally
need to show loyalty to a party
or candidate. Campaigning at the
grass roots is a great way to start
building that experience, and she
got a taste of it last fall by
traveling to Ohio and Tennessee
to work on local campaigns.
At this point, Soeder doesn’t
see herself staying in
Washington, D.C., for a long
time. She believes her career
decisions will keep coming back
to a basic question students at
Augsburg are asked to
consider—how am I going to
impact the world in what I do?
She appreciates the grounding
she received in her communications
courses, such as Persuasion, and
the analytical skills and
experience from participating on
the Forensics Team.
For now, she’s enjoying all
Washington has to offer—
politics, history, culture, and the
excitement of being at the center
of it all.
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CLASS NOTES
Wendy (Hoekstra) Vogelgesang
and her husband, David, in
Litchfield, Minn., welcomed twin
boys, August and Ewan, born
three months early on Aug. 1.
They spent three months
growing at St. Cloud Hospital
and Fairview Riverside Hospital
neo-natal intensive care units.
Read their journey at
www.caringbridge.com/visit/wen
dyandboys. They are doing well
now, but everyone has gone
through a lot. Wendy went back
to work as a kindergarten
teacher at Litchfield Public
Schools in January, while David
is a stay-at-home dad.
and 21 inches long. Holly
graduates in June with an MBA
from Augsburg.
hknutson04@yahoo.com
2003
2000
Julia Mensing works at Event
Lab, an event-planning company,
which was recognized for the
second year in a row by the
International Special Events
Society (ISES) with a 2007
Minnesota Star Award in the
“Best Event Design and Décor”
category.
2006
2002
Brendan Anderson, Phoenix,
Ariz., was commissioned by the
Concordia Wind Orchestra in
Irvine, Calif., to write a large
concert piece, The Gift and the
Wise Men, around the theme of
Epiphany, for their orchestra and
guest organist. It premiered in
Phoenix while the orchestra was
on tour in January.
Matthew Chappuis and
Jennifer (Lemke), Apple Valley,
Minn., welcomed their first
child, a daughter, Hattie Romae,
on Aug. 18, weighing 8 lbs., 3
oz., and 21 inches long. He is a
middle school physical education
and health teacher in the
Burnsville School District, and
she is an eighth-grade science
teacher in the Inver Grove
Heights School District.
2004
Rick Dzurik was featured in
March on KARE-11 TV news as a
music therapist working with
hospice patients. With his guitar,
he makes house calls or visits
hospice units to sing music
requested by the patients and
families—one of only a few
certified music therapists in the
Twin Cities who do this.
Anna Warnes and Nathan
Erickson ’03 were married in
August and live in Eugene, Ore.
Both are students at the
University of Oregon; Nathan is
pursuing a doctorate in
sociology, and Anna is studying
for a post-baccalaureate degree
in nursing.
2001
Amy (Stier) Eppen and her
husband, Jeff, in Belle Plaine,
Minn., are proud to announce
the birth of their son, Caleb
Todd, born on Nov. 28. He was
welcomed home by big sister
Courtney, 22 mos. Amy is a
therapeutic recreation
coordinator at The Lutheran
Home: Hope Residence.
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Holly (Ebnet) Knutson and her
husband, Jeremy, in Hugo,
Minn., are the proud parents of a
baby girl, Adelei Marie, born
Nov. 28, weighing 8 lbs., 0 oz.,
India, beginning in the fall. She
is currently employed at
Admission Possible, through
AmeriCorps, where she works
with 34 low-income, first
generation students, encouraging
them to stay in school and
helping them apply to college.
Her work with Admission
Possible was featured in a Star
Tribune article.
2005
Carolyn Herman is a Rotary
Ambassador Scholar and will
continue study of literature at
the University of Hyderabad,
Katie Koch began a new
position in April as the executive
assistant to Joe Dowling, artistic
director of the Guthrie Theater
in Minneapolis.
Graduate Programs
Doris Rubenstein ’93 MAL is
the new director for membership
and development at the Resource
Center of the Americas and
draws on her background in
Spanish, Peace Corps experience,
and living in Puerto Rico and
Ecuador. Her thesis focused on
nonprofit organizations serving
Minnesota’s Latin population.
Jill Boike ’03 MSW joined
Family Innovations in 2005. She
has developed a new
employee/intern training
program and is also working as
an outpatient therapist and
clinical supervisor.
jsalome@comcast.net
Nick Thomley ’06 MBA was
featured in the business section
of the Minneapolis Star Tribune
with a profile of the company,
Pinnacle Services, that he
founded while a sophomore in
college. His high school job of
working with disabled residents
in assisted living led him to start
a company that provides
vocational, residential, and
financial management services to
the elderly and people with
disabilities. In seven years, the
company has reached $7.2
million in revenue.
In Memoriam
Ernest (“Ernie”) W. Anderson
’37, Edina, Minn., age 90, on
March 18, unexpectedly. See
story on page 2.
Henry Erickson Chapman ’40,
Coon Rapids, Minn., age 91, in
Dec. 2006. He was a retired
coach and athletic director from
Proctor (Minn.) Public Schools
and a member of Augsburg’s
Athletic Hall of Fame.
Delbert Rhodes ’41, Renville,
Minn., age 89, in Nov. 2006.
Chester L. Brooks ’42, Duluth,
Minn., age 89, on March 5. He
was a Distinguished Alumnus and
husband of Ebba (Johnson)
Brooks ’42.
The Rev. Robert Erickson
Warren ’46, Edina, Minn., age
82, on Feb. 27.
Fabian C. Carlson ’49, Detroit
Lakes, Minn., age 82, on July 21,
2006.
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Appleton, Wis., age 87, on Jan.
10. Husband of Viola (Nelson)
Solberg ’50.
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Minneapolis, age 86, on Feb. 10.
Full name
Arlene Larsen ’49, Tacoma,
Wash., age 75, on Dec. 13. Wife
of Harold Larsen.
Robert Hofflander ’51,
Clitherall, Minn., age 79, on Jan.
29, of myelodysplastic
syndrome. Husband of Dorothy
(Gramling) Hofflander ’50.
Maiden name
John E. Seaver, Sr. ’54,
Edgerton, Wis., age 74, on
Feb. 2, after a long illness.
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The Rev. James Glasoe Sr. ’57,
Statesboro, Ga., on March 17, of
lung cancer. Husband of Nicole
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Grove, Minn., on Nov. 1.
Employer
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Willmar, Minn., age 77, on
Jan. 20.
Position
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Ogilvie, Minn., age 40, on March
18, of injuries from a car
accident.
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VIEWS
Celebrating 20 years of leadership
by Kathy Rumpza, ’05 MAL
On the evening of Sat., January 27, approximately
110 alumni, students, and guests gathered to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Master of Arts
in Leadership program at Augsburg College. The
keynote address was given by Ryan LaHurd,
president and executive director of the James S.
Kemper Foundation, and former vice president of
academic affairs at Augsburg. His presence was
appropriate because of the significant role he played
in the MAL Program’s inception.
More than 20 years ago, LaHurd was key in
launching a task force to explore graduate options
at the College. After much research and discussion
with business leaders it became apparent that there
was a need in the market for a different type of
program than was currently being offered—the kind
of program that would provide students with the
crucial broad-based knowledge and skills needed
for success.
Enter the era of an exciting program,
differentiated from others by a liberal arts focus
specifically on leadership. It offers solid content with
academic rigor as opposed to a workshop format. The
Master of Arts in Leadership program, started in
January 1987, marked an important turning point for
Augsburg and its entrance into the graduate market.
During its 20-year history, the program has
gone through transformation. While content,
schedules, and support staff have changed, the
signature “leadership model” that forms the basis for
the program remains steadfast. Feedback from
students and faculty has helped to hone and refine
course offerings, and relevant courses such as
Women and Leadership have been introduced.
Another constant is the faculty. Norma Noonan,
professor and director of the MAL program since
1993, notes that although the program has grown,
she and instructors Diane Pike, Tom Morgan, and
Garry Hesser have been teaching in the program
since its inception. She says such loyalty comes
from a simple idea—“faculty just love teaching in
the program.”
Noonan credits much of the recent program
growth to the addition of professional graduate
recruiters, and the fact that the program caters to
“students who seek personal development and
challenge.” The classes are “exiting and very
stimulating,” she says. “We’ve had pinnacle
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Norma Noonan is professor of political science and
director of the MAL program.
experiences in class … students are almost
electrified by some of the discussions.”
As far as alumni and students go, many have
had life-changing experiences. Students often say
that the program has changed their career paths,
and many experience a personal metamorphosis as
well. “People use it to define a turning point in
their lives,” says Noonan. Individuals have been
inspired to start their own businesses, and have
been promoted to vice president or CEO positions.
While it is true that completing the program
has changed personal and professional lives,
Noonan says that “completion is not the greatest
indicator of success.” She quickly adds, “it
emboldens you to take more risks, and brings a
maturity in judgment.” And that seems to be the
more important point.
Although some aspects of the program have
changed over time, it will remain a quality program
that “tries to live the leadership model,” under the
passionate direction of Norma Noonan. Her only
regret: “That I didn’t have the knowledge—what we
read, what we study—earlier in life.”
For information on the MAL Program,
go to www.augsburg.edu/mal
MAL… by the numbers
203
21
22
56
MAL degrees conferred since 1989
MAL graduating class in 2006—the largest yet!
Current MAL faculty and adjuncts
Number of new MAL students in 2006-07
The Oren Gateway Center is coming
Construction on the Oren Gateway Center is
proceeding extremely well. The building should be
ready for occupancy in the beginning of August,
with departments and programs starting to move
in during the middle of August.
Watch for more updates—and mark your calendars
for a grand celebration on October 12!
SPRING 2007
John 14: 1-3
A group of Augsburg students
traveled by train to New
Orleans to spend their spring
break working for Lutheran
Disaster Relief. Students spent
five days gutting and rebuilding
houses affected by Hurricane
Katrina. Here, workers find a
plaque from the Gospel of John
that fell from the attic of the
house in which they were
working. The verse offered a
great source for reflection by
the students.
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AUGSBURG NOW
SPRING 2009
VOL. 71, NO. 2
inside
auggies
Augsburg Now
The Magazine of Augsburg College
25Photo
Years
of Life-Changing
contest winners Augsburg Choir, 75 years
Twin sisters, twin dreams Core to compost
Travel
How green is Augsburg? Studying sustainability
page
20 the neighborhood youth Green planning
Feeding
go
green
Editor
Betsey Norgard
norgard@augsburg.edu
notes
from President Pribbenow
Generosity and Sustainability
t
his issue of the Augsburg Now offers many
inspiring stories of ways in which our community is learning about and practicing what
it means to live sustainable lives in the city.
I’ve been thinking a good bit lately about why the
Augsburg community has made such great progress
in living out its commitment to urban sustainability,
and I’ve found myself exploring the meaning of the
original motto for Augsburg Theological Seminary
and College, the bold claim found in John 1:14:
“And the Word became flesh.” I’m struck by how
this scriptural promise is both a statement of generosity and of sustainability. Augsburg College practices generosity most authentically when it lives as
the Word made flesh—sustainable, present, rooted,
of service, and faithful.
My teacher, Martin Marty, taught me that colleges
are indigenous communities—that is, they are native
to a particular place, a particular environment, a particular set of values, and practices that define the
institution—and that means something for the way
they live their lives.
What does it mean to think about Augsburg
College as an indigenous community? What does it
mean that the Word has become flesh and lived
among us here?
I lift up for our attention three simple aspects of
Augsburg’s identity—ways in which the Word becomes flesh here and the values we seek to sustain:
• The central focus of our identity is that wherever
Augsburg College is found—here in this neighborhood, in the city, in Rochester, or around the
world—our most authentic work is learning and
teaching. And the wonder of learning is that it involves acts of generosity and sustainability in its
every detail—from teachers who teach what they
love; to students who seek to learn out of curiosity
and passion; to texts that bear the wisdom of the
ages for our reflection; to conversations that help
us pay attention to the Word, to each other, and to
the world; to practices and commitments that help
sustain our environment.
Creative Director
Kathy Rumpza ’05 MAL
rumpza@augsburg.edu
Creative Associate-Editorial
Wendi Wheeler ’06
wheelerw@augsburg.edu
Creative Associate-Design
Jen Nagorski ’08
nagorski@augsburg.edu
Photographer
Stephen Geffre
geffre@augsburg.edu
Webmaster/Now Online
Bryan Barnes
barnesb@augsburg.edu
Director of News and
Media Services
• A second aspect of our identity is the way in
which this city, a particular place—much different
now than in 1869—is still a place that demands our
attention and respect and concern. Democracy still
is practiced in this place with our neighbors. Education still happens in this place with learners and
teachers all around us. Engagement and service still
are at the center of our lives with each other in this
place. Sustaining this urban place, this urban environment, is an act of generosity—for our diverse
neighbors, for our diverse selves, for the whole of
creation, now and into the future.
Jeff Shelman
shelman@augsburg.edu
• The final aspect of our identity is our firm grounding in the Christian faith—a confident faith that
frees us to learn, to live, to practice hospitality with
all of our neighbors, to be a force for good in the
world, to affirm our calling as people of faith and a
college of the church, to be God’s people in this
place, and to know that grace and truth abound
where the Word becomes flesh.
www.augsburg.edu
I celebrate the generosity that is Augsburg’s faithful
work in the world—the Word made flesh here, each
and every day. I celebrate the sustainability of our indigenous character, our indigenous work, and our indigenous place. And I recall the concluding words of
John 1:14 that remind us that the Word made flesh
is “full of grace and truth.” Oh, how the world needs
a Word of grace and truth. And here it is!
PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT
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Augsburg Choir - celebrating 75 years
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Twin sisters, twin dreams
by Jean Spielman Housh
International Programs Photo Contest
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auggies
go green
16 Toward a more sustainable Augsburg
by Betsey Norgard
contents
19 How green is Augsburg?
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20 Environmental connections: Green starts here
by Jeff Shelman
23 Studying sustainability
by Wendi Wheeler ’06
26 Green Planning
28 Core to compost
Photos and text by Stephen Geffre
30 Feeding the neighborhood youth
by Wendi Wheeler ’06
32 How green is our magazine?
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Around the Quad
Auggies on the ice
Auggie voices
It takes an Auggie
Alumni news
Class notes
My Auggie experience
On the cover
We celebrate in this issue all the commitments, changes, and
progress that Augsburg has embraced in learning how to be a
more sustainable college in the city.
All photos by Stephen Geffre unless otherwise indicated.
around the
quad
Augsburg receives Carnegie classification
Augsburg was recently selected by the Carnegie Foundation as
one of 119 colleges and universities in the nation to receive the
classification for Community Engagement. This affirms that the
school has institutionalized community engagement in its identity, culture, and commitments. It also affirms that the practices
of community engagement are aligned with the institution’s identity and form an integral component of the institutional culture.
The classification has three categories—curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships, and a category for both engagement and outreach—and Augsburg received the latter,
comprehensive classification.
In a letter to Augsburg President Paul C. Pribbenow, Jim
Scheibel, executive director of the Minnesota Campus Compact,
congratulated the College on this recognition. Scheibel wrote, “As
a country that faces an economic crisis, and as a community that
witnesses division and strife across the globe, we need students,
faculty, and campuses that are fully engaged. This recognition
says you are doing your part and acknowledges that you are serious about fulfilling the mission of the College.”
Augsburg has included “student engagement” as one of nine
specific academic goals for the institution. The Augsburg Experience signature curriculum requirement encourages direct involvement with people and organizations external to the College,
All first-year students spend an afternoon during September Auggie Days working on
community projects—painting, gardening, cleaning up, or whatever needs doing in the
neighborhood with Augsburg’s community partners.
first-hand discovery and application of knowledge, self-awareness
through reflective and critical thinking, and exploration of what
one is called to do in the world.
Augsburg is a committed partner to particular nonprofit and
educational groups within the nearby urban neighborhoods, including Cedar-Riverside, Seward, and Phillips.
In addition, the College has instituted programs and policies
that support community engagement for the campus community.
All staff members receive two days of paid leave time for community service.
A note to the editor
“I found the ‘Lights, camera, and action’ feature in the fall 2008 Augsburg
Now very interesting. This photograph was taken in the Augsburg Art Studio in the early 1970s during a session of a hands-on class teaching 16mm
filmmaking with synchronized sound. As a student from 1965-1970, I had a
work-study job showing films and doing photography working for Robert
Zeller, who at that time was director of instructional services. He is the
first person whom I recall to have taught a course in film studies at
Augsburg. Warren Hanson, John Mitchell, and Larry Glenn (left to right in
the photo) were all students in the course taught by local filmmaker Paul
Rusten. Warren was a registered student. As John was a faculty member
and I was director of the audio-visual center, we were invited to participate in the class without receiving credit.”
LARRY GLENN ’70
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Brian Krohn—Augsburg’s first Rhodes Scholar
Brian Krohn ’08 arrived at Augsburg with plans of being a film major and eventually became a chemistry
student. In November he was selected as a Rhodes Scholar—Augsburg’s first.
Krohn, a native of Cloquet, Minn., was one of 769 initial U.S. applicants from 207 colleges and universities for this year’s Rhodes Scholars. After making it through an interview process and being selected,
Krohn became one of 32 Americans who will study at Oxford University beginning in fall 2009. There, Krohn
will focus on environmental change and management in order to combine public policy expertise with the
scientific knowledge he has gained at Augsburg.
In the summer of 2006, Krohn began research into new ways to produce biodiesel fuel. He acknowledges that he didn’t really expect to break any new ground, but he wanted to give it a shot.
The combination of Krohn’s research, the teaching of chemistry professor Arlin Gyberg, and
Augsburg alum Clayton McNeff led to the discovery of the Mcgyan Process to produce
biodiesel in a cleaner and more environmentally friendly way.
“For me, Brian’s work on the biodiesel project is a great liberal arts story,”
President Paul C. Pribbenow said. “There’s a connection between a student with a
question, a faculty member, and an alum. They work on a problem and come out with
a response that, in this case, is pretty groundbreaking.
“Brian stands for the well-rounded education that we provide for all of our
students. We’re proud of him and proud that his Augsburg education prepared
him,” Pribbenow continued.
In addition to his work with biodiesel, Krohn is a Goldwater Scholar who was
a founder of the Honors Review, a new journal for student scholarship at
Augsburg. He organized the inaugural Agre Challenge, an event in which teams
were challenged to build a catapult to fling a 20-pound sandbag various distances.
Diane Pike receives the Stewart Bellman Award
Diane Pike, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and professor of
sociology, is the 2008 recipient of the Stewart Bellman Award for Exemplary Leadership from The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning.
She was honored in November at The Collaboration’s annual conference.
For more than 25 years at Augsburg, Pike has been recognized for her excellence
as a classroom teacher and as a role model for other faculty members, in large part
due to her ongoing leadership in faculty development workshops, consulting, and summer institutes, and her avid attention to the research literature on the scholarship of
teaching and learning.
Pike’s accomplishments at Augsburg have included re-envisioning the work of the
Committee on Faculty Development, integrating activities for faculty and professional
staff members, and creating dedicated space for student learning and CTL in Lindell
Library. Most notably, however, has been her leadership in the creation of the new
AugCore general education program—guiding the design team work and faculty collaboratives on specific issues, as well as securing a Bush Foundation grant for implementation and work on the course evaluation project. She is the incoming president of the
Midwest Sociological Society.
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Auggies on the ice
Tiffany Magnuson—
a star on ice and on the field
If it weren’t for finding cheap hockey skates at a tent sale,
Tiffany Magnuson’s athletic career might have been quite
different than it is today.
“My dad didn’t want me playing hockey. They bought me
figure skates, because my dad didn’t want me messed up
with the hockey guys,” said Magnuson, whose father is a
hockey coach in their hometown of Green Bay, Wis. “They
bought the figure skates for me, and I couldn’t skate in them
because of the toe pick. But my dad always said that I had a
natural hockey stride, and I kept telling him that I wanted
black skates.”
So Magnuson’s mom found her a pair of black skates—
hockey skates.
“My mom always said, ‘Wal-Mart started your career,’
because they had a tent sale at Wal-Mart on hockey skates,”
Magnuson said.
A senior, Magnuson has excelled at two sports during her
Auggie career—hockey and softball—and will leave Augsburg
as one of the top all-around female athletes in school history.
Magnuson finished her hockey career as the school’s second
leading goal-scorer and No. 3 point-producer. She was a
four-time All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
selection.
In softball, Magnuson played three positions—second
base, first base, and pitcher—during last season’s run to the
MIAC playoffs for the first time in program history. A threetime All-MIAC selection, she enters this season with a .379
career batting average as the Auggies leadoff hitter.
Magnuson, a finance major and accounting minor, was recruited to play hockey at Augsburg and she said she chose
Augsburg because it was a small school in a large city. Being
active in back-to-back sports has helped her learn to manage
her time.
“Sports have taught me about leadership, being committed and competitive, about interacting with others, and having to all come together for a goal,” said Magnuson, who
wants to work on the business side of a sports team. “It’s a
family [atmosphere], and for me being away from my family,
it helps me with my life. That’s what I like about Augsburg,
the close-knit atmosphere.”
DON STONER
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auggie voices
Engaging in the big questions
The Lilly Scholars seminar is a place where students can feel
comfortable talking about the big questions in life. Questions
like, Is Christianity the only true religion? What does it mean to
forgive someone? What is God calling me to do?
For Mark Tranvik, associate professor of religion and director of
the Lilly grant program, the seminar is the heart of the year-long
program designed for juniors and seniors who are considering
seminary or graduate study in theology or sacred arts. Once a
month they meet to discuss assigned texts, engage with guest
speakers, and reflect on biblical passages or issues in the
Christian tradition.
Each year, 10 or 11 Lilly Scholars, who receive a $2,100
scholarship, are selected from more than twice that number.
Among the current scholars, the average GPA is 3.75. In addition
to the seminar, Lilly Scholars visit Luther Seminary and can take
courses there.
“There is an ongoing hunger in the intellectual community for
genuine theological conversation among students that the Lilly
Scholar program honors,” says Tranvik, who is also an ordained
minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Creating
a comfortable place for these critical conversations is his goal.
And, he adds, “doubters are welcomed.”
Jenni Pickford, a philosophy and religion major, finds the seminar most valuable for “the openmindedness I’ve gained from
hearing about views that differ from my own.” What she appreciates is that “there are other students out there who are interested
in more than just a grade and do this for the love of learning.”
“The greatest impact for me is the group friendship and discussions that carry throughout other classes,” says religion major
Denise Shuck, a Weekend College senior who is planning to enter
Luther Seminary. “I have a great appreciation for the diversity of
opinions about the topics we’ve discussed.”
Abby Ferjak, a senior, finds it easy to integrate what she does
in the Lilly Scholars program to her youth and family ministry
classes. “It’s important for youth to understand that vocation is
not simply what one might do as a career; but rather, that everyone has many vocations, and [that] they don’t have to wait to fulfill their vocation.”
And that’s exactly what the Lilly Endowment hopes to hear.
Their goal for funding programs in church-related, liberal arts colleges that explore vocation is to nurture a new generation of voca-
In their monthly seminar, Professor Mark Tranvik (above, in blue shirt) seeks to
create a comfortable atmosphere for the Lilly Scholars to discuss and explore
vocation. (L to R) Denise Shuck, Leah Jarvi, Tranvik, Cody Oaks, Allison Streed,
Alexander Garver, Abigail Ferjak, Natalie Sasseville, and Ashley Weston.
tionally-guided leaders—both pastoral and lay—for church congregations. Lilly Scholars are one part of Augsburg’s $2 million
grant program, Exploring Our Gifts, that began in 2002 and is
directed by Tranvik.
Over its six years, Lilly Scholars have included a mix of
younger and older students and have cut across disciplines, for
example, among science and social work majors seeking ways to
combine faith life with their fields.
Last year four Lilly Scholars continued to Luther Seminary (all
with full scholarships), two chose law school, one entered the
Lutheran Volunteer Corps, one is in congregational youth ministry,
and one began graduate study in social work. About half of all
Lilly Scholars have entered seminary.
During their year as Lilly Scholars, the students serve as role
models within the larger community. They develop a portfolio, reflecting on vocation and what they carry with them from the year.
Cody Oaks, a current Lilly Scholar, finds inspiration in
Tranvik’s ability to merge the pastoral with the academic. “He
provides the model of a pastor-scholar I would like to embody in
my own work and call to teach,” Oaks says. He will enter
Princeton Theological Seminary this summer and begin to seek
ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Kyle Zvejnicks, a 2006-07 Lilly Scholar, reflected on community. “The seminar has reminded me of the importance of community in vocation, namely that we need each other. … Just as
much, we don’t come with the same vocation for everyone, but
each with their own, and not for themselves but for others.”
To learn more about Exploring Our Gifts, go to
www.augsburg.edu/lilly.
BETSEY NORGARD
Spring
Fall 2008
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The Augsburg Choir—
celebrating 75 years
This academic year, the Augsburg Choir celebrates 75 years—a
choral tradition of distinction and excellence.
The Augsburg Choir was founded in 1933, when the Men’s
Glee Club and the Ladies’ Choral Society, who had sung together
on various occasions, voted to unite, under the direction of music
department chair Henry P. Opseth. The first student president of
the choir was a third-year music major and future choir conductor
Leland B. Sateren.
The new choir lost no time in preparing for tours and performances. In 1935, their tour through the Midwest took them more
than 2,000 miles for 20 concerts, including a coast-to-coast broadcast in Chicago with the National Broadcasting System. On their return, they sang a home concert at Central Lutheran Church.
Choir business manager Orville C. Hognander ’36 planned the
tour, plus arranged for a series of 18 Sunday evening radio broadcasts on WCCO radio, the “Hour Melodious.” This program also
was accessible over open channel across the country and brought
visibility to Augsburg, reconnecting many alumni to the College.
In 1946, Leland B. Sateren ’35 returned to Augsburg to join
the music faculty. Following Opseth’s death in 1950, Sateren
was named conductor of the Augsburg Choir.
For the next 29 years, the Augsburg Choir developed its own
distinctive tone quality, musicality, and professionalism under
Sateren. While the choir continued to share the Gospel through
church music, Sateren evolved a more contemporary classical
sound, especially in his own compositions. His passion for
1933
Scandinavian music brought attention to music and composers
relatively unknown in the U.S.
In 1975, the Augsburg Choir’s 40th anniversary tour took
them to Scandinavia. They traveled by boat down the Norwegian
coast, from above the Arctic Circle to Oslo, and sang in the
Trondheim Cathedral.
Leland Sateren retired in 1979, and the direction of the choir
passed to Larry L. Fleming, a noted choral conductor and composer. In his first year, the choir was chosen as the official representative from the U.S. to sing in Augsburg, Germany, at the
450th commemoration of the Augsburg Confession.
Fleming also established Advent Vespers, the College’s annual
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Leland B. Sateren ’35—choir director
Peter Hendrickson ’76—student choir president
and future choir director
Henry P. Opseth—choir director
Leland B. Sateren ’35—student choir
president and future choir director
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The majestic Advent Vespers service each year at
Central Lutheran Church presents Augsburg’s four
choirs, with part of the service sung as a massed choir
of over 200 voices.
holiday program, as a service of music and liturgy, which now attracts up to 8,000 people at its four services and will celebrate
its 30th anniversary in 2009.
Fleming left Augsburg in 1986, and for the next several years
the Augsburg Choir was under the direction of Thomas Rossin.
In 1994, after serving a short time as interim director, Peter
Hendrickson ’76 was appointed the choir’s new conductor. Over
the past decade and a half, he has realized his vision for
Augsburg’s choral program—one that offers distinct choral experiences for all students, including the extended Augsburg family,
with different repertoires:
• Augsburg Choir—a cappella touring choir
• Riverside Singers—women’s chorus
• Cedar Singers—men’s chorus
• Masterworks Chorale—symphonic chorus
All four choirs, as well as an orchestra and liturgical party, participate annually in Advent Vespers. In 2004, for the 25th anniversary,
Twin Cities Public Television recorded the service and won a
Regional Emmy award for the production. The program has been
shown on public television during the holiday season since then.
One of Hendrickson’s passions is language, and to date, his
choirs have sung in more than 15 languages. “We owe it to our
students in the choral program to educate them not only in
Augsburg’s commitment to the Lutheran choral tradition, but also
in creating, through music and language, a better understanding
of other cultures and our responsibility to be world citizens,”
Hendrickson says.
The Augsburg Choir’s March tour this year took them south,
traveling from Nebraska to Texas, and locations in between. Currently the choir is planning next year’s tour, a trip that will take
them to China in 2010.
2009
The Masterworks Chorale marks 15 years
Hendrickson founded the Masterworks Chorale in 1994 as a symphonic chorus of approximately 100 voices, made up of students,
faculty and staff, alumni, and others connected to the Augsburg
community. Unique to a college campus, Masterworks Chorale
presents programs of great choral works and explores new
masterworks.
In 1996, the chorale performed for the first time the entire
Visions from Hildegaard by Minnesota composer Stephen Paulus.
In 1997, it presented the English-language premiere of
Norwegian composer Egil Hovland’s opera, Captive and Free, and
in 2001, the English-language version of Finnish composer and
conductor Kari Tikka’s opera, Luther.
The Masterworks Chorale performs three times per year—at
fall and spring concerts, and for Advent Vespers. A number of
chorale members are Augsburg alumni who sang as students in
Leland Sateren’s choirs.
“The Sateren choir alumni in Masterworks keep the legacy and
spirit of the Sateren era alive,” Hendrickson says. “It’s a wonderful connection for our current students, a passing of the torch, so
to speak, from then to now.”
BETSEY NORGARD
75th anniversary year
For a longer story about choir history with
additional photos, go to www.augsburg.edu/now.
Peter Hendrickson ’76—choir director
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A legacy for promising students
President’s Scholarships recognize students with exceptional academic ability and leadership potential and can provide financial
support up to full tuition for four years. Donors who choose to
endow a President’s Scholarship make special connections with
these students, and those that follow them, one after another, as
they see an Augsburg education made possible.
E. Milton Kleven ’46 taught school in Minneapolis for 33 years
and knows what this means to students from low-income families. He and his family have endowed three President’s Scholarships and enjoy being part of the lives of the students who
receive them, helping them begin their work and careers free
from college debt.
Milt Kleven’s Augsburg story began in a home two blocks from
the College, where his Norwegian immigrant mother and father
raised nine children. Since Augsburg was the college in the
neighborhood, six of the Kleven children attended, with three
completing their degrees.
In 1940, Milt followed his sister Agathe, who had just graduated from Augsburg. Like most students then, Milt’s studies were
interrupted by World
War II, and in 1946
he returned and
finished. Their
brother Luther
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Milt graduated with a
major in
mathematics
and a minor in physical education. His strongest
and longest friendships he formed in the Augsburg
A-Club, even though his student job downtown at
the Minneapolis Club kept him too busy to participate in most sports, except for lettering in golf.
Kleven’s Augsburg story has a romantic twist on
a broken leg. In late 1943 he left Augsburg to
enter Navy pilot training. When he suffered a broken leg, he decided to spend the eight-week recovery period back at Augsburg, completing his
math major with Professor George Soberg.
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One evening in Augsburg’s library, in the basement of Old
Main, he met Dorothy Lijsing, the daughter of a Swedish immigrant father and mother, and she became his wife and partner for
53 years. Dorothy transferred to Gustavus Adolphus College and
graduated there. They were married in 1947.
Soon after graduating, Kleven began teaching mathematics in
the Minneapolis Public Schools. In addition to teaching, he also
served as the teacher representative with Great West Financial on
a voluntary investment fund created following a strike in 1970.
From that experience, he learned a great deal about investments
and wise financial planning that has served him well.
In the 1950s, the Klevens were approached by Sig Hjelmeland
’41, Augsburg’s development director, and asked for the first
time to consider giving back to Augsburg.
“My parents always set aside their tithe,” Kleven says, “and
taught us that giving is a part of our responsibility.”
In 1958, he and Dorothy established a scholarship in honor of
his parents, Magnus and Kristofa Kleven. In its 50 years, more
than 200 Augsburg students have benefited from the financial
support of this scholarship.
During the 1960s, the Klevens continued their philanthropic
support to Augsburg, and for many years worked closely with development officer Jeroy Carlson ’48.
In 2001, when Dorothy passed away, Kleven established a
scholarship in her name. With college costs skyrocketing, he
knew from his large family what a difference a full tuition scholarship could make for students from low-income families, like
those he had taught in Minneapolis.
“That’s the main thing,” Kleven says. “I want to help kids who
have a need, and I want it to be a full scholarship.”
So, the Dorothy Lijsing Kleven Scholarship became the first
endowed President’s Scholarship, and provides a full scholarship
to a student interested in choral music, as Dorothy had been
throughout her life. This endowment was created by Milt and
their four children and families—Bruce and Maren Kleven, David
and Barbara Kleven, Barbara and Zane Birky, and Diane and
Philip Larson.
In 2007, the family created two additional endowed
President’s Scholarships. They added Dorothy’s parents, David
and Florence Lijsing, to the original scholarship for Milt’s parents
and raised it to the level of a full President’s Scholarship.
The third was created in Milt’s name—the E. Milton Kleven
Scholarship for public service, so he can enjoy supporting students with a real financial need who plan to enter public service.
Kleven helped to facilitate two other scholarships. The
Margaret Andrews Scholarship was established by Kleven and his
fellow Trade and Industry coordinators in the Minneapolis public
school system to honor their supervisor, Margaret Andrews. The
Donald C. Carlson Scholarship, through the Normandale Lutheran
Church Foundation, is named for founding pastor Donald Carlson
’42 to support a Normandale member attending Augsburg.
The Kleven legacy also includes major support to capital projects. In 1995-96, the family worked with President Charles
Anderson and gave $1 million toward the construction of
Lindell Library.
Milt founded Kleven Flooring Service, which installed hardwood flooring in houses in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. Over
the years, he provided hardwood floors throughout the Augsburg
campus, including the Augsburg Room in
Christensen Center and Augsburg House.
His most recent gift celebrates his over
60-year tie to Augsburg A-Club and close
friendships with Glen Person ’47 and Dick
“Pork Chop” Thompson ’61. Together, as part
of the construction of the new press box on
Edor Nelson Field, the three provided the
funding to name the Jeroy C. Carlson
Hospitality Room in Kennedy Center in honor
of their longtime friend and colleague.
For more information about endowing a
President’s Scholarship honoring Augsburg’s
most promising students, contact Doug Scott,
assistant vice president for development, at
612-330-1575 or 1-800-273-0617.
BETSEY NORGARD
Becky Shaheen ’11
Becky Shaheen is a sophomore from Elk River, Minn., majoring in
vocal music performance and composition, with a pre-engineering
minor. She sings in the Augsburg Choir, Gospel Praise Jazz Ensemble,
and other ensembles. This is her second year as the recipient of the
Dorothy Lijsing Kleven President’s Scholarship in choral music, and
she keeps in touch with the Kleven family.
“Music is my life, and this semester I’ve been able to dedicate
more time than ever before to music. I am finally realizing that being
a musician is possible …
“This scholarship has opened so many doors for me. I don’t have
to worry so much about the financial issues, and it has provided me
with confidence and such an ‘I can do anything!’ attitude.
“When I first met the family, it was like meeting a huge part of my
extended family that I didn’t know about. … A picture of the family
and me taken at the scholarship brunch hangs by my desk, a reminder of the people who are making this journey possible. “
twin sisters
Twin sisters
Twin dreams
“Our Augsburg professors were supportive
and encouraged us to pursue our dream ...”
BETTY BOWERS, MD
Barbara and Betty Bowers knew they wanted to grow up to be
doctors when they were six years old. The twin sisters were born
in Mora, Minn., and graduated from Augsburg in 1972. They attended medical school at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1976.
“Our family doctor, Dr. Harry Berge, encouraged and supported us in our dream,” says Barbara Bowers, MD, “although
we’d never even seen a woman doctor.”
The Bowers twins were two of George and Opal Bowers’ four
daughters. The family lived in Brook Park, Minn., when the twins
were young. “Our parents raised us to believe that if we worked
hard we could achieve anything.”
Betty and Barbara studied diligently through grade school and
graduated from Forest Lake High School.
“We never took a test without thinking about our goal,”
Barbara explains. “We would not be dissuaded by naysayers.”
Today, Barbara Bowers is medical director of Fairview Southdale Breast Center and Fairview Southdale Hospital Medical
Oncology Clinic.
Betty Bowers, MD, is medical director and an anesthesiologist
with the McGee Eye Surgery Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.
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How did two young women from small-town Minnesota make it
through college in the big city?
“We received incredible personal attention and felt cared for
at Augsburg,” Barbara says. The twin sisters found the small
class sizes and nurturing environment a perfect place to study
the sciences.
“Our Augsburg professors were supportive and encouraged us
to pursue our dream,” Betty explains. Although, there was one
science professor who did not give them full credit for their class
work. “He had a special curve for us,” Barbara says. “His attitude
really was indicative of society at the time. It was the late 1960s,
and few women were pursuing careers in science, let alone medicine. But we didn’t lose heart.”
At Augsburg, the Bowers sisters were exposed to different cultures and religions. “Our professors knew us as people, not just
students in the classroom,” Barbara explains. “Rabbi Schwartz
took us to his synagogue and invited us to his home for Seder.”
While it took a lot of hard work to get through medical school,
“We were encouraged by those who meant the most to us,” Betty
says. “Sometimes naive belief serves you well.”
Claus Pierach, MD, a professor at the University of Minnesota
twin dreams
Medical School, recognized right away that the Bowers sisters
were unique. “Not only were they identical twins—they were
equally enterprising.”
Pierach serves on the admission committee for the University of
Minnesota Medical School. “I see and study many applicants, but
I see few students as determined as Betty and Barbara Bowers.”
After completing medical school, Barbara Bowers did her residency at what was then Northwestern Hospital. Pierach worked
closely with Barbara in her internal medicine rotation. “It was no
surprise that she earned the title of chief resident.” It was during
her internal medicine residency at Northwestern Hospital that
Barbara became intrigued by the cancer patients she treated.
“They were strong people, and it really sparked my interest in
medical oncology,” she explains.
Barbara decided to specialize in medical oncology. “At that
time, I thought I’d work in cancer treatment and work myself out
of a job in about 10 years.”
While cancer has not been cured, Barbara has seen significant
advances in cancer treatment and prevention. “We are seeing
more cancer patients live longer. There has been progress in preventing certain cancers through increased patient understanding
of the role diet and exercise play in our lives.”
“As a physician, my role is to partner with patients. To do that,
we need to educate patients, give them the information they need
to make decisions regarding their care, and communicate on the
same wave length—making sure that they know they are the most
important person on our care team.”
For Barbara, caring for cancer patients is where medical science and compassion meet. “I’m a scientist,” she explains. “I
love studying the periodic table. Everything in the universe is up
there except one thing—the heart, the human element.”
Barbara is married to a physician and has two daughters and
a son.
While in medical school, Betty thought she’d become a surgeon. She was the first female surgery resident at Hennepin
County Medical Center. In the fourth year of her general surgery
rotation, Claude Hitchcock, MD, approached her about taking a
six-month anesthesia rotation at the Mayo Clinic. “It’s been a
good fit for me. I’ve been practicing anesthesiology since 1981.”
She’s been with the McGee Eye Surgery Center since 2005.
Betty is married to a physician and has two daughters.
Looking back, Barbara and Betty remember many good times
amid the grueling schedule of medical school. “But we got through
it all by tucking our chins in and working hard,” Betty says.
Both physicians say they have enjoyed tremendous job satisfaction from their careers in medicine. “I would encourage anyone
dedicated to helping people to choose a career in medicine,”
Barbara says. “The medical field is constantly changing and offers
academic challenges, but most of all it is personally rewarding.”
JEAN SPIELMAN HOUSH
Housh is married to Allen Housh, a former Augsburg regent. She came to know
Dr. Barbara Bowers when she was treated for breast cancer in 2004.
Photos submitted by the families and Fairview Southdale Hospital.
“As a physician, my role is to partner with
patients. To do that, we need to ... make
sure that they know they are the most
important person on our care team.”
BARBARA BOWERS, MD
Betty Bowers, MD
Barbara Bowers, MD
Spring 2009
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International Programs
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Portraits
1st place: Bethany Thompson
“Doi Suthep Girls”
Chiang Mai, Thailand
2nd place: Katie MacAulay
“Llamas and the Lost City of
the Incas”
Peru
3rd place: Sara Black
“Another Walk of Life”
Ibarra, Ecuador
Landscape/cityscape
1st place and Best of Show:
Emily Hanson
“Holocaust Memorial”
Berlin, Germany
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2nd place: Katie Woolever
“Looking Through Mada’s
Dwelling”
Northern Namibia
3rd place: Kayla Skarbakka
“Boireann”
County Clare, Ireland
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Photojournalism
1st place: Emily Hanson
“GDR Shopkeep”
Wittenburg, Germany
2nd place: Tyla Pream
“Festival of San Giovanni–Boy
with Flag”
Florence, Italy
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3rd place: Christine Tresselt
“Coffee in the Cloud Forest”
Miraflor, Nicaragua
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“The Augsburg College community is deeply committed to
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Living sustainably is no longer merely an
option. As a vast majority of the world’s
people struggle for resources to sustain
even simple lives, a small minority consume at rates that will quickly deplete
Earth’s resources and imperil future
generations.
Environmental concerns are now front
and center on our national agenda. But
beyond these, the broader considerations
of sustainable living—economic and social policies that determine how resources
are shared—remain difficult to tackle.
Augsburg’s history, mission, and vision
call for the College to engage in these
broad discussions of sustainability. The
two vision documents of 1997 and 2005
spell out an institutional vocation for the
College rooted in a blending of Lutheran
heritage, immigrant history, and urban location that demands a caring stewardship
of God’s creation.
As the College explores how it lives out
its institutional vision—We are called to
serve our neighbor—it must look beyond
the changes brought about by green practices and invite the deeper conversations
in community that probe the meaning of
living sustainably in the city.
The greening of Augsburg
The Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC), made up of faculty, staff, and
students, leads the environmental initiatives of the College. Created in 1990 as a
task force, it was revitalized by President
William Frame in 1999 and given both
purpose and strength.
Tom Ruffaner, longtime committee
chair and custodial supervisor, believes
that the comprehensive “Waste Wise”
audit carried out in 1999 became the
“driving force behind ‘greening’ at
Augsburg.” The audit “not only identified
areas of waste and inefficiencies across
campus but also offered resources to
make improvements.”
The ESC Vision Statement in 2004
summarized its goals: “The stewardship of
the urban and global environment can only
be pursued if we take these steps toward
using less, living more simply, and acting
with the care and awareness of the impact
of actions on the people and ecosystem
within which we live and on which we all
depend.”
In 2006, Augsburg’s new president,
Paul C. Pribbenow, quickly embraced the
growing urgency to address issues of sustainability and gave voice to a deeper understanding of sustainability within
Augsburg’s mission and vision.
The changes across campus in the past
three years have been significant. Sustainability is infused through Augsburg’s curriculum and grounded in its daily
practices—on campus, in the community,
and around the world.
Augsburg participates in two important institutional collaborations:
• Presidents Climate Commitment—President Pribbenow joined more than 600
American college and university presidents to sign an agreement to “neutralize greenhouse gas emissions and to
accelerate the research and educational
efforts of higher education to equip
society to re-stabilize the earth’s climate.”
One person’s difference
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Augsburg had a “Mr. Green” contest,
TOM RUFFANER ’98 might well be the best
candidate. Over the past decade, he has
led Augsburg toward greater commitments in
sustainable living.
Ruffaner has pushed Augsburg to bring about environmental improvements in energy use, safer
cleaning products, and recycling and waste reduction
(starting with a comprehensive Waste Wise audit). He
also helped the College study its transportation
habits and commuting alternatives. And, he has
chaired the Environmental Stewardship Committee
and supported community efforts.
In fall 2007, Ruffaner received an Individual
Achievement Commuter Choice Award, given by Metro
Transit, that recognizes organizations and individuals
for their creative solutions in promoting alternatives
to driving alone. He also served on the advisory committee that helped design the light rail station nearest
Augsburg.
A 1998 graduate in metro-urban studies, Ruffaner
is the custodial supervisor at Augsburg.
A report has just been completed that
measures the College’s carbon footprint.
• Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities
(ACTC)—Five colleges (Augsburg,
Hamline, St. Thomas, St. Catherine,
Macalester) are exploring ways to create
a stronger academic identity that clearly
expresses their shared identity as an
urban institution and centers on the
theme of sustainable urban development. Ideas may include curricular development, community outreach,
research, service-learning, internships,
study abroad, and faculty development.
Students step forward
green vehicles, and become engaged in the political
process.
Augsburg’s chapter of the Minnesota Public Interest
Research Group (MPIRG) began the initial efforts to recycle in the 1970s. Recently, its Environmental Task
Force, along with student groups, has led projects on
campus, including:
• Focus the Nation teach-in—Augsburg joined organizations across the country in setting aside a day to engage the entire campus in conversations on
sustainability.
“MY DAD TELLS ME, ‘DREAMS ARE FREE.
DREAM BIG, IT WON’T COST MONEY.’”
Some of the most exciting projects for sustainability have come from student-led initiatives. Students have researched
alternative fuels, organized teach-ins,
gained student backing to support wind
energy, pushed the College to purchase
—Alex Hoselton ’08
Focus leads to wind energy
My dad tells me, “Dreams are free. Dream big, it won’t
cost money.” I listened and dreamt and acted big by forming an ad hoc organization and, with other students,
started organizing for the Focus the Nation teach-in in
January 2008. The teach-in provided rich liberal arts perspectives to more than 500 attendees and launched momentum towards switching Augsburg’s energy
consumption from fossil fuel to wind energy.
The organizing students petitioned Day Student
Government for a referendum to impose a fee of $14.75
per semester to purchase wind energy. The referendum
passed, with 68% of the vote, and day students now contribute more than $54,000 annually. Contributions from
Weekend College Government and the administration enable us to purchase enough wind power to make
Augsburg’s Minneapolis campus 100% free of fossil fuel
electricity. We have reduced the equivalent in carbon
emissions of taking 26,000 cars off the road or planting
69 square miles of trees each year.
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• Wind energy purchase—Both day and
weekend student governments held referendums in which students voted to add a
new student fee to contribute to wind energy purchase. It enables Augsburg to
offset 100% of its fossil-fuel electricity
costs on the Minneapolis campus, making the College one of the largest purchasers of wind power in the state.
• Hybrid security vehicle—When a security
vehicle was due for replacement, a student group pushed for the College to buy
a hybrid fuel vehicle.
• Food services changes—Students initiated the practice of composting food,
saving three-quarters of a ton of trash.
• Environmental history of Augsburg—
The 2007 Environmental Connections
class researched and wrote “From Rural
to Urban: The Environmental History of
Augsburg College 1872-2005,” studying
its relationship to nature, technology,
and humans.
• Trash audit—In order to call attention to
lackadaisical attitudes toward recycling,
a group of students went through twodays’ worth of garbage and showed how
nearly 70% of it was either compostable
or recyclable.
Much work remains before Augsburg can
be satisfied it is consuming only what
Earth can renew. But now, that work is increasingly carried out with greater consciousness of the impact made by personal
choices and practices, both on the self and
on an interconnected and interdependent
global community.
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The green vehicle initiative developed from
the inspiration of Brian Krohn’s biofuel discoveries and my resources as a member of
Augsburg Day Student Government in fall
2008. Almost immediately Reid Larson and
Steve Eichten also committed themselves
fully to the project. Collectively, the four of
us found that our goal was to ensure that our
next Department of Public Safety vehicle was
both a fiscally and environmentally sound investment. After hearing estimates that the
department puts nearly 150 miles daily on
their vehicle, we realized that having either a
biodiesel or hybrid would surely be cost effective. It turned out that a Ford Escape
Hybrid would save the college $30,000 annually by our low-end estimates.
Initially finding little support in the
purchase of a hybrid, the group prepared for
a meeting with President Paul Pribbenow. We
presented him with graphs on two- and fouryear savings, a list of ways that he would be
supporting the Presidents Climate Commitment he had signed earlier in the year, and a
list of colleges, universities, and police departments that all had successfully integrated
hybrid vehicles into their programs. By meeting’s end the president had given us an oral
commitment to the Ford Escape, and said that
John Pack, director of public safety, had also
expressed his support earlier in the day. By
September 2008 the College’s new hybrid vehicle was in use on campus. The Green Vehicle Coalition, as it has developed into, sees
this particular project only as a first step toward many long-term goals.
“THE GREEN VEHICLE INITIATIVE DEVELOPED FROM THE
INSPIRATION OF BRIAN KROHN’S BIOFUEL DISCOVERIES.”
—Jake Quarstad ’10
How GREEN is Augsburg?
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College initiatives
• American College and University Presidents
Climate Commitment—completed the Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Inventory for 2001-08
• Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities will
collaborate on studying urban sustainability
• HourCar hub on campus
• Discounted transit passes
• Reserved carpool parking
• Fair trade items sold in bookstore
• Purchasing enough wind energy to offset electricity
Student-led initiatives
• Led Focus the Nation teach-in—Jan. 2008
• Proposed and passed extra student fees for
purchase of wind energy
• Friends of the Mississippi River stewardship
• Pushed for green vehicle initiative to
purchase hybrid security vehicle
• Environmental studies major and minor
• Presented at Campus Compact conference
• Fall 2009—Fate of the World i-term class
• Created bike-share program
• Campus Kitchen program and community garden
• Launched composting in dining area
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Food service
• Composting program
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• Gradual move toward trayless dining, starting with Trayless Tuesdays
• Take-out materials—all corn-based and compostable
• Purchase all produce from a five-state region
• Fair trade coffee available in campus eateries
Internal practices
• Double-sided printing on all campus copiers
• All copy paper on campus—30% post-consumer waste
• Ongoing re-use center
• Recycling of cans, glass bottles, plastic, paper, cardboard, and yard waste
• Recycling for appliances, carpets, furniture, batteries, electronics, ink
• Compostable paper towels in all public restrooms
• Changed all faucets and showers on campus to water-saving fixtures
• Energy-efficient fluorescent lamps in public areas, increasing use of CFL bulbs
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• Moving toward 100% “Green Seal” cleaning chemicals
• Display board and fairs to facilitate public transportation
Environmental studies program
• Paddled the Mississippi River to study environmental and river politics
• Built rain gardens to capture runoff
• Researched and wrote an environmental history of
Augsburg College
• Studied, prepared, and served a healthy, local,
sustainable lunch
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The topic of conversation on this early December afternoon was pumpkin ice
cream, a dessert that summed up many of the conflicts that go along with making environmental change.
In Environmental Connections, the gateway course for Augsburg’s new environmental studies major, history professor Michael Lansing and political science
professor Joe Underhill take an issue and break it down over a semester. In fall
2007, the topic was water. This past fall, a dozen Augsburg students looked at
food and just how it ends up on our plates.
At the end of the semester, the Environmental Connections students had to take
what they learned and plan a menu for a lunch that was served in the
Christensen Center Commons. Nutrition and taste were important to the students.
But so were environmentally friendly practices, the use of vegetables grown in the
Augsburg greenhouse, and supporting local farmers and companies.
And that led to the lengthy discussion about whether they should serve
pumpkin ice cream from Kemps or buy it from Izzy’s, a St. Paul ice cream
shop. The students knew they wanted the Izzy’s because the
ice cream is made with organic products and the
shop uses solar power. But there was the issue with
price. Kemps wasn’t as environmentally friendly,
but the students could get more ice cream at a
lower price.
Because while it’s easy for people to say that they
want to take environmental concerns into consideration when making decisions, the tone sometimes changes when being green is more expensive. In the
end, the class reached a compromise and would get ice cream from both.
“That discussion was everything the class was about,” says Kathy DeKrey, a
first-year student from Bemidji, Minn. “I thought we should have put up the cost
and got just the Izzy’s ice cream.
“A lot of people aren’t willing to put forth the initial costs to make good decisions and that is too bad.”
It was the kind of broad, big-picture thinking that the professors hope comes
out of this interdisciplinary class. Because things like food, water, and energy—
a potential topic for next year—impact so many parts of society, Underhill and
Lansing bring in guest lecturers from departments across campus.
“WHATEVER YOU DO, IT IMPACTS SOMETHING.”
—Peter Klink ’12
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BY JEFF SHELMAN
Studying the urban
environment
Here’s what you won’t find in Augsburg’s
new environmental studies major: a windmill suddenly being constructed in the
middle of Cedar-Riverside, repeated trips
to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and
anything that could be considered rural.
“That’s not what we want,” Lansing
says. “That’s not who we are.”
The term “environmental” is often
equated with rural, with wetlands, and
with ecosystems. But Lansing and Underhill are much more interested in making
an impact on and around campus. After
all, the Mississippi River is only a few
blocks away. There is a Superfund site in
Minneapolis’ Phillips neighborhood because of high amounts of pesticides and
herbicides previously produced there. The
local Sierra Club office is just across
Interstate 94 in the Seward neighborhood.
Students in both the water and the food
classes took the light rail to downtown
Minneapolis to learn about the impact of
St. Anthony Falls. For the initial class, the
falls demonstrated the importance of water
in relation to the creation of energy. Last
semester, the falls taught about the milling
process and the history of Minneapolis.
In addition to being a vehicle for teaching, studying environmental issues in an
urban environment creates opportunity.
“If you’re interested in the wilderness
and studying ecosystem dynamics, this
probably isn’t the right program,”
Underhill says. “But if you want to do
something on human impact, you have to
be where the people are. Humans are having a huge impact so we have to spend
time where the most people are.”
In the water class, the students constructed rain gardens on the Augsburg
campus. The gardens are positioned to
collect water runoff from campus buildings. In addition to adding plant life to
campus, the rain gardens keep runoff
water from eventually reaching the
Mississippi River.
“We are uniquely situated in a city neighborhood and are privileged to have
a variety of opportunities to explore the interconnectedness of urban life
with both human and natural forces.”
—President Paul C. Pribbenow
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Getting students out of the classroom and getting their hands,
quite literally, dirty very much fits into the experiential teaching
Augsburg is known for.
“We want students to be aware of their immediate surroundings,”
Lansing says. “We don’t want to put them in a sealed classroom and
learn about grand theories while ignoring what’s going on around them.”
Changing attitudes
Peter Klink is in his first year at Augsburg after taking classes a year
ago at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. He always had
an interest in the outdoors, but he didn’t really know just how complex food is.
“Most cows are fed corn hay because it gets them fat quicker, but
it’s not as good for people,” Klink says. “But if you stop feeding them
corn hay and feed them grass, the corn industry is hurt. Whatever you
do, it impacts something.”
Klink, who grew up in Stillwater, Minn., found his habits as a consumer changing as the semester progressed. His biggest change—the
result of learning about the environmental cost of transporting food
across country—has been to make a greater effort to buy locallygrown food.
“I want to know where it comes from,” Klink says. “Also, it’s a way
to support local businesses. The way the economy is, I’m all about
supporting local businesses rather than some big corporation.”
Because the Environmental Connections class is a gateway course
and largely for first-year students and sophomores, the students enter
at different points.
“Clearly the most satisfying thing is when they start with no clue
and as the semester goes on, the light bulb starts to come on,” Underhill says.
The environmental studies major—which will feature classes from
a variety of departments on campus—is very much in its infancy at
Augsburg. While the curriculum has been approved and the requirements laid out, simply offering a major doesn’t guarantee student interest.
In addition to providing a base of knowledge, the gateway course
also shows students with interest in the environment some of the
possibilities that are out there, that an environmental studies major
isn’t limited to a job in nature or working as some sort of scientist.
“There’s a lot of green stuff that’s going to be used in the future,”
says Klink, who is going to major in business and at least minor in
environmental studies. “I think there is going to be a lot of opportunities for jobs in that area. There’s wind energy, solar energy, green architecture. To have a background where you
understand that is a key thing.”
And getting students on the path toward
understanding is what the Environmental
Connections class is all about.
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BY WENDI WHEELER ’06
If you want to study sustainability, you need to go where it’s done best.
Students in the Sustainable Cities in North America summer course spent
three weeks in Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C., learning about the successes and challenges of two of North America’s most sustainable cities.
What they discovered, amidst green buildings and miles of bike trails, is
that being sustainable requires attention to many interconnected aspects of
life. This interconnectedness, they learned, means that what is beneficial
for some may be detrimental to others, so working together to build strong
communities is crucial to the success of sustainability measures.
In the end, the students not only learned more about their world; they
were also empowered to bring their creativity and enthusiasm back to
Minneapolis to implement a plan that would help Augsburg become a
greener, more sustainable campus.
“EDUCATION IS KEY. IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHY
YOU ARE DOING IT OR WHY IT’S IMPORTANT,
YOU WON’T CONTINUE.”
—Kjerstin Hagen ’10
Studying sustainability
Sustainability is a measure of the quality of life for citizens in an area. It involves water and air quality, access to transportation, ability to find work and
make a living, local food systems, energy use, the creation and maintenance
of green buildings, housing availability and affordability, land use, and waste
management—for starters.
To be ranked high on the sustainability scale, a city
must do more than pave bike trails and purchase hybrid buses. Citizens must be educated about greenhouse gas emissions produced by their cars and
about the effect of those emissions on the environment. The city must provide resources that
citizens and businesses need to start and continue environmentally friendly efforts, such as
incentives to use public transportation, access
to buses or light rail, and routes that bring
people easily from their homes to the places of
work and back again.
To be truly sustainable, these efforts must
be culturally appropriate and make the best use
of the resources available in the area. And finally, the practices of sustainability must not only
continue over time, they must improve as the city
changes and grows.
The Sustainable Cities course was a short-term
Augsburg Abroad program led by sociology and metro-urban
studies professors Lars Christiansen and Nancy Fischer. The professors wanted not only to study sustainability in an urban context
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While in Portland and Vancouver,
the students and instructors:
but also to travel sustainably and to minimize the impact of their program on the
cities they visited. Rather than rent a van
or bus, Christiansen and half of the class
traveled by bicycle while Fischer and the
remaining students used train, street car,
and their own two feet to get around in
each city.
“You really get to learn a city when you’re
‘behind bars,’” says Jon Peterson ’10, a sociology major from Excelsior, Minn. “When I
went to Portland with my family, we rented
a car. I didn’t learn nearly as much about
the city and didn’t have the appreciation.”
Traveling by bicycle helped the class reduce
its greenhouse gas emissions and also gave
the students an opportunity to experience
the cities more fully.
• Stayed in Epler Hall at Portland State University, a green
dormitory and Portland’s first LEED-certified building
• Explored neighborhoods using the five-minute walk exercise
• Met with city government officials and policymakers to
learn about urban planning, waste management and recycling, and transportation
• Met with community organizers to learn about grassroots movements and civic engagement
• Visited several professors to learn about sustainable development research and sustainability
efforts on university campuses
• Toured farmers markets and community gardens and talked with the people who sell and grow
in these spaces
• Participated in Portland’s Night Ride and a Critical Mass bike ride in downtown Vancouver
For a video interview with Christiansen and Fischer to learn
more about what they and their students did, saw, and
learned in the Sustainable Cities in North America class
go to www.augsburg.edu/now.
Sustainability is complicated
As they studied and explored Portland and
Vancouver, the students began to gain an
appreciation for the complexity of creating
and maintaining a sustainable city. “A lot
of our experiences brought up the idea of
equity,” says Ricky Oudekerk ’09, an international relations and peace and global
studies major from St. Paul. “What might
be a sustainable idea for the wealthy or
for the government might not work for
everyone.”
The class went to Vancouver’s East
Hastings neighborhood—a site of controversy centered on an effort to clean up an
The students cool off in Jamison Square.
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area nestled between popular tourist destinations as the city prepares to host the
2010 Winter Olympics. There, many students said they witnessed poverty and desperation unlike anything they had ever
seen.
“Basically they’ve quarantined the
homeless and addicts into a four-block
area,” explains Oudekerk. “While it’s sad,
the support resources for those people
could be centralized. And they have activists from their community. That was the
first time I’ve ever seen homeless and addict activists.”
Though both cities offer a robust transit
system, the students learned that if citizens don’t have access or aren’t able to afford the fares, the system is not truly
sustainable. “The transit system in
Vancouver severely marginalizes lower income people,” Peterson says.
Bus fare in Vancouver ranges from
$2.50 to $5, and the fare covers only 90
minutes. In a city with a median income of
$62,600 (CDN) where the average home
price is more than $410,000, many
people have been pushed out of the city
and away from their places of work. “We
discovered that fare didn’t last very long
once you are trying to get out to the suburbs, where many people have moved
who are seeking cheaper residences,”
Fischer says.
“Before this course, I thought sustainable cities would be utopias where nothing bad ever happens,” says Meagen
Swartzer ’08, a media writing major and
urban studies minor. “With every good
comes something bad. Once you reach
perfection, not everybody can afford it.”
Sustainability at Augsburg
Once students learned about the many
dimensions of urban sustainability and
began to understand its intricacy,
Christiansen and Fischer challenged
them to turn their knowledge into action.
The professors knew that in order for the
class’ project to succeed, it had to be
driven by the students so that they
would educate and motivate each other.
The class visited City Farmer, an organization that promotes sustainable urban farming in Vancouver.
Through their site visits and conversations,
the students had learned that their project
had to be right for Augsburg. “The recipe for
sustainability is different and unique in every
place,” says Oudekerk. “The mix of what
you’ve got to work with, including the people
and the culture, needs to be taken into account in order to build a sustainable city.”
In Portland, the class saw many of the
one-block parks for which the city is known.
As he explored the city, Peterson thought
about the park in the center of Augsburg’s
campus. “We saw a lot of urban spaces the
size of Murphy Park where they had done
great things,” Peterson says. “I thought we
could really pay tribute to our heritage by rethinking and reforming that park and creating
a more usable public space.”
Several members of the class also discussed creating a mural with other community groups on the wall bordering I-94 at the
southern edge of campus. “We wanted to
transform that space and bring people together,” says Kjerstin Hagen ’10, an
American Indian studies major.
One idea that has been successfully implemented is a composting program in campus dining facilities.
Working with Augsburg’s foodservice
provider, a group of students formulated a
plan to collect organics and compostable
paper products and to reduce the amount of
waste in the Commons cafeteria. Composting
bins and signage were added to the cafeteria
in the fall. Students from the class helped
diners place their compostable items and
trash into the appropriate containers and an-
Leann Vice-Reshel ’10 (and Jon Peterson ’10 background)
navigated the cities on bicycles.
swered questions about the program. “Education is key,” says Hagen. “If you don’t
know why you are doing it or why it’s important, you won’t continue.”
According to Jay Cross, Augsburg Dining
Services manager, the effort has resulted in
a significant reduction of waste. “Now we
have only one bag of garbage per day,” compared to 12 to 15 six-gallon bags that were
collected daily prior to the implementation
of the program. Currently, Swartzer and
Hagen are working on a grant to purchase
more composting bins for the campus’ retail
foodservice operations and for offices and
residence halls.
Sustainable lessons
For many of the students in Sustainable
Cities in North America, studying in Portland
and Vancouver gave them much more than a
comfortable acquaintance with the two
cities. They learned lessons that changed
their habits, their choices, and their lives.
Michael Wethington, with other Augsburg
students, is organizing a bicycling tour back
to Portland from Minneapolis. The group
plans to contact policymakers and examine
current legislative standing on alternative
transportation with a focus on cycling in
both Minneapolis/St. Paul and Portland.
They’ll perform a cross analysis of the cities:
future directions and applications from one
city, that may work effectively in the other.
Others who already had an interest in sustainability developed a deeper understanding of the issue. “This class trip really
helped to broaden my view of the multi-
Street musicians played at a Portland farmers market.
faceted nature of sustainability,” Peterson
says, “and helped to strengthen my personal values for all the dimensions of sustainability.”
The experiential nature of the program
helped Oudekerk make connections to past
classes and his personal interests. “This
class made it easy for me to connect the
dots between what I have read and what I
was doing in the cities.”
Oudekerk, who plans to work in the area
of sustainable urban development in the future, came to understand that change happens when people work together. “This
class influenced my understanding of the
importance of community. Things that bring
people together create sustainable relationships and healthy community. There are
profound and significant benefits when this
happens.”
Fischer and Christiansen have received a
grant from the Canadian Studies Faculty
Enrichment Program and plan to return to
Portland and Vancouver with another
group of students in 2010.
The photos from Portland and Vancouver were
taken by students in the Sustainable Cities in
North America class.
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The Center for Science, Business, and Religion (CSBR) is Augsburg’s first new academic
building in 60 years and will replace the 60-year-old, inefficient Science Hall. CSBR will
have a story to tell—of excellence in the sciences, of intersections and connections among
disciplines, of transforming city hardscape to more welcoming green space, of sustainability on display. Students like Andrew Nguyen and Reid Larson will benefit from the learning
opportunities this state-of-the-art building will offer.
The CSBR will be a LEED-certified building, created in collaboration with a prestigious,
experienced, innovative team of consultants:
Holabird & Root Architects have won awards for sustainability
and design for college science centers they’ve created. Their
design is based on Augsburg’s concept of intersections, offering a physical and intellectual framework for bringing disciplines into dialogue with each other.
McGough Construction’s “Bright Green” pre-construction and
planning consultation helps CSBR to take advantage of the
most innovative green building techniques and goals.
oslund.and.associates approaches landscape design
as art, as simplicity, and, at Augsburg, as a laboratory
for sustainable environmental practices in dialogue
with themes of intersections.
Key concepts of the CSBR
The building—organized around a “necklace” of public spaces that encourages the community at large to
cross paths
Linking circle—serving as a gateway to the neighborhood and
city, with connections to Lindell Library and Sverdrup Hall
Expanded quadrangle—a landscape laboratory, creating green
commons on campus from west to east, articulating with
Murphy Square, the city’s first public park
“THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE A FRAMEWORK
FOR HIGH EXPECTATIONS, AND WILL EXEMPLIFY
THE EXCELLENCE AND HIGH ACHIEVEMENTS AT
AUGSBURG COLLEGE.”
—Andrew Nguyen ’10
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What’s green about CSBR
Specific planning for LEED certification carried out at the
preplanning stage among architects, contractors, and landscape designers
Sharing of interdepartmental resources in efficient academic
“neighborhoods” throughout the building
Building siting and design encouraging pedestrian traffic,
moving auto traffic away from commons area, plus welcoming green space replacing city hardscape
Rainwater cisterns collecting water to irrigate greenhouses
and flush toilets
Landscape laboratory—on-site stormwater containment, integrating native species, and interpreting features of urban
sustainability
Highly efficient HVAC and heat recovery systems, with optimal siting for solar exposure and for harvesting daylight deep
into the building
Air quality systems recycling gases and fumes
Innovative, sustainable materials, preferably locally-sourced
and expressing themes of intersections in panels, forms,
surfaces
Transportation hub—center for bicycle storage
and conveniences; site for shuttle
transfer to light rail
MPIRG (the Minnesota Public Interest Research Group) is a student group at
Augsburg that has been hard at work on environmental sustainability issues
on campus. I’m the leader of the Environmental Task Force within MPIRG …
[that] has been involved in many environmental sustainability projects over
the past few semesters, including working with the current and past food
services companies on introducing compostable cups to the dining locations, composting food wastes, and introducing another day of trayless dining in the cafeteria. We have also been an integral part of converting the
College to buying 100% wind energy, made possible largely by the Focus the
Nation event last year. In addition, the task force works on environmental
education and awareness, one example being the Detox Forum.
Most of our work last semester was centered around putting together a
survey on the commuting habits of Augsburg’s students, faculty, and staff. This
survey looked at the distance people commute from their homes to Augsburg
and how they get here, the results of which were put into the larger Greenhouse Gas Inventory of the entire College for the Presidents Climate Commitment. As a student, I have been central in the discussions around the science
building, especially around the “green” or sustainable features of the new
building. I have done a lot of work, some of it through MPIRG, ensuring that the
science building has a green roof.
I hope to continue my work in environmental sustainability as I graduate
from Augsburg and go on to graduate school in mechanical engineering, and
then ultimately find a career in the renewable energy field.
“AS A STUDENT, I HAVE BEEN
CENTRAL IN THE DISCUSSIONS
AROUND THE SCIENCE BUILDING,
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ‘GREEN’
OR SUSTAINABLE FEATURES.”
—Reid Larson ’09
CSBR by the numbers
134,000 square feet, LEED certified, an addition to Sverdrup Hall, 75,000 square
feet for eight academic departments (biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics,
computer science, psychology, business, and religion)
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21 teaching labs
6,000 square feet of student-faculty research space
2,000 square feet of greenhouse space on the roof of the building
Informal gathering spaces for learning and conversation
Skyway linking circle to Lindell Library
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THE JOURNEY OF AN APPLE
A year ago, all food waste from Augsburg’s dining center was hauled away and dumped
in a landfill with the trash of thousands of other Twin Cities businesses, homes, and
schools.
Last fall, however, the fate of Augsburg’s garbage changed when students from the
Sustainable Cities in North America course (see story on p. 23) worked with A’viands,
the College’s food services provider, to launch a campus composting program.
Photojournalist and staff photographer Stephen Geffre followed an apple as it traveled more than 60 miles—from a Wisconsin nursery through Augsburg’s kitchen and
dining center to a composting facility in Chaska, Minn., where it once again will travel
to nurture spring plantings.
In the autumn, workers at Nesbitt’s Nursery, near Prescott, Wis., harvested the
apple and shipped it more than 60 miles to the Augsburg kitchen where it was served
to diners. The remains of the apple were tossed into the composting bin with napkins,
chicken bones, jello, pizza crusts, etc.
The apple remnants and its compostable companions were transported to Chaska, in
the regular twice-a-week pick-ups. There, the apple core was mixed with other
biodegradable materials like tree clippings and yard waste. Over the course of 90 days
the mixture was turned, separated, mixed again, and heated until it’s ready to emerge
as compost.
This nutrient-rich material will be sold this spring to landscapers, community gardeners, and to the nearby Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to provide nourishment,
perhaps, to an apple seedling there.
“We strive to use up no more clean air, water,
energy, and raw materials in a year than the
earth can provide for it.”
—President Paul C. Pribbenow
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“ALL YOU NEED IS A BUCKET,
AND EVERY LITTLE THING HELPS.”
—Meagen Swartzer ’09
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Feeding
The Campus Kitchen program at Augsburg College not only
feeds people’s bodies—it also feeds the minds of students.
Last spring, the program moved a part of its operation from
the kitchen to the garden, opening an outdoor classroom to
children from the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
The idea for Augsburg’s community garden blossomed last
spring when students and staff prepared 40 plots on the west
side of campus. The plots are available to Augsburg faculty,
staff, and students as well as neighbors from Cedar-Riverside
and Seward. Brian Noy, coordinator of the Campus Kitchen
program, says, “The garden provides a beautiful entrance to
our campus and a way to welcome the community. It’s a
common space for people to work together to do something
meaningful.”
Through an internship program developed with the Center
for Service, Work, and Learning, the garden has also become
an extension of Campus Kitchen. Last summer, two Augsburg
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD
youth
BY WENDI WHEELER ’06
students worked with youth from day programs at the Brian Coyle
Center and the Confederation of Somali Community. The interns
worked in the garden and in the kitchen, teaching students how food
is grown and how to prepare healthy meals. “This is a whole new program that feeds youth in a fuller way,” Noy says.
Augsburg junior Ruth Senum was the “garden intern” last summer.
She and approximately 50 elementary school children planted seeds,
“I THOUGHT OF THE WATERING, WEEDING, AND
HARVESTING AS OUR CLASSROOM CHORES.”
—Ruth Senum ’10
tended plants, and harvested much of the produce from four
garden plots.
Senum says the children were surprised to learn where food
comes from and that it can look different in the garden than in the
grocery store or on their plates.
“When I showed them the broccoli plant, they thought it was
huge,” she says. “They only see it all chopped up.” She says students also were interested in the fact that some plants have flowers before they produce fruit or vegetables. “Just seeing the whole
process from seed to produce was a very new experience for
them,” she says.
The children were disappointed about the limitations of a
Minnesota growing season. “They asked where the banana tree
was, and it was interesting for them to understand why we can’t
grow a lot of fruit here.”
The internship taught Senum, an education major, techniques
for her future classroom. “I thought of the watering, weeding, and
harvesting as our classroom chores,” she says, but she discovered
the students liked being in the garden more than they liked doing
garden chores. “You need to find a good system to keep them
working,” she says.
Senum also learned that students liked interactive learning activities much more than sit-down learning. “They wanted to talk to
each other, run around, do arts and crafts,” she says. “Getting
them out of their desks and walking around is important.”
The garden also serves as a learning environment for Augsburg
students, but Noy says opportunities were limited because the
bulk of the work is needed when most students are away from
campus. As a solution, a simple greenhouse was added to the garden area, extending the growing season by one month in the
spring and in the fall. “It makes a huge impact because we can
engage actual students and classes outside the garden and allow
them to get involved with the growing space,” Noy says.
The students in Environmental Connections, the introductory
course in Augsburg’s environmental studies major, used the greenhouse in the fall to grow vegetables and herbs for their final project. The class studied how food fits into socio-economic and
ecological systems and prepared and
served a meal in the campus dining
center (see story on page 20).
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HOW GREEN IS
our magazine
How green is our printing?
The paper used in the printing of this magazine is certified to the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody standard and contains 10 percent
post-consumer waste.
What does this mean?
In the process of writing and designing a
“green” issue of the Augsburg Now, we asked
ourselves what we could do to make the magazine itself more environmentally friendly. Using recycled paper and safe inks is an easy way to accomplish
this, but we wanted to do more.
So, instead of adding more pages we’re utilizing one
of the most valuable resources available to communicators and marketers—the World Wide Web.
This issue of the Augsburg Now is the second in
which we’ve added “Web Extras” at www.augsburg.
edu/now. These online features allow us to add material to tell richer, more creative stories than we can
using print alone.
In this issue, we have added a story on sustainable
study abroad, a growing trend in education. The story
connects our readers to tools they can use to minimize
their impact on the environment while traveling.
We also have a video interview with the professors
and some of the students involved in the Sustainable
Cities in North America course (see page 23). On camera, they share their enthusiasm about the work they
are doing to create a more sustainable Augsburg.
In the future, we will continue to use the Internet to
improve our communication with alumni and friends of
Augsburg College. As we continue to expand Now online, we invite our readers to share ideas and feedback
with us at now@augsburg.edu.
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program, foresters, paper manufacturers and distributors, and printers all agree to
abide by strict standards. These standards are designed to ensure social, economic,
and ecological needs are met for current and future generations. This Chain of Custody ensures responsible handling of the paper product from forest to printed piece.
The percentage of post-consumer content indicates that at least 10 percent of the
paper in the magazine has been reclaimed from what would have otherwise ended up
in a land fill.
FSC Chain of Custody can trace a printed piece back through the production process to
identify where the wood pulp came from. Find out where this magazine had its roots and
how our corporate partners are committed to being green at www.augsburg.edu/now.
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alumni news
From the Alumni Board president …
February 2009
Greetings, alumni and friends,
d
uring these interesting and turbulent
times, I am certain that most of you are
feeling the effects of this economic climate in your personal lives. As members of the
Augsburg community, we are called to be fundamentally concerned about our neighbor, which means to be concerned and care about the household of all people. We are to work
toward full inclusion of all of our neighbors assuring that everyone
has access to the resources necessary for life, and that everyone is
allowed to fully participate in the life of the community.
This emphasis on community may come in direct conflict with
our modern lives. We often live for ourselves and focus on our own
family needs. But as members of a community, we are called to invest time and effort in responding to the needs of others. As a
member of the Augsburg alumni community, we are reminded that
we no longer live in a world of fixed boundaries. We need to maintain a sense of commitment to our neighbors around the globe.
Keeping alumni who live in the city, state, and around the world
engaged with the Augsburg community is important to the life of
the College. The Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations has developed the following activities encouraging alumni engagement:
• Project IGNITE (Involving Graduates Now In Thoughtful Engagement) is a new program to build stronger relationships with
College alumni, many of whom are not currently connected to
Augsburg. Read more about Project IGNITE on p. 34.
• A corporate alumni plan will engage young professionals, midcareer professionals, and sole practitioners through networking
events, continued education opportunities, and an alumni benefit that will help promote their businesses to other Augsburg
graduates. Alumni will host receptions at their places of business for President Pribbenow to connect with alumni and update them about the College.
• A program for recent graduates will focus on engaging alumni
who have graduated within the past 10 years. An advisory
board of recent grads will assist in planning events for their fellow alumni.
• Outreach events will engage alumni who reside in the outer
metro area and in Rochester; Duluth; Washington, D.C.; and
Norway. Interesting events that infuse an Augsburg connection
include a Lake Minnetonka eco-cruise tour led by an Augsburg
faculty member, an alumni-directed theatre production in
Anoka, and a “Down by the Riverside” event in Rochester.
Being an Auggie is a gift and staying engaged is priceless.
NOW@augsburg, a new monthly e-newsletter, has been initiated to
update you on current happenings and events, continuing education
opportunities, and Augsburg news. So, do your part by keeping connected and staying engaged with the Augsburg community.
Sincerely,
JOYCE P. MILLER ’02 (BSN-ROCHESTER), ’05 MAN
ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT
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Project IGNITE set to launch
Many Augsburg graduates stay connected with the College through
the years. They come to events or games on campus, they volunteer, and they donate to The Augsburg Fund. But there are others
who just don’t stay connected.
That's something the College—thanks to a nearly $230,000
grant from the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation—
hopes to change over the next three years.
Project IGNITE (which stands for Involving Graduates Now In
Thoughtful Engagement) will work very directly and personally with
alumni. Over the next year, Augsburg students will conduct face-toface visits with more than 500 alumni to ask them about their
views on Augsburg and their interest in volunteer opportunities with
the College. The hope is that more than 1,600 alumni will receive
visits in the next three years, mostly those alumni living in and
around the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
“For a college, our alumni are a strategic advantage and if you
don’t use that, you’re missing an opportunity,” President Paul C.
Pribbenow said. “This gives us an opportunity to link current students and recent grads with alumni of all ages. Your current students and recent graduates are often your best spokespeople for
what’s really happening.”
Student representatives have been hired and trained by the
Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations, and visits to alumni
are already underway.
Alex Gonzalez ’90, a senior financial adviser for Thrivent Finan-
(L to R) Denise Aasen, Manager of Lutheran Relationships for Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans; Alex Gonzales ’90, Senior Financial Advisor, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans,
and Augsburg regent; President Pribbenow; Megan Benrud ’10, Student Body President;
and Kim Stone, Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations.
cial for Lutherans and an Augsburg regent, said the grant is part of
the mission for the not-for-profit organization.
“Our goal is to help grow Lutheran communities and Lutheran
institutions,” Gonzalez said. “It’s not just the money, these dollars
will help grow engagement. It will help get alumni engaged into
giving to the school.”
The grant is part of the foundation’s Lutheran Grant Program,
designed to help Lutheran institutions and organizations take advantage of unique growth and service opportunities. It also supports the interests and needs of the Lutheran community. In
2007, the program distributed approximately $5 million through
100 separate grants.
Project IGNITE is designed to become a model program for
alumni programs in other ELCA colleges. For additional information, contact Kim Stone in the Office of Alumni and Constituent
Relations at 612-330-1173 or stonek@augsburg.edu.
Discover Italy with fellow Auggies
“WAS IT IN SHORT, EVER TO BE ELSEWHERE WHEN ONE COULD BE IN ITALY” —EDITH WHARTON
You are invited to join the fellowship of other Augsburg alumni and friends on a journey of discovery to Italy in early November.
Travel among the medieval hill towns of Tuscany, discovering history along with the beauty of the surrounding vineyards and olive
groves. In Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, learn and understand how art pulled Europe out of the Dark Ages. In
Umbria, where art is prayer, visit the town of Assisi that stands out for its inspiration and reflection. Find an education in history and a tapestry of art, architecture, and culture woven over thousands of years in the Eternal City of Rome, one of the
founding cities of Western civilization and a significant place in the story of Christianity. All along the way enjoy the delights of the Italian people and cuisine.
The details of this custom-created travel experience are being finalized. Contact the Office of Alumni and
Constituent Relations at 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu to learn more about this unique travel opportunity.
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Called to Lead
Professionals Moving from Success to Significance
Augsburg College admits a diverse group of established alumni and friends each
year for the Called to Lead program. Six weekly seminars give you an opportunity
to examine your life and work. The seminar is co-sponsored by the Center for
Faith and Learning, and the Center for Leadership Studies at Augsburg.
Called to Lead is designed to expand the skills and knowledge of individuals who have demonstrated leadership within their profession and the community. Through collaborative and interactive experiences, participants engage
with each other and their facilitators as they explore their own call to lead.
Augsburg College accepts applications and nominations for the Called to
Lead program from a diverse group of alumni and friends, including business
leaders, professionals and academics, directors and staff of community service organizations and civic associations, managers from government agencies
and community activists. For more information contact Norma Noonan in the
Center for Leadership Studies, at 612-330-1198 or noonan@augsburg.edu.
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out the first week of each month to alumni and parents. Get quick updates on College and alumni
news, and check the calendar for alumni events
during the month. To receive NOW@augsburg,
e-mail alumni@augsburg.edu.
Thrivent rewards your volunteer time
Your volunteer hours for Augsburg can count even more through the GivingPlus program at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Thrivent will give Augsburg
$25 for your volunteered hours for Augsburg (25 or more per year) working on
projects or activities, or participating on committees, boards, and task groups.
Report your volunteer hours on the Thrivent matching form and make your
time even more valuable. To find out about volunteer opportunities, e-mail
volunteer@augsburg.edu.
Have you “friended” Auggie Eagle on Facebook?
Go to his profile and check out what Auggie is up to.
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52Pines, Minn., was selected for
Rev. Arvid “Bud” Dixon, Circle
a 2008 Honorary Award of the Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundation for
Peace and Justice, given for long
and significant contribution to the
causes of peace and social justice.
68professor of biology and direc-
Ted Johnson, Northfield, Minn.,
tor of biomedical studies at St. Olaf
College, gave an address, “Students,
New Science Building, and the Liberal Arts,” at St. Olaf’s Opening Convocation, on Sept. 4.
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Rev. Peter Strommen,
Shakopee, Minn., accepted a
call to Shepherd of the Lake
Lutheran Church in Prior Lake,
Minn., that began on Sept. 1. He
has just completed a long tenure as
the bishop of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA.
tary children and conversational
English with adults at the Bible
School.
Larry Turner and Robert Storeygard
’76, along with David Tiede, Bernhard Christensen Professor of Religion and Vocation, attended the
10th anniversary of the Bible School
(Center for Christian Education) in
Martin, Slovakia, a Lutheran school
that educates adult students for
serving in congregations and communities. The “Decade of Miracles”
celebration, July 4-6, included performances from the St. Andrew’s
Lutheran Church choir, Mahtomedi,
Minn., who also performed elsewhere in Slovakia. Participants from
18 U.S. congregations taught Vacation Bible School with 330 elemen-
Peter Agre, Baltimore, Md.,
was awarded the Annual Prize
for Outstanding Contribution to Lung
Research on Dec. 11 at the annual
meeting for the Will Rogers Motion
Picture Pioneers Foundation
(WRMPPF), for his groundbreaking
work in aquaporins and potential
benefits to lung research. He is director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria
Research Institute in the Bloomberg
School of Public Health.
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77Wash., began as director of
Rev. Arne Bergland, Puyallup,
church relations for California
Lutheran University in September,
acting as a liaison between the university and the church community.
Rod Skoe, Clearbrook, Minn., was
honored in November as a recipient
of a 2008 Torch and Shield, the
highest award presented by the University of Minnesota-Crookston. He
represents District 2, northwestern
Minnesota, in the Minnesota Senate
and has been involved in farming in
Clearbrook, Minn., since 1985.
78Lake, Minn., has been named
Steven Hoffmeyer, White Bear
commissioner of the Minnesota Bureau of Mediation Services by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. He
served as deputy commissioner and
has been with the bureau since
2002.
In October, Augsburg religion professor Phil Quanbeck II and his wife, Augsburg regent Ruth Johnson ’74, led “An Aegean Odyssey to Turkey and Greece,”
with a group of 23, including seven other Auggies. For 10 days, they traveled and studied the world of the Apostle Paul, Byzantium, and modern-day Greece
and Turkey.
(Back row, men, L to R): Jerry Kleven ’57, Art Rimmereid ’53, Paul Anderson, Jim Weninger ’92 MAL, Phil Quanbeck, Mike Bailey, Tom Stertz, Kirk Gill,
Jim Martenson, David Larson, Larry Turner. (Middle row, women, L to R): Sylvia Hanson ’50, Char Rimmereid ’52, Karen Freeman, Liz Weninger ’92, Julie
Larson, Carmen Clementson, Cindy Martenson, Nancy Anderson, Sally Tonsager. (Front row, women, L to R): Jennie Wilson, Ruth Johnson ’74, Kathy Bailey,
Lynn Stertz, Sue Turner, Alice Peterson, Denise Shuck ’09.
To read about their tour and see photos from
their travels, go to www.augsburg.edu/now.
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79Ill., serves as the practice
Brian Carlsen, Buffalo Grove,
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Neil Paulson ran in the Orlando
(Fla.) Utilities Commission race
in December. His photo appeared on
the cover of Runner magazine because he runs without a shirt in all
weather there, which is always tropical compared to Minnesota.
Scott L. Anderson and his
wife, Susan, Minneapolis,
welcomed the birth of John Scott on
Jan. 30, 2007. Scott is an insurance and financial service agent for
Farmers Financial Solutions LLC.
ScottLAnderson38@msn.com
leader of organizational learning at
St. Aubin, Haggerty & Associates, a
strategic HR consulting firm. He recently co-authored a book on business and workforce leadership,
Attract, Engage & Retain Top Talent,
from Author House books.
Leslie (Morland) and Jonathan Carlson moved from Bozeman, Mont.,
back to St. Paul where Leslie has
taken a nurse practitioner job at
HealthEast Clinics.
80St. Paul, Minn., has been apJulie (Petterson) Leslie, West
pointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty
as a parent member to a three-year
term on the State Advisory Council
on Early Childhood Education and
Care. She is a licensed educator
and the director of Augustana Preschool.
82began teaching 11th- and
Karl Spring joined Fox 21 in Duluth,
Minn., in September as chief meteorologist and travels to schools
throughout northern Minnesota to
teach students about meteorology.
Previously, he was chief meteorologist at KBJR-TV in Duluth.
94Sarya, Charlevoix, Mich., reGwendolyn (Christiansen)
ceived her Master of Arts degree in
music education in December from
the University of St. Thomas, with a
concentration in Orff-Schulwerk. She
and her husband, Dave, have a fiveyear-old son, Luke. She teaches K-4
music and movement and fifth-grade
band at Concord Academy in Boyne,
Mich. gwensarya@yahoo.com
Sara Trumm, Chicago, began in October as program coordinator for the
Center for Christian-Muslim Relations for Peace and Justice at the
Lutheran School of Theology. She
had just spent two years in India.
Rick Bennett, Morgan, Minn.,
91tag were married in Hoversten
Kristen (Hirsch) and Paul Mon-
89
Sue Hakes began a two-year
term as mayor of Grand
Marais, Minn., to which she was
elected in November.
Chapel on Oct. 18, with Auggies in
attendance: Velda (Stohr) Gabrielson
’90, Betty Christiansen ’91, Laura
(Ferry) Lee ’92, Brenda Lunde Gilsrud
’91, Liz Pushing ’93, Jennifer Tome
’99, and Aaron Pelaccia ’07. Kristen
is a marketing communication manager at Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota, and Paul is in sales and
marketing. They live in St. Paul.
92
Sharol (Dascher) Tyra, received a Star Award 2008
from the Minnesota Organization of
Leaders in Nursing (MOLN) in
recognition of her commitment to
volunteering and dedication to influencing health care by advancing
professional nursing leadership,
particularly with the Metro Alliance
Education and Service Collaborative
for Expanded Enrollment of Baccalaureate Nurses.
12th-grade students in chemistry
and human anatomy in Cannon
Falls, Minn.
Wendy (Shields) and Bradley
Falls, Minn., with big brother, Jackson, announce the birth of Lachlan
Bradley, on March 9, 2008. Brad is
a physician assistant at SMDC
Health System-International Falls,
and Wendy is a stay-at-home mom.
wreiners@frontiernet.net
Rachel Brist is a physician as-
of Bigfork Valley Hospital clinics in
Coleraine and Marcell, Minn.
84in Tromsø, Norway. Tove was
02artistic director for SOS Play-
named a Knight of the First Class of
the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit,
by King Harald V, for the advancement of Norwegian language and
culture in the United States. She is a
peace studies educator at the University of Tromsø and has served for
26 years as dean of Skogfjorden,
Concordia College Norwegian Language Village. Curt began on Jan. 1
as vice president for research and
development at the University of
Tromsø—the world’s northernmost
university vice president. This is a
new position resulting from the
merger of the University of Tromsø
and Tromsø College.
ers, two troupes of pre-teen actors
who perform for elementary and
middle-school audiences, helping
them cope with life. He often writes
scripts based on requests from educators to deal with particular topics.
86Minn., joined UCare health
Heather Schwartz joined the consumer marketing practice of Weber
Shandwick in Minneapolis-St. Paul
as an account supervisor. Previously
she had been a brand public relations director.
Tove Dahl and Curtis Rice live
Frank Gilbertson, Maplewood,
98Reiners ’99, International
01sistant and has joined the staff
plan in November as provider network management director. Previously, he spent 11 years at Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota,
most recently as senior director,
provider relations planning.
Andrew Bernstrom, St. Paul, is
Katie Lindelfelser’s research as a
master’s degree student at the University of Melbourne (Australia) was
published in a co-authored article,
“Bereaved Parents' Experiences of
Music Therapy with Their Terminally
Ill Child,” in the Journal of Music
Therapy, fall 2008. She is teaching
a music therapy course at Augsburg
this spring semester.
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Rev. Rachel (Oldfather) Stout,
Wadena, Minn., was installed as associate pastor of Immanuel Lutheran
Church in September in Wadena.
Her husband, Ryan, is the new pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in
New York Mills. They have a son,
Soren.
04
Amanda Engesether is working
with the current city planning
director in Kinston, N.C., and will
take over that position in July when
he retires. Previous to this, she
worked as a planner in Johnston and
Onslow Counties in North Carolina
and completed an internship at the
Urban Design Center in Raleigh, N.C.
Chris Stewart, Lakeville, Minn., became vice president of operations
for BOR-SON Construction in Minneapolis. He will manage all general
construction operations for the company. Previously he was head of Target’s national field operations team.
05
Andrea (Carlson) and Riley
Conway are living in Hershey,
Pa. Andrea is a third-year medical
student at Penn State, and Riley
works at Border Books and is a student in the distance master’s degree
program at Hamline University. They
were married in 2005.
06Marrandino were married on
Maureen Parker and Martin
Oct. 25. Maureen is a board certified music therapist at KSB Hospital
in Dixon, Ill., where Martin is also
employed. He also is a student at
Sauk Valley Community College.
Kasey Yoder, Duluth, Minn., is coowner of Two Guys Pizza in Duluth,
and working 80-hour weeks, doing
everything from menu planning to
becoming a master of the pizza oven.
00Burnsville, Minn., and her
Missy (Carlson) Bakeberg,
husband, Randy, welcomed the
birth of their twins, Cooper Joshua
and Ava Morgan on Oct. 11. Cooper
weighed 7 lbs., 5 oz., and Ava
weighed 5 lbs., 13 oz.
00
Denitza (Batanova) Stevens,
Chandler, Ariz., and her husband, Joel, welcomed their son,
Roman David, on April 26 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
08Sept. 2008-Feb. 2009 in
Jenni Olson volunteered from
Iringa, Tanzania, teaching communications at Iringa College/Tumaini
University.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Anita Raymond ’94 MSW is a 2008
recipient of the fourth annual Shelley Joseph-Kordell Award from Volunteers of America-Minnesota for
service to older adults. She is a social worker for Volunteers of America-Minnesota’s Protective Services
and Geriatric Care Management and
Consultation Services.
05Robertson were married on
Britni Morgan and Jeremy
05Stephen Belde were married
Melynda Kleewein and
on Aug. 1 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Melynda works at New York Life in
Anchorage and coaches hockey for
the Alaska Firebirds. Stephen is a
teacher with the Anchorage school
district and also coaches hockey for
the Alaska Firebirds and the South
High School boys’ hockey team.
Oct. 4 in Crystal, Minn. Auggies in
the wedding party included Kyle
Howard ’04, Jillian Janicki ’04, Jim
Lindell ’04, Nick Collins ’04, and
Tom Delisle ’06. In March they are
moving to Brainerd, Minn., to start a
lawn/cabin care company, Bear
Paw Cabin Care.
95his second book published,
Jeff Falkingham MAL, has had
Sherlock Holmes: in Search of the
Source, a work of historical fiction set
in St. Paul in December 1896. A sequel to an earlier work, Sherlock
Holmes and the County Courthouse
Caper, it’s set in Jeff's hometown of
Browns Valley, Minn., in November
1886. Originally released in June
2007 as a fundraiser for victims of the
March 2007 flood in Browns Valley, it
has raised over $6,500 for flood relief.
Excerpts from both books can be
found at www.cccaper.com. Falkingham now lives in Eden Prairie, Minn.,
and works in advertising for Northern
Tool + Equipment of Burnsville.
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08UST Tommie, Tony Nagorski,
Jen Janda married her favorite
07Henning on Oct. 4 in Red-
Megan Schiller married Brent
wood Falls, Minn. Auggies in the
wedding party included Marrissa
Henry-Mashuga, Maria Belen Power
’07, and Miesha Martin-Freeman
’08. Megan is an administrative assistant in the Automated Clearing
House (ACH) Operations at Wells
Fargo in Minneapolis, and Brent is
an inside sales representative for
Braas Company in Eden Prairie.
They live in Waverly, Minn.
on Aug. 2 in Eagan, Minn. An Auggie, Megan Carlson ’08, was in the
wedding party. Jen works in the
Marketing and Communication Office at Augsburg and Tony attends
the St. Thomas School of Law. They
live in downtown Minneapolis.
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When today’s Old Main was conceived late in the 1870s, the College
planned for many of the new utilities and comforts of the day—plumbing
with running water and restrooms, steam heat, and built-in electric fixtures. This marked a shift from a campus that was ecologically independent (with a barn housing a horse, cow, and pig) to one that linked itself to
the growing urban infrastructure for water, waste, and energy.
Taken from “From Rural to Urban: The Environmental History of
Augsburg College, 1872–2005,” written by the students in Environmental
Connections and revised by Alex Hoselton ’08 and Alex Ubbelohde ’08.
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In Memoriam
Donald Murphy ’43, Mounds View,
Minn., age 87, on Nov. 24.
Dr. Nancy English ’73, Duluth,
Minn., age 57, on Aug. 8.
Robert W. Johnson ’49, Burnsville,
Minn., age 82, on Aug. 17.
Stacy Sellers ’01, Inman, Neb.,
age 31, on Jan. 2.
Pearson, Wayne ’49, Wildomar,
Calif., age 83, on Dec. 27.
Kerry Affeldt ’05, Wykoff, Minn.,
age 45, on Sept. 21, of injuries
from a motorcycle/auto accident.
Rev. James E. Peterson ’50,
Bloomington, Minn., age 79, on
Sept. 26.
Ronald Lund ’50, Wanamingo,
Minn., age 82, on Aug. 21.
Mary Ann Olsen ’53, Minneapolis,
age 78, on Sept. 18.
Beverly An (Gryth) Villwock ’52,
Charlottesville, Va., age 78, on
Nov. 29.
Mavis (Strand) Hafstad ’54, Eagan,
Minn., age 75, on Aug. 11.
Ahmednur Ali ’10, Minneapolis,
Minn., age 20, on Sept. 22.
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If yes, class year ________________________________________________
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Kathleen (“Katie”) Wiltgen ’10,
Winona, Minn., age 21, on Nov.
29, in an auto accident.
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Mathew Ackerman ’10, Dallas,
Texas, age 23, on Dec. 7.
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Auggie experience
Richmond Appleton ’09
Environmental Studies
Richmond Appleton is passionate about giving back to his
communities—the Twin Cities and his birthplace of Liberia.
Early in his Augsburg career, he was a biology major and
planned to attend medical school. However, when the environmental studies program began, Appleton knew this was
the path he should take. He became the first student to formally declare the major.
Appleton has overcome a great deal in his life. As a young
boy, he contracted polio and was paralyzed on his left side.
He often had no access to medical care, but his parents took
him to native healers. “There were no social services or hospitals,” he says. “There was nothing to count on in emergencies.” Over time, he recovered the use of his arm and leg.
When civil war broke out in Liberia in the early ’90s, his
family fled to the Ivory Coast. Appleton’s mother was separated from them, and he also lost his father, brother, and sisters for four weeks because he couldn’t run fast enough to
keep up with them. Eventually the family was forced to Ghana
where they stayed in a refugee camp until they immigrated to
the U.S. in 2004.
A desire to make a difference influenced Appleton’s decision to join the environmental studies program where classes
in ecology and biodiversity fuel his interests in social work
and public service. Although he wants to help his country, he
likely won’t return to live permanently. He says Liberia is rebuilding after years of violence and destruction, but that
much remains to be done. “People are sick from the effects
of a polluted environment.”
While at Augsburg, Appleton has been active in the
neighborhood. He chairs the Augsburg Student Activities Council diversity committee and serves as a residence life community adviser. In January, he traveled to Cuernavaca, Mexico,
with students from the Scholastic Connections program to learn
about sustainable agriculture practices in Mexico.
Appleton plans to graduate in December and is researching
graduate programs in environmental studies. “I am interested
in public policy in urban areas, conflict management in war
torn countries, community development, agriculture, sustainability, and bio-agriculture.” Appleton plans to study sustainable food production and how it can minimize the human
impact on the environment.
JENNIFER L. HIPPLE, WEEKEND COLLEGE STUDENT
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Mr. Augsburg still supporting students
Jeroy and Ainy Carlson
Kirsten Bar ’10
In 1958, when Minnesota celebrated its centennial, Jeroy
Carlson ’48 was one of 1,958 state champions honored by the
state. “Jack Dempsey was at the ceremony,” Carlson said,
“and he told us, ‘The greatest asset America has is its youth.’
That’s still true.”
Carlson and his wife Lorraine “Ainy” support Augsburg students through planned gifts because they believe what
Dempsey said. Carlson, known to many as “Mr. Augsburg,”
spent 44 years as a student-athlete, teacher, coach, and staff
member with the College. “I tried to be of help to anyone I
could,” he said.
With a charitable gift annuity, the Carlsons fund a scholarship that supports students who are studying music or physical
education and who demonstrate a commitment of service
to others.
This year’s recipient of Jeroy and Ainy Carlson’s scholarship is
Kirsten Bar ’10, a music therapy major who has worked
throughout her education with people with Hungtington’s disease, dementia, and Alzheimer’s.
“The students and faculty in the music department have a
special place in our hearts for those who have contributed to
scholarships,” said Bar. “For some students, these scholarships make a huge difference from year to year. We appreciate
the financial support and very much enjoy seeing the donors at
our performances.”
After completing her studies, Bar hopes to return to her
hometown of Billings, Mont., to start the city’s first music therapy practice.
“Investing” with an Augsburg charitable gift annuity rather than with a bank gives the Carlsons a locked rate of
return for their lifetimes, and they will be sure that the remainder will go to the scholarship after their death.
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River Politics
Students in Professor Joe Underhill’s Environmental and
River Politics class travel through Lock 1 on the Mississippi
River. During the class, students study current debates
about the extent of environmental problems, and examine
how those problems are manifested on campus and in our
immediate surroundings. Exploring the issues from a canoe
gives them different perspectives.
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introduction of women students,
Augsburgian editor Caleb Quanbeck
wrote, “Now that we are increasing in
numbers and have developed more
comprehensive curricula will we be
willing to assume the responsibilities
which come with the greater Augsburg?”
(See Auggie Thoughts, p. 44.)
Over the years there is little doubt
that the response has always been a
resounding “yes.”
As readers 80 years from now look
back to this day and what is being
written about the launching of the
largest fundraising campaign in
Augsburg’s history, I surmise they will
note the same sense of watershed in the
College’s life. Augsburg’s tradition of
excellence and vision for educating in
the sciences necessitates a new center
and upgrade to the existing half-centuryold facilities. Our men’s and women’s
athletic programs have no further
capacity to stretch their space. We seek
the addition of facilities on campus to
help us nourish and grow the
partnerships we’ve built in our
neighborhood and community. And, to
continue to make an Augsburg
education available to many students,
the endowment must grow.
Through Augsburg Now, news and
stories about the campaign, Access to
Excellence: The Campaign for Augsburg
College, will be featured in a newsletter
called Vision. In this issue, a special
edition of Vision presents an overview of
the campaign as well as stories about the
generosity of donors who have already
made significant contributions and about
students who benefit from it.
This year also marks a change in
leadership on Augsburg’s Board of
Regents. The six-year tenure of board
chair Kathy Tunheim provided vision
and direction for Augsburg to leap into
national limelight as an innovator in
education. For the first time in 40 years
a graduate of Augsburg, Jean Taylor ’85,
takes over the reins of leadership. Their
perspectives on the College, its mission,
and their roles are included in this issue.
Other features offer different
glimpses of service reflected in
Augsburg’s motto, Education for Service.
Jean Housh, wife of regent emeritus
Allen Housh, brought to us a story she
wrote about “Major” Bowen, a
remarkable high school student and
current Augsburg student, who has faced
the greatest of challenges in recovery
from a devastating brain injury. With the
compassion and commitment of
Augsburg staff and faculty working
with his family, he was able to begin a
college career.
Stephanie Quick, an Augsburg
graduate and seminary student, is also
featured. Her efforts to collect donated
prom dresses—that most likely would
never be worn again—from parishioners
at her home church in the Twin Cities
and through her sister here at Augsburg,
brightened the lives of Native Alaskan
teenage girls who could not afford to
buy a dress for their special evening.
Editor Quanbeck wrote in 1924 that
he hoped The Augsburgian would be “an
instrument in helping people to realize
that our school is doing a great work, an
important work.” Augsburg continues
this great work, and we take pride in
sharing it with you in Augsburg Now.
Betsey Norgard
Editor
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Minnesota 55454.
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Betsey Norgard
A PUBLICATION FOR AUGSBURG COLLEGE ALUMNI & FRIENDS
Spring/Summer 2004
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Class Notes Coordinator
Sara Kamholz ’04
Photographer
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President
William V. Frame
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Major Bowen: a story of
courage and determination
by Betsey Norgard
Director of Alumni and
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Amy Sutton
Director of Public Relations
and Communication
Dan Jorgensen
A change in leadership
A Major inspiration
by Jean Spielman Housh
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A Quick connection to
prom dresses
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Fourth Annual International
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From Flatanger to Augsburg:
A century apart by Betsey Norgard
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Seeing abilities instead
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Commencement 2004
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Vision
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The newsletter for Access to
Excellence: The Campaign for
Augsburg College
Departments
2
Around the Quad
10
Sports
12
Faculty/Staff Notes
34
Alumni News
36
Class Notes
43
In Memoriam
On the cover:
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Auggie Thoughts
inside
back
cover
Homecoming Preview
50 percent recycled paper (10 percent post-consumer waste)
Incoming first-year students in the
Summer Bridge program (see p. 3)
lined up in front of the wall
measuring progress for the new
$55 million campaign. In part, this
campaign ensures the availability
of an Augsburg education to a wide
variety of students.
(Photo by Stephen Geffre)
AROUND
QUAD
Around THE
the Quad
Augsburg launches $55 million capital
campaign
Augsburg News Service
New Science Center needed to continue excellence in the sciences
O
n April 18 Augsburg kicked off a $55
million capital campaign—the most
ambitious fund-raising effort in its 135year history—to seek funding for two new
buildings, a major addition to a third, and
support for the endowment to help fund
scholarship opportunities for its students.
Access to Excellence: The Campaign
for Augsburg College seeks $37 million
for the three building projects, $13
million for growth to the endowment, and
$5 million in growth to the annual
operating fund. Nearly $30 million
already has been raised.
Individual gifts of at least $1 million
have come from James and Kathy
Haglund of Golden Valley, Minn.; Kinney
L. Johnson ’65, of Boulder, Colo., Jean
Taylor ’85 and Roger Griffith ’84 and the
Glen A. Taylor Foundation; and Alan
Rice of St. Paul.
The centerpiece in the campaign will
be a new Science Center and renovation of
the College’s existing Science Hall, built in
1949. The project will both strengthen
Augsburg’s tradition of excellence in the
sciences and help expand science learning
for both its own students and the
community. The 58,000 square-foot
Science Center will include teaching and
research laboratories and three multi-use
halls that will be used for classes, guest
speakers, and community events.
Renovation of the existing Science Hall,
which will connect via skyway to the new
building, will bring all of the science and
mathematics programs together into one
dynamic and interactive facility.
“This new facility will be extremely
important to Augsburg’s commitment to
the health sciences,” noted President
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William Frame. The center will provide
space to help K-12 students explore
careers in health science and solidly
support Minnesota’s biomedical
technology sector through the high quality
education of talented science and math
majors steeped in Augsburg’s liberal arts
tradition. And, thanks to a planning grant
from the State of Minnesota, architectural
planning for the facility incorporates
multiple “green” features in an
environmentally responsible structure.
The second major campaign project is
the construction of a Gateway Building on
Riverside Avenue. The
building will serve as
headquarters for both the
College’s Alumni Center
and its award-winning
Center for Service, Work,
and Learning.
It also will house StepUP, Augsburg’s
program for students in recovery,
providing both residential and counseling
space for the program. And, it will have
space for retail opportunities to serve both
the campus and the surrounding CedarRiverside community, including the
University of Minnesota—in a model of
public and private economic development
for the neighborhood.
A third building project is a major
addition to Melby Hall, the College’s main
athletic facility. The project will address
pressing space shortages for Augsburg’s
academic, intercollegiate, and recreational
programs; it will provide classroom,
workout, and competitive space, including
a new Greco-Roman wrestling center,
funded in part through a $1 million gift
from Alan Rice of St. Paul.
Funding for the endowment will focus
on four key areas: several new faculty
chairs and professorships, new endowed
scholarships to provide access to students
from a wide range of backgrounds,
program support, and staff development.
Augsburg’s first endowed chair, initiated
through the campaign, will be named in
memory of Bernhard M. Christensen,
president of the College from 1938-62.
Growth in The Augsburg Fund, the
unrestricted annual giving fund, will be
used by the College to meet its most
pressing day-to-day needs.
The five-year campaign, which began
its “quiet phase” in fiscal year 2001 will
run through 2006, the same year the
College hopes to break ground on the new
Science Center and Gateway Building.
Giving toward the campaign has been
broad-based with nearly 70 gifts of more
than $100,000 already pledged.
The campaign was kicked off—
literally—on the Edor Nelson Athletic
Field by College officials and hundreds of
alumni, staff, and friends at a community
festival on April 18. The festivities
included a basketball youth clinic led by
University of Arizona head coach Lute
Olson ’56, a hockey clinic led by
Minnesota Wild Wes Walz, music and
theatre performances, children’s book
readings, and science demonstrations. The
evening prior to the festival, donors were
entertained at a gala dinner.
Augsburg’s last major campaign, the
21st Century Fund, raised $64 million
from 1989 to 1997, with the $15 million
James G. Lindell Family Library as its
centerpiece.
Read about Access to Excellence: The
Campaign for Augsburg College in
Vision, the campaign newsletter,
beginning after p. 22.
Campaign goal—$55 million
Capital projects . . . .$37 million
• Science Center and renovation
• Gateway Building
• Melby Hall expansion
Endowment . . . . . . .$13 million
Annual Fund . . . . . . .$5 million
Spring/Summer 2004
Around the Quad
Dennis Barker—coach to
world-class runners
Congratulations, faculty!
Promotion to professor
by Betsey Norgard
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ugsburg’s head track and crosscountry coach Dennis Barker spent
two weeks in California this summer,
but hardly on vacation. His trip took
him to Sacramento for the 2004 U.S.
Olympic Team Trials in track and field
where 10 of the runners he coaches
hoped to earn a place in the Athens
games.
As a head coach for Team USA
Minnesota, Barker has garnered national
attention for the caliber of elite athletes
who come to Minnesota to train with
him—among them Carrie Tollefson, a
native of Dawson, Minn., who became
an NCAA-champion at Villanova, and is
close to being an Olympian.
In an article published in the
Minneapolis Star Tribune prior to the
trials and distributed nationally by the
Associated Press, Barker is noted for his
holistic approach to training, focusing
Team USA Minnesota head coach Dennis
Barker checks the time for one of his elite
runners during training.
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on bringing together all of a runner’s
“physical, emotional, psychological, and
spiritual resources.”
Barker coaches Team USA Minnesota
at the University of Minnesota track
facility and crafts the training to fit each
runner’s strengths and needs. His
runners trust him implicitly, and the
notice being taken of him in the running
world attests to this.
In Sacramento, Tollefson failed to
qualify in her best event, 5,000 meters,
but won the qualifying trials in the 1,500
meters. She has one more “trial,”
however, since Olympic rules require a
minimum qualifying time, which she
will have to meet by early August in
order to compete in Athens.
Another of Barker’s runners, Katie
McGregor, came in fourth in the 10,000
meters, but may reach the top three team
if one of them chooses not to compete in
that event.
During the spring, Team USA’s
training sometimes overlapped with
Augsburg’s track team practices. “It’s
really not much different from coaching
our athletes at Augsburg,” says Barker.
“All the basic things apply. I think this
has really helped the Augsburg runners,
because they see what these levels of
athletes do, how they apply their
training, and how they believe in
themselves and what they can
accomplish.”
For the Augsburg athletes, the elite
runners were an inspiration. “We often
shared training time together and were
able to see how hard work and
dedication pay off at whatever running
level you are,” said Becky Welle ’05, a
member of Augsburg’s cross country and
track and field teams.
“Each runner is unique with different
goals and expectations, and Dennis does
an amazing job in challenging all of his
athletes to be their best, whether they
compete at Division III level or for the
Olympics.”
Joseph Erickson
Education
Beverly Stratton
Religion
Promotion to associate professor
Nicholas Coult
Mathematics
Susan Nash
Nursing
Tenure and promotion to
team associate professor
Jeanine Gregoire
Education and Physics
Robert Groven
Communication Studies
Ashok Kapoor
Business Administration
Joseph Underhill-Cady
Political Science
Tenure granted
Cheryl Leuning
Nursing
Spring/Summer 2004
Ron Palosaari retires from long tenure
R
onald Palosaari,
professor of
English, began 39
years of
distinguished service
to the College in
1965, when he
joined the English
faculty as an
instructor.
He obtained bachelor’s degrees in both
English and divinity from Bethel College
and Bethel Seminary, respectively. After
three years as a pastor he returned to
graduate school, completing a master’s
degree in English and a doctorate in
American studies with an emphasis on
American literature at the University of
Minnesota. Prior to coming to Augsburg,
he was a college instructor in Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
Over the years, Palosaari successfully
merged his professional fields of English
and theology with an interest in society
and social change.
His sabbatical research in 1994 was
also the topic of a lecture he presented at
the Augsburg Associates’ 1994 spring
seminar: “Jesus and Women.” It was
Palosaari’s opinion that Jesus was a
revolutionary: “He was very different from
the typical Middle Eastern male of his
time, an area which continues to be one of
the most gender-bound regions of the
world,” said Palosaari.
Palosaari has remained an active
member of several professional
organizations and has served as a
consultant for area businesses—always
making use of his community contacts to
enhance his teaching. He has read papers
and conducted workshops at state,
regional, and national conventions.
In addition, Palosaari has shared his
love of travel with the Augsburg
community, hosting Alumni Association
tours such as the “Spectacular
Scandinavia” tour in 1995 in honor of the
College’s 125th anniversary. He has also
traveled to London on four occasions to
teach drama.
Palosaari has long been a favorite
professor among students. He has received
the Outstanding Faculty Award multiple
times, an award given by graduating
seniors to honor classroom teaching.
“Ron Palosaari’s extensive knowledge
brought to life not only literary works but
the periods in which they were written,
offering students a more complete sense
of an author’s challenges, triumphs, and
place in history,” said Kathy Fagen, an
Augsburg Weekend College admissions
assistant/counselor and current student.
Farewell to Ginger Currey
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fter working
for 15 years in
the Department of
Business
Administration as
office manager and
administrative
assistant, Virginia
“Ginger” Currey
retired from
Augsburg in January.
Currey was the first full-time office
manager in the department, the largest
academic department at the College, that
graduates over 200 students per year. She
worked under three department chairs—
Spring/Summer 2004
by Lynn Mena
“Lectures were delivered with a passion
that reflected his love for the academic
discipline to which he devoted his life.
For students fortunate enough to have
taken one of his classes, this passion for
literature was nothing short of
contagious.”
English professor Douglas Green
fondly recalls Palosaari’s “Ask Ron”
column in the Echo.
“Ron’s column in the Echo was
certainly essential to his enormous
contribution to the life of the College over
the years,” said Green. “In this column, he
satirized just about every aspect of College
life and of Augsburg’s various crises, as
well as his own character, during his long
tenure as an English professor.”
Palosaari’s future plans include to
“grow much older” and to “continue
playing tennis without a backhand, bridge
without a clue, and Scrabble despite being
the weakest speller in the English
department.”
“I loved teaching students who were
brighter and harder working than I ever
was—and I always had some of those,”
said Palosaari. “I got a special pleasure
when students admitted they were starting
to really like poetry, usually against their
better judgment.”
by Betsey Norgard
Amin Kader, Milo Schield, and John
Cerrito.
On January 29, at her retirement
reception, she was presented with a plaque
that summarizes the appreciation of her
colleagues.
“As business department office
manager, Ginger established
administration procedures that each
academic year set the standards for serving
the needs of over 40 faculty members and
hundreds of business administration
students,” the plaque reads. “Over her
many years of services to Augsburg
College, Ginger earned the admiration of
students, staff, and faculty. For 15 years,
Ginger was the mainstay of the Business
Administration Department. She was a
dedicated colleague and a good friend.”
The plaque doesn’t list the myriad
other duties that Currey took on to assist
the faculty, e.g., proctoring tests at the last
minute, meeting visiting professors at the
airport, and taking the extra steps to help
students get the classes they need.
Currey was also honored by the
College as an Outstanding Employee in
2000, nominated by her department. Her
commitment to community service
included collecting pop can tabs from
across the campus to benefit the Ronald
McDonald House.
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A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP
AT ITS SPRING MEETING ON MAY 1, THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE BOARD OF REGENTS ELECTED
JEAN TAYLOR ’85 AS THE NEW CHAIR, TO SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM. SHE SUCCEEDS KATHRYN
H. TUNHEIM, WHO IS RETIRING FROM A 12-YEAR BOARD TENURE, THE LAST SIX OF WHICH SHE
SERVED AS CHAIR.
TAYLOR IS A CO-CHAIR OF THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN CABINET THAT OVERSEES THE CURRENT $55
MILLION CAMPAIGN. SHE HAS ALSO SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD’S MARKETING
COMMITTEE AND A MEMBER ON THE REGENTS’ COMMITTEE.
OTHER OFFICERS ELECTED TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ARE H. THEODORE GRINDAL ’76, VICE CHAIR;
JOAN VOLZ ’68, TREASURER; AND TRACY ELFTMANN ’81, SECRETARY.
IN THESE STORIES, THE OUTGOING AND INCOMING BOARD CHAIRS SHARE PERSPECTIVES ON
BOARD LEADERSHIP, GOALS FOR AUGSBURG, AND THE AGENDA FOR THE COMING TERM.
A LEGACY OF
INSPIRED
GOVERNANCE
athy Tunheim likes to say that
serving as the chair of a board of a
college like Augsburg is a lot more like
being a shepherd than a boss. And that,
she adds, has been the key to helping
shape a shared governance model that
Augsburg has embraced, and that she
believes other colleges and universities
across the nation will strive to emulate in
the decade ahead.
Tunheim has just completed six years
as chair of the Augsburg Board of
Regents during a period that has seen the
College erupt from what President
William Frame once termed “militant
modesty,” onto the regional and national
scene as an innovative, forward-moving
institution. And, despite Tunheim’s own
modesty in describing her leadership of
the board, Frame said it has been
Tunheim’s vision and leadership that can
be ascribed to much of the impetus of
the College’s movement.
K
Kathryn H. Tunheim
by Dan Jorgensen
“Kathy Tunheim is, in the language
of one of her admirers, ‘prismatically
excellent’,” he said. “That is certainly
apt as a description of her work as
counselor to me, especially in respect to
the Augsburg 2004 vision.”
Tunheim said the feeling is mutual.
“Those of us serving on the Board of
Regents have learned that one of the
most important things a college
governing board can do is to take very
seriously the role we play in the
selection and performance of the
president. I’m proud of the work of the
president and pleased by the board’s
partnership with the administration.
But another less visible challenge has
been transforming the work of the
board itself. An institution’s lifeblood is
its faculty and students—management,
great staff, and volunteer leadership, in
general, are critical. But so, too, is
effective governance.
BUILDING A SHARED
GOVERNANCE
“During these years of my chairmanship,
I feel that our board, the faculty, and the
administration have come to terms with
our commitment to a healthy shared
governance model. It gives the board a
better sense of ‘who’s in charge here?’—
because now we know that at a college
everybody is! Bill Frame has been
masterful in helping all of us—board,
administration, and faculty—understand
this shared governance model. It’s what
makes colleges really work; it’s unlike the
governance work that occurs in business,
so it’s been a great learning experience
for all of us as regents.”
Just prior to becoming chair, Tunheim
served on the search committee that
brought not only Bill but also Anne
Frame to the College. “We got a
wonderful, dynamic duo in the Frames,”
she said. “Anne’s professionalism and
understanding of the needs and functions
of the school make her not only a great
partner for Bill, but a great asset for this
institution.”
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Spring/Summer 2004
AN ALUMNA’S
CALL TO LEADERSHIP
Jean Taylor ’85
s the newly elected chair of the
Augsburg Board of Regents, Jean
Taylor, president of Taylor Corporation,
brings to the seat not only a broad base
of knowledge and enthusiasm, but also
the valuable perspective that comes with
being an Augsburg alumna—an
association that distinguishes her from
the past several chairs, and which clearly
fills her with equal measures of pride,
purpose, and calling.
“I approach this opportunity not as
something that I sought, for indeed I did
not,” says Taylor, who received a B.A. in
business administration in 1985. “Rather,
I truly believe that I was called to do
this. It will for me be a tremendous
challenge in many, many ways. At the
same time, I am convinced that it will be
one of the most rewarding and enriching
things I will ever do.
“I believe that in the coming two
years I will discover much more about
my own gifts, as well as how to
strengthen their use,” continues Taylor.
“I am humbled to have this opportunity
to return the favor to Augsburg through
A
Spring/Summer 2004
by Lynn Mena
my leadership—this place has changed
my life in so many positive ways and I
will always be indebted to this college.
The history of Augsburg is rich, storied,
and full of successes, and I will focus my
energy on making the next two years the
best ever in this college’s history.”
Taylor, who has served on the board
since 1994, is also co-chair of Augsburg’s
Capital Campaign Cabinet, which
oversees the College’s newly announced
$55 million campaign—Access to
Excellence: The Campaign for Augsburg
College. During her board tenure, she
has chaired the Marketing Committee,
and served on both the Regents’ and
Executive committees. She also holds an
M.B.A. in management support systems
from the Carlson School of Management
at the University of Minnesota, earned in
1988. In addition to her board
leadership at Augsburg, she is active in a
number of other community and nonprofit organizations—all while raising a
one- and a three-year-old with her
husband, Roger Griffith ’84, who serves
as chief financial officer of the
Minnesota Timberwolves and chief
operating officer of the Minnesota Lynx
professional basketball teams.
“This is a wonderful ‘fit,’ not only
from my point of view, but from our—
the College’s—point of view,” says
President William V. Frame. “Having
Jean Taylor as the next chair feels right,
seems right, and is right.
“Jean has grown remarkably in
management acumen during her 10
years as an Augsburg regent,” continues
Frame. “This growth was recognized by
her peers as a solid supplement to her
notable collegiality and personal
commitment to her alma mater. I am
very glad of the prospect of serving with
her over the next two years to
accomplish the work to which we have
agreed—to clarify and extend the College
vision and to strengthen the integrity of
the Augsburg brand.”
SERVING THE
COLLEGE
Taylor organizes her goals as board chair
under the framework of two distinct
paths—those that serve the College, and
those that serve the regents.
“Looking at it from this perspective, I
see three critical things that the College
needs from me as board chair to
accomplish over the next two years,”
says Taylor.
“One is to continue to extend
Augsburg 2004 [the College’s vision
document], not only in a way that
supports the work that professors Mark
Engebretson and Joan Griffin are doing
in terms of refining that vision and
taking it farther into the future. But also
in terms of taking Augsburg 2004 deeper
within the Augsburg community, so that
as a whole we can all enjoy greater
ownership and understanding of that
strategy, and so that we’re able to share
this strategy more broadly with our
larger community.
“When I talk about community, I
believe Augsburg’s community has many
layers,” continues Taylor. “There’s
certainly the immediate and very
important campus and Cedar-Riverside
community that surrounds us, but there’s
also the Minneapolis community, the
Twin Cities community, and the
Minnesota and Upper Midwest
community. And I think as one considers
Augsburg’s vision, we really also think
about ourselves as part of the world
community.”
Taylor’s second goal is to steer the
capital campaign toward a successful
continued on page 9
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A LEGACY OF
INSPIRED GOVERNANCE (CONTINUED…)
During Tunheim’s three terms as chair,
the institution successfully added many
new programs and partnerships,
established a branch campus in
Rochester, embarked on its first major
capital campaign, reached new highs in
enrollment at both the undergraduate
and graduate levels, and more fully
engaged its alumni—something she has
worked toward from the moment she
took a seat on the board. “It should not
be lost on our alumni, by the way, that
up until Jean Taylor’s recent election as
board chair, the past six chairs have all
been non-alumni,” Tunheim said.
RAISING
E X P E C TAT I O N S O F
AUGSBURG
“When I first joined the board, I think
the College was ranked lowest among
the ELCA colleges in terms of alumni
philanthropy. So my goal was to find a
way to help change attitudes and set a
collective expectation of ourselves as
stewards of the school. I wanted alumni
to think in terms of giving back: serving
on the board, being partners in all that
we needed and wanted to do.
“I remember having breakfast in
1998 with the woman who was then
chair of the College’s alumni association.
I could clearly see she was frustrated, so
I asked her, ‘What is it that you want
from the College?’ Her answer was clear
and immediate: ‘We want a degree from
Augsburg to be more valuable in the
future than it was when we got it.’
Together, I think we’ve been committed
to ensuring that we create that future—
and we all agree how important the
College’s alumni are to making it
happen.”
Tunheim noted that when people
look across the nation and point out the
strongest higher education institutions,
they are always the ones that have
engaged, passionately loyal alumni.
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“Augsburg has a lot of passionate and
loyal alums,” she said, “but in the past
we didn’t always find a way to engage
them. But now, especially with Jean’s
election, there are some great role models
in terms of what alumni can and should
do for their school.
AT T R A C T E D B Y
MISSION AND
VISION
“Having said that, I also want to point out
that non-alums like me have seen
something in Augsburg that attracted us to
the mission and vision. That’s a tribute to
Augsburg and its past leadership. My
message about Augsburg to the
marketplace is this: Augsburg College will
be more important in the future landscape
of higher education than it has ever been,
because its strengths will serve the future
needs of the community so well. But
institutionally, we’re not ready to meet all
the needs that will come to us—financially,
or in terms of buildings and infrastructure.
Our responsibility is to make sure that the
College IS ready to serve as it is called to
serve.”
Tunheim, who is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota and CEO of
Tunheim Partners, a leading Twin Cities
public relations firm, first came to
Augsburg in the late 1980s to talk about
how the College
might improve its
relationship with the
city of Minneapolis.
At the time, the city
seemed to be courting
institutions like St.
Thomas, while
Augsburg, already
well-established and
involved in the city,
was being ignored.
“I was struck by
the many fine
programs the College
had and how little was known about
them. As a professional in public relations,
I was intrigued by what might be done to
share that story. That’s what first attracted
me to the board.” When President Charles
Anderson decided to step down due to an
illness, she was asked to lead the search
committee for the new president, but
declined initially, citing business
obligations. But neither Anderson nor
Barbara Gage, who was then board chair,
would take ‘no’ for an answer. “Barbara
told me that this is what I needed to do,
that when you’re asked to do something
for which you’re a good fit, you need to
respond to the call.”
Other highlights of her three terms,
she said, were developing a better
understanding and working relationship
with members of Augsburg’s
Corporation—the four Lutheran synods
that “own” the institution; establishing the
Regents’ Committee, a group that has
been key to evaluating who is on the
board, what their expectations are, and
how new board members are recruited;
and working with the president on setting
a clear vision of what the College is and
where it wants to go.
“I was honored to be asked to serve on
this board, and then to serve as chair, but
I’m also extremely excited about where
this College is now heading,” she said.
“While other schools are working to
discern their uniqueness or their future,
Augsburg is already there. The light
coming from Augsburg is inspiring
already—I have no doubts about its
strength and constancy.” ■
Spring/Summer 2004
AN ALUMNA’S
CALL TO LEADERSHIP(
CONTINUED…)
conclusion, and third, to start the search
for the next Augsburg president.
“It is so critical to find the right
leadership for the College,” says Taylor.
“Augsburg has been absolutely blessed
with incredible leadership in terms of its
presidents, and I think Bill Frame has
done a remarkable job during his tenure.
So, we really need to establish a process
to make sure that we find a new
president who is truly called to be the
next president of Augsburg and continue
the legacy that has been created.”
“And this goal is about helping board
members to really understand their role
and to understand more about the
College, and putting each regent in
appropriate leadership positions, so that
not only two years from now, but five
years from now we’ll have a group of
regents able to utilize their talents to
their highest capability.”
SERVING THE BOARD
Professionally, Taylor has an outstanding
track record in leadership development.
At Taylor Corporation, where she served
first as vice president of development
before becoming president in 2001, she
has led several successful initiatives to
revitalize and restate the organization’s
core purpose and core values, formalize
leadership development, alter its
approach and philosophy to the role and
use of information technology, and
encourage and promote women in
leadership roles.
In 1998, CityBusiness magazine cited
Taylor’s commitment to networking
opportunities for women in business
When Taylor looks at how her election
as board chair can specifically serve the
regents, she cites two main goals,
beginning with a pledge to continue the
work of outgoing chair Kathy Tunheim.
“Kathy has done incredible things
with this board,” says Taylor. “One
aspect that she has undertaken that I
would like to continue is to refine the
governance roles at the College. I see
three components to that leadership—the
regents play a key role, as do both the
administration and the faculty. I think
there’s still critical work to do in terms of
refining how these three leadership
components work together—where do
each of us take the lead responsibility,
and where do we stand alongside the
others in order to ensure that the College
achieves its vision?
“The second piece relative to the
regents that I’ll focus on over the next
couple of years is determining how we
can most effectively utilize the talents of
our regents,” continues Taylor. “We have
an incredibly active and engaged group
of regents; every time I’m in a full board
meeting, I look around the room and I
am just amazed and blessed that I’m
sitting in this room with these incredible
people whom I learn from all the time,
and who put all this time and devotion
into the College.
Spring/Summer 2004
O U T S TA N D I N G
BUSINESS
LEADERSHIP
when it selected her as one of its “40
under 40,” a prestigious group of 40
business professionals who have achieved
distinction and risen quickly in their
fields—and who are all under the age
of 40.
Prior to joining her father, Glen
Taylor, at Taylor Corporation in 1994,
Taylor was senior vice president of E.W.
Blanch Co., a global reinsurance
intermediary.
As Taylor embarks on her two-year
term as chair of the Board of Regents, it
also represent her final years of a 12-year
tenure as a board member.
“Over the last 10 years I’ve learned so
much about the history and the
foundation of the College and where it
came from,” says Taylor. “It’s incredibly
satisfying for me to see the linkage
between what the founders of Augsburg
envisioned and all that Augsburg has
accomplished over the ensuing 135
years—and then to witness how we’re
currently extending that vision.
“I am so impressed by the history of
the College, and at the same time I am so
excited about its future, because I think
that Augsburg is positioning itself to
have an even greater impact on its
community. I’m incredibly proud to be
an alumna of the College, and my pride
continues to grow because I know that
this college is just going to get better and
better—our diamond is really going to
shine.” ■
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Sports
Wrestlers, track, and women’s hockey lead a
solid year for Auggie athletics
by Don Stoner
A
Division III second-place finish by the
wrestling team, which tied both
NCAA and school records with four
individual champions and nine AllAmericans, respectively, and standout
seasons for the track and field and
women’s hockey teams paced a solid year
for Auggie athletics.
Senior Joe Moon earned the
Outstanding Wrestler honors after scoring
a 13-6 upset of top-ranked and four-time
All-American Eduard Aliakseynka of
Montclair State (N.J.) in the 174-pound
national finals.
Sophomore Marcus LeVesseur
extended his school-record winning streak
to 84 straight matches, finishing 40-0 and
winning his second straight national title
at 157. Juniors Mark Matzek, at 133, and
Matt Shankey, at 125, each claimed a first
national crown. The Auggies also finished
third in the NWCA Scholar All-America
Team program with a 3.39 team grade
point average, the seventh straight top 10
ranking. Augsburg leads the nation with
81 NWCA Scholar All-Americans since
1983.
Augsburg’s women’s hockey team,
under coach Jill Pohtilla, finished 15-10-2
overall, 10-6-2 in MIAC play, earning a
spot in the playoffs for the second season
in a row. The Auggies closed with an eightgame unbeaten streak, going 9-2-2 in their
final 13 games before ending with a 6-5,
double-overtime loss to St. Thomas in the
MIAC semifinals, a game played in a
conference-record 96:09.
Senior Annie Annunziato led the team
with 36 points and was named to the
Division III JOFA All-American West
Region team, joining juniors Lauren
Chezick and Melynda Kleewein on the AllMIAC first team. Freshman Stacy
Anderson earned honorable-mention and
All-Rookie recognition.
And track and field, led by sprinters
Mathew Shannon, Tonnisha Bell, and
Alana Carter; hammer-thrower Jon Dahlin;
and distance runners Ellen Waldow,
Hannah Dietrich, and Angie Bergeson had
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two All-American honors, eight MIAC
titles, and 24 school records.
At the MIAC indoors, Shannon, a
senior, and Bell, a sophomore, earned Most
Outstanding Performance honors.
Shannon also earned MIAC Most
Outstanding Indoor Track Athlete and
USA Track and Field Minnesota Athlete of
the Month honors, winning the men’s 400meter dash in a record :48.78. He also won
the 55-meter dash and set or tied school
records in the 55 and 200. Bell, Waldow,
Dietrich, and Bergeson combined on the
All-American distance medley relay team,
finishing seventh nationally, and Bell set
school and MIAC records in the 200
(:25.52 ), shattering the meet record by
nearly a half-second.
Senior Jon Dahlin won the hammer
throw title and set a school record at 54.01
meters (177-feet, 2-inches). Waldow won
the 800 in a school-record 2:16.36,
breaking a mark set earlier by Bergeson.
Waldow and Bergeson joined teammates
Amy Mackner and Dietrich in winning the
3200-relay.
In other 2003-04 sports highlights:
• Augsburg finished with a 5-5 record (4-4
in the MIAC) in football, and 13-year
head coach Jack Osberg became the alltime win leader with 60. Osberg’s teams
have had seven .500-or-above seasons,
second only to Edor Nelson’s eight .500or-above seasons.
Auggie runner since 2001 to earn AllMIAC honors, with a 5,000-meter time
of 19:24.
• Under co-coaches Troy Nygaard and
Laura Levi, Augsburg produced its finest
women’s golf season in history. The
Auggies tied their previous best-finish at
the Minnesota Women’s Collegiate Golf
Association championships—10th
against all of the state’s Division II and
Division III programs. Freshman Marisa
Navarro blistered school records with a
85.63, 18-hole stroke average, and a 12th
place finish in the MWCGA meet.
• The men golfers—with just one
senior—finished with a 314 spring
stroke average, under 16th-year head
coach Brian Ammann. The team was
fifth in the MIAC, led by freshman Erik
Helgerson, who earned all-MIAC with a
36-hole total of 154.
• In women’s basketball, center Selina
Theisen led both scoring and rebounding
at 17.1 and 10, respectively, and was the
only freshman selected to the 16-player
All-MIAC first team. Theisen also was
selected to the conference’s All-Rookie
team, was named to the D3hoops.com
All-West Region third team, and was
named to the Freshman All-American
team by Women’s DIII News.
• Head coach Mike Navarre’s women’s
soccer team finished 11-5-2 overall (5-42 in the MIAC), tied for the second-best
record in school history. Sophomores
Millie Suk and Nora Austin were named
to the All-MIAC team. Senior Laura
Hoffman closed her career as one of the
school’s best goalkeepers, recording a 114-2 record, seven shutouts and a 0.95
goals-against-average.
• Under first-year coach Keith Bateman,
the young Augsburg baseball squad
finished 16-22 (7-13 in the MIAC),
nearly doubling its overall victory total
from each of the previous two seasons.
Sophomore pitcher Jeremy Nelson (allMIAC) had a 5-4 record and 2.91
earned-run average, throwing six
complete games, striking out 33, and
allowing only 15 walks and a .269
opponent batting average.
• Augsburg’s cross country teams logged
29 personal-best times (19 women and
10 men). Ellen Waldow became the first
Don Stoner is sports information coordinator
in the Office of Public Relations and
Communication.
Spring/Summer 2004
Five senior athletes are honored
F
ive senior student-athletes received
Augsburg athletic awards for the
2003-04 school year. Three Auggies
were named Honor Athletes, the highest
honor the College gives its senior
student-athletes—Melissa Lee, Brandon
Fox, and Mathew Shannon. Earning
Augsburg Senior Athlete of the Year
honors were Kristen Lideen and Joe
Moon. Lee was also given the Julie
Ellingson Leadership in Women’s
Athletics award, an honor given
periodically to female athletes who have
displayed qualities of outstanding
leadership and service to Auggie
athletics. The award is named for Julie
Ellingson ’98, a softball catcher who was
a devoted worker in many aspects of
Augsburg’s athletic department.
2003-04 HONOR ATHLETES
Brandon Fox
A three-year starter
and four-year
letterwinner in
football, Fox earned
All-Minnesota
Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference
second-team honors in both his junior
and senior seasons. His senior year, he
led the Auggies in tackles with 103. In
2003, he had the second-most tackles in
the MIAC and led both the conference
and team in tackles for loss. He added
2.5 sacks, two interceptions and two
fumble recoveries his senior year. He
was named the team’s Outstanding
Player on Defense, Most Valuable Player,
and earned the Edor Nelson Auggie
Award in 2003. A business management
major with a 3.63 GPA, Fox earned
Academic All-MIAC honors twice and
was named to the CoSIDA Academic
All-District second team in 2003.
Melissa Lee
Lee was a four-year starter in softball
and also played basketball for two
seasons at Augsburg. In softball, Lee will
Spring/Summer 2004
go down as one of
the “ironwomen” of
Auggie softball
history. Augsburg’s
third-baseman played
in every inning and
started every game of
her four-year
career—141 games, 141 starts, and 964
innings. She closed her career with a
.296 batting average and a.962 fielding
percentage. A health and physical
education major with a 3.507 GPA, Lee
has earned Academic All-MIAC and
National Fastpitch Coaches Association
Scholar Athlete honors three times. She
is a Student-Athlete Mentor, copresident of the Augsburg College
Education Students (ACES) program,
and has been active as a student worker
in many aspects of Augsburg’s athletics
program.
Mathew Shannon
A 17-time All-MIAC
performer, Shannon
became the first
Augsburg men’s track
and field athlete to
earn All-American
honors in both
indoor and outdoor events in the same
year in 2003 at the NCAA Division III
national championships. This season,
Shannon placed fifth in the indoor 400
at the national meet, and qualified for
the outdoor national meet in the 400. A
three-time MIAC titlist, Shannon earned
both the Outstanding Indoor
Championships Performance and Indoor
Track Athlete of the Year honors from
MIAC coaches this season. He also was
named USA Track and Field Minnesota
Co-Athlete of the Month in April. A
business and communication major with
a 3.155 GPA, Shannon has earned
Dean’s List honors. Shannon is also a
recipient of a Scholastic Connections
scholarship, which pairs students of
color with alumni mentors in the
community.
by Don Stoner
2003-04 SENIOR ATHLETES
Kristen Lideen
Lideen emerged as a
two-sport star at
Augsburg. In soccer,
Lideen earned AllMIAC honorablemention honors three
years in a row as one
of the top sweepers in the conference. In
softball, Lideen became one of
Augsburg’s best shortstops, holding
career school records in three different
categories—batting average (.444), hits
(175) and doubles (38)—while sitting
in the top 10 in school history in seven
other career listings. Lideen is one of
four players in school history to ever go
through a single season without a
strikeout. She earned All-Region and
All-MIAC first-team honors each of her
first three seasons in an Auggie uniform,
and earned All-MIAC honors her senior
year. In 2003, she earned NFCA AllAmerican honors. Lideen is a
philosophy major at Augsburg.
Joe Moon
Moon won his first
national title in
wrestling this season
with a dramatic upset
performance at the
Division III national
championships,
earning the meet’s Outstanding Wrestler
honors in the process. Moon finished 392 his senior season and 105-14 in his
three-season career at Augsburg. A twotime All-American in wrestling, Moon
finished fifth nationally last season at 174
and earned the team’s Outstanding
Freshman honors his first season at
Augsburg. A marketing major, Moon was
also a member of two academic national
wrestling teams at Augsburg.
Don Stoner is sports information
coordinator in the Office of Public
Relations and Communication.
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Faculty/staff notes
Creating learning communities at Augsburg
F
rankie Shackelford, associate
Learning Community that
dean for teaching and learning
took a group of 12 students
enhancement, is a national
and the two professors to
resource leader in promoting the
museums in the Twin Cities,
concept of “learning
Chicago, and Baraboo, Wis.
communities,” and a key player
The subject matter was not the
in Augsburg’s development of
content of the museums, but
curricular learning communities.
rather how the museum
In 2000, Shackelford was
designed and arranged the
named one of 58 fellows of the
content and how that reflects
National Learning Communities
the society that created it.
Project (NLCP), funded by the
Their study was based around
Pew Charitable Trusts and
a text on this subject and
administered by the Washington
discussion with its author.
Center for Improving the Quality Associate dean Frankie Shackelford brings best practices from national
Shackelford’s continuing
learning community resources to Augsburg’s first-year program.
of Undergraduate Education at
commitment as a fellow of the
The Evergreen State College.
NLCP is to make site visits to
Since then, she has twice served
institutions who are
community links classes together for a
as a core resource person at NLCP’s
experimenting
with learning communities.
common group of students often across
summer institutes and presented at
Thus
far
she
has
held workshops and
academic disciplines and usually around a
professional meetings.
evaluated
programs
at Wofford College and
theme. Besides the faculty and students in
Last October, as part of a Midwestern
Cottey
College.
At
Augsburg
she is active
these classes, a learning community often
network of learning community leaders,
in
the
faculty-staff
task
force
on
includes academic advisers, residence life
Augsburg hosted one of 10 day-long
“Foundations of Excellence™,” whose
staff, student peer leaders, and staff from
Open Houses, where Shackelford and
work will lead to a strengthening of
campus support programs.
other Augsburg faculty and staff
learning communities in the first-year
While serving as co-director of
presented Augsburg’s first-year learning
curriculum. Augsburg was selected as one
professional development, Shackelford was
community program, helping others to
of 12 colleges in the Council of
instrumental in the design and
understand the concepts.
Independent Colleges (CIC) to participate
development of the eight-week Augsburg
As associate dean, Shackelford oversees
in this national study of ways to improve
Seminar for all incoming first-year
seven programs that promote student
the first college year. More information on
students, which was rolled out in fall 1998.
academic development and faculty/staff
this project is available at
This orientation seminar for new day
professional development.
<www.brevard.edu/fyfoundations>.
students is linked to one or two other
The concept of learning community
courses and includes student leaders as coinvites practices that bring together people
teachers to help answer students’ questions
NOTEWORTHY
and programs on campus to help students
about college life. The goal is to help
find more meaning in the curriculum, she
students transition to college life, connect
Tony Bibus, social work, was resays. The approach is an intentional
them to the larger campus community, and
appointed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty to a
restructuring of students’ time, credit, and
help them become self-reflective learners.
four-year term on the Minnesota Board of
learning experiences to build community
Augsburg’s new Core Curriculum,
Social Work, which is responsible for
and to foster greater connections among
licensing and disciplining social workers.
launched last year, was inspired by the
students, students and their teachers, and
learning community model. “Learning
Trena Bolden, Pan-Afrikan Center, and
among disciplines. The learning
communities provide the impulse to make
Kenneth Turner, Student Support
community movement has broad reach
meaning across a student’s four years of
Services, attended the 28th Pan-African
across many kinds of educational
learning,” says Shackelford.
Leadership Conference at Minnesota State
institutions with over 500 colleges and
Co-curricular learning communities
University in Mankato in February, along
universities now registered at the
(outside of academic classes) have also
with students Hanna Habtemariam,
“Learning Commons” Web site
developed at Augsburg. Last year, under
Hamza Yusuf, Anthony Schaden,
(http://learningcommons.
the leadership of professors Phil Adamo
Robert Jones III, Dega Ali, and Audra
evergreen.edu).
and Lars Chrisiansen, the History and
Johnson.
In the curricular sense, a learning
Sociology Clubs formed a Museum
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Spring/Summer 2004
The art of making events shine
by Betsey Norgard
J
odi Collen admits she
belonging that Augsburg alumni,
can’t go anywhere
parents, and donors feel as they
without noticing displays,
return to campus—including
the ways materials are used,
current students. “I want current
and how decorations are
students to feel connected, and to
arranged—in short, she
walk away feeling that they were
can’t turn off her job.
part of the event,” Collen says.
Collen is events
She seeks to work more
coordinator at Augsburg,
closely with faculty and staff
working in the Office of
from the get-go, offering ideas to
Events and Classroom
creatively plan the event from
Services. It’s her job—and
the beginning, to gain greater
her passion—to help make
consistency across all campus
every Augsburg event look
events.
professional, run efficiently,
Collen considers herself
Jodi Collen mixes a combination of inspiration, creativity, and purpose in
and communicate the right
lucky to know that events
planning major events at Augsburg.
messages.
planning is truly a calling and
Since coming to
part of her vocation. She can
While she entered the program for career
Augsburg two and a half years ago, she
trace that awareness to a keynote speech
development, she has found that her
feels lucky to say that she loves what she
by David Merrill, a leader in her field
own personal development has been
does—and she knows she can do it well.
(who has since become a friend and
more rewarding than prospects of career
Last year, Minnesota Meetings &
mentor), at the first special events
advancement. Her goal is someday to
Events magazine named her the 2003
conference she was invited to attend.
continue on for a Ph.D. and teach in the
“Up-and-Coming Special Events
“The minute he started speaking, I
industry.
Planner”; and the year before that, she
knew this is what I’m supposed to do,”
At Augsburg, she is responsible for
was named one of the top five women to
she says. Merrill connected her to the
planning
and managing summer
watch in the Minnesota events business.
right people and resources, and her
conferences, weddings and receptions,
She is currently president-elect of the
career took off.
and working with faculty and staff to
Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter of the
During the summer, in addition to
plan major campus events.
International Special Events Society.
managing summer events, Collen is
Collen looks forward to working
What put her over the top in
working with the alumni office to plan
more
closely with Augsburg faculty and
becoming noticed and in giving her
Augsburg’s 2004 Homecoming, “Spark
staff to plan the College’s major events.
confidence was the opportunity to plan a
Your Spirit,” to take place Oct. 2-9.
Her goal is to increase the sense of
major event last summer for her events
industry colleagues. With only months
to go before the annual conference of the
International Special Events Society to be
held in Minneapolis, Collen stepped in
to plan one of the major evening
events—a beach party. With the help of
four dumptruck-loads of donated sand
and lots of ingenuity, conference-goers
partied with hula hoops and parasoled
drinks on a sandy beach, with palm trees
and beach cabanas—all downtown in
Peavey Plaza.
Collen recently completed a Master
of Tourism and Administration degree at
George Washington University in
Washington, D.C., specializing in
conference and events management.
Spring/Summer 2004
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Faculty/staff notes
Postcards from Italy
During February and March in the Christensen Center Gallery, art
professor John McCaffrey exhibited 34 oil paintings of the sultry
Italian landscape in the show “Postcards from Italy.” The paintings
are evocative recollections of a visit McCaffrey made to the country
several years ago.
Though small in size, the works are bold interpretations of some
of Italy’s most remarkable scenery and monuments. Captured in
the brushwork are narrow streets and sun-baked cobblestones of
old towns, the glory of Roman ruins, and the verdant beauty of
the rolling Tuscan hills. Even in these small sizes, McCaffrey’s
use of light to sculpt form, establish space, and construct volume
is revealed upon close observation.
John McCaffrey, art, measures to hang one of the 34
small oil paintings in his “Postcards from Italy” exhibit.
“Vernazza” (2004) is one of the
“postcards” that brought the
Italian landscapes to life in the
Christensen Center Gallery during
the winter.
Honors/awards
Congratulations to the 2004 faculty and
staff who received Distinguished
Contributions to Teaching and Learning
Awards. Mark Engebretson, professor of
physics, for teaching; Ann Klamer,
director of residence life, for direct
service to students; and Garry Hesser,
professor of sociology and metro-urban
studies, for advising/mentoring.
Carol Barnett, music professor and
composition instructor, was awarded the
2003 Nancy Van de Vate International
Composition Prize for Opera from the
Vienna Masterworks for her work, Snow,
based on a short story by Konstantin
Paustovsky.
Janna Caywood ’04, social work, was
inducted into Alpha Kappa Delta,
international sociology honor society.
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Su Dorée, mathematics, received the
Mathematical Association of America
North Central Section’s Award for
Distinguished College or University
Teaching of Mathematics, presented in
April. It is presented for extraordinarily
successful teaching, influence beyond
their own institutions, and fostering of
curiosity and excitement about
mathematics to students.
Garry Hesser, sociology and metrourban studies, was honored by the Higher
Education Consortium for Urban Affairs
(HECUA) for his 25 years of service.
Ann Klamer, residence life, received the
2003 Linda Schrempp Alberg Outstanding
Contribution to Minnesota Higher
Education Award, presented by the
Minnesota College Personnel Association
in May. Alberg was director of student life
and associate dean of students at Augsburg
until her death in 1996.
Cheryl Leuning, nursing, received an
Alumni Achievement Award in 2003
from Augustana College, Sioux Falls,
S.Dak. In the award nomination, she was
described by her students and colleagues
as “a superb teacher, an inspirational
leader, and mentor.”
Sports information coordinator Don
Stoner, public relations and
communication, was named CoWrestling SID/Publicist of the Year by the
National Wrestling Media Association, an
organization representing journalists
who cover amateur and college
wrestling.
Jeff Swenson ’79, assistant dean for
athletics and head wrestling coach, was
inducted in March into the Minnesota
Wrestling Coaches Association/David
Bartelma Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Spring/Summer 2004
Presentations/publications
David Apolloni, philosophy, presented
“Puzzles Concerning False Judgment in
Plato’s Theatetus” at the 10th Annual
Minnesota Conference on Ancient
Philosophy in May.
Tony Bibus and Rosemary Link, social
work, and Michael O’Neal, sociology,
presented a paper, “Analysis of Welfare
Reform Using a Global Perpsective and
Locally Mapped Conditions” at the 50th
annual meeting of the Council on Social
Work Education in March.
Nora Braun, business administration/
MIS, published “Critical Thinking in the
Business Curriculum,” in the March/April
issue of The Journal of Business Education.
Grace Dyrud and Bridget RobinsonRiegler, psychology, along with
psychology senior Matthew Plitzkow,
presented a poster session, “Lucky Next
Time: The Effects of Luck Inducement and
Delay on Predictions of Future Wins and
Luck Ratings,” at the Midwestern
Psychology Convention in April. They also
presented at the American Psychological
Society in May.
Orv Gingerich and Kathy McBride,
Center for Global Education, co-presented
a session, “Experiential Education: Theory
and Practice in Latin America,” at the 15th
annual international conference of the
Association of Academic Programs in
Latin America and the Caribbean
(AAPLAC) in February.
Shakespeare Bulletin published Douglas
Green’s review of Joe Dowling’s
production of Othello at the Guthrie Lab
in the spring issue (22.1); his review of
Ethan McSweeney’s Romeo and Juliet
appeared in the summer issue (22.2). In
April, at the annual Shakespeare
Association of America meeting, Green
participated in a dramatic reading of
Antony and Cleopatra. (His drunken
Lepidus was well received.)
Spring/Summer 2004
Gretchen Irvine, education,
participated on a panel on international
travel experience at the National Society
for Experiential Education conference in
November. She also presented “Value
Added to Global Study/Travel through
the Use of Technology,” at the Hawaii
International Conference on Education
in January.
Kenneth Kaminsky, mathematics,
published Financial Literacy: Introduction
to the Mathematics of Interest, Annuities,
and Insurance, with a manual to
accompany it, by University Press of
America, Inc. in 2003.
Jason Kemp, residence life, published
“Ally Rally: Problem Solving with GLBTQ
Allies on Campus,” in the spring 2004
UMR-ACUHO (Upper Midwest Region,
Association of College and University
Housing Officers) News.
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar, Center for
Global Education-Mexico, published
“Educating about a Diversity and Global
Issues Experientially: A Review of
Simulations Games for Use in
Community-Based Learning Programs,”
in the fall 2003 issue of Transformations:
The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and
Pedagogy.
Dave Matz, psychology, co-authored
“Social Norms and Identity Relevance: A
Motivational Approach to Normative
Behavior,” in Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin. He also co-authored
an article in Current Psychology, 21.
Regina McGoff, Center for Global
Education, presented, “Study Abroad for
Students in a Weekend College Program,”
at the Student Abroad Curriculum
Integration Conference in April.
Susan O’Connor, education, co-authored
a chapter about her five-month faculty
exchange in Trondheim, Norway, in Sosialt
arbeid: Refleksjon og handling (Social
Work: Action and Reflection).
Ron Petrich, education, has a selection
in Teaching with Fire: Poetry That
Sustains the Courage to Teach, published
by Jossey Bass. Petrich finished the first
two-year Courage to Teach retreat series
for K-16 educators and began a second
series in May.
Bruce Reichenbach, philosophy,
contributed “Explanation and the
Cosmological Argument,” to
Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of
Religion, edited by Michael Peterson and
Raymond Vanarragon, and published by
Blackwells in England.
Bridget Robinson-Riegler and Greg
Robinson-Riegler published two texts:
Cognitive Psychology: Applying the Science
of the Mind (along with an instructor’s
manual) and Readings in Cognitive
Psychology: Applications, Connections, and
Individual Differences,” both published in
2004 by Allyn & Bacon.
Nancy Steblay, psychology, co-authored
“Eyewitness Accuracy Rates in Police
Showups and Lineup Presentations: A
Meta-Analytic Comparison,” in Law and
Human Behavior, 27.
Andrew Tix co-authored “The Relational
Context of Social Support: Relationship
Satisfaction Moderates the Relations
between Enacted Support and Distress,” in
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
29. He also co-authored an article in the
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51.
Sean Truman, psychology, with students
Francis Rojas, Danielle Banaszak, and
Janessa Baier, presented “Maternal
Substance Abuse and Ratings of Parent
Behavior: Do Drugs Matter?” at the
Midwestern Psychology Convention.
Truman also co-authored “What Are
They Thinking? The Mediating Role of
Parental Cognitions in the Parenting
Processes of Drug-Dependent Mothers
and Fathers,” in the NIDA Research
Monograph Series in 2003.
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AUGSBURG’S FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
ver 100 entries were submitted in
O
the fourth annual photo contest for
international and off-campus studies.
Winners were selected in three
categories: scenic landscapes, local people
in a cross-cultural setting, and Augsburg
students in a host setting. All winning
photos were displayed in Christensen
Center.
Entries were judged on the following
criteria: cross-cultural content, artistic and
technical quality, and reproducibility.
To see all the winners, visit
<www.augsburg.edu/international/
photocontest04>.
A
1st Place
A
B
B
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Scenic landscapes. First place. “Prague from
the Castle Wall,” Erik Helgeson ’05.
Czech Republic
Augsburg students in host setting. First place.
“Dancing with Locals (Mike Boyle),”
Erik Helgeson ’05. Cuba
C
Local people in a cross-cultural setting. First
place. “Lunchtime,” Deb Olson, MA Nursing.
Namibia
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OFF-CAMPUS STUDIES PHOTO CONTEST
C
D
D
Augsburg students in host
setting. Second place.
“Namibian Dunes,”
Jenna Bracken ’05. Namibia
E
Scenic landscapes. Second place.
“On the Other Side of the
Fence: Auschwitz,”
Ariann Russ ’05. Poland
F
Augsburg students in host
setting. Third place.
“Candomblé,” Ana Gabriela
Power ‘05. Brazil.
E
F
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MAJOR BOWEN:
a story of courage and determination
by Betsey Norgard
As Jean Housh (left) coped with
surgery to remove a brain tumor,
her strength and inspiration came
from “Major” Bowen (right),
whose brain tumor left him near
death and in a coma. She helped
direct his path to Augsburg.
eople are brought together in
unpredictable ways. The friendship
between Augsburg freshman
Edward “Major” Bowen and Jean Housh,
wife of Augsburg regent emeritus Allen
Housh, began one day in physical
therapy at the Sister Kenny®
Rehabilitation Institute, where both were
recovering from brain surgery.
Because of the friendship that
developed from that day in the hospital,
the Houshes are largely responsible for
Major Bowen enrolling at Augsburg.
Three years ago last January, Bowen
was an All-State junior goalie on The
Blake School’s hockey team. The night he
and the team shut out Stillwater High
School, he felt sick with what he thought
was the flu. By the next evening he was
fighting for his life as a tumor blocked
the flow of cerebrospinal fluid through
his brain. Emergency surgery to relieve
the pressure, followed by another surgery
a week later to remove the cyst, left him
in a coma for six weeks.
P
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“The nurses told us his brain was
injured like in a 60-mph crash through a
windshield,” recalls Bill Bowen,
Major’s father.
Miraculously, on Major’s
grandmother’s birthday, he began to
awaken. Weighing only 95 lbs., he was
unable to walk, talk, or eat. Thus began a
long rehabilitation at the Sister Kenny
Institute, at a clinic in Florida, at
Courage Center, and at other out-patient
facilities.
At Sister Kenny, as he worked to take
a few steps, then a few steps more, Jean
Housh was also recovering from elective
surgery to remove the same kind of cyst
before it became the emergency that
Major faced. She was undergoing therapy
to regain balance, strength, and memory.
Excerpts from her story about getting to
know Major are on p. 20.
By the fall, Bowen was able to return
home, but was plagued by short-term
memory loss, facial droop, and some
balance difficulty. His father tells of how
Rod Anderson, a former Blake teacher
and hockey coach “unretired” and
devoted his time to tutoring Major in the
Bowens’ home. During winter semester,
Bowen returned to Blake, with Anderson
continuing to tutor him at the school.
Bowen also began practicing Tae
Kwan Do as part of his therapy, and has
achieved a second degree purple belt. He
is now in training to test for his red belt.
Major Bowen graduated with his
Blake class in June 2002, but his real
achievement came earlier, during Blake’s
final hockey game of the year. After
weeks of incredible determination and
hard work to get back on the ice, he
skated out to tend the goal for the last 53
seconds as his team beat Minnehaha
Academy. For this, City Pages in their
2002 Best of the Twin Cities, named him
the Best High School Athlete.
The following year the Bowens began
exploring options for college. Sara Kyle,
associate director of college counseling at
Blake, suggested Augsburg. “[Augsburg]
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for the class.
is one of the best (if not the best)
Bowen’s determination also impacted
colleges in the nation for bright students
Maurer.
“One of the biggest lessons I
with learning and/or physical
learned
from
Major,” Maurer said, “is to
challenges,” said Kyle. “I thought it
never
give
up.
… I think Major’s refusal
would be a natural place for Major to
to
stop
until
he
had accomplished his
continue his education.” She connected
best
can
be
inspirational
to us all. The
the Bowens with Sally Daniels,
whole
experience
was
a
great
honor and
Augsburg’s director of undergraduate
will
remain
one
of
my
fondest
memories
admissions.
from
my
time
at
Augsburg.”
Jean and Allen Housh were also
During the second semester, Bowen
instrumental in the decision to consider
was
scheduled for several surgeries and
Augsburg. “While Augsburg was in the
would
miss a considerable number of
back of my mind,” Bill Bowen says, “90
school
days. He arranged with Gustafson
percent of it was the encouragement of
to
do
a
directed study in history, centered
Allen and Jean.”
around
the question of genocide and
Daniels and the Houshes introduced
focusing
on Nazi Germany and the Pol
Major and his parents to President
Pot
regime
in Cambodia.
William Frame and to Augsburg’s Center
A
highlight
of the semester was a field
for Learning and Adaptive Student
trip
to
Washington,
D.C., to the
Services (CLASS), a premier program in
Holocaust
Museum.
While in
providing comprehensive support to
Washington,
the
Bowens
met with
students with disabilities.
Minnesota
Senator
Mark
Dayton,
a friend
Major enrolled in the fall as a partof
the
family,
who
had
been
Major’
s
time student with two classes—Spanish
baseball
coach
and
who
had
also
been
a
and history. Bill Bowen credits both
hockey
goalie
at
Blake.
professors—Kate Reinhardt in Spanish
The year proved incredibly difficult,
and Don Gustafson in history—with
but
rewarding, for Major. Bill Bowen
being “absolutely wonderful” to Major.
recounts
that virtually every
Gustafson wondered at first how he
person
at
Augsburg “gave
would manage to teach someone with
102
percent”—nothing
was
short-term memory problems in the
just
average
concerning
detail-laden discipline of history. “It
Major’s experience. He will
worked,” he said, “partly because Maj
return to classes in the fall
came with some excellent high school
part-time and then evaluate
background; partly because his father
what the right course will
spent hours and hours going over the
be for the future.
material with Maj, and Maj on his part
The friendship between
was not about to give up; and partly
Jean
Housh and Major
because one of our very remarkable
remains
strong; Bill Bowen
students, Eric Maurer, agreed to tutor.
talks
of
how
they spend
“It was in our weekly meetings (and
time
reading
together—a
Eric often was part of them) on a one-topractice
that
began
during
one basis that I got a much better
therapy
to
improve
their
understanding of Major, of his
difficulties, and of his incredibly
dogged determination.”
Gustafson says that Bowen
Major Bowen and Jean Housh
ended up “at the top of the class in
remain good friends and continue
terms of effort and hours,” and
to read together, a practice that
earned a “very creditable 3.0” grade
started in rehabilitation.
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enunciation. While her story speaks to
the strength she gains from Major, Bill
Bowen says that Major thinks Jean is
“one of his angels.”
It’s clear that Bowen could not have
succeeded at Augsburg without the
CLASS program and without faculty and
staff who became entirely engaged in
helping him learn, as they also learned
from him. Even outside of class, in one
small but significant gesture, President
Frame relinquished his reserved parking
space to the Bowens so that Major’s shortterm memory loss could not prevent him
from always knowing exactly where their
car was parked.
“Augsburg has been a wonderful
experience for me,” says Major. “Each
professor has been different, but also the
same in being caring, kind, and
understanding. They have each also been
demanding, requiring me to work hard,
complete my assignments on time, to push
myself, and to learn the subject matter.
Professor Don Gustafson worked with me
extensively to become more self-reliant, to
trust myself, to think, and to respond. I can
never thank him enough.” ■
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A M A J O R I N S P I R AT I O N
I owe my life to a young
m a n n a m e d M a j o r.
H
e is a guy I’d only heard about in the neurosurgeon’s
office. I was being examined and scheduled for brain
surgery. But I had the luxury of setting a surgery
date, calling family to Minneapolis to help out and bracing
myself beforehand. Major, however, did not. According to
my neurosurgeon, the 17-year-old hockey player was
nearly brain dead the January night he was brought to
Children’s Hospital. Imagine playing goalie for your hockey
team and near death one day later. I couldn’t. …
Eager to read all I could about my condition or anyone
else who’d experienced it, I combed back issues of the
Minneapolis Star Tribune sports section at the library until
I found it. There it was in bold type across five columns of
the January 9, 2001, sport page.
‘Blake Goalie Faces Surgery for Brain Tumor.’
Edward “Major” Bowen was his name and his story
would change my life. …
I wish I could say my surgery was easy. Although I did
not feel a thing, my family and friends suffered greatly. It is
only through God’s grace and mercy that I am here. …
One cold March day [at Sister Kenny Institute], I saw
the name Major Bowen handwritten on a label of a
headrest on a wheelchair. Could it be the same Major
Bowen? I wondered aloud to [my husband] Allen. If he’s
here, I have to meet him. After all, he is the reason I went
ahead with my surgery.
I asked Matt, my OT therapist, if that was Major
Bowen, the hockey player. Yes, it was, but due to
confidentiality concerns, I couldn’t just walk up and start
talking. Matt had to arrange it for us after getting Major’s
parents’ approval.
The next day, I was introduced to Major, and his
parents, Bill and Pat. …
The common denominator between Major and me was
the same colloid cysts in our brains. A rare and benign
tumor, colloid cysts reside in the third left ventricle and
restrict the flow of cerebral spinal fluid. In my case, it
caused considerable swelling and chronic headaches.
by Jean Spielman Housh
Major, however, experienced no warning signs or
headaches. …
After six weeks in Children’s Hospital, Major was
released to the Sister Kenny Institute for therapy and
rehabilitation. That’s where our paths finally crossed.
I was a bit tentative about meeting him. I was
concerned his parents might measure me against their son’s
progress. Boy was I wrong. I have never been so warmly
received. Behind Major’s wheelchair in the computer lab at
Sister Kenny Institute, Major’s dad, Bill, shook my hand
and thanked me for initiating our meeting.
“It’s nice to know someone who had the same surgery
as Major and who’s come out so well,” he told me.
I tried to tell him that his son was my inspiration. Tears
rolled down my face and I couldn’t get the words out. “I
cry a lot,” I told him. He smiled, knowing exactly what I
meant.
Around the corner came Major’s mom, Pat. Awkwardly
I began my story again. Lost in my tears were all the words
I’d hoped to say. Words like ‘thank you for your son.
Thank you for being such loving parents. Thank you for
giving me this opportunity to meet my life’s inspiration.’ …
During a follow-up visit last year, Dr. Nagib’s nurse
practitioner, Therese O’Fallon, told me, “One day, maybe
not soon, but one day, you’ll look back on this surgery
experience as a gift. Some good will have come from it.”
Brain surgery—a gift? Yeah, right. I brushed it off.
But today, more than two years later, I’m beginning to
see what she means. God has given me a gift of true
inspiration in Major.
Through him and my surgery, I’ve learned patience,
determination, and what family really means. Today, the
balance of good days and bad days clearly tips toward the
positive. I’ve recovered most, if not all, of my short- and
long-term memory. Although, I still lose my car in the
Target parking lot and often have trouble remembering
how many strokes I had on the golf course.
Major and I read Lance Armstrong’s book It’s Not about
the Bike last summer. We read it aloud to one another to
improve our enunciation. Armstrong’s story of victory over
cancer and winning the Tour de France is an inspiring and
powerful one. But one no less inspiring than Major’s story
of faith, courage, and strength.
Jean Spielman Housh is a writer and wife of Augsburg regent
emeritus Allen Housh.
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F R O M F L ATA N G E R
TO A U G S B U R G :
A C E N T U R Y A PA R T
by Betsey Norgard
THE SMALL coastal
town of Flatanger, Norway, has
sent two students to Augsburg
College, almost exactly 100 years
apart. While Ingwald Rosok may
not have received a diploma in
the spring of 1895 when he left
Augsburg, Monica Dahle
marched proudly across the stage
in spring 2004.
Dahle is a senior at Molde
University College in
central Norway and came
to Augsburg as part of
International Partners. This
program, based on
reciprocal agreements
between Augsburg and
European institutions that
offer the equivalent of
bachelor’s degrees, allows
students from both Europe
Norwegian student Monica Dahle stands in front of Old Main, built just three
years after Ingwald Rosok, another student from her hometown, attended
and Augsburg to take part
Augsburg.
of their study program at
Ingwald
Rosok,
who
attended
partner schools. This
preparatory class at
moved to Arizona and lived there the rest
Augsburg in 1894-95, left his
enables them to
Augsburg Seminary for
of his life.
small village of Flatanger 100
experience studying
years before current student
nearly five months until his
Although Rosok’s mother was from
Monica Dahle.
abroad without
money ran out.
the Sverdrup family, there is no apparent
interrupting or delaying
In his memoir, Retrospect, Rosok tells
close connection to Georg and George
their studies.
of wanting to go to school and learning
Sverdrup, Augsburg’s second and fourth
Because of International Partners and
about Augsburg from a Norwegian grocer
presidents, respectively.
the scholarship that participants receive,
in Minneapolis. He describes Augsburg’s
When Dahle arrived at Augsburg last
Dahle chose to come to Minneapolis and
location as “in the block between Seventh
winter, she recognized Old Main from
Augsburg. When she began researching
and Eighth Streets, and between 21st and
photos she had seen in a history book.
information about Augsburg, to her
22nd Avenues South.” He lists the faculty
She was one of 34 Norwegian students in
surprise and excitement she discovered a
that year as six professors.
book about Ingwald Rosok, also from
Rosok did not want to be a minister
Flatanger. He had come to the U.S. in
Photo of Ingwald Rosok from Retrospect: An
and chose to study engineering at the
1891, worked at a number of jobs in the
Autobiography, by I. A. Rosok, edited by O. M.
University of Minnesota instead of
Norlie, copyright 1957 and printed by Lund Press,
Upper Midwest, and attended the second
returning to Augsburg. He eventually
Minneapolis.
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A C E N T U R Y A PA R T
International Partners during the academic
year, and took social work courses.
For her internship, she learned about
an agency in downtown Minneapolis
offering a needle exchange program, and
applied to work there. Her tasks included
meeting with drug addicts, homeless
people, and prostitutes—work and issues
she had never encountered. “I learned so
much,” Dahle said, “about nonjudgemental attitudes, about how to treat
clients, and about the U.S.” She had not
expected the level of culture shock she
experienced.
Her biggest challenge was language.
Dahle said the people who came there
often used street slang, but that she simply
asked them what it meant. She loves to
work with people, and dreams of finding
similar ways to work with drug addicts in
Norway.
During spring semester, two events
stood out for Dahle as highlights. In
February, when Augsburg hosted the Peace
Prize Festival for schoolchildren, she was
one of two Norwegian students who
greeted and escorted special guests Gro
Harlem Brundtland, former prime
minister of Norway and director general
emerita of the World Health
Organization; and Knut Vollebæk,
Norwegian ambassador to the U.S.
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The second highlight was participation
in Augsburg’s commencement ceremony. In
Norway, college graduates are hosted at a
dinner, but without the pomp and
circumstance of an American ceremony.
Because of the reciprocal agreements
between colleges, International Partners
students are granted special permission to
participate in Augsburg’s graduation.
EXCERPTS FROM
Monica Dahle (right) and Beate Fjellanger
(second from right) greeted Gro Brundtland,
former Norwegian prime minister, and Knut
Vollebæk, Norwegian ambassador to the U.S.,
at the Peace Prize Festival in February.
“It was amazing, with all the people
there,” Dahle remarked. “It’s a really big
deal, and I’ve seen it on TV.” Her cap and
gown went back to Norway with her as
mementos.
Dahle has her four-hour final exam to
finish at Molde University College. Then
she hopes to work for a year or so before
possibly returning to the U.S. and
Augsburg for a master’s program. ■
RETROSPECT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
By Ingwald Andreas Rosok
Edited by O.M. Norlie; copyright 1957 by I.A. Rosok. Minneapolis: Lund Press, Inc.
16 ATTENDING AUGSBURG
We called on the Norwegian grocer. He advised me to go to Augsburg Seminary, which, at
that time, was not only a theological seminary but also a college and an academy. It was a
Norwegian Lutheran church school and was located in the block between Seventh and
Eighth Streets, and between Twenty-first and Twenty-second Avenues South. I went there,
and they took me and accepted my check without any question. … As already stated,
Augsburg Seminary had three departments: The Preparatory (Academy) Department which
took two years to finish; the College Department which took four years, and the
Theological Department which took three years, a total of nine years. When this was
completed one was ready to be ordained as a full-fledged Lutheran minister and to be
assigned to some congregation as its pastor. The professors that year were: George
Sverdrup, president; Sven Oftedal, vice president; John H. Blegen; Edward Hovde; J.L.
Nydahl and T.S. Reimestad. When I told them what previous schooling I had had, I was
assigned to the second preparatory class. It was a very good school and I enjoyed it very
much. It certainly was much better for me than working in the woods in Wisconsin. I
studied very hard, never missing any classes and spending all my waking hours in my room
doing my homework. I started school at Augsburg Seminary December 7, 1894 and
attended until April 13, 1895 when my money was all gone.
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SEEING ABILITIES
instead of disabilities
Seeing the abilities
of people rather
than their
disabilities has
given Cilje Nybord
Mosand a dream
and a plan, which
she has taken back
to her native
Norway this summer. Mosand, a social
work student in the International Partners
program at Augsburg, interned during the
spring at a non-profit organization called
Interact Center for the Visual and
Performing Arts, based in Minneapolis.
Interact, a multidisciplinary arts center for
adult artists with disabilities, features a
large art studio and public gallery,
rehearsal and performance space, a fulltime faculty of professional artists, a
performing arts training program, and a
theater company.
Mosand was so impressed with
Interact that she hopes to start a similar
organization in the Scandinavian
countries. “We have nothing like this in
Norway,” Mosand said. “This has been
such a wonderful experience. You don’t
see the disabilities of these people, rather
the abilities they possess.”
During her internship, Mosand
assisted the professional artists who work
with the disabled artists in all aspects of
the theater, from writing the script and
by Judy Petree
music, to acting. She even took part in the
theater performance, playing the part—
aptly enough—of a young woman named
“Celia,” who is Norwegian.
“We really liked having Cilje here,”
said Eriq Nelson, performing arts
instructor at Interact. “She gave our
‘artists’ individual support and always had
time for listening to them. Many times the
staff doesn’t have this kind of time.”
Nelson added that when Mosand first
came, they envisioned her as support
staff, doing odd jobs such as filling out
paperwork. But, she became so involved
with the artists the original plans quickly
flew out the door.
“We have a large Norwegian
population at the center and some have
even been to Norway on tour, so they
were excited about Cilje being from
Norway. She liked being with the artists
and they liked being with her.”
Nelson said it was also fun to watch
Mosand grow during her internship. “We
even got her to be a part of the show. It
was fun to see Cilje embrace that side of
it. She was always willing to do whatever
was needed to be done. She’s missed.”
Actually, this is not Augsburg’s first
encounter with Interact. A few years ago,
education professor Susan O’Connor
Top photo: At Interact, Cilje Mosand supported and worked with artists
with disabilities, and joined them to perform in their production.
Spring/Summer 2004
introduced Karl-Johan Johansen, an
instructor from Sør Trøndelag University
College in Trondheim, Norway, and Per
Frederiksen, with PROFF, an organization
serving people with disabilities, to
Interact while they were visiting
Minneapolis. As a result of that visit,
Johansen and Frederiksen secured
funding in Norway for a group from
Interact to travel to Norway and Denmark
to give performances. The artists that
went on this tour were the same ones
who formed a bond with Mosand.
“What fascinated me about Interact is
it’s so diverse,” Mosand said. “The mix of
people from a rainbow of ethnic, age, and
disability groups gives one the impression
of being in an inclusive Garden of Eden.”
The artists help the community
understand that gifts are given to all
people, Mosand said, and that vision is
not lost nor even impaired by a
disabling condition. “There are no
superiors, inferiors; no staff versus
clients. There is only the collegial mix of
diverse people who are all focused on
the same goals—the creation of beauty,
the making of art.” ■
Judy Petree is media relations manager
in the Office of Public Relations and
Communication.
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A QUICK CONNECTION
PROM DRESSES
TO
by Judy Petree
Stephanie Quick’s passion for working with children and
youth, especially those who struggle with lives of poverty
and abuse, has taken her to a place far from her
Midwestern roots in Mendota Heights, Minn.—to Nome,
Alaska, a place so beautiful it’s hard to imagine life could be
anything but ideal. Quick, a 2001 Augsburg graduate with
a major in youth and family ministry, is currently working
on a four-year Master of Divinity degree at the Lutheran
School of Theology in Chicago. She is in year three of
seminary, which consists of an internship.
Beauty surrounded by poverty
The road to Alaska and her internship at Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church in Nome came after she was accepted
into a special ELCA program called Horizon. This program
offers 22 unique internship sites across the world,
including cross-cultural ministry, mission start
congregations, and others at rural, urban, and international
sites. Quick said that many of these sites, including her
current one, cannot afford a second pastor, and provide
excellent learning opportunities.
Quick said Nome is a beautiful place, surrounded by
ocean and tundra. She has seen wildlife from bears to
reindeer to seals, eaten a variety of Eskimo foods including
Eskimo ice cream (berries mixed with reindeer fat),
muktuk (whale blubber), black meat (seal), reindeer,
caribou, dried fish, greens, and herring eggs. But, she
added, the stark reality is that all of this beauty surrounds a
town plagued by alcohol abuse and poverty.
“While this town of 3,000 people is in a unique setting,
it is also very sad. You can find only two small grocery
stores, yet the street is littered with bars and liquor stores.
Alcohol abuse is a terrible factor in the community.” In
fact, Quick said, it has gotten so bad that alcoholism in
Nome and surrounding villages has nearly
Above: Stephanie Quick, Class of 2001, is
destroyed the Native American (Eskimo)
traditional lifestyle. “Sadly, as a pastor, you hear
using her seminary internship to work with
many stories of family violence, sexual abuse,
young people in an impoverished Nome,
and substance abuse. There is so much tragedy
here it is almost unbelievable.”
Alaska church. She brought joy to the high
Quick is called to many areas while serving
school girls there, as 60 prom dresses she
as an intern pastor. Some of her duties include
preaching, leading worship, teaching, pastoral
collected from family and friends back
counseling, home visitations, serving as
home were donated for Nome’s big dance.
chaplain at the local jail, eating lunch with
elders at the senior citizen’s center, and holding
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worship service at the nursing home.
However, there is one area where her
passion is strong. Quick is concentrating
her efforts on working with youth in
Nome, even starting a youth group at the
congregation, which now draws more
than 25 youth.
“I have formed some pretty strong
connections with some of the high
school girls,” Quick said. “These girls
have confided a lot of things to me.
Recently they told me they couldn’t go
to the prom because they couldn’t afford
a dress.”
While the town is plentiful with bars
and liquor stores, Quick said there is not
a clothing store to be found. The only
way for these girls to get a dress would
be to spend $343 on a plane ticket to
Anchorage or make a dress.
“None of these girls can afford a
prom dress let alone fly to Anchorage to
buy it. And many of the girls are being
raised by their grandparents who just
don’t have the time to make a dress.”
Quick came up with an idea and she
quickly enlisted the help of her sister,
Rachel, who is a junior at Augsburg; her
parents; and her hometown
congregation, St. Stephen’s Lutheran
Church in West St. Paul.
“I thought, well, I still have my prom
dresses, so I called up my mom and
asked her to send them here.
Unfortunately, she had just given them
away to the Goodwill, but my sister,
Rachel, still had hers.”
Rachel was more than happy to not
only ship her prom dress to Alaska, but
to send out a campuswide e-mail asking
others for their dresses and other prom
accessories, such as shoes and purses.
When Quick’s pastor at St. Stephen’s
found out what she was doing, he made
an announcement in church. Her plea
was so successful, she received 60
dresses, the majority coming from
Augsburg and St. Stephen’s Church in
West St. Paul.
After the shipment arrived in Nome,
Stephanie Quick opened up a “Prom
Shop” in the church basement. The
ladies’ sewing circle at Our Savior’s
Church volunteered to make alterations
on the dresses. Quick said the girls were
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“thrilled” with the dresses.
“I’m really proud of my sister,” Rachel said.
“She is such a kind person and she’s really grown
attached to these girls in Nome. She was able to
give them something we take for granted—a
pretty dress and a really special night.”
Quick said she wanted to do this for the girls
“simply because I care about them, and feel that
their opportunities shouldn’t be limited just
because of their finances.”
Reaching out
Quick followed her passion and calling one step
further when she volunteered to travel to a
remote village in the wilderness, without running
water or plumbing. She spent 10 days in a place
called Shishmaref, a tiny island Eskimo village
located 20 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The
village is entirely Lutheran and is the
northernmost ELCA congregation. Most people
there still speak their native language of Inupiaq.
Quick said the pastor there had resigned in
the fall, and it has been difficult to even get an
interim pastor, much less a permanent pastor. It
is a very rustic place with
honeybuckets for toilets and
Ladies in Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
snow or rainwater for
volunteered their time to alter the
drinking water. The only
donated dresses for the girls.
place to shower is at the
“washeteria,” which costs
money, she added, so
obviously people don’t
shower much. The roads are all dirt and
the houses are primitive. Children, she
said, run around very dirty, many visibly
with lice. The town is filled with flies,
and garbage and raw sewage leak
from bins.
“It looked straight out of a ‘Save the
Children’ commercial,” Quick said. “It
was a moving experience just driving
down the street.” The only modes of
transportation, she added, are fourwheelers; snowmobiles, which the
Alaskans call snow machines; and dog
sled teams.
“I had some amazing visits with the
people there,” Quick said, “including a
group of elders who showed me some of
their sewing. It was a neat experience
sitting on the floor watching the Eskimo
women sew things like slippers,
mukluks, and Eskimo yo-yos out of seal
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A QUICK
CONNECTION
TO PROM
DRESSES
skin and reindeer fur.”
Quick’s love and passion for children took center stage there as
well, in this remote village. She said the children were excited to
see her and she organized many youth activities for them,
including baking for elders and confirmation classes. Some days
there were more than 50 children that showed up in the basement
of the parsonage, which is used for a youth center.
“We had a Sunday School turnout of 75 children which is great
considering there are only 600 people in the village.”
The church services were similar to the ones she helps out with
in Nome, part of it being in their native language and part in
English. “I have to brag a little that I’m doing quite well on the
Inupiaq. The elders tease me that I am becoming an Eskimo!”
Quick said because of the lack of a pastor or interim pastor, she
was given special permission by the bishop and seminary to
administer the sacraments. She presided over Holy Communion
and performed her first baptism. The baptism, she added, was
especially moving.
“I had asked a woman in the congregation to present the candle
and recite a special verse. She has cerebral palsy and told me she
has trouble reading, so when she came up, she had the verse
memorized. It was moving and a true moment of grace.”
Augsburg’s transforming education
Quick credits the encouragement she received from faculty and
staff in the religion department while she was a student at
Augsburg for steering her toward the path she is now following. In
particular she remembers a lecture she heard about being called to
serve God.
“I still remember that lecture, and that confirmed my call from
God. I began to look for a place to serve the church and I felt not
only an internal call to the ministry, but an external call to serve
God.” Quick said she wasn’t sure at that point what direction in
ministry she wanted to pursue, but she loved the Youth and Family
Ministry program and being involved in Campus Ministry, so that
excited her about ministry with families.
Quick will return to Chicago in the fall to finish her education.
Where she will go from there is still a question, but she has many
goals, one being a pastor in an inner city church working with
families, children and youth; another opening an orphanage or
working at an existing one, perhaps in Thailand; or
even teaching religion, “especially if it was at
Above: A stitch here and there to the
Augsburg!”
donated dresses made the high school
“The education I received at Augsburg helped
shape
my life in a very positive way. Augsburg
girls feel like queens of the prom.
helped me realize that all things are possible
through God.” ■
Judy Petree is media relations manager in the Office of Public
Relations and Communication.
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Students celebrate after receiving their honors cords from
academic dean Christopher Kimball at the Honors
Convocation on Friday, April 30.
The Augsburg Chamber Orchestra performs at the Commencement concert on
Friday, April 30, which featured solos by each of the four 2004 Concerto Aria
winners: Miya Kunin ’04, violin; Maja Lisa FritzHuspen ’04, soprano; Nicholas White
’05, bass; and Keely Holcomb ’04, soprano.
DR. SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
A graduate pays homage to her home state by
taping a cutout of Texas to her mortarboard.
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, president of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New
York, spoke at the 2004 Augsburg College Commencement ceremony Saturday,
May 1. It is said that Jackson has a “career distinguished by many historic firsts.”
Jackson, a theoretical physicist, holds a Ph.D. in theoretical elementary particle
physics from M.I.T. and an S.B. in physics from M.I.T. She is the first AfricanAmerican woman to receive a doctorate from M.I.T., and is one of the first two
African-American women to receive a doctorate in physics in the United States.
Jackson is also the first African-American to become a commissioner of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and is now the first woman to lead a national
research university.
Jackson has held senior positions in government, as chairperson of the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC); in industry and research, as a theoretical
physicist at the former AT&T Bell Laboratories; and in academe as a professor at
Rutgers University. While at the NRC, Jackson represented the United States as a
delegate to the General Conference of the
International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna,
Austria.
Among the number of professional organizations
Jackson belongs to, she is president of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and a
member of the National Academy of Engineering.
She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, and the American Physical Society.
Visit <www.rpi.edu/web/President/profile.html> for
more information about Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson.
Barbara Lehmann, assistant professor of social work, hugs a student during the
procession from Foss Center to Melby Hall.
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COMMENCEMENT 2004
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS URGES EXCELLENCE,
LEADERSHIP, AND COMMUNITY
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, president of the Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in New York, delivers the
keynote Commencement address.
Lois Bosch, associate professor of social work, places
a master’s hood on a Master of Social Work student.
Barbara Forshier, Weekend College Class of 2004
representative, addresses the crowd at the
Commencement ceremony.
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Following are excerpts from Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson’s Commencement address; read the
complete address at <www.rpi.edu/web/President/speeches/augsburg.html>
… A simple message from my own father has always motivated me. … He
always would say to us: “Aim for the stars, so that you will reach the treetops, and
at any rate, you will get off the ground.” In other words, if you do not aim high,
you will not go far. He also believed that it was important to help somebody else
along the way.
I have taken my father’s advice throughout my career, and woven it into a
common thread with three basic strands. They are excellence, leadership, and
community.
It was Aristotle who said, “Excellence is an art won by training and
habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a
habit.” After all, if you are going to spend precious time doing something, why not
do it well? And, when you do things well, it becomes your habit.
Secondly, leadership is a fundamental responsibility we all own. … Leadership
encompasses a clarity of vision, an understanding of the broader context, as well
as the articulation to share that vision with others. It takes perseverance, and
requires very hard work, but an effective leader sets an example by working hard,
by being ethical, and by inspiring others to do the same. …
The final strand is community. What I mean by community also might be
termed inclusiveness. In the global community in which we live, inclusiveness is
key, because it is the estrangement of individuals, or of groups, or of peoples, or of
nations that is responsible for the divisiveness that haunts us—that makes the
world a more dangerous place. …
Optimism also is part of my father’s legacy. As a result, I am determinedly
optimistic about the future. Optimism and hope are contagious. … Indeed, it is a
force for change, and it can move people to take positive action. …
So, give generously. Aim high. Lead with your gifts. Stay positive. Look
forward. Do not be discouraged. Lead with optimism. Challenge yourselves. Find
joy in everyday life. If you do all of these, I am confident that you can lead us to a
future of peace, a future of greater safety, security, and health for all—a future in
which hope prospers, and love and service guide us. Now is your time. Be that
future, and you can change the world.
Three graduates smile for the camera during the ceremony in Melby Hall.
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Gregory McKusky, who received a B.A. in physics, joins family and faculty in
Murphy Park after the Commencement ceremony.
A graduate poses for a picture following the ceremony.
THE AUGSBURG COLLEGE
623
Candidates for graduation
347
Day program candidates
152
Weekend College candidates
83
Graduate program candidates (12 Master of Arts in Leadership,
30 Master of Social Work, 14 Master of Arts in Nursing, 24
Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies, 3 Master of Arts
in Education)
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Rochester program candidates
8
10
Jennifer Hagen, who graduated with a B.S. in
chemistry, relaxes with friends.
CLASS OF 2004
19-64
United Hospital candidates
Countries represented (China, Colombia, Republic of Korea,
Laos, Liberia, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, Spain, Taiwan)
Age range of graduates in the Class of 2004
MASTER OF ARTS IN NURSING—CLASS OF 2004
A grad poses with her family after receiving a
bouquet of roses.
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The Master of Arts in Nursing program celebrated its third class of graduates. Here,
graduates and faculty posed for a picture following the ceremony.
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COMMENCEMENT
2004
The 135TH YEAR of Augsburg College
THE CLASS OF 2004’S
OLDEST AND YOUNGEST
EDUCATION HAS NO AGE LIMIT
ABBEY PAYEUR, AGE 19, OF CHAMPLIN,
MINN., AND MARYANN KINNEY, AGE 64, OF
ROCHESTER, MINN., ARE THE YOUNGEST
AND OLDEST OF AUGSBURG’S GRADUATING CLASS OF 2004.
PAYEUR ALREADY HAD A TWO-YEAR
COLLEGE DEGREE WHEN SHE FINISHED
HIGH
SCHOOL
BACHELOR’S
AND
DEGREE
COMPLETED
IN
A
ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION AT AUGSBURG IN TWO YEARS.
SHE PLANS TO TEACH AND RETURN LATER
FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL.
KINNEY HAS BEEN A STAFF NURSE AT
SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL IN ROCHESTER
FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AND DECIDED TO
SEEK A MASTER’S DEGREE IN NURSING. SHE
HAS NO PLANS TO RETIRE SOON, BUT
WANTS TO SERVE PEOPLE WITH LOW
INCOME AND HOMELESS POPULATIONS.
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By some accounts, at age 64, Maryann
Kinney should be making plans for her
retirement. Would she like to travel?
Spend more time with friends? Instead,
she walked down the aisle of Augsburg’s
gymnasium in Melby Hall, adorned in
cap and gown.
Kinney graduated with a Master of
Arts in nursing degree and isn’t
considering leaving the workforce
anytime soon. “I probably should think
about my retirement, but I’m just going
to keep on going,” she says.
This hospice volunteer for the past
18 years has always spent much of her
time serving others. A nurse since 1978,
she has worked in Appalachia and with
orphaned children in Romania.
“Nursing is a profession where care is
always our key element,” says Kinney.
After three attempts at attaining a
master’s degree, the fourth time proved
to be a charm. She began at Augsburg in
the fall of 2001. Kinney was finally able
to reach her goal, with the help of a
supportive supervisor at Saint Marys
Hospital in Rochester, where she
currently works, and close attention
from Augsburg faculty whom she says,
“build on your strengths and work with
your weaknesses.”
To Kinney, it was well worth the
effort. “To keep up with all of the
changes that are going on in nursing,
you really need an advanced degree,”
she says. “Unfortunately, many nurses
who get the degree get out of nursing.
They go on to get more administrative
roles. Augsburg’s program prepares you
to stay in nursing. I think most of the
students that finish here stay in patient
care.”
Kinney has a deep appreciation for
Augsburg’s commitment to the
community and their awareness of the
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broader issues, outside of what just
affects the campus. After graduation she
would like to do work with povertystricken or homeless populations, areas
where she gained experience through
her work at Augsburg’s Central Nursing
Center, located in Central Lutheran
Church in downtown Minneapolis.
Kinney was also afforded the rare
opportunity to do her clinical practice in
London, England, at St. Christopher’s
hospice under the tutelage of founder
Dame Cicely Saunders. Saunders, at age
85, still works at the hospice every day.
She was a true inspiration to Kinney and
reinforced a desire to work with those
less fortunate.
Kinney is no less of an inspiration in
her own right, “I carry a bag of dirt in
my pocket. I have for a long time. I like
to keep it with me to remind me to
always stay ‘grounded’,” she says. Often
when others around her seem to be
feeling overwhelmed she will share her
secret—“I take it out of my pocket and
everyone knows that they have to get
grounded.” At the very least it offers
those around her a moment to pause and
smile.
Kinney is grateful to Augsburg for
helping her achieve her goal, “I think
Augsburg is awesome. Not only are the
school, the classes, and the professors
great, but I was also really impressed
with the students. I can’t believe how
nice they are,” she says. “The greatest
gift one can give to another is a chance.
That is what Augsburg did for me. It is
almost impossible as a staff nurse to have
one’s educational needs met. Augsburg
went that mile.”
Jessica Brown is a communication
specialist in the Office of Public Relations
and Communication.
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COMMENCEMENT
ON THE FAST TRACK TO A CAREER IN TEACHING
At a time when many 19-year-olds are still
early in their adventures in higher
learning, Abbey Payeur is completing that
adventure and embarking on a new one.
Payeur, of Champlin, Minn., got on
the fast track and never jumped off. She
enrolled in the Minnesota Post Secondary
Enrollments Option program (PSEO) at
the age of 15. The PSEO program allows
high school juniors and seniors to take
courses for credit at public and private
postsecondary institutions while still in
high school. Payeur decided to take full
advantage of the opportunity before her
and enrolled full time at North Hennepin
Community College (NHCC). Because of
her young age, she had to be driven to her
first year of college courses by her mother.
Thus, her final two years of high school
were spent away from the Champlin Park
schools where she’d began. “Mostly I
wanted more independence, more choices
in the classes I was free to take, more of a
challenge,” says Payeur.
When she participated in graduation
ceremonies at Champlin Park High School
in spring 2002, she already had an
Associate of Arts degree under her belt
from NHCC.
Payeur always had a passion for
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learning, and a decision about her
learning after high school was an easy
one. She went to a guidance counselor
and asked about the better schools for
elementary education. “I love school and
I think I can reach the kids like me [that
love school] and also the kids that don’t
like it as much,” she says. “I just want to
let them know how much your life can
change if you choose to do well in
school.” Augsburg College was at the top
of the recommended list, and after an
initial interview with Professor Vicki
Olson, it seemed like a good fit. Payeur
decided the small class sizes and the
personal relationships you make with the
professors was what she wanted.
Payeur enrolled at Augsburg in the
fall of 2002 at the age of 17. Being the
youngest in class periodically posed
certain challenges. “Sometimes people in
class didn’t give much credit to what I
would say because I was ‘just a baby,’ ”
says Payeur. Very quickly, however, after
the other students got to know her, she
was on the same playing field as everyone
else.
Sometimes her youth and experience
were advantages in the classroom. “There
was a discussion about the Minnesota
Graduate nursing student Maryann Kinney reminisces with Tony Bristo
about experiences in England at Augsburg’s Central Nursing Clinic at
Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis.
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graduation standards—profiles of
learning,” Payeur says. “The other
students were debating them but none
had ever experienced them. I was actually
in school when those were in place, and
so I had a unique perspective that could
add to the class.”
Payeur graduated Summa Cum Laude
from Augsburg with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in education and marched with her
fellow classmates in the Commencement
ceremony. In August she begins her
student teaching at Oxbow Creek
Elementary School in Champlin, where
she lives with her husband, Micah. The
next step for Payeur is looking for a
permanent teaching position. After that
she says, “I may return to Augsburg to
complete a minor in special education or
get my reading specialist certification, and
eventually I would like to get a master’s
degree, but I want to teach in the
classroom for a while first.” Whatever she
decides to do, even Payeur has to agree
that she has plenty of time.
Jessica Brown is a communication
specialist in the Office of Public Relations
and Communication.
Abbey Payeur, at 19 years old, is the youngest Augsburg graduate in
the Class of 2004. With an elementary education degree, she aims to
teach full time and then consider graduate school.
Spring/Summer 2004
SHARING A PASSION FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE
by Keme Hawkins and Judy Petree
Though this group of five social work
students came from very different walks
in life, together they discovered how
their shared passions and compassion for
each other helped them succeed.
Throughout the past two years in
Weekend College, as they faced a variety
of challenges and demands on their
personal and academic lives, collectively
they supported each other to achieve
their highest potential as students and
successful graduates.
Vernona Boswell, Lymoua
Mouacheupao, Darin Rowles, Sophia
Thompson, Matthew Thornhill, and
Geralyn Williams all entered the social
work program together, and on May 1
they graduated together.
“They discovered that they share the
passion for social justice and service to
others that is the hallmark of Augsburg
College,” said Tony Bibus, associate
professor and social work department
chair, about the group’s commitment.
Three of the students shared their
stories.
LYMOUA MOUACHEUPAO enrolled
at Augsburg after her husband lost his
battle with liver cancer and left her to raise
four sons. Going back to school was her
way to deal with grief. “I needed a sense of
meaning in life,” Mouacheupao said, and
she appreciated the shared common bond
of family responsibility felt in this group.
GERALYN WILLIAMS came to
Weekend College in 1997 after having
gone in and out of college programs at
other institutions for 15 years. Not sure
what she wanted to do, she left school
and worked at an office job, but never let
her desire to finish college fade. When
she finally started looking at schools
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First row (L to R) Lymoua Mouacheupao, Matthew Thornhill, Second row (L
to R) Geralyn Williams, Darin Rowles, Vernona Boswell, Sophia Thompson.
again, it was the weekend program that
attracted her to Augsburg.
DARIN ROWLES began taking courses
at Augsburg through the postsecondary
program during his senior year in high
school. He completed his freshman year at
Augsburg until family issues, chemical
abuse, and other difficulties forced him to
drop out. In the mid-90s he completed an
associate degree, but wanted a four-year
degree. “Education has always been very
important in my life, and returning to
Augsburg had deep meaning to me. It was
part of my plan to finish where I had
started years ago.”
Before Rowles resumed his education,
he worked in corporate America at jobs
with great pay and amazing benefits,
Rowles said, but that were less than
satisfying. He also worked at an adult
foster home for people living with AIDS.
“I found this work to be very fulfilling,”
he said. “I knew I had the knack for
working with people in need and keeping
a level head during difficult
circumstances. Social work seemed a good
blend of these strengths.”
The students found that studying in
their cohort drew them together in
rewarding ways.
Initially, Rowles said he was
concerned about spending two years with
people who would end up sharing much
of their lives with each other. He quickly
learned this wouldn’t be the case. “Even
though our group represented a diverse
mix of race, gender, sexual orientation,
age, religion, employment background,
and so on, we formed a very close bond,
very quickly. Our diverse backgrounds led
to lively, informed debates as we moved
through our social work curriculum.”
Williams said it was comforting at
times going into class knowing this would
be there. “I knew them well enough to
feel comfortable calling them when I
needed help or had questions about class
assignments. I really appreciated the
relationship I have with them.”
Besides sharing help with academics,
their mutual support was on a more
personal level. Rowles said they listened
to each other’s difficulties, and when one
person was having an especially rough
week, others would step in and be more
involved with class discussion to lighten
the load. “We let each other vent about
the bad times and celebrated the good
times,” he explained. “I honestly don’t
know how I would have survived the past
two years without the support of my
classmates.”
D.J.M. Edwards, social work
undergraduate program assistant, said that
weekend students often feel they are on
their own, and a support group is a great
advantage. “Working in a cohort breaks
down barriers over time,” he said. “When
ideas can flow without impediments the
course material really starts to come to
life.” This was an unusual group, he said,
and definitely worked together as a unit,
“We are so proud to have been
partners in their educational journeys,”
Bibus added. “The social work profession
stands to gain mightily as they embark on
their careers. The world will change for
the better!”
Keme Hawkins is a Weekend College
communication major. Judy Petree is media
relations manager in the Office of Public
Relations and Communication.
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AAlumni
LUMNINews
NEWS
From the Alumni Board president’s desk…
I
was honored to speak at Augsburg’s
135th Commencement on Saturday,
May 1. More than 600 graduating
students participated in the ceremony,
and of these, nearly 350 were day
students and 152 were Weekend College
students. In addition, 33 were Rochester
program candidates, and 83 received
graduate degrees. These figures are in
sharp contrast to those of my own
Commencement ceremony 20 years ago
when Weekend College had just been
launched and the Rochester and graduate
programs did not yet exist. Needless to
say, the College has evolved in many
ways over the past two decades.
An Augsburg degree not only
indicates that the bearer possesses
knowledge, but it also suggests that the
bearer has the wisdom to face challenges
with confidence, integrity, and honor. In
fact, as alumni, we have been blessed by
the time spent immersed in the Augsburg
community and its ethos—i.e., that we
mattered and that with a transforming
education we could make a positive
difference in the world. We have been
given an incredible gift.
Indeed, this gift reflects the
Christian heritage of Augsburg. In
Romans 12, Paul writes, “do not be
conformed to this world, but be
transformed by renewing of your mind,
so that you may prove what the will of
God is, that which is good and
acceptable and perfect.” An Augsburg
education does not end with
Commencement. Instead, it is the
beginning of a journey of continuous
renewal. We have been transformed to
appreciate that there is joy doing that
which one is called to do in service to
others.
New graduates are now members of
the Augsburg Alumni Association. What
does it mean to be a member of the
Alumni Association? It means staying
connected to the College. Check in with
us by phone (612-330-1178 or toll free
1-800-260-6590), the Web
(www.augsburg.edu/alumni), or via email (alumni@augsburg.edu). Let us
know what you are doing. Tell us about
jobs, marriages, children, moves, and
other achievements.
Being an alum also means serving as
an ambassador of the College. Without a
doubt, many of you are or will be leaders
in your communities and people will
wonder what makes you shine, and part
of that is being an Auggie! Attend events
sponsored by the College such as
Homecoming and Advent Vespers. Visit
former professors. Support the College
with financial and service gifts. Finally,
keep the College, its students, and its
faculty in your prayers. A great mission
is being accomplished at Augsburg, of
Auggies at the
Minnesota State Fair
D
on’t forget to stop by the Augsburg booth
at the Minnesota State Fair Aug. 26–Sept.
6. Located in the Education Building, the booth
will feature alumni prize drawings, give-aways,
special guests, and more. For schedule
information or to volunteer for a four-hour shift
at the booth, call Bobbie Chong in Public
Relations and Communication at 612-330-1180
or e-mail <chong@augsburg.edu>.
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Save the date:
Annual ice
cream social
T
he annual ice cream social at
the Augsburg House will be
held Aug. 31. Watch your
mailbox for further details, or call
Alumni/Parent Relations at
612-330-1178 or e-mail
<alumni@augsburg.edu>.
Stephen Geffre
On behalf of the Augsburg College Alumni Board and Association, I would like to extend heartfelt
congratulations to the Class of 2004 on a job well done!
which you and I are beneficiaries. The
College depends on your support and
enthusiasm for this mission. As alumni,
these are gifts that we can give back to
the school that has given us so much.
Again, congratulations to the Class
of 2004. Welcome to the Alumni
Association and God bless you on the
journey you are about to commence!
Paul S. Mueller ’84, M.D.
President, Alumni Board
2004-2005 Alumni
Board meeting
schedule
A
lumni Board meetings for the 20042005 academic year will be held Aug.
17, Nov. 16, Feb. 15, Apr. 19, and June
21. Meetings are open to the public and
all alumni are invited to attend. Meetings
are located in the Minneapolis Room in
Christensen Center at 5:30 p.m. For more
information, visit the alumni Web site at
<www.augsburg.edu/alumni>, call
612-330-1178, or e-mail
<alumni@augsburg.edu>.
Spring/Summer 2004
A-Club and AWAC merger unites resources,
strengthens fundraising efforts
by Rebecca Welle ’05 with
contributions by Lynn Mena
W
hen we hear the word “merger,” we
usually associate it with two
organizations coming together to achieve a
higher goal. This is precisely what the new
Augsburg College A-Club is planning to
accomplish. As briefly reported in the
winter issue of the Augsburg Now, the
College’s two alumni athletics
organizations—A-Club and the Augsburg
Women’s Athletic Club (AWAC)—merged
in November. This joint venture provides
an even stronger foundation and
organization dedicated to supporting the
success of Augsburg athletics.
The first official meeting of the new AClub was held November 4, and those
involved are prepared for the challenge.
The Executive Committee of six men and
six women has updated the constitution
and has also created a critical structure of
committees to move the organization
forward. These committees address the
Athletic Hall of Fame, the annual golf
tournament, membership, special events,
communications, and finance/fundraising.
Augsburg staff liaisons to the A-Club
include Jeff Swenson ’79, assistant dean
for athletics and recreation, and Heidi
Breen, associate director of alumni/
parent relations.
Dick “Pork Chops” Thompson ’61,
president of the former A-Club, serves as
interim chair, and the first A-Club
Executive Committee includes: Kathie
Erbes ’70 (treasurer), Dustin Froyum ’98,
John Harden ’70, Jane Helmke ’83, Mark
Hultgren ’82, Dick Kelley ’72 Ron Main
’56, Lisa Nos ’99, Tracy Tomforde ’92,
Lisa Trainor ’81, and Tim Wendt ’83.
“We are very pleased that this [merger]
has taken place and will be even more
pleased with the results,” said Thompson.
On June 28, the new A-Club
successfully hosted its first joint golf
tournament—the 41st Annual Clair
Strommen A-Club Golf Tournament—at
the Pebble Creek course in Becker, Minn.
Proceeds from this annual event
underwrite various A-Club activities,
including the Hall of Fame banquet.
Spring/Summer 2004
taken place and are anxious to make a
Deep roots and passionate goals
positive impact. On the immediate
For more than a half-century, the
horizon, the new A-Club will be a major
Augsburg A-Club has been a vital link for
fundraising force for the proposed South
the past, present, and future of Auggie
Wing expansion of Melby Hall. The
athletics. The original A-Club for athletic
project is an important and necessary step
letter winners was started in 1937 by four
in upgrading facilities for all students,
of Augsburg’s top student athletes—Ken
staff, physical education majors, and
Schmit ’38, Jerry Person ’39, Hoyt
intercollegiate athletes.
Messerer ’39, and faculty adviser Dick
“This merger will combine all alumni
Pautz ’37. The club is one of the oldest
of Augsburg’s 18 sports into a single
athletic alumni organizations in the state.
advocate, dedicated to the successful
Over the years the A-Club has kept
tradition of excellence in education,
close ties with the College and its athletes
recreation, and athletics at Augsburg,”
through social, athletic, and fundraising
said Swenson.
events. The A-Club was instrumental in
As a volunteer membership
raising money for numerous major
organization, the A-Club is dependent on
athletic facility improvements, such as the
the support and active participation of all
Edor Nelson athletic field, the Melby Hall
athletic alumni to make it a success. If
fitness center and renovation project, the
you'd like more information about how
annual Hall of Fame dinner and program,
you can help Augsburg’s A-Club, contact
the Hall of Fame display in the Melby Hall
Merry Ross at 612-330-1245 or
lobby, locker room improvements, and
<rossm@augsburg.edu>, or contact
many other projects totaling more than
Jeff Swenson at 612-330-1241 or
$4 million in value.
<swensonj@augsburg.edu>.
AWAC was started as an alumni
group in 1983 by Helmke to provide
female athletes with
the same opportunity
to stay connected to
Augsburg athletics. In
1989, AWAC honored
the first women
inductees in the
Augsburg Athletic Hall
of Fame.
“This new joint
venture is truly the best
future for both
organizations,” said
Helmke. “It unites all
resources, talent, and
passion into a single
cause directed at
supporting the success
of Augsburg athletics.” Augsburg’s two alumni athletics organizations, A-Club and AWAC,
merged in November 2003. Above, Bob Strommen ’74 (center)
Thompson,
addresses the audience with President Frame and his mother,
Helmke, and all
Gladys (Boxrud) Strommen ’46, by his side during the Clair
members involved said Strommen A-Club Golf Tournament dinner in June 2003. The
tournament, the largest yearly fundraiser for the A-Club, was
they are excited this
renamed in honor of his father, Clair Strommen ’46, in 2002.
merger has finally
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CLASS
NOTES
Class Notes
Gloria (Greguson) Johnson,
Minneapolis, left the Golden
Valley City Council after 27
years of service. She will
continue to work as a substitute
teacher in Robbinsdale District
281 schools, as well as to serve
on the Golden Valley
Foundation, Envision steering
and youth committees, and sing
in the church choir.
1950
Phebe (Dale)
Hanson, St.
Paul, published
a new book,
Why Still Dance:
75 years: 75
poems. Hanson
recently read from her book at
Kieran’s Irish Pub in
Minneapolis after it was chosen
by The Rake magazine’s Happy
Hour Book Club as a “selection
of the month.”
1953
Quentin Goodrich, Port
Ludlow, Wash., was elected vice
president of the Washington
State School Directors
Association, an organization of
almost 1,500 school directors in
Washington. He served on his
local school board for over 16
years and has been re-elected for
another four-year term. Quentin
is also chairman of the School
Trust Lands Task Force for his
state association.
1956
Richard Thorud, Bloomington,
Minn., retired after 34 years
with the Toro Company. He was
senior principal research
engineer and holds 52 patents.
1957
Lois (Kolden) Larson lives
with her husband, Donald, in
Seaside, Ore., a small tourist
town on the northern Oregon
coast where Donald is mayor.
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The Larsons can be contacted at
<larsondonlo@harborside.com>.
1958
Doris (Johnson) Deml, St.
Cloud, Minn., received the Ray
Johnson Distinguished Service in
Senior Housing Award, given
annually through the Minnesota
Health and Housing Alliance to
one recipient in Minnesota. Doris
is director of operations at
Clearwater Suites, an assistedliving facility in Alexandria,
Minn.
1966
Judith Engle Christenson
Kerr, Cornucopia, Wis.,
graduated from Luther Seminary
with a Master of Arts in Doctrine
and Theology in May 2003. She
is pursuing her M.S./Ph.D. in
distance learning from Capella
University. She can be contacted
at <jkcorny@yahoo.com>.
Daryl
Kosloske,
Winston-Salem,
N.C., is
president and
CEO of
Behavioral
Health Resources, Inc. (BHR),
which manages health and
substance abuse benefits for
health plans and self-insured
employers in North Carolina.
Daryl was previously vice
president of behavioral health
services for NovantHealth. He
received his M.S.W. from the
University of Denver. His wife,
Hilary, is a stockbroker and the
couple has two daughters, ages
11 and 16.
ordained in March 2000. He
continues to coach volleyball at
Grand Meadow High School,
and was inducted into the
Minnesota Volleyball Coaches’
Hall of Fame in November.
1968
Jan Pedersen Schiff, Mill
Valley, Calif., received the Milley
Award for creative achievement
in the arts, presented by the Mill
Valley Art Commission. She is
the artistic director and founder
of Singers Marin, a non-profit
organization of choruses for
youth and adults.
Wayne Hansen, Cheyenne,
Wyo., is director of the
Cheyenne Frontier Days Old
West Museum and the Cheyenne
Depot Museum. His wife, Lois
B. Hansen ’69, is a quilter and
artist and also sings with the
Capital Chorale in Cheyenne.
The couple recently celebrated
their 35th wedding anniversary.
1971
Bessie Hughes, Minneapolis,
was included in an article in the
winter 2003-04
issue of
Minnesota
History
magazine that
featured her
husband,
Solomon Hughes, who before
his death in 1987 was a top
Minneapolis-based golf
professional. The article
investigated his 1948 battle with
the then “white-only” PGA
when he attempted to enter the
St. Paul Open tournament.
1973
William Payne, Mendota
Heights, Minn., was named an
assistant professor in
Metropolitan State University’s
College of Professional Studies,
where he coordinates the
alcohol and drug counseling
major and teaches
undergraduate courses in
alcohol and drug counseling,
chemical dependency
counseling, and dual disorders.
William came to Metropolitan
State University in 2000; he
previously taught in the
INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI
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1948
1967
Rev. Ron Prigge, Racine, Minn.,
is a pastor at the dual parishes of
Immanuel (Racine, Minn.) and
St. John’s (Sargeant, Minn.)
Lutheran churches. After
teaching and coaching (football,
wrestling, and volleyball) for 30
years, he enrolled at Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., and was
Nohn Rebecca Kidau ’88 currently resides in Monrovia,
Liberia, where she assists the deputy minister for special
projects at the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs.
Spring/Summer 2004
ALUMNI PROFILE
by Rebecca Welle ’05
When the Rev. Dr. Ben H. Coltvet ’66 toured with the Augsburg Choir to Berlin in 1965,
little did he know that he would eventually return to Berlin as a pastor at the American
Church in Berlin (ACB).
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Rev. Dr. Ben H. Coltvet ’66: Pastoral call leads to Berlin
Coltvet is currently serving as pastor of the ACB, where he and his wife, Margit, reside.
He and Margit found their way to Berlin through the Division for Global Mission (DGM)
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA).
“It was in the interview process and selection process for working with DGM that a call
was extended to us to serve in Berlin,” said Coltvet.
The ACB is an independent church that has close relationships with the ELCA, the
American Foreign Christian Union (AFCU), the Association of International Churches in
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg.
Coltvet graduated from Augsburg with a B.A. in biology and a minor in political science.
“I was going to be a funeral director,” Coltvet said, but “instead ended up going to the
Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul.”
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At Luther, Coltvet received a Master of Divinity degree and then went on to attain a
Certificate of Supervised Training in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of
Pennsylvania. Later, he received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Eastern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Philadelphia in Marriage and Family Care.
During his time at Augsburg, Coltvet served as president of the Augsburg Choir, president
The Rev. Dr. Ben Coltvet ’66 and his wife,
of Student Christian Fellowship, and
Margit, reside in Berlin, Germany, where
was involved in Men’s Senate. It was at Coltvet serves as pastor of the American
Augsburg that Coltvet met Margit.
Church in Berlin.
After two years at Augsburg, Margit
transferred to Cornell University for a
degree in nursing, and in 1968 they were married.
The members of the ACB come from more than 15 Christian denominations and more
than 30 different nations. They are united by three commonalities, which include their
Christian faith, the English language, and the spirit of tolerance that appreciates and
rejoices in the difference. The congregation consists of nearly 280 attending members
with an average Sunday attendance of 175 worshippers. Their congregation has been
welcoming worshippers to Berlin since the mid-1880s and has ministered to an estimated
1,250 members and countless visitors seeking a spiritual home in the past 25 years.
The location of the ACB holds great significance, Coltvet said, not only because of the
city it is in, but also because of the building itself. The importance of the city of Berlin
has to do with its “unique physical location, its historically symbolic importance, and its
current political importance,” Coltvet said. Because of this, “ACB recognizes a compelling
need to play a Christian role in building bridges across diversity in the city.”
Coltvet and his wife enjoy living in Berlin and have an avid interest in traveling, as they
have ventured to Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Kenya, Cameroon, Tanzania,
England, Hungary, Austria, and Italy all in the last few years—much of this travel being
work related.
The Coltvets have five grown children and four grandchildren who are scattered
throughout North America. Their youngest daughter attends graduate school at the
Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio, for violin performance.
The American Church in Berlin, where the Rev. Dr.
Coltvet ’66 serves.
Spring/Summer 2004
This October, the Alumni Association tour to Germany and Eastern Europe will feature a
special worship service with Coltvet at the ACB.
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Class Notes
Phil Lundin, Apple Valley,
Minn., was named the 2003
National Coach of the Year by
the U.S. Track Coaches
Association. Phil, who is the
men’s track and field coach at
the University of Minnesota, is
the first Minnesota men’s or
women’s track coach to earn the
national honor. He has been the
head coach of the Golden
Gophers’ men’s track and field
team since 1996. He also earned
Big Ten Coach of the Year and
the USTCA Midwest Region
Coach of the Year honors. He
and his wife, Sue, have two
children: Dann, 22, and Teresa,
15.
Stephen Geffre
Stephen Geffre
1974
LUTHERAN FREE CHURCH REUNION AND CELEBRATION
Stephen Geffre
addiction counseling and human
services programs at
Minneapolis Community and
Technical College.
1975
Patricia (Phelps) Georg,
Hopkins, Minn., received both
the Minnesota Teacher of the
Year Award from the Air Force
Association and the R.W.
Rawlings Teacher of the Year
Award for 2003.
1976
Chris Jensen, St. Paul, is a
teacher at Mounds Park
Academy, where he has worked
for 20 years. From 1994-96 he
and his wife, Barbara, a
children’s book author and
illustrator, traveled to Lima,
Peru, to teach at an international
school. He receives periodic
leaves for education and travel
abroad, the two most recent
being a trip to Tanzania to
accompany elephant DNA
researchers, as well as a vacation
with his wife’s South African
family to Botswana. In addition
to teaching and traveling, he
continues to enjoy playing and
coaching soccer
Rev. Dr. Norman W. Wahl,
Rochester, Minn., celebrated the
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A festive celebration of the tradition and heritage of the Lutheran Free Church was
held June 12. Alumni and friends gathered at Augsburg for a special day of worship,
“singspiration,” testimonials, lectures, dining, and conversation.
25th anniversary of his
ordination in June. He is the
executive pastor at Bethel
Lutheran Church in Rochester,
and is married to Kathryn
(Anderson) ’76.
1977
Pamela Carlson and her
husband, Phil Heide ’58,
recently returned from spending
a year working and living in
Oslo, Norway, where Pamela was
cantor, organist, and choir
director at Holmen menighet
(congregation) in Nesbru,
Norway. Holmen is part of the
Lutheran Church of Norway.
Their 10-year-old daughter,
Selena, attended fourth grade in
a Norwegian school.
Bruce Cunningham,
Maplewood, Minn., was elected
president of the Minnesota
Osteopathic Medical Society for
2004-2006. Bruce is a family
physician at MinnHealthWoodbury and serves on the
National Board of Osteopathic
Medical Examiners and the
Commission on Osteopathic
College Accreditation. He and
his wife, Pam, have four children
ranging in age from 11 to 18.
Heidi (Leaf) Haagenson, New
London, Minn., completed her
master’s degree thesis at St.
Cloud State University, titled:
“The Nonlinear Nature of
Jamaican Women’s Writing:
Louise Bennett,” and dedicated
this work to the children at
Sunbeam Boys Home, near
Spanishtown, Jamaica, where
Heidi has traveled many times
since 1995. While in Jamaica,
Heidi is involved in work
projects at the Sunbeam Boys
Spring/Summer 2004
Jacqueline Knight, Minneapolis,
was featured in the Minneapolis
Star Tribune for her work as writer
and director of Youth Performance
Company’s production, Freedom
Riders, recently performed at the
Howard Conn Fine Arts Center in
Minneapolis.
Jonathan Moren, Eden Prairie,
Minn., has been a dentist with
the Boynton Health Service at
the University of Minnesota for
over 20 years. In addition, he is
co-owner of a private dental
office in Edina, named Pentagon
Dental Group, Ltd. He is the
official team dentist of the
Minnesota Twins baseball team.
Jonathan was recently chosen as
president-elect of the
Minneapolis Dental Society. He
will take over the presidency for
a one-year term in April 2005.
He is married to Bonnie
(Lamon) ’78, an adapted
physical education teacher for
Bloomington Schools.
1980
Brett Batterson, Gross Pointe,
Mich., was named executive
director of the University of
Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre.
Brett was previously chief
operating officer of Detroit’s
Michigan Opera Theatre, and
also served as manager of the
Detroit Opera House.
Judith Driscoll, Maplewood,
Minn., received a master’s degree
in marriage and family therapy
from the University of
Wisconsin-Stout in May. She can
be contacted at
<driscoll.j@juno.com>.
Carolyn (Johnson) Spargo,
Chaska, Minn., was named to the
“Who’s Who in America” 20032004 directory.
Spring/Summer 2004
Bob Wick, St. Louis Park,
Minn., received the “Building
Responsible Youth” award from
the Minnetonka Rotary Club for
his work in youth ministry. He
has been an integral part of
shaping youth ministry on the
junior high and senior high
levels. His involvement with
mission trips, youth retreats, and
mentoring youth in confirmation
and beyond has connected him
with many of the youth at a
critical time in their lives.
ALUMNI IN THE MILITARY
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1978
1981
1982
Wendy (Fiscus) Dybdal,
Mendota Heights, Minn.,
completed her master’s degree in
organizational management from
the University of Phoenix in
2002. She works in management
at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
in Minneapolis, and has two
children—Kyle and Kira—with
her husband, Kevin.
1987
Sharon A. Romano,
Minneapolis, is enrollment and
student services assistant director
and liaison for American Indian
students at Metropolitan State
University. She previously served
as staff assistant at the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council as well as
multicultural affairs director at
Anoka-Ramsey Community
College.
Samantha Michele Kronschnabel ’03 graduated as a combat
engineer platoon commander from Marine Corps infantry school
in Quantico, Va., in March. She reported to Camp Lejuene, N.C.,
for duty and welcomes correspondence via e-mail at
<kronsch5@hotmail.com>.
CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL & HIGH TEA
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Home and enjoys spending time
with the boys. She received an
American Association of
University Women Career
Development Grant in 2001.
1988
Eric Sime, Rochester, Minn.,
received the National Service
Provider of the Year Award from
the National Association of
Career and Technical Educators
at their annual national
convention in Orlando, Fla., in
December. He was named a
Minnesota state award recipient
in February 2003, making him
eligible for the national award.
Eric is the special needs
advisor/ADA coordinator for
Rochester Community and
Technical College.
Music scholarship donors and recipients gathered April 21 for the
annual Chamber Music Recital & High Tea, an event that allows
donors to attend a performance by the recipients of their
scholarships as well as to enjoy tea and hors d’oeuvres with the
students following the recital. Pictured above, Borghild Gisselquist
(left) and senior Emily Forsberg (right) are served by Ned Kantar,
assistant professor of music (center).
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Class Notes
1991
Patricia (Noren) Enderson, Elk
River, Minn., is senior marketing
communications specialist at
Kern, DeWenter, Viere, a CPA and
business advisory firm located in
Minneapolis and St. Cloud.
Carolyn Pool, Minneapolis,
starred in Mercy of a Storm at
Florida Stage in Manalapan, Fla.
The production was written by
Twin Cities’ playwright Jeffrey
Hatcher and directed by Guthrie
dramaturg Michael Bigelow
Dixon and featured a Twin Cities’
cast. The theatre critic for
Florida’s Sun-Sentinel wrote that
Carolyn’s performance was
“comic but with an edge, making
the play sparkle like shattered
glass.”
Darbi Worley,
New York, was
cast in the Bat
Company at the
Flea Theater in
New York City, a
resident
company at The Flea. Each year
over 1,000 actors audition for a
spot in the 30-person company.
She performed in the play Design
Your Kitchen, April 14 through
May 22. She also filmed scenes
for the new Glenn Close movie,
Heights, and an episode of HBO’s
The Sopranos. Her Web site is
<darbiworley.com>.
1992
Heather Johnston was named
Minneapolis budget director for
the Minnesota Department of
Finance. She spent three years at
the federal Office of Management
and Budget in Washington, D.C.
David L. Murr of Boston
University, now at Dartmouth
College, was awarded the 2004
Scarf Award, given to one person,
worldwide, each year for an
outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the
field of space science. In his
dissertation, “Magnetosphereionosphere coupling on mesoand macros-scales,” he uses both
data analysis and MHD
simulations to comprehensively
address the physical processes of
two magnetospheric-ionspheric
coupling phenomena: traveling
convection vortices and the
response of the global
magnetosphere-ionosphere
convection pattern to the
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AUGSBURG CONCERT BAND 2004 TOUR
changes in the interplanetary
magnetic field. David will
present an invited talk on the
subject of his thesis at the 2004
fall AGU meeting in San
Francisco.
Lisa (Barber) Zahn, Richmond,
Minn., opened a yarn shop called
The Itty Bitty Knit Shop, Ltd., in
Richmond. She and her husband,
an elementary music and band
teacher for the St. Cloud public
school district, have a son, Elijah,
in first grade, and a daughter,
Rose, a preschooler.
1995
Daniel R. Werner, St. Paul, is a
mortgage broker/loan officer
with Regents Mortgage. He can
be contacted at <DWerner@
regentsmortgage.com>.
Jon Olsen, Minneapolis, is an
electronic solutions coordinator
at ProGroup, a diversity and
management consulting firm. Jon
and his wife, Leann (Freeberg)
’96, have a daughter, Eleanor, 1.
Jane Jeong
Trenka’s book
The Language of
Blood: A Memoir
was named Best
Book by a Local
Author by City
Pages. The book was also cited by
the Minnesota Humanities
Commission for a “New Voice”
commendation, received the
Minnesota Book Award for
“Autobiography/
Memoir,” and was a Barnes &
Noble Great New Writers selection.
The Augsburg Concert Band toured the
Midwest May 2–8, stopping in Sebeka,
Minn.; Rugby, N.Dak.; Glendive, Mont.; The
Black Hills, S.Dak.; and Chamberlain, S.Dak.
Pictured above is alumnus Dave Kerkvliet ’95
(left), Sebeka High School band director,
standing with Robert Stacke ’71 (right),
Augsburg Concert Band director, in front of
Kerkvliet’s high school band. The Augsburg
and Sebeka bands performed a joint concert
for the entire (K-12) Sebeka school on May 3.
Pictured at right is junior Molly Erickson
(left) and senior Sara Lahr (right) posing in
front of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
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1996
Tracy Mazion Smith, Inver
Grove Heights, Minn., graduated
from the University of Maryland
in May with a Master of Science
in Health Care Administration.
She is the coordinator of the
donor egg program at the Center
for Reproductive Medicine. She
lives with her husband, Drew,
and children (Thea Ose and
Aidan Smith) in Inver Grove
Heights, Minn.
Spring/Summer 2004
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ALUMNI AMBASSADORS
The deployment included
training and real-world
operations in Iraq and Liberia.
2000
Lewis Nelson is enlisted in the
U.S. Army, where he studied
Korean at the Defense Language
Institute in Monterey, Calif., for
63 weeks and received an
associate’s in Korean. He was
then assigned to the 101st
Airborne Division’s 311th
Military Intelligence Battalion,
stationed in Ft. Campbell,
Kentucky. He married Holly Ann
Downs in 2003 and the couple
has a son, Benjamin Lewis, born
in December. Lewis is currently
in Mosul, Iraq.
Sharon (Hendrickson) Gronberg ’67 of Austin, Texas, represented
both Augsburg and Texas Lutheran University in March at a
Lutheran college fair in Austin. In May, she and her husband, the
Rev. Karl Gronberg, returned to Augsburg to attend
Commencement and celebrate the graduation of their daughter,
Rhia Gronberg ’04, who received her B.A. in international relations
and political science.
1997
Renee Blue, Andover, Minn.,
was named an outstanding
teacher by the Anoka-Hennepin
School District where she
teaches kindergarten at Rum
River Elementary School. Renee
has been a part of the AnokaHennepin School District for 14
years, including the last three at
Rum River. She is part of the
Staff Development Committee
and the Rum River Family and
Teacher Association.
Allison Corwin, Salem, Ore., is
director of the McKay High
School theatre program and
teaches theatre and English in
the Salem-Keiser School District.
Ryan Goetz, Crystal, Minn.,
became a franchisee of
Handyman Connection
(www.handymanconnection.
com) in March, providing home
improvement and repair in the
Twin Cities metro area.
Andrew Small, Richfield,
Minn., was recognized by
Minnesota Lawyer magazine as
Spring/Summer 2004
one of 15 “up-and-coming”
attorneys of 2004. The honorees
were selected by the editors
from nominations made by bar
associations, law schools,
judges, lawyers, and other
members of the legal
community. Andrew works for
the Hennepin County Attorney’s
Office.
1998
Natalie K. Abbott, Champlain,
Minn., received a juris doctor
degree from William Mitchell
College of Law in St. Paul in
January.
Ted Schultz, Cannon Falls,
Minn., was named athletic
director for the Bloomington
School District. Previously, he
served as activities director and
football coach at Cannon Falls.
Jason M. Wardlow, a Marine
Corps captain, returned from an
eight-month deployment
onboard the USS Iwo Jima,
while assigned to the 26th
Marine Expeditionary Unit
based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Anne Marie de Jong,
Bloomington, Minn., was quoted
in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
after attending a fundraising
speech by Vice President Dick
Cheney in February.
2003
Matthew Groth, Eagan, Minn.,
appeared as a contestant on
NBC’s Fear Factor in April.
Andrew Quandt recently
graduated from the U.S. Coast
Guard Recruit Training Center
in Cape May, N.J.
Marga Chiri was accepted to
graduate school at Purdue
University, Ind., to pursue a
Ph.D. in computer science.
Marga received the GAANN
Fellowship and credits his
graduate school accomplishment
to the McNair Program.
2004
Brian Timm, Minneapolis, was
accepted into Luther Seminary
and will begin his studies this
fall.
Weddings
Amy S. Ellingrod ’95 married
Mark Swain in April. The couple
resides in Valencia, Calif.
Darlene Mueller ’96 married
Matthew Finnerty in March. The
couple resides in Tampa, Fla.
Jennifer Kettering ’96
married Corey Doerfler in
September. Jennifer is a senior
project analyst for Qwest. The
couple resides in Roseville,
Minn.
Nicole Warner ’01 married
Marc Simml (international
student, spring semester, 1999)
in June 2003 in Hoversten
Chapel. The couple resides in
Lippstadt, Germany.
Births/Adoptions
Bonnie Gutknecht Miller ’91
and her husband, Thurston,
Granger, Ind.—a son, Koert
Donart, in April. He joins sister
Salinda, 2. Bonnie can be
contacted at
<leaflaker@mail.com>.
Heather
Johnston ’92
and Dr. Jason
Koch ’93,
Rochester,
Minn.—
a son, Simon
Koch, in October.
Shannon (Schultz) Van
Buskirk ’93 and her husband,
Renner, S.Dak.—a son, Jacob,
in March 2003. Shannon works
for Pfizer, Inc., and is pursuing
her MBA at the University of
Sioux Falls.
Dana (Ryding) ’93 and Jeff
Martin—a son, Noah Jeffrey,
in February.
Jessica
(Ferrell) ’93
and Brad
Zenner ’92,
Minneapolis—
adopted a
daughter, Lily
Jin, in October; Lily was born in
Hunan, China, in December
2002. Jessica is a business
analyst for Marshall Field’s
Travel Service and can be
contacted at <jessicazenner@
hotmail.com>. Brad works at
Fallon.
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Class Notes
Lynnel (Wakefield) ’96 and Ian
Taylor, Inver Grove Heights,
Minn.—twin sons, Jacob Bruce
and Joseph Brian, in November.
Lynnel is a business analyst for
Express Scripts and can be
contacted at
<mntaylors@usfamily.net>.
Brooke (Manisto) ’96 and Erik
Reseland ’98, St. Anthony,
Minn.—a daughter, Elsa Leigh,
in November.
Anne Lalla ’96 and Todd
Johnson, Shoreview, Minn.—
a son, Evan Edward Johnson,
in September 2002.
Jessica
(Barker) ’97
and Paul
Johnson,
Minneapolis—
a daughter, Lily
Grace, in July
2003. Jessica is a business
analyst for Target Corporation,
and can be contacted at
<PaulJessMax@msn.com>.
Jennifer (Crego) ’00 and Chad
Carls ’00, St. Michael, Minn.—
a son, Andrew Joseph, in
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October. He joins brother
Tommy, 2. Chad teaches
chemistry at Champlin Park
High School.
Mia Carol (Kordovsky) ’00 and
Dr. James Stafford, Bismarck,
N.Dak.—a daughter, Madeline
Grace, in February. She joins
sister Ellie, 3. Mia can be
contacted at
<miajim98@hotmail.com>.
Nathan Kyle
Dorenkamp
’00 and his wife,
Mary,
Farmington,
Minn.—a son,
Dominic
James, in March. He joins
siblings Michael, 5, and
Adrienne, 2. Nathan is a software
tester at Thomson West.
Chad Trench ’02 and his wife,
Ann, Minneapolis—a son, Ted
Thomas, in October.
Elisa Titus ’02 MAL and her
husband, Matt—a daughter,
Abigail Clara.
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a very important part of the College community and are welcome
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and committees
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Spring/Summer 2004
In Memoriam
Elsie (Lokken) Lower ’30,
Minneapolis, died in February;
she was 96. She taught English
and social studies for many years
at Phillips Junior High School in
Minneapolis. A member of the
Augsburg Associates, she enjoyed
a lifetime of contact with
Augsburg, and counted many
Auggies among her closest longtime friends. She and her
husband, Kenneth ’28, were
among the first residents of
Augustana Apartments in
Minneapolis, where she became
an active volunteer. At the time of
her death, she had lived in the
apartments longer than any other
resident. She is survived by two
daughters, Carolyn Bliss ’56 and
Mary Farmer ’63; five
grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her husband.
Elmer A. Hendrickson ’31, San
Diego, Calif., died in May 2003.
He was a retired teacher. He is
survived by his wife, Marie, and
two daughters.
Olive (Casperson) Nelson ’38,
Burnsville, Minn., died in
October; she was 87. Her passion
in life was caring for her husband
and her children; she loved to
travel, entertain, and sew. She is
survived by four children, 11
grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Lloyd.
Harold Schwartz ’49, Richfield,
Minn., died in October; he was
81. He served in the Army Air
Force in both WWII and the
Korean War. As a civilian, he
worked for the U.S. Postal Service
for 26 years until his retirement in
1982. Throughout his later years
his Christian faith and his Jewish
roots became increasingly
important to him. He was a
member of Ebenezer Lutheran
Brethren Church and an
enthusiastic supporter of Lutheran
Brethren World Missions and
Jewish Christian organizations. He
will perhaps be most remembered
for his special ministry of
encouragement to missionaries,
Spring/Summer 2004
pastors, church staff, and friends
from different places. During his
life he sent out thousands of cards
and letters letting people know he
was praying for them and
appreciated them and their work.
He is survived by his wife of 45
years, Carol; a daughter, Linda;
and two grandsons.
Rev. Lyle H. Shaw ’50,
Covenant Village, Westminster,
Colo., died in August 2003; he
was 80. He was a member of the
Army Air Corps during WWII,
earning several service awards
including the Legion of Merit, the
Distinguished Flying Cross, the
Bronze Star, the Vietnam Cross of
Gallantry, the Army
Commendation Medal, and the
Armed Forces Reserve Medal. He
served First Lutheran Church in
Sioux Rapids, Iowa, for four years,
and was then persuaded to join
the military chaplaincy. He was
stationed in seven states and in
both Germany and Vietnam,
retiring in 1974 after 20 years of
service and having achieved the
rank of colonel. He continued his
role as chaplain at the VA Hospital
in Fort Snelling, working full time
and then part time until 1994. He
and his wife moved to Covenant
Village in Westminster in 2001,
where he continued to minister to
confined residents with his
harmonica and favorite hymns.
He is survived by his wife,
Delphine; three children; and four
grandchildren.
Arthur Kuross ’51, Mendota
Heights, Minn., died in April; he
was 76. He was a retired manager
with J.C.Penney Company, and a
past president of Augsburg’s
A-Club. He is survived by his
wife, Val; two daughters,
Kathleen ’85 and Nancy; three
sons, Steven ’76, Paul, and Peter;
and seven grandchildren.
Jean C. (Anderson) Peterson
’51, Eagan, Minn., died in
February; she was 78. She was a
speech pathologist at Kenny
Institute and VA Hospital. She is
survived by her husband, Warren,
and her son, Jon.
Else “BJ” Bjornstad ’58,
Minneapolis, died in February.
She was a research editor for
Together magazine (a Methodist
publication) as well as a teacher.
For more than 25 years, she
worked for the U.S. government
in the Department of Social
Security—first in the regional
office in Chicago, then in the
Final Appeals Division in
Washington, D.C. She also served
in the Marines during WWII and
continued in the Reserves until
1959, retiring as a major. She is
survived by her sister, Elizabeth
’43; four nephews; and three
nieces.
Erwin W. “Chris” Christensen
’58, Hastings, Minn., died in
December; he was 67. He taught
middle school science in Hastings
from 1970 to 1995 before retiring.
He also taught in Rushford,
Minn., and Reedsburg, Wis. He is
survived by his wife of 44 years,
Mary Lou (Baker) ’61; two
children; and six grandchildren.
Donald W. Elfstrum ’59,
Verndale, Minn., died in July
2003; he was 66. He worked at
the Ford Motor Company
assembly plant in St. Paul, retiring
in 1987 after 30 years. He is
survived by his wife, Claudia; two
sons; and three grandsons.
Frank D. Hawks ’59, Cannon
Falls, Minn., died in December; he
was 71. An Army veteran, he
taught and coached in Cannon
Falls for 32 years. He was
inducted into the Augsburg
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. He
is survived by his wife of 50 years,
Jean; and two children, Lee ’85
and Susan.
Rev. Dr. Richard L. Husfloen
’60 died unexpectedly in
September of a heart attack in
Phoenix, Ariz., three days before
he was scheduled to undergo back
surgery at the Mayo Clinic. He
had retired July 1 from Augustana
University College in Camrose,
Alberta, Canada, where he had
served as president since 1996.
During his tenure he and his
administration eliminated salary
rollbacks, balanced the budget,
and increased enrollment.
Husfloen’s background was rich
and varied—he held a career in
the airline industry, served as an
administrative assistant to synod
bishops in the ALC for 15 years,
and also served as a development
director at the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at
Philadelphia and Waterloo
Lutheran Seminary. In addition,
he served as an assistant professor
of sociology at Augsburg and as a
visiting lecturer on church and
society at Wartburg Theological
Seminary in Iowa. He leaves
behind a host of friends, across
the continent and around the
world, who join his brother, Jim
’54, in mourning his passing.
Susan Lowe ’74, Denver, Colo.,
died in August 2003; she was 51.
She is survived by her mother,
stepfather, and five siblings.
Thomas Wyatt ’94, Brainerd,
Minn., died in March from a car
accident; he was 33. He was a
respected member of the law
enforcement community. He is
survived by his wife, Chanttel; a
daughter, Brienna; and a son,
Kyle.
Sonja Eylandt, St. Paul, died in
April; she was 86. Born in
Saaremaa, Estonia, her country
was invaded by Russia during
WWII. She lived in a displacedpersons camp for approximately
three years, and in 1951
immigrated to the United States
with her mother and her son; her
husband died on the operating
table during the war. She was
driven by an uncommon work
ethic, determined to take care of
her mother and son. In addition
to working for Gould
Incorporated for more than 30
years, she also worked in the
“Chin Wag” (now Murphy Grill)
at Augsburg for nearly 40 years.
She held positions with other
companies as well, such as
Goodwill Easter Seals and Cub
Foods. She is survived by a son,
five children, and six greatgrandchildren.
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SPARK YOUR SPIRIT
October 2–9
Saturday, October 2
Friday, October 8
Men’s Soccer Alumni Game
Heritage Society Breakfast
5 p.m.—Edor Nelson Athletic Field
8:30 a.m.—Christensen Center
Monday, October 4
Class of 1954 Reunion Breakfast
“Spark the Campus with Spirit Trivia
Contest” begins
7 p.m.—Christensen Center
Tuesday, October 5
9 a.m.—Arnold Atrium, Foss Center
Homecoming Chapel
10 a.m.—Hoversten Chapel
Class of 1954 Luncheon
“Keeping Your Spirit Healthy”
Annual College Health Fair
11:30 a.m.—Arnold Atrium, Foss Center
11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.—Quad
Campus Tour
Third Annual Powder Puff game*
7 p.m.—Edor-Nelson Athletic Field
Wednesday, October 6
2 p.m.—Gather in Foss Center
Women’s Soccer vs. Gustavus
Adolphus College
5 p.m.—Edor Nelson Athletic Field
Augsburg Associates Annual Fall Luncheon
Town & Country Club, St. Paul
10 a.m.—Craft Sale
11:40 a.m.—Annual Business Meeting
Noon—Luncheon/Program
International Student Alumni Reception
4:30–6 p.m.—Minneapolis Room,
Christensen Center
Augsburg Ethnic Programs Celebration
5:30–6:45 p.m.—Christensen Center
Scholastic Connections Social & Dinner
Featuring an auction of signed limited
edition prints by Minneapolis artist
Kenneth Caldwell to benefit the
Scholastic Connections scholarship fund
7–8:30 p.m.—Christensen Center
Volleyball vs. Hamline University
7:30 p.m.—Si Melby Gymnasium
Auggie Variety Show*
7 p.m.—Foss Center
Men’s Soccer vs. Gustavus
Adolphus College
7:30 p.m.—Edor Nelson Athletic Field
Volleyball vs. North Central (Minn.)
7:30 p.m.—Si Melby Gymnasium
Faculty Violin Recital
5:30–8:30 p.m.—Christensen Center
Big Screen Movie*
9 p.m.—Si Melby Gymnasium
Annual Picnic in the Park/Wrestling
Reunion and Party
11 a.m.—Murphy Park
Campus Tour
11 a.m.—Gather in Christensen Center
Volleyball Alumnae Match
11 a.m.—Si Melby Gymnasium
Class of 1994 Tailgating Reunion
11:30 a.m.—Class of 1994 tent, across
from Murphy Park between Urness &
Christensen
Music Therapy 30th Anniversary Lunch
& Workshop
Noon—Riverside Room,
Christensen Center
7:30 p.m.—Sateren Auditorium
Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL)
Alumni Gathering
Saturday, October 9
Noon—Minneapolis Room,
Christensen Center
Science Alumni Gathering
9:30–11:30 a.m.—Marshall Room,
Christensen Center
Football Game vs. Gustavus
Adolphus College
1 p.m.—Edor Nelson Athletic Field
Annual Social Work Alum Network
(SWAN) Brunch
10 a.m.—Augsburg Room,
Christensen Center
Thursday, October 7
Athletic Hall of Fame Reception
& Dinner
Original art by Kenneth Caldwell
HHomecoming
OMECOMING
2004
First Decade/Wrestling Post-Game Party
Upstairs at Grandma’s after the game
English Dept. Alumni Reunion
Nursing Alumni Association Brunch
4–5 p.m.—Lindell Library, Room 301
10 a.m.—Century Room,
Christensen Center
Homecoming Dinner & Reunion Parties
Stephen “Gabe” Gabrielson ’63
Organ Recital
5:30 p.m., Dinner—Christensen Center
7:30 p.m., Reunion Parties (1954, 1964,
& 1979)—Locations TBA
10:30 a.m.—Hoversten Chapel
This is a preliminary calendar and is subject to change; please watch for your full Homecoming event brochure—due in mailboxes later this summer.
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Vision
2004
BY SUE KLASEUS,VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Although we’ve called these past four
years the “quiet phase” of the campaign,
it has certainly been an active and exciting time for all of us here at Augsburg
College. It’s been a productive time, too,
as we’ve raised nearly 30 million of our
$55 million campaign goal during this
time. In April, we went public with
Access to Excellence: The Campaign for
Augsburg College and we’ve stepped up
our activity manyfold. Already we’ve
enjoyed many successes.
The impact of this campaign will be
felt by thousands of students, faculty,
staff, alumni, parents, and most importantly, by our community for decades
to come.
The effects of our campaign go well
beyond our borders as we prepare students to make a difference in many
areas critical to the world’s future. We’re
drawing top-notch students and faculty;
and we’re providing them with the best
Vision is published by:
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Editor
Lynn James
Photographer
Stephen Geffre
Graphic Designer
Kathy Rumpza
Contributing Writers
Kristin Anderson
Leif Anderson
Dave Benson
Lynn James
Sue Klaseus
Betsey Norgard
Alice Pepin
Nancy Steblay
www.augsburg.edu/campaign
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facilities in which to teach and learn.
Our campaign will have a lasting, positive impact on our ability to provide a
quality education to a greater number of
students now and well into the future.
We’re fortunate to have already
received many wonderful campaign
gifts. We wish to thank all of our donors
for their contributions, regardless of the
size of their gifts. We’ve been blessed by
receipt of six, seven-figure gifts and seventy, $100,000+ leadership gifts to be
used in various areas of the campaign.
These 70 gifts range from, $100,000 to
$999,999. Look for more information
on some of these gifts elsewhere in this
insert.
These donors and many others
believe in Augsburg’s long tradition of
service to the community and have
demonstrated this belief with their generous donations and involvement.
However, to accomplish a campaign like
Access to Excellence: The Campaign for
Augsburg College, we have to enter an
entirely new realm of philanthropic giving. Our alumni giving must increase to
be competitive with other private colleges. Our endowment must grow to
AUGSBURG
CAMPAIGN
LEADERSHIP GIFTS
KINNEY JOHNSON ’65
$1 million for the new Science Center
(lifetime giving in excess of $2 million)
ALAN RICE
$1 million for Si Melby Hall expansion
JEAN TAYLOR ’85 and
ROGER GRIFFITH ’84 and
THE GLEN A.TAYLOR FOUNDATION
$1.5 million for the new Science
Center
FEDERAL APPROPRIATION
$1 million for the new Science Center
thanks to U.S. Rep. Martin Olav Sabo ’59
and others
JIM AND KATHY HAGLUND and
CENTRAL CONTAINER
CORPORATION
Leading the campaign with a $1 million
undesignated gift
E. MILTON KLEVEN ’46 and FAMILY
$500,000 to endow the first President’s
Scholarship (lifetime giving in excess of
$1 million)
LILLY ENDOWMENT, INC.
$2 million for a program titled
“Exploring Our Gifts: Connecting Faith,
Vocation, and Work”
sustain the long-term viability of this
fine institution, and we must keep our
physical plant vibrant and relevant with
state-of-the-art facilities to better serve
students, faculty, staff, and the community.
Recently I’ve been reading The
Greater Good, by Claire Gaudiani, and
am intrigued by her assertion that the
next 50 years will see the largest private
intergenerational wealth transfer in
human history. Experts at Boston
College have projected that between
1998 and 2052, $31 to $41 trillion of
“THE CHALLENGE OVER THE NEXT
20 YEARS IS TO SUSTAIN AND INCREASE
GIVING BY PEOPLE OF ALL CATEGORIES.”
–CLAIRE GAUDIANI, THE GREATER GOOD
wealth will move from one generation
to another. During that time, they estimate our economy will produce more
than 10 million new millionaires.
Gaudiani asserts that despite such
wealth, the trend in generosity has
remained under two percent of personal
income for 30 years. The real problem,
according to Gaudiani, is that we have
stopped nurturing and building our giving habits at just the wrong time.
You also may find this book worth
reading. It may help to inspire us all to
even greater heights of philanthropy.
To reinforce this culture change, our
branding and visibility campaign
launched this past year helped to get
the Augsburg mission out into the
world. Breaking ground for our new
Science Center, opening the doors of
the new Gateway Building, and celebrating the renovation of Si Melby Hall,
along with exponential growth in the
Annual Fund and our endowment, will
send similar messages to the public.
Augsburg is strong; it stands on a long
tradition of transforming our students
and serving the community. We are a
major player in this region on compelling issues such as K-12 education,
healthcare workforce development, science and math education, theater, fine
arts, and so much more. We can stand
up and be proud of Augsburg and our
many successes.
The recent campaign kickoff was a
turning point in our history. We must
continue building on the tradition of
giving by all constituents associated
with our fine college, and find new
friends willing to help. Our challenge is
great, but the momentum is strong, and
we have committed faculty, staff,
regents, and volunteers who stand
ready and willing to make this dream a
reality. As you read this campaign
update, we hope you will ask yourself,
“How can I help?”
Please don’t hesitate to contact me
should you want to talk about your
support of Augsburg. Remember, all gifts
are important to Augsburg’s future. ■
CAMPAIGN CABINET
MICHAEL O. FREEMAN co-chair
JAMES E. HAGLUND co-chair
JEAN M.TAYLOR ’85 co-chair
RICHARD T. COLVIN ’74
TRACY LYNN ELFTMANN ’81
PRESIDENT WILLIAM V. FRAME
KATHRYN H.TUNHEIM
REV. DR. NORMAN W.WAHL ’75
SUSAN J. KLASEUS
HONORARY
CO-CHAIRS
PETER AGRE ’70
RODNEY (ROD) BURWELL
EDWIN C. (SKIP) and BARBARA
CARLSON GAGE
BISHOP MARK HANSON ’68 and
IONE AGRIMSON HANSON ’68
R. LUTHER (LUTE) OLSON ’56 and
CHRISTINE TORETTI OLSON
MARTIN OLAV SABO ’59 and
SYLVIA LEE SABO
GLADYS BOXRUD STROMMEN ’46
Access to Excellence: The Campaign for Augsburg College was officially kicked off at the Augsburg
Community Festival on Sunday, April 18, 2004.
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Augsburg kicks off campaign at community festival
It was a day of promise. Blessed by 80degree weather and a reprieve from rain
showers, the College officially kicked off
Access to Excellence: The Campaign for
Augsburg College on Sunday, April 18,
2004, during the Augsburg Community
Festival. This inaugural event for
Augsburg built community awareness
and fortified community partnerships.
Neighbors, alumni, and supporters of
the College were invited to join students, faculty, and staff in a campus-wide
family celebration for the campaign kickoff. The afternoon event drew more than
1,500 people.
Augsburg’s Camp Cruisers music band
was instrumental in rallying the crowd as
everyone gathered on the Augsburg football field to literally “kick off” the campaign. Footballs flew toward the goal as a
banner announcing the campaign
dropped between the posts.
In recognition of the $55 million campaign goal, the community was treated to
a 55-foot hoagie and a 55-foot cake.
Everyone then scattered across campus to
partake in the activities designed to
appeal to all ages. Demonstrations, sports
clinics, author readings, fine art, and
musical and theatre performances
engaged people around campus.
Young readers gathered at the reading
corner to listen to children’s authors Rick
Kupchella, KARE-11 TV in
Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Shelly
Swanson-Sateren ’82. Adults also enjoyed
the literary talents of English faculty
member Cass Dalglish.
Lute Olson ’56, flew back to
Minnesota from his duties as head basketball coach of the University of Arizona to
host a youth clinic for boys and girls in
grades K-12. Many adults on the sidelines
were impressed with how much they
learned, too.
Murphy Square and Christensen
Center busily catered to festival participants as community partners and faculty
and students drew crowds with activities,
information booths, demonstrations, giveaways, and free food.
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Science experiments of silly putty,
homemade nitrogen ice cream, coral reef
research, and many other hands-on activities kept the Science Hall active.
The community clamored onto the
fire truck driven over by neighborhood
Station 7. Down the street, medical personnel in the Augsburg Academy ambulance gave heart analyses and showcased
the internal workings of the vehicle.
Augsburg’s nursing department offered
blood pressure readings, stress level tests,
and hand massages.
Music streamed out of the cafeteria as
bands DoomTree, Heiruspecs, and
Medida performed. Reserved seats also
were available for the Augsburg theater
production of Machinal.
Minnesota Wild hockey player
Wes Walz drew boys and girls into the
ice arena for a hockey clinic. The
Minneapolis Figure Skating Club dazzled
the crowd with their technique and ability before the afternoon concluded with
open skating.
The event was so successful people
throughout the community were asking
for the festival to become an annual event.
A gala donor evening
Si Melby was transformed the evening of
April 17 for a donor dinner and program
Minnesota Wild player Wes Walz hosts a hockey clinic for youth in grades K–12.
Rick Kupchella, KARE-11 weekend anchor and children’s author, reads his book to eager
listeners. Author Shelly Swanson-Sateren ’82 followed with a reading from her children’s book.
focusing on Augsburg’s history and its future
growth. Lead gifts to the campaign were
announced on stages positioned around the
event. A campaign video highlighted people
transformed by Augsburg and its programs.
Guests reveled in the musical talents of
Augsburg student musicians, singers, and
actors. The evening culminated with rousing
songs by Gospel Praise and spectacular
in-house pyrotechnics. Special thanks to
Institutional Advancement, Ridgeway
International, Sodexho, Write 2 Work,
Event Services, and the College’s in-house
planning committee for making these historical events a reality. ■
Acclaimed hip-hop group, Heiruspecs, rocked Christensen Center during their Festival
performance.
Fifty-five feet of sandwich and fifty-five feet of cake fed Festival
participants.
Emcees Gary Rorman ’82 and actor T. Mychael
Rambo hosted the magnificent donor event on
Saturday, April 17, 2004.
Event participant Kim Drangeid and Chemistry professor Joan
Kunz make silly putty.
Lute Olson ’56 gives pointers during his basketball clinic for boys and girls.
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Major gifts directed to new Science Center
Donors typically have unique, special
memories and connections with
Augsburg College that inspire them to
help the school. Such is the case with
these generous gifts that will be used for
the new Science Center, the top goal of
the campaign.
KINNEY JOHNSON ’65
Augsburg College
has been a central,
significant part of
Kinney Johnson’s
life–and vice
versa–for many,
many years. His
relationship with
the College became
closer recently when he joined the
Augsburg Board of Regents. Johnson has
given generously to Augsburg in various
ways over the years. His first $1 million
gift went to the Lindell Library to honor
his father, Herb ’34, and now he has
given a $1 million gift to the new
Science Center. In addition, he continues to provide strong leadership for The
Augsburg Fund each year.
Johnson’s family has a rich history
with Augsburg, beginning with Herb
Johnson, who was on Augsburg’s Board
of Regents for 12 years. Augsburg lost a
true friend when he died earlier this
year. Herb Johnson’s aunt, LaVonne
Peterson ’50, also had an impact on
Augsburg. She was a role model and
pioneer in women’s athletics and was in
charge of the women’s athletic department before the title “director” was
applied to that department. Kinney
Johnson has been very close to his
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cousin, Jeffrey Peterson ’63, LaVonne’s
son, and the two attended Augsburg
College together. Jeffrey is retired from
the Federal government and lives in
Virginia. Johnson’s sister, Jennelle
Cunning, also graduated from Augsburg
in 1962. Needless to say, Augsburg has
been an integral part of the lives of both
the Johnson and Peterson families.
We are especially grateful to Kinney
Johnson, a highly successful, generous
entrepreneur who is a general partner of
a venture capital firm in Boulder, Colo.
JEAN TAYLOR ’85
Jean Taylor’s passion for Augsburg
College is difficult
to overstate. A
1985 graduate,
Taylor is co-chair
of the campaign
and began a twoyear term as Board
of Regents chair on May 1. She volunteers her time and energy tirelessly and
her enthusiasm is felt on the board and
the campaign. Her drive is helping to
chart the course for Augsburg College
now and into the future.
“Nothing gives me more confidence
than knowing that my successor brings
more talent to a job than I have,” said
outgoing board chair Kathy Tunheim.
“So I am extremely confident that the
next phase of Augsburg College’s governance will be even more important and
fruitful than the years in which I had
the honor of participating. Jean Taylor
brings the discipline and experience of
business leadership, the passion of her
feelings about this College, and the
great humor and wit of a wonderful
leader.”
Taylor is also a corporate leader
from one of Minnesota’s most important
business families, and she and her husband, Roger Griffith ’84, together with
the Glen A. Taylor Foundation, have
given nearly $1.5 million in leadership
gifts to the campaign that will help
build the new Science Center.
“The new Science Center is not
only the centerpiece of the campaign, it
also links the College’s past to its
future. Our rich history of talented science faculty and alumni and the importance of science in a liberal arts education are the foundation of using our
new Science Center to better serve our
community and educate future leaders
who will find essential a knowledge of
science, health care, and the natural
world,” Taylor said.
Perhaps her friend and fellow regent
Tracy Elftmann ’81 best summarized
Taylor’s contributions to Augsburg
when she said, “Jean is one of the most
strategic thinking people I’ve known
and is incredibly accomplished in being
able to identify and articulate
Augsburg’s vision and values. I think
she is going to move us forward in ways
we never envisioned.
“Jean is grateful for her education
here and is committed to giving back to
the institution in a meaningful, long-lasting way that is also forward thinking.”
(Major gifts continued on page 7)
New Science Center planning includes ‘green’ features
“Green building” features are the focus
of this summer’s design work for
Augsburg College’s new Science Center,
thanks to a $25,000 planning grant from
the Minnesota Office of Environmental
Assistance. With a matching grant from
the College and another $30,000 from
Xcel Energy, consideration of sustainable
design is integrated into the design
development process currently underway. The architects, engineers, and oncampus planning committee will make a
recommendation to College administration later this year regarding sustainable
design features for the new building.
The term “green building” is synonymous with a high-performance building,
sustainable design and construction, and
Rendering of the new Science Center at night.
(Continued from page 6)
MARTIN OLAV SABO ’59
U.S. Rep. Martin
Olav Sabo was
instrumental in
obtaining a $1 million federal grant
for Augsburg’s new
Science Center.
The grant will
allow Augsburg to
respond to our country’s need for science professionals by educating top-
notch scientists for the future. A farm
boy from Crosby, N.Dak., Sabo has
spent the past four decades in elective
public service. He served in the
Minnesota House of Representatives
from 1961 to 1978, including six years
as speaker of the house and four years
as minority leader. Sabo was first elected to Congress in 1978 and is currently
running for his 13th term in the House
of Representatives. ■
environmental responsibility.
A primary objective of sustainable
design is to reduce operating costs.
Xcel’s contributions include consultant
services on energy efficiency and a
detailed energy model for the building.
Once the building is complete, Xcel will
contribute another $14,000 in services
to verify that the selected measures have
been installed and will provide cash
incentives to encourage energy efficient
practices.
Sustainable design also employs
strategies to increase occupant comfort
and to reduce negative environmental
impact. For example, the team is evaluating expanded use of day-lighting, ways
to reduce construction waste, and use of
local and renewable materials.
“Augsburg is committed to incorporating environmentally-responsible features in the Science Center and is grateful to the OEA and Xcel for providing
their expertise and financial support,”
said Augsburg professor Nancy Steblay,
the Sustainability Project coordinator.
In developing a sustainability plan,
the building’s architects, Holabird &
Root, will use a rigorous green-building
rating system for effective sustainable
design known as LEED, or Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design.
The architects will examine LEED criteria as they relate to the Science Center’s
design and evaluate the cost/benefit of
each. The criteria fall into six categories:
sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy
and atmosphere, materials and
resources, indoor air quality, and innovation and design process. ■
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Barber gift to go to Science Center
Loren Barber’s extensive history in the
sciences has resulted in a most generous
gift of $50,000 from Barber and his
wife, Mary Quanbeck Barber ’77, to be
used for the new Science Center. And
3M, Barber’s employer for many years
where he served as a corporate scientist,
is making the Barbers’ gift even more
meaningful through a $25,000 matching gift. In addition, the Barbers are
members of the Maroon & Silver
Society, providing annual support to
Augsburg’s students.
Even after Barber retired from 3M in
2001, he wasn’t ready to let go of his
work in the sciences, and he continued
to work two days a week for a couple of
years. Barber is used to hard work;
raised on 160 acres in upstate New
York, he attended the Rochester
Institute of Technology on a cooperative
Site plan of new Science Center.
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work-study program at Eastman Kodak
Company with a major in chemistry.
That combination of school and work
experience made his studies more
meaningful and led him to Ames, Iowa,
where he received his Ph.D. Eventually,
Barber arrived in Minnesota, and
Augsburg is very fortunate he did.
Science education is very important to
Barber and he provides leadership on
Augsburg’s Science Advisory Board.
Mary Barber has strong connections
to Augsburg, beginning with her father,
Philip Quanbeck Sr., a distinguished
professor of theology who attended
Augsburg College and Seminary and
subsequently joined the faculty in the
1950s. In his retirement from Augsburg,
he serves as visitation pastor at
Bethlehem Lutheran Church and is a
Mary and Loren Barber’s gift to the Science
Center is enhanced by corporate matching.
member of the Augsburg Institutional
Advancement staff. Mary’s brother,
Philip Quanbeck II, is also a prominent
professor of theology at Augsburg.
Mary Barber received her B.A. in
English from Augsburg and her M.A. in
speech pathology from Michigan State
University. She serves the North St.
Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale schools as
their speech-language pathologist specializing in early childhood education.
“Our gift is rooted in our strong
belief in supporting scientific literacy in
our society and increasing awareness of
how science affects each of our lives,”
Loren Barber said.
The Barbers were married 10 years
ago and recently purchased a home on
Lake Vermilion. They share a passion
for the outdoors, water, and the environment, and Loren has discovered a
new avocation—building canoes.
For information about making your
Science Center gift, contact the
Development office at 612-330-1462. ■
McNair Scholar Stephanie Perkins likes Augsburg’s personal touch
A science fair
project in eighth
grade on the
oxidation states
of iron hooked
Stephanie
Perkins on the
study of science.
This fall the
McNair Scholar will be a senior at
Augsburg College majoring in science
and working with other students as a
peer instructor under associate professor Joan Kunz in chemistry. Augsburg
has transformed Perkins’ childhood
curiosity about science into a meaningful education that she will take out into
the world. A first-generation college
student, Perkins has found the McNair
Scholar program to be an indispensable
guide along the way.
When Perkins first visited
Augsburg, she was impressed with the
way the chemistry faculty members
went out of their way to make her feel
welcomed and special, a culture that
she says is unique to a small college
like Augsburg. Perkins has continued to
experience that personal attention
throughout her education here.
“This is what makes good scientists—the ability to interact with the
faculty in this way,” Perkins said.
“Science involves communicating with
peers and consensus about ideas.”
While it was the faculty who attracted Perkins to Augsburg, she feels that
facilities are important, too, because
they help the school compete for the
best students and faculty. She believes
the new Science Building will be
extremely beneficial to students, the
school, and the field of science.
According to Perkins, a new facility will
allow faculty and students to conduct
more effective research and it will
house additional and better instruments.
After graduation, Perkins is planning to pursue graduate school and a
doctorate in physical chemistry. ■
AUGSBURG SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
JAMES AGRE ’72, M.D.
Ministry Medical Group,
Eagle River,Wis.
RALPH SULERUD, PH.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biology
Augsburg College
LOREN BARBER, PH.D.
3M
NEAL O.THORPE ’60, PH.D.
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust,
Vancouver,Wash.
GARY CARLSON ’95
3M, Retired
FRED FAXVOG, PH.D.
Honeywell, Inc.
STEVEN GRINDE ’81, D.D.S.
Maple Grove Dental Center
JOEL L. HOULTON
Honeywell, Inc.
DAVID KNUTSON ’69
Park Nicollet Medical Center
PAUL S. MUELLER ’84, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
JOEL T. NELSON ’85, PH.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
RICK PANNING
Fairview Health Services
RICHARD SEIME ’70, PH.D.
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Augsburg Board of
Regents and Staff Liaisons
RUTH E. JOHNSON ’74, M.D.,
Science Advisory Board Chair
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
BEVERLY THOMPSON
HATLEN, R.N., M.S.N.
Minnesota Life College
Ex officio—
Augsburg College
CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL, PH.D.
Vice President for Academic and Student
Affairs and Dean of the College
JOAN KUNZ, PH.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
NANCY STEBLAY, PH.D.
Professor of Psychology
Assistant to the Dean for Special Projects
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Opening the door to Augsburg—
Gateway Building to welcome all
RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
COLLABORATION
The Gateway Building will be multiuse and will feature retail space, student housing, and an administrative
area. The design will provide greatly
needed space for College programs and
offices, including the StepUP program;
the Center for Service, Work, and
Learning; and the Institutional
Advancement division, including the
Augsburg Alumni Center. The Gateway
Building’s commercial hub on Riverside
Avenue will contribute to the growth of
a thriving urban village encompassing
Augsburg’s campus, the CedarRiverside neighborhood, the University
of Minnesota’s West Bank, and
Fairview-University Medical Center.
Landscaping along Riverside Avenue
will create a pedestrian-friendly, safe,
and attractive thoroughfare for students and community residents and
link the campus to the nearby light rail
transit stop.
This project will increase the
physical presence of Augsburg in the
surrounding community and is part
of the College’s commitment to the
Riverside Corridor Project, an economic development collaboration
with Augsburg’s neighbors in the
West Bank. ■
ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE:
The Campaign for Augsburg College
THE GATEWAY BUILDING OFFERS:
• A new home for the StepUP program, including residential and
counseling space.
• Strengthened links to community organizations, local businesses and
corporations, and service-learning opportunities through the Center for
Service,Work, and Learning. Meeting rooms for neighborhood groups.
• Retail opportunities to attract students, local residents, and the staff and
visitors of the Fairview-University Medical Center complex across the
street. Local business owners are excited about the prospects for increased
commerce in the neighborhood.
• A comfortable gathering place for Augsburg alumni within the Institutional
Advancement offices.
• A more visible Gage Family Art Gallery providing enjoyment and learning
to the entire community.
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Step up and support
the Parent/Family and
Friend Challenge
Augsburg’s StepUP program for students in
recovery from substance abuse will
receive a leg up in
financing as parents
and families respond to
a Parent/Family and
Friend Challenge offered by a second
Gateway gift of $425,000 from Jim Johnson.
Through a matching gift program, the challenge is to raise another $425,000 this year to
match Johnson’s generous gift to further the
construction of the Gateway Building, which
will house the StepUP program. Several
donors have already committed nearly onehalf of the goal.
Johnson was one of the first contributors to Access to Excellence: The Campaign
for Augsburg College when he agreed to
fund the planning for the Gateway
Building. It was his encouragement that
prompted the collaboration between
Augsburg, the University of Minnesota, and
the local community, and his lead gift of
$150,000 helped secure the project.
Johnson resides in Washington D.C., with
his wife, Maxine Isaacs. As a native of
Benson, Minn., he maintains local ties
through family, business, and Augsburg
College. Johnson has made gifts to Augsburg
in memory of his mother, Adeline Rasmussen
Johnson ’31; in honor of U.S. Rep. Martin
Olav Sabo ’59; and, more recently, toward
campaign projects.
If you are interested in the Parent/Family
and Friend Challenge, please contact Sherry
Jennings-King at 612-330-1386. ■
Gift from Mark ’79 and Pamela Hanson ’79 Moksnes symbolic of
their College experience
The passion that Pam and Mark
Moksnes felt for Augsburg College
when they met here as students in the
late 1970s continues today—perhaps
more than ever. While they were drawn
to Augsburg by the small, liberal arts,
Christian-based community, situated
within the city, what they discovered
were professors and staff who cared
deeply about them personally and
about their life goals. A campus ministry program that nurtured their
already strong Christian beliefs, especially the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes where they met, particularly
touched them. As Pam and Mark reflect
on those transformative years, their
expressions provide affirmation of the
truly inspirational experience they
remember. They are grateful that a nurturing culture is still at the core of the
student experience today.
Their lives have been happily
entwined with Augsburg; many of their
closest friends are also Augsburg alumni and their daughter, Laura, is a current Augsburg student.
“That personal approach has been
consistent over the years, and now our
daughter is experiencing it, too. It’s part
of Augsburg’s core—they’re there to
help students build their futures,” Pam
Moksnes said.
Yet Augsburg has changed a lot
since Pam and Mark graduated in 1979,
particularly its facilities. They believe
that the new buildings have greatly
enhanced the teaching and learning
Pam Hanson ’79 Moksnes and Mark Moksnes’ ’79 recent gift supports the campaign’s
Gateway Building.
environment so critical to delivering a
quality educational experience. They
are proud to continue to be part of the
campus community, so much so that
they’ve made a campaign commitment
designated to the Gateway Building,
which will symbolically embrace the city
as part of students’ learning experiences.
This isn’t the first time Pam and
Mark have helped out their alma mater;
previous gifts have supported the athletic program, the Lindell Library, and
campus ministry, and they are lead
annual fund donors in the Maroon &
Silver Society. Pam and Mark say they
are committed to furthering Augsburg’s
mission because of what the College
has meant to them.
Pam Moksnes is a partner at
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and
has been instrumental in helping the
College launch its annual women’s
“Connections” event. Mark is an executive vice president at Delta Dental.
Among several board appointments,
they both serve on the state board for
the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Thank you, Pam and Mark
Moksnes, for all you’ve done for
Augsburg College! ■
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Heightened demand for
sport facilities drives Si
Melby expansion
Nearly half of the Augsburg community—
students, faculty, and staff—participates
pates in some form of athletic activity,
contributing to the strong sense of community and camaraderie on campus.
Expanded athletic facilities will accommodate the increasing demands of the
College’s 18 intercollegiate NCAA
Division III varsity men’s and women’s
sports, the health and physical education
academic program, intramurals involving
some 600 students, and workout facilities. The ever-growing popularity of personal fitness, the growth in the number of
women’s sports offerings, and the heightened demand by the community for use
of the College’s facilities contribute to the
pressing need for expanded facilities.
A NEW SOUTH WING FOR
SI MELBY HALL WILL PROVIDE:
• Four new classrooms and related facilities for the Health/Physical Education
Department.
• More locker rooms, training facilities,
and offices for intercollegiate athletic
programs.
• Expanded fitness facilities, a new aerobics/multi-purpose studio, and new
locker rooms for the student body.
• Additional wrestling training facilities,
which include a new Greco-Roman
wrestling center.
• Two new student gathering areas, a new
hospitality suite overlooking Edor
Nelson Field, and a new Alumni
A-Club lounge. ■
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ALAN RICE, GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING CHAMP AND
PIONEER GIVES ONE MILLION DOLLARS TO ESTABLISH
TRAINING CENTER
Minnesota native
Alan Rice is a
dreamer and a
pioneer whose
lifelong commitment to amateur
and Greco-Roman
wrestling has culminated in a $1 million gift to Augsburg
College to create a Greco-Roman
wrestling training center. This generous
gift will have a significant impact on the
$5 million planned expansion of Si
Melby Hall, the College’s athletic, recreation, and physical education complex.
Rice, a National Wrestling Hall of
Fame member, is giving the gift in memory of his wife, Gloria, who shared a
love of amateur wrestling and worked
with Rice in establishing Minnesota as a
national hotbed for amateur wrestling,
especially the Greco-Roman discipline.
Rice’s gift illustrates how a partnership can be formed with the community
to achieve broader goals in athletics.
The addition of the Greco-Roman training facilities will attract senior wrestlers
training for the Olympics as well as
youth- and student-athletes, and will
take Augsburg to a new level of prominence in athletic achievement.
Over the past three decades, Rice has
helped raise and contribute nearly
$1 million to endow the Minnesota club
for continued training in both Olympic
wrestling disciplines—Greco-Roman
and freestyle. His continuing legacy will
have an impact on Minnesota for generations to come. ■
MATHEW SHANNON—RUNNER AND ROLE MODEL
Mathew Shannon
is a man on the
move. He runs by
day and serves
others at night.
A 2004
Augsburg graduate
with a degree in
business and communication, he
dreams of success
in running and in making a difference
for disadvantaged kids. While at
Augsburg, Shannon broke records in
track, and he hoped to qualify for the
U.S. Olympic trials in the 400 meters.
One of the top sprinters in Augsburg
history, Shannon was a three-time AllAmerican, earned All-MIAC honors 17
times, and won MIAC titles three times.
But Shannon is already a winner as a
tutor and role model for inner-city kids.
He knows from personal experience
what they’re going through because he
grew up in a low-income, single-parent
home in Minneapolis. Shannon’s faith
provided him with a strong foundation
on which to build. Now he hopes that
he can use his business education, too,
to bring positive influences to disadvantaged kids. Shannon truly exemplifies
the spirit of Augsburg. ■
Annual giving provides opportunities for all
When you help Augsburg achieve its
annual giving goals, you provide opportunities to students who may never
have been able to attend college. Cost
can be a significant barrier to obtaining
a college degree. With more than 80
percent of Augsburg students receiving
financial aid, annual giving is an important way for donors to help ensure that
all talented students have the opportunity to receive an Augsburg education.
Increasing the number of participants
and the level of support in The
Augsburg Fund is needed to ensure that
no talented student is turned away due
to cost considerations.
The Augsburg Fund is an unrestricted annual giving fund that aids the
College in meeting its most pressing
needs. Augsburg’s goal is to nearly
triple annual fund giving dollars
over five years and to reach a 30 percent alumni participation rate.
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS HELP
STUDENTS
Each year the College awards more
than $10 million in scholarships and
grants to students. These include:
PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARS
$10,500 to $20,260 annually
As Augsburg’s premier scholarship, this
award is conferred upon the top incoming freshmen based on outstanding academic achievement and on-campus
competition.
REGENTS’ SCHOLARS
$3,000 to $9,000 annually
Awarded to high achieving, new students based on academic record and
accomplishment.
LEGACY SCHOLARS
$4,000 annually
Granted to qualified family members of
Augsburg alumni, current Augsburg
students, and ELCA-rostered clergy.
THE AUGSBURG GRANT
Varies, based on need
Awarded to students who qualify and
demonstrate need. These gifts make a
significant contribution toward the education of many students.
Adela Arguello, a Scholastic Connections
recipient, is a double major in finance and
economics.
CLASS
CHALLENGE
The challenge has been issued, the
suspense is building, and the question
lingers…What are the results of this
year’s annual fund class giving challenge? How does your class giving
compare to other classes? What support did my class year provide?
Watch for answers in the next campaign newsletter!
MANY OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS
are awarded each year to students for outstanding academic achievements, community service, and leadership in their
home congregation and community. ■
Robert and Renzo Amaya Torres are
scholarship recipients.
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Strong endowment helps build long-term vision
A key measure of an educational institution’s strength is its endowment. It provides ongoing resources for needs now
and in the future. Augsburg is focusing
its endowment growth in the areas of
endowed faculty chairs, endowed scholarships, and ongoing program support.
ENDOWED FACULTY CHAIRS
Your generous gifts will strengthen the
College’s endowment in an area that is
relatively new. The College’s first
endowed chair, the Bernhard M.
Christensen Endowed Fund, named in
memory of Augsburg’s president from
1938 to 1962, was approved by the
Board of Regents in May 2003.
Christensen was a central figure in the
growth and development of Augsburg
and of countless students and teachers
whose lives he inspired personally and
professionally.
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS
By increasing its current level of
endowed scholarships, Augsburg can
attract talented students and provide
access for students of many backgrounds. E. Milton Kleven ’46 and his
family are helping to do just that
through their most recent gift of
$500,000 to fund the first endowed
President’s Scholarship. The gift was
established in memory of their wife and
mother, Dorothy Lijsing Kleven ’47.
Joining their father in funding the
endowment were Bruce and Maren
Kleven, David and Barbara Kleven, Zane
and Barbara Kleven Birky, and Philip and
Diane Kleven Larson.
The President’s Scholarship is prestigious and highly competitive, recognizing only the most academically qualified
freshmen entering Augsburg each year.
PROGRAM SUPPORT
Building the endowment is also essential
to sustain the long-term viability of
Augsburg’s distinctive programs, including StepUP, Augsburg’s innovative program for students in recovery from substance abuse; Center for Learning and
Adaptive Student Services (CLASS); and
the Center for Global Education, providing funding over and above what is available from the operating budget. Support
for a growing professional development
initiative centered on vocation as well as
other research and development opportunities for faculty also are needed. ■
A LIFE OF PROMISE IS GIVEN TO OTHERS
Just as her life’s adventures were starting
to take shape, melanoma cancer took
Heidi Huber’s life at age 33. Wanting to
honor Huber and help students at
Augsburg who dream of a career in education, Huber’s family, which includes her
sisters Wendy and Cindy ’01, her parents
Barb and Bob, and her grandmother,
Esther, worked with Augsburg to determine how to make this happen.
Once the goal of establishing a $25,000 endowed scholarship in Huber’s memory was set, her family dedicated memorial
gifts, contributed money, and contacted the Curtis L. Carlson
Family Foundation for additional assistance. Following in the
footsteps of her mother and grandmother, Huber was working at
the Carlson Companies at the time of her death. Through the
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generosity of the foundation and the special efforts of Marilyn
Carlson Nelson and Barbara Carlson Gage, family and friends,
the Heidi Huber Scholarship will be awarded beginning with
the 2005-06 academic year to one or more students with
financial need, strong academic achievement, and dedication
to the community.
Huber graduated from Augsburg in 1992 with a triple
major in German, economics, and international business.
After graduation, she joined the Peace Corps, serving in
Botswana, Africa, until 1996. She then earned her master’s
degree in administration, planning, and social policy from
Harvard University in 1998.
If you have an interest in establishing an endowed scholarship or in contributing to the Heidi Huber Scholarship, please
contact Jennifer Kahlow at 612-330-1185. Currently, $25,000
will establish an endowed scholarship at Augsburg. ■
Gifts of Real Estate Benefit Augsburg and Donor
BY DAVE BENSON, PLANNED GIVING SPECIALIST
Gifts of highly appreciated real estate
are often an excellent means for a
donor to make a charitable gift to
Augsburg College because they allow
you to make a gift larger than you
thought possible, plus they provide
immediate and long-term tax advantages. The first step is to have an
appraiser determine the gift value when
the property exceeds $5,000. If you give
real estate, you receive a charitable
deduction for the full fair market value
of the property (regardless of its cost
basis). The College may then sell the
property for its full market value and
use the entire proceeds to support its
programs. Everyone wins.
Here’s an example of how a gift of
real estate will benefit Augsburg:
The Andersons own 60 acres of
farmland past an outer ring suburb.
Recently, they were approached about
selling 20 acres of their property for
$100,000. The land was purchased
nearly 20 years ago for $5,000 and,
when sold, they will realize substantial
capital gains.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have often
thought about making a significant gift
to Augsburg College and now it appears
this may be an appropriate gift asset to
benefit both the College and themselves. By giving the property to
Augsburg (that may then sell it to an
interested buyer), the Andersons receive
a charitable deduction for the full fair
market value ($100,000) of the proper-
CAMPAIGN GOALS
HIGHLIGHTS
ty. While their income tax deduction is
limited to 30 percent of their adjusted
gross income, when filing their taxes,
they can claim the gift in the year it was
given plus carry forward the allowable
deduction for five additional years.
Another tax benefit occurs should
the Andersons also choose to sell another portion of their land outright. While
that sale will have the same capital gains
liability, the charitable deduction from
the college gift may be used to offset the
capital gains obligation on the sale liability were they to sell the land outright.
Because your situation will be somewhat different from the Andersons, contact
the Development Office at 612-330-1462
for many other gift-giving ideas. Augsburg
will provide you with sufficient information so together with your attorney, tax
accountant and/or financial adviser you
can evaluate your gift giving options. ■
To ensure Augsburg’s transforming
education is available for generations
to come, Access to Excellence:The
Campaign for Augsburg College is
focused in the following areas:
SCIENCE CENTER
A new Science Center and renovation of the existing Science Hall are
the centerpieces of the campaign and
will strengthen and expand science
learning for all.
GATEWAY BUILDING
The new Gateway Building to be built
on Riverside Avenue will link the
College and the community.
SI MELBY EXPANSION
An expansion of Si Melby Hall will
accommodate the increasing
demands on athletic facilities.
ENDOWMENT SUPPORT
A strong endowment means the
Augsburg model of education will be
available to future generations.
ANNUAL FUND
Increasing the Augsburg Fund will
ensure that no talented student is
turned away due to financial need.
If you would like to support these goals,
contact Augsburg’s Development staff
for assistance.
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Help Us Reach our Goal
Building a successful campaign involves
just the right mix of people, opportunities, and energy. One of those is the
outreach of the school’s leaders to
encourage others to give of their time,
talent, and resources.
Augsburg’s leaders are seeking your
support through a variety of ways.
Help is needed to identify new
donors, set strategies regarding cultivation of donors, and assist with cultivation of donors, events, and solicitations.
Whether you live in or outside
Minnesota, consider hosting cultivation
events for alumni and friends of the
College. These gatherings, either intimate or large, can be attached to a meal
or some type of event, whether on campus, in your home, or some other type
of public venue. Development staff will
work with you to arrange specifics and
carry out the details.
It is important to take a role in a
student’s life. Think about mentoring
and encouraging students to attend
Augsburg. Many programs offered at
Augsburg aren’t available at other colleges and universities in the immediate
area. Augsburg also sits within a vibrant
city, which provides opportunities for
internships for students and outreach to
the community.
Discuss with Development staff how
to focus your campaign interest. What
area of expertise or interest might serve
your needs as well as those of the campaign? Determine, too, what fiscal
resources you can provide Augsburg.
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Strong leadership of fully committed
and active volunteers is essential to take
Augsburg to new levels of achievement.
Institutional Advancement and
Community Relations staff is sometimes
asked whom they should contact with
alumni and donor questions. Let us
take a moment to introduce them. As
always, staff looks forward to deepening
relationships with alumni and friends
of the College and welcomes hearing
from you.
SUE KLASEUS,
vice president of
institutional
advancement, has
been leading the
Augsburg team since
June 2001. She is
responsible for all fundraising/development, alumni/parent relations, and government/community relations. She also
serves as a member of the College’s
leadership team on the College Council.
Previously, Klaseus served as the
associate dean for external affairs at the
University of Minnesota, Carlson
School of Management. Her background
includes more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry
in management, marketing, sales, and
communications, and she has extensive
volunteer and fundraising experience
with nonprofit and community organizations.
Klasues hold a B.A. from
Metropolitan State University, and master’s degrees from Hamline and Harvard
universitites.
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS
TRACY
BECKMAN, director of government
and community
relations, joined
Augsburg College in
September 2003. He
served as a Minnesota state senator for
District 26 from 1987 to 1999. Most
recently he was a lobbyist for the
National Farmers Union in Washington
D.C. Beckman holds a B.S. from
Mankato State University, and an M.P.P.
from Harvard. Beckman and his wife,
Janel, owned and operated the local
hardware store in Bricelyn, Minn., from
the early ’70s until 1985.
AMY SUTTON,
director of alumni
and parent relations. Sutton joined
the Alumni/Parent
Relations staff as
director two years
ago. She holds a B.S. and M.S. from
South Dakota State University and
worked there several years in admissions and at the SDSU Foundation
where she was the director of scholarship development and administration.
Sutton most recently worked as vice
president for Friendship Ventures, a
nonprofit organization, serving people
with disabilities. She and her husband,
John, welcomed their first child, daughter Taylor, in February 2004.
KEVIN HEALY,
director of
advancement services, manages our
database and gift
acknowledgement
systems and staff. He
joined the Augsburg team in May 2004.
Kevin comes from Community
Solutions Fund, St. Paul. His experience
in processing and disbursement of charitable donations makes him an asset in
the area of donor financial reporting
and technical support for the Office of
Institutional Advancement.
SHERRY
JENNINGS-KING
is the director of
corporate, foundation, and government relations and
has been with
Augsburg College for 20 months. In
addition to developing institutional
relationships between Augsburg and
corporations and foundations in
Minnesota and the United States at
large, Jennings-King is also responsible
for securing federal appropriations
through her work with Tracy Beckman.
DICK WEILAND,
interim director of
development, joined
Augsburg in April, to
fill the shoes of John
Knight, until Augsburg
selects a new director
of development. Weiland owns Weiland
Consulting Group and brings 22 years of
development experience and a 47-year
career in education to the position.
Augsburg is benefiting from Weiland’s
leadership in meeting goals for major gifts,
planned giving, and The Annual Fund.
Weiland has successfully led development
teams at both the University of St. Thomas
and Carleton College.
DONNA
MCLEAN, director
of principal gifts,
has served Augsburg
College for 19 years
in several roles
including director of
alumni and parent relations, director of
The Augsburg Fund and Maroon &
Silver Society, and most recently in the
area of leadership gift planning. Her
deep knowledge of institutional history
and long-standing relationships within
the Augsburg community are strengths
to the College. McLean’s passion for the
mission of Augsburg continues to be
inspired by the many outstanding and
diverse accomplishments of the
College’s alumni and friends.
DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS
PATRICK SHEEHY,
senior director of
principal gifts, has
been on Augsburg’s
Development team
since 2000 and
brings with him 20
years of experience in the field. Sheehy
is also the parent of an Augsburg
College student. As such, he not only
provides expertise in gift planning but
also is well versed in the amenities of
each dorm.
DAVID BENSON,
consultant in the
area of planned
giving, came on
board in spring of
2004 to work with
new members of the
Heritage Society at Augsburg College.
Benson is a specialist in the area of
estate planning and philanthropy. His
approach includes the creative uses of
charitable gift options in financial and
estate planning that result in win-win
strategies for all parities involved.
Development staff
not pictured
KAY AHLSTROM
MELISSA BAWEK ’03
JEROY CARLSON ’48
RON MAIN ’56
JENNIFER
(ABELN)
KAHLOW ’78,
director of
principal gifts and
planned giving,
since 1997, Kahlow
has helped donors and alumni interested in making a significant difference in
the lives of students at Augsburg
College. As an alumna, parent, and volunteer she has maintained a close relationship with Augsburg since graduating in 1978. Her focus is on capital
campaign gifts, with considerable experience in scholarship giving, estate giving, and gifts of appreciated assets.
STEPHANIE
MALONE, director
of The Augsburg
Fund and Maroon
& Silver Society,
joined Augsburg in
January 2004.
Malone came to us from the Girl Scouts
of Greater Minneapolis. She oversees
the Maroon and Silver Society membership, student phonathons, direct mailings, class challenge appeals, and the
faculty and staff campaign.
PHILIP QUANBECK SR. ’50
STEPHANIE STEWART
GEORGE SVERDRUP ’46
SHERILYN YOUNG
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Thanks, John Knight
Called to speak out
about disabilities and
the church
CONTACT US
To learn more about Access to Excellence:The Campaign for Augsburg College, please
call Institutional Advancement at 612-330-1462 or 1-800-273-0617, or e-mail us at
giving@augsburg.edu. For a complete list of Institutional Advancement personnel
visit www.augsburg.edu/campaign.
INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Augsburg College
2211 Riverside Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
SUE KLASEUS
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
and Community Relations
612-330-1177
klaseus@augsburg.edu
Development
DICK WEILAND
Interim Director, Development
612-330-1580
weiland@augsburg.edu
John Knight receives farewell gift.
Development director John Knight left
Augsburg in May to answer God’s call
to better understand disability through
research and writing. During Knight’s
five years at Augsburg, he held various
positions before taking the helm as
development director two years ago. In
recent years he has been deeply
involved in the management and success of the current campaign. Another
of his achievements is the advancement
of donor relations efforts at the College.
In particular, he improved the system
for managing and accounting for gifts.
Knight’s current goals with The
Pauley Project, named in honor of his
eldest son, are to research what the
Bible says about disability, write on the
subject, and determine ways to include
individuals with disabilities in his
church. Initially, John’s first two writings will be based on the biblical text of
John 9.
If you are interested in learning
more about The Pauley Project, visit
www.thepauleyproject.org. ■
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STEPHANIE MALONE
Director, The Augsburg Fund
612-330-1179
malone@augsburg.edu
MELISSA BAWEK ’03
Assistant Director,
The Augsburg Fund
612-330-1652
bawek@augsburg.edu
JEROY CARLSON ’48
Senior Development Officer
612-330-1175
SHERRY JENNINGS-KING
Director, Corporate, Foundation,
and Government Relations
612-330-1386
jenningk@augsburg.edu
PHILIP QUANBECK SR. ’50
quanbeck1@augsburg.edu
PATRICK SHEEHY
Senior Director, Principal Gifts
612-330-1329
sheehy@augsburg.edu
Alumni and Parent
Relations
STEPHANIE STUART
Prospect Researcher
612-330-1512
stuart@augsburg.edu
AMY SUTTON
Director, Alumni/Parent Relations
612-330-1525
suttona@augsburg.edu
JENNIFER KAHLOW ’78
Director, Principal Gifts and
Planned Giving
612-330-1185
kahlow@augsburg.edu
Government and
Community Relations
DONNA MCLEAN
Director, Principal Gifts
612-330-1556
mclean@augsburg.edu
DAVE BENSON
Planned Giving Specialist
612-330-1616
dbenson@augsburg.edu
RON MAIN ’56
612-330-1113
main@augsburg.edu
GEORGE SVERDRUP ’46
sverdrup@augsburg.edu
TRACY BECKMAN
Director, Government and
Community Relations
612-330-1575
beckman@augsburg.edu
Advancement Services
KEVIN HEALY
Director, Advancement Services
612-330-1619
healyk@augsburg.edu
through the decades
BY KRISTIN ANDERSON AND LEIF ANDERSON
1869
Augsburg College is founded
in Marshall, Wisconsin. Augsburg’s first
president August Weenaas recruits two
teachers from Norway—Sven Oftedal
and Georg Sverdrup.
1911 George Sverdrup becomes
president, proposing to develop college
departments with appeal to a broader
range of students than those intending
to be ministers.
1921 Augsburg considers moving its
campus to a suburban location in
Richfield, Minn.
1922 Augsburg admits women under
the leadership of Gerda Mortensen,
dean of women.
Sven Oftedal
1872
Georg Sverdrup
Augsburg moves to Minneapolis.
1938 Bernhard Christensen becomes
president, with his involvement in ecumenical and civic circles making
Augsburg a more visible part of church
and city life.
1874
President Weenaas and faculty
propose three-part plan: train ministerial candidates; prepare future theological
students; and educate the farmer, worker, and businessman. The plan stresses
that a good education is also practical.
1946 Following WWII, Augsburg
leaders expand and improve academic
offerings, making the College a larger
part of the institution than the seminary.
1963
President Oscar Anderson
begins his 17-year term, emphasizing
Augsburg’s involvement with city.
Augsburg experiences significant campus growth during his years of leadership, including the Christensen Center
in 1966 and the Music Hall in 1978.
1980
President Charles Anderson
begins a 17-year term, guiding
Augsburg to a strong commitment to
liberal arts education, diversity in
enrollment and programs, and a service-learning curriculum.
1982
Augsburg initates Weekend
College programs.
1988
College opens Foss Center for
Worship, Drama, and Communication.
1997
Augsburg opens the James G.
Lindell Family Library. The StepUP
program is founded.
1997
1876
1949
Keeping the vision of the
“non-elitist” college, Georg Sverdrup
becomes Augsburg’s second president
and stresses community involvement,
requiring students to get experience in
city congregations.
Science Hall is built.
1954 Augsburg College is granted
accreditation, although many alumni
had entered graduate schools and
teaching positions much earlier.
1879
1963
William V. Frame becomes
Augsburg’s president, sharpening the
College’s identity as a college of the city,
providing an education grounded in
vocational calling as articulated in
Augsburg 2004.
2000
Augsburg holds first graduation ceremony.
1890
Augsburg leaders form the
Friends of Augsburg, later called the
Lutheran Free Church—a group of
independent congregations committed
to congregational autonomy and personal Christianity.
Augsburg Seminary moves
to Luther Theological Seminary in
St. Paul; the Lutheran Free Church
is merged with the American
Lutheran Church.
Augsburg establishes a branch
campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
2003
Alumnus Peter Agre ’70
awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
2004
Augsburg launches a
$55 million capital campaign.
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SAVE THE DATE 2004
FALL/WINTER EVENTS—PRELIMINARY LIST
AUGUST 31
Ice Cream Social
50th Class Year Reunion
and Volunteers
Augsburg House
NOVEMBER 14
“Thanks” giving
Scholarship Brunch
Endowed scholarship
recipients and donors
Christensen Center on campus
OCTOBER 9
Homecoming
All campus
See www.augsburg.edu for the latest on Augsburg’s events.
DECEMBER 3
Velkommen Jul
Christensen Center on campus
DECEMBER 3 & 4
Advent Vespers
Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis, Minn.
NOTEWORTHY
A recipe for job success
In an eight-week program this summer,
the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg
College prepared nine trainees from the
community with job readiness skills to
help them pass the Food Manager
Certification Examination and to get
jobs in the food services industry.
Global partners in the classroom
Through a U.S. State Department grant,
Augsburg will offer a fall classroom
course, Exploring Human Service in
Global Context, via the Internet and
interactive video in partnership with
universities around the world. Rosemary
Link, social work professor and project
curriculum director, and Robert Bill,
liaison for computing and project
technology director, traveled to Ljubljana,
Slovenia, and Mumbai, India, during July
to meet with professors there for
curriculum planning and technology
testing. A fourth country will be added in
late summer.
New turf for the athletic field
Over the summer, the existing Astroturf
on Edor Nelson Field is being replaced
by Sprinturf, a “next-generation”
synthetic grass surface. The turf is laid
over an infill of rubber and sand on the
current asphalt base. Athletic teams will
begin to use the new surface at the end
of August.
Former regent honored by
Norwegian government
Lawrence O. Hauge,
Augsburg regent from
1976-88, received the
Knight’s First Class of
the Royal Norwegian
Order of Merit. The
honor ceremony took
place in Minneapolis
on May 17; Hauge
was recognized for
his efforts to maintain and strengthen the
close relationships between Norway and
the U.S.
Similar honors were conferred upon
President Frame in 2002, International
Partners director Nadia Christensen in
1996, and President Emeritus Charles
Anderson in 1993.
Spring/Summer 2004
Augsburg launches MBA program
T
wo cohorts of students begin classes
in September as part of Augsburg’s
sixth and newest graduate program—a
Master of Business Administration.
Students remain together in small
group cohorts throughout the 21-month
part-time program. Classes meet one
evening per week with some Saturday
workshops. The curriculum emphasizes
core business principles with relevant
real-world applications, including
special career workshops and a practical
field study project. Drawing on the
strength of Augsburg’s Master of Arts in
Leadership, the MBA curriculum begins
and ends with an Executive Leadership
course, and weaves the thread of
transformational leadership throughout
the program.
Students will receive a very
personalized education, drawing on the
strength of the cohort model in
encouraging close faculty mentorship. In
addition, as teamwork is developed,
students will build close relationships
with fellow students, who bring varied
backgrounds and experiences to the
program.
In order to apply, students must have
two years of work experience and must
take the Graduate Management
Admissions Test (GMAT). For more
information about the MBA, go to
<www.augsburg.edu/mba> or call
Graduate Admissions at
612-330-1101.
A ‘bridge’ into college
Nineteen incoming freshmen are getting a four-week jump to help them ease into
college academics and campus life.
The 2004 Summer Bridge program is funded by the Student Support Services (SSS)
program, one of three TRIO programs to help students overcome class, social, and
cultural barriers to complete their college education. Funded by the U.S. Department of
Education, the SSS program is committed to helping low-income, first-generation
college students and students with disabilities achieve a bachelor’s degree.
During the morning classes over four weeks, students will take two courses:
Introduction to Liberal Arts, and Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning.
Students also take a supplemental instruction course, attend academic support
seminars and workshops about Augsburg College and college life, and enjoy social and
cultural activities.
3
COMMENCEMENT
2004
The 135TH YEAR of Augsburg College
photos by Stephen Geffre
ELSA MAXWELL RECEIVES
MARINA CHRISTENSEN
JUSTICE AWARD
Mathew Shannon, who graduated with
a B.A. in arts and entertainment
business promotion, pauses to enjoy
the beautiful spring day.
A graduate kisses her baby before
lining up to process to Melby Hall for
the Commencement ceremony.
Elsa Maxwell, an international
relations and Spanish major with a
peace and global studies minor, was
selected as the 2004 recipient of the
Marina Christensen Justice Award.
Each year, this honor is presented
to the graduating senior who best
exemplifies Augsburg’s motto
“Education for Service.” The student
must have demonstrated a dedication
Elsa Maxwell (left), recipient of the Marina to community involvement as
Christensen Justice Award, poses with Mary Laurel characterized by the personal and
True (right), associate director of Augsburg’s
Center for Service, Work, and Learning. professional life of Marina Christensen
Justice, who courageously and
effectively reached out to disadvantaged people and communities.
Maxwell, from Duluth, has carried out a wide range of activities over the course
of her Augsburg career that led to her being selected for this special award. Among
them is activism in Latin American politics, farm policy, and environmental issues as
well as extensive on-campus involvement in both music and Spanish. She has
combined her class work and campus activities with work in the community as both
a volunteer and organizer, especially at the Cedar Cultural Center.
While at Augsburg, she also worked at an organic farm, putting her values to
work in sustainable agriculture. She spent two semesters in Chile and Central
America, serving as a translator and focusing on issues of social justice and
sustainability. And, her senior honors thesis was an insightful study of the impact of
NAFTA on corn farmers, both in Mexico and in the United States. She has played a
key role in the annual “Action at Augsburg” day and helped organize Augsburg’s
Coalition for Student Activism.
A faculty letter of nomination, written by Joe Underhill-Cady, stated: “Elsa
showed up as a freshman ready to be involved and already politically aware,
immediately immersing herself in both campus and community activities. Now, as
she prepares to leave Augsburg, she will be sorely missed, but she already has plans
to continue her social and political activism, having applied to work for ‘Witness for
Peace’ in Latin America.”
REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE
2004
COMMENCEMENT ‘FUN FACTS’
❚ Danielle M. Semling,
representing graduate students
3155 Attended the Commencement
ceremony
42 Plants
❚ Sarah A. Prozinski,
representing day students
2475 Chairs set for the weekend’s
activities
2
Pastors
❚ Barbara A. Forshier,
representing weekend students
505
Served for brunch
1
Organist
376
Served for dinner
1
Drummer
CLASS OF
Spring/Summer 2004
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AUGGIE THOUGHTS
IN 1924, Augsburg College was in the midst of great change…and great promise.
The first woman had graduated one year earlier, the College was transforming from
a divinity school to a modern American college, and there was a great buzz about
relocating the College to the suburbs of Minneapolis.
As Augsburg launches into a campaign to build new structures and extend its
vision and programs, we pause to listen to the editor’s voice of The 1924
Augsburgian—a time 80 years ago that seems not so different from our own.
Note that among the yearbook staff pictured is the young intermediate seminary
student Bernhard M. Christensen, future Augsburg president.
The 1924 Augsburgian
As in many other tasks which one begins and works with for some time, it is
with some feeling of relief that we are nearing the completion of our work with
The 1924 Augsburgian.
We have tried to arrange a book which would be a credit to the school it
represents, one which would include ideas and pictures that could be enjoyed
not only by the students who have been at Augsburg during the past two years,
but also by the men and women who during the past 55 years have attended
school here or have in some way been connected with Augsburg.
In the present increase in attendance at various educational institutions
Augsburg has not been left out. We are growing rapidly. The question in regard
to location and room will soon not be how much longer we have to stay here,
but how much longer we can stay here. We have talked about a greater
Augsburg. Now that we are increasing in numbers and have developed more
comprehensive curricula will we be willing to assume the responsibilities
which come with the greater Augsburg?
Some of Augsburg’s friends have already provided suitable grounds for the
New Augsburg. A place to build, however, is not enough. We must also have
the means whereby buildings may be constructed. We believe that our people
will continue to support our school. In so doing they will rise to new victories
when they see new fields to conquer.
It is the wish of the editorial staff of The 1924 Augsburgian that this biennial
may be an instrument in helping people to realize that our school is doing a
great work, an important work; that the things which are valued here are those
which help young men and women to take their places in the world as
contenders for Christian principles in theory and practice, and for personal life
in Christ.
— Caleb H. Quanbeck ’21 Academy, ’24, Editor
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Chris Kimball is named Augsburg's new
dean of the College
By BetseyNorgard
Christopher W. Kimball, associate
professor of history and chair of the
department, was confirmed by the Board
of Regents as the new vice president for
academic and learning services and dean
of the College, beginning June I.
In this position, Kimball oversees all
aspects of academic and student affairs,
from classroom learning to residential
life and student life beyond the
classroom. A merger in 1997 of the
academic affairs and student life offices
created this combined division.
Kimballhas servedon the FacultySenate
for fiveyears,the last three yearsas its
president,at a criticaltime in which the
Collegehas begunstrategicplanning to
implement theAugsburg2004vision
document As a member of the
qimmission exploringthe nature of
Augsburg'sexperientialeducation and
interdisciplinarystudies,Kimballadvocated
the need for an academic"master planner;•
a role he now assumesas dean.
"Designating someone to think
strategically about the entire curriculum
is essential in making choices about our
future: the relationship of majors to
general education; the balance between
graduate and undergraduate programs;
the place of internships and servicelearning and the most effectiveacademic
calendar, to name but a few,"Kimball
wrote to the search committee.
In commenting on the appointment,
President William Frame mentioned that
the searchcommittee members noted "a
community-wide regardfor the depth
and clarity of [Kimball's]understanding
of the advantages of private, churchrelated higher education in an urban
context, and for his ability to grasp the
implications of these for the management
of both student and faculty life.•
Since coming to Augsburg in 1991,
Kimball has tried to balance a
commitment to teaching with
participation in various areas of student
life. 1\vice he has been selected by
Augsburg graduating seniors as the
honored faculty person in the soda!
sciences division.
Kimballserves as Augsburg's faculty
athletics representative, a position in the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (MIAC) and the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
that provides faculty involvement on
campus in programs that help address
problems faced by student athletes.
He has also served as coordinator of the
Secondary Education Social Studies
Teaching Licensure program and as
internships coordinator for the history
departm ent
A native of the Boston area, Kimball
earned an undergraduate degree in
history from McGill University, and both
master's and doctoral degrees from the
University of Chicago. His dissertation
Christopher W. Kimball
centered on American reconstruction
plans following World War I.
Kimball's passion for baseball is well
known on campus. He and art
department chair Kristin Anderson, with
grant money from the Minnesota
Historical Society,are currently
researching the growth of baseball as a
pastime in the Twin Cities and the
building of two ballparks as basis for
exploring the development of urban
identity (see article on page 6).
The College bids farewell to the retiring academic deans
By BetseyNorgard
After a combined 72 yearsof serviceto
AugsburgCollegeas both teachersand
administraton, Marie McNeffand Earl
Alton exchangedfarewellswith the
Augsburgcommunity on May 2.
HoverstenChapelwas filledthat afternoon
for a Deans' Convocation, featuring Sheila
Tobias,a noted national leader in science
and mathematics education and gender
issuesin higher education. This
presentation, addressingissuesof vital
interest to both Alton and McNeff,wasa
gift to the Collegefrom them.
Many collcaguesand friends stayedfor the
followingreception in order to bestow
tnl>uteson the miring deans.
Inez Schwartzkopf'59, former Augsburg
regent and friend of McNeff, spolceof the
high standards that McNeffalways
expectedof both colleaguesand students,
and told her, "Youan: an educator, and
)OU mp learning."
John Hoium, profi:ssoremeritus of
chemistry,whose friendship and teaching
collaborationwith Alton began during
undergraduate students days at SL Olaf
College.recounted how both he and Alton
were r=uited to Aup> urg by chemistry
department chairCourtland Agre,their
former teacher.
In advocatingfor Alton, Hoium quoted
AgR as sayingthat EarlAlton wasa "hard
worm" and noted that this would not
haMbeensaid lightly by Apo
MarieQ McNdf cameto Aupburg's
educationdepartment
in 1968,after
1-:hing in one-roomruralschoolsin her
naliYcNebraska
andin li:YdsK-8.Over
the yan, shetaught most of thecoursesin
the educalion
department.
as wellas
<DWSCS in~
Callqeandthe
SUMMER 2000
"There an: two vital ideas that Augsburg
has exemplified;'saysAlton."One is the
insistanceon academicfreedom- our
College sealproclaims'Through Truth to
Freedom: [The] other is found in the first
phrase of our mission statement.We send
out educated citirens who willbe leaders
exemplifyingserviceto church and
society."
I
EariR. Alton
Master of Arts in Leadership programs. In
1995 she succeededRyan laHurd as vice
president for academic affairsand dean of
the College.During the past year,she gave
up this position in order to serveas
Augsburg'sfirst academicmaster planner,
devoting her time to creating a blueprint
for implementingthe academicprovisions
of Augsburg2004, the College's vision
document
Marie 0. McNefl
Earl R. Alton taught 34 yearsin the
chemistrydepartment before becoming
associatedean for facultyaffairsin 1994.
During that time, he helped secure
certificationfrom the AmericanChemical
Society for the bachelor of science
chemistrymajor.At severaltimes, he
taught chemistry at 3M to emplO)ftS
seekingto finishundergraduate degr= at
"You ore on educator, and you keep learning. "-Inez Schwartzkopf
'59, speaking to Marie McNeff, retiring after 32 years at Augsburg
Prmously, in 1m, McNdf masaw the
merga-of the academicaflairsand student
life divisions.
"Oneof the goalsin bringing the faculty
andstudentaffairs~
is to iml'l'O\'e
boththe instructional
productivityand
learningqualityforstudents,movingus
'-M the'campus-widelearning
amununity';'shewrotr
in heracademic
master planrqx,rt.
Augsburg.
Thispast yearhe became
interim vice presidentfor academicand
learningsaviccs anddeanof the Collqie,
whileMcNdf serw:dasacademicmaster
planner.
During1996-97,Altoncoordinated
McNeffrefersto the vision contained in
Augsburg2004."Within this context;•she
says,"AugsburgCollegehas not only had
the freedom,but has, indeed, acted on that
freedom,to explore new ventures.While
changeswilland should occur at
Augsburg,it is important to safeguardthe
soul of Augsburg,the spirit of venture, of
risk and of the unorthodox."
Ouistopher W. Kimball,chairof the
history department, succeedsAlton,and
previouslyMcNeff,as academicdean.
What's Inside
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Commencement2000
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Alumninews
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most recentaa:reditation
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McNeffspeakaboutfreedom.
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We're Changing
This summer issue you are readin g is
the last newspaper tabloid issue of th e
AugsburgNow.
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stories of Augsburg and its extended
family.
The Auggie campus- refreshed, revitalized, and
getting ready for its 132nd year
Major renovations on campus this summer will give students returningfrom summer
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Summer 2000 • Vol. 62, No. 4
Au95buryNow is published by
Augsburg College, 2211 Riverside Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minnesota SS4S4.
Betsey Nor gard
Editor, Director of Publications
Lynn Mena
Staff Writer, Alumni Notes Editor
Kat hy Rumpza
Graphic Designer
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Wi lliam V. Frame
President of Augsburg College
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Director of Alum ni Relations
1) Melby Hall Renomloff--Th e Class of 2000 were awarded their
d egrees and given a college send-off in a gymnasium sporting a brand
new floor, new cushioned bleach ers trimmed in Auggie maroon, new
and b right er lighting, and air--conditio ning. This first major renovation
of the 40 -year-old building also included expansion of the Fitness
Center, new champagne-co lored glass windows across the front fa~de
replacing the blue panels, and new offices for athletic faculty and staff.
2) The Ubra,y Un/r......(:onstruction began in May to build the link
connecting Lindell Library to Sverdrup and Memorial Halls. Students
will be able to go from Urness and Mortensen residence halls to the
library without having to face the outside weather.
4) Enrollment and Flnandal xmca Cente, (USC}-A complete
renovation of Sverdrup Hall's first floor has created a new service
center to make it easier for students to take care of their enrollment.,
registration, and financial needs. In addition to new physical space,
implementation of new state-of-the-art financial aid software will more
efficiently serve student needs and provide additional online capability.
In addition to the EFSC,the first floor of Sverdrup Hall will house the
registrar's office and academic advising.
5) Umeu ffall--l ncoming first-year students will enjoy brand-new
furniture and improved bathroom facilities when they move In over
Labor Day weekend.
3) Ice Areno--Skaters and hockey players will notice new paint,
dasher boards, bleachers, and floors in the double-rink arena, as well
as a new roof o n the building.
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Dick Adamson.vice president for finance and administJation.
led a tour in May for Augsburg faculty, staff and regents to see
renovaoons
and reconstruction around campus.
the
AUGSBURGNOW
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
CAMPUSNEWS • 3
Faculty books make marks in the ir fields
beginning researchon a
book that furthtt
investigatessome of the
themes from WhoisMy
Neighborr"The working
title of my new book is
Someof My Bt:stFriend$
An. .. ; saysVelaMcC.onnell."I'm
interestedin looking at
friendshipswhich cross
Vela-McC.onnell,
socially-constructed
associatesociology
socialboundaries,such as
professor,was recently
friendshipsbetween men
nominated for a
and women, between
C. Wright Mills Awardfor
JamesVela-McConnell
Kathy Schwalbe
different races,sexualities,
his book, WhoisMy
nationalities,classes,cultural ethics,etc."
Neighbor.SocialAffinity in a ModernWorld KathySchwalbe,associate professorof
(State Universityof New YorkPress).The
Schwalbeis cumntly writing Web-based
businessadministration/accounting/MIS,
award, sponsored by the Societyfor the
coursesabout project management
had a hard time finding good books for
Study of SocialProblems,is one of the top
softwarefor her book's publishing
her project management courses,so in
awardsgivenfor a book in the fieldof
company,and hopes to write more books
1998 she set to work on writing one
socialproblems.
in the future."I was surprised at how
herself.The resultingbook, Information
much I likedwriting the book,"she says.
Technology
ProjectManagement
Although he contributed to the book
"UsuallyI like to be around people
(International Thomson
What'sLeft?:RadicalPoliticsin the
Publishing/CourseTechnology),published more-writing is so solitary-but I found
Postcommunist
Era(Universityof
it very satisfyingand creative."
just one yearlater,is the first project
MassachusettsPress),this is Velamanagement book that focusesexclusively
McC.onnell'sfirst full-lengthbook. Whois
on information technologyprojects.
My Neighborrexploreswhat he terms
"socialaffinity,'a concept "bridging
As a result of her book,
classicalnotions of socialcohesion with
Schwalbehas been
contemporary socialpsychology."The
contacted byother
book ultimatelydemonstrateshow "social
publishersseekingher
affinityand the meaning our valueshave
expertisefor various
for us are shaped byour sociallocation
projects, and the University
and the self-interestwhich permeates our
of Minoesota recruited her
culture."
to teach a project
management course in their
"I reallyenjoy the writing process,"says
engineeringschool
Vela-McC.onnell"For me, one of the most
rewardingaspects of publishing a book
Both Vela-McConnelland
was the sense of accomplishmentand the
Schwalbeare working on new
feelingthat I had actuallycontributed
writing projects.Vela-McC.onnell
is
something differentto the field"
•
Junior Ryan Cobian wins
Goldwater Scholarship
Junior physics
and mathematics
major Ryan
Cobian was one
of309
undergraduate
students
nationwide in the
fields of
mathematics,
science and
engineering to
win a prestigious
Goldwater scholarship for the 2000-2001
academic year. The $7,500 scholarship
Aroundthe Quad
Recentgrants
ByLynn Mena
Lastfall,two Augsburg
farulty members
cdebrated the publication
of their first books. Since
that time, both Kathy
Schwalbeand JamesVelaMcC.onnellhave attracted
critical acclaimand
attention for their literary
contributions.
will cover the cost of tuition, fees,books,
and room and board.
At Augsburg, Cobian has participated in
two international space physics
conferences, making an oral
presentation at one and a poster
presentation at another. In addition, he
is the second author of an academic
paper published this summer in the
Journal of Geophysical Research.
After graduation, next year, Cobian
plans to pursue a graduate degree in
electrical engineering, leading to a
research and development career in
either magnetic recording technology or
microelectronics.
He said he was attracted to Augsburg by
the strong reputation of Augsburg's
physics department and the research
opportunities he knew he would have as
an undergraduate.
Cobian is the fourth Augsburg
Goldwater scholar in the last five years
and is one of 13 recipients from
Minnesota colleges and universities.
The scholarship winners are selected by
the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and
Excellencein Education Foundations
from among I, 100 nominees by college
and university faculties. Goldwater
scholarships are considered the premier
undergraduate awards of their kinds in
these fields.
scie1a b tine
,-s from theNallonll Sclencie
S123,82Sto~
Foundation (NSF) to supportsummer
unclerglDllte~"'-Uglting
robot navigation using~
landmlllcs.
Sl00,816 to computer sciencefor three
from NSI'to support joint l'l!Selrch
with the I.Jnillffllty
of Utah to gll'leflte
an accurate sense of deplh and size
usingcomputer graphics.
,-s
$6,000 ID lhe AugsburgCollegeof the
Third h;Jefrom the Minnesota
HumanitiesCommission,In cooperation
with the National Endowmentfor the
Humanitiesandthe MinnesotaState
t.eglslatu~ to supportliberalans
learningfor older adults et four sitesin
lhe lwln Cities. The Collegeof lhe Third
h;Jeis one of 12 Leamingin Retirement
Networl<(URN) programsselectedfor
the year 2000 in Minnesotathat
promote older adult laming In the
humanities.
$925,000 TwinCitiesPublicTelevlslon
('ll'T), the RichardR. Glftl'I Instituteand
AugsburgCollegeto use current and
emergingmedia technologyto draw
attention to the best practicesof
teaching and learningand to dellelop a
CommunityOil5$roomlaboratoty
schoolproject The LeamingParle
projectwill use televlslon, newspapers,
digitallyenhanced bmadcasts, the
Internet and the telephone ID bring
infonnationabout criticaleducational
issues,opportunities and methods to
TwinOtles residents.
Augsburgis participatingIn a S740,000
grant from the Departmentof
Educationto Teacheis In Educatlonal
Services (TIES)in Rosevillefor "Preparing
Tomorrow'sTeachffl to Use
Technology.• Augsburgeducation
students, facultyand K-12 teacherl will
build a model of technology-richpreservice teacher education at the College.
Facultytenureand promotions-as of Sept. 1, 2000
F...ity tenured:
WilliamC. Caprnan, biology
JUIA. Dawe,muJk:
JacquelineR.deVries,history
Gretchen KranzIrvine,education
SusanE. O'Connor, educaUon
ParyPezechkian-Welnbefg,
modem
languages (French)
MichaelD. Schodc, social\Wl1'
Promoted to auodate profes-.
PIIA.l>av.<e,music
Jacqueline
R.de'Mes, history
Susan E.O'Connor,education
ParyPazechkian-Weinberg,
modem
languages
Rochester program
AuJsbu,9ConcertBanddireclorRobfflStade '71 conductsbdott a full houseat the elegantHeardMuseumIn
in_,,,
--
l'floenilr,
Atiz. TheAugsbu,gChoirand ConcettBand SouthwestTourtook them to performancesin Arizonaand
NewMoico
spring.
Duringspringtrimester 125 51lldents
were enrolledin Rochester. Augsburg
received a favorable report from the
North CentralAssociationof Schools
and Coleges for establishment al a
branch campus In Rochester,
and .awaib
the final notification.The Rochester
programoffen ~ degr9!S
In nuning and computer ICience, and
c.ounesIn liberalarts and bulir,m
admnstlation.
New majors offered
~
i5ane ol thft
p,lvat2 c.ollllgs to offer a full
majorIn marlcetlng. ralher thin a
~
COlll'..ellbatio,, widw,
busine5. (-
IIOr)'
onp.10).
Emotionala,d behavioral disabllti&A,_ 111:-12
lacher liansLre major In
'ltlmll!nd CG1egereponds to ldlOOI
clllrict rwms
for~
1nthl! .. o1
special nation.
SUMM ER 2000
AUGSBURG NOW
4 • CAMPUSNEWS
Keeping track of
faculty, staff, and
students
Faculty and staff members
retire from active teaching
and service
Publications
By Lynn Mena
LARRYCOPES,mathematics, "Messy
Four faculty members, three of whom
have more than 30 years of teaching at
Augsburg, and two staff members retired
from active teaching and service at the
end of this academic year. All four faculty
members were granted emeritus/emerita
status by the Board of Regents.
Monk Mathematics,• in the April Issue
of Mathematics Teacher. He was also
a co-presenter at the annual meeting
of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics in Chicago In April.
CASS DALGLISH,English, "The
Textual Dance: Allusionin the Oldest
and Newest Poetry," an electronic
essay, was included in the published
proceedings of the 1998-99 Red River
Conference on World Literature.
Senior Spanish major ANNALISA
FREJ'sarticle, "Undocumented
Women and Abuse,• was published in
LaJomada,a Mexican newspaper. She
wrote the article as part of an
internship at an independent human
rights organization in Cuernavaca,
Mexico during her semester abroad.
DOUGLASGREEN,English, has
recent and. forthcoming articles about
gender and sexuality in Shakespeare's
A MidsummerNight's Dream published
In the Garland Shakespeare volume of
the play. He also has three poems
appearing in the fall issue of Rag Mag.
Green presented a seminar paper,
"My Own Private Italy: Zeffirelli,
Shakespeare, and Hollywood,• at the
annual Shakespeare Association of
America meeting in Montreal,
April 6-9.
BEVSTRATTON,religion, wrote a
series of recent columns on the
"women of Genesis" in Lutheran
WomanToday,the magazine of the
women of the ELCA.
Exhibits/Performa
nces
SUSANDRUCKand BARBARA
LUNDERVOLD,
music, perfonned in
April in Caracas, Venezuela, with the
Minnesota Chorale, one of two choirs
invited to represent the United States
at the America Cantat Ill, an
international choral festival.
NORMANHOLEN,art, exhibited
"Desiree• in The Figure Show at
Minnetonka Center for the Arts; he
also exhibited •corn Bale" in the
national juried art exhibition, Arts in
Hannony 2000, at the Sherburne
County Government Center in Elk
River,and at the Northern Lights 2000
exhibition at Century College in White
Bear Lake.
Papers/Presentations
Augsburg students VICKIAMAN,
REBECCABAINVILLE,
ANDREA
COBERY,and c.J. MACE,presented
papers on their research of poets and
novelists Including WilliamBlake,
Daniel Defoe, and Charlotte Perlans
Gilman at the ACTCEnglish Majors
Conference at Macalester College.
The CENTERFOR GLOBAL
EDUCATIONcoordinated a
community forum in Namibia, Africa,
on HIV/AIDSas a gender issue. in
March.
BRIDGETDOAK, music therapy,
presented "Bringing the Arts to
Students with Behavioral Disorders,•
at a video teleconference in February.
She also helped AnokaCounty write a
S10,000 grant from Medtronics to get
music therapy sefVices at BellCenter
Day Treatment in Coon Rapids.BRIAN
SATTERUE
'98 was hin!d as music
therapistfor that program.
AUGSBURGNOW
Palmer's retirement plans begin with a
summer trip to Europe with her husband
and the Alumni Association. Later,she
hopes to work part time and find
volunteer opportunities. "But I will miss
the students- I reallyenjoyedworking
with students and their families,"says
Palmer.
RICHARD C. NELSON
JOHN E. BENSON '55
John Benson, profeswr of religion,
returned to his alma mater in 1963to
begin his 37-year teaching career.
"Amongthe words one might use to
describe the work and activity of John are
comprehensive,expansive,methodical,
and thorough,"saysPhilip Quanbeck Sr.
'50, profeswr emeritus of religion."It has
been a privilegeto know and to work with
John and I am sure he has left his
academic imprint on a variety of
students."
Along with some part-time teaching,
Benson plans to spend most of his time
working on severalwriting projects. He
says,looking back over the past 37 years,
"Teachinghere at Augsburg has beenfor
me very much a 'family' type of
experience.In large part this is probably
due to its cultural and religious heritage,
but it has alsobeen due to those particular
individuals who have investedtheir lives in
this place."
DEIDRE MIDDLETON '88
Deidre Middleton, academic adviser,
began in I 988 as enrollment coordinator
for WeekendCollege,moved to associate
program coordinator and then academic
advisor for weekend students. In 1995she
began advising both day and weekend
students.
"The things I will remember the most
about Deidre is that she would alwaysdo
the little extra things to make life a little
more pleasant,"says Benjamin Kent,
director of academic advising."For
example, she alwayshad a full candy jar,
she took the time to see how you were
doing, and she let you know what was
going on in her life."
Middleton's plans include writing,
volunteer work, and perhaps starting a
cottage industry, but "right now I am
pretty much caught up in trying to
develop my backyard into a myriad of
flower beds and walking paths,"she says.
"Augsburg has beena significant part of
my life since the '70s; many members of
my familyhave gone to school here, and I
hope someday my grandchildrenwill
attend."
JOCFJ YN PAL\IER
Jocdyn Palmer retired as student accounts
receivablecoordinator (for both day and
weekend programs). She came to
Augsburg in 1985as an accounts manager
in the Weekend Collegeoffice from
teaching business courses.
"I've had the privilegeof hiring a number
of people mer the yearsbut one of the
bestwas Jocdyn Palmer,"saysHerald
Johnson '68, director of financialaid.
"Students wereso well treated by her that
many ashd for her by name, always
knowingthat she would'find a -/ for
them to meet Ihm obligations
and)1!I:
comply withCollegerequirements.
•
Richard Nelson, profeswr of history,
began at Augsburg in 1968as assistant
profeswr.
"Rick Nelson is why I came to Augsburg,"
saysChris Kimball,vice president for
academic and learning services and former
associateprofeswr and chair of the history
departmenL "He hiredme, guided me,
and helped me to understand what
Augsburgwas about. He will never be
replaced."
Nelson and his wife plan to traveland take
time to read, especiallyabout U.S.history.
He has fond memories of his many years
at Augsburg."Over 30 yearsof teaching
yields a range of memories... all mostly
good memories. As a professor,I will miss
students and the opportunity to teach. I
suspect no one gets over the desire to teach
and to be taughL"
EDWARDM. SABELLA
Edward Sabella,profeswr of economics,
came to Augsburg in 1967as assistant
professor.
Teaching the
bottom line in
the Czech
Republic
By Betsey Norgard
Associatepromir Stu
Stolleris accustomed to
~nding to callsfrom
localbusinessesand
corporations.His
AugsburgBusinessCenter
linksAugsburgbusiness
studmts with local
companieswherethey
gainexperienceby helpingthe businesses
solveproblemsor implement projects.
In the fall of 1998,however,the "call"
came not from a Twin Cities business,but
from a universitycenter in the Cuch
Republic, and led to a six-month, backand-forth consultation during fall 1999.
Stollerwasinvitedto serveas a business
consultantin a project 5P<>nso
red by the
Centre for InterculturalStudiesat Palacky
University.They knew of his work in 1995
in neighboringPoland, they knewabout the
Augsburg BusinessCenter, and they hoped
he could help them incubatebusinessesin
Olomouc,the country's third largestcity,
wherePalackyUnivmity is located.
The universitycenter had secured
European Union funding to help former
Soviet Union countries applying for EU
membership whose inherited economies
faced huge issuesof privatization and
globalizationin striving to compete
economicallyin the new Europe.
"Professor Sabellais deeply committed to
the field of economics," saysJeanne Boeh,
associateprofessor and chair of the
economics departmenL "He strongly
believesin the value of an economics
degree as a way of helping students reach
their true potential. His expression of these
core values servedto motivate many
students, during his career,to study
economics at both the undergraduate and
graduate level."
While many Western businessesrush into
the economic vacuum in Central Europe,
the PalackyUniversitycenterproject
striv<sto build and dewlop Cuch industry.
Sabella'sretirement plans are "pretty much
open-ended" as of now. In addition to
writing, he hopes to keep his hand in
academia and is alsointerested in
volunteering his time to tutor
underprivileged students. Sabellasayshe
will missthe group of colleaguesthat came
to Augsburg with him in 1967."I will miss
their academic acumen and their
friendships. I will also missthosestudents
who are hungry to learn.•
"It's amazing to me, the many everyday
things we takefor granted•.. They don't
have the knowledgebase to know where to
get the information," saysStoller.
"Everydaymetaphors in our conversation
that come from business arc unknown to
them, for instance when we ask 'What's the
MARYLOU WILLIAMS
Mary Lou Williams,assistant professor of
social work and former Augsburg regent,
joined the social work laculty in 1984as
an instructor.
"She has inspired all of us to care and
makea difference,"saysTony Bibus,
associateprofessor of social work. "She
taught me that we have an ethical
obligation to be the bestteachers of the
strengths inherent in diversity,and we
must comey the knowledgeand skills
needed to address oppremon and fflJrk
for justice"
Williams'plans for retirement are to "catch
up on rest"and her madiDg.Shealso plam
to spend time with her grandsonsand be
open to whatrwercomes along. "I I,a..,
especiallyenjoyedwatchingstudm1S
disa:MrIhm own capabilities,
smng
studmts suaa:d at somethingtheydid
themsdvacapableof
achieving,-saysWilliams.
not~
Stoller was able to provide assistancewith
basic,yet vital, services for nascent
businesses,e.g. developingquestionnaires
to request the kinds of information
needed to make judgements about
business needs and for businessesto know
what they must have in place.
bottom line?'"'
In addition to advising the business center,
Stoller also gavea lecture series on the
history of free enterprise in theU.S."It
was very interesting,"he says,"and made
me look at U.S.history in different ways,
based on their questions."
StoDer'svisits to the Cuch Rq,ublic
opened the door for coMections between
Augsburgand PalackyUniversity.lwo
students, chosen by Stolla, will come to
Augsburg nm year.And, nm January,an
AugsburgInterimclasswillbe offmd at
PalackyUniversity,studying the social and
cultural impaa of the country's emerging
free market economy.
Stoller also hopes to involYethe Ang:sburg
BusinessCenter in partnerships~
Minnesota and Cuch businesse5---lor
instana, promoting a Minnesota import
and"'JIOrl company intaated in doing
business in c.entral Europe.
Stolla continues to collaborau, will, the
c-hs and will ldum this smnJD<I' to tradl
a-,bbop.As.Aug,bmg's bminas
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN
CAMPUSNEWS • 5
A beloved theatre family honors Ailene Cole
Keeping tradr, continum
By LenoreFranzen
When Professor
Emerita Ailene Cole
spoke to a room full
of admirers at a
dinner in her honor
in April, she
addressed them as
"my beloved theatre
family."
speak for all the
38 students who
attended the
dinner in Cole's
honor. "Ailene's
presence in our
lives affected how
we see the world,
how we
understand the
impact of theatre
on our human
journey, how we
wrestle with the
big questions of
life, how we treat
one another, and
how we love
theatre."
Indeed they were.
Cole herself was
hired in 1955 to
create and parent a
theatre department.
Her students, whom
she taught much
more than drama,
Prof. Emerita Ailene Cole's "beloved theatre family" gathered to pay tribute and honor in April.
were like her
children. Many of
the process we learned we had to come
For her part, Cole is pleased with the
them came from as far away as Los
through," she said. "We got along with
Angelesand Orlando to speak of her
family she helped to nurture. "The
what we had."
current theatre activities at Augsburg are
continuing influence on their lives.
As theatre program director until she
in good hands;' she said, citing the
Former colleaguesgave similar
retired in I 985, Cole also faced the more
efforts of Julie Bohon, Michael Burden,
testimony.
predictable challengesof a director and
Darcey Engen, Martha Johnson, Sandra
Julie Bolton, theatre professor who
professor."Always,we wanted to do
Schulte and Sandra Agustin.
worked alongside Cole for ten years,
good plays,"she said. "Then as now, we
Ever the dynamo, Cole seems to have
perhaps said it best. "Ailenehas an
wanted to keep the degree programs
maintained her high energy even in
enormous capacity for love,"she said.
rigorous so we could attract good
"When I think of her, 1think of
retirement. "I volunteer every Tuesdayat
students:•
the College,"she said. Cole also belongs
devotion and commitmenL"
Over the years Cole was guided by a
to a book club and makes quilts with a
These gifts were sorely needed when
strong directorial ethic. "I'm strict," she
group at her church. She enjoys
Cole first came to Augsburg.According
admitted. "I expected students to attend
gardening and walking her dog.
"Ailene'spresence in our lives affected how we see the world, how we
understand the impact of theatre on our human journey, how we
wrestle with the big questions of life, how we treat one another, and
how we love theatre. "-Assistant professor Darcey Engen
to Bolton, Cole was a one-woman
dynamo. "She did everything except act.
She directed, built sets, designed and
hung lights, even made costumes."
"My first year, I announced we'd do fall
and spring plays and a Lenten drama,"
Cole recalled."Then I learned that up to
that point, the acting class did one play a
year."
Not discouraged, Cole announced "Skin
of Our Teeth,"which became an irony in
itself when she had to scrape together a
cast. Thetheatre's first home wasthe old
music building. "I had to negotiate with
organ students to use the space for dress
rehearsals and performances,"she said.
What little scenery existed lay on the
basement floor and often got weL
From these humble beginnings, Cole
developed the departmenL "Through
rehearsals and know their lines."Cole
also planned the action on stage before
rehearsal "It gave the cast a starting
point," she said.
LenoreFranzen is a freelance writer who
lives in St. Paul.
A faculty member in the English
department once
performed under Cole's
direction. He described
her style as being able to
evoke from the
performers, their roles,
never telling them how to
read a line.
'Iwo of her former
students now teach in the
theatre department ,
Darcey Engen, assistant
professor,and Michael
Burden, associate
professor. l!ngen's words
~
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r
While these details may fade for some of
Cole's "theatre family;' to a person they
look forward to her annual Christmas
message.As much a signature as her
pony tail, the letter keeps everyone
connected with a year's worth of Cole's
inspiring observations. And alwaysshe
ends with the benediction befitting a
beloved family:"Blessyou."
I
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Fonner student Lisa (Pestka) Anderson '86 enjoys a moment
with Prof. Emerita Allene Cole.
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[u(t] On Apti I 3, Mbm!n's Resoun:~Cent~ directorand historyprofmorJacqueline DeVriesthanked Ruth Schmidt 'SZ, whosegift
ptrwid«I ~ fund',ngto dedicat~ ~ ant~ in honorof former Augsbu,yEnglish profmorAnnePedenon.{Right] Family members
and frifflds of Annr Prdman Wl!re on hand as ~ Women's llesaun:eCent~ was dediwt ed. [L to R, bad row] Juanita and Homer
l'l!derson,Joya and ~
l'l!derson,Gary Prdman. [Frontrow] Ruth Schmidt 'SZ, Corl Tollman, Pro/. &nfflta Ruth Aaskav '53.
SUMMER 2000
SU DOR{E,mathematics, NANCY
GUILBEAULT,
counseling and health
promotion, senior ROSSMURRAY,
BEVSTRATTON,
religion, and Faith
KirkhamHawkinspresented
"Educating Whole Persons:Renewing
the Courage to Teach and Learn• at
the conference SustainingInnovation:
Content and Pedagogyfor a New
Century.
GRACEDYRUD,psychology and
ERINDOOLEY'99, presented
"Perception of Chance, Self-talk,and
Gambling Behavior,"
a poster that was researched and
compiled by Dyrud, Dooley,and
BridgitRobinson-Rieglerat the
Midwestern PsychologicalAssociation
meeting, In Chicago In May.
MARKENGEBRETSON,
physics,
presented a technical lecture, "Space
Weather: PlasmaAstrophysicsas
EnvironmentalScience,• and a public
lecture, "The Power of Metaphors:
How Inventions, ScientificIdeas, and
Current EventsHave Influenced
ChristianWorldviews,"at Luther
College, Iowa, In March.
Seven Augsburg psychology students
(DANNIELLE
FLADTEN,
MELISSA
GREGORY,
KARLAHASSLEMAN,
TAMARAIERDE,ANDREANEVIN,
DEBORAHNIMZ.and STACY
WATERMAN)
presented their original
research at the Minnesota
undergraduate Psychology
Conference at MacalesterCollege In
April.
GARRYHESSER,sociology and
urban studies, conducted a faculty
workshop, "Community-based
Leaming and Service-Leaming,•for
the annual convention of the Texas
Community College Teachers
AssociationIn Austin, March 4.
CHRISKIMBALL,
academic dean,
and KRISTINANDERSON,art,
presented "Designing NorwegianAmerican Identity: Church BuildingIn
the TwinCities, 1BS4-1930,'' at the
Minnesota HistoryCenter.
HEATHER
KLEMPP '99 was copresenter with NANCYSTEBLAY,
psychology, presented a research
paper at the American Psychologylaw Society 2000 Blennlal
Conference in New Orleans,
"Memory for pretrial publicityand
juror decision making.• Steblay also
presented the work of SARAH
GINKEL'99, "Ameta-analytictest of
underlying assumptions for
anatomically-detalleddoll use in child
abuse Investigations.•
LEIEUNELOCKETand ANN
LUTTERMAN-AGUILAR,
Center for
Global Education, presented a
workshop, "ExperientialApproaches
to Issuesof DiversityIn Study Abroad
Programs in Mexico,• at the
Associationof Academic Programs In
LatinAmerica and the Caribbean
Conference In Oaxaca, Mexico,In
February.
REGINAMcGOFF,Center for Global
Education, presented a workshop,
International Familiesand the
Dil=mas They Face: A Simulation,at
the InternationalWomen'sDay
Conference in SL Paul in March.
JOSEPHUNDERHILL-CADY,
polltlcal
science, and junior English major
ANDREACOBERY,co-presented
"The Throat d War: Ewllvlng
AmericanJustificationsfor Death in
Battle at the Endd the Cold War," at
the International StudiesAssociation
Annual Meeting in Im Angeles in
March.
AUGSBURG NOW
6 • CAMPUSNEWS
"Take Me Out to the Ballpark"
Keepingtradr,continued
Researching baseball as urban history
KATHY
SCHWALIE,
.,.__
admlnlstntlon/MIS, prma1leda
keynote- "TheMagical
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41h
AnllllllProfessional
o-lopment
SeminarIn OrlandoIn May. She also
spolre at lhe 16th Annual Computer
lnfonnatlonSystems(CIS)
Confelenc:e
In EiluOalre, Wis., as
wellas at a nationalconference.
bothIn Mardi.
By Lenore Franzen
~ rooted in a pre-industrial American past.
i
j
Like many progressives of his era,
j
Jones was concerned with designing a
:i: capitalist society that didn't feed already
l e growing class tensions.
~ Kimball, an urban historian with a
l~~
iaiii
"'"'::'
~ passion for baseball, described the
uniqueness of their research. "We're
11
In 1912, the MinneapolisMiller>rebuilt and expanded NicolletPart<,their home that was
replaced later by Metropolitan Stadium.
What does baseball have to do with
urban identity? As two Augsburg
professors are discovering, quite a bit.
Christopher W. Kimball, academic dean
and associate professor in the history
department , has teamed with Kristin
Anderson, art department chair, on a
research project that will draw out these
connections. They are well on their way
to breaking new ground on a very old
pastime.
"Last fall we received a grant from the
Minnesota Historical Society to write an
article," said Anderson. "In it we plan to
use Nicollet Park in Minneapolis and
Lexington Park in St. Paul as lenses
through which to view the construction
of urban identities in the Twin Cities.
We'll describe the ways ballparks
attempted to blur class lines and mediate
class conflict while promoting the
identity of each city."
Nicollet Park, located at Nicollet Avenue
and 31st Street, was home to the
American Association Minneapolis
Millers from 1896 to 1955. The
American Association St. Paul Saints
played at Lexington Park, on the corner
of University and Lexington Avenues,
from 1897 to 1903 and 1910 to 1956.
Today, both spaces are commercial ly
developed.
Anderson and Kimball's research goes
well beyond the ties these parks have
with Augsburg College. "During the
1940s, the College's baseball and football
teams played at the parks on occasion:'
said Anderson.
connecting several fields-sports history,
urban history and architectural designthat scholars haven't fully add ressed
before," he said. He and Anderson's
shared interest in the designed
environment has led to other
collaborative work, notab ly the history
of Norwegian-America n churches in the
Twin Cities.
DAVIDWASHINGTON,
business/MIS,presentedat the
NallonalO,ganizltionof Social
SecurityClaimants'Representatives
ConferenceIn N- Orleanslastfall.
Honon/Awards
For their article, they have relied on a
number of primary sou rces archived at
local libraries and history museums.
Because the New York Giants purchased
the Millers and the Los Angeles Dodgers
bought the Saints, Kimball and
Given their common history, the parks
make a natural research pairing. They
share nearly identical life spans, from the
1890s to 1950s, with
renovations in the
1910s. Nicollet Park
-·
and Lexington Park
differed from the
symmetrica l
automobile-oriented
suburban stadia built
in the 1950s and
1960s. Both were
located on the edge
of an urban core and
along major streetcar
lines. As Kimball and
Anderson note, the
appearan ce, location,
and access to the
The St Paul Saints played at LexingtonPart<at Universityand
parks mirror
LexingtonAves.until 19S6.
professional baseball's
search for a more middle-class audience
Anderson have also gathered source
and the transportation technologies of
material from the Giamatti Research
the time.
Center of the National Baseball Hall of
Their article promises to fascinate local
Fame in Coopers town, N. Y.
baseball history buffs and urban
Anderson and Kimball hope their article
historians equally. In 1912, for example,
will appear in the Minnesota Historical
the Millers hired local architect Harry
Society's quarterly, MinnesotaHistory.
Wild Jones (designer of Butler Square
"Our long-range goal is to write a book
and the Lakewood Cemetery Chapel) to
on ballparks and urban culture in the
create a new entrance gate an d ticket
Twin Cities," said Kimball.
office. Jones chose a charming village
look to reflect baseball's claim to be
LenoreFranzenis a freelancewriterwho
livesin St. Paul.
:f
Recent survey proves the value of Lutheran education
Findings from a recent survey
commissioned by the Lutheran
Educational Conference of North
America (LECNA) prove that a four-year
education at a Lutheran liberal arts
college or university has distinct benefits
over education in public institutions.
Lutheran college graduates enjoy an
education in which they were more
involved in campus life through student
activities, in which they found
opportunity for leadership roles, and in
which they were more likely to develop
friendships for life.
Graduates of Lutheran colleges, when
compared to graduates of flagship public
universities, reported the following:
Specifically, Lutheran college graduates
are more likely to:
• they expressedgreater satisfaction
with the overoll quality of their
education and ~t better prepared
for graduate school and their
firstjobs;
• they repomd similar levels of
advan~ education and income; and
• they wa-esignificantly more lilcdy
to complete their degttt in four years.
The survey compiled the telephone
responses of 2,400 college and university
alumni from the ynrs 1958-93 to a series
of questions about their college
experience and wort life since
graduation. The responses show that
AUGSBURGNOW
• graduate in four years;
• be committed to social values and
social justice; and
• be actively invoi-1 in their churches
and communities.
The report, "Reclaiming Lutheran
Students," al.socompiles responses of
parents of Lutheran 9th- and 10th-grade
students, and Lutheran "thought
leaders," people working in the Lutheran
Church.
The report found that Lutheran parmts
expect the kinds of benefits and
outcomes documented by Lutheran
college alumni, but believe that public
institutions are equally capable of
producing them, and place higher value
on the reputation and facilities offered
by public schools. Lutheran parents
understand the cost of attending
Lutheran colleges, but underestimate the
extent of financial aid available. The
parents are generally not familiar with
individual Lutheran higher education
institutions.
Most people working in the Lutheran
Church do not believe that Lutheran
colleges prepare their students any
differently than public institutions. They,
too, do not understand the financial
support available to students at Lutheran
colleges.
Only five percent of all Lutheran high
school graduates attend a Lutheran
college or university. With the results of
this research, LECNA hopes to inaease
that number. They have created a special
Web page to present the research
findings and help parmts make choices
about colleges with their tecnagen. VISit
<www.collegevalue.com>
.
NANCYGRUNDAHl.music,has
been honored by the Mayflower
Chun:h (UCC) for 20 yurs as
director of the MayflowerChoir.
BILLMONSMA, phy,la. iecelYedI
Templeton Course Pnlglamawa'd,
and Is lhe fifth Augsbulgf1C1111r
member to be recognlad by Iha
Templeton Foundation for telehlng
in the area of science 111dllllglon.
HOWARD OLSON, regent emetltus
and retired development officer.
received the Reuel Harmon lttiard ,
an annual recognition al exemplary
semce
to parllland trailsin
Minnesota by the Pmlil11111
ll'alls
Council of Minnesota .
Junior NICOLE WARNER '01 won
second place In the ThuBday
Music.alcompetition In Maldl.
Newsnotes
IEANNEBOEH,~W
quoted In the Star lHbune lltldt
"What Could Bring on Recasslan.•
Sunday, Feb. 27.
MARKENGEBRETSON,
phylla.
provided Information on the
Northern lights fo, the winier 19'9
issue of Boundary"'1tm Joutr,ol.
an.-fatunld
NORMAN HOLEN.
In the April 26 Issue al the SunCulffllt Central. M excerpt fnlm the
anicle says,""-sketches rftWII
Holen for lhe artist he Is, a man with
an eye for lhe ordinary and the
talent to make It~--
HERALDIOHNSON,EFSC,WIS
elected president-elect of lhe
Minnesota Associationof Flnlndll
Aid Administrators (MAFAA)
. He
attended the 2000 Natlonal
Ladershlp Confen!nce by die
National Assodltion of Rnnlll Aid
Administrators(NASFM)Mlldl 5-7.
DAVIDlARSON, load of .....
was named chairman al JoinHindi
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MINNEAPOLIS
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COMMENCEMENT 2 000 • 7
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COMMENCEMENT
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THECLASS
OF2000 - TAKINGTHENEXTSTEP Abby Mildbrand wins Alberg
Five Augsburg gra duates reflect on their Augsburg education and
the next steps in their learning journey.
Leadership Award
Student ActivitiesCouncil, a planning
member for the Annual Seminar in
Applied Ethics,and as house manager for
the pre-health house in Anderson Hall.
Michelle Basham
B.AJcommunication, Weekend College
Activities/Awards (while student): Founder, executive
director and registered lobbyist for Project Foundation,
serving homeless youth; policy fellow for the Humphrey
Institute Policy Forum; founder and president of Minneapolis
35th/36th Russell Avenue North BloclcClub; co-chair and cofounder of Minnesota Homeless Youth Coalition; 1999
Minneapolis chapter president of the Minnesota DFL
Feminist Caucus; 1997 Woman of the Year Award, Skyway
Business and Professional Women's Association; City of
Minneapolis Award for community service in 1996; and
current candidate for the Minnesota state legislature.
Future Plans/Dreams: "My immediate goal is to be elected state representative ultimately I'd love to be a U.S.senator. I'm also planning to attend graduate school to
work on a master's in public administration."
Activities/Awards (while student): Vice president of student
body as a junior; Honors Program graduate; internships with
the U.S. Congress (working for Congressman BillLuther) and
the White House.
Future Plans/Dreams: "I am attending the divinity school at
the University of Chicago this fall, and I think I've received a
really solid foundation here for future graduate work. I know
that I will be taking the values of the College with me as I
pursue my Master of Divinity degree."
StephanieLein
B.A./theatre arts
Activities/Awards (while student): Internship at the Guthrie
Theatre; Honors Program graduate; Augsburg College
Augsburgian commissioner; numerous theatre productionsincluding assistant director of The Misanthrope,
stage manager
for Antigone, Rosalind in As You Like It and Masha in The
Thru Sisters.
Future Plans/Dreams: "I would like to go to grad school to
study directing and eventually be a director in the Twin Cities
- maybe even teach. I think Augsburg has a fabulous theatre
p mm - lt"i thebb t ln the Twin Oties for private colleges.Once you have completed
your major you reallyappreciate and realizewhat an excellentprogram this is."
Sher!YMyers
Master of Arts in Leadership
Intended use of degree: "I have been able to apply much of
what I have learned [at Augsburg] in my capacity as board
president of a statewide non-profit Working with other
master's candidates and the professors has allowed me to
develop critical thinking skillsthat I did not have before, and
apply this to both my volunteer activities and my work life. My
intention for acquiring this degree was to broaden the way I
thought about the world around me, and this has certainly
been accomplished."
Mildbrand is also a student-athlete on
the soccer and softball teams.
One of her nominators stated, "Abby's
natural ability to think about involving a
variety of people in the programs she
coordinates is a true breath of fresh air."
Abby Mildbrand, a sophomo re &om
Greenwood, Wis., is the 2000 recipient of
the Linda Schrempp Alberg Leadership
Award.
Mildbrand is a pre-physician assistant
studies major. She has been active in
student campus activitiesand student life
as an orientation leader,as issues and
ideas chairperson in the Augsburg
The award was established by the family,
colleagues,alumni and friends of Linda
Schrempp Alberg in recognition of her
19 years at Augsburg as director of
residence life and associate dean of
student affairs and her commitment and
leadership in the field of student affairs.
She died on June 13, 1996,at the age of 44.
The Leadership Award is given annually
to an Augsburg undergraduate student
who reflects the qualities of leadership
and commitment to enhancing college
life that distinguished the professional
life of Alberg. Students are nominated by
members of the campus community.
Seniors choose honored faculty and staff
The 2000 graduating class chose the
following faculty and staff members
(one from each division) to honor and
represent them at the Commencement
ceremony:
JanelleBussert, assistant professor of
religion, Division of Humanities
Larry Ragland, professor of computer
science, Division of Natural Science and
Mathematics
Curt Paulsen, associate professor of
social work, Division of Professional
Studies
RichardC. Nelson, professor of history,
Division of Social and Behavioral
Sciences
David T. Wold, director of ministries
and campus pastor
The honored faculty and staff are chosen
for academic excellenceand skill in
teaching, for guidance and assistance to
students in personal advancement
outside the classroom environment and
for being an ambassador for and
contributor to the values and ideals of
Augsburg.
Pan Asian student awards given
The Pan-Asian Student Services
program recognized 55 students for
academic excellenceand achievement at
the second annual recognition awards
banquet.
Twenty-six students with grade point
averagesof 3.5 and higher received
Academic Excellenceawards, and 29
students with grade point averages
between 3.0 and 3.4 receivedAcademic
Achievement awards.
Three special awards were given: The
Community ServiceAward, to Youa
Yang;the Leadership Award to Emily
Chen; and the Special Distinction
Award to Akiko Ito.
Chiho Okuizumi
B.SJ music therapy
Activities/Awards (while studen t): JazzBand, Riverside
Singers,Concert Band, brass ensembles, guitar quartet,
euphonium soloist at her own Commencement ceremonies,
Hognander Scholar; music therapy dioical internship in
Tallahasee,Fla. for Leon County, working with people &om
one to 90 years old.
FuturePlans/Dreams:"I was aaq,ted intn the graduate
program [in music therapy/music performance)at Montclair
State Unnoasity in New Jersey.My 'dream' future would be ID
practice music therapyduringthe dayand performat night- maybein a big
orchestrapit or on Broadwayor in a jazzsetting."
SUMMER2000
~ ..... accepts honors"""' EarlAllon.
dean al the Colege. at the as LarryClod:eU, inlaim .mociale dean for '-1.«y lllbin, loab on.
<:on,,ocation,
AUGSBURGNOW
8 • COMMENCEMENT2000
Martin Sabo receives Augsburg's
first honorary degree
U.S. Rep. Martin Olav Sabo '59 was
awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters
(Honoris Causal at the 2000
Commencement ceremony on May 21
- the first honorary degree given by
Augsburg College.
AugsburgCollege• AugsburgCollege• AugsburgCollege•
the degree. Sabo was introduced by
sociology professor Gordon Nelson.
"To the College, I thank you. I thank you
for the education you gave me, for the
experience you gave me, for teachers like
Carl Chrislock," Sabo repsonded.
Sabo's remarkable life of public service
exemplifies the dedication of Augsburg
College to stewardship and vocation.
In his 11th term representing
Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District,
has served in the House of
Representatives since 1978. He currently
serves on the Appropriations, Standards
of Official Conduct and Democratic
Policy committees. Prior to his election
to Congress, Sabo served in the
Minnesota Legislature (1961-78),
including spending six years as Speaker
of the House and four years as Minority
Leader. Sabo also served for 12 years on
Augsburg's Board of Regents.
History Professor Emeritus Carl
Chrislock, one of Sabo's most respected
teachers from undergraduate days,
assisted President Frame in bestowing
Dr. James Ford, retiring chaplain of
the U.S. House of Representatives,
spoke to the Augsburg community.
VickiAman reflects on the experience
of Weekend Collegestudents in
reaching their educational goals.
PresidentFramecongratulatesRep. Martin
Sabo'59 upon receivinghis honorarydegree.
Marina Christensen Justice Award
to Dwayne Lowman
Dwayne Lowman, a senior urban studies
and political science major, was selected
as the 2000 recipient of the Marina
Christensen Justice Award.
This award is given each year to the
graduating senior whose communityservice work best illustrates Augsburg's
motto, "Education for Service" - itself
brilliantly displayed in Marina
Christensen Justice's personal and
professional dedication to the
vitalization of urban communities.
the Minneapolis Consortium of
Community Developers, and worked
assiduously with Augsburg's CLASS
office, the Writing Lab and as a volunteer
tutor.
In 1999 he won the Pan Afrikan Student
Leader Award, and has also received the
Martin Sabo Public and Community
Services Scholarship.
"My short-term goals are to stay
involved with the West Bank
Community Coalition and to study in
Augsburg international students led the Classof 2000 processionInto Melby Hallfor
commencement
"[Dwayne] has devoted himself to serving others, both within the
Augsburg and wider Cedar-Riverside communiti es."
-Augsburg faculty member
During his time at Augsburg, Lowman
has served as president and chair of the
West Bank Community Coalition, a
community organization of which
Augsburg is part.
Lowman was also president of the
freshmen class, vice president of the
student body and chair of the Student
Senate. Over the entire span of his four
years, he served the Wednesday Night
Out program as a volunteer, organized
the 1999 Night Out Celebration for the
Cedar-Riverside community, worked
with the FANS program at the Brian
Coyle Community Center, interned at
Germany by way of the Rotary Scholar
program," said Lowman. "After two
years I would like to study public
administratio n at the Humphrey
Institute. I have long-term goals in two
areas, the first being public service and
the second being teaching:'
The respect and affection Lowman has
won from his colleagues are reflected in
the words an Augsburg faculty member,
"More than any student I have observed
at Augsburg in the past 23 years, he has
devoted himself to serving others, both
within the Augsburg and wider CedarRiverside communities."
Newty-graduatedJared Trostand his familysharilsome lighb!rrncinmm • 1lle
commencementreception.
AUGSBURG
Dwayne Lowman (right) receiwd the Marina Christensen Justiceaward Imm President Frame
forbestexemplifyingAugsburg',motto, "Educationfor SeMCe.•
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Boardof Regents chairperson KathyTunheim congratulates Carol
Piepenburg as she receivesher diploma.
Professoremeritus of history Cari Chrislock'37, President
Frame and commencement speaker Rev.James Ford led
the administration, regents, and faculty from Melby Hall.
A parkfilledwith proud parents, fammesand friends
await.Ithe Oau of 2000 as they leave the
commencement ceremony for the rec~tion.
Chw of 2000 graduates Jenn~orReruenbrinkand Adam
Roeschcelebrate the day.
The golden anniversaryClau of 19SOproceued with the Classof
2000, marking their own anniversaryand welcoming the new
graduates to the alumni family.
DwayneLowrNn turns and waves to the camera
a he headsout of ceremony.
CO MMENCEMENT
589
2000
Candidates for gnuluationAupburg's largestgraduating class
339
Day students
166
Weekend College studmts
M
Graduate students (Masta of Arts in Leadership, Muter
of Arts in Edacatioa-Lndaship, Master of Social Work)
Mlsle' ol Sodlf WDlt gradiaa (L to R) MP/ He,Ur. SondyHammiln, andi..,.,
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HONORARY DEGREE AWARDED:
Doctor of Humane Ldten-M.artin
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8 • COMMENCEMENT 2000
Martin Sabo receives Augsburg's
first honorary degree
U.S. Rep. Martin Olav Sabo '59 was
awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters
(Honoris Causa) at the 2000
Commencement ceremony on May 21
- the first honorary degree given by
Augsburg College.
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the degree.Sabo was introduced by
sociology professor Gordon Nelson.
"To the College, I thank you. I thank you
for the education you gave me, for the
experience you gave me, for teachers like
Carl Chrislock," Sabo repsonded.
Sabo's remarkable life of public service
exemplifies the dedication of Augsburg
College to stewardship and vocation.
In his 11th term representing
Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District,
has served in the House of
Representatives since 1978. He currently
serves on the Appropriations, Standards
of Official Condu ct and Democratic
Policy committees. Prior to his election
to Congress, Sabo served in the
Minnesota Legislature (1961-78),
including spendin g six years as Speaker
of the House and four years as Minority
Leader. Sabo also served for 12 years on
Augsburg's Board of Regents.
History Professor Emeritus Carl
Chrislock, one of Sabo's most respected
teachers from undergraduate days,
assisted President Frame in bestowing
Dr. James Ford, retiring chaplain of
the U.S.Howe of Representatives,
spoke to the Augsburg community.
VickiAman reflectson the experience
of WeekendCollege students in
reaching their educational goals.
President Frame congratulates Rep. Martin
Sabo '59 upon receiving his honorary degree.
Marina Christensen Justice Award
to Dwayne Lowman
Dwayne Lowman, a senior urban studies
and political science major, was selected
as the 2000 recipient of the Marina
Christensen Justice Award.
This award is given each year lo the
graduating senior whose communityservice work best illustrates Augsburg's
motto, "Education for Service" - itself
brilliantly displayed in Marina
Christensen Justice's personal and
professional dedication lo the
vitalization of urban communities.
the Minneapolis Consortium of
Community Developers, and worked
assiduously with Augsburg's CLASS
office, the Writing Lab and as a volunteer
tutor.
In 1999 he won the Pan Afrikan Student
Leader Award, and has also received the
Marlin Sabo Public and Comm unity
Services Scholarship.
"My short-term goals are lo stay
involved with the West Bank
Community Coalition and to study in
Aug,burg international students led the Class of 2000 procession into Melby Hallfor
commencement.
"[Dwayne] has devoted himself to serving others, both within the
Augsburg and wider Cedar-Riverside communitie s. "
- Augsburg faculty member
During his time al Augsburg, Lowman
has served as president and chair of the
West Bank Community Coalition, a
community organization of which
Augsburg is part,
Lowman was also president of the
freshmen class, vice president of the
student body and chair of the Student
Senate. Over the entire span of his four
years, he served the Wednesday Night
Out program as a volunteer, organized
the 1999 Night Out Celebration for the
Cedar-Riverside community, worked
with the FANS program at the Brian
Coyle Community Center, interned at
Germany by way of the Rotary Scholar
program:' said Lowman. "After two
years I would like to study public
administration at the Humphrey
Institute. I have long-term goals in two
areas, the first being public service and
the second being teaching ."
The respect and affection Lowman has
won from his colleagues are reflected in
the words an Augsburg faculty member,
"More than any student I have observed
al Augsburg in the past 23 years,he has
devoted himself to serving others, both
within the Augsburg and wider CedarRiverside communities. •
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Dw•yne LowmArl(right) receivedthe Marina Christensen)usticl! award from Pmident Frame
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Boardof Regents chairperson Kathy Tunheim congratulatesCarol
Piepenburg as she receives her diploma.
Professoremeritus of history Carl Chrislock'37, President
Frameand commencement speaker Rev.James Ford led
the administration,regents, and facultyfrom Melby Hall.
A parl<filledwith proud parents, familiesand friends
awaits the Cfall of 2000 as they leavethe
commencement ceremony for the reception.
Classof 2000 graduates JennfferRensenbrinkand Adam
Roeschcelebrate the day.
The golden anniversaryClassof 1950 proceued with the Classof
2000, marking their own anniversaryand welcoming the new
graduates to the alumni family.
Dwayne Lowmanturns and waves to the camera
• he hNds out of ceremony.
COMMENCEM
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2000
589
Candidatesfor graduationAugsburg'slargestgraduatingdass
339
Day stuclen ts
166
WeekendCollege students
84
Graduate students (Master of Arts in Leadership, Master
of Arts in Education-Leadership. Master of Social Work)
Mosler of Social11\atigraduates (L to R)Mry Hera. s.llfy Hlmmin . aild ~
I.arsonpose for a lauttime as classmo~ befo<e~ Ila degree .
HONORARY DEGREEAWARDED:
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10 • DEVELOPMENTNEWS
Lutheran Brotherhood and Strommen family gifts
establish a marketing major at Augsburg
a the future."saysLori Lohman,associate
j professorof businessadministration and
New major includesteaming
about people
1t coordinator of the major.
j
Collegesare accustomedto receivinggifts
from their alumni-indeed , they depend
on it In one case, Aul!liburghas been
fortunate to benefit from a substantialgift
givenby the employerof an Augsburg
alumnus in honor of his exemplary
service.
Included in the marketing major, and
rather unique in the field,is an aspect of
training that Clair Strommen
recommends with great conviction from
his experiencein the insurance field-that
ofleaming interpersonal skills.
Interpersonal skillsare needed whether a
person is a 'doctor, lawyer,men:hant, or
chief, believesStrommen.
"The people who have reallysucceededare
the ones who have the technicalskill,but
then they also know how to deal with
people:• saysStrommen. "To the best of
my knowledge,there's not one school that
deals with people knowledge, i.e.
developingpeople relationships."
The course that includes the Wilson
training, BuildingInterpersonalWorking
Relationships, is requiredfor all marketing
majors, and is open to other students as an
elective.
"There isn't a fieldat Aug.iburgthat
wouldn't benefit [from the Wilson
Learning training], whether it be coaching
or teaching,"saysStrommen.
In I 994, Clair Strommen '46 retired from
Lutheran Brotherhood as chair of its
board of directors.He had servedthe
fraternalorganization since I980 as
president and CEO, andboard chair since
1987. In fact, his ties to the company date
back to 1956, when he first joined LB as a
field agent, before establishinghis own
insurance agency.
The Strommen FamilyBusiness
Endowment enables Augsburgto establish
a major in marketing for both day and
weekendstudents, beginning in the fall To
date, students have only been able to study
marketing as a concentration within the
businesscurriculum. Augsburgbecomes
one of three private collegesin Minnesota
to offer a marketing major.
2000
Goal:
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,Ii is in keepingwith Aug.iburg'svision for
By BetseyNorgard
Upon his retirement, and in honor of his
long and remarkable service, the Lutheran
Brotherhood board designateda gift of
$250,000 in his name. Strommen and his
wife,Gladys(Boxrud) '46, and family,
decided to giveit to AugsburgCollege,
This sum has been matched with the
intent to support businesseducation and
fullyendow a chair in the future.
REACHINOTHE GOAL
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Thirty years ago, Strommen's insurance
agency,Strommen and Associates,was
invited by the Wilson Learning
Corporation to participate in the same
kind of sales training Wdson provided for
major national corporations. The effecton
Strommen's company,in his view,was
remarkable.
"It literallychanged the business that we
were in, and it changed our corporation
dramatically,"he says. He subsequently
introduced the same training to Lutheran
Brotherhood agents,with the same results.
Instead of focusingsolelyon closingthe
sale of a product, the Wilson program
trains salespeopleto focus on
understanding and meeting the needs and
objectivesof their customers.
"Sellingis not pitching a product; sellingis
helping people solve their problems. The
most powerful salespeople are the people
who spend time helping you find out your
objectivesand sharing possiblesolutions,"
comments Strommen.
This approach lits well within an
Aul!liburgeducation."Given the strong
economy and the need for employeeswho
understand what marketing is about, we
see this major as the perfect opportunity
to provide our students with an education
that will help them to succeedin their
careers.Such an education blends both the
liberalarts and professionalstudies, and it
Clair Strommen is a Distinguished
Alumnus, a former regent,anda member
of the AthleticHall of Fame. He has
receivedhonorary doctoral degreesfrom
Wittenberg Universityand St Olaf
College.In 1982 he was honored by the
insurance industry with the G. Bennet
SerrillAward,the highest given to a
member of that profession in Minnesota
In I 992 he receivedthe Wittenberg Award
from the Luther Institute for outstanding
serviceto church and society.
GladysStrommen has servedtwo terms on
the Board of Regents.In 1982 she was a
co-founder of the AugsburgAssociatesand
remains an activemember.
The Strommen FamilyBusiness
Endowment includes the Sttommens' two
children and their families,Nancy
(Strommen) '71 and John-Mark Stensvaag
'69, and Robert '74 and Andrea (Johnson)
Strommen '75.
Homecoming
2000
"CelebratingOld Main;
100 Years,100 Memories"
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The 1999-2000Phonathon IDppldIts
goalof $110,000early in die aprina,
and reacheda total of $120,096-•
increase of 209(, 0ffl' ... JI&
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Senior communication and theatre arts major Trena Bolden spoke on behalf ol students in
thanksfor scholarships and financial aid they receM at ~ thank-you celelxation at Aa,g,burg
Home. More than 200 donon attended this annual ewnL
Digging the link. ..The link sl,;ywa
y gets an officialgroundbreaking. bringing together~
team colllborating to conM<t Undell l.lbraryw,'th Svedrup Hall And ~ Quad. (I. to R) Bert
Sandberg '50, (en,y Carlson '48, Did<Adamson (via! president for finance) , I.any b&nch,
President F,tohn Pllubon, And Rick Thoni (director ol Rochester Program).
AUGSBURGNOW
We apologize.••The foUowingpeople were inadvertently omitted or listed incomcdy
in the Annual Report of Donors 1998-99publishedin the spring. We apologizr for
the errors.
JohnN. Schwartz'(;I, Presidmt's Qub; KyleAnderson '84, ManhallCouncil; William
Anderson'86, President's Oub; Kari 8a£US'88, c.aitnry Oub
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SPORTS• 11
Four named Augsburg Honor Athletes
By Don Stoner
Four Aug.,burgCollegesenior studentathlms who have cxalled in both the
cwsroom and the athletic fieldswere
named Honor AlbJdes by the Allgsburg
men's and women'sathletic coachesin
early May.It is the highest honor Aug.,burg
gift$ to its senior student-athletes,
Josh Cagle (Sr., Faribault, Minn.) and
Jake Kem (Sr., Faribault, Minn.) were
named men's Honor Athletes, and Carrie
Lind (Sr., Coon Valley,Wis.) and Jodi
Soule (Sr., Cannon Falls, Minn.) were
named women's Honor Athletes.
In addition, the men's athletic
department honored Kevin Van Rossum
(Sr., Green Bay,WIS.)as the second Male
Athlete of the Yearfor his achievements
for the Auggie men's basketball and
men's golf teams.
HONORATHLETES
Josh Cagle earned AU-Americahonors
three times for the Auggie wrestling
team, which won the Division Ill
national championship three times and
finished second once during Cagle's
tenure. Cagle finished fourth In the
nation at 142 pounds In 1998and
second in the nation at 149 pounds in
1999.This season, en route to winning
the national championship at 149
pounds, Cagle became just the second
Auggie In school history to go through a
single season unbeaten, finishing 40-0.
His 139-17 career record places him
seventh in school history In career wins.
JakeKem,a freesafetyfor the Auggie
footballteam, oorralled12 interceptionsin
his four-yearcareerat Augg>wg.the thirdhighest total in schoolhistory. He also
finished his career with 221 tackles,leading
the team in tackleshis last two seasons.In
the classroom,Kem carrieda 3.75 gradepoint averagewith a physicsmajor.
Carrie Lind transferred to Augsburg
from Wisconsin-LaCrosse before her
junior season and made an immediate
impact on the women's track and field
team, earning second-place honors in the
nation in the indoor 20-pound weight
throw in both the 1999and 2000
seasons. She set the school's record for
the weight throw in her first collegiate
meet, and continued to build on the
mark until reaching a then-MIAC-reoord
57-feet, 10-1/4-inch effort last season. In
the classroom, Lind carries a 3.85 gradepoint average with majors of youth and
family ministry and psychology.
Jodi Soule played women's basketball at
Augsburg for three seasons, after playing
at the College of St. Benedict In her
freshman year. A starting guard as a
senior, Soule led the Auggiesin scoring.
averaging 12.2 points per game, while
also contributing 28 steals and 41 assists,
as Augsburg doubled its win totals from
a season ago. Soule scored in double
figures in I 8 of her 25 games her senior
season, including nine of her last 10
games. A communication major with a
3.73 grade-point average,Soule will
graduate with departmental honors in
communication this spring.
AUGSBURGMALE
ATHLETE OF THE \'UR
Kevin Van Rossum excelledin both
men's basketball and men's golf at
Augsburg. In basketball,Van Rossum
finished his career I 5th on Augsburg's
career scoring list with 1,025points, part
of Auggie teams that won the MIAC title
and advanced to the NCAA Division Ill
national playoffstwice and to the MIAC
playoffsall four years of his tenure. Van
Rossum set Augsburg's career record for
three-point field goals with 239, the
second-most three-pointers ever by any
MIAC player.
In men's golf, Van Rossum became the
fourth Auggie golfer to earn medalist
honors at the MIAC championships, and
this spring, he became the first Auggie
since I 997 to qualify for the NCAA
Division III national championships,
finishing 39th overall.
Augsburg women's hockey team
accomplishes another 'first' with
national tournament berth
By Don Stoner
JoshCagle
JakeKem
CarrieLind
Jodi Soule
KevinVanRossum
Spring 2000 Sports Reviews
By Don Stoner
MEN'SAND WOMEN'SOUTDOOR
TRACICANDFll!I.D
Augsburg'
s softball
team finished the
year with an 11-11
mark in the MIAC
anda 15-23 overall
mark. Included were
imprasiw
doublc:headersweq,s
of ConcordiaMoorhead, Bethel,SL Catherine and
Macalc:sterIn MIAC play.
The RUOn washighlighted by the
playof third basemanTully Kaiser
(Sr., Minaeapolil,Minn.), who set a
newMinnesotacollegiate (all
divisions)careerstolc:nbase remrd,
with 108.The total also put KaiserIn
sixth place in NCAADivision 111
biltory for stolen buts.
She becamejust the sca,ad pJaya-in
Mianaota softballhistory to mxird at
llut 100 hill, runs and stolen basesIn
I career. She finished her calftl' with
1C1moJ
NCOrdsfor base hill ( 162),
runs (129), and stolc:abases(108).
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iDcludinga 2-18 mark In the MIAC,
tbme_llill _.
bright spo11
andbapa for the future for the
Rea>rd-settingperformancescontinued
to pile up, as Auggieteams combined to
set 20 new school marksduring the
2000 indoor and outdoor seasons.
Augsburg's Carrie Lind (Sr., Coon
Valley,WIS.) qualified for her fourth
NCAADivision Ill national
championships berth, her third as an
Auggie,in the women's hammer
throw. A three-time All-American,
Lind has finished second In the nation
twice in the indoor 20-pound weight
throw (I 999, 2000) and fourth in the
hammer throw (1998).
Augsburg's other All-MIACoutdoor
performance came from Desman
Oakley (Jr., Indianola, Iowa), who
provisionally qualified for the NCAA
championships with a third-place,
14.n-second finish In the men's 110meter hurdles.
MEN'SGOLf
Thespringhalf of the Aug,burg men's
golf seasonwashighlightedbytheteam's
lint enlnnt In the NCAADivisionm
NationalClwnpionships In three
-,u-senior
ltcvin VanRossum
(Sr.,Gftai Bay,WIL). VanRos5wn
finished
39dlovaallal thechunpion
slupl.bdd in BaaleOmc. Mich.
MIiii& QW among lhem wasthe
play"'junior dalgnated
hitwloudillder llidl Storbolm (Jr.,
Mmnapalil. MinnJSL LouisPut
HS). wbo arned AII-MIAChoaon
widia 41omimntpaformanclr
at the
plale dm-.
He bit .447 widl
highsol 33 RBI, 132 doubles
aDdthrft ho- runs.Storilolmbad.
tpUlding.753 sluging perceaiaee
and .490 mHIDf pen:mtage.
SUMMER2000
WOMEN'S GOLF
Auglburg"swomm's golftam took
in thespring halfof the
IDOlber...,
-IDbuildaqualilypfpn,gnm.
Drawing_.
albletesfrom other
fall and winter spores.
Auglburg was
able to fidd a team for the spring half
ol the seuon, thoughpoor -th er
mnditions limited Augsburg to just
one a,mpeti tioo.
Augsburg's women's hockey team has
been the subject of plenty of "firsts" in
its five-yearhistory.
The first varsity women's hockey team
established at a Minnesota oollegeor
university.Part of the first college
women's hockey game to draw more
than 6,000 fans. The first Minnesota
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
regular-season championship. The first
MIAC playoff title.
Add to that another first this season,
with Augsburg's first-ever appearance in
the American Women's College Hockey
Alliance Division 111national
tournament, held in Boston, Mass.
But one "first"- the first-= Division
Ill national title - eluded the Auggies.
Middlebury College(VL),the most
dominant team In small-collegehockey,
dismantled the Auggiesin the twogame/mlnigame series in Boston,winning
the first game 5-1 and the second 8-1.
"You see what you need to beat," said
Augsburg head coach Jill Pohtilla, who
has been with the Auggieprogram since
its inception. "Middlebury has been the
team to beat for years. Hopefully,in the
West,we'll be the team to beat next year,
and we will go into next year with the
[the national tournament) as a goal."
Regardlessof the outcome of the
national tournament, Augsburg's
women's hockey team was still proud of
the experience of competing for the
first-ever national title, along with being
part of a strong representation of how
the sport has grown in Minnesota.
having won 95 games in a row in five
years over their league opponents in the
Eastern College Athletic Conference
(ECAC) small-college division.
Middebury outscored its opponents
147-18 this season.
Middlebury controlled the action during
the tournament from start to finish,
outshooting the Auggiesby a 90-23
margin in the two games. Auggie goalie
Meg Schmidt (Sr., West St. Paul, Minn.)
earned a spot on the All-Tournament
Team by being tested often, making 77
saves on the weekend.
AngieRieger(Ir., Courtland, Minn.), the
MIAC'sPlayerof the Yearin 1999-2000,
scored the lone goal for the Auggicsin the
first game, on a blast from Sarah Garrison
(So.,West Des Moines,Iowa) with eight
seconds remaining in the first period.
Garrison, who earned MIAC Player of
the Yearhonors at Gustavus last season
before transferring to Augsburg this
year, had the lone goal for the Auggiesin
the second contest, a power-play goal on
assists from Rieger and Erica Johnson
(Sr., Blaine, Minn.), midway through the
first period. Garrison was also named to
the All-Tournament Team.
The series marked the end of the career
for five Auggie seniors, the first five
seniors to play four seasons in the
Augsburg women's hockey program Schmidt, Johnson, Annie Simons (Sr.,
South SL Paul, Minn.), Cindy Drum
(Sr., Milwaukee,WIS.) and Emily Miller
(Sr., Blaine, Minn.).
of Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth on
the Division J kvel and Aug.,burgat the
Division Ill lc:Yd- wac represented in
Boston during the national
championships, with the Gophers
winning the Division I national title:.
"The most positive thing about thil
tournament is the group of women that
we have with Augsburg women'•
hocuy,"Pohtilla said dur ing the
postgame press conference after the
second contest. "There', no lock.erroom
I'd rather hr in than this one, win or
lose. They're great students, great
athleta, great citizms, the beltgroup of
people I've ever been around."
At the Division Ill lrvd, Augsburg
entered the national tournament after
dispatching SL Benedict and rival
Gustavus Adolphus in the MIAC
playoffs.But Middlebury entered the
tournament on an even bigger roll,
Augsburg finished 21-7-1 O\'ttall and
12-1-1 in the MIAC. one win away from
the school', single-season record for
wins (22 in 1996-97).Over the five-year
history of Augsburg', women'• hocuy
program, the Auggiesare 83...f0-5.
Three Minnesota teams - the UDMnity
AUGSBURGNOW
12 • ALUMNI NEWS
Peter Agre
elected to
National
Academy of
Sciences
Peter Agre,M.D. '70 is among the 60
new members elected lo the National
Academy of Sciencesat their 137th
annual meeting in May. This
membership is considered one of the
highest honors a scientist can receive.
Agre is professor of medicine and
biological chemistry, and director of the
MarkeyGraduate Program in Cellular
and Molecular Medicine al Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine,
in Baltimore, MD.
He has been recognized internationally
for his discovery and research on
aquaporins, a family of molecular water
channels, that have direct implications
for treatment of water balance disorders,
such as kidney disease.
Agre is a Distinguished Alumnus of
Augsburg. His researchwas featured in the
spring 2000 issue of the AugsburgNow.
New faces and
new jobs in the
alumni office
As of June I, the Alumn i and Parent
Relations Office has named new staff
and made organizational changes to
better serve alumni , parents and friends.
Nancy Toed! '94 is the new director of
alumni and parent relations. A Weekend
College graduate, she has been on staff
in the alumni office for nine years,most
recently as assistant director. She will
serve as the liaison to the Alumni Board
and will have responsibility for alumni
and parent programs.
Jeff Krengel '93 joined the alumni office
staff as the new assistant director of
alumni and parent relations. At
Augsburg he majored in religion with a
youth and family work emphasis. Prior
lo joining the Augsburg staff he worked
at Western lllinois University and St.
Olaf College.
Sharon (Holt) Garland '74 also joined
the staff as administrative assistant. She
was a political science major al
Augsburg.
Donna McLean, former alumni and
parent relations director, is now director
of The Augsburg Fund and responsible
for the College's unrestricted ann ual
giving program.
Masterwork s
Chorale first
European tour
Forty-five members of the Masterworks
Chorale performed in Munich, Salzburg,
Prague, and Dresden in June under the
direction of Peter Hendrickson 76,
director of choral activities.
The tour ended in Leipzig.Germany,
with their performance in the Amcriam
Choral Festival,which Hendrickson has
served as artistic director for five years.
AUGSBU
RG NOW
Nancy
Fogelberg
receives
business award
Nancy Fogelberg '71 was named
Minnesota's Small Business Person of
the Year in May by the U.S. Small
Business Association. She is president of
American Artstone in New Ulm, Minn.,
a company that makes pre-cast
architectural stone panels.
Fogelberg's award was due to the
progress made since Fogelberg took over
the company in 1993. Sales are up nearly
300%, the staff has increased, and a new
plant was built and opened two years
ago.
An article in the Minnesota Star Tribune
on recounts the challenges faced by
Fogelberg in trying to realize the vision
she knewthe 70-year-old company
could bring about with a new plant,
updated equipment, and a nurturing
management.
"It was never a question of talent,"
Fogelberg was quoted as saying, "it was
facility and equipment ."
Fogelberg came to this position with
experience in sales of commercial and
industrial building materials. She had
led her father's company, and she had
experience in sales and marketing
training.
She was also quoted as saying that she
feels the best trainin g she brought to her
new position was the 11 years she taught
fifth grade, and the management skills
she needed to keep her class motivated
and productive.
www.augsburg.edu
A New Look
ALUMNI
PROFILE
'
Janice Aune, life-long learner
ByLenore Franzen
Janice Aune,
Classof 1988,
graduated with
more than a
degree In finance
and business
managment.
"Augsburg
instilledIn me
that every day of
my life I am in a
Janice Aline ' 88
learningmode,"
she said.
Aune's 30-year career at U S WEST
exeplifiesthis attitude. From an entry
level posiUonin 1970 Aune has
moved through various areas of the
company. Recentlyshe was named
president of U S WESTlnterprise
Networking, the fastest-growing,
high-tech side of the business.
In Aune's new position, learning is
constant. "One of my responsibilities
is to oversee the innovation,
development and implementation of
new products and sevicesinvolving
data networking," she said. Yet her
degree was nontechnical. How did she
make that leap?
"My coursework in business
management trained me to look at
business cases from a financial
perspective," Aune explained. • 1also
learned to read earnings and analyst
reports.• Allof which comes to bear
when considering a product's
feasibility in a highly competitive
market and how it will impact the
business.
Evenas a student in Augsburg's
Weekend College, Aune found ways to
connect what she was learning with
her work. She started at U S WESTto
earn money for college so she could
go back to school. Along the way,
Aune realizedshe wanted to do
both-<:ontinue working and earn her
degree.
"I liked what I was doing, but I
realized that without a college degree,
I was at a disadvantage for formal
opportunities within the company"
she said. "I knew my education was
going to be pivotal."
And it was. Aune worked long hours
at U S WESTand took classesin the
Weekend College. •1 was really happy
at Augsburg,• she said, despite the
often grueling balancing act of
working and being a student. "Almost
everything I learned I was able to
bring back to the work environment.•
Aune, with a general business
background, has demonstrated
tremendous success in a cutting-edge
field because of her skillsin both areas.
Much of her technical training she's
learned on the job. "But to be a
leader, you need to have operations
management skillsand people skills,•
she said, both of which she acquired
from her business management
courses.
While the industry's emphasis is on
innovative products and services,Aune
sees the individualas its most valued
resource. "Currently there aren't
enough people who have technical
training," she said.
For anyone choosing a technical area
of focus, she offers the same advice
that has sustained her own career.
"Balanceyour technical training with
business management skillsif you
want to contribute at a leadership
level."
LenoreFranzenil a freelancewriter who
livesIn St. Paul.
Sviggum brothers decide to hang up their whistle
By Donny Henn • PostBulletin
Thefollowi11g
is excerpted from an artide
that appearedMarch16 in tirePost
Bulletin,Rochester,Minn., and is
reprintedwith permission.
For the last couple of decades high
school basketball coaches in southeast
Minnesota had an understandin g: if any
combination of the three Sviggurn
brothers was officiating their game,
they'd better play it clean.
Jim and Dick worked their last game
together in the Section One, Class AA
championship between Rochester
Lourdes and Wmona Cotter last
Thursday at Mayo Civic Center Arena.
Steve, who is better known as House
Speaker of the Minnesota state
legislature, has been cutting back on his
officiating for the last couple of years.
The Kenyon natives have been calling
games together as an independent crew,
unaffiliated with any officials association,
since they were in their mid-20s. Dick,
who entered the occupation first, is 46.
Steve is 47.
The three brothers went to nearby
college, Dick and Jim to Augsburg, and
Steve to St. Olaf, all coming home with
math degrees in education .
While Steve and Jim each spent more
than a half-dozen years in teaching and
in junior high coaching, Dick returned
din,ctly to the family farm.
4S-50 games each winter, which kept
them busy four to five nights each week.
"We all love high school basketball, and
this was a way to stay close to it," Dick
said.
The Sviggum brothers all decided to
retire at once, largdy for family
considerations.
Now the Sviggum brothers are farming
partners, working 1,100 acres and raising
about 70 beef cattle from their three
separate farmsteads.
Jimand his wife,Sandy have two
ITWASAJOB
At the height of their officiating careers,
before marriage and children, the
Sviggurn broth ers worked as many as
children, Peder, 6, and Siri, 4. Dick and
his wife, Ann, have a son, Connor, who
just turned 3.
Dick said that he and his brothers will
probably still get certified in the years
ahead, to fill in in an emergency when a
blizzard or something else might keep
other crews away from a game.
BROTHERS AND PARTNERS
As siblings go, you don't get much closer
than the Sviggum brothers. The oldest of
Peder and &wrly's five children-the
boys have two younger sisters, Beth in
Oakland, Calif.,and Melissain Cannon
Falb-Steve, Jim, and Dick all played
football, basketball, and baseball together
at Kenyon High School at the tail end of
the I 960s and the beginningof the 70s.
Jim'75
(left) and Dick SYiggum '7 6 decided to than 20 ye.uson the courts.
from bastettJaA
officialing~ matt
MINNEAPOI.IS
, MN
ALUM NOTES • 13
ALUMNI
Class
PROFILE
A journey from divinity to disasters
BySusieGilhoi
•----
.~~
Some people
follow their
dreams, while
othen, like Bob
(Erickson)Warren,
'"6, follow
disasters. Actually,
Warren combines
the two as a Red
Cross mental
health volunteer.
ll'·
~,'
•1 think I'm just
one coune and
one disaster away from being promoted
to coordinator for the disaster mental
health team," he said with some
eagerness.
Robert (Erickson)
Warm, ' 46
Thisis not to say that he revelsIn
d"ISilSten
; quite the contrary,he's eagerto
help others and put his counselingand
ministerialskillsto work. He's helped those
strickenby a hunicane in Mississippi,
floodsIn NorthDakota, and tornadoes in
Ohio.Warrenalso workswith a localstress
team on an on-callbasis.
In his work and life, Warren strivesto
fulfillSt. Francisof Assisi's admonition:
•Preach Christ all the time, and only as
a last resort use words.• He admits,
however, that it's a challenge for such a
wordy person.
Warren'sjourney from divinityto
disasters began at Augsburg and
continued at Augustana Seminary (Ill .).
He served several parishes around
Moose Lake, Minn., then became
missiondeveloper and first pastor of All
Saints Lutheran in Glen Lake,Minn. He
earned his master's degree In
counseling psychologyat AttredAdler
Institute; worked at a sliding-feescale
cllnlc;proposed a counseling center and
became a counseling minister at St.
Andrew's Lutheran Church in Eden
Prairie. Alter retiring from all that, he
joined the Red Cross.
In recounting his Augsburg days,
Warren recallsthese words from a
plaque In Old Main: •1 am a part of
everything that I experience.•
"Those words kind of confirmed my
feeling that I wanted to be a pastor," he
said. "But more than that, they really
helped me on my spiritual journey,
moving from being a biblical literalist to
learning to question and go on to a
greater truth. That's been very
important to me.•
Augsburg's urban campus was also an
important Influence, causing him to
realize that •we are here to serve
people, not to be off in an ivory tower
someplace. We're here to make a
difference in the wor1d.•
Warren and his wife, Mary,a registered
nune, have worked to make positive
differencesIn many ways. They were
long-term volunteen at a local teen
clinic, at a food shett and with Mealson-Wheels. Through St. Andrew'sthey
initiated clothing donation drives, have
worked with a youth service team In
Appalachia and last year served on a
mission service team in Jamaica.
Warren hasn't always been successfulIn
making a difference. He strongly regrets
not pressing his church council to
support the Southern Poverty Law
Center during the CivilRights
Movement.
"Martin Luther King,Jr.'s death shocked
me into realizingthat I'd been a real
sissyin facing controveny in what I
believed. He got killed,and I wouldn't
even take a little chance about getting
into trouble [with the council). I
preached a sermon about this the next
week, and promised the congregation
that I wouldn't ever do that again. That
was the beginning of getting into a lot
of trouble, and It was worth It.•
Though he doesn't get into much
trouble anymore, he still gets into the
thick of things. Alter all, where disaster
goes, Bob Warren and St. Francis's
words follow.
SusieGi/hoi is a former staff member in
the PublicRelationsand Communk ation
Officeand Is Bob Wam,n~ step-daughter.
HOMECOMING
2000
"100 years, 100 Memories,,
Oc:aober
6-8, 2000
Friday, Oct. 6
1941
Helen (Rowbe,g)Drake, Minne.apolis,is
retired.Her husband, Curtis, passedaway
in January 1999.She ra:mdy moved from
her south Minneapolishome to the
Ebeneur Park Apartments in Minneapolis.
194S
Carol (Tyvoll) Noldeberg, Duluth,
Minn., and her husband, Roald '47, have
been retired for many years. Carol was a
school nurse in the Duluth school
system and Roald was a teacher, coach,
and principal.
Doris JC.(I.anon) Walen, Alamo, N.D.,
and her husband, David, celebrated their
50th wedding anniversaryin March 1999.
19 S1
Ted Berldand, Grantsburg, Wis.,
recently published the book We Are
GueslS,which features narrative and
poetry related to the Crex Meadows
Wildlife Area located near his home. He
is retired and serves as president of the
Wild Rivers affiliate of Habitat for
Humanity in Burnett and northern Polle
County, Wis.
Freda M. (Binder) Helm, Minot, N.D., is
enjoying her three grandchildren:
Garrett (6), Brandon (21 months), and
Ashley (2 months).
Merlin A. Johnson, Grantsburg, Wis.,
was elected to his 5th term as county
board supervisor, where he serves as
vice-chairman.
Joan (Baxter) I.anon, Ely,Minn.,was the
featured choral clinician at an annual
choir workshop at EvangelicalFree
Church in Bemidji. She taught public
school music for 31 years, retiring from
Minnetonka High School in 1994after
teaching there for 18 years. She currently
teaches private piano and voice in Ely,
and directsat Ely Baptist Church.
Ruth (Fostervold) Westphal, Cranberry
Isles, Maine, retired from nursing in
1997and is currently working part time
as director of the Great Cranberry Library.
19S2
Anna Marie (Sabo) Huesers , New
Hope, Minn., moved to New Hope from
Minot, N.D., in April; she is looking
forward to attending her SO-year
reunion in 2002.
Jean (Swanson) Markland and her
husband, Arne '49, moved from Salt
Lake City, Utah, to Scottsdale,Ariz., this
summer. Arne serves as a historian
aboard cruise ships, which has kept
them busy on more than 100 cruises.
C-elebrating
OldMain
Hipllprs indllllc
Thunday,Oct. s
Notes
Athletic Fall of Fame Banquet • 5:30 P.M.
19S3
Homecoming Chapel and Community Tune
10-.20.ui.
Quent Goodrich , Port Ludlow,Wash.,
was elected to his local school
board for a fourth consecutive term and
subsequently elected to represent
Olympic Peninsula school board
members on the Washington State
Directors Association board of directors.
In addition, he suves as president of his
county mental health center and is
term as assistant
completing a three-year
district governor of Rotary District
5020. He is also an active member of
Community United Methodist Church,
serving as chair of the congregation's
staff parish relations committee for eight
years and on the district superintendency committee.
19S6
Dorothy (Floistad) Benson and her
husband, John'55, professoremeritus of
religion, Minneapolis,moved to an
apartment near Augsburg after spending
35 years in Southeast Minne.apolis.A
retired teacher,she enjoystutoring adults
in reading,and in October she cdebrated
the publication of her book, None
AmericanCmtmnial Daughtm, a history
of an organization in St. Paul.
Robert Lockwood, Hopkins, Minn., and
his wife, Mary, are both enjoying their
retirements from teaching and coaching.
19S7
The Rev,Bruce A. Engebret son ,
Hopkins, Minn., and his wife, Mary, are
both enjoying their retirements from
teaching and coaching.
19S8
KennethHagen, Lake Mills, Wis., retired
after 33 years at Marquette University
where he was a Lutheran theolo~ian,
scholar, and church historian. Has
specialty was Luther studies in a Catholic
context. Kenneth has written six books,
edited 20 others, and written several
chapters in books. He is the recipient of
numerous honors and grants, including
fellowshipsfrom Harvard, Rockefeller,
Newberry Library,and more.
1968
Lynn Gunderson, Coon Rapids, Minn.,
recently retired from a hockey coaching
career that spanned five decades in
Coon Rapids.
Wayne N. Hansen, Cheyenne, Wyo.,
retired in April I999 after 30 years in the
U.S.Air Force. He is currently employed
as director of the Cheyenne Frontier
Days Old West Museum in Cheyenne.
His wife, Lois (Batalden) '69, is a legal
secretary at Holland and Hart.
1970
MarkS. Francis,Phoenix, Ariz.,just
completed his fourth year as founder
and c:ucutive director of the Arizona
School for the Arts.
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DutmpiJ/wd Alumni: Oscar A. Anderson '18, David Cherwein '79
Ellen (Stenberg) Eridllon 's l .M.Annette (Hvftrsten) Hanson '68 '
Saturday, Oct. 7
Millennium Oioir Songfest (for all dioir alumni)
8:30-noon
Homecmnlng FootballGame YL
University of St. Thomas • 1 P.W.
Homecoming Dinner • 5:30 P.M.
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14 • ALUM NOTES
Notes
Class
1985
LaRhaeKnatterud,St. Paul, received the
Dutch Kastenbaum Award for
Outstanding Achievement in
Gerontological Practice in April. LaRhae,
a Minnesota Department of Human
Services employee, is nationally known
for her work as the director of Project
2030, which identified the impacts of the
aging baby boomer population and
Minnesota's ability to provide services.
L Craig Estrem,
Mound, Minn.,
was promoted to
chief operating
officer of Madison
Marquette Realty
Services,a
Minneapolis-based
national property
management
company.
1 9 71
Thomas Arthur Haas, Minneapolis, has
worked at the Minnesota Department of
Economic Security for 26 years as a job
service representative. He and his wife,
Nancy, celebrated the recent marriage of
their daughter, Heidi.
David C. Siedlar, Carlisle, Mass., and his
wife, Donna, celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary in May.
1972
Timothy K. Brady,Grand Junction,
Colo., is a chiropractor and clinic
director; he recently became president of
the board of directors at the Museum of
Western Colorado.
19 7 J
Janet (Schurr) Bru bak, St. Paul, is in her
6th year as a pre-school teacher at Central
Lutheran grade school in St. Paul. She
and her husband have been married 26
years and have three children: Ben (22),
Leah (18), and Anna (14).
Michael Meadows,Studio City, Calif., is a
film/TV producer in Hollywood.
Larry Walker,
Minneapolis, who
writes under the
pen name "Lars
Walker,"celebrated
the recent
publication of his
book, The Yearof
the Warrior(Baen
Books). This is his
third published
novel, and is the second in a series of
historical fantasies. He is an
administrative assistant to the director of
Home Missions of the Association of
Free Lutheran Congregations in
Plymouth.
19 7
e
Elsa (Mohn) Stazesky, Brooklyn, N.Y.,is
manager for marketing analysis at HBO
in New York.CTAM, a major U.S. cable
and 1V professional organization,
selected her research study, "Segmenting
Cable Transaction Behavior Using GeoDemographics," as the best research
project in the programmers category for
1998.She presented a paper on this
study and was given the award at the
1999 CTAM annual convention in San
Diego, Calif.She and her husband,
Richard, have a 7-year-old daughter,
Drew Elizabeth.
1977
Lise Lunge-Larsen, Duluth, Minn., was
named a Minnesota Book Awardwinner
for her collection of children's stories,
The Trollwith No Heart in His Body and
Other Talesof 'lrollsfrom Norway
( illustrated by Betsy Bowen). She is
married to Steven Kuross '76.
Mark Hofsta d, Lakeland, Fla.,is an
administrative judge in Lakeland.
AUGSBURGNOW
Marion G. Hintz, Crystal, Minn., was
recently promoted to business support
manager at GE Card Services (JCPenney
Credit Services), and celebrated her 20th
anniversary with the company. She is
also the co-editor of Ni Hao, a Children's
Home Society of MN newsletter for
families and children from China. She
and her daughter, Kira Li, just celebrated
their 5th "Happy Adoption Day."
Joy Burkhart , St. Louis Park, Minn.,
married Anthony Dean in July 1999.Joy
is a database administrator/programmer
analyst for the MN Board of Public
Defense; Tony works for MaxPak, a
division of MultiTech,Inc.
198e
Debra Balzer, Brainerd, Minn., moved
from Blair,Neb., to Brainerd in July 1999
to become the manager of internal
education at Universal Pensions, Inc.
1 988
Amy K. Evans, Orono, Minn., married
James Dailey in September. She is a
market manager with OPTUM in
Golden Valley; he is co-owner of
Innovative Presentations, Inc., in
Brooklyn Center.
1 98 0
Judith Driscoll, St. Paul, recently
returned to Minnesota after working as a
photo stylist and interior designer in
New York for 10 years. She now works as
an interior designer for Ethan Allen.
The Rev. David L Norgard, recently
moved back to Minnesota to head
Episcopal Community Services,a 37year-old statewide, nonprofit family
support agency. Prior to ECS, he was
rector of the Church of St. John the
Evangelistin San Francisco.
Gary Tangwall, White Bear Lake, Minn.,
a financial planner with Lutheran
Brotherhood, qualified for Million
Dollar Round Table honors, attained
only by those representatives who have
demonstrated exceptional professional
knowledge, expertise, and client service.
Gary ranked 5th out of about 1,500
Lutheran Brotherhood representatives
nationwide. The Round Table's
membership represents the top financial
service professionals worldwide.
Bradley Schafer, Minneapolis, married
Kristy Dieterichsin August 1999. He works
at Apple Valley High School;she works at
Hidden Valley ElementarySchool.
Noro Andriantiana, SLPaul, recently
completed a Ph.D. and is currently
employed at the Universityof Minnesota.
Jennifer Norberg , Maple Grove, Minn,
joined Carmichael Lynch Spong as a
counselor. Prior to joining the public
relations firm, she was an independent
public relations consultant to the health
care industry, du ring which she
organized the fetal alcohol syndrome
public awareness campaign for
Minnesota. She also served as director of
public affairs for the Minnesota
Departmen t of Health.
KathrynA. (Schaubach) Encalada,
Ironwood, Mich., is director of Allied
Health Programs. She recently
completed her master's degree in nursing
at Northern Michigan University.
Jennifer Lynn Ose, Augusta, Ga., married
Matthew Glen Lamb in December on the
island of Maui, Wailea,Hawaii. They
both work for the John Deere Company.
1982
1995
The Rev. RebeccaSogge, Buffalo,Minn.,
became associatepastor at Zion Lutheran
Church in February. She is also
currentlyenrolledin the doctoral ministry
program at Luther Seminary.Prior to Zion
Lutheran Church, she served three
churches in the Brooten, Minn., area.In
addition, she also served as a social worker
at Hammer Residencein Wayzata;a
residentialcounselor at Children'sHome
Society in Hopkins; and worked summers
at various church and bible campsin
Minnesota, Iowa,and WISCOnsin.
Stacy Jo Harmon , Plymouth, Minn.,
married Christian A. Johnson in
October. She is the marketing
communications manager for
VideoLabs, Inc., where her husband is
the Internet sales director.
Annette Marie (Anibas) Poeschel,
Excelsior,Minn., is the executive director
of Minnetonka lnterchurch Community
Association. She has also held a two-year
internship at Curtin University in Perth,
Australia, and was a camp director in
Seoul, Korea.
Karin (Ludwigsen) Rochester, Concord,
N.C., and her husband, Matt Rochester
'98, moved to North Carolina last
summer, where she teaches in the
religious studies department at the
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
and he has a management position at
First Union Home Equity Bank. Last fall
they bought a home in Concord, just
north of Charlotte, and have added two
cats to their household.
Jim South,Eagan,Minn., married his
wife, Robin, at Augsburg in Hoversten
Chapel in May 1999.He works for special
events at Coca Cola and she works in
flight operations at Northwest Airlines.
1998
Meghan Carlblom , Burnsville,Minn.,
backpacked in Europe over the summer
of 1999. She is a senior lab technician at
the University of Minnesota.
Heidi Golden , Inver Grove Heights,
Minn., married Jason Beckendorf '00 in
July 1999.
Eyob Hamda, Madison, WIS.,is a system
developer in the billing and collections
departmen t at Cuna Mutual Group in
Madison.
Amy Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo.,
teaches kindergarten in Colorado Springs.
Gretchen (Rivera) Meents, St. Paul,
moved back from Ft. Lauderdale in
March 1999 after working in the area of
child protection. After working in
Ramseyand Dakota counties as a social
worker on temporary status, she was
hired by Hennepin County in December
as a child protection social worker.
Carol Morgan Rothschild, Hastings,
Minn., was promoted from credit analyst
o relationship business associate and
supervisor at US Bank in Minneapolis in
May 1999.She married Scott Durdall in
December.
AngelaSerwas , Oshkosh, WIS.,teaches
1983
Debra Hannu, Duluth, Minn., married
Patrick Thomson in October. She teaches
at Chester Park Lab School for Arts &
Technologyand works part time as the
art curriculum specialist for Duluth
Public Schools. She also teaches
elementary art methods at the University
of Minnesota-Duluth. Her husband owns
the Dairy Delight restaurant in Duluth.
19 84
Alia, (Weimer) Brown e, Minneapolis, is
a freelance music therapist She recently
recei-1 a grant from the Minnesota State
Arts Boardto study the art of old time
fiddling. She is doing a folk art
apprmticeship under teacher BillHinkley,
who wasinducted into the Minnesota
Music Hall of Fame this wintEr.
Carol Van Hulle, Boulder, Colo.,
received a master's degree in behavioral
genetics at the University of ColoradoBoulder in December; she is curren tly
working on her Ph.D.
CraigSchwalbe, Faribault, Minn., was
included in an article in the Le Center
Leadernewspaper that featured Cedar
House, Inc., a community based mental
health center in Le Center, where Craig
is a lead therapist.
RyanCamon,
Plymouth, Minn.,
married Lauren
, Kaunein June.He
worksfur Seagate
as an electro
plating/etchproa:s
engineer and is also
a volunteer
fin,figbl:Er
fur the
City of Plymouth.
Lauren is a Ph.D.
candidate al the Uniw:rsityof Minnesota
and ramtly taugjlt a semesta" of chemistry
a!Aup>tlrg.
first grade at her daughter Brittany's
elementary school in the Oshkosh
School District.
1999
Amy Brallier, recently accepted a
position teaching first grade in the
Columbia Heights School District.
Jesse Upelt, Mendota Heights, Minn.,
began teaching kindergarten at Edgerton
Elementary School in Rosevillein
January.
Jill J. Pintens , West Bend,WIS.,rec.ently
joined the medical staff of Fairview
Northeas t Clinic as a physician assistant;
her specialinterests include women's and
adolescent health care.
Victoria Sadek, West St Paul, recmtly
accepted a position t-=hing 10th and
12th grade English at Bloomington
Jeffmon Senior High.
Sarah Thompson , Bloomington, Minn.,
married Todd Fortner in August 1999.
2000
K£DyDonahu e, Excelsior,Minn.,
married Jason Exley'98 in May.Kdly
graduated in May with a degree in social
work; Jason is attmding seminary while
working for the Minnesota Fdlowshipof
Christian Alhletes.
MINNEAPOLIS,MN
ALUMNOTES • 15
Births
John F.Aune '79 and Rebecca
(Lundeen) '79 , Bedford, Texas---;,son,
Nicklas Ryan, in November. He joins
Sonja, 5, Rachel, 13, Nate, 16, Betsy, 18
and Ben, 19.
Diana K. (Wtllde) '86 and Richard
Buffie, Apple Valley,Minn.-a girl,
Karin Elyse,in September.
Heidi (Dufres ne) and Joe Puce!, Eagan,
Minn.--<1son, Nathan David, in
December.He joins brother Thomas, 3.
Rebecca (Severson) '88 and Doug
boy,
Westholm, New Auburn, W1S.--<1
Benjamin Maurice, in November. He
joins Brandon, 4, and Derek, 7.
Cathleen (Kleiman) '89 and Paul Thom,
Waconia,Minn.,--<1daughter, Carolyn
Elaine, in April 1999.
Jennifer (Ohlin) '90 and Daniel Falk,
Sauk Rapids, Minn.,--<1daughter, Emily
Joan, in October.
Chuck Hanka '9 1 and his wife, Diann e,
Scottsdale,Ariz.,--<1girl, Macie Dianne,
in February. She joins older brother
Benett. Chuck manages title insurance
officesin Arizona, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin.
Marla (Stratton ) '9 2 and John Mayer
'88, Fridely, Minn.--<1boy, Mason
Thomas, in October.
Stacie (Edlund ) '93 and John Reynolds,
Hutchinson, Minn.-a girl, Meredith
Kate, in April She joins sister Madison.
Andy Wichmann '95 and his wife,
Candice, Boise, idah0--<1 girl, Ashley
S112aDne,
in January.
In
Memoriam
Sigurd John Sonju '32, Moorhead,
Minn., died in March; he was 89. He
retired in 1975 as superintendent of
schools in Hawley, Minn., after a career
as a teacher, coach, principal, and
superintendenL He is survived by his
wife,Vivian; sons V'mce,Lyndon, and
Larry; brother, Ralph; and grandchildren
and great grandchildren.
The Rev. C. Walden Hedmann '37,
Tacoma,Wash., died in January; he was
87. He served 10 yearsas a missionary in
Africa;while there he established the
Mwika Bible Institute near ML
ICilimanjaro.He retired in 1978 from the
Lutheran Bible Institute in Seattle,Wash.
He is survived by his wife, Genevieve;
sons David '66 and Donn; daughters
Mary and Martha; grandchildren and
great grandchildren; and a sister.
Dorothy Carol Anderson '40, Starbuck,
Minn., died in April; she was 82. She
earned a master's degree from the
Universityof Minnesota and worked in a
brucellosis research program there. She
is survived by two brothers, John and
Donald; and sister Jean (Schwen).
Laurell E.Olson '47, Milwaukie,Ore., died
in February.He had a careeras a teacher,
coach,and administrator,and credited his
yearsat Augsburgfor preparing him for a
rewardingprofessionaland personal life.
He is survivedby his wife,Eva,and
daughter,Laurie.
Leslie J. Evenson '49, Lake City, Minn.,
died in February; he was 76. He is
survived by his wife, Jearme;son Paul
and his wife, Peggy;and two nieces and
two nephews.
The Rev.Torgney Jystad 'SO, Hawley,
Minn., died in March; he was 80. He
served as a medic during WWII in India.
Ordained in 1953, he most recently
served as a visitation pastor at Grace
Lutheran Church in Ada, Minn. He is
survived by his wife, Lyla (Larson) '49;
sons John, Dr. Philip, and Steven;
daughter Ellen; brother Lloyd;and
grandchildren.
Theodore M Bungum 'S 1, Bloomington,
Minn., died in December of cancer; he
was 75. He retired in 1986 after 30 years
at Honeywell.He was a member of St.
John's Lutheran Church in Minneapolis
and St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Mesa,
Ariz. He is survived by his wife of 50
years, Lorraine (Iverson 'SO); daughter
Kathy; son Dr. Brian; and grandchildren.
Carl 0. Paulson ' SO,Washburn, Wis.,
died in March; he was 71. He was a
member of the U.S.National Guard. He
worked 40 yearsfor Northern States
Power Company in Sioux Falls,S.D., and
Minneapolis. He is survived by his wife,
Renora; daughters, Debra, Jan Marie,
and Kimberly;grandchildren and a
great-granddaughter.
Marion J. (Nelson) Benrud '54, Eagan,
Minn., died in December; she was 68.
She was a medical technologist for 30
years at Northwestern Hospital. She is
survived by her husband, Vernal;brother
Denny; and sister-in-law Jean.
Donald D. Ronning '65, Stillwater,
Minn., died in March; he was 56. He
retired from his 33-year teaching career
in 1998. His love for construction
developed into a log home construction
business just prior to retirement. He is
survived by his wife, Sharon (Bjugstad)
'65; four children, Kari, Kris, Kipp, and
Kiersten; parents, the Rev.Donald M. '38
and Borghild;brothers, Merrill '68 and
Philip; and sister, Ruth.
J. Luther Anderson '66, St. Louis Park,
Minn., died unexpectedly in November
1999; he was 55. He is survived by his
wife, Sylvia(Sather) '66; sons, David and
Jim; brother, Norm; sister, Helen; and
many other loved ones.
John H. Batten '66, Brooklyn Park.,
Minn., died in June 1999; he was 62. He
is survived by his son, Daniel; mother,
Ruth; sister, Jan; brother, Jim; and many
nieces, nephews, and friends.
Cheryl L (Strom) Mann '69, Ellsworth,
Minn., died in April at her home; she
was 53. She was a physical education and
swimming instructor at River Falls High
School for 30 years. At Christ Episcopal
Church she was a past president of
Episcopal Church Women and a
member of the choir. She is survived by
her children, Arthur and Samantha; her
mother, Lucille;sister,Kristin;and
brothers, David and Mark.
Diane E. Helling '74, Burnsville,Minn.,
died in January; she was 47. She earned
degrees from the Univ. of Minnesota and
the Univ. of St. Thomas. At the time of
her death, she was a technology
consultant for RCM Technologiesand
Norwest Banks. She is survived by her
husband, Ted Martz;and daughter,
Allison Martz.
Loren Manuel Schottenstein '83,
Minneapolis,died unexpectedly in
January;he was 30. At Augsburghe
becamechair of the CollegeRq,ublicans,
treasurer of the MarketingAssociation
and student assistant in the audio-visual
department. He was also the site manager
of the International SpecialOlympicsand
a member of the Minnesota National
Guard. For the past two years,he worked
as a computer softwaretechnical
consultant at SAPAmerica,Inc. He is
survivedby his mother, RosalynKirkcl;
father,Morris Schottenstein;and sister,
Liano Walborsky.
Ethelind "Sis" (Krawetz) Garetz,
Lilydale,Minn., died in March; she was
74. Ethelind was assistant professor of
education at Augsburg from 1989 to
1995. She was also a teacher and school
administrator in Omaha and 'Jwin Cities
area public schools. She is survived by
her husband of 53 years, Charles; sons,
Bruce and Jeffiand grandson, Charlie.
OTHER DEATHS:
Morris C. Jorenby '27.
Elmer A. Hendr ickson '31.
Sylvia H. Nelson '34.
The Rev.Marcy Ditmanson '40, died in
June. See the fall AugsburgNow for
complete notice.
Alice (Backstrom) Firman '40, Tacoma,
Wash., died in October of Alzheimer's
Disease.
Ernest 0. Perry '46, BrooklynCenter,
Minn., died in April; he was 76.
John Oshida '47, Santa Rosa,Calif., died
in February of lung cancer.
The Rev.Donald B. Olson '50,
Wauwatosa,Wis., died in December.
Jonathan Knecht '58, died in April 1999.
Shin Koyama '59, Edina, Minn., died in
February; he was 65.
Logan F.Railson '59, died in April 1997.
Keith M. McKay'60, died in September
1999.
Alice Swensen, Augsburg nurse and avid Auggi e fan, dies
tii!
Swensengraduated from the Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing in Portland, Ore.,
which she attended after graduating from McVilleHigh School in Binford, N.D. In
addition to working at Augsburg,Swensenwas a nurse at both Emanuel Hospital and
the Retired TeachersHome, as well as a public health nurse in Minneapolis.
Swensen'slove of sports, which began at Augsburi:, grc~· to include the V1~ ing1,,the
'Jwins--<:speciallyKirby Puckett-and the
- Tirnberwolves.She loved to attend games
and probably knew as much or more about
the team than the armouncer. When "her"
teams won, she would quickly call family
members who supported opposing teams
and gloat. When "her" team lost, these calls
might be delayed for a half-hour or so.
Ab S--,
(lelt). picturedasAugsbulg's
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in the 1949 Aug,burgian
yeaboclt.
AliceE. Swensen,longtime employee and friend of Augsburg,died March 20 in
Minneapolis, surrounded by her loved ones. From 1947-1971, Swensenserved as
Augsburg'sschool nurse, touching the lives of thousands of students.
While at Augsburg, Swensenand her mother, Anna, lived on campus at Edda House,
where she was "house mother" to the girls. She was also a regular at athletic events,
especiallybasketball games and any of the women's sporting events. In addition, she
~ as nurse on College band and choir tours, taking her throughout the United
States and Europe.Even after her retirement in 1971, Swensenkept in contact with
Aupburg. visiting often.
"Alice'sname was never in the headlines, lh.was never rich in this world's goods, but she
was wealthy in the love of Jesus that she so
generously shared with thousands of souls,"
wrote Ernest A. Alne and Elizabeth Horton
in Swensen'smemoriam.
Swensenis preceded in death by her parents,
the Rtv. Ole Swensen'l 9 and Anna, and
sibling.s.
She is survivedby sister-in-law,
BeatriceSwensen;brother-in-law,Emes1
Alne;and many more loved ones, including
great-nephew KristoferHorton, Augsburg ,\bs..er-,(1,ft)llilil.edon-•
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2000 Christensen Symposium
Sept. 24, 7p.m.
Readings from Berthold Brecht's Galileo (Foss Center)
Sept. 25•26 "Chan ging Cosmologies and the Church"
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an exciting and rewarding year it's been.
The comments we've received from
you have encouraged and uplifted us.
You've told us that you enjoy the longer,
more colorfully illustrated articles. You've
told us to keep up the good work. You've
told us that this new magazine makes
you feel proud to be an Auggie.
And, now, I'm proud to announce
that Augsburg Now has also received honor
and recognition beyond our own
communiqz The Now received aBrorue
Medal in the 2001 Circle of Excellence
awards sponsored by the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education
(CASE) for periodical publication
improvement. As one of eight awards from
97 entries, Augsburg joins company with
several of the top college and university
magazines in the country And that makes
us feel proud to be Auggies, too.
ln this issue, we present stories
about stretching beyond what is
necessary and expected. The first feature
highlights Augsburg's commitmenr ro
beì.ng a good neighbor and engaging
students in opportunities to learn from
and serve the communitv
The second story is a feature on
focus-two gutsy men who push the
envelope to achj.eve at levels greater than
expected of them. Aaron Cross and Jim
Mastro personify one of our key
messages to prospective students-that
at Augsburg, you are encouraged to
reach farther than you ever thoughl
possible.
For those ofyou online, please take
a moment to consider the questions in
the enclosed survey about services you
would find useful on an enhanced
alumni Web page. The questions can
also be completed online.
Letters to
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Experiencing Cuba
I found the article "Experiencing Cuba" in
I th. ,ecenL issue of Augsb urg Nàw very
gratifying to read. vou. lto.yãbo.rr
Augsburg journallsm students spendÌng 10
days in Cuba interviewlng people is a
wonderful example of how Augsburg's
Center lor Global Education is promoting
understanding between people in the U.S.
and in Latin American countries. ln the
case of Cuba it is particularly lmportant
because governmental sanctions have
made the kind of contact which promotes
Please continue to write to us-about
your thoughts as you read through the
issue, about your comments and
concerns, and about your reactions to the
articles. We'd like to keep in closer touch.
We look forward to continuing this
conversation as rMe enter our second
magazine year, in the 133rd year ol
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understanding very difficult.
As I live in Wisconsin, I found it
partlcularly interesting that one of the
students had done a comparative study of
farming and the cooperative movement Ìn
Cuba and Wisconsin.
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usanJ. Klaseus, former associate dean
of external affairs for the Carlson
School of Management at the University of
2004' vislon and the strategies we are
pursuing in its behalf is palpable, and I
look forward to her work and her
Minnesota, has been named vice president
of institutional advancement and
community relations.
President William Frame noted that
Klaseus brings to her new role a strong
background in the institutional
advancement field combined with a firm
grasp of Augsburg's mission and "place" in
leadership," the president added.
Klaseus served at the Carlson School
from 1996-2000, where she was
responsible for all corporate and individual
donor relations, fundraising and
development, as well as media relations,
public and community relations, and
alumni relations. In 2000, she formed her
own consuiting business, partnering with
the communit;z
"We are fortunate to have found an
individual who not only is committed to
bridging the worlds of education,
[Augsburgsl strdtegy includes ø solid
academic exp enence coupled w ith
spintuøl growth and community
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government, business, and the not-for-
profit sector, but who also has a keen
sense
of what is needed to form strategic
partnerships to help the College articulate
its vision," Frame said.
"Her enthusiasm for the 'Augsburg
community agencies to serve client needs.
Preyious to her position at Carlson,
she served various executive positions aL
four companies in the financial services'
industry, most recently as a senior rnce
president for Piper Jaffray Companies .
Klaseus said she looks upon
publidprivate partnerships as vital to the
future success of Augsburg's development
and community relations efforts and to
ensure that the College's students have the
best possible educational environment
available.
"l am pleased to see that in Augsburg's
case, this stmtegy includes a solid
academic experience coupled with spiritual
growth and community service
Susan J. Klaseus
opportunities woven into the curricula and
life of the Co1lege," she said.
Klaseus also said she is excited about
Augsburg's location in the city and the role
she believes the College can play in
assisting the Twin Cities in economic
growth and development and muchneeded attention to K-I2 education.
Klaseus holds a Bachelor ofArts degree
from Metropolitan State University, a
Master of Public Administration from the
John F Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University, and a Master of Arts in
liberal studies from Hamline Universiqr
Currently working part time, she will
assume full-time duties in August.
Herald Johnson elected to head financial aid officers
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MAFAA to head the organization twice.
The MAFAA is the professional
organization of nearly 400 financial aid
officers at postsecondary institutions in
Minnesota who work with students,
educators, policy makers, and others to
ensure that adequate programs of financial
assistance arc avallable to all students
attending Minnesota institutions of higher
services, has
education.
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financial aid
and assistant to
the vice
president of
admissions and
Johnson,6g
been elected for
the second
time as president of the Minnesota
Association of Financial Aid
Adminj.strators (MAFAA). He is only the
second person in the history of the
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Financial aid in higher education is
often misunderstood, Johnson says,
it is one of the most complex
functions in high education institutions.
"It's like a moving target," he said.
"The variety of funds available all comes
because
with their own
set of rules. And they are
always changing."
Among the blggest changes, he says, is
in the mixture of gifts, loans, and work,
with a shlft to a greater availability of loans
The MAFAA provides training,
workshops, and conferences for
professionals in financial aid, includlng a
Leadership Symposium that has been
recognized natì.onally and serves as a
model program.
Johnson graduated from Augsburg in
1968 and was hired as an admissions
counselor. ln 1969, he became the
College's first (and only one to the present)
director of financial aid.
Summer 2001
Three students are awarded Hognander
Scholarships for music excellence
Lake, Minn., is a
music performance
and composition
major. He has
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Brendan Anderson
composed pieces for
the Concert Band
and a piece for the
Chamber Orchestra
that premiered in
May Two of his
Dan Luedtke
compositions received their international
premiere during the Concert Band's recent
tour [o ]reland. Anderson is a saxophonist
in the Concert Band and an
instrumentallst with Gospel Praise He is
also a member of the Camp Cruisers, and
has arranged much of the Cruisers'
repertoire.
Dan Luedtke, from Warren, Minn., is
a piano performance major and studies
with music professorJill Dawe. He has
participated in the chamber music group
for the last three years and has also
hree Augsburg students were awarded
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the most prestigious award given to music
students.
Lindsay Bonner, from Virginia, Minn.,
is a vocal performance major studies with
Janet Gottschall Fried. Bonner is a member
of the Augsburg Choir, is a vocalist with
Augsburg's Gospel Praise, and performs
with the Camp Cruisers, the house band at
Mall of America's Camp Snoop;z She was
also instrumental in the production of
"Women in Opera," a group of five femaie
student performers who met weekly for
over a year to perfect their singing and
acting skills and their knowledge of opera
repertoire.
Brendan Anderson, from Madison
performed with the Concert and Jazz
Bands. He will participate in a spring
internshì.p with HECUA's (Higher
Education Consortium for Urban Affairs)
City Arts program, taking classes and
working at an arts organization. His
upcoming performances include a 20thcentury music recital in December and a
senior recital in spring 2002.
The Orville C. and Getrude O.
Hognander Family Fund established a
permanent source of scholarship funds to
recognize exceptional music performance
and achievement. The intention of this
award is to attract gifted students,
stimulate current students, and build a
cadre of alumni whose achievement
elevates the reputation of the College and
the music department. Requirements
include a résumé, essay, and an audition of
two music pieces.
Congratulations
to tenured and
newly-promoted
faculty:
Promotions effective September
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Instructor to Assistant Professor:
Sonja Thompson, music
Assistant Professor to Associate
Professor:
William Green, history
Peter Hendrickson'76, music
Sandra Olmsted'69, chemistry
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Student tour guide
Connie Bishop (left)
answers questions
from the directors of
academic affairs of
15 Norwegian colleges
who visited campus to
learn about Augsburgb
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Milo Schield, business administration
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Frankie Shackelford, modern languages
Tenure granted
Cass Da1g1ish, English
Rebekah Dupont, mathematics
Peter Hendrickson '76, music
Dawn Ludwig, physician assistant studies
Bridget Robinson-Riegler, psychology
Summer 2001
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Around the Quad
Farewell to retiring faculty and staff
membgfS
by Lynn Mena
!hree laculty members, wilh a
I combined'64 yearsof service to
Augsburg, retired from active teaching at
the end ol this academic year. The Board
of Regents granted all three
emeritus/emerita status in May In
additlon, one staff member, with more
than a dozen years of service to the
College, will retlre thls fall.
Marjorie M. Magnuson
Marj Magnuson came to Augsburg in 1988
as a receptionist for the Center for Global
Education; she currently serves as the
center's admlnistrative assistant. She and her
husband had moved to the area ln 1987
after 12 years of directing a Christian
children's camp/retreat center.
"Neither of us knew exactly what we
wanted to do next," says Magnuson. "I took
some classes, and we both had paper routes
as well as being caretakers in an apartment
buildlng." Meanwhile, she says, her
youngest son registered for a Global Ed
semester program in Cuernavaca, Mexico,
and a newsletter from lhe center announced
a job opening for which she applied and
was hired.
A graduate of a bible college with a
major in Christian education, Magnuson
says she will miss her colleagues and the
leaming opportunities within the
department and the College community.
After her retirement in the fall, her plans are
to take a bike trip in Europe with her
husband, volunteer, and work.
"Ma4 has been the spiritual and moral
center of the Center for Global Education
for the past 13 and a halfyears," says Regina
McGoff, the center's director of marketing
and administration. "She leads by example,
setting the pace by working very hard and
always looklng out for the heart and soul of
our mission. Her presence will be greatly
missed by everyone on our staff."
Last year, the College thanked
Magnuson for her dedication by honoring
her as one of the Outstanding Employees of
Augsburg.
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Marjorie M. Magnuson
Gordon L. Nelson
Beverly J, Nilsson
Clarice A. Staff'63
Gordon L. Nelson
political setting, hometown lore, or
Gordon L. Nelson, professor of sociologl
and facuity parliamentarian, was flrst hired
relative. He is sharp and dedicated to the
Coilege. We are grateful for his many years
at Augsburg
ín 1967
as assistant professor
of sociology He was granted tenure in
1971, and promoted to associate and full
professor in1977 and 1985, respectivel)¿
He also served as department chair for l0
years, and has
regulaf
taught in the
religion department. Nelson obtained B.A.
and M.A. degrees from the University of
Minnesota, a B.D. and M.Div from Luther
Theoiogical Seminary, and a second M.A.
and a Ph.D. from the University of
Chicago.
"Gordon has a marvelous sense of
humor and a remarkable sense of history,"
says Diane Pike, professor of sociology "He
rarely fails to connect a student to some
a
of commitment."
After retirement, Nelson hopes to
continue [o serve as a member of the
Minneapolis Board of Estimate and
Taxation, he is seeking re-election to the
position in the November municipal
election and was first elected to the
position in 1973.In addition, he expects
that he will continue to work part time in
the district office of Congressman Martin
Olav Sabo '59, as he has done since 1979.
Beverly J. Nilsson
BeverlyJ. Nilsson, professor of nursing,
began her career at the College in1977 as
associate professor. She was granted tenure
Summer 2OOf
in 1980, promoted to full professor in
1990, and has served as department chair
since 1978. She received her diploma in
nursing from the Mlnneapolis General
Hospital School of Nursing, and her B.S.,
M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of
Minnesota.
"Bev has been a colleague, mentor,
and friend," says Sue Nash, assistant
professor of nursing. "What an honor to
have worked side-by-side with her as we
launched the first graduating class of
nursing students here at Augsburg, back in
the '70s, and now to be involved in the
launching of the first graduating class of
the Rochester branch nursÍng students. Bev
has touched my life and helped shape my
career."
Nilsson looks forward to the
opportunity to "savor and enjoy the
choices" ofher future. She says that she
will miss the "good people of Augsburg,"
particularly the nursing students, past and
present, and her colleagues from the
nursing department.
"Over the years, I have experienced a
genuine and most generous spirit of
helpfulness among those of us who work
and study in this place," says Nilsson. "The
people here care about each other, and
demonstrate that caring in large ways and
in small, everyday ways."
Clarice A. Staff '63
'Clarice A. Staff, assistant professor of
social work, has taught at Augsburg since
1995 at her present rank. Although she
was in a tenure track position, she waived
tenure consideration since it fe1l during
the same yeat as her retirement. An
alumna of Augsburg, Staff received her
B.A. in 1963 and went on to earn M.S.
and D.S.W degrees from Columbia
University She served for a time
as
director of Augsburg's M.S.\M program. In
1984, she received a Distinguished
Alumna Award.
Staff has particularly enjoyed working
with the Weekend College and graduate
students. "As adult learners, they bring a
special commitment" she says. She plans
Summer 2001
to retire her alarm clock, and will continue
working on stories related to family
genealogy
"With uncompromising integrity,
Clarice has stood strong and fast for
social justice and for what she believes is
right," says Tony Blbus, associate professor
of social work. "The social work
department, our faculty, staff, and
especially our students, have benefited
greatly from her attention to detail, her
intelligence, and her experience in higher
education, her steady advising, and her
loyal friendship."
An Augsburg teacher celebrates 100
by Maggie Weller'O1
lor today's students, it is not
I uncommon to attend a class taught by
a woman. However, before Anna Manger
began teaching math, there were no
female teachers at Augsburg College.
Manger, who celebrated her 100th
birthday in February, graduated from the
University of Minnesota in 1923 and was
hired by Augsburg as its first female
instructor, teaching higher algebra and
geometryl lt was just a year earlieq in fall
1922, that Augsburg enrolled its first
lvomen students.
Manger recalls the friendly
atmosphere at that time and the fact that
"everyone was interested in everyone
else. "
Manger shared a story about how she
used to walk home after school with
several of her male colleagues. "They were
big and ta1l, so \Me must have looked
funny walking together," she says with a
laugh.
Even after marrying and leaving
Augsburg ín L925, Manger continued to
be involved with the College as part of a
group that worked to help raise money
for scholarships. The group painted and
built "decorative things," including plates,
napkin holders, and stools. While this
group no longer exists, Manger continues
her involvement as a member of the
Augsburg Associates.
Manger's dedication to Augsburg had
a lasting effect on her family Both of her
daughters are Augsburg alumnae who
enjoyed becoming part of the community
where thelr mother had taught.
Manger recently attended her 75th
college reunion and found herself to be
the only attendee. "There are not many of
us left," she says, and tells of how she was
invited to sit with the president of the
university and the dean.
When asked what Manger believes to
be the greatest change at Augsburg
between now and when she taught, she
responds, "There were not so many
students then, so it was not as busy as it is
today"
Her 100th birthday was a festive
affair. Two daughters, eight grandchildren,
and 13 great-grandchildren, as well as
over 300 people, attended the part¡
including a number of Auggies.
"I got loads of lovely cards," Manger
reports.
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female professor; celebrated her
centennial year with family and
friends.
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Edor Nelson field to be named
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coach
uesburg College wilI honor ìongtinrc
Edor Nelson by
re-dedicating the outdoor athletic field ln
his honor.
A ceremony to dedicate the lield as
Edor Nelson Field will be held during the
Augsburg football team's home-opener
against St. John's Universily on Saturday,
Sept. 22. Game time for the season-opener
has not been set.
In 1984, the College named the
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outdoor athletic field as Anderson-Nelson
Fleld, in honor of Nelson and longtime
athletic director and men's basketball coach
Ernie Anderson. In Februar¡ the College
dedicated the court in Melby Hal1 in
Anderson's honor.
Nelson earned Augsburg Hali of Fame
honors as both a student-athlete and coach
at Augsburg. As an athlete, he was a multisport star in football, basketball, and
baseball, graduating in 1939. After serving
his country in World War ll-including six
months of imprisonment in a German
prison camp-he retr¡rned to this country,
by Don Stoner
in
1947
, and also served tl-re College
hockey and wrestling coach at times in
the 1950s.
Nelson coached football [or 23 years
(1947-69), flnishing with a 58-118-10
coaching record, the most coaching wins in
school history. He was inducted lnto the
Minnesota Football Ha1l of Fame in 1973.
He coached baseball for 33 seasons (194679), earning MTAC titles seven l¡mes
as
(t947,'48.'59,'61,'63,'73 and'75) and
earning conference coach of the year
honors in I97 5
Nelson was an associate professor in
Ar-rgsburg's health and physical education
department for 32 years, retiring in 1978.
More information on the Sept. 22
event will be sent to A-Club members
during the summer, as well as being placed
on Augsburg's athletic Web site,
<www.augsburg.edu/athletics>. For more
inlormat ion on lhe dedication event,
contact Norm Okerstrom at 6L2-330-I6I6.
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Edor Nelson '39 in a baseball coaching photo
from the 1950s. Nelson was best known for
leading the baseball and football teams
during his three decades as a teacher and
coach at Augsburg.
earning his master's degree from the
University of Minnesota ín 1947
.
He coached lor three years in
Lamberton, MÌnn., and returned to
Augsburg in 1946, when he was named
baseball coach. He was named football
Don Stoner is sports information coordtnator
Auggie sports wrap for 2000-01
Football
Named to the MIAC All-Conference first
team were defensive linemen Matt
Chappuis and Andy Howard, and offensive
lineman Andy Hansen. SevenLeen seniors
completed their Auggie careers in 2000
wirh. a 25-L7 career record, joining the
graduating classes of 1999 and 2000 as
holders of the best four-season career
record in school history
Volleyball
The team capped the l1-16 season by
winning seven of their last 10 matches,
including a three-game sweep of defending
MIAC champion Bethel. Angie Rieger
earned first team A1i-MIAC honors, and
closecl her Auggie career with a unique
double-double, 1,030 career kills and
1,052 career digs.
Men's and women's soccer
A stretch of six wins late in the year, wlth
Auggie \Momen were able to compete as
team for the first time slnce 1998.
14 freshmen on the roster, marked the
beginnings of what the men's squad hopes
will be a strong showing next fa1l. Joel
Stone, a defender, earned a spol on the AllMIAC first team.
On the women's side, a 7-10-1 markthe best record since I997-and consistent
scoring pr-rnch from both veterans and
newcomers spelled an outstanding
rebuilding season. Brenda Selander was
named to the All MIAC first team.
The men's and women's cross country
teams capped their year with one of their
best finishes in recent years at the MIAC
championship meet. Senior Eric
Bloemendal and junior Chrissy Baune
earned all-MIAC honors.
Men's and women's golf
The men's and women's goll teams
completed split seasons-fa1l and springwith solid efforts. The men's team was third
in the MIAC fall championships, 1ed by the
team's lone senior, Hans Anderson.
With increased nr-rmbers of players,
a
Men's and women's cross country
Men's and women's basketball
The men's basketball team earned a trip to
the MIAC playoffs for the fifth season in a
row, despite late season injunes. Seniors
Tomrny Chatman and Matt Davis earned
first-team AII-MIAC honors. The team was
11-9 in the MIAC.
The women's team's 1l-13 overall and
9-12 mark in the MIAC was Augsburg's
best since l9B4-85. SeniorJaime Kingsley
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Lucky seven for Auggie wrestlers
Augsburg wins record seventh
national title
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history, the Augsburg College wrestiing
team won its second consecutive national
championship and seventh title in the past
ll years to highlight the 2000-01 sports
year for the Auggies.
The wrestlers had three individual
national championships and eight Al1Americans. Their 119.5 points was the
sixth-largest total in Division lll history
Defending national champion senior Ben
Bauer became the fifth Auggie in school
history to earn consecutive national titles.
Senior Nik Lewandowski, who became
the fourth Auggie ever to earn four Al1
American honors, claimed the first national
championship of his career with a dramatic
7-5 overtime victory in the 184-pound
final. And, two-time national runner-up
Darin Bertram earned his first national
championship.
Defending national
champion Nick Slack saw his
The wrestlers also excelled in the
classroom, earning a 3.372 GPA with its
distinction of being the fourth highest in
national Division III.
unbeaten streak end in the
I 74-pound championship
match and finished his season
at 29-1, notching a two-
season, consecutive-match
winning streak of 60-the
second-longest in school
history The team finished the
dual season at 16-l and won
the MIAC title for a record
15th consecutive year,
defeating perennial Division 1I
powers North Dakota State
and South Dakota State in the
dual season.
Augsburg's wrestling team shows off their national
championship hardware after claiming the school's seventh
NCAA Division lll national title in the last 11 years at the
2001 NCAA meet.
Sports wrap (continued)
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earned a spot on the
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AII-MIAC first team,
leading the Auggres
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blocked shots. A
biology major with a
3.844 GPA, she also
earned Verizon
Jaime Kingsley goes
up for a shot during
.Augsburg's victory
over St. Olaf.
Academic AllDistrict first-team
honors.
Men's and women's hockey
The Auggie men finished in a fourth-place
tie in the MIAC with a 9-6-I record, but
were eliminated from playoffs on a totalgoal tiebreaker. Four Auggies earned firstteam A11-MIAC recognition-freshman Tim
Olsen, sophomores Jaro Cesky and Brad
Holzinger, and senior goalie Ryan
Mclntosh, for the lourth season in a row.
The women's team had its third
consecutive winning season, lncluding a
sweep on the annual trip to the East Coast.
For the second year in a row, forward
Angie Rieger was named MIAC Women's
Hockey Co-Player of the Year and a finalist
Summer 2001
for Natlonal Player of the Year from the
American Hockey Coaches Association.
Rieger and teammate Kristi Brusletto
earned AII-MIAC honors. A three-time AllAmerican, Rieger ended her career holding
steeplechase), and Baune (1500 meter
virtually every school scoring record.
Augsburg's baseball team finished the
season with 20 wins for the first time since
1992. Mike Schwalen, a four-year starter,
was named to the Verizon Academic AllDistrict V College Division First Têam. He
ended his Augsburg career with a .349
Men's and women's track and field
The men's and women's track and field
teams showed dramatic improvement
during the indoor half of the season,
breaking schooi records l6 times. New
records \Mere set by senior Desman Oakley,
who also won the 55-meter hurdles title;
freshman Derik Thaden (55-meter dash);
Mathew Shannon (200-meter dash), Chris
Ohnstad and Teresa Lewandowski (both in
the 600-meter dash); and Chrissy Baune,
who claimed all-conference finishes in the
1,000- and 1,500-meter runs.
In outdoor action, Oakley won his
second straight MIAC 1l0-merer hurdles
title and qualified for the NCAA Division
iII national championships. The men's 400meter relay squad set a school record of
41.99 seconds.
Other all-MIAC honors went to
Chrlstian Dawson (3,000 meter
run). Three other Auggie relay squads set
school records.
Baseball
batting average.
Softball
For the 22nd time in the last 23 years, the
softball team finished the season wirh a
double digit win record, 17-19 overall and
10-12 in MIAC play Shortstop Kristin
Lideen earned second-team recognit-ion on
the Natj.onal Fastpitch Coaches Association
(NFCA) AIl Midwest Region team. She and
pitcher Rachael Ekholm earned first-team
AII-MIAC honors.
For additional information, statistlcs, and
records on Auggie athletics, visit
<www. au gsburg. edu/athletics>.
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"lt's hard to tell where Augsburg ends, and the community begins."
Laurel True, director of community service-learning
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¡ n 1872, Augsburg Seminary chose
I vinn.upolis as its new home and
' settled on donated land surrounding
what is now the city's oldest park. Toda¡
Augsburg College boldly proclaims its
urban nature and firmly embraces the
city as a classroom for educating its
students. Augsburg 2004: Extending the
Vision declares that "Augsburg, in fact,
has made its location part of its
curriculum."
In these 100 years, this city location
has helped the College structure an
education that seamlessly integrates
practical experience with a liberal arts
education. The city has become a
iaboratory of unlimited opportunities,
which students begin exploring from
their first days on campus.
Community service-learning is one
of the experiential components of an
Augsburg education. Students learn
from and about the community and
society in which they live by
participating in service experiences that
are integrated into Augsburg courses or
the 100 students at the Cedar-Riverside Community School who
interact with up to four Augsburg students each day who come to the school to teach classes,
These kindergartners are among
assist teachers, and
tutor students.
done as part of other campus activities.
It is an area in which Augsburg has
built an enviable national reputation.
"Service-learning is embedded in
the education, it's not an add on,"
explains Mary Laurel True, director of
community service-learning. "lt's part of
who we are." And, it's clearly a "winwin" situation-both siudents and the
community benefit. It actively engages
Augsburg's mission and motto-learning
that takes place "in the context of a vital
metropolitan setting," and learning that
provides "Education for Service."
chilclren ancl aclults in literacl,, teachlng
classes as llart ol tl-reir courses, ancl
researchir.rg communitl' problems ¡o offer
ana11,5is ancl soluliot-ts.
Tl're Ceclat'-Rive rside Cornrnr-tnity
School is orre of Ar.rgsburg's close
partners. This public charter school-the
onl;' school ln the countr), to be located
r.vithin a high-rlse apartment complexserYes mosil;, Ìmrr-rigrant chlldren in
grades K-8. The 100 children come from
l7 natìons and speak seven different
languages, says assistant clirector
Stephanie Byrdziak. In the past trvo
years, not one of the kinclergarten
chlldren has spoken English as a first
language.
Every da;', the Cedar-Riverside
school children average four contacts
r,r'ith the more than 40 Augsburg
Augsburg junior Kristy Bleichner spends time
each week at Wednesday Night Out taking
neighborhood kids to a gym so that their
parents can enjoy time together.
Highlightecl in this article is jLÌst a
sampling ol the activities and programs
in the community sen'ice-learning
progrâm. ln turn, the sen,ice-learning
program is just one o[ the experiential
components in Augsburg's
Center lor Sen'ice, Work, and
Learning, rvhlch also oversees
stuclents who spend one to three hours
per lveek at the school. Some are
Augsburg science majors teaching
science units, musrc students teaching
piano lessons, educatìorr majors lullilllng
teaching requìrernents, or others tlrtoring
inclividual students ìn math or English
as
a seconcl langr-rage (ESL).
Worl<ing one-on-one helps the CedarRiverside studen[s keep up in class.
"Without Augsburg students, lt u'ould be a
lot more dillicult," sa;'s Malcolm Currle,
one ol the nlne teachers at the school.
r.vouldnt be able to l.rìo\¡e as fast because
o[ clillerences in abìlitìes; some stuclents
u'oulcl fall behind."
The partnership clearly bene[its
both Augsburg and the Cedar-Riversicle
school. For example, the school's
teachers, u'ith assistance lrom Augsburg
facr-rlt¡', have secured a granl for tl-re
school from the Medtronic Fottndatiot-t
that provicles a mobile science
laboratory needed to teach science in
the classrooms, since the school has no
space lor a dedicated science lab. For
Augsburg students, lvorking r'vith
community children provicles rich
experiences and valuable learning
r,r,ithÌn their own str-rdies-and many
students continlle these relationships
alter the ploglam ends.
Also r,vi¡hin the Cedar-Rir,ersicle
neighborhood, Trinity Lutheran Church
(rvhìch rvorships in Hoversten Chapel)
pariners with Augsburg lor Wednesclay
Night Out, a program that brings
together neighborhood parents and their
children for supper donatecl by
community organÌzatÌons and ¡he
College. Augsburg students spend time
after supper taking children to the
People's Center g1'm. leai'ing palenls
free to talk about [arnil1' znd
neighborhood issues.
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interr.rships, career placement,
.nnt[ cooperatrvc cdtrcrt iorr.
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Prrtners
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cleveÌopecl paltnershi¡rs rvitl-r
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organrzations, prir-l-larily in
Ar-rgsbur g's ou'n Ceclar -Riverside
neigl.rbcrrhoocl. On ar-r1, given da;',
Augsburg stuclents are ir-r nearby
clerrrenlar'y sehools. conimunit;cenle rs, and neighborl-roocl
sllclters. engnged in tutorìng
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Senior Derek Schwartz keeps the attention of his kindergarten class during his student teaching at CedarRiverside School.
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at nearly 20 sites,
learningì that changes students,"
giving ahnost Ì,500
computer science professor Larry
hours of service.
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communlty partners at a recent
around the College,
the projects range
from palnting ivalls
to yard work to
playing kickball
gathering.
told facr-rlty colleagues and
Tl.c ncíll.boif'il, c0lne5
yLurl
u'ith school children.
Tiue highlights the
importance of this,
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because students
learn that "this is
what Augsburg is;
this is one of the
ways you'll learn
here."
Augsburg junior Nick Leach helps Abshir Mohamud with an assignment
on magnetism and electricity for the science unit Leach taught in the
middle school class at Cedar-Riverside.
Lerrnínt to sqrvc
Augsburg's community sen'ice-learning
program
r,vas
formally organlzed
10
years ago. A goal of the program, says
True, lvho arrived in 1990, is to build
a
continuum of community involvement
for each Augsburg student. It begins
with the Augsburg Seminar (AugSem),
the required lreshman orientalron
course that includes servrce projects
as
part of its curriculum.
The first day of the Augsburg
Seminar is City Service Projects Day,
when more than 300 freshmen spend
a
After Augsburg
Seminar, students
begin to take
courses that embed
service projects in
the coursework, they then become more
confident and ready to work
independently in Lhe comrnunity on
internships or research projects.
Each year, 20-25 Augsburg courses
include a service-learning component.
For example, last year a math class
helped a Cedar-Riverside organization
measure the impact that varying levels
of federal census returns would have on
the amounts of formula grants to the
neighborhood.
One of the goals in Augsbtu'g 2004 is
to engage more of the faculty in servicelearning and to spread rt across as many
disciplines as possible. Faculty benefits
include fresh perspectives and energy that
students brìng back to the classrooms
lrom Lheir community experiences.
Benelits fron-r the sen'ice-learning
experiences are more far-reaching than
the hours committed to service or the
measurable gains in learning.
"A key component lin our program]'
ìs the connection to har,ing an adult
person who cares about you," says
Edison/Project for Pride in Living School
staff person Cathy Nissen. "We try to
make sure in all these partnerships that
our student comes to tour Augsburg
College. Most every student at
Edison/PPL has had at least one
experience in college life at Augsburg
and they know at least one student who
goes there. lt makes sense that they can
see themselves posslbly going to college
in the future."
A special treat lor the CedarRiverside School children is "Kids Come
to Campus Day," during Comrnunity
Sen'ice Week in April. All 100 children
at the school walk the three biocks to
campus, eat in the cafeteria, and meet
people on campus. This year, as part of
the "Share a Story" project, all of the
school's students, teachers, and staff
wrote stories about themselves or their
families and compiled them into a book
that was presented to Dean Chris
Kimball on their i'isit day.
Cours(s
Examples of courses
that include service-learning
Journalism students work in a community settìng and "report" on it.
fii Students in applied math n-rodeled the impact of census data on grâni money in the Cedar-Rive¡side neighborhood.
{f A compuier science class helped Sewarcl Montessori School evaluate and update its computer system.
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l4 Nursing students treat neighborhood residents at the College's lree clinic located in Central Luiheran Church.
iþ Students studying criminology work in organizations dealing with crime and its irnpact, e.g. the West Bank Safety Center.
il History students work in environmental, peace and justice, and won-ren's organizations to study social movements in the past
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Augsburg has been a pioneer in
community service-learning dating back
to the 1970s, when sociology and
metro-urban studies professor Garry
Hesser directed the experiential
education program, sending students off
campus to learn first-hand about
community challenges and needs. ln
1998, Hesser was honored
nationally by Campus
Compact as a co-recipient
of the national Thomas
Ehrlich award for
internship or
lessons.
Augsburg's most recent grant for
service-learning, bringing a decade total
in grant monies to over a half million
dollars, is from the Council of
lndependent Colleges. Thirteen private
colleges, from the ll3 who applied,
were selecied to participate in "Engaging
Communities and Campuses," a
program that will help colleges
"establish partnerships with community
or ganízatíons [o enhance experiential
in this
Perhaps nowhere at
Augsburg has servicelearning been more
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t
More than 30 courses eachyear
include a service-learning component.
I
All 300+ freshmen spend
I
Over 200 students each year tutor
children and adults in schools, literacy
centers, and neighborhood
organizations in Minneapolis.
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Six Community Service
Scholarships are offered each year to
support student leaders in service.
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$5,000 scholarships are available to
AmeriCorps volunteers for full-time
study. (Augsburg is the only college in
the nation to offer this.)
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A full-time VISTA volunteer at
Augsburg coordinates 30 work-study
students who work after school on the
q
a half day
during orient-at-ion on service projects
while learning about the city.
AmericaReads/America Counts program
ffi A Get Ready program staff person
works with two schools to encourage
low income children, starting in fifth
integrated into the learning
curriculum than in the
Education Department. In
grade, to attend college.
1997, Augsburg was one of
six institutions selected by
the American Association
for Colleges of Teacher
Education (AACTE) to
participate in the Service-
Summer 2001
An overview of community
service-learning at Augsburg
student teaching to
carry out servicelearning enhanced
Community Service, the
Learning and Teacher
Education project
(SLATE). As students learn
coordinator.
and lessons, and
Augsburg alumna Roeshell Lewis'97 (right) is an English as a Second
Language (ESL) assistant at Cedar-Riverside School. She, along with
other staff members, have been instrumental in teaching English to
Suad Salad (left) and helping her adjust to the new experience of
attending school.
. highest recognition
fie1d.
Mary Laurel True (left) is director of
community service-learning. Merrie
Benasutti (right) is tutoring and literary
with service-
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Community Service Week each April
ceìebrates and recognizes community
service efforts of Augsburg faculty,
staff, students, and community partners.
H A student-run Link program of more
Tony Pham (middle) shows Augsburg students Allie
Gulbrandson (left) and Christian Shada (right) his story page
in a book presented by Cedar-Riverside School to the College
in the Share a Story project.
than 100 students organtzes events on
campus for neighborhood children and
service projects for students.
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learning activities while addressing
community needs."
Six Augsburg faculty members are
paired with six community partners,
including Cedar-Riverside and
Edison/PPL schools, to extend the
activities of freshmen in city service
projects throughout the entire Augsburg
Seminar term.
The Engaging Communities and
Campuses program is designed "to
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empower colleges and universities and
community organizations to collaborate
in ways that are new to academe."
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True describes Augsburg's
community collaboration over the years
as being a good neighbor and seeking
to build community "from the inside
out." Byrdziak has begun engaging the
Cedar-Riverside School children in
service-learning with neighborhood
organizations by teaching that "servicelearning is not just a project; it's a way
of thinking and a way of learning." I
Divcrsi t¡ out our froht Àhd
brrl Joors
by Garry Hesser
Those of us who attend Augsburg as students or work
I here have the unique and remarkable pleasure, dayI in und day-out, of living in vibrant anà vital
neighborhoods that reveal just how much of an asset a
multicultural community can be. Cedar Riverside and
Seward give diversity a meaning and reality that is rare to
find an;,.where in the U.S., maybe even in the world. What
a gift and bonus Ìt is!
Often, I get to take visiting candidates for faculty
positions on a walking or driving tour of this area I like to
call "my home town." When I do so, I like to 1et the
neighborhood do its own talking and enticing. Just off the
campus along Riverside Avenue, for example, we have a
virtual United Nations of restaurants reveallng the rich
tapestry of our "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood." From the
Addis Ababa Ethiopian restaurant to Livlngston's Organic,
to the Lucky Dragon Vietnamese and Chinese, dozens of
ethnic culinary
opportunitles
await those who
delight in
exploring the
foods of the
Cedar-Riverside assistant director
Stephanie Byrdziak (left) helps Mohamed
Abdulkadir tell his story to an Augsburg
journalism class.
world.
Over in the Seward neighborhood across I-94 that
abuts Augsburg campus's south side, an equally diverse
group of eating establishments abound, ranging from the
Biue Nile to Moon II, one of our newer coffee houses.
Recently at Moon lI I savored a conversation with one of
my former students who, after living and teaching in the
Ukraine, is now a homeowner in the neighborhood. It was
this same student who, nearly two decades ago, helped me
write a grant proposal that ultimately led to the survival of
the Seward Redesign Community Development
Corporation. Redesign has since played a vital role in
the revival of the central city neighborhoods
surrounding our campus, lncluding the design of the
new light rail station that will be built on the edge of
the campus.
Today, thanks [o the vision of active neighborhood
organizatì.ons, augmented by both Augsburg and
Tiinity Lutheran Congregation volunteers, lhese
communities are thriving. Augsburg's connection to
and involvement in its neighborhood continues to
provide an extraordinary opportunity both for its
students and for those of us fortunate to lÌve and raise
our famihes in this remarkable and unexcelled rainbow
of humanity
Garry Hesser is professor of sociology and metro-urban
studies. The above is excerpted t'rom an article written
Children from the Seward Montessori school visited Augsburg in 1998
when the College announced a scholarship program with the school.
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magazLne.
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Targeting success:
NO BARRIERS ALLOWED
by Don Stoner
-fhe D.H. Lawrence poem is
I pro.inently displayed on the case
I rhat holds Aaron Cross'archery
equipment.
You remember the poem as you watch
Cross practice the skills that have earned
him international honors in archery. You
watch Cross concentrate on his coffee can
lid-sized target, which looks so small 70
meters away You watch Cross'eyes,
intense and focused on the task at hand.
He puts the arrow in place and draws
back the bow. At that point, with all the
tension in the world seemingly on the tips
of his fingers, he pauses, relaxes his
breathing. The moment seems like forever.
Then he releases the arrow. ln a fraction of
a second, the arrow arrives at its Largel.
Nearly perfect.
And then you remember he's in a
wheelchair, able to utilize just a fraction of
the physical skills able-bodied individuals
can use, and it doesn't seem to matter.
SELF.PITY
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I neyer saw a wild thing
sorry for itselJ.
A small bird will drop frozen
deadfrom abough
without ever haying felt sorty
for itself.
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Left: Aaron Cross '97 concentrates on the target during a practice session at Mike's Archery shop in 5t. Cloud, Minn. Right: James Mastro '73 battles
his opponent during a match in the 1998 Blind World Judo Championships in Madrid, Spain.
Summer 2001
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AUGGIES IN THE SYDNEY PARALYMPICS
ugsburg has
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earned international
acclaim in disabled
sports-Aaron
Cross,
a L997 graduate, and
James Mastro, who
graduated in 1973.
Cross is
consÌdered one of the
top wheelchair
archers 1n the world
and has earned
numerous honors
and records in his
sport.
Mastro, an
Augsburg Athletic
Hall of Fame
member who lost his
vision while 1n hÌgh
school, has competed
in seven Paraiympics,
in several sports,
"In the first match, a minute-anda-half in, a guy from Austria tried a
stupid throq and the first thing to hit
the ground was my elbow," Mastro
said. "1 tried to continue in my next
match, bul I couldn't raise my arm up
above my elbow. I was just ticked."
For Cross, it was the luck of the
draw, and a quarterfinal meeting with
the eventual gold medalist in head-tohead competition that did hlm in.
Cross was considered one of the
since 1976. The first Paralympic athlete
ever to medal in four different sports,
Mastro has earned 10 medals-five gold,
three silver, and two bronze.
"These games were specifically
developed for athletes with certain
challenges to compete at an Olympic
level," said Cross, who competed in his
second Paralympics last year in Sydne¡
Australia. "Our scores are comparing well
with able-bodied scores. I compete
against able-bodied archers all the time
"l contftete dgainst øble-bodied
archers all the time and beat them ...
Cross'97
but we don't get recognized as m7tch."
-Aaron
and beat them, guys who were on the
U.S. Olympic team and beat them. But
we don't get recognized as much."
In the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney,
both Cross and Mastro were eliminated
earlier than they anticipated. For Mastro,
it was an elbow injury in the first match
of his judo event that ended his
competition.
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favorites in the W1 competition, one
of three levels of wheelchair archery
based on the range of disability of an
athlete. His class consists of athletes
who are quadriplegic, have extremely
limited functÌon in their arms and
legs, or have amputation of three
limbs.
But in the "ranking round," where
archers' individuai scores determine
their spots in the final round of 12
athletes, Cross said he didn't shoot
wel1. As a result, he failed to finish in
the top four, where he would have
earned a first-round bye in the headto-head competition. ln his first headto-head match, Cross smashed the old
world record in l8-arrow competilion,
but lost to Zdenek Sebek of the Czech
Republic, the eventual gold medalist,
in the quarterfinaìs by ¡usL six points.
"lt was just the luck of the draw,"
Cross said. "It was crushing. I had
shot four world records last year, I
had gained back all my national tì.tles
last year, and I missed a fifth world
record by a point."
While falling short of their
Aaron Cross (center of front row) poses with the 2000 U.S. Paralympic archery team before
competition in Sydney. lt was Cross'second Paralympic appearance in his archery career,
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goals
was disappointing, the experience of
being part of the largest competition
for disabled athletes in the world was
Summer 2001
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JIM MASTRO_A
certainly a thrill. A crowd of more
than 100,000 people attended the
PARALYM PIC FLAG.BEARE R
openÌng ceremonies, and sellout
crowds were the norm for most
events; a welcome change
considering that Ín compelitions in
the last decade, event organizers
T-o. Mastro, competing in athletics
þ t.,ut always been a natural thing,
I .u.n nlLe, becoming blind
"You walhed up and down
the street ønd people hnew
that you were there
for the Parølympics."
-JimMa,stro'73
between his junior and senior years of
hÌgh school.
He enrolied at Augsburg and
became a member of the wrestling
team, while studying for his education
degree. He earned A11-MIAC honors
twice and won the conference
championshlp at 177 pounds as a
senior. Along the way, he became a
solid amateur wrestler, in spite of hÌs
vision Ìmpalrment. He was a member
of the U.S. team in the World
University Games in 1973 , was a threetime bronze medalist at international
competitions, and became the first
blind athlete to be a member of an
Olympic team, when he was an
alternate on the U.S. Greco-Roman
Wrestling team at the Montreal
Olympics in 1976. He was named to
the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in
1997.
had to literally give tickets away.
"Australia was great," Mastro
said. "The people were really
friendly. They were as friendly as
their reputation is. They knew
about the Paralympics, knew what
it was for and that it was after the
regular Olympics. You walked up
and down the street and people
knew that you were there for the
Paralympics. The publicity there
was really great, much better than
Atlanta [in 1996ì."
"Europe and Australia have
much more respect for Paralympic
events than we do lin the United
Statesl ," Cross said. "Every single
event in Australia was sold out. ...
The people were amazing.
Volunteers were everywhere. Every
single volunteer I talked to said that
they would rather volunteer for the
Paralympics than the Olympic
Games. The culture matches the
people, as beautiful as you'd
me to determine how hard I would
have to work to do weil. I found that
the guys I was working with didn't
grant me any quarter because I was
blind. They'd throw me into the wall
expect."
like anyone
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James Mâstro, posing for a photo at the 2000
Sydney Paralympics, is one of America's
Paralympics pioneers. He has earned 10
medals and was the first Paralympic athlete
to earn medals in four different sports.
"When I was at Augsburg, I didnt
have to worry about being accepted.
When i was trying out for the
Olympics, I didn't have to worry about
being accepted there, either."
When the Paralympics began to
admit blind athletes ín I976,1t was a
natural draw for Mastro. He competed
in four different sports-1udo,
wrestling, track and field, and goalball
(an on-court team sport designed for
blind athletes). ln addition to his 10
Paralympic medals, he has earned 17
Ìnternational medals in the various
sports.
And in 1996, Mastro was honored
"l found thøt the guys I wøs worhingwith didn't grant me dny quarter
becøuse I was blind. They'd throw me into the wall lihe
anyone else."
Møstro '73
-Jim
"I wasn't able to compete until I
came to Augsburg, when I decided to
go into wrestling," he said. "lt helped
else.
for his years of service by being named
flag-bearer for the United States team at
Lhe Paralympics opening ceremonies in
Atlanta, where he earned abronze
medal in his weight class in judo, and
also competed in track and field in the
shot put and discus.
Judo has become his primary sport
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(left) maintains a hold
on his opponent during the 1998 Blind
James Mastro
\Â/orld Judo Championships in Madrid,
Spain. Judo is similar to wrestling, a
sport Mastro competed in while an
interesting marathon
events, including doing
3,076 pushups in an hour
and bench-pressing an
Olympic bar 1,300 times
in
15 minutes.
At
age 52, Mastro
could be consiclerecl one
of the "elder statesmen" of
the Paralympic
movement, though he
doesn't enjoy that tit1e.
"Our blind judo team, none of them
are young. Most of them are in their later
20s or 30s, and they've competed a 1ot.
They know what it's like to compete, it's
their goal," Mastro saicl. "lt [judo] rnust
keep you young. it's either going to keep
me yoLlng or kill me. The injr"rry I had in
Sydney was my lirst inlury since
Augsburg student, in terms of throws
and intense action.
after wrestling was
dropped from the
Paralympic program
before the 1996
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games.
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was in Long Beach,
Calif. The Braille
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"When I was
introduced to judo, it
Institute had a
prograln on the
sport," he said. "After
I graduated from
college, I had
wrestled primarily
Greco-Roman, and
that style and judo
are very similar. The
biggest difference is
that you are able to
use the collar in judo.
The throws were
basically the same,
though a bÌg
difference was in
chokes and arm-bars.
It's like wrestling with
your pajamas on."
In order to raise
money for himself
and his family to
travel to major
competltions like the
Paralympics, he has
performed some
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wrestiing in 1973.I've been lucky"
Mastro has also been e pioneer in
his primary profession, teaching. He
became the first blind student to earn
CROSS BECOMES A
TOP WHEELCHAIR
ARCHER
T-or Cross. rrcherv wasn't his irst
þ iou., growlng up rn tne
I Sr . CloLrd, Minn., arer. By age
f
16, he was an accomplishecl biker and
cross country skier, and was
preparing for a spot on a Junior
Olynrpic team. Competing in a
bicycle race in Biwabik, Minn., in
May 1991, he crashed into a support
van. The accident left him a
quadriplegic, with no sensation from
the armpits down.
While rehabilitating at the Sister
Kenny lnstitute, a therapist, who
happened to be a Paralymplc archer,
recommcnded thc sport îs în activity
ln which he could excel, but he
preferred wheelchair track ancl rugby
instead.
a
Ph.D. in physical education in the
United States, and later taught in the
physical education department at the
University of Minnesota. Now he teaches
at Bemidji State University in the health
and physical education department,
including all the adapted physical
education classes.
He is unsure whether he will take
on the Paral)¡mpic challenge again, when
the games go to Athens, Greece, in 2004.
He will compete in the sport's world
championships in 2002.
"I'11 be 56 fin 20041," he said. "At
the world championships in a couple of
years, I will see how my arm is. My arm
right now is about 90 percent back. One
of the things I really enjoy labout the
Paralympicsl is the camaraderie, going
out and busting your butt with people
who understand and enjoy what's goÌng
on. I've gone to a iot of places 1n the
world, met a lot of cool peoPle."
"She gave me three choices o[
sports. She told me I could do
archery, I could do archer¡ or I could
do archcry." Cross 1oked.
While he was in high school, a
close frlend decided to take up
archery, and Cross joined hÌm in
trying out the sport.
"l got into it and we went down
"[My therapist] gave me three
choices of sports. She told me
I could do archery, I could do
ørchery, or I could do
drcherY."
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to a national shootout in Las Vegas. 1
absolutely fell in love with it," he said
"That summer, I got a letter to try out
for the world team, went overseas for
the first tlme for the world
championships, and came back with
Summer 2001
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sure I was going in the right
my first gold medal. Needless to say,
I'm hooked."
Eventually, Cross was winning
national competitions and gaining
sponsorships, from bow companies,
Target stores, and Mike's Archery, a
store in St. Cloud where he trains.
At that time, he also began to
speak publÌcly about overcoming the
obstacles in his life, a hobby that
eventually led to his current career as
motivational speaker. He speaks for
numerous school groups and other
organizatÌons through his business,
direction."
He was able to keep up his
str¡dies in spite of a schedule that
a
Motivation on Wheels.
Cross graduated from Augsburg in
1997 with a mass communication
degree and credits the school, especially
the Center for Learning and Adaptive
Student Services (CLASS), wÌth much
of his success.
"The CTASS office and the
communication faculty and staff never
had him flying across the country
lor major archery compeliLions,
along wÌth working on internships
and projects with accomplished
motivational speakers.
"I'd leave on a Thursday, shoot
on Friday, Saturday, and Sunda¡ all
day long, come back on a red-eye
flight ai ]:00 on Monday morning.
I'd study on ihe planes and in the
hotel rooms, and be back in class by
eight on Monday morning," he said.
Archery has become a passion for
ln addition to his achievements as a world-class
arche¡i Aaron Cross speaks throughout the country
about overcoming obstacles and maintaining
positive attitude in everyday life.
Cross, who is also an accomplished
bowhunter. He is currently ranked among
the top five archers in the world in the
Wl
class, and
will compete at the world
championships ìater Lhis summer in
Prague, Czech Republic. He is currently
"The CLASS ffice dnd the communication faculty ønd staff ... were
ølwøys a phone call awøy. If I needed something, they were there,
Cross'97
every single step of the wø1t."
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once backed down lor me. They knew
what I wanted to do, they knew how I
was going to do it, and they always
stood behind me," Cross said. "l can't
tell you how many times they bailed
me out. ... They were always a phone
call awa;r lf I needed something, they
were there, every single step of the way.
"Augsburg never babied me. They
put me in my place and they just made
FnfiïtÌnãfDn¡r
the governor for his region on the
Minnesota State Archery Association, a
technicai delegate to the USA Archery
committee, and on the Paralympic Athlete
Advisory board for the United States
a
placed fourth in an individual
competition and fifth overall at the world
championships, leading up to his
experience at the Sydney Paralympics.
He said the level of respect that
Paralympic athletes receive Ìn the United
States has improved, but it's still not at
the leve1 of Olpnpic athletes. Coverage of
the Paralympics needs to improve in
order for the athletes to gain the respect
of the public, Cross said.
"lf we were to get the respect that the
able-bodied team gets, it would be
dÌfferent for me," he said. "Slowly but
surely, it's working. Archery is getting
advanced in this knowledge. For years,
we've been competing against the ablebodied people. They know we're out
there. They're working with us." I
Olympic Committee.
Don Stoner is sports information coordinator.
He competed in his first Paralympics
ìn 1996 in Atlanta, and though he set a
world record in the ranking round, he
finished fourth overall. In 1999, he
Jim Mastro canbe reached at
<lmastro@b emidlistate. edu> and Aaron Cross
at <adron. cro s s@ motiv ationonwhe
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ugsburg's First International and Off-Campus
Studies Photo Contest
Over 100 entries were submitted in the inangr-rral photo contest for rnternational and off-campr-rs studies
sponsored by the Office of International Programs and Office of Public Relations and CommunicaLion.
Wlnners were selected rn three categones: Scenic lanclscapes; locai people rn a cross-cultural setting;
and Augsburg students in a host setting. All winnrng photos lvere displayed in Christensen Center dr-rring
International Student Week.
lnchrded here are the first- and second-place winners. To see all the wlnners, visit
<www. augsbnrg. edu/internationaVphotocontest>.
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Scenic landscapes. First place. "Spirit Gifts," Ross Murray'00. Chaing Mai,
Thailand, January 2000. People offer many gifts to the spirit world, and shops
sell ready-made flowers to offer the spirits.
Augsburg students in a cross-cultural setting. First place.
"Café in Rome," Stacy Funk'03. Rome, ltaly, January 2001
Local People in a cross-cultural setting. First place. "La Musica di Firenze,"
Rustin Newburger'01. Florence, ltaly, fall 2000.
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Augsburg students in a host setting. Tie for second place. "Tortilla,"
Jennifer Brogger'01. San Jorge, Guatemala, January 2000.
Augsburg students in a host setting. Tie for second place. "Bay
Watche4" Mike Murray'02, Antibes, France, January 2001.
Local people in a cross-cultural setting. Second place. "Young
Girl," Brandon Hofstedt'02. Nueva Vida, El Salvadon fall 2000.
Scenic landscapes. Second place. "Wandering," Nathaniel
Bunker'03. Nice, France, January 2001.
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Winners of the 2001
lnternational Photo
Contest, from L to R:
Rustin Neuberger,
Stacy Funk,
Nathaniel Bunker,
Kendra Hines,
Trephaena Sylte,
Jennifer Brogger,
Ross Murray.
Not pictured:
Brandon Hofstedt,
Petra Velander, Nellie
Pearson, Amy Funk,
Maria Sieve, Mike
Murray, Tenelle Russ.
Summer 2O0f
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The next step ¡n Nicole Warner's music career
is clear-off to New York for study at the
Master of Arts in Leadership graduate Den¡se
Gordon receives her hood from Professor Bev
Manhattan School of Music.
Nilsson.
Dean Chris Kimball congratulates senior Stacy
Sellers as she receives her honor cords.
After receiving his Master of Social Work
degree, Nick Metcalf poses with his proud
family.
Erica Bryan (L) and Allison Heimkes (center) pose during lineup with
admissions director Sally Daniels (R).
COMVTEI\CEVIEI\T
This year's graduating mus¡c majors take their turn
drum during the Commencement Concert finale.
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to beat the
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Summer 2001
President Frame congratulates a new
graduate as he receives his diploma.
On their way to the ceremony, seniors file through the line of faculty, stopping for quick hugs,
their professors applaud their achievement.
as
President Frame addresses the 2001 graduates, their families, faculty, and staff at the
Baccalaureate service.
Music professor Bob Stacke'71 and flagbearer Abby Mildbrand lead the seniors to
the ceremony.
The family of international student Terence
Tam traveled to Minneapolis from Malaysia to
be with him on Commencement day.
Summer 2001
Nursing professor Bev Nilsson (fourth from left) and Rochester program director Rick Thoni
(fourth from right) share the success of Rochester nursing students completing their bachelor's
degrees-the first in the Rochester program.
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..LIFT
OFF ON THIS U/ONDERFUL
JOIIRI,{EY WE CALL LIFE"
Excerpts from the Commencement Address
The Hon. Daniel Goldin, NASA Administrator
May 20, 2OO1
I
t is a great privilege
to be addressing you
today. To the
graduating seniors ...
let me start with two
simple words: well
done! Well done, but
not mission
accomplished.
Each and every one of
you is an explorer in
the journey we call life
And, yes, today's
milestone is an
important one. But,
commencement means
a beginning, not an
end. The bulk of this
journey is still ahead
of you.
IUR
NASA Administrator Dan¡el Goldin advised Augsburg's class of 2001
that their college achievement is only part of the journey toward a
"mission accomplished."
...My advice is this: always remember
that life's lessons will not come from the
guy delivering a speech in front of you.
But, they have been developed and
nurtured by the people around you.
Your friends. Your professors. Your
mentors. And, even though you may not
realize to what extent now, life's lessons
come mostly from what I like to call
Mission Control-your family. Especially
your family. And never forget it.
... So go for it. Never deterred by the
fear of failure. In life, having no failures
The Augsburg College Class
554
331
128
59
36
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is rarely a sign ofperfection, but rather
that your goals aren't bold enough. Find
something you love. Have a dream.
Pursue it. Believe in yourself. Whether it
is in Minneapolis or on Mars-make
your mark.
...So to the Augsburg College Class of
2001 ... Go for launch. Lift off on this
wonderful journey we call life. And
Godspeed to all of you.
Goldin's speech was included in both the
New York Times and NBC Nightly News
in theír roundup of top college
Rozenia Fuller rece¡ves Marina
Christensen Just¡ce Award
ozenia Fuller, a senior youth and
R family ministry major and McNair
Scholar, was selected as the 2001 recipient
of the Marina ChristensenJustice Award.
This award is given each year to the
graduating senior whose communityservice work best illustrates Augsburg's
motto, "Education for Service"
-itself
brilliantly displayed in Marina Christensen
Justice's personal and professional
dedication to the vitalization of urban
communities.
Fuller represents the best blend of
excellence in scholarship and an untiring
commitment to the community. She has
been active at Spirit Church and the
Harvest Preparatory School in North
Minneapolis and serves on the boards of
the Glenwood Ly.ndale Community Center
and Minneapolis Community and
Têchnical College.
An Augsburg student recently said of
her, "I could not imagine an Augsburg
minus Rozenia Fuller. She has helped
make Augsburg the intentionally diverse
community that it strives to be, and she
alone has kept many students of color tied
into this community"
The mother of two
children-
Jeremiah and Rosetta-Fuller lives by the
words she loves to share with them: "Try
to take advantage of the opportunities that
God presents you with." She has helped
homeless mothers locate housing,
developed support groups for junior high
and high school students, and helped with
counsel and spiritual support forjuveniles
in the Hennepin County Detention
Center.
commencement speeches.
of 2O0f
Candidates for graduation
Day students
Weekend College students
Graduate students (Master of Arts in Leadership and Master of social work)
Nursing students in Rochester-the first students completing baccalaureate
degrees in the Rochester program
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Rozenia Fuller'01 is congratulated by
President Frame as she receives the Marina
Christensen Justice Award.
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From the Alumni Board president's desk ..,
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T
he work of
our
Augsburg
Alumni
Association is
like
a
jigsaw
puzzle-it
has
many parts, and
\Mirh diligenr
work and a bit
of luck, will come together to portray a
memorable picture. Oftentimes, when
working a jigsaw puzzle, you will pick up a
piece and try it in several locations before
you find the right place. Also, you never
throw away apuzzle piece, as you will need
it to complete the puzzle. If you cant find
the exact spot where the piece fits, just set
it aside for a while and work òn another
piece.
So
it is with the efforts of our Alumni
Board. We are always working on the
puzzle. We've tried quite a few pieces this
past year, including:
Alumni gatherings outside of the
Twin Cities
The association organized and sponsored
numerous gatherings of Augsburg alums in
sites near and far: Florida, Anzona,
Califomia, Illinois, Wisconsin, and greater
Minnesota. The intent was to test the waters
for the development of actual alumni
chapters in those areas. Many colleges have
such chapters and it's a good time for
Augsburg to do likewise. Out of those
various efforts, key contacts have been
identified in six locations to continue work
on this concept. In addition, an employerbased alumni chapter is in the works at the
3M Company, thanks to the interest of
several alums who work for that company
This project will take several years to
nurture and develop, but we're convinced
that it holds an important place in the
puzzle.
Alumnijob fair
We sponsored a job fair on the Augsburg
campus this spring \Mith 25 companies
represented who have Augsburg alumni in
key positions for hiring new grads. Job fairs
are not new, but having alumni staff the
booths gave it an extra spark, and students
were most appreciative of the chance to talk
with those present. The alumni also
enjoyed meeting each other and being back
on campus.
Augsburg Day at Como Park
An alumni event geared toward families
took place on May 5 when we gathered at
Como Park in St. Paul with a hearty group
of Augsburg fans. Students were on hand to
provide musical entertainment and a oneact play Parents had a chance to bring their
small childrenfuture Auggies to a Collegesponsored event. Next year w€ plan to
expand upon this pafticular "piece".
All these pieces look like they fit into
our puzzle and are going to sta)¿ The
picture rMe are working to complete is one
of a strong and vibrant Augsburg College
that enjoys broad support from its Alumni
Association. This support can take many
forms; financial, interest, and connections.
The picture is not yet complete. How do
you fit into this puzzle? Think about it.
Thanks to our AlumniÆarent Relations
staff, Nancy (Carlson) Toedt '94, Jeff
K¡engel '93, and l-aura Cichocke for a great
year. Also, thanks to the Alumni Board that
served diligently and creatively this past
year. June starts a new board year. Jackie
I(niefel Lind C69, MAL'94) is slated to
become the next president of the
association, and Andy Morrison ('73) is
president-elect. Seven new board members
have been elected to join our "puzzle party."
Keeping you in touch, in the know,
and in the spirit of Augsburg Collegeyou'll be surprised at what we can do
together!
.
Paul Mikelson'70
President, Alumni Board
.Homecoming 2OO1 to include new events
and a visit from Maya Angelou
¡Fhis
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fall
uo-".o--
ing will feature
a talk by Dr.
Maya Angelou,
who is hailed as
one of the great
r4
voices of
Maya Angelou w-ll
present a talk during
Homecoming 2001 in
October.
Summer
2OO1
contemporary
llterature. As
poet, educator,
historian, bestselling author,
playwright, civil rights activist,
producer, and director, Angelou travels the
world, spreading her wisdom and
captivating audiences through the vigor and
sheer beauty of her words and þcs.
Her program, "An Evening with Maya
Angelou," is described as a patchwork quilt
of her life and work. She will appear October
8 at 7:30 p.rn.; more derails will be available
later this summer in the Homecoming
brochure and on the Augsburg Web site.
This year's theme for Homecoming and
Family Week 2001 is 'Augsburg on parade,"
actress,
and several exciting changes are planned. In
addition to Angelou's visit, Homecoming will
now be a full week of activities for alumni,
students, families, faculty, and staff. Some of
the new events this year include a 5K
run/walk for fun or charity along the
Mississippi River; an alumni art show; a
parade around Murphy Park; faculty and
faculty emeriti collaborationlpresentations; a
student variety show and coronation; Umess
Hall floor reunions (hosted by current
student residents); and much more.
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Martin Hl¡nka '99 s¡gns second contract
with
NHHs Washington Capitals
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Augsburg
alumnus Martin
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Martin
Hlinka'99
signed to a oneyear National
Hockey League
contract by the
Hlinka played briefly with the United
Hockey League's Quad City (Moline, Ill.)
Mallards in November, but returned to
finish the season in Portland. He was the
club's top centerman down the stretch,
used often on crucial face-offs by Pirates'
head coach Glen Hanlon, and was the
club's top scorer in the postseason.
A native of Bratislava, Slovakia,
Hlinka played both football and men's
byDons,oner
hockey at Augsburg from 1995-'99. Hlinka
came to America from Slovakia in 1994,
staying with a host family in Farmington,
Minn., and graduating in 1995 from
Farmington High School. He stayed with
the host family all four summers while at
Augsburg, and graduated with a B.A. in
business administration.
Don Stoner is sports information coordinator.
washington
Capitals, the
team announced in Ma;r
The signing was another step on an
incredible progression in professional
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hockey for Hlinka.
This season, Hlinka started the
campaign as the lone training camp invitee
on the opening-day roster for the Capitals'
top minorleague team, the Portland
(Maine) Pirates of the American Hockey
League. He originally was signed by
Portland to a25-game professional try-out
agreement, but soon after inked a standard
AHL deal that lasted the duration of the
season. In November, Hlinka signed to a
one-year contract wlth the Capitals, and
he was assigned to the Pirates roster.
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Martin Hlinka (#a1, left) fires a shot during a Portland Pirates home game
in January in Portland, Maine. Hlinka signed his second one-year contract with
the NHL's Washington Capitals organization in May.
Alumna named Aquatennial Senior Queen
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Eunice (Kyllo)
Roberts '62 was
named this
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year's Senior
Queen for the
Minneapolis
Aquatennial, the
lO-day official
civic celebration
Eunice (Kyllo) Roberts
'62 was named this
of the City of
year's Senior Queen for Minneapolis
the Minneapolis
fiuly 13-22). As
Aquatennial.
Senior Queen,
she
will travel to festivals and functions
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throughout the state and region
representing the Minneapolis Aquatennial.
Roberts was nominated by
representatives of Fairview-University
Medical Center in Minneapolis, in
recognition of the more than 1,300 hours of
time she has donated to Child and Family
Life Services as a Watchful Companion. She
also serves as a member of the center's
Volunteer Services Advisory Committee.
Lastyear, Roberts was nominated for
the Friends of Nursing Award by the
nursing staff on the children's unit at
Fairview-UniversitY.
Since retiring from Augsburg Fortress
Publishers, Roberts has dedicated her time
to volunteer work, and is committed to
providing friendship and understanding to
help improve health and welfare in the
communit;r
"We applaud Eunice for her loyahy
and dedication and, especially, her
stamina," says Alex Thwaites, FairviewUniversity volunteer coordinator. "Her
energy, enthusiasm, and dedication are
wonderful motivators for all of us."
Roberts stays connected to the College
by singing with the Masterworks Chorale.
She and her husband, Warren, a retired
University of Minnesota psychology
professor, live in Fridle¡ Minn. They have
lwo sons.
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Everald H. Strom, Fergus Falls,
Minn., has been retired for 15
years; he served as president of
the Church of the Lutheran
Brethren for IB years. He has
found retirement to be a very
rewarding experience, and enjoys
giving Bible studies and teaching
part time.
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The Rev. S. Jerome
1949
(Hamberg)'54
Donald Peterson, Burnsville,
Minn., lost his wife of nearly 53
in November;
Donald and their four sons survive
years, Mabel,
her.
Joyce (Gronseth) Limburg
recently moved to Apple Valley,
Minn.; she lived in lowa for 5I
years and taught English in
Parkersburg, lowa, for 25 years.
She is happy to be back home
with family and friends. Sadly, her
husband, Sherm, died in 1993.
Harold C. Roosen, Phoenix,
Ariz., has been doing well since
his 1997 accident, in which a car
hit him after he exited a bus. A
retired elementary school teacher,
he enjoys reading and attending
Shepherd of the Valley Church
Eleanor L. (Ewert)
Hutchinson, Indianola, Iowa, is a
breast cancer survivor and was in
charge of survivors for this April's
Relay for Life event, which was
held in Indianola and sponsored
by the American Cancer Society
and Simpson College.
wedding anniversary in
January. They are both
retired and live in
Duluth, Minn., where
The Alumni Association hosted its
retired in 1990 after serving more
than 38 years with Hennepin
County Welfare; he currently
sewes on the state Department of
Human Services Special Review
Board. Sadly, his wife passed away
1999.
firct
"Augsburg Day at Como Pârk" celebration
in May. Despite rainy weather, the event
Lutheran Church in
brought together alumni and their
Superior, Wis. Having
families, faculty, staff, and students.
served missions to
Augsburg students (pictured above)
Tâiwan and Hong Kong, provided musical enterta¡nment.
he is hosting his sixth
dystrophy. He and his wife, Pat
tour to China in June and will
(Larson) '57, live in Anacortes,
host his seventh the summer of
Wash.,
overlooking Puget Sound
2002. All interested parties can
and
the
Olympic Mountains.
e-mail him at <revelness@aol.com>.
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Karl Puterbaugh, Eagan, Minn.,
in
celebrated their 45th
Redeemer's Free
1952
1948
Elness and Elaine
Jerome preaches at Our
1951
1944
1954
(where forme¡ Augsburg
instructor, the Rev. Brian Erickson,
is pastor).
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Bob Lockwood, Minnetonka,
Minn., says he is "back to 99
percent and ready to play golf
again" after recovering from
successful open heart surgery.
Bob Moylan was recently
diagnosed with muscular
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Richard Lund, Edmonds, Wash.,
retired from the daily practice of
diagnostic radiology in 1997. He
is currently a consulting
radiologist for a medical device
company.
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Iìeaching and learning ¡n Vietnam
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by Lynn Mena
For three weeks earlier this year, the Rev Harris Lee '57 and his wrfe, Maryon, traveled from Mrnneapolis to
Vietnam to teach conversational English to Vietnamese students. They traveled with a group of about l5
people and stayed at a hotel in Cao Lanh, located in the southern half of Vietnam. The trip was arranged
through Global Volunteers, an organizatlon based ln Little Canada, Mlnn.
"My wife and I had long talked about taking part rn a
volunteer opportunity such as this," says Lee. "The
experience was very fulfilling; we received such a warm ancl
respeclful receplion from the students. It was a very relaxed
and healthy relationship."
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The students, all advanced college students str-rdying to be
teachers, doctors, and computer professionals, already had a firm
grasp of the English language, but were eager to enhance their
skills.
The Rev. Harris Lee '57 (left)
traveled to Vietnam earlier this
year to teach English to
Vietnamese students.
"The experíence was very
Jult'illing; we receíved sucLr a
warm and respectful
reception
from the students."
"The students were excited to use English for several reasons,"
says Lee. "Of course, it's an international business language and knowing it helps to find a good job
Br-rt they were also excited to be able to read good books written in Eng1ish."
Lee's
wife, Maryon, stands in the
Vietnamese classroom where they
taught; the experience was arranged
through Minnesota-based Global
Volunteers.
Summer 2001
The sludents had not heard of Minnesota-until the Lees mentioned the Mississippi River. "They
remembered the river from Mark Twain's books," Lee says, chuckling.
A retrred ELCA pastor and stewardship specialist, Lee still does some stewardship work for the ELCA;
he also works as an independent consultant lor churches. Maryon is a retired elementary teacher.
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Class Notes
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1964
1
Deanne M. (Star) Greco,
Carol (Torstenson)
John Clawson relocated f¡om
Duane llstrup, Rochester,
Bloomington, Minn., was
appointed to the Board of Ordway
Circle of Stars. As a member of
the board, she will join other
volunteers committed to
supporting the Ordway Center for
Performing Arts.
McCausland, Warner, N.H.,
Minneapolis to California after he
was elected president and chief
executive officer of Lutheran
Social Services o[ Southern
California. He began his work
with LSS of Minnesota in I992 as
director of the public poiicy office.
Minn., was rhe Bntish lournal of
Surgery invited speaker at the
965
recently celebrated several happy
family occasions: a wedding, a
new granddaughter, and a son
starting law school. Carol is a
Title I coordinator for the
Hillsboro-Deering School District
1967
1
in Hillsboro, N.H.
ffi
Marlene (Chan) Hui '74=
Moved by the spirit
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Q
ln
1968, a Lutheran missionary approached Marlene (Chan) Hui, then a
studious high school student living in Hong Kong, with an opportunity
to attend college in the United States. The prospect of attendìng a U.S.
college, and specifically Augsburg College, appealed to Hui. Two of her
brothers were already livíng in the U.S., and the idea of belng able to
explore her faith while immersed in academia suited the l8-year-old,
who attended Tiinity Lutheran Church in Bata Lou. Moreover, if she
remained in Hong Kong, she would face limited opportunities to attend
college, due to a shortage in higher education institutions.
adapted to life 1n the U.S. and at Augsburg. She served as chair of the
Foreign Student Group, and was very involved in faith-related activities.
During her first year at Augsburg, she 1lved with biology professor Neal
Thorpe and his famrly She fondly remembers going on family trips and
participating in Bible studies with her host family. Although Hui lived in
the clormitory her second and third years of college, she formed her
iongest lasting friendships with the girls she met during her senior year
while livlng in the Lambda House. Last summer, the lormer residents
reunited in Brainerd, Minn., for four days of reminiscing and catch-r-rp.
1971
David Siedlar, CarlisÌe, Mass.,
accepted a position as a student
Ioan administrator for Brandeis
University in Waltham, Mass.
1973
Rebecca (Nystuen) Berger,
Green Bay, Wis., is director of the
Door County Library
Marlene (Chan) Hui, class
agent for the CIass oÍ 1974,
works as a special education
teacher and Iooks forward to
fulfilling her goal of doing
missionary work in Asia.
Joyce Catlin, Maple Grove,
Minn., married the Rev. Paul
Casey in April at Brookll'n Park
Evangelical Free Church. Joyce is
a second grade teacher at
AlbertviÌle Primary School and
Paul is a part-time worship/music
pastor at Waterbrooke Fellowship
ìn Victoria, Minn.
"Augsburg enriches d
person relig¡ousþ,
spiritualþ, and
academically."
Hui majored in English and elementary education and minored in French; however, her career path
became clear to her during an Augsburg internship. Her first professional experience entailed working
with low-income children. "We seemed to get along well, and it seemed like I could get through to them,"
says
Research Society and the
Association of Surgeons of Great
Britain and lreland in April in
Birmingham, England. He
presented a lecture titled "Should
You Always Believe in What You
Read?" He is associate professor of
biostatistics at the Mayo Clinic.
Õ
by Wendy Elofson
Though the challenge of adjusting to the highly variable weather of
Minnesota was difficult (Hong Kong has a tropical climate), Hui quickly
joint meeting of the SurgicaÌ
Hui. "it was God's plan."
She works with high school
students who are considered moderately to severely mentally lmpaired, ancl she is eager to say that
teaching the students is her favorite part of the job. She recently taught one of her students with Downs
syndrome how to e-mail his father who llves across the country.
Hui has been a special education teacher at Jefferson High School since 1976.
As for the future, Hur and her husband are contemplating an early retirement, which would allow them to
pursue missionary work in Asia. "Retirement doesn't mean that I don't do anything; retiremenl means thal
I can pursue different interests, and do something new and different," says Hul.
Hui was asked to consider being the Class of 1974 class agent. She accepted the
opportunity becanse she saw it as an enjoyable way to give back to the Co11ege. She enjoys relaying
information about Augsburg to people, and seeing former classmates and faculty members. She is very
grateful for her experience at the College. "Ar-rgsburg enriches a person religiousl¡ spirituaily, and
Two years ago,
1974
Sharon (Holt) Garland,
Minnetonka, Minn., completed
her training as spiritual director
from Sacred Ground Center for
Spirituality at the College of St.
Catherine. Her husband, Rick
'75, is a technical trainer for
Northwest Airlines.
1977
William Reyer, Tiffin, ohio,
was
nominated and selected by his
colleagues at Heidelberg Coìlege
to receive the college's
Distinguished Teaching Award for
Faculty for 2000. The award,
established in 1995, recognizes
excellence in classroom teaching,
academic accomplishments,
professional activities, and service
academically."
to the Heidelberg community. A
Wendy Elofson is an information specialist Jor Augsburg's institutional ødt,ancement ot'fice.
member of the Heidelberg faculty
since 1983, he is a professor of
English.
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Eye of the beholder
by Maggie Weller'01
hnagine how clifficult it would be to paint a prcture six feet wide and seven feet tall that would be considered
good enough to be displayed in national exhibits. Now rmagine accon.rplishing that feat with double vislon,
shaking in both eyes, and very httle depth perception.
These are exactly the conclitions that Jon Leverentz is forced to worl< under every day Leverentz has recelved
private instruction at Ar-rgsburg îrom I975-'79 and from 1990 to today
At the age of IB, Leverentz was ln an automobile accident that caused brain stem damage and led to the
dlsabilitìes described above. Surgery to the right thalamus, usua\ used to treat Parkinson's disease, reduced his
shaking but lefi him with double vision and little depth perception.
"I must make intr-ritive judgments regarcling what I perceive as close and what seems to be far away," sald
Leverentz. "For instance, it's hard to get the pen into the ink bottle, but I just think hard about where the middle
of my two r,rews are and then I make it."
Leverentz cuffently r'rsits Augsburg once a week to receive private instructron from art professor Norman Ho1en,
whom he credits for some ol his success. "Norman is a really great guy," he said. Holen has helped him find art
shows, and, "he helps suggest which
galleries I should put my art in."
Jon Leverentz (left) has received
pr¡vate instruction from art
professor Norm Holen (right) at
Augsburg since 1975.
"My worh is my main activity,
and Lts worhmanship is as
important to me now as it was
bet'ore the accídent."
While he admits to enjoying painting the mosl, Leverentz also draws and sculpts.
Despite his disabilities, he insists on doing most of the work himself. "I take pride 1n
tÐ4ng to work wrthout he1p," said Leverentz. "Though I work wrth friends, it is
important for me to have control over my own work. My work is my main activity,
and its workmanship is as important to me now as it was before the accident."
Though Leverentz never graduated, he "took all the studio courses and a couple
more classes," lnc1r-rding socÌologz Leverentz continues to work at Augsburg because
people like Holen are wilhng to heip him when necessâry and because it gives him
access to materials he could not use easily at home, "llke clay and toxrc inks."
Many of Leverentz's pieces, such as this vivid painting
of sunflowers, are exh¡b¡ted nationally.
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The list of Leverentz's exhibits is extensive, and accordlng to Holen, Leverentz's work
is exhibited nationally and in exclusive galleries. Leverentz won the Sister Kenny
Shorv honorable mention in 1986 and 1996.
Catherine (Knudtson)
production goaÌs
for his effgts in
2000. In the
Andress, Rosemount, Minn., is a
senior technical writer at Lawson
Software in downtown St. Paul,
securities industry
he received the
"Cìrcle of
where she has worked for seven
years. "My children are growrng
fast and wll soon be of driving
age!" David is 15 and Carl is 14.
Kathryn Encalada, Isanti,
Minn., recently left her position o[
nearly seven years as director of
Allied Health Programs at Gogebìc
Community College in lronwood,
Mich., to return to the Twin Cities.
Jeffrey K. Jarnes, Bloomington,
Minn., a certified financial planner
with Fortune Financial in
Minneapolis, achieved two top
Summer 20O1
ExcelÌence"
honor; he also achieved "Top of the
Table" honors awarded by the
Million Dollar Round Tâble for his
work in risk management. He and
his wife, Jacqui, have three
daughters: Kristin, Justine, and
Erika.
Jim Rongstad, Woodbury Minn.,
an accountant with Ramsey
County, is on the school board ol
East St. Paul Lutheran School,
where his children, Lexi and
Matthew, attend. He was a delegate
to the Libertarian Natlonal
Convention this past June in
Anaheim, Calif.
1982
Brian J. Anderson was
appointed to a three-year terrn as
editor for the space physics section
of Geophysical Research Letters. He
is a former assistant professor o[
physics at Augsburg and is
currently a member o[ the
principal professional staff ar the
Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.
He and his wife, Leeann (Rock)
'81, live in Mount Airy Md.
Tammy Cowan, Minneapolis, is
now in her second year as a
physical education teacher at South
High School in Minneapolis; she
was previously an investment
banker for seven years.
Debra (Krueger) Knight,
Bloomington, Minn., was recently
featured in GtyBusiness joumaÌ for
her success as co-owner of Edinabased Career Professionals, a
specialized search firm that
matches recent college graduates
with companies seeking to fill
entrylevel positions.
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The Rev. Valerie de
Cathelineau, Avon, N.Y.,
recently became pastor of St.
Timothy Lutheran Church in
Geneseo, N.Y. She previously
served as assistant pastor of Holy
Trinity in Buffalo, N.Y.
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@
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As a member of the Augsburg
College Aiumni Association,
you are a very important part
of the College community and
are welcome to receive various
John Ennen, McKinney, Tèx.,
joined Exel corporation in Dallas
benefits including:
7achary.
.
AugsburgNow, the quarterly
College publication
. Bi-annual
letters from your
class agen[, who will keep
you updated on news
.
Tnvitations to Homecoming,
reunions, and other special
events on campus
.
Access to the computer 1ab,
librar¡ and fitness lacilities
.
Access
to Career Services'
alumni
. An alumni directory
containing complete
information on classmates
that is available for purchase
. Volunteer opportunities on
leadership boards and
committees
.
.
a director of customer
development. He and his wife,
Opportunities to participate
in alumni tours around the
This 12-day tour program features flve nights on the
world-famous Norwegian coastal voyage, sailing south
from the "top of Norway" to Bergen.
Thomas L. Terpening, Key West,
Fla., has settled into his new life
and job as advertising composition
and graphic services manager for
Key West Citizen,which is owned
by Cooke Communications LLC.
He is in charge of nine weekly and
one daiþ publication. He misses all
his family and friends in the
Midwest, but sure is glad for the
beautiful weather! You may have
in the March 13,
2001, edition of the Nøtional
Enquirer wirt' the Mercedes he won
in an AIDS Help raffle in Key West.
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Lisa Baumgartner, Amherst,
N.Y., received her doctorate in
adult education from the
University of Georgia last August.
She is assistant professor of adult
education at Buffalo State College
in Buffalo, N.Y.
Karl Howg, Hopkins, Minn., is
Legacy scholarships for family
members of students and
chief meteorologist on the new
Fox29News Nine local newscast;
his on-air name is Karl
a
Norway in the summer of 2002.
1985
world
alumni to sludy toward
degree at Augsburg
Join President and Mrs. William V Frame and
Professor Frankie Shackeìford on a journey through
Mary have a 4-year-old son,
caught Tom
TCSOUICCS
. A special tuition discount for
DISCOVER NORWEGIAN
TREASURES AND HERITAGE
as
This tour has limited spaces remaining; please call the
alumni office ar 612-330-1178 or l-800-260-6590 for
more information or to sign up for an upcoming
information session.
country before fulfilling his dream
o[ retuming home to Minnesota.
John Wahlberg,
,
Sr. Paul,
recentþ formed his own company,
Excel Promotions, which is a
distributor of corporate apparel
and promotional items.
her short story "Bent Tiee," was
accepted for publication in the
upcoming antholog¡r Spirit Songs.
1990
Karen Reed,
Atascadero, Calif.,
author of Music is
1989
Laura Netson, Minneapolis,
job in February
started a new
the Master Key,
sigred copies of
her book at a Twin
as a
support consultant at låwson
Software; she previousþ worked
at the University of Minnesota.
Cities-area Bames
and Noble in October. According to
Reed, a music therapist in
Califomia, music is the key to
Gail (Moran) Wawrzyniak,
unlocking the mind closed by
Raleigh, N.C., recentþ had a play
published online at Native
Realities (www.wordcraftcircle.org/
mental illness.
natreaVhome.htm). In addition,
Carla Beaurline, Hopkins,
Minn., is a monthly guest host on
Spring. He worked in
smaller markets across the
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the QVC shopping network as vice
president of product development
ETIIIÙII¡II:Í.,ÍIITÐ
2001-2002 Alumni Board
meeting schedule
June 19
August 2I
November 20
February 19
April16
Meetings are open to the public
and all alumni are invited rcr
attend. Each meetlng features
ln April, the Alumni Board, the Alumni/Parênt Relat¡ons Office, and the Center for Service, Worh and
Learning sponsored the firct alumn¡ job fair on Gamput which brought togeths morê than 25
companies, alumni, Augsburg seniors, and r€cent grads. The event was the brainchild of Colleen K.
Watson'91 MAt (picfured above with business partner Deb Krueger Knight'82), president of Carcer
Plpfessionals and chair of the Connections Committee of the Alumni Board.
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a
guest speaker such as the
president, dean, or other
Col lege adminisl rator. Th is
Ìnformation will be available
online at <www.augsburg. edu/
alumni>.
Summer
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for ZEVA's Natural Nail products.
Waconia; she was
She is also a dÍsplay adverrising
previously assistant to
the city manager lor
the City of New
Brighton.
represenrarive for the s¿. Paul
Pioneer Press.
Colleen Watson, Mendota
Heights, Minn., was recently
featured in GtyBusinøss journal for
her success as co-owner of Edinabased Career Professionals, a
speciaÌized search firm that
matches recent colìege graduates
with companies seeking to fill
entryìevel positions.
1992
Sharol
(Dascher)
Tyra, Hanover,
Minn., was
recently
interviewed on
KSTP-5 news
and in NurseW¿eh and, HealthWeeh
publications for her work as a
personal success coach.
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include:
Los Angeles
Amy Ellingrod'95
Bonnie Bina,
Minnetonka, Minn.,
compieted her master's
degree in health and
human services
administration at St.
Mary's University She
is the clinic
administrator at
ConsuÌtants Intemal
Medicine.
aellingrod@laphil.org
Chicago
Kaydee
Todd Steenson'89
tsteenson@hklaw. com
Sun
Cit¡ Ariz.
Borgie (Rholl) Gabrielson'47
623-972-7206
Washington D.C.
Kari Arfstrom '89
Erica Benson was
recently hlred by
Studio City, a leading
broadcast marketlng
company, as
KArfstrom@aasa.org
writerþroducer/editor.
She was previousþ
Rochester, Minn.
Norman'75 and Kathy (Anderson)
'76 Wahl
Wahl@bethellutheran. com
UPN affiliate in Chicago as
been doing
Maren Lea Carlson,
Pl).rynourh,
Minn., married Steve Combs in
March 2000. She is the business
manager for Dr. Gary L. Carlson in
Minnetonka, Minn.
1994
Susan (Horning) Arntz, Fridley,
Minn., accepted a new position as
city administrator for the City of
Frilrrilit]lrit
'Auggies at the Minnesota
freelance
producing at
Studio City
since October
2000, working
E
on such projects
as the launch of the NBC Saturday
Movie, sitcoms Spin City and
Change oJ Heart, and the
promotion of various Paramount
ffi
movies. As a staff member she will
continue to work on comedy series
and NBC movies and mini-series.
Erica has an extensive background
State Fair
in promotion, having worked at
WHHO-ry rhe WB affiliate in
Don't mrss the new ancl
improved Augsbr-rrg booth at
the Mrnnesota State Fair!
Columbus, Ohio; WTTW-T! the
PBS affiliate in Chicago; and the
UPN network, in addition to her
work at WPWR. She's earned two
Emmy Awards for editìng, and
received six Emmy nominations for
her work.
August 23-Septen-rber 3, 2001
Located in the education
burldrng, the booth will featr-rre
many special events this year,
ìncì ud ing Al Lrmni gat herings.
Stefanie (Murphy)
Guzikowski, Portsmouth, N.H.,
Check out the scheclule online
works at Beaupre
at www.
Relations, Inc., as a senior account
au gsburg.
edu/statefair
lnterested rn volunteering?
Contact the alumni office at
612-330-1I78 or
1-800-260-6590
Summer
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This past year marked the beginning
of the Alumni Chapter Program, which
was developed by the AIumni
Association to encourage alumni to
organize themselves (either around a
geographic basis or an employment
basis) to reestablish ties, promote the
interests of the €ollege, and to be of
service to its alumni. Above, two alums
enjoyed coffee and conversation at a
gathering in DeKalb, lll.
withWPWR-TV the
writerþroducer/editor. She had
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Kirk'98
kaydeeklrk@yahoo.com
&
Co. PubÌic
executive. She moved to the East.
Coast five years ago and loves
living by the ocean. She married
Christopher Guzikorvski, a Bosron
native she met through her former
employer American Express
Financial Advisors in Minneapolis.
She is working toward
certification as an aerobics
instructor and enjoys running 5K
and l0K road races and playing
piano and acoustic guitar. She's
had two poems published and
hopes to some day publish a
horror novel. "No kids yet, but a
cat and some fish."
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John Nielsen, Chicago, received
his master's degree in ancient Near
Eastern history from the University
of Chicago; he is currently working
on his doctorate.
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Mark Goetz,
Eagan, Minn.,
married Christine Wilmer earlier
in June.
Eileen Kerr has been named
Champion of Health for her work
with Women's Inte¡narional Sel[reliance Enterprise and her
ongoing advocacy and supporr of
persons of all nationaÌities.
Champions of Heahh honors
individuals, organizations, and
businesses that have gone above
and beyond to improve the health
of their community It is sponsored
by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Minnesota, the Minnesota lnstitute
of Public Health, the Greater
Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce, and CityBusiness.
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Christopher James Rothe,
Britton, S.Dak., married Jamie
Lea Kyle '00 in May Christopher
is a deputy sheriff in Britton, and
Jamie is working with special
education students at Britton High
School.
2000
Ann Staton, New Hope, Minn.,
was awarded a Siehi Scholarship
from St. John's School of Theology
Seminary where she is pursuing a
master's degree
in theology This
award is in recognition of her
academic performance and
leadership abilities.
Jack Stover, Burnsville, Minn., is
a software engineer (modeling and
simulation and Web programming)
for Lockheed Martin Tactical
Systems in Eagan, Minn.
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Births/Adoptions
James Kuehl '92 and Sarah
Roy Carlton '83 and his wife,
Mary BumsvilÌe, Minn.-a son,
Christopher Leonard, in May
He joins older brother, Bryan
son, Samuel Walter, in
November. James is a mortgage
bond analyst for Wells Fargo
Mortgage and Sarah is an account
manager lor Portu-Sunberg
Russell, 5. Roy is an accountant at
Ban-Koe Companies in
Bloomington, Minn.
Roger Griffith '84 and Jean
Taylor'85,
Minn.-a
Eagan,
daughter, Emma, in December.
Jody (Anderson)'90 and Mike
Acers'90, Cloquet, Minn.-a son,
Andrew Michael, in August.
He
joins sister Emily.
M. Susan (Noleen) '90 and
Steve
Bianchi, Duluth, Minn.-a
daughrer, Lucienne Elisabeth, in
December. She joins siblings Mario
and Isabel.
(Evans)'95,
Ramsey,
ErcrcTrcTrcTlfi
Minn.-a
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NeHi Christian Preschool and
Daycare.
Marketing.
Todd Cina '93 and his wife, Kari,
Steven Dow'95 and his wife,
New Berlin, Wis.-a daughter,
Lauren Jean in Novembe¡.
Sarah Schaffner, Dubuque,
Þ
Carrie (Skradski) '93 and Tom
Phillips, Big l-ake,
Stephanie N. (Johnson)'94 and
Robert E. Moreno'94, New
Brighton, Minn.-twin sons,
David Emanuel and Daniel
Eliah, inJanuary Roben continues
to work for US Bancorp as a
lowa-a
Mark, inJanuary.
Jennifer (Strickland) '96 and
{3
Minn.-a
daughter, Ashley Elizabeth, in
March. She joins brother Parker,2.
boy, lsaac
Jim Buehler, Lincoln, Neb.-a boy,
certified network administrator and
desktop technology services
engineer. Stephanie is pursuing her
master's degree in early childhood
education and development at
Jared Bartlett, in December.
Xanara Amand '00 and Marc
Stevenson, Bloomington,
daughter,
Minn.-a
Malaya Ãlexis, ln
December.
Concordia University; prior
to the twins'birth, she
worked as a teacher at
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A room at the inn for all
by Lynn Mena
As a sociology major at Augsburg, MinamJacobson'69 had been intrigued by the problems of diverse
people lÌung together within the limited confines of a citlz later, as a nurse working in Chicago in a
variety of environments (including a rehabilitation unit, an emergency room, a hospice, and a mobile
unir), she became professionally aware of physÌcal accessibility issues, and how society can adapt to make
places universally accessible. And more recently, she found herself personaþ involved wtth universal
accessibllity when her mother became paralyzed from a stroke and lived with her for nearly five years.
ln lighr of these experiences, Jacobson and her partner, Marian Korth, left Chicago to open a bed and
breakfast in a century-old farmhouse on the outskirts of Cambridge, Wis., with the dream of making their
inn handÌcapped accessible.
The pair opened the Country Comforts Bed 6s Breakfast in May 1998, with plans lo build a 600-square foot
handicapped accessible guest suite. However, their plans were quickly halted when they ran into a snag in
the srare law By Wiscorsin law, bed and breakfasts can have up to eight bedrooms. But bed and breakfasts
were prohibited from adding on to their original house, unless they abided by commercial building codes.
Residential codes, which are far less restrictive and expensive than commercial codes, didnt apply
Miriam Jacobson'69 (right) and her
partner, Marian Korth, added a
handicapped accessible guest suite
to their bed and breakfast inn last
year, and in the process changed
Wisconsin state law.
"IJ we hadbeen intimidated
one bit, we wouldn1have
gotten thís done."
Their problem caughr rhe arrenrion of State Rep. Martin Rel'riolds, who had run into the same building code dilemma when he wanted lo make
changes to his own bed and breakfast. He contacted Jacobson and Korth and encouraged them to take their problem to the state leglslature. He also
conracted fe11ow Assembly Reps. Cloyd Porter and Joan Wade Spillner about sponsoring legisiation to change bed and breakfast bulldlng code
requirements.
Jacobson and Korth appealed to state regulators, but out of fiustration (and fear of losing several advance reservations that had been made for the new
suite) they went forth and completed the addition to state commercial codes. However, they still thought the commercial code requirements were too
restricrive for bed and breakfasts, and they testified at assembly and state hearings on the legislature put together by Reynolds, Porter, and Spillner.
The bill moved quickly through both houses, and in May 2000, Gov Tommy Thompson signed legislation that allows bed and breakfasts in buildings
50 years or older ro expand without having to follow commercial codes. BothJacobson and Korth were present for the bill slgning in Sauk City, Wis.
Shortly thereafter, the Wiscoilsin State lournal featured the pair on its fiont page, and reported that the change in legislation could be "a boon to the
growing bed and breakfast industry," making it easier to make modifications as well as to create inlerest tn converling older homes into inns. Both
"If we had been intimidated one blt, we wouldn'l have
Jacobson and Korth are happy that others won't have to endure the difficulties they faced.
gotien rhis done," Korth told the lournal "Fortunately, we aren't easily intimidated." Jacobson added that the new br11 will be very helpful. "Several
B&Bs rhanked us for helping to change the law"
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The Rev. Lloyd V. Sand'29,
Lake N4ills, lor,va, clied in March; he
r,r,as 94. Alter completing his B.A.
at Augsburg, he taught high school
for three years; he ¡eturned to
attend Seminary and gracluated in
l9lj. He sened as a rnissionar'f in
Africa fol several years, dedicating
n-ruch of his time to help transcribe
LLrther.S Snrall Catechisnt and The
Biblc into the Gbaya language. ln
1950, he and his rvife, Beryl
(i,r,hom he met and married in
Africa), rvorked with another
couple to establish a Bible school
for the training ol church leaders.
After his retirement in 1974, he
sewed as a r.isitation pastor at
Salem Lutheran Church in lowa.
Alice (Simonson) Solberg'29,
Rolette, N.Dak., died in lr4arch; she
95. For 44 years she taught
music at Perth, Wolford, and
Rolette public schools and taught
piano lessons [or 77 ye:rrs, reliring
on\, last year. She sen'ed as a
longtime church organist, choir
director, and Sunday School
teacher. She also sen,ed as a Cub
Scout, Bo1'Scout, Girl Scout, and
4-H leacler' she received the Silver
r'vas
Fa*'n arvarcl for her ,10+ years of
sen'ice to the Boy Scouts. She also
enjoyecl li'riting a ner,i's colurnn for
the T¿rrtie Motuúahr Star.for rnore
than 40 years.
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Roald Ovren '37. Elk lr4ound,
Wis., cliecl in May 2000; he l'as
87. A retirecl fanner, he loved
music and sang solos at church,
rveddings, ancl funerals. He rvas
past president ol both the Northern
Lights Barbershoppers ancl Big Elk
Crtek Lutheran Church.
Mentor R. Larsen '49,
Bucl'nrs,
Ohio, died inJanuarl'; he rvas 78.
A veteran of \\\Wl, he r.vorked at
the Ylt4CA for 28 years in Red
Wing, Minn., and in La Crosse and
Mrdison. Wis., bcfore sen ing as
executlve director in Bucyrus for
13 1,s¿¡r. After his retirement from
the Y\4CA, he r'vorked for lB years
at D. Pickling and Co. He
volunteered his time on many
projects and boards, including the
Unitecl Way and the Crawford
County Society for Crippled
Children and Aclults.
Rodney
E.
Anfenson '51,
St. Cloud, lr4inn., died in April; he
r'r'as 71. Prior to retiring in 1993,
he was associate professor at
St. Cloucl State Universitl', rvhere
he taLrght kinesiolog¡; athletic
admir-listration, and racquetball. He
wrote two books. one on
râcquetball techniques and another
on the histoD¡ o[ the Rum River
Athletic Conlerence. ln 1990, he
rvas recognized lor his athletic
inducted into the SCSU Hall of
Fame;
Sidney B. Johnson, Cumberland,
in
1992 he rvas also
inducted into the Bemidji State
Universitl' Hall of Fame.
Sharon (Raivo) Remmen'61,
Los Gatos, Calif., died in December
rlter a trvo-1'ear battle rvith ovarialr
cancer; she rvas 6I. She lvas an
adoptior-r social worker, ancl was
deeply involved with the Christian
Women's Club, the Daughters of
Norwa)', and various other
organizations. She rvas a talentecl
artist, photographer, rvriter,
speaker, and musician ancl suflered
a case o[ rvanderlust; before settling
into the California Bal, A*u, tn.
llved in Hawaii and [ir.e other
states as u'ell as abroad in Eg1pt.
Spain, the Philìppines, and
Malaysia. Even as her disease
aclvanced, she contÌnued her
practice of reaching out to people
in the midst o[ suffering, sending
out l0 carcls and letters a day
Fritz Hadeler'80, Maplervood,
Mlnn., died in March of cancer; he
42. After receiving a bachelor's
degree in pharmacy from the
University of lr4lnnesota, he rvent
on to eern a rnasler's degree in
pharrnacy ancl an lvlBA in
nrarketing. He rvas I marketing
manager in the pharmaceutical
r'r'as
Wis., died in N4arch; he rvas 76. He
rvorked at Augsburg for 22 years,
lirst as a custociian and then as a
buildings and grounds employee.
He retired
in
1989.
Other deaths:
Hazel Willand '39, Minneapolis,
clied in February. She lr'as a retÌreci
teacher and editor.
The Rev. Alfred Weltzin'41,
Viroqua, Wis., died inJanuary
Valdemar Xavier'46, Alberr
Minn., died in April; he rvas
86. He uas a ret¡red education
administrator.
Lea,
Stanley G. Puelston'51,
Minnetonka, Minn., died in March,
he u'as 77. He rvas retired llom
Alexander 6¡ Alexander lnsurance
Company
Lloyd Huesers'52, Minot,
N.Dak., died ìnJanuaryr
Laton "Jack" C. Schwartz'52,
Minneapolis, died in March; he
u,as 72.
Alan Redman '68, Prineville,
Ore,
Daniel Reuss '77, St. Paul, died
in February 2000.
Eclitors note:
At
presstínte, we weïe
saddened to receive notice oJ the death
division of 3M until his cleath.
oJ Chuch
accon-rplishn-rents by beir-rg
Gabñelson'77;
see tlrc JaIl
issrre/or a contplete notice.
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Each year the graduating class nømes four honored faculty members (one from eøch division) ønd one outstanding
staff person. The following are excerpts from the remarhs of these honorees during CommencementWeehend.
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SOCIOLOGY AND METRO-URBAN STUDIES
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
"i consider myself to be very lucky to be surrounded by many neat
students. They give me the opportunity to do what I love. Without
all of you, I would not be standing here today .. . Honestly, I think
this is the coolest thing that's ever happened to me."
"At the heart of all forms of Buddhism ì.s the concept and practice .
of 'mindfulness.'Among other things, mindfulness reminds us to
stop endlessly looking for greener grass somewhere e1se. Being
mindful reminds us of the incredible gifts that surround us in the
people and places that we so often take for granted."
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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND HONORS PROGRAM
(Referring to a story he recounted of a woman who felt the
presence of Jesus standing with her during a difficult time....)
"One way to think about our time together would be... as you go
through various tests and trials (and you surely will), to think
back upon your Augsburg experience, and perhaps in a smal1 way
my experience with you, and to think of the question, 'How
would it be if we stood with you'?"
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RELIGION
"something that's very important about Augsburg is the role that
tradition can play Tiadition does not have to be constricting or
enslaving; but, in fact, it can free. This is a conviction shared by
many here, and it's what makes Augsburg a fun place to be and a
great place to teach."
DIRECTOR OF THE ROCHESTER PROGRAM
"Beyond a wish for success and happiness, my hope for Augsburg
graduates is that they will be able to lead lives that are filled with
meaning-iives enriched by moments that draw equally on the
mind, the heart, and the spirit. I believe an appreciation of how
these elements of human experience interact to create meaning is
at the core of an Augsburg education."
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fhe Alumni and Parent Relations Office would like to enhance the Alumni Web site
I lwww.augsburg.edu/alumni). We want ro know which online services would be most useful to you.
When you return this survey, you are automatically entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from the
College Bookstore if you fill out the contact information at the end. Returl the survey byJuly 20. You may
fill out this same suwey online at the alumni site, but please complete only one survey Thank you!
PLEASE ANSWER EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:
Class yearI am an Augsburg Alumna/us: O yes E no
How often clo you visit the Alumni Relations Web site:
D never visited D once a month fl less than once a month
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male E female
Below is a list of online services we are considering. Please indicate how often you would use the
following services by circling a number in the column at right:
O=would not use 1=would use occasionally 2=would use frequently
Searchable Alumni Directory
Registered alumni have password-protected
access to a secured database of Augsburg
alumni names and addresses. Would allow
users to update their information online.
Message Boards Organized
Class Year
by Topic or
Class Notes Online
Post your updates on marriages, births, and
promotions online. View notes from other
alums. Class notes would continue to
appear in printed publications.
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Share opinions, debate, orjust talk with a
E-mail Addresses
Lifetime Web-based e-mail addresses (e.g.
yourname@augsburgalumni.net) that let
you check your mail from anywhere you
have Internet access.
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lan Alumni Reception
Gay Hawthorne Jazz & Poetry Bash
hing of Edvard Grieg: Diaries, Articles,
i, a collection of Grieg's writings in
ianslation, by Dr. Bill Halverson'51
rwegian scholar Finn Benestad)
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May celebrations on campus are all
about achievement (yes, some senior
celebrating may stretch those
parameters). Foremost, we celebrate the
years of hard work and achievement of
the new graduates who are receiving
degrees. For many of Augsburg's
Weekend College graduates, that
achievement comes at a
steep price paid in time
spent away from
families on weekends, in
a schedule that included
Augsburg community-faculty and
staff-who celebrate the achievements
of long careers at the College. The
retiring professorial class of 2002
includes three men whose vision and
energy during the 1970s and'BOs
helped to build the campus facilities
and programs that enable Augsburg to
be a welcoming place today to all
students. Their legacies enable students
who were limited i.n educational choices
to achieve an Augsburg education,
especially students with physical and
learning disabilities, and students in
recovery from substance abuse.
Lìke the saying, "Tomorrow is the
first day of the rest of your life,"
Commencement Day (as it-s name
denotes) seems to focus on the
beginnÌng of a new stage in one's 1ife. I
suggest we linger for just a moment to
offer congratulations on today's great
achievemenl belore moving on.
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extra-time study.
Sometimes the greatest
reward for them may
not be a diploma, but
the achievement of selfconfidence and
realization that a college
degree truly is possible.
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As part of their European concert tour in May, the Augsburg Choir performed at the
Temppeliaukio Church (known as the "Rock Church") in Helsinki, Finland. The church is
carved into a granite hill and covered with a concave copper roof. On their two-week tourl
the choir performed at four cities in Finland, two in Estonia, and in St. Petersburg, Russia.
length, clarity, and style.
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quarterþ by Augsburg College,
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Summer 2002
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Shaped by the faith
and values of the
Christian church ...'
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Class Notes Coordinator
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William V. Frame
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three professors
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to service-learning
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and Learning and director of the
Community Service-Learning Program
was honored by Minnesota Campus
Compact in April as a 2002 recipient of
the Sister Pat Kowalski Leadership Award.
The award is given io honor her
commitment to building communitycampus partnerships locusing on servicelearning and civic engagement, and for
success in creating the institutional
change to build them.
Augsburg's Community Service-
Learning Program, embedding service
experiences into the curriculum, serves
a national model. Activities include
as
courses with service-learn i ng
components; a city service projects day
for all freshmen; tutoring children and
adults in schools, literacy centers, and
neighborhood organizations ; community
service scholarships, an annual
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community servlce week;
and a student-run program
that organizes events on
ca1Ìlpus for neÌghborhood
children and projects for
s.
students. (See story in
Augsburg Now, summer
2001 issue, or online at
<www. au gsburg. edu/now>).
Minnesota Campus
Compact is a coalÌtion of
50 colleges and university
presidents committed to
strategic partnerships that
Mary Laurel True, director of community-service learning,
strengthen communities
holds up lhe Augsburg /llow, summer 2001 issue, that
and education for
contained an article on Augsburg's program. She was
informed and active
recently honored as a 2002 recipient of the Sister Pat
Kowalski award,
citizenship.
This award is named
for Pat Kowalski, O.S.M., who served as
years and is co-sponsored by the
director of community partnerships at the
Minnesota Private College Council,
University of St. Thomas from 1992 until
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities,
her death in 1999. lt is given every two
and the University o[ Minnesota.
Physician ass¡stant students win national writing
COmpgtitiOn Aussburs News service
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aura Carìson, Larry Nilsson, and Paul
LTala.ico, stuáents ín the Physician
Assistant Program, co-authored the
winning paper in the J. Peter Nyquist
Student Writing Competition, a national
student physician assislanl, competiLion.
The paper titled "Polypharmacy: A
Prominent Yet Preventable Geriatric
Problem," began as a collaborative writing
assignment for a class, and after a little
"tweaking" the students submitted it to the
national coniest where it received first
place among the nearly 70 submissions
from across the nation.
The paper discussed how
poþharmacy, the use of many
medications, is a problem in geriatric
medicine. They also sited examples in
which adverse effects have resulted from
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using too many medicines.
The purpose of the paper
was to increase awareness
of the importance to reevaluate a patient's profile
before prescribing more
medication.
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more rewarding to be
recognized for our team
effort. l'm proud to
represent Augsburg College
and its PA Program."
(L to R) Larry Nilsson, Paul Talarico, and Laura Carlson won
the top award in a national student physician assistant
writing competition with a paper discussing use of
multiple medications for older people.
The students received cash prlzes and
funding to attend the American Academy
of Physician Assistants semiannual meeting
in Boston in
May, where they presented
their winning research project. Al1 three
students
will graduate in August.
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Augsburg Fund tops 5I50,OOO
record goal
ooi:.rìns
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DIALING
Fund
Augsburg Fund
gifts for the year
ending on May 31
came to $801,341, a
33 percent increase
2002 PA o[ the Year, at their spring
conference. The academy cited Ludwig for
her accomplishments in building
Augsburg's PA Program, for her continued
clinical practice, for her volunteer efforts in
church and communit¡ and for the balance
she is able to maintain with family life.
Augsburg's PA Program is graduating
degree.
gave nearly half of
these gifts, increasing
Nursing program accredited
their percentage of
participation over last
year's 15 percent.
Part of this year's
EIIa Howell (left), assistant director of The Augsburg Fund, and
growth can be
Donna McLean (right), d¡rectoí give a thumbs up to the
Phonathon successes and donor support that raised the annual
attributed to the
fund to record levels this fiscal year.
success of the new
Maroon 6¡ Silver
"It is difficult to fully express our
Society donors who pledge a four-year
gratitude
to the thousands of people who
commitment at a leadership levei.
participated
Ìn The Augsburg Fund this
Approximately $350,000 has been given
Achieving
year.
this goal during such a
by the 150 charter members. Also to be
for
difficult
year
our nation shows the
credited is the student Phonathon team,
strong
commitment
so many people have
who raised $134,000 in gifts and
to
Augsburg
and
its
mission," said John
matching gifts.
Knight, director of development.
Student harpist Emily Gerard
rece¡ves Hognander Award
lmily Gerard,
Lof Esko,
Minn., Ìs the
2002-03
recipient of the
Hognander
Award, the
College's most
prestigious
music award.
Gerard, a junior
majoring in
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its sixth class in August. All five classes to
date have achieved a 100 percent pass rate
on the national certification exam. In fall
2001, the PA Program became a graduate
program leading to a master of science
over last year. Alumni
Summer
Dawn Ludwig is PA of the Year
Physician Assistant Program director Dawn
Ludwig was honored by the Minnesota
Academy o[ Physician Assistants as the
s.
$750,000 goal for
fiscal year 2002-the
hÌghest goal ever set
for The Augsburg
Emily Gerard '03
Nn¡Etlilolr-Ililt
music, studies
harp with Minnesota Orchestra principal
harpist Kathy Kienzle and plays in the
Augsburg Concert Band.
The Orville C. and Gertrude O.
Hognander Family Fund was established
to recognize exceptional music
performance and achievement. The
scholarship is based on merit, specifically
to provicle encouragement to outstanding
music students. Requirements include a
résumé, essay, and an audition of two
musical selections.
Augsburg's Master o[ Arts in Nursing
Program had received initial accreditation
by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education (CCNE). A site visit was made
in November 2001, with final
accreditation granted in May.
Fourth Fulbright group grant received
Augsburg received $55,000 fo¡ a
Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad
Program for 12 faculty members to study
at the Center for Global Education's
Namibia site, July I to August 5.
"The purpose of this study trip is to
creâte a core of people lon campusl who
will have a common African experience to
heighten u*ur.r,ess of African issues on
campus," said Professor Bruce
Reichenbach, project coordinator.
While in Africa, the team will study
cultural issues, visit urban and rural
centers, and meet with people and leaders
in all segments of society
Augsburg joins
The Princeton Review
Augsburg has been chosen for inclusion in
The Pnnceton Revíew\ best colleges
publication and Web site. Especially
popular among high school students,
these guides include a "Students Say"
section that comments on all aspects o[
campus life.
Student comments about Augsburg
will be compiled f¡om a survey ¡hat The
Princeton R¿vi¿w encourages students to
complete, which includes academics,
campus life, and the student body.
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All-MIAC honors; three All-MiAC
second-team honors; I7 AII-MIAC
honorable mention team honors; three AllRegion honors; and an All-Region
honorable mention highlighted Auggie
athletÌcs this year.
lifteen
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stands at 53-58 in his 1l-season career. The
53 wins are the second-most ever for an
Augsburg coach, only Edor Nelson's 58 wins
are grealer.
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Senior Matt Chappuis eamed the Stam
Award, given to the outstanding lineman in
the MIAC on a vote of conference coaches.
Wrestling
Augsburg won its third straight NCAA
Division III national championship and
eighth in the last L2 years, both NCAA
Division III records.
Under head coach Jeff Swenson, the
Auggies finished wirh a 16-0 dual-meer
record, extending its consecutive match
winning streak to 24.The Auggies won the
Division
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Volleyball
Augsburg's volleyball team continued to
improve despite a schedule that included
eight matches against teams invited to the
2000 or 2001 NCAA Division III national
playoffs. The team, whÌch had only two
seniors, finished 12-tB overali and 4-7 in
MIAC play
national tournament by six
poi.nts over Upper lowa and Wartburg.
Men's soccer
Augsburg has had 7l NWCA Scholar
All-Americans since 1983. In the five seasons
the National Wrestling Coaches Associatlon
Augsburg's men's soccer team continued [o
show improvement under third-year head
coach Mike Navarre. The Auggies finished
with a 5-11-1 overall record, matching last
has sponsored a DMsÌon III academic
national team championship, the Auggies
have finished in the top four every year.
year's
win total. All but four of the team's 26
goals were scored
Chrissy Baune crosses the finish line during
an Augsburg track and field meet.
Men's/Women's track and field
Senior Chrissy Baune earned a berth in the
NCAA Division III national championships
by freshmen or
sophomores.
for the first time in her career, qualifying
Men's hockey
Augsburg finished third in the M[AC, with a
l0-5-l mark (14-9-3 overall). More than half
of this year's team \Mere freshmen or
sophomores, with just eight seniors.
alter winning the MIAC title in the
women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Augsburg's men finished ninth and the
women llth in the MIAC.
Men's golf
Women's hockey
Augsburg finished one point sþ of
qualifying for the postseason playoffs, with a
9-13-2 overall record (8-9-1 MIAC).
Augsburg won seven of its final 12 games
with more than half of the team either
freshmen or sophomores.
Freshman Lauren Chezick was named
to the MIAC All-Rookie Tèam.
Matt Chappuis (right) is about to sack the
St, Olaf quarterback during an Augsburg win.
Men's/Women's cross country
Augsburg's men's squad recorded its best
finish ever in the NCAA Division
Football
Augsburg's football team finished the 2001
campaign with a 4-5 mark in the rugged
MIAC, which sent t\Mo teams to the NCAA
Division III national playoffs.
Head coach Jack Osberg earned his
50th career coaching victor¡ and now
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Central
Regional, placing l2th in the 22-team event.
All six runners placed in the top 106 in the
154-runner race. Augsburg's women's squad
recorded its best finish since 1996 with a
16th-place finish in the 22-team meer.
In the MIAC meet, the men placed
seventh while the Auggre women were lOth.
Augsburg finished the fall half of the men's
golf season with a fourth-place finish at
the very competitive MIAC championships, continuing a string of finishing in
the top four in the league meet every year
since 1994.
Woment golf
With just four golfers in the fal1 and six in the
spring, Augsburg finished ninth as a tearlrr at
the MIAC championships, led by junior
JanellJohnson, who eamed Most Improved
GoÌfer from coaches in the Minnesota
Womenb Collegrate Golf Association.
For the most complete informatlon on
Augsburg Auggie athletics, visit
<www au gsburg. edu/athletics>.
Don Stoner is sports information coordinator.
Summer 2002
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Nine students earn top athletic awards
Conference Honor
Roll honors three
times, Verizon
Academic All-District
honors twlce and
Verizon Academic All-
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year, voted by coaches in Augsburg's men's
and women's athletic departrnents.
Four AuggÌes earned Honor Athlete
designation, the highest honor the College
gives its senior student-athletes-female
athlete Kristi Brusletto and male athletes
Tony Abbott, Brent Peroutka, and Kevin
Brent Peroutka
starter on the defensive
physics-A two-time
All-American in
wrestling, Rasmussen
education double
All-American in
wrestling, Abbott won
the NCAA Division lll
national championship
Tony Abbott
at 165 pounds this
season, after finishing fourth in 2001. He
won MIAC Ìndividual titles twice and was
a part of three consecutive national
championship teams. With a 3.309 GPA,
he earned NWCA Scholar All-American
honors twi.ce.
Ifuisti Brusletto,
psychology-A four-
e
yeâr starter on defense
in women's hockey
with
a 3.2 GPA,
Brusletto earnecl Al1MIAC honors her
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junior season and allKristi Brusletto
conference honorable
mentlon honors her senior year, and was a
part of hockcy terms that Iwice won
MIAC titles
Brent Peroutka, busÌness finance-A fouryear starter in the defenslve backfield in
football, Peroutka earned AÌI-MIAC
second-team honors his sophomore, junior,
and senior seasons. With a 3.780 GPA,
Peroutka earned MIAC Academic Al1-
and physical
education-A four-year
Earning Augsburg Senior Athlete of
the Year honors were male athletes Darin
Bertram, Matt Chappuis, and Nick Slack;
and female athletes Chrissy Baune and
major-A two-time
Matt Chappuis, health
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Rasmussen.
2OO1-02 Honor Athletes
Tony Abbott,
communication and
winnÌng the national trtle his junror year.
He was one of 10 wrestlers ever to win four
MIAC individual championships.
American honors in
Kevin Rasmussen,
Rachael Ekholm.
placed fifth in the
nation at 197 pounds
this season, after
linishing sixth
Kevin Rasmussen
nationaliy the year
before. He won the MIAC title his senior
season. With a 3.526 GPA, he earned
MIAC Academic All-Conference Honor
Roll honors twice and NWCA Scholar AllAmerican honors twice.
2OO1-02 Senior Athletes
line in football,
Chappuis earned AllMIAC honors three
times, eaming secondMatt Chappuis
team honors his
sophomore year and first-team honors his
junior and senior seasons. ln 2001, he
earned Football Gazette All-Region first-team
honors, and was voted by MIAC coaches as
winner of the Mike Stam Award, given to the
or-rtstanding lineman in the M[AC.
Rachael Ekholm,
physical education-A
four-year starter in
softbali and three-year
of the Year
Chrissy Baune,
business
management-A
leader on the Auggie
track and field and
cross country teams,
Baune earned All-
MIAC honors 16
times in her career,
three times in cross country and 13 times
in track. She qualified for the NCAA
Division III track and fleld national
championships in the women's 3,000Chrissy Baune
letterwinner in
basketball, Ekholm
was a significant part
of the record books in
Rachael Ekholm
both sports. Ekholm
holds school records for career and singleseason strikeouts, and she hold most of the
power-hitting school records. In basketball,
she holds the single-game and singleseason records for three-pointers. In her
sophomore and senior seasons she earned
All-Region honors.
Nick Slack,
marketing-One of the
meter steeplechase.
top upperweight
wrestlers in school
history, Slack earned
All-American honors
three times in his
Darin Bertram, health
and physical
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education-One of the
most dominant
llghtweight wrestlers
in school history
Bertram earned A1lAmerÌcan honors three
Dar¡n Bertram
times in his career,
finishrng second in the NCAA Division III
national championships ar, I25 pounds his
lreshman and sophomore seasons and
Nick SIack
career, finishing
second in the NCAA
lli national champlonships aL I74
pounds his junior and senior seasons, while
winning the national title with a 3l-0 record
in 2000. He was one of 10 wrestlers ever to
win four MIAC lndividual championships.
Division
Don Stoner is sports information coordinator.
Sunrmer 2002
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Robert Karlén's 43 years at Ar-rgsburg
inclucle teaching and research spanning
the globe lrom Scandlnavia to Greece ancl
Tùrkey and China. As he retires from the
College, he leaves a legacy that includes
close conneclions to a Chinese
conservatory of music and its faculty, an
archive of original music from
Scandinavia, and influences from these
experiences that impacted the education of
many, many music students he has taLlght.
Over a decade's time, Karlén taught
four semesters at the Sichuan Conservatory
of Music in Chengdu, China, initiated by
an invitation from the United Board of
Christlan Higher Education in Asia. What
he lound there was a dearth of Western
music-resulting from the purges of Mao's
collect scorcs, and lcarn,
Augsburg then became a
logical recipient of a r-rniqr-re
collection oI Scandinavian
music scores, recorclings, and
books that has recently been
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ù
caralogr"red in Lindell Library.
(See Augsburg Now, spring
2000 story.)
Karlén came to Augsburg
in 1959, initrally through a
commission for incidental
music for a play, Christ in the
Concrete City, directed by
theatre arts professor Ailene
Cole. He was attrâcted to
Augsburg by music chair
Leland Sateren, and chuckles
Cultural Revolution-and during his
in recalling the early days
teaching sojourns there was able to rewhen they sharecl an office and
ìntroduce music of the classics and his
between the two of them
own to the Chinese students.
tatrght almost all thc mLrsic
On one trip Karlén arranged for a vlsit
students. In lact, cnn-ent music
ofAugsburg Concert Band director Robert
department chair Bob Stacke,
Stacke to join Karlén as a guest concluctor.
as well as faculty members
This led to a yearlong residency at
Merilee Klemp, Peter
Augsburg by the conservatory's band
Hendrickson, Gabe Gabrielsen,
director. Sun Jin. Upon returning to
and Tiudl Anderson all studied
China, Sun started a non-milrtary
with Karlén cluring their
Robert Karlén's legacy at Augsburg includes music
community band in Chengdu.
student days at Augsburg.
influences from his teaching experiences in Europe and Asia.
Karlénb career at Augsburg has also
Karlén comments on the
Among his honors and commÌssions,
includecl exploration of Nordic music. As
openness for collaboration and
Karlén created a composition, For the Birds,
an American Scandinavian Foundation
experimentation as one of the most
basecl on the play by Aristophanes, for the
Felloq he spent a year visiting the five
rewarding aspects of his career hereopening concert of the Ordway Center for
Nordic countries to meet composers,
something not as possible at larger,
the Performing Arts
performance-based music
Karlén looks lorward to retirement as
programs where each faculty
a time to complete some unfinished
member is a specialist.
projects. One is a musical composition
An early pro¡ect brought
that was requested by the Havana Clarinet
Karlén and art professor Phil
Quintet, a grorlp whom he happened to
Augsburg honors and celebrates four
Thompson together for a
meet when they perlormed in China.
faculty and staff who retire in 2002:
series of six TV programs
Karlén would most enjoy a trip to Cuba
describing similarities in
for a premiere ol this composition.
visual arts and music. For
A scholarship honoring Robelt Karlén
another, Karlén collaborated
Vern Bloom, social work-37 years
was established by his friencls, family, and
with English professor John
alumni in recognition of his musical
Norman Holen, art-38 years
Mitchell on a unique short
nccomplishnrents and long service to
film where each frame was
Robert Karlén, music-43 years
Augsburg. I
hand-etched by Mitchell and
Don Warren, StepUP Program-24 years
for which Karlén created an
elecl ronic t¡ttsrc st ore.
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TllE LEûACY OT TllREE PROFESSORS
by Betsey Norgard
Augsburg has long been recognized as a
leader in providing support for students
with physical disabilities.In 1971, before
federal legislation mandated access,
Augsburg began making its campus
accessible to everyone. By 1978, which was
the implementation deadline for Secrion 504
of the 1973 RehabiÌitation Act, Augsburg
aiready had more than a dozen physicallydisabled students living and studying on
campus, and had a college and community
task force on track with plans to make the
campus fully accessible by mid-1980.
Augsburg's programs are significant
because they began not solely as selvice
programs but as an aspect of "co-leaming."
In 1969 social work adjunct professor Cal
Appleby took his Crime and Community
class to visit Stillwater prison. Appleby then
Vern Bloom
suggested that the class meet there regularly
today-the combination of leaming and
and arranged to include not only Augsburg
students, but Stillwater inmates, and-to
satisfy the apprehensions of correctional
officials-prison guards. With this
succeeding, Appleby then took his
Introduction to Social Work class to meet at
Tievilla of Robbinsdale, a home for severely
physically-disabled adults.
In a paper written by Professor Vem
Bloom on the growth of programs like these
during the 1970s and'80s, Bloom quotes
Appleby, "lt was quite an experience for
everyone, including myself. We not only
studied social work principles and concepts
from books, we now had a rich
environment in which to leam from each
other. And we did!" This concept is the
heart and hallmark of Augsburg's education
experience.
Don Warren
Students from these diverse populations
then came to Augsburg and found a
welcoming community By the late 1990s,
Augsburg was aiready serving over 200
students with physical, learning, and
emotional disabilities.
The end of this academic year marks
the retirement of three longtime professors
and staff who played key roles in developing
these early programs and access for students
with few other educational opportunities,
especially students with physical disabilities.
These faculty members also led the way in
recognizing needs of other student
populations, including those with learning
disabilities and, most recently, students in
recovery from alcohol and drug abuse.
Norm Holen
Photos by Stephen Geffre
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F0lJ1ìl0ATl0il
ln I971, rvhen Augsbulg reccivecl
a srate
grånt to cìevelop the prison lealnir-rg
l)rograrll, social n,ork plolessol Vern Bkron-r
bccame cllrectol of Consen'ation o[ Humar-r
Rt'Sor il
cr': (CH R). t hc .:rrrI
pr rs ()l
lltltIt:rti(
ìlr
that ach-r"rir.ristelecl the prrtgraÌn. Soon its
classes expanclecl to inclucle other
populations u,ith little access to an
erlLrtnrrtrn -nrcrrrrll¡ ill Prlicrrts ilì statc
institutions, the elcletly., and resrcler"rts in
other state lacilities.
''The it-rtelesting thing is that every
place n'e \\¡ent," Bloom continues, "everyone
in charge-allnost all n,ith r.aryrng degrees
ol intensitl'-saÌcì that it n,ouldn't u'ork and
tl.rat the;, clicln't think tl-reir people 1i'onlcl l¡e
very,goocl students. Ancl it'uvasn't tn¡e.
Man;' u'e re just '"i onclerfi-rl stuclents."
CHR received no clirect lunds ftorn tl're
College, ancl its classes u,ere kept alive ìt1,
Augsbr-rrg students
u'ho held fi-u'rdraisers. ln
1973, registration fol the classes u'as
extenclecl to the ACTC schools (Hamline,
lvlacalester, St. Tl-ror-nas, St. Catirerine).
In 1975, Augsburg
teceivecl a granr
from the Minnesota Departmer.rt ol
Vocational Rehabilitation ro pror.icle oncamplls eclucatlon [or clisablecl students,
n-ran1' of lvhom \\¡ere ahead;' stud;'i1g q'Lth
Augsburg stuclents ar-rcl facult;r It r,i'as the
determination ol these stuclents lor a chance
at a college eciucation that helpecl u.in rhe
sLlpport of PresiclenL Oscar Anclerson ancl
the College communill,, Bloom recalls.
"lt u'as a goocl idea, but it createcl a
mess, because nobocll, kneu, u4rat to clcr
u,ith lthe stuclents] rvl.ren rhey gor here ."
The barriers \\¡ere nor only'pl.r1'sical; Bloor.n
relates hor,r, tl're stucler-rts organizecl
"Disability \\¡eel<" in lall 1975 u'irh u.rsenice trair-ring sessior-rs and the
encolrragenlent ol everl,gne to "aclopt" a
disabihq' lol a clayi "Tl.re message to us \\'as
clear. Lile is clifficult-bur clon'r rnake ir an1.
u'orse b;' ignoring or feeli.g so'1' for us,"
u,rites
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The efforts in the 1970s of social work professor Vern Bloom and others helped Augsburg create
a barrier-free campus to welcome students with physical disabilities.
Another large obstacle for rhe disabled
students rvas lack ol afforclable
transportation to and fion] campus. Solution
to tl-ris problem câtre ir-r the petson ol
\Va¡rre 'lrlo" l\loldelrhalre¡'. a plisorr innrarc
uùo stucliecl in the initial classes ar
Stillwater Prison. Upor-r I'ris release, Bloom
hirecl him as a clriver, and cliscor,erecl a
tremendous commitment ancl energl' for
helping Augsburg build its prograrn. ln
197ó, Molclenhauer becarne the director ol
the Center lor Non-ti-aditional Students
(CENTS). an ACTC eonsortiunì prograln tL)
take over the sen'rces lor CHR, but not the
acadenric classes. B¡ rlris tirne.
75 percent ol disablecì srudents supported
b1, CENTS u'ere choosing to attend
Augsburg. The transportation program thar
N,loldenhaue¡ created sened as a training
r.r-roclel lor the Metlc.r N4obility prograrn later
tleri lopcrl b¡ ltlerro Tlansjr.
Bloom n'as also part ol the task lorce
establishecl b1' President Oscar Anderson ir-r
1976 rl'ith cormrr:nity ancl student leaders
to cleterr.nrne the feasibility, o[ campus
accessÌbilit)' to llersons r,i.iLh dÌsabilities. A
r.r.rajor funchaising eflorr u.ould be requirecl
[() tùtn(r\'('art llitcet rilnl l'rrr.l icrs on cltììpus.
ln 1977, with rhe help ol a film, Mahing
n Wny, proclucecl by English prolessor Jo}rn
Mitchell, Anderson recmlted several facult;,
and stafl r.nenbers, including Bloom, ¡o visit
Lutheran congregations lor fundraisrng. Tl"re
campaign r,r'orkecl, ancl or,er $750,000 rvas
raised lo help construct tunnels, rau-tps,
sk;r,r'a1,s, and oulfit the campr-rs lor clisabled
studer-its.
B),the time federal legislation requirecl
accessibillt;' at al1 instltutions, Ar-rgsburg ri as
aìread;, uncleru'ay with reno'ation. At that
time, there was not one pnr,ate college in
Minnesota that rvas barrier-hee. In 1979.
Augsburg created a special prograrn lor
sen-rng students u'ith clisabilities that took
over the role thar CHR had plal'ecl.
Ar,rgsburg coniinued to oller classes
ser,eral academic disciplines of[
ir-r
canpus-at
Trevilla, Shakopee rvomen's prison, ancl
Stillrvater. Bloom continued to teach in
correciional institutions; althor-rgh begir.rning
in the earll, 1980s, classes \\,ere restrictecl to
prison inr-nates ancl guards, excludir.rg
Arrgsburg stuclents rluc tr, sccu|lt)
consicleratior-rs.
To read Bloom's recollectior-rs about the
cleveloprnent ol Ar,rgsburgs progrâms, llo ro
<n'u.mangsbur g.eclu/nori'>.
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Ìln 1978, when he came to Augsburg to
interview for the half-time position of
academic enrichment director, Don
Warren was impressed that the campus
abeady had ramps for people with
physical disabilities. He was also
impressed with the welcoming atmosphere
he felt for diverse student populations on
campus.
A
year laler, a student
in the learning
center told Warren about his diagnosed
learning disabiliqr Warren realized a need
to understand this area and spent a
summer at Berkeley learning from experts
in the field and becoming immersed in the
literature and services for students.
"This is something that Augsburg by
law was required to do and yet we had no
specific services," Warren recalls
concluding. Nor did any other college in
the Midwest at that time.
His proposal to the College
administration for a program to serve
these students was accepted, and the
Office for Disabled Students (ODS) was
born, initially serving three students,
which Warren directed along with the
learning center and tutor center. At that
time, he also proposed that ODS take over
ihe services at Augsburg that had been
provided by CENTS, the ACTC program.
By 1984, \¡/ith the rapid growth of
these programs, Warren returned to
College administrators, requesting the
hiring of a learning disabilities specialist.
In 1989, the program was renamed
the Center for Learning and Adaptive
Student Services (Cf.{SS Program), and by
1990 it served 9I students with leaming
disabilities and 29 with physical
disabilities. Helping to firm the program's
foundation was an endowment received in
1988 from the Groves family to purchase
adaptive technology for leaming
disabilities.
The CLASS Program continued its
Summer 2002
Under Don Warren's leadership, Augsburg programs have grown for students with learning and
physical disabilities and students in recovery from chemical abuse.
growth to a population in 1999 of 125
learning-disabled students, 45 physicallydisabled students, and29 students with
psychiatric disabilities
In 1997, however, Warren was faced
with another challenge. One of his students
told him that it was tough at Augsburg for
students in recovery. Warren understood
that recovery for this student meant
recovery from alcohol and other drug
abuse and realized that a support program
was needed on campus for these students.
Again, Warren proposed to the
administration-this time to academic dean
Marie McNeff and associate dean Earl
Alton-an innovative plan to support the
academic success of students in recovery
from substance abuse. Both McNeff and
Alton were immediately supportive, and
the StepUP Program was created. Two floor
houses in Anderson Hall became a sober
home for 23 students. By living together,
by signing a contract to remain sober and
to advance toward a degree, and by
attending weekly meetings with Warren,
the program achi.eved a relapse rate of only
eight percent, as compared to the national
rate of 82 percent.
After three years, Warren chose to
leave the academic enrichment program,
including CLASS, to direct the StepUP
Program full time, then having grown to
45 students.
Recently completing its fifth year,
StepUP has served 152 students in
recovery and is the only program of its
kind in the country that focuses on
traditional-age college students. StepUP
students have consistently earned a 3.1
grade point average; in its five years, the
program has maintained an average relapse
rate of 15 percent.
In May, Warren was presented with a
certificate of "Special Congressional
Recognition" signed by U.S. Rep. Jim
Ramstad for pioneering work in this area.
Warren plans to remain connected to
StepUP by serving on the StepUP Advisory
Board and working with the StepUP staff
as leaders in a nationwide effort to create a
national association of recovery programs
in high schools and colleges.
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ln
1976, an professor Norm Holen was
asked by someone from the registrarb office if
he would be willing to work with a
physically-dÌsabled student in one of his art
classes. "As I started to walk away" recounts
Holen, "this staff person said, 'I should just
menrion that he can only move his left foot.' "
Holen decided to make a tool for
sculpture that would fit between the
student's first two toes, trying it out first on
hls own foot. From there, Holen evoived the
concept to a kind of wooden sandal, using
old belts for straps. The student adapted
well to ìt, and Holen further outfitted the
"shoe" with changeable tools and a gummed
sole to prevent slippage.
"Sculpture was ideal, because if you did
anything other than clay, you needed two
hands," explains Holen. "If you did pottery
you'd have to do the inside. So sculpture
was a natural, because you only needed to
do the outside."
Holen's next challenge was with
students who couldn't iift their arms. He
developed a canvas bag with sand as a
counterbalance, eliminating the need for
strength to lift.
"[The student] said that he really
enjoyed being in class, because for the first
time he could lift his arm. And it was fun,
enjoyable, something we take for granted.
But it was something he could now do,"
recalls Holen.
For one student, Holen's tool was too
efficient. The student had regained strength
through rehab and wanted to push his
capacity, so Holen created a lighter tool that
didn't need a counterbalance. Not being able
to find anything thin enough, Holen had to
laminate his own wood, about 3/16 inch
thick, weighing only l0 oz. when finished.
While each of the splints he made took
as long as some of his sculptures, Holen
never charged students or the College for
his work. "All I did was to solve the
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problem so that they had the tools
to work with. I jusr wanred ro
make it more consistent, for them
to have lhe same opportunities as
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I
everyone else."
Holen also created a headpiece
for a student who was very
immobiie, who had only head
movement and used a breathing
apparatus. He designed an
adjustable head splint with Velcro
and canvas straps for tools that
would eliminate the need to hold
tools in the mouth-making it
easier on the jaws and teeth, and
permitting the student to talk
during class.
Holen has kept in touch over
the years with a number of his
students with disabilities. He still
talks weekly withJon Leverenu, a
student who suffered brain damage
in a car accident. Leverentz needed
help opening the caps of his paint
tubes, and Holen made a ribbed
receptacle that allowed the cap to
d
be held while the tube tumed.
Norm Holen's hand-made devices have made art possible
In 1990, Holen received the
for students with disabilities.
Govemor's Award on Têchnolory to
Assist Individuals with Disabilities.
When asked about his life work, Holen
In 1995, Holen was honored with an
reports at least 2l one-person shows, 92
Alumni Achievement Award by his alma
group shows, and I 16 competitive
mater, Concordia College-Moorhead.
exhibitions, including a group show at the
Holen's legacy to Augsburg, however,
National Gallery of Art. He says he now
far exceeds his innovative tools. A number
concentrates on national or intemational
of his sculptures in clay, welded steel, and
shows. His achievement includes 16
part of the community and
cast bronze
^re"Buming
national and two intemational awards.
Bush" in front of
campus-the
Holen intends to enjoy his retirement
Christensen Center to honor Bemhard
time working on his own prqects full time.
Christensen, the Augsburg Seminary seal on
The tools and splints he made will still be
the brick wall next to the entrance to
available to students who may need them.
Hoversten Chapel, the Hoversten Chapel
Holen and his wife, Ilene, have established
cross and the bas relief in Sverdrup Hall
an endowed scholarship in his name to
called "The Promulgation of Leaming and
support art and art history students at
Culture."
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Shaped by th
OF THE
h and values
TIAN CHURCH
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EDITOR/S NOTE:
From time to time questions are asked about how the above
portion of Augsburg's mission statement is lived out in daily
life on campus-in the education students receive, in lhe
faculty and staff who teach, in daily engagement with the
community Questions are asked about the nature of Augsburg
as a Christian coliege and as a college of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, especiaily as it relates to a
commitment to intentional diversity.
AugsburgNow invites discussion in this area to form the
basis of occasional articles about the College's mission, its
founding tenets, and the legacy of its alumni, facult¡ and staff
of 133 years.
We begin with questions posed in a recenr letrer, followed
by excerpts from comments made on campus this spring that
speak to the issues raised.
DEAR ED¡TOR,
"I felt led to wrÍte you after taking the time to read the
Spring 2002 edition of your publicatlon. ... My husband
and I have been working as youth leaders since September
I97B at Grace Baptist Church and have numerous
experÌences watching souls come to knowJesus.
Throughout your publication, I see very little mention of
Jesus. Is Augsburg still a ChrÌstian school? I see a pastor's
name mentioned from time to time and Juliana Martinez
briefly mentioned Jesus who started her out to be a 'leader,'
but even she did not give Him continuing credit for where
she is. Has Augsburg changed to be a diversified school,
separated from the Christian faith?
"I need to know where you stand, as I need to know
how to pray for all of you, and what to tell others who are
looking for a Christian college."
-LuAnn
(Ludewig) Lindquist'78
FROM AUGSBURG 2004: EXTENDING THE VISION
"Augsburg is the only ELCA college to be located in the center
of an urban area. As part of its life in urban socÌet¡ as well as
because of its Christian traditions, Augsburg remalns
committed to intentional diversity among its students, staff,
and faculty. Augsburg's commitment to diversity is a function
not only of the gospel, but also of Luther's notion of vocation.
Because God's love extends to all, those who would be faithful
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to the gospel cannot preserve non-essential disLinctions
between person, and in fact are called to extend special
attention to those pushed to the fringes of society. Further, an
institution that takes seriously the future of Ìts students cannot
avoid preparing those students ro work in the diverse
communities that make up the modern world."
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EXCERPTS FROM REMARKS BY REV. MARK S.
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HANSON '68,
s.
PRES|DTNG BTSHOB EICA
AT THE COMMENCEMENT LUNCHEON
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AND CEREMONY-MAY 19,2002
"As presiding bishop, I'm deeply committed to the vocation of this church to be a church in
higher education, and as I look at the 28 colleges of this church, Augsburg stands unique, not
only in its location, but in its vocation-of preparing people to live in a diverse world, grounded
in the faith, but as global citizens.
"lt was in this hall when we'd gather for chapel that I remember as a first-year student
hearing Oscar Anderson, our president, cry out for the Holy Spirit to stir up within each of us
that faith which so many of us had been benefited by planting in our hearts from parents and
grandparents, so it mlght be for us a iiving faith ... Augsburg College, where reason and faith are
held in lively tension, where we are sent into the world with a passion for building communlties
of justice and mercy"
REMARKS By pHrUp QUANBECK
The Rev. Mark S. Hanson'68
il, ASSTSTANT PROFESSOR OF REilGION
ATTHE lOOTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OFTHE BIRTH OF AUGSBURG PRESIDENT EMERITUS BERNHARD
CHR|STENSEN-APR|t 1 6, 2OO2
o
o
s.
"I've been asked to
describe how the
legacy of Bernhard
Christensen
continues toda)¿
Let me address
hs'
how Christian faith
remains
Prof. Philip Quanbeck ll
a
distinctive and
essentiai part of
Augsburg's mission.
This is the Christensen legacy
"During Christensen's tenure
as
president of the seminary and the College,
the collegiate division became a true liberal
arts college. Christensen built programs in
arts, music, sciences, and humanities. He
did that by identifpng people whom he
wanted to be teachers in those programs.
In religion he found people who were then
fresh out of graduate schools, such as John
Stensvaag, Paul Sonnack, and Philip
Quanbeck, to name only a few. These, like
others, would become fondly remembered
by students and, dare I say, legends. In
matters of Bible and theologr, Christensen
brought in the challenges of modern
historical and critical approaches. At the
same time there was a concern for teaching
the faith.
"Augsburg is still a college with a
Christian mlssion. In the tradition of
Bernhard Christensen, we continue Lo
combine the scholaf and critlcal
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approaches to Bible and theologr with a
concern for an encounter with Christian
faith. Every student at Augsburg is required
to take three religion courses. This threecourse requirement includes a course in
Bible, a course in Christian theology, and a
third course which may be in world
religions, ethics, philosophy of religion, or
an additional course in Bible or theologr
Many students exceed this minimum and
go on to take five courses for a minor.
"The ful1-time faculty who teach in our
religion department are all people of faith.
As academics, certainly, we have been
trained to be able to step outside of our
tradition and look critically at it. On the
other hand, we are not dispassionate
observers simply interested in historical
curiosity No, we are people concerned with
the claims the gospel makes on individuals
and the world. This constant engagement of
faith and learning or faith and reason, as
President Frame likes to say, is at the core
of our mission as a department and our
mission as a college.
"A Lutheran college like Augsburg has
a unique role in the life and mission of the
church. A college classroom is not, nor
should it be, Sunday School or
confi.rmation. lt is a place of open and free
inquiry There is, however, a providential
irony We have the opportunity in our
classrooms and on this campus to meet,
teach, and engage students and others who
may be unlikely to enter a church. We have
the opportunì,ty to teach some who have
little or no knowledge of the Christian
tradition. The Christensen tradition, and
the Augsburg tradition, have always
emphasized freedom over compulsion, This
college provides a place where students can
encounter the Christian faith and its claims
in an atmosphere of freedom. I hope the
wider church and its congregations
appreciate the importance of a place like
Augsburg and how the church's mission is
served here.
"Augsburg is among an ever-decreasing
number of colleges that still has daily
chapel. It is significant that the College
continues to devote space in the dally
schedule as a testimony to its commitment.
"We're willing to take big risks here,
but they're the risks the church needs to
take in order to speak and teach the gospel
message. We risk asking difficult questions
with no simple answers. We risk finding
new ways to translate the Christian message
into contemporarylanguage. We walk the
difficult line between the partlcularity of the
gospel and the necessity to adapt to the
needs of diversity in modern society Those
are the kinds of intellectual and faith risks
that were Bernhard Christensen's legacy to
this school. His willingness Lo venture inlo
new territory however, also refLected a deep
confidence that the gospel would survive
the test."
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EXCERPTS FROM "PENTECOST'S CTEAR CALL TO pOLypHONy"
BY WILUAM V. FRAME, pREStDENI AUGSBURc COLLECE
THE BACCALAUREATE SERMON_MAY
"[On Pentecost] , at the very momenr in
which the disciples are empowered to
proclaim rhe gospel to all people
regardless of natÌonal origin or religious
tradition, Peter turns back ro [oe1] calling
his people to repentance in advance of the
Judgement Day And the sharpest point of
the irony lies in the line wirh which Joel
ends his panegyric on rhe Lasr Day: 'And
those who call upon the name of the Lord
will be saved.'
"What of the others? Why doesn't
Peter ask this obvious question? Today we
naturally ask about 'the others'-the ones
who don't, or don't yet 'call upon rhe
name of the Lord.' Perhaps we're better
instructed now than Peter was then. He
and his successors have since published
the gospel, and we've heard its central
message-that we love one another and
our nerghbors as ourselves. Those
neighbors surely weren't expected to be
Christian, were they, nor even and
exclusively of the three great traditions
borne of the sons of Abraham?
"But the largest reason for the
difference between Peter and us concerns
our experience with diversit;r We've been
trying for some time to create here, on this
campus, both a distrnctive Lutheran,
Christian community that is thereforenot 'also' or 'by the way,' but thereforewarmly hospitable to a wide array of
.diversit;r We have mr-rch yet to achieve in
this effort, but Peter and his colleagues
have been preparing for therr foray into a
cliverse world frorn a relatlvely
homogenous cultural confine. They
haven't yet faced, to the degree we have,
the Ìmmense challenge of managing the
tension between community and diversit¡
betrveen unity and plurallty, between the
one and the many
"Apparently, they don't sense (as we
certainly do) that Joel's exclusivityespecially as an original qualifier of those
to whom they pr-rblish the gospel-wou1d
compromise their work in the world
beyond Galilee or our work either in this
College or in vocation in the worlcl
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beyond this College. After all, we have
invited a fair number of folk who do not
'call upon the name of the Lord' to join
our learning community and to bring their
various religions and cultures with them.
"A community is more than a
mutually advantageous'deal' among
privately-interested individuals formed
into parties. But what is this 'more than,'
thìs unifying thing? Here ls
a question of central
importance on which we
might make a fair trade
with the gospel: While we
rneans of our exchanges, toward called
lives of service that can be lived out,
¡oyously, in a world more surprised by
these virtues than welcoming of them?
"Diversity and communiry are easy;
diverse community is real hard, but trying
lt
offers the best life possible."
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may have news for Peter
and the disciples on
diversity-and I don't
thinl< that's an impious
claim-they surely have
news for us on lhe
constituting elements of the
ChrÌstian communÌt;r The
12th chapter oI Paul's First
Letter to the Corinthians
contains a brilliant
exposition, '... the body is
one and has many
members,'he says, 'and
all the members of the body, though man¡
President William V. Frame,
Baccalaureate service 2002
are one body'
"This theme that creates the
polyphony among the parts, on the one
hand, and between each part and ¡he
whole identifies eight very carefully chosen
talents or human capabilities. They are:
the utterance of wisdom and knowledge,
healing and the working of miracles,
prophecy and the discernment of spirits,
the lÌstening and rherorical capacitles that
enable us to understand and be
understood, and faith.
"Are not these nine the very talents
that rnake for communal life, that weave a
dlsparate batch of people rhrough their
very vocations into that peculiar ne[work
of relationships and hope that warrants the
name'community'? Have we not used the
wonderful opportunity of our time
together here to bring these to greater life
in each other-and to draw us each, by
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second annual Photo contest for
international and off-campus studies.
Winners were selected in three categories:
scenic landscapes, local people in a cross-
cultural setting, and Augsburg students in
a
host setting. All winning photos were displayed
in Christensen Center.
To see all the winners, visil"
<www augsburg. edu/internationay
photocontest02>.
Top right: Scenic
landscapes. First place.
"Gondola on the
Canal Grande," Becky
Perrotti '03. Venice,
Italy, January 2002.
Bottom left: Scenic
landscapes. Third
place. "The Church
and Social Change,"
Adam Nugent'04.
Tepotzlán, Mexico,
January 2002.
Bottom right:
Augsburg students in
a cross-cultural
setting. Second place.
"Scottish Kiss," Kristi
Eisenreich '02.
Scotland, spring 2001
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Top right: Local people in a crosscultural setting. First place. "Man in
Marketplace," Solveig Grafstrom'02
Bergen, Norway, June 1999.
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At 4 p.m. on Fridays, class activities
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wind down on most campuses. But
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at Augsburg, a shift occurs, as
parking lots start filling with
Weel<end College students coming
for their 6 p.m. classes.
Students choose to spend every
other weekend on campus for
various reasons-completion of
a
degree or teaching licensure, job
Sue Kneen began Weekend College four years ago and has found rewards for herself and her
family that far exceed the required course readings.
promotion, or personal interest. Most
have full-time jobs and families, so
the commitment is strong and the
motivation to succeed is high.
Faculty choose to teach in
Weekend College also for different
reasons, among them the joy of
teaching students who bring years of
life experience to class discussion.
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I
remember my lirst night of class four
years ago as
il it were just
yesLerday.
Prolessor Kathy Swanson asked each
student to introduce him/herself and to
share a little something. At first chance I
said eagerly, "My name ls Sue Kneen. I
have four daughters, and i'm so happy to
be here, I could just cry" The guy from the
day program sitting directly in front of me
whipped his head around and looked at
me in utter disgust as his face implied,
"Are you for real?"
IniLially. Augsburg was attractive to me
because I iearned that WEC offers the
same degree as the tradìtional program;
the same material is covered, the same
work is expected of us, and we have the
same professors-the only difference is
our schedules. With the commirment
WEC requires of a non-traditÌonal
student, I wouldn't waste my lime on
anything less.
As I proceeded further into the
program, however, what became equally
attractive to me was the quality of
professors at Augsburg. Many
conversations with my WEC colleagues
seemed to end with the same conclusion:
the professors are great at what they doteach. Difficult material is brought down
to an undergraduate level and presented
in a manner that makes it both interesting
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MAJORS
and exciting to learn. It is quite something
how consistently this seems to happen
from class to class, and I am sr-rrprised at
the lengths most professors will go to help
I
,
us succeed.
I have been challenged in many ways
at Augsburg. Let me share with you just
two: I have learned through my religion
classes an unbiased understanding of other
religions. The Hindu and Buddhist faiths,
for example, have been intriguing to me,
but I had never quite received an unbiased
view previously; I hacl no idea of the depth
and beauty of these faiths. I look forward
the community sulrouncling Augsburg.
Dean Chris Kimball says it well in one of
his letters to students: "1 hope your
achievemenls will encourage yor-r to be of
service to others."
Attending WEC has been one of the
best decisions in my 1ife. Previousl¡ I had
not thought of myself as college material,
so success at Augsbllrg brìngs with it more
and more confidence. I wÌli be the first in
my family of origln to graduate from
college, and I know this is the beginning of
many good thrngs. And it seems most
WEC stuclents have their own stories.
"I
HAD NOT THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS COLLECE MATERIAI, SO
AUGSBURC BRINGS WITH IT MORE AND MORE CONFIDENCE."
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to learnlng more about the Buddhist's
message of peace.
It is also okay to be a Chnstian at
Augsburg. Funny âs that may sound,
considering that our mission statement
reads, "... shaped by the faith and values ol
the Christian church ...," it seems Ìt is not
politically correct in many circles today to
admit one is a Christian I find the climate
at Augsburg to be tolerant ancl respectful,
where faith and rdeas are expressed and
shared openly
Secondl¡ my Augsburg education has
shattered the stereotype I had ol inner-city
lile from my grolvlng up in a little,
Caucasian, southern Wisconsin hometown
of 3,500. I dicln't know about the large
. class of people termed the "working
poor"-urban dwellers r.vhose harcl r.vork
lor minimum pay only ekes out a meager
existence. Life ls tough ancl Lltter poverty ls
usually one paycheck arvay for more
people than I l-Lad realized. I am proud that
Augsburg is committed to lhese urban
issues, both via dialogue in classrootn
scllings anrl lhrottgh îclive comnritlllcnl to
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Some are here for job advancement or a
pay increase, and that's line; but for many
of us, it's much more. As one colleague
whispered to me in class, "l come to class
feeling lÌke the most grateful student."
A thrilling benefit of attending
Augsburg is the example my college
experience gives to my daughters.
Discussion about college abounds in our
home; we are all in this together. Every
other weekend, their smiling little moon
faces peer through the front door and wave
rne off to school; and my six-year-old asks
me after each class, "Mom, did you get an
A toclay?" It ls true, as one prolessor told
me. thíìt one neccls e very sLrpportivc
lamily
ACCOUNTINC
Public accounting
Managerial accounting
BUSI N ESS ADMI N ISTRATION
Marketing
Management
Fi
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lnternational business
COMMUNICATION
COMPUTER SCIENCE
COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION
Elementary and secondary
licensure
Emotional/behavioral
d isabilities
ENCLISH
HISTORY
MANAC EMENT
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SYSTEMS
MARKETINC
NURSINC (BSN completion)
PSYCHOLOGY
RELICION
So, although I have now learned to
no longer wear my mom's heart on my
SOCIAL WORK
sleeve amidst academia, I still very much
STUDIO ART
just like I did that lirst night ol class
four years ago.
YOUTH AND FAMILY MINISTRY
feel
CERTIFICATE PROCRAMS IN
Suc l{nccn
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aWcchutd Collcge stuclutL
mcrjortngin English.
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Business management
Business finance
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on a Saturday afiernoon, my
are already deep in
l:10
conversation on Toni Morrison's Beloved.
When I break into their discussion to start
class, the stndents immediately start to tell
me about their responses to the week's
reading. Their enthusiastic interest makes
the three-and-a half hours we will spend
together fly by When class meets every
other weekend, the hours always seem too
short for the lecture and discussion that
need to fit into the afternoon.
I have taught in Weekend College for
the past four years and find adult
returning students a joy to teach. My
sLuclents demonst rate strong molivation to
keep up with assignments and attend
class. Additionally, they bring their life
experience to the classroom, which serves
to enrlch discussion. In my Women and
Fiction class, which meets evenings and
has both day and Weekend College
students, the weekend students' voices add
a much-needed perspective to the
discussion. While most tradltional
students read about women's life stages
with the eyes of daughters, the weekend
students add the perspective of mothers
and sometimes grandmothers to the
classroom. Thelr voices enrich discussion
by helping the day students to undersrand
character motivation that may have
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them to become fully engaged in the
characters they meet in fiction and the
/WHI[E MOST TRADITIONAL STUDENTS
READ ABOUT WOMEN'S tIFE STAGES
WITH THE
EYES
OT DAUGHTERS, THE WEEKEND STUDENTS ADD THE
PERSPECTIVE OF MOTHERS
TO THE CIASSROOM."
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English professor Joan Thompson finds that many weekend students enroll in her literature
classes to fulfill requirements, but end up engaged in the class community and find an
unexpected enrichment from discussion of the readings.
arguments they encounter ln essays. Of
course weekend students come with as
wide an array of personal, political, and
religious beliefs as any group of students
does, but they also have encountered more
people with other beliefs ln both their
work and daily lives. Because of this,
weekend students generally acknowledge
the ways in which their own experience
has informed their ideas. Rather than
puzzled them initially.
F
AND SOMETIMES GRANDMOTHERS
offering peer comments that simply
disregard the position another student has
taken when writlng an essay, the weekend
student tends to write, "You have a
different opinion on this topic than I do.
You could make your point more
convinclng by considering
counterarguments." As I look at the
comments the students write for each
other, I always appreciate rhis willingness
to consider others' viewpoints.
Many Weekend College students take
literature classes for the purpose of
fullilling general education requirements.
Oftentimes students mention this as their
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primary reason for taking my class in the
letter I ask them to write on the first day
of class. Yet, despite signing up for the
class primarily to fill a requirement, these
students generally turn out to be as
motivated as the Enghsh majors in the
classroom. Most o{ the students take notes
and ask questions about American
transcendentalism or the elements of
fictÌon just as if they were majoring in
English instead of planning on furthering
their career at 3M, Medtronic, or American
Express. By the end of the course, I find
students writlng that they enjoyed reading
the fiction and plan on making more time
to read when they finish college. Others
write of a theme the course emphasized,
such as American pastoralism, and
mention that they will continue to look for
this theme when they read on their own.
My students' interest in learning about
other views of culture and acquiring
knowledge simply because it enriches
one's life adds to my enjoyment in
teaching Weekend College. As the
discussion of Beloved ends because we
have run out of time rather than running
out of topics [o explore, a student remarks
that the afternoon has been like going to a
book club. I know that the students are
walking away with new knowledge about
literary allusion, narrative technique, and
African American culture and hlstory My
student's remark also makes me realize
that they are leaving with a sense of a
'community built through engagemenl in
reading and studylng books. I
Joan Thompson is an assistant prot'essor ín the
English Department who teaches it't both the
day progrant andWeehend College.
"THE WEEKEND COLLECE
SCHEDULE is so flexible. You can
make up your own course schedule
based on what works for you and
your family, and pace yourself so you
can keep up with your school work."
Kundan '02, Minneapolis
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Public
Schools
"JOY AND I MET in one of our
Weekend College classes. After the
class was over, we kept in touch and
she became my good friend and
moral support. Earning a degree at
Weekend College has helped me in
so many ways-l'm much more
assertive and disciplined. Plus I
gained a lifelong friend in the
process."
Walterbach '00, Wells Fargo,
-Kathy
speaking about Joy Scheck'00,
Ceneral Mills
"I HAVE A VERY DEMANDINC
JOB
and a young child at home, so going
back to school presented a major
challenge. The support of my wife
and the tuition reimbursement
provided by ty company were
instrumental in making it possible for
me to get my degree."
Litteken'01, Reliant Energy
-Luke
Minnegasco
"THE AUCSBURG CURRICULUM
has been extremely important for my
business career and professional
advancement. lt gave me the
roundedness that I needed, and I use
what I learned just about every day."
-Janice
Aune 'BB, Onvoy
From the Weekend College publication, "Balancing Life and Learning."
To Iearn more about Weekend College, visit <www.augsburg.edu/wec>,
e-mail <wecinfo@augsburg.edu>, or call 612-330-1
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watcl-ring him grow
"Television is a brarn killer," says
MAKES THE GRADE
Devereaux, w1-ro doesn't spencl much ol her
tinre watcl-ring it. "l only let Evan watch one
helf-honr program, Bluc.s Clucs." Perhaps thÌs
rs one of her secrets to balancing her 1tfe,
r.vork, ancl education-her time with her
son is precior-rs, ancl she mal<es cefiain their
by Deanna Constans
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Over 'l 50 students are currently taking
tinre togcrhcr rs r¡urlrty tinrc.
evening classes in Augsburg's Rochester
Program. Three undergraduate majors
are offered-busi ness adm
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Another exciling lroment in her
istratior-r,
Constans.
r-rring the day, 36-year-old GaÌl
Devereaux of Rochester, Minn.,
works ftrl1 time at Mayo Clinic as a
sign language interpreter. She also Ìs a single
parent to her son, Evan, age l9 months. Ancl
this past 1a11, Devereaux aclcled college
classes to her busy evenings by enrolling in
Augsburg College at rheir Rochesrer campus.
Devereaux is one ofnearly 200
nontraditional students who attencl the
Rochester program held at Rochester Central
Lutheran School. Convenlent evening classes
meet on an alternate week schedule.
Devereaux typifies the studenr body at
Augsbr.rrg-Rochester, most of rvhom work
part or lull tirne, have families, and have
declded to pursue an undergraduate or
graduate degree. The average age ol enrolled
students last year r.vas 38, according to Rtck
Thoni, director of the Rochester Program.
Even though she was a full-trrne
employee and mother, Devereaux deciclecl
that she needed to fulfill her goal of
achieving a fòur-year college degree
"l diclnt \van[ to be telling my son he
needed to get a college degree, rvhen I cliclnt
have one mysell," she stated. Although this
graduate from Henry Sibley High SchooÌ
(West St. Paul) had previously auended the
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was when Devereaux hacl the opportunity to
sign duling a Mayo Graduate School lecture
for Archblshop Desmoncl Tutr-r. "He was
computer science, and nursing (for
RNs), plus a master of arts in
transcultural community health nursing.
During winter trimester, journalisrn
class stuclents interviewed other
students and wrote profiles. Here, meet
Cail Devereaux, as profiled by Deanna
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because I was tolcl by my doctor that I was
infertile," she stated. She ts a devoted
lnother ancl enloys plapng with Evan and
Gail Devereaux is a sign language ¡nterpreter
at Mayo Clinic and an Augsburg-Rochester
student.
very kind and shook my hand," Devereaux
says ol the South Af ican religious leacler
whose efforts to pronlote lacial jr-rstice
eamed hirn the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984
ln her role as sign langurge interpreler
at Mayo Clinic, Devereaux enloys meeting
and connecting with people lrom all over
rhe wor'ld. At trmes she saicl it can be
emotÌonally challenging, especially r.vhen
interpreting dismal medical dlagnoses.
Hclwever, the satisfactlon she gets lrom
helping peopie olrtweighs the drfficulr
moments.
Medical signing is nor for the fainrheartecl. She accompanies deaf patients
cluring their medical tests and procedures,
so is lrequently asked by medical staff il she
might laint. Luckily, Devereaux has never
had this problem in her nine years sigr-ring
at Mayo.
Devereaux also uses her sign language
for the benefit of the greater Rochester
sl<l11s
College of St. Catherine, she was still one
year short of completing her degree.
For Devereaux, lall 2001 was the nght
time to retLlrn to school; and she is nor,v
enrolled at Augsbr"rrg and pursulng her
degree rn communication wrth emphasis on
public relarions. She hopes to finish ir-t
2005. Her career goal is to contrnue
working r.vi¡h cleaf people, but she isn't sure
community, by slgning for the theater (her
great passlon), as rvell as graduation
ceremonies, church services, and other
social functions.
The Augsburg-Rochester campus is
providing a r,rable means for Devereaux to
fi"r1[r11 her dt"eam of obtatnlng a bachelor's
degree, while still allowing her to enjoy the
little, and big, things in life. I
in what realm.
One aspect that the Rochester Program
promotes is "balance in life and learning."
When speaking of her son, Evan,
Devereauxb face lights up. "For me, the
most exciting moment ol my life was when
For inforrnation on the Rochester Program,
visit <w-vr,r,v.ar:gsburg.eclu/rochester>.
Deanna Constans is an Augsbtn'g-Rochcst¿r'
student nnj
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"You will be judged not by whom you know, not by what you know but by
who you are-by the commitments you keep, the dreams you realize, the
love you give, the journey you take. Don't be afraid to steer far off course. .
The only way you can really fail is by failing to try."
A. Johnson
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of Perseus,
banking and private
equity firm, spoke to the 2002 graduating
class, which included his cousin,
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Rev, Mark S. Hanson '68 (right) received an
honorary doctorate degree, conferred by
President William Frame (left) as Rev. Dr.
Herbert Chilstrom '54 looked on (center).
HONORED FACULTY AND STAFF
Augsburg alumnus Rev Mark S. Hanson '68 , presidìng bishop of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters
(Honoris Causa) at Commencement on May 19. This is the second honorary degree
awarded by the College; the first was awarded to U.S. Rep. Martin Sabo '59 in 2000.
Hanson is a native of St. Paul and the immediate past bishop of the St. Paul Area
Synod. He earned his master of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary in New
York, and studied at Luther Seminary and Harvard Divinity School.
"Mark has exemplified Augsburg's educationai misslon ln his pastoral work and in
his leadership of the church," commented President Wllliam Frame upon conferring the
degree. "He has brought a profound theology to the service of the city and a graceful
courage to the inclusion of wide diversity in the Christian communion."
Hanson was elected presiding bishop in 2001 and is the second Augsburg graduate in
that office, following the ELCAb first bishop, Rev Dr. Herbert Chiistrom '54.
In his remarks, Hanson told the graduates, "I believe the winds of the Holy Spirit
continue to blow. They have given every one of you graduates gifts that you will use in
your vocations, in the building up of communities for the common good, in the sharing
of the wonder of God's love for us in Christ ]esus."
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Rolf A. Jacobson, assistant professor of
religion (Divislon of Humanities)
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Dale C. Pederson '70, associate professor
and department chair of biology (Division
of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
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Lori L. Lohman, associate professor of
business administration (Division of
Social and Behavioral Sciences)
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Rebecca A. Frestedt'01, academic
coordinator, Weekend College
Ronald W: Petrich, assistant professor of
education (DivisÌon of Professional Studies)
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received the 2002 Marina Christensen Justice Award for his
commitment to community issues and involvement in student
organizations.
BRANDON HOFSTEDT RECEIVES MARINA CHRISTENSEN JUSTICE AWARD
Brandon Hofstedt, a senior sociology major and McNair Scholar, was selected as the
2002 recipient of the Marina Christensen Justice Award.
Each year this award is presented to the graduatÌng senior whose community
service work best exemplifies Augsburg's motto "Education for Service." This also
characterized the personal and professional life ol Marina ChristensenJustice, who
courageously and effectively reached out to disadvantaged people and communities.
Hofstedt, from Cannon Falls, Minn., has consistently demonstrated his leadership
skills and commitment in the areas of service, justice, and global understanding.
Throughout hÌs years at Augsburg, he remaÌned committed to a broad public agenda,
including work through organizations such as the Minnesota Public Interest Research
Group (MPIRG), the Coalition for Student Activism, LINK, and the AmeriCorps Youth
Works/Get Ready Program.
As one of his professors commented, "Brandon has demonstrated a strong
commltment to social issues, a great ability as an organizer, and has the rare
combination of someone who has both a positive vision for his community and the
skill and dedication to make that vision a reality"
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achievement hard earned, and the extra special
rewards-all part of Commencement Day.
Religion professor Rolf Jacobson (left)
takes a moment to chat with students
before the ceremony,
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Taher Omar, physics graduate and McNair Scholar,
celebrates with family and friends during the
reception.
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Amy Maheswaran (left) adds a master's hood to her
academic garb, as she receives her master of social
work diploma and degree from program director
Lois Bosch,
Speech/communication major and McNair Scholar Darryl Sellers enjoys a moment with
fellow grads before the ceremony.
I BELIEVE PREMIERES WITH THE CHOIR AND CONCERT BAND
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Brendan Anderson, senior muslc major and 2001 Hognander Scholar, led the
Augsburg Choir and Concert Band in the premiere performance of his work,
I Belíeve, an lnterpretation of the Apostle's Creed in word and music.
"I Believe is the culmination of my four years of composition study at Augsburg
Coilege," says Anderson, who graduated wirh distinction, received Music
Department honors, and was part of Augsburg's Honors Program. The piece is
structured in three general sections, as is the creed. The Concert Band introduces
and carries musical statements, intertwined with the choir's recitation of the creed,
heightened by illustrations of the themes in Latin.
"It is my hope and prayor that through this remarkable texr and this
remarkable story the spark of faith will be ignited in all who hear rhis piece, and
that the convictions we all believe in will be strengrhened by God's awesome
power," explains Anderson.
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Graduating musician Brendan Anderson conducted
his composition, I Believe, for the Augsburg concert
Band and Choir at the Commencement Concert on
May 18.
Graduates in the Class oÍ 1952 wear gold caps with their gowns as they join
the Class of 2002 at the Commencement Ceremony. The 5O-year class will be
back on campus to celebrate at their reunion during Homecoming,
Summer
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The Class of 2002 begins their graduation day in Hoversten Chapel at the
Baccalaureate service, led by Augsburg campus pastors, Rev. David Wold (left) and Rev.
Sonja Hagander (right).
Social work graduate and McNair Scholar Leslie Howard
(left) poses with visiting Norwegian social work student
Kristine Dyrnes (right).
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Candidates for graduation
Day program graduates
Weekend College graduates
Graduate students (22 Master of
Social Work, 1 Master of Arts in Nurslng,
20 Master of Arts in Leadership, and I
Master of Arts in Education-Leadership)
Rochester Program graduates
Countries of graduates-China, Czech
Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Laos, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Sweden, Turkey, Venezuela, and
Vietnam.
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CONTINENT AWAY
Three sets of parents at Commencement this year came from Norway to Minnesota to
see their daughters graduate, Five Norwegian students from the Oslo University
College, who have been studying in Augsburg's lnternational Partners Program, were
unable to take part in their own graduation because of the academic schedule here.
They received special permission to take part in Augsburg's Commencement. The front
row students are (L to R): Una Sveen, Kristine Dyrnes, Rikke Nielsen, and Sylvi Nilsen.
Not pictured is Erik Moen.
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sourd
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activities this
year with four
outcomes in
mind. As I
report on these,
join me in
applauding the
board and the Office of AlumniÆarent
Relations on their accomplishments.
Outcome : Friend-raising
Many events connected alumni to the
College, including Auggre Hour gatherings
that brought 130 alumni together after
work to meet and hear stories from
Augsburg professors. There were 3,500
participants at Homecoming events. The
alumni nights at the State Fair, the MAL
l5th anniversary dinner, and
Commencement weekend events brought
together still more friends of Augsburg.
Alumni events did not happen only in
the Twin Cities. Regional chapters in
Chicago; New York City; Washington,
D.C.; Los Angeles; Boulder, Colo.; Naples,
Fla.; Sun City and Tucson, Ariz.; Rochester
and Willmar, Minn.; and 3M Company in
St. Paul also held alumni gatherings.
And can there be any better way to
Outcome: Communication
If you have computer access or a mailbox,
you can always be in touch with
The ultimate measure of our Alumni
Association's effectiveness is increased
talent and resources supporting the
mission of Augsburg. Board members led
by example, donating time, expertise,
financial grfts, and Maroon 6¡ Silver
scholarships. Thank youl
Our new Alumni Board president,
Andy Morrison'73, is well prepared to lead
us into another successful year. Our new
board members-Greg Boone '81, Barry
connect with students than serving treats
during finals week?
Outcome: Effectiveness
Augsburg. Board members helped to
enhance the alumni Web site, the Augsburg
Now magazine, and the Class Agent lerters.
They communicated with leaders of the
regional chapters. They also searched for
First Decade, Spirit of Augsburg, and
Distinguished Alumni award recipients.
Outcome: Connections
Alumni gave valuable contributions to
current students, faculty, and staff. We
were advisors to the Board of Regents,
Development Committee, and'Science
Advisory Board. Alumni from 25
businesses held ajob fair for over 100
students, preceded by a session onjobsearch skills. We surveyed faculty to match
alumni with their needs, e.g. intemships,
mentors, speakers, and research funding.
Vornbrock'96 MAL, and Jennifer Tome
'gg-will add to our spirit of fun and
responsibility Would you like to join us?
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Jackie ltuiefel Lind'69, '94 MAL
President, Alumni Board
Lute Olson '56 elected to Naism¡th Memorial
Baskgtball Hall of Fame
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alumnus and
Olson, previously a finalist for the
Hall of Fame in 2000 and 2001, will be
joined in the Hall of Fame by players
currenI
University of
Arizona men's
Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Drazen
Petrovic, coaches Larry Brown and Kay
Yow, and the Harlem Globetrotters. The
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
Fame's Class of 2002 will be enshrined on
September 27 in Springfield, Mass.
basketball head
coach Lute
Olson'56 was
among five
individuals and
one team
selected for
enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial
Basketball Hall of Fame, officials
announcedJune 5.
Summer 2002
"I think it ranks right up there with
the NCAA Championship and rhe 1986
World Championship," said Olson. "This
is definitely one of the special things that
has happened in my career. I am very
thankful for the recognition and
opportunity for enshrinement."
A native of Mayville, N.Dak., Olson
was an Augsburg student from 1952-56,
plapng three sports (football, basketball,
baseball) while earning a double major in
history and physical education. Olson was
Augsburg's Honor Athlete, the highest
honor given to a senior student-athlete, in
1956. He was inducted into Augsburg's
Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977.
Olson earned his piece of basketball
immortality with a coaching career that
spans 43 seasons and includes nearly
1,000 career victories. He has won more
than 70 percent of his games on the high
school, junior college, and NCAA
Division I level.
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Albuquerque. He is the author o[
1948
several books.
Reynold Skotte, Long
Beach,
Calif., ¡etired lastJune from
teaching at Peninsula Christian
School in Carson, Calif.
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for 25 years.
Marshall
Ellen (Stenberg) Erickson,
Ham Lake, Minn., was recently
named president ol Free to Be
Community Coalition, an
organization in Anoka County
that helps financially stressed
famìlies.
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The Rev. Dr. Russell C. Lee,
Albuquerque, N.Mex., was guest
preacher at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church in Crookston, Minn., in
February. From 196'l to his
retirement in 1997 he served
Faith Lutheran Church in
1964
Minneapolis,
recently
published Mahing
Phebe (Dale) Hanson, St. Paul,
1951
D.
Johnson,
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recently rvorked with artist
Rebecca Alm and poet Kathleen
Heideman to create timeuponOnce
a book o[ poems that seek to
"deconstruct" and reconfigure old
fairy tales, mostly those of the
Brothers Grimm and Hans
Christian Andersen.
Sense
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U nder standíng
mathematics department, and
taught high school math at Cook
County SchooÌs in Grand Marais
of the Bible:
Ltteraty typ(
as
an Approach to
(Eerdman's
Publishing Co.).
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The Rev. Daniel J. Carlson,
CharÌestown, R.I., has been an
ELCA regionaÌ gift planner for the
ELCA Foundation sinceJuly 1999
he previously devoted 34 years to
parish ministry in New England.
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Dean Gulden, Grand Marais,
Minn., recently returned from a
dog sledding expedition to the
North Slope in Alaska, t50 miles
above the Arctic Circle. He has
also competed in the lditarod, the
Yukon Quest, plus numerous races
in the continentaì United States. In
addition, he worked in the space
industr¡ spent nine years at
Augsburg as head of the
Ann
L. (Johnson) Wollman,
Beaver Falls, Pa., and her
husband, Dave, retired from
Geneva College. Ann was
registrar, and Dave was a professor
o[ history and chair of his
department. They plan to travel to
Lithuania to teach and counsel at
Lithuanìan Christian College.
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Luncheon in March. She has coauthored seven books and
recently published her eighth, Just
How Much Scrap.Wood Does a Man
Need to Sav¿? The audio book of
her award-winning book, Grcwing
Up Lutheran, is under
consideration for a Grammy
nomination.
1970
Ray Hanson, Denton, Md.,
St. Paul, recentìy
continues to help teach Children's
Church a[ Talbot Evangelistic
Church. He recently completed
serving three years on the church
board, during which time a new
Christian ministry center was
constructed and opened.
published a book
of poetry called
1977
96s
Gracia Grindal,
Lise LungeLarsen, Duluth,
won her second
ARevelry oJ
Harv¿st, which
features several
poems about
Auggies. She is currently professor
o[ rhetorÍc at Luther Seminary in
Minnesota Book
Award for her
children's book,
The Race of the
St. Paul.
1968
Birhebeíners,
UMC-M Auxiliary 50th
illustrated by Mary Azarian. The
book, based upon an account
written in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson,
explores the origin of Norway's
national ski championship-the
Anniversary Membership
Race o[ the
Suzann (Johnson) Nelson,
Grand Rapids, Minn., was the
guest speaker for the Fairview
ffi
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Birkebeiners-and tells
the story of the cross country
escape that kept the nation's infant
king safe from an invading army.
Rod Skoe, Clearbrook, Minn.,
recently announced he will seek
election to the Senate in District 2;
he is currently serving his second
terrn âs state representative (DFL)
in DÍstrict 28. He also farms in
northem Minnesota. Prior to his
election to the Minnesota House in
1998, he was a member of the
CÌearwater County Board of
Commissioners. He also served on
the Clearbrook-Gonvick School
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Board. He and his wife, Sarah
Hoagberg, have two children.
1978
Gladys (Boxrud) Strommen '46 and Anne Frame hosted an Augsburg alumni
luncheon in Naples, Fla., this past March. Front row, L to R: Donna Mclean; Gladys
(Boxrud) Strommen '46; Anne Frame; Louise Sundet; Helen Smith. Back row, L to R:
Lois Wattman '76; Carole Skaar; Marilyn Fogdall; Nancy (Strommen) Stensvaag'71;
Jan Grinde; Grace (Forss) Herr'57; Marion Anderson; and Lorraine Carlson.
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Steve Hoffmeyer, Mendora
Heights, Minn., joined the State
Bureau o[ Mediation Services as
mediator in April.
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Tim Wolter '78: Baseball historian and
'battlebot' chal lenger
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During the Second Worid War, nearly I30,000 American soldiers and 19,000 crvilians were captr-tred
and held in prisoner of war camps. While the conditions under which they were held varied enormously,
baseball, in various forms, was a common activity among the prisoners. Not just Americans, but
Canaclians, Britìsh, Australians, and New Zealanders palticipatecl, as well asJapanese and even some
Germans.
Augsburg alumnus Tim Wolter wrote a book on this toplc, which was published last year by McFarland
6c Company. POW Baseball inWorldWar II: The National Pastime Behind Barbed V/irz is the story of POW
baseball. The book is dÌvided into the various prison camps and describes the types of prisoners held
there and the degree to which baseball was played.
Tim Wolter'78 recently
published a book about the
history of PoW baseball in
World War Il.
"I've been a history lan for a number of years, Ìn fact, my minor at
Augsburg was history," says Wolter. "l kind of drlfted into this aspect
of baseball hrstory-one thing led to another."
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Wolter, a practicing physician who has written articles on the history of baseball ar-rd the philosophy of
mediclne, first investigated I9th-century war baseball. He discovered that even during the Clvil War, POW
baseball was playecl on maneuvers.
Wolter received so many lnteresting clues and information from various calls ancl letters about WWII POW
basebal1, that what first appeared to be an Ìnteresting magazine article soon turned lnto a book.
"The book turned out pretty weli, althor-rgh I can of coLlrse see a hundrecl ways I cou1c1 have done it better,"
for a first book, it's not too bad." Wolter is especìally glad to see the book published rvhile
some of the people he wrote about are stlll living.
says Wolter. "But
During the course of Wolter's research and writing, ESPN, the cable-TV sports network, heard about the
project and asked him to help with a documentary on WWII and sports for the networl<'s Outside the Lincs
While writing POW Baseball
in World l/l/ar ll, Wolter also
contributed to an ESPN
documentary about llllWll
and sports.
program. The episode, "Fields of Battle, Fielcls of Play," premieled last December on Pearl Harbor Day.
"They filmed me at Fort Snelling Ìn a l9th-century limestone jail cell," says Wolter. He came away from the
collaboration in awe of the enormous resources the writers at ESPN have at their disposal. "What would
have taken me years to research took them months or jr-rst weeks."
Wolter, who has lived in Chippewa Falls, Wis,, since 1985 with his
wife, Laura (KasdorÐ'81, and their three sons, Matt, Karl, and
Gus, is also a frequent guest speaker. He recently spoke at the
Baseball Hall of Fame on Memorial Da¡ ancl olten speaks lo
veterans' gloups.
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new passion that he shares with his son, Karl-robotic combat.
"We first got interestecl rn robotic combat a couple yeals ago on a
trip to London," says Wolter. "While watchlng BBC we discovered
RobotWars, a program that had not yet crossed the Atlantic. 'How
cool is thisl'we exclaimed, and started to discr-tss ways to create
or11' own killer robots."
Since then, they have built several 'battlebots' (as they are known
in the U.S.) and have cornpeted 1n various competitions. Their
robots have featured garden gr-romes, fruitcake, and bowling balls.
New clesign ideas include the use of other cultural icons, sttch as
rhe Teletubbies, a disco ball, or perhaps even lava lamps or E1vis.
ln addition to baseball history, Wolter also enioys building
'battlebots' for robotic combat competitions with his son' Karl
Summer 20O2
Sometimes, robóts come home h'om competitions in pieces, "Bnt
that is part" of the fun," says Wolter. "Then it's back to the shop to
build something new."
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Class Notes
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Sharon Lakin Upton,
Congratulations
and WELCOME,
Class
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of
20021
s a member o[ the
A^ugrourg Lottege Alumnr
AssociatÌon, you are a very
important part of the College
community and are welcome
VISIT THE AUGSBURG BOOTH AT THE
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR!
Hellertown, Pa., is the new
director oI development research
at Lehigh University in
Bethlehem, Pa. (not at North
Carolina State University, as was
mistakenly printed in the previous
issue of Augsburg Now).
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Stacy Lee (Stephans)
Hutchens, Indianapolis, Ind., is
to receive various benefits
including:
men's work-release counselor at
.
Corporation.
Augsburg Now, the quarterly
Coilege publication
. Bi-annual letters from your
class agent,
who wilÌ keep
you updated on news
.
.
Invitations to Homecoming,
reunions, and other special
events on campus
Access to the
library and
[itness facilities
.
Access to Career Services'
resources
. A special tuition discount for
alumni
. An alumni directory
containing complete
information on classmates
that is available for purchase
. Volunteer opportunities on
leadership boards and
committees
. Opportunities to participate
in alumni tours around the
world
.
Legacy scholarships for
family members of students
and alumni to study toward
a degree at Augsburg
ATUMNI
Blomkest, Minn., recentÌy accepted
the pastorate position at Roseau
Baptist Church in Roseau, Minn.
He previously served the Blomkest
Baptist Church near Willmar.
1992
Larry John
Anderson,
Eagan, Minn.,
received
N.Y, received a $40,000 Houle
preaches
Sandra (Voss) Wollschlager,
Cannon Falls, Minn., recently
announced her candidacy for state
representative (DFL) from Distrlct
28,{. She has worked for 3M
Company lor 22 years, beginning
as a lactory worker and advancing
to her current position in research
and development. She is in her
second term on the Cannon Falls
Schooi Board. She and her
husband, Joe, have two children.
occasionally-most
He can be e-mailed at
<drljanderson@msn.con>.
988
Timothy Todd, El Sobranre,
Calif., relocated from France to
CalifomÍa last year after obtainÍng
a finance manager position at BioRad l-ab. He and his wife, Helene,
have three children: Natalie
Caroþ, and Christoph.
has
Jim Weninger, Prior Lake,
Minn., is the facilities and
maintenance manager at the Toro
manufacturing plant in Shakopee,
Minn. He has served on the Prior
l-ake Planning Commission, as well
as on the Metropolitan Council's
Water Advisory Board and on the
Minnesota River Assessment
Project, a position to which he was
lived in England and worked at
investment banks for the last few
years. Michiel can be e-mailed at
appointed by former Gov. Arne
Carlson. He and his wife, Liz
(Wolffl '92,have
99f
a daughter,
Ginny
is
a technical coordinator for Peace
Corps MalawiS training programs.
His wife, Stacia, is the coordinator
1994
doctorate degree
recently at Bethany Baptist Church.
N.Y.
candidacy for a seat in the
Minnesota House of
Representatives. She will run for
the District 638 (DFL) seat, now
held by Mark Gleason. She is an
independent consultant in the area
of corporate citizenship and
philanthropy management.
in biblical studies
Andersonville Baptist Seminary in
March 200I. He is an emplol.rnent
developer for Ramsey Action
Programs and also works with the
Filipino American Christian
Church of RoseviÌleb Social
Concerns Ministry In addition, he
America, and the United States.
She is currently an assistant
professor of adult education at
Buffalo State CoÌlege in Buffalo,
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from
Scholar Grant for Emerging
Scholars in Adult Education,
which is sponsored by ihe WK.
Kellogg Foundation and is given
to scholars in Africa, Latin
Kristof Nordin, Malawi, Africa,
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years.
Lisa M. Baumgartner, Amherst,
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lnterested in volunteering? Contacl the alumni offlce at
6L2-330-I 17 B or I -800-260-6590
f986
<mYbema@hotmail. com>.
ÀSSOCIATION
Visit rvith alumni, get a peek into Homecoming activitres, find out
how you can get involved, ancl don't forget to enter the gleat
'alumni only' drawings.
for Peace Corps Malawi's crisis
corps program. They have been
living in Africa for more than five
The Rev. Patr¡ck Krause,
ASSOCTATTON
ALUMNI
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Michiel Ybema, London,
Augsburg College
Speclal nights dedicated to alumm are Tlesday, Ar-rgust 27, ancl
Thursda¡ Ar-rgust 29, lrom 5-9 p.m.
Check out the full schedule of booth events on1ìne at
<wwwarrgsbrr rg.ed rr/strte lai r>
Riverside Community Correct ions
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August 22-September 3, 2002
1993
Doris Rubenstein, RichfieÌd,
Minn., recently announced her
ElIil[INII:rõtlf¡ftl
2002-2003 Alumni Board
meeting schedule
June 18
August 20
November 19
February 18
April
15
Meetings are open to the
public and all alumni are
invlted to attend. Each
meetrng features a guest
speaker from the College
community For more
inlorrnrtion, visit lhe alumni
Web site at <www.augsburg.
edu/alumni>.
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The Augsburg alumni
chapter at 3M held a
iuncheon May 6.
Augsburg College staff
and faculty joined
alumni and current
Augsburg students who
work at 3M for a lunch
and leadership program.
Diane Pike, professor and
department chair of
sociology, presented
"Confounded by
LeadershÌp." Augsburg is
planning future events at
3M, American Express,
We11s Fargo, and LBIAAL.
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a
Matthew A. Gooding,
Lori (Mosher) Claussen,
s
Goodyear, ArÞ., has lived in
Arvona since he began working
wirh rhe Litchfield Elementary
Rosemount, Minn., received her
master's degree in special education
from the University of St. Thomas
a
s.
School District
in 2000.
1996
John R. Burt, Fargo, N.Dak.,
married Kara Miller in December.
He works at Scheels All-Spons.
Teresa (MacNabb)
Barbara Kaufmann, manager of 3M
education contr¡butions, presented
the 3M scholarsh¡p and 3M
match¡ng gift checks to Ron Nelson
'68, vice pres¡dent and controller at
3M and member of the Augsburg
College Board of Regents,
Kysylyczyn, Roseville, Minn.,
passed the Certified Public
Accountant Exam in February; she
is a staff accountant at John A.
Knutson & Co., PLLB and can be
in December. She is teaching in
Independent School District 196,
working with students with
specific leaming needs, at
Rosemount High School.
Michele McNaughton,
Mahtomedi, Minn., joined the staff
of Catalyst Medical Clinic, PA., in
Watertown, Minn. She will focus
on women's health care, pediatrics,
and diabetes.
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e-mailed at <tck@Knutsoncpa.corïÞ.
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Ami Nafzger
'94:. Finding
cultural connections
by Cherie Christ
Aml Nafzger beheves the Augsburg College Pan-Asian Association changed her life. A native of Chun Ju,
Korea, Nafzger was adopted by an American famrþ in 1975 at the age of four. Growing up in Minong, Wis.,
and a later move to Willmar, Minn., left Nafzger with very few AsÌan connections.
Determined to keep a promise to her dying mother that she would graduate from Augsburg, Nafzger worked
three parr-rime jobs to pay for school and living expenses, leaving little time for involvement with the campus
community But. it was an encounter her freshman year with Lee Hoon Wong Benson, then Pan-Asian Services
director, that changed Nafzger's life.
Ami Nafzger '94 established
G.O.A,t,, an organization
committed to providing
knowledge about Korean
culture to Korean adoptees.
Frightened and hesitant to approach other Asians, Nafzger remembers, "I had never even talked to an AsÌan before." Benson not oniy encouraged
Nafzger to ger involved in varÌous campus events and organlzations, including Pan-Asian Services, but to build friendships within the Asian
community Her connection to Benson provided Nafzger a sense of pride ln herself as an Aslan, and also as an individual.
In 1994 Nafzger completed her social work degree, and now has built her career around 1t. With a need to better undersknd her heritage and with
few concrete reasons to stay in the United States, Nafzger returned to her native home, Korea, in 1996.
In 1998, after extensive research on Korean adoptees, Nafzger established G.O.A.L. (Global Overseas Adoptees Link), an organization committed to
providing knowledge about Korean cuiture. G.O.A.L. acts as a voice for many Korean adoptees by providing positive links to their Korean culture.
Developed specifically for these adoprees, G.O.A.L. provides a variety of resources such as translators, guides, home stays, and birth search
depar[ments to those who wish to learn more about their culture. Nafzger says, "Afier so many decades I felt there needed to be something
established in Korea for adult adoptees as they return to their birth country"
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Although on occasion frustrated by a lack of support from the Korean government, Nafzger believes there are many benefits. HelpÌng adoptees
understand where they come from is the most rewarding part of her job.
work connected her to addirional associations around the world. in addition to her work with GOACC (Give Orphans a Chance to
Choose), which helps provide hands-on assistance to adult orphans in Asia, she is also a member of an international planning committee working
with sister adult adoptee organizations in Europe and America
Nafzger's
Nafzger believes that her work is "helping to break down the prejudlce and misunderstanding thal separates Koreans from adoptees and adoptees
from each other."
For additional information, vislt G.O.A.L. online at <www.goa1.or.kr>.
Chene Chnst is ø communication speciølist in the Ot'Jice
Summer
2OO2
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Public Relations and Contmunication.
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Births/Adoptions
Auggie Conversations
Jeannie (Shaughnessy)'88
al fresco
and Joseph Hodges, Alexandria,
Dine ancl converse with fellow
Augsburg alumni and friends
on some of the Twin Cities' best
ontdool patlos for Auggie
Josie, in February.
Va.-a daughtea Campbell
Amy (Johnson) '89
Conversations al fiesco.
Rernaining sunìmer dates are:
Tuesda¡July 16, 5:30 p.m.
Jennifer (Ohlin) '91 and
and Patrick
952-47r-8513
An Augsburg alum will lead a
'sporty' conversation-j oin the
team!
Please RSVP
lor the above
events to the Alumni./Parent
Relations offÌce, ó I2-330- I I 78,
or e-mail <alumni@
augsbr,rrg.edu>. Particlpants are
responsible for the cost of thelr
meals and dlinks. Visit the
alumni Web site for more
information at
<www.augsburg.edu/
alumni,/gatherings.html>.
daughter, Alexis
Leigh, inJanuary
Kenndy D.
(Bade)'00 and
Kirk Lewis-a
son, Owen, in
January.
lan Quello'38 correctly
identified Olive Berg'38
(far Ieft) in this photo
from the'Remember
When' contest in the
spring issue. An Augsburg
t-shirt is on the way!
Laura
ahrmna, will lead the
conversation.
on Lake Minnetonka
3746 Sunset Dr., Spring Park
Minn.-a
Dan
(Carlson)'92
Lold Fletcher's Old Lake Lodge
Stefanie (tindell) '98 and
Falk, Sauk Rapids, Minn.-a
daughter, Olivia Joan, in March.
She joins older siste¡ Emily, 3.
stage ancl screen and Augsbr-rrg
Tuesday, August 13, 5:30 p.m.
Denmark-a son, Christopher,
in February.
Bruce Lender'98, Coon Rapids,
and John
Hanson, Falcon Heights, Minn.a son, Noah John, in December.
Hejoins older brother, Bennett.
WA. Frost & Cornpany
374 Selby Ave., St. Paul
651-224-57r5
Carolyn Pool'91, actress of
Louise L. (Andersen)'97 and
Jacob Karlstad '97, Lyngby,
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'86, St. Paula son, lan
Patrick, in
March.
Pictured,
clockwise from
top, is Patrick'86, Alan, Robert,
Josephine, lan, Laur a' 92,
Thomas, and Angela.
Laura (Ferry) '92 and Matthew
Lee, Prentice,
Wis.-a
daughter,
Catherine Rebecca, in January.
Alisha (Kaul)'97 MSW and
Curt Nelson, Bloomington,
son, Zachary Patr¡ck,
in March. He joins older brother
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Alumni Book Club Spotlight
What does it mean to say "I exist?" What is existence and can we say
anything about it?
If questions like these interest you there exists a book club for you.
The Nature of Being alumni book club is looking for members. The
group meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. The
next book up for discussion is An Enquiry on Human Understanding,
by David Hume.
If you are interested, call Bob Fitzsimons '96 ar 612-926-2059 or
e-mail him at <rtfitzsimons@mmm.com>.
Other active book club categories include Pulitzer winners, American
novels, mysteries, and women fiction writers. If you are interested in
joining an existing book club or starting a new one, contact the
AlumniÆarent Relations office at 612-330-l l78.
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On September 8, Tim Vadis'94 married Kari Lee at Viking
Lutheran Church near Alexandria, Minn. Tim's father, the Rev.
Vadis'64 presided. Tim's mother, Anita (Berg) Vadis'6O
was prcsent also, of couñse, having been "up to her eyeballs" in
the wedding preparations. Pictured seated, L to R: Carmen
(Neseth) Berg '65; Anita (Berg) Vadis '66; Darryl Carter'65; Lona
Berg Froyum'69; and Carla (Quanbeck) Walgren'64. Second row,
L to R: David Berg '66; Christina (vadis) Jones'95; Marilyn (Quam)
Larson'66; Kristin Ftoyum'00; Kim Vappie'98; and Michael
Walgren '64. Back row, L to R: Allen larcon '66; Timothy Vadis '94
(groom); Bryan Maloney'93; and the Rev. James Vadis'64.
James
Brenda Seaver'00 married Justin Dittrich 'Oi September 29 at
Family of God Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Parlç Minn., wherc
Justin is director of youth and family ministries. The Rev. Sonja
Hagander; Augsburg's associate college pastor, performed the
ceremony. The Rev. Paul Burow'84 also participated.
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Oscar Galstad '26, Redwood
Falls, Minn., died in April; he was
97. Known as a 'Jack of all trades,"
Galstad traveled many paths. He
worked ar the Redwood Falls post
Office for 18 years, rhen wenr on
to operate a farm in Delhi. He also
served as a civil service secretary
was elected secretary-treasurer to
the Minnesota Federation for Post
Office Clerks, served as clerk of
Consolidated School District IB for
six years, continued farming until
1975, arrd more. He served on
several boards and committees,
and received numerous honors,
including a citation lrom the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the
Redwood County Outstanding
Senior Citizen Award.
Jessie M. Christensen'29,
Orlando, Fla., died in ApriÌ. She
was a retired teacher.
Mathilda L. Sageng'31,
Fergus
Falls, Minn., died in March; she
was 94. She was a social studies
teacher and guidance counselor at
the Hutchinson high school for
many years o[ her long career in
teaching. After retiring in I972,
she traveled extensively Dedicated
to service of her church and
communlty, she donated the land
on which the Zion-Sarpsborg
Church of Dalton stands.
Marie (Pierce) Mitlyng'37,
Montevideo, Minn., died in April;
she was 86. She wo¡ked fo¡ the
National l¿bor Relations Board
and the Department of Agriculture,
living in San Francisco, Cincinnari,
Chicago, PeorÍa, and Washington,
D.C. She was also a member of the
National Organization o[ Women,
and enjoyed working in her church
and reading.
Ardel le (Albertson) Versen
'39, Waterloo, Iowa, died in
March. She \¡/as a retired teacher.
Margie M. (Jensen) Green '40,
Norwood Young America, Minn.,
died in February; she was 83.
During WWII, she served as a
nurse in the ArmY, receiving a
Bronze Battle Star, an American
Theater Ribbon, and an EAME
Theater Ribbon. She was an
Summer 2002
Eastern Star member and served in
several positions; she was also
active in the United Methodist
Church in NYA, holding several
offices and as a Ladies Aid
member. From 1975-1987, she
worked part time at the Young
America Library and was always
on the look-out for her patrons'
favorite reading materials,
personally calling them when
books arrived that might be of
particular interest.
The Rev. Alton Halverson'43,
Park Rapids, Minn., died in
March; he was79. He sewed as a
missionary with his wife on the
island of Madagascar for eight
years, then worked in the national
World Missions office in
MinneapoÌis, serving as secretary
for interpretation and promotion
f.or 23 years. He traveled on all
continents, making films and
gathering information for the
promotion of global missions in
the U.S. He later served as director
of public relations at Golden Valley
Lutheran College and then as
director of church relations at
Augsburg.
Edna C. (Oseth) Sausser'56,
I-akeport, Calif., died in March;
she was 72. She moved to
Califomia in 1976, where she was
a security guard until retiring in
1986. Prior to moving, she also
served as a security guard for
Barn's lnternational Securities in
Bloomington, and was co-owner of
Ken-Rich Enterprises.
The Rev. Joan (Everhart)
Stavig '56, Brooklyn Center,
Minn., died in April; she was 67.
Beginning in1977,she made I5
missionary trips to Haiti, followed
by numerous other overseas
missionary trips to Jamaica, St.
Maarten, South Africa, China,
India, Sri Lanka, and the
Philippines. She was ordained by
the Spiritual Life Training Center
Bible School in 1987, and shortly
thereafter started Flag of the
Nations, which is primarily an
overseas ministry specializing in
short-term, long-term, individual,
or group missionary trips. She was
also a travel agent, and her
commissions heÌped to support rhe
ministry Flag of the Nations built a
medical clinic in the Philippines,
which was completed in 200I and
dedicated this past May
Ronald E. Nelson'67, Grand
Rapids, Minn., died last November
after a long, courageous battle wÍth
brain cancer; he was 58. He
worked for ltasca County as an
assessor and also was a composer
and publisher of music. He was
director of the Blandin Male
Chorus, as well as a past director
o[ the Community Chorus and
interim director at Zion Lutheran
Church. He was also a vocalist and
soloist with prestigious choral
groups. He is survived by his wife,
Suzann (Johnson)'68, and two
daughters, Senja and Siri.
Ruth E. (Anderson) Lofgren
'75, St. Anthony Village, Minn.,
died in May of multlple myeloma;
she was 77. She was an employee
of the Board of Pensions of the
ELCA for 14years, and aÌso
enjoyed teaching Bible study
classes and preparing retreats in
with a psychology major; as a
student, she sang with the
Augsburg Choir, and also traveled
with the contemporary ChrÍstian
singing group, the Con¡inentals.
She is survived by her husband,
Erik; parents, James and Karen;
and siblings, Blair, Jeremiah,
Benjamin, and Rebacca.
Sara Marie Turpin '03,
Albertville, Minn., died in May of
leukemia; she was 2I. She was a
junior in Augsburg Weekend
College, majoring in
communications.
Leslie M. Jones, Columbia
Heights, Minn., died in May as a
result o[ medical complications; he
was 41. He was an integral and
dedicated member of the
Augsburg communit¡ working in
the facilities department slnce
January 1994. He was also a
member of the Minnesota Home
Brewers Association. He is
survived by his wife, Cindy (also a
member of the Augsburg facilities
staff), and two children, Angelena
and Leslie II.
Richard Clark
various churches.
Little,
Heidi Huber'92, Long Lake,
Minneapolis,
died in March of
Minn., died in April of malignant
melanoma; she was 33. She was a
Peace Corps volunteer from 1993199ó, and earned her masterb
degree
in education from Harvard
University in 1998. OnJune 2, a
new booth at the annual Grand
Old Day festival in St. Paul offered
free samples of sunscreen as a
tribute to Huber; the festival was
her favorite summer event. Her
friends and famiÌy working in the
booth also sold lshirts and hats to
raise money for the American
Cancer Society and a scholarship
in Huber's nâme at Augsburg.
Tamara (Aakre) Jerde'00,
Apple Valley, Mìnn., died in March
after a long battle with a brain
tumor; she was24. She was a
counselor at Inspiration Point Bible
Camp and was Rollag, Minnesota,
Steam Thresher Queen. She loved
music and played the piano, flute,
and oboe. She graduated from
Augsburg at the top of her class
pancreatic
cancer; he was
Education
&
56. His
Housing Equity
Project has been based at
Augsburg, and he has been a great
friend and celebrant of Augsburg's
engagement in the life of the city
and in partnership with such
entities as the Project for Pride in
Living and the Minnesota
Minority Education Partnership.
In November, he received the
2001 Minneapolis Special
Recognitìon Award, honoring his
lifelong commitment to
Mìnneapolis. For 20 years he
worked ln federal housing
programs, leaving to work as a
consultant and voiunteer,
dedicating rhe resr of his life ro
Twin Cìties civil rights and urban
and housing issues. He died as he
lived-with dignity, grace, and
much love.
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In honor of National Tèachers Week in May, Woman\
ne teacher who stands out was my high school
philosophy/American government teacher. He was the
first really avid reader
I ever met who shared what
he read with me (and other
students). Sophie's Choice
inspired a great class
discussion. Besides teachÌng,
he and his wife owned a
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bookshop in town, and they
employed me there. I never
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made any money, because I
had the option of taking my
pay in books. Oh, the books
I earned while there. I
babysat hj.s children. He
coached me on our Hi-Q and
Knowledge Bowl teams (thj.rd
in State that yearl). He was
the one who encouraged me
to go on to college, and I
became the only one in my
family to ever do so.
My first Christmas home
from college, I was in a
severe kitchen accident, and
Fran Baker
spent the next two months ìn
the hospital, recovering from
burns and undergoing
surgeries. He was lhere,
dressed in surgical cap and
gowrr so as not to infect me.
He brought me books and
talked about what he was
reading.
When I dropped out of college the
following year, ít was his disappointment in me
that I most dreaded. My family, who could
never understand why one would go to college
to study English in the first place, never gave
me any grief about dropping out. lt was much
wiser, in their eyes, to go out and get a job and
make moneir It was my teacher's voice, nagging
in the back of my mind, that encouraged me to
go back to school now And when I return
home, it is not my classmates I go visit, but
him and his family He is the one to whom I
Day magazine requested stories by readers whose lives
were changed by teachers. Here are two that were
submitted by Augsburg women:
teachers can point to a parent who, in the
f think many "parent"
and "classroom teacher," provided
I dual role as
Ian early love of learnlng and teaching. I am no
exception. My mom, E. Cecil Gregoire, was an English
and physical education teacher for the Cannon Falls
(Minn.) School District from 1967-86. As a farm wife and'
mother to 11 children, she used her love of learning,
curiosity about the world, and teaching expertj.se to direct
us through family outings, 4-H, athletics, K-12 school,
college, and service to a larger community I didn't realize
until after she had died thls last September the gifts she
gave to her students and to her community during her
tenure as a teacher.
At the wake and funeral, former students and
communÌty members warmly remembered Mrs. Gregoire
as the white-haired basketball coach for the boys and girls
team; the teacher of folkdancing, dodgeball and volleyball,
as well as good sportsmanship, manners and cooperation;
the caring adult who told young H.S. graduates that their
nexl step was college; and the "vocal" taxpayer, small
town school supporter, and self-designated adviser and
watch-dog of the schooi board.
We had a gara,ge sale this last
Saturday to disburse her estate and to
raise funds for the school playground in
her memory As I boxed up the
Grollíers Encyclopedia and the
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family of learners, I realized
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how vitally important teachers
are to their family and to the
larger community. Her legacy
lives on in how that knowledge
and those life lessons have
transformed us, our families,
and those with whom we live,
work and play into the next
generation of "teacher" and
community leaders.
show off my children. And my current report
J eanine
cards.
Professor of Education
Fran Baher, Weehend College student and McNair
Scholat maj onng in English and history
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