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Augsburg’s ninth president, Bill Frame, and modesty in pursuing the mission-based Web Manager was fond of pointing out our “militant work we are called to do for our students Joe Mann modesty,” the tendency to avoid touting our and our community. The gifts we share as a [email protected] accomplishments for fear that we might be community—our values and commitments, Communication and Social accused of boasting. Whether occasioned by our faculty and staff, our alumni and partners, Media Specialist our Lutheran faith tradition or Scandinavian and our inspiring students—these truly Briana Alamilla ’17 roots (or some combination thereof), this are gifts to be stewarded responsibly, not [email protected] modesty meant that often our good work as exploited. But it is not boasting when we an institution was hidden under a bushel. celebrate how those gifts come together and Advancement Communications Specialist Now, as someone steeped both in are deployed to achieve our distinctive calling Asha Sorenson Lutheran and Scandinavian ways, I may in the world: to be small to our students [email protected] have occasionally fallen victim to that same and big for the world, to educate students modesty, but perhaps I am being rehabilitated as informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, Contributing Writers because there is just so much to celebrate at critical thinkers, and responsible leaders. Kate H. Elliott Augsburg these days! We can no longer hide In fact, I might argue that not celebrating Jessica Mueller our light, as this issue of Augsburg Now most what has been achieved means that we miss clearly illustrates. the opportunity to proclaim what God has All photos by Courtney Perry Whether it is our name change to Augsburg done in our midst and how others are invited unless otherwise indicated. University, of cially celebrated in early to join us in the work we are called to do. We September; the 29th annual Nobel Peace live in a world marked by a sense of scarcity; augsburg.edu Prize Forum in mid-September, attracting Augsburg models what it means to model the international attention for this remarkable way of abundance. Augsburg Now is published by gathering of Nobel laureates and other We choose abundance, and we celebrate Augsburg University peacemakers; the progress on the Hagfors all that God has made possible at Augsburg 2211 Riverside Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454 Center for Science, Business, and Religion, University—surely a beacon of light and hope our signature academic building to open for in the world. Opinions expressed in Augsburg Now classes in early January 2018; or one of the do not necessarily reflect official University policy. myriad other signs of good work—like the Faithfully yours, renewal of our McNair Scholars program, ISSN 1058-1545 preparing rst generation and students of color for graduate and professional school—I Send address corrections to: just can’t deny the need to celebrate! [email protected] So, here’s my point. I’m all for humility PAUL C. PRIBBENOW, PRESIDENT Send comments to: [email protected] Vice President of Marketing AUGSBURG NOW and Communication Rebecca John ’13 MBA Fall–Winter 2017 [email protected]

Director of Marketing Stephen Jendraszak The Norman and Evangeline [email protected] Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion is Assistant Director of located near the corner of Marketing Management 21st Avenue South and South Laura Swanson Lindahl ’15 MBA 7th Street on Augsburg’s [email protected] Minneapolis campus—a site strategically selected to further connect the Senior Creative Associate, Design University to the community. Denielle Stepka ’11 [email protected]

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Communication and Social Media Specialist Briana Alamilla ’17 [email protected]

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IT WOULD BE OVERLY MODEST to claim to extend the quad from the west edge that Augsburg University’s quad now of campus, through the existing campus boasts a splash of color. At more than core, and on to Murphy Square. This 82 feet wide, the vinyl graphic installed vision requires the demolition of Science Hall, which will be possible only after BEFORE on Science Hall’s eastern-facing facade PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLAIN is nearly impossible to miss. The design departments and program offi ces now pairs an excerpt from Augsburg’s housed in the facility relocate following strategic vision statement with vibrant the completion of the Hagfors Center. hues chosen to refl ect the accent colors The timeline for this work is not yet on the exterior of the new Hagfors Center determined, so, in the near term, those for Science, Business, and Religion, strolling through the heart of campus which stands northwest of Science Hall or navigating nearby streets will see and is blocked from view in the quad. Science Hall stand as an illustration of One of the priorities outlined in Augsburg’s vision to be “small to our Augsburg’s 2016 campus master plan is students and big for the world.” AFTER

LOOKING BACK: DECADES OF AUGSBURG HISTORY ARCHIVE PHOTOS

160 YEARS AGO 80 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO Fifteen years before Augsburg moved in Augsburg elected an erudite and scholarly Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel played for more than next door, Edward Murphy donated land teacher, Bernhard Christensen ’22, ’25, 3,000 people in Si Melby Hall on Nov. 10, 1967.

for the fi rst city park in Minneapolis— 1937 to be president. He led the institution 1967 According to an Augsburg Echo review, the lengthiest 1857 1977 what is now Murphy Square. For years for nearly 25 years, during which time applause was reserved for the song, “To Emily, prior, the parcel had been used as a Augsburg made vigorous efforts to Wherever I Might Find Her.” The same year cow pasture. expand and enhance academic offerings. saw the openings of Urness Hall and the Christensen Center, with the Marshall Room at the time serving as a faculty lounge to the resentment of the Echo’s editorial board. AROUND THE QUAD

Where faith and public life meet It is no secret that the gap between young adults and Christian congregations is widening. The good news, though, is that young people are not rejecting faith or religion; many are living out their faith through political activism, the arts, environmental stewardship, and interfaith engagement—places where public life and faith intersect. Bridging this gap will require congregations to adapt and innovate. To support this adaptive work, Augsburg’s Bernhard Christensen Center for Vocation has launched a fi ve-year project, called the Riverside Innovation Hub, with $1.5 million in funding from Lilly Endowment, Inc. In its fi rst year, the Riverside Innovation Hub will work with an interdisciplinary research team of Augsburg faculty to study 12 local congregations that are effectively engaging young adults in their communities. Using the lessons learned from that research, the program will recruit and train a cohort of youth to serve as coaches, working alongside approximately 15 partner congregations committed to new ministry with young adults. “Partner congregations can then apply for two-year innovation grants to implement their programs in 2019 to 2021,” said Kristina Frugé, program manager for the Riverside Innovation Hub. At the end of that experience, all program participants will share their key learnings. Augsburg will publish the

results and share the outcomes and insights through conferences and workshops. PHOTOS BY DON STONER “Vocation is at the center of this project,” Frugé said. “For congregations, it’s about discerning their call in relationship with their young adult neighbors. AN AUGGIE THROWBACK For young adults, it’s about a connection with a Christian community who can accompany them in exploring Melissa Lee ’04, Augsburg’s head how faith and public life softball coach, threw out a ceremonial PHOTO BY MARK CHAMBERLAIN intersect in ways that matter fi rst pitch before an August Minnesota most to them.” Twins game at Target Field as part of the team’s annual Lutheran Night festivities. Lee joined former St. Olaf pitcher the Rev. Charlie Ruud, with the pair dressed in costume as historical The Rev. Mike Rusert [center] and husband and wife duo Martin Luther members of Intertwine NE meet and Katharina (von Bora) Luther in on a Sunday morning to plan a celebration of the 500th anniversary December 10 launch event designed as an inclusive experience for young of the 1517 Protestant Reformation. adults interested in being part of an Ruud previously served as a Campus intentional spiritual community. Ministry intern at Augsburg. PHOTO BY REBECCA SLATER

50 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO 30 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel played for more than Construction began on what is Augsburg began offering its fi rst In 2007, Oren Gateway Center opened, connecting Riverside 3,000 people in Si Melby Hall on Nov. 10, 1967. now the Charles S. Anderson Music graduate degree program, the Master Avenue with the James G. Lindell Library, which opened

According to an Augsburg Echo review, the lengthiest Hall, which would open a year 1987 of Arts in Leadership. Augsburg a decade earlier. OGC will lose the distinction of being 1977 2007 applause was reserved for the song, “To Emily, later, bringing the entire music now offers nine post baccalaureate Augsburg’s newest building when the Norman and Wherever I Might Find Her.” The same year department under one roof for programs and set an enrollment record Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and saw the openings of Urness Hall and the the fi rst time in 100 years. this fall with 1,035 master’s students. Religion is completed in late 2017. Christensen Center, with the Marshall Room at the time serving as a faculty lounge to the resentment of the Echo’s editorial board. FALL - WINTER 2017 3 ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OF Augsburg awarded $475,000 SERVING SCHOLARS to infuse sustainability in university life Every year, more than two dozen undergraduate Augsburg University has new opportunities students participate in Augsburg’s McNair to live out its commitment to sustainability Scholars Program, an intensive 21 months of on campus, in the community, and among graduate school preparation that opens doors institutional partners thanks to nearly half to some of the most competitive institutions in a million dollars in new grant funding the U.S. What’s more, these McNair Scholars from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, a are from populations who statistically are Minnesota-based foundation that believes less likely to have the opportunity to pursue colleges and universities can serve as models advanced research and doctoral degrees—first- of operational sustainability for society at large. generation college students with financial Using the grant award, Augsburg will need and/or students from racial and ethnic facilitate student internships and other populations who are underrepresented in experiences at sustainability-focused Each year, Augsburg selects two organizations, strengthen and expand course McNair Scholars to represent graduate education. the University at the Minnesota Now, with a five-year renewal of its grant, offerings in Environmental Private College Scholars Showcase Augsburg’s McNair Scholars, a federal TRIO Did you know? Studies, fund student and at the Minnesota State Capitol. faculty research, integrate program funded by the U.S. Department of In 2015, the Margaret Education, will be able to continue supporting these students’ pursuit of A. Cargill Foundation sustainability and wellness contributed $1 million to advanced degrees through at least 2022. across the academic the campaign to build the curriculum, and more. The McNair Scholars Program was created by the U.S. Congress in honor Hagfors Center for Science, of Ronald E. McNair, one of the first African American astronauts in the U.S. Business, and Religion. “The next breakthrough space program. Augsburg’s program provides graduate school preparation in sustainability could come workshops, travel to a national research conference, hands-on scholarly from a student majoring in communications, research projects with faculty mentors, and more. philosophy, or education,” said Allyson Green, Since 2007, according to “Tina” Maria Tavera, director of the McNair Scholars Augsburg chief sustainability officer. “For Program, Augsburg McNair Scholars alumni have completed or are currently all of us to live on this planet sustainably pursuing more than 30 master’s degrees, 19 doctoral degrees, two medical and equitably, we need all perspectives, school degrees, and two doctor of pharmacy degrees. With nearly $1.2 million experiences, types of knowledge, and skill sets of future funding, Augsburg is excited to see further program success. to be part of the work.”

AN OCCASION TO CELEBRATE Augsburg event series honors Reformation anniversary

Augsburg held a series of events this fall marking the 500th theology relates to complex issues. anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. To kick off the series, Lowe discussed themes related to Augsburg was honored to host ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth climate change, gender and sexuality, Eaton for two events: the Christensen Symposium, which abuse, and deforestation. focused on interfaith friendships, and a panel discussion with In November, award-winning musical group The Rose Ensemble representatives of #DecolonizeLutheranism, a grassroots movement presented “Welcome the People: The Musical Legacy of the challenging long-held patterns of white power and privilege in the Reformation.” The ensemble creates musical performances and ELCA and stereotypes of what it means to be Lutheran. educational programs that connect audiences to compelling stories The series continued in October, in observance of Heritage of human history, culture, and spirituality from around the world. Day, when Mary Lowe, associate professor of religion, invited The celebration ends with this year’s Advent Vespers, the theme community members to consider Martin Luther’s perspectives on of which is inspired by Luther’s hymn, “From Heaven Above.” bodies and creation. Lowe explained how—even today—Luther’s Visit augsburg.edu/now to learn more about Augsburg’s Reformation event series and Advent Vespers. 4 AUGSBURG NOW AROUND THE QUAD Augsburg awarded $475,000 to infuse sustainability in university life Augsburg University has new opportunities MAKING HISTORY to live out its commitment to sustainability VISIBLE on campus, in the community, and among In the basement of Wilson Library at the University of historical record represented by the deed,” Pribbenow said, institutional partners thanks to nearly half Minnesota Twin Cities, a team of researchers is working to “so that we never lose track of the disgraceful manners in a million dollars in new grant funding map the history of racial segregation in Minneapolis. The which covenants were used to segregate our communities from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, a group is unearthing racial restrictions buried in Minneapolis and to infl ict real harm on so many.” Minnesota-based foundation that believes property deeds to create the fi rst comprehensive visualization The Mapping Prejudice project is a massive undertaking, colleges and universities can serve as models of historical racial covenants for a U.S. city. so the group strives to engage volunteers in the work. Many of operational sustainability for society at large. The project, called Mapping Prejudice, started with Augsburg students have become involved, including two Using the grant award, Augsburg will Augsburg’s Historyapolis Project, which seeks to illuminate history students who did semester-long internships last year facilitate student internships and other the history of Minneapolis and has traced the roots of helping build a digital map display and an entire history experiences at sustainability-focused the city’s present-day racial disparities through historical organizations, strengthen and expand course research. To date, Mapping Prejudice researchers have offerings in Environmental found around 5,000 property deeds containing language Studies, fund student and that historically restricted ownership of residential properties faculty research, integrate by race. Enforcing these restrictions has been illegal sustainability and wellness in Minnesota for more than 60 years, but the records across the academic provide insight into the racial segregation that persists in curriculum, and more. Minneapolis neighborhoods. “The next breakthrough “Minneapolis is known for its parks, high-quality schools, in sustainability could come and progressive politics,” said Kirsten Delegard, director of the from a student majoring in communications, Historyapolis Project and Augsburg scholar-in-residence. “Yet philosophy, or education,” said Allyson Green, we have the highest racial disparities in the country.” Augsburg chief sustainability offi cer. “For Delegard said racial covenants were once pervasive in all of us to live on this planet sustainably many U.S. cities and were instrumental in remaking the and equitably, we need all perspectives, racial landscape of Minneapolis, which had not always experiences, types of knowledge, and skill sets been segregated. As many as 10,000 or more Minneapolis to be part of the work.” The Mapping Prejudice team includes Kevin Erhman-Solberg ’14 [left], a University property deeds may contain such racially restrictive of Minnesota graduate student in geographic information science; Penny Peterson language. One of those properties is the Augsburg House, [center], a veteran property records researcher; Kirsten Delegard [right], director of the Historyapolis Project and Augsburg scholar-in-residence; and Ryan Mattke [not pictured], a residence on West River Road in Minneapolis that the a map and geospatial information librarian from the University of Minnesota. University purchased in 1998. “When I saw the information that the Mapping Prejudice class that is working with the project throughout the fall team had compiled for south Minneapolis, I suspected that semester this year. Several sociology classes got involved Augsburg House originally had a racially restricted deed,” this past spring and summer, helping develop the program’s said Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow. “Nearly volunteer outreach strategy. Students from Pribbenow’s every new development in south Minneapolis in the early honors seminar also helped transcribe deeds this past spring, 20th century carried those types of restrictions.” and a cohort of Augsburg fi rst-year students engaged in the The property’s 1926 deed didn’t initially show up in the work as part of City Service Day at the beginning of the 2017 project’s electronic search process because the document academic year. was handwritten, but Delegard was able to locate the deed “We absolutely could not have developed the project manually. The University has sought legal counsel regarding without this kind of participation from both students and options for clarifying that Augsburg does not support faculty,” said Delegard, who is continuing to seek funding discriminatory restrictions on the property. that will allow the project to get even more students involved “At the same time, we want to ensure we maintain the in all aspects of the work.

Go to augsburg.edu/now to link to an interactive map illustrating the spread of racially restrictive deeds across Minneapolis during the fi rst half of the 20th century and to learn more about getting involved in Mapping Prejudice research. FALL - WINTER 2017 5 AWARDS 2017 Augsburg University is consistently FACTS recognized for excellence. This year’s BOARD OF REGENTS accolades include: WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS Best Regional Universities: U.S. News & World At its September meeting, the Augsburg Corporation elected four additional Report again named Augsburg among the members to the Board of Regents and re-elected three currently serving best universities in the Midwest. Rankings members. In addition, in accordance with the bylaws for Augsburg University, are based on factors including average fi rst- two bishops were appointed as ex-offi cio board members this fall. Augsburg year retention rates, graduation rates, class University welcomes these new regents and thanks them for their service. sizes, student-to-faculty ratios, acceptance rates, and more. Elected to a new four-year term in 2017: • Eric J. Jolly, president and chief executive offi cer of Recognition for being student-centered: For Minnesota Philanthropy Partners. Jolly previously the second year in a row, The Wall Street served on the Augsburg Board of Regents from Journal and Times Higher Education ranked PHOTO COURTESY 2008-2015. Augsburg No. 2 in Minnesota for student engagement in the learning process in their • Cynthia G. Jones ’81, senior level advisor for nuclear ranking of U.S. colleges and universities. The safety and analysis at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Eric J. Jolly student engagement score is based largely Commission. Jones previously served on the on results of a student survey that addresses Augsburg Board from 2010-2012. how challenging classes are, whether they • Dean Kennedy ’75, co-founder and chief strategy offi cer foster critical thinking and prompt students PHOTO COURTESY of Texakoma Oil & Gas Corporation. Kennedy previously to make connections to the real world, and served on the Augsburg Board from 2005-2013. how much interaction the students have with faculty and other students. • Karolynn Lestrud ’68, retired photography and Cynthia G. Jones ’81 publishing industry professional; former board Top 25 LGBTQ-friendly Colleges & Universities: member in historic preservation and performing Augsburg was named to Campus Pride’s list arts organizations; and active volunteer in arts, of the top 25 LGBTQ-friendly colleges and

education, and theater. PHOTO COURTESY universities in 2017. Campus Pride is the leading national organization for creating Elected to a second four-year term: safer, more LGBTQ-friendly colleges and • Wayne Jorgenson ’71, senior vice president of wealth Dean Kennedy ’75 universities. management at UBS Financial Services Inc. Top 50 nationally for contribution to the public • Dennis Meyer ’78, chief marketing and business good: Augsburg was the No. 2 institution in development offi cer at Robins Kaplan LLP Minnesota named by Washington Monthly in its 2017 Master’s Universities rankings. The • Pam Moksnes ’79, vice president for gift planning list rates schools based upon their contribution services, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, through PHOTO BY CAROLINE YANG to the public good in three categories: social the Lutheran Church Extension Fund Karolynn Lestrud ’68 mobility, research, and service. Elected to a third four-year term: Top 25 schools for service-learning: Augsburg • Ann Ashton-Piper, president of the IT consulting fi rm has been named one of U.S. News & The Bridgie Group World Report’s 2018 Top 25 Colleges and Universities for Service Learning. The sole Appointed as ex-of cio members of the Board of Regents Minnesota school on this list, Augsburg for a three-year term: requires volunteering in the community as • The Rev. Patricia J. Lull, bishop of the Saint Paul an instructional strategy. Schools garnering Area Synod recognition were nominated by fellow institutions, college and university presidents • The Rev. Steven H. Delzer, bishop of the Southeastern or deans, and chief academic offi cers. Minnesota Synod FACTS AROUND THE QUAD

Communications expert describes ON THE SPOT history and peril of “fake news” WHILE THE TERM “FAKE NEWS” IS RELATIVELY NEW, the phenomenon, of course, is not. People throughout time have been motivated to share false information in ways that give it the appearance of legitimacy or to discredit accurate information in order to serve their own interests. Newer, digital media channels have made the tools to do

COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY so readily available and more effective, according to Jenny Hanson, assistant professor of communication studies, film, and new media. What’s more, social media sites tend to present users with information that confirms existing biases. In her classes, Hanson teaches students the media literacy skills necessary to be critical consumers of the news.

What is the history of “fake news” for using fake news are emerging: to be widespread, creating lasting impacts in media? distract, to challenge existing knowledge, that go on to shape industry, policies,

COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY Q: and to raise doubt about the validity of procedures, culture, artifacts of history, Fake news has been around for information, all in order to favor particular and society. A: centuries; it’s probably as old as interests. In this way, calling something humans’ ability to communicate. People “fake news” and creating fake news both What can individuals do to protect seem to have a natural desire to tell tall can be used to advance political, social, or Q: themselves from falsities and to tales. After all, spectacles draw crowds and personal interests in a way that functions process news and information critically? outlandish stories trend. Fake news took off more like propaganda. Calling something There are many actions people can COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY with the invention of the printing press in fake triggers a reaction in us to question take to become savvy information 1439, in part because stories were difficult and doubt, thereby decreasing our A: consumers. The advice we tell students to verify and mass distribution meant news confidence in the information and opening includes getting your news from a variety could travel relatively quickly. A journalistic us up to different possibilities. code of conduct toward objectivity and of sources, seeking connections on social the practice of fact-checking did not yet media who have viewpoints differing from What are the potential real-world exist. Stories about strange beasts, hideous your own, and reading beyond the headline Q: implications? crimes, and falsified scientific discoveries and before sharing information. In a critical reading, check the author’s credentials, sold papers, and for advertising-supported There are immense implications watch out for emotional appeals or PHOTO BY CAROLINE YANG publications, that was the goal. A: when news is inaccurate. Journalists outrageous claims, look to see that sources As journalism evolved and as understand that if they misreport, are named and are experts in their fields, newspapers came to rely on subscription misquote, or just plain get the story review the article date for context, and models, impartiality and accuracy wrong, there are often legal implications, consider your own bias. Understand the became guiding principles. In the 1980s, damage to the outlet’s reputation, and source and their interests, and be sure standards changed when cable TV made harm to those wronged. websites are the official sites and not ones the 24/7 news cycle a reality. Next, the When fake news is used as propaganda, intended to mimic another’s appearance. internet created alternate—and rapid— it threatens the very legitimacy of news means of news distribution and increased itself, inviting us to believe what is most access to content-creation tools among the aligned with our own ideologies rather Go to augsburg.edu/now to learn more general population. Today, new reasons than what actually is. The damage can about the line between falsehood and satire.

FALL - WINTER 2017 7 2016-17 AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY When you give to Augsburg, you aren’t just supporting a private university—you’re paving the way for students ANNUAL REPORT to make a living, make a life, and make a community. The impact of your generosity can be seen in the lives of thousands of students who are now embracing nancial TO DONORS security, nding their vocation, and following their calling.

$43.9 ENDOWMENT MARKET VALUE $40.5 $39.4 May 31, 2017—$43,878,362 $38.3

$34.6 $33.3 $32.4 $31.5 REVENUE BY SOURCE $29.8 $28.2 75% Tuition 8% Room and Board $24.5 7% Private Gifts and Grants 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 7% Other Sources 3% Federal Grants As of May 31, 2017, Augsburg University’s endowment had annual realized and unrealized gains of 12.19 percent. The ve-year average annual return on the endowment is 8.21 percent, and the 10-year average annual return is 4.34 percent. The University is committed to maintaining the value of the principal to provide support to Augsburg in perpetuity. EXPENSES BY CATEGORY 38% Salaries and Bene ts 33% Financial Aid 20% Operating Expenses 4% Debt Services Your philanthropy 3% Utilities and Insurance is creating an Augsburg that will be 2% Student Compensation SUSTAINABLE, 1% Capital Improvement FAITHFUL,and RELEVANT long into the future.

Thanks to you and other committed friends, Augsburg is preparing students of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to serve and lead in our communities, schools, places of worship, and businesses. During scal year 2016-17, more than 9,300 individual donors gave $17,216,961 through cash gifts, pledges, and planned gifts. Augsburg Fund supporters provided the University with more than $1.1 million in unrestricted, discretionary funds to improve the student experience. MAKE A LIVING When juggling the rigors of family life, owning three businesses, and coaching high school sports, starting a graduate program might not hit the top priority list for many people. But for Joe Tadros ’98, ’17 MBA, the bene ts of pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree to further his career and build greater nancial security for his family were worth the effort. “My graduate experience was an eye opener. It reminded me where I came from, and where I wanted to be in the future,” said Tadros. “My classmates had unique abilities and talents, and I learned so much from them.” Joe Tadros ’98, ’17 MBA Shika Addo Memorial Scholarship Tadros now serves as a guest lecturer for Augsburg nance classes, sharing life lessons with undergraduates. With his degree, and your gifts, he looks to the future with con dence, knowing that his kids will be well provided for and that his impact will extend beyond his career. REVENUE BY SOURCE 75% Tuition 8% Room and Board 7% Private Gifts and Grants MAKE A LIFE 7% Other Sources As a shy, small-town kid, Kevin Tran ’18 would never have believed it 3% Federal Grants had someone told him that as a college student he would become a board member for three student organizations, travel abroad with the choir, work as an intern for US Bank, and volunteer in the community in his free time. Tran began to really come out of his shell by living his life through the Auggie experience. “When I came [to Augsburg], I didn’t know what to expect. In high school, I was just really all about my work. Augsburg exposed me to who I am supposed to be ... I became more independent, more knowledgeable, more vocal, and more myself.” Kevin Tran ’18 Leland and Louise Sundet Because of you, Tran has found his calling and is planning to pursue Scholarship his dream by working in marketing for the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. MAKE A COMMUNITY Singing, studying, social work, public policy, and reconstructing the criminal justice system. These are among the top priorities for Augsburg student Alexa Anderson ’19.

Anderson may be a proud member of the Honors Program and Augsburg vocal ensembles, but the deeper she dives into her studies as a social work major, the more motivated she has become to change her community through restorative justice.

Alexa Anderson ’19 “Augsburg has completely changed me as a person, speci cally regarding Mabeth Saure Gyllstrom how I view my role as a member of a community,” she said. “Before coming here, I didn’t understand how important being an active member Scholarship of a community was. Through my classes, volunteering, internships, and Dorothy Lijsing Kleven President’s living in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, I now believe that in order Scholarship in Choral Music for a community to succeed, its members must act and live in a way that encourages understanding, acceptance, and unity.” A NEW DAY, A NEW KIND OF UNIVERSITY BY JESSICA MUELLER AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY DAY was a moment of celebration—a time to honor and appreciate the abiding principles on which Augsburg was founded and an opportunity to consider Augsburg’s commitment to shaping the world for generations to come. Augsburg marked the transition from college to university through a commemorative day full of fun and fellowship. And, although Augsburg College of cially became Augsburg University on September 1, the campus threw its proverbial hat in the air a few days later—on September 5, the day Augsburg formally welcomed its most diverse incoming class in school history.

OPENING CONVOCATION On September 5, Augsburg’s Class of 2021 rose early to participate in the grand nale of their welcome week: Opening Convocation. New students marched across campus, past rows of cheering faculty and staff, and toward Hoversten Chapel with pride (and maybe a few sheepish grins), to engage in a historic beginning for them and for their school: the commissioning of Augsburg University’s inaugural rst-year class. This year’s event featured elements linked with Augsburg’s commitments to faith, diversity, and vocation: Lutheran hymns, interfaith blessings, and international ags representing the countries from which Augsburg students come. President Paul Pribbenow encouraged new Auggies to do justly, love mercy, walk humbly ... and follow him on Twitter.

And that was just the beginning.

A MOMENT TO REMEMBER

Following Opening Convocation, the Class of 2021 processed Students had nearly two hours to take in their surroundings, from the chapel to the quad where they were met by stilt grab food, pose at the Auggie photo booth, and assemble walkers, local musicians, Haitian and Somali dancers, and the hygiene kits for the Augsburg Health Commons, which serves smells of dishes as varied and diverse as the neighborhoods unsheltered persons throughout Minneapolis. Many even had surrounding Augsburg’s metropolitan campus. More than 800 time to read a proclamation, signed by Minnesota Gov. Mark students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University convened Dayton, naming September 5, 2017, Augsburg University Day. to feast on sambusas, Mexican tacos, cotton candy, brats and sauerkraut, and, in some cases, all of the above.

10 AUGSBURG NOW A UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY

In the afternoon, more than 500 students, faculty, and staff gathered in small groups and dispersed throughout Minneapolis to listen to, learn from, and volunteer with local partners and nonprofits with ties to Augsburg. In total, the Class of 2021 donated nearly $35,000 in service work at more than 20 Twin Cities locations. The entire string of events—from the convocation, to the celebration, to the service-learning opportunities—demonstrated that Augsburg’s name change was much more than updated monument signs (though they do look nice), letterhead, and websites. The name change was a collaborative effort to share Augsburg’s story—the narrative of a place that’s deeply embedded in its community, that richly lives out its traditions, and that points to a bolder vision of what a student-centered, urban university can be … small to its students, and big for the world.

FALL - WINTER 2017 11 The fatherhood BONUS and the motherhood PENALTYBY KATE H. ELLIOTT

Groundbreaking research by alumna Michelle Budig ’93 sheds light on wage gap between fathers and mothers

Michelle Budig’s story is deeply woven after she secured tenure as a sociology in salary per child. Fatherhood, into her pioneering research to expose professor—to adopt their daughter, Lucy. ultimately, is considered a “valued gender inequality and examine family Her beliefs about how things should be characteristic, signaling perhaps a policies in the workforce. were tempered by her understanding of greater work commitment, stability, and The product of an outspoken dental how things actually are. deservingness,” said Budig, Sociology receptionist and a pious electrician— It may be no surprise, then, that Department chair at the University of who staked the yard with opposing Budig focused her scholarly research Massachusetts Amherst. Mothers, on political signs—Budig learned from on the impact of parenting across the other hand, are often perceived as a young age to question, wonder, and gender—speci cally the wage inequities “exhausted and distracted at work,” voice her beliefs. In preschool, for between fathers and mothers across the rendering them less productive. example, she insisted her class change pay scale. Her latest ndings, currently Beyond perception, other signi cant the lyrics of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” to making rounds in The New York Times contributors to the discrepancy include remove “and with the girls be handy.” and the like, assert that although the that women often take time off to care But despite her early and strong gender pay gap is decreasing (women for children and bypass higher wages advocacy for girls’ rights, Budig still now make about 76 cents for every for mom-friendly roles. “Kids are seen believed that as an adult she would man’s dollar), wage inequalities among as a privilege, not a right, so if you have to choose between motherhood parents who work are increasing. want to have them, you must pay the and a meaningful career. Indeed, at 22, Overall, fathers incur an average wage price,” Budig said, referencing a view she married her Augsburg sweetheart, increase of more than 6 percent with some hold. nurse practitioner Peter Landstrom ’91, each child, while women experience, but then waited almost 20 years—until on average, a 4 percent decrease

12 AUGSBURG NOW PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN SOLEM, Michelle Budig ’93 is an award-winning professor and author whose research interests UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST focus on gender, employment, labor markets, earnings, strati cation, and family. BONUS

PENALTYBY KATE H. ELLIOTT

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN SOLEM, Michelle Budig ’93 is an award-winning professor and author whose research interests FALL - WINTER 2017 13 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST focus on gender, employment, labor markets, earnings, stratification, and family. Budig’s 19-page curriculum vitae details the more than $725,000 in grants she’s received, including some from the National Science Foundation, and lists her articles But it’s not as simple as “dads make Additionally, lower-earning men and in professional journals, including more, moms make less,” Budig said. women statistically are more likely to the American Sociological Review. Using sophisticated statistical techniques have children, Budig said, which leads to She regularly contributes to national and international media on a large sample of U.S. workers, higher penalties for those families. outlets, including The New York Budig found that parenting exacerbates Times, Money Magazine, and the earnings inequalities within genders Washington Post. depending on income. Accessible child care among The “fatherhood bonus,” as she calls policies to close the gap it, is highest for the most advantaged men—married, white, college graduates Budig suggests two policy shifts to with professional jobs. Unmarried, black reduce the gap: publicly funded, men in non-professional occupations, high-quality child care for babies and for instance, receive minimal—if toddlers and nontransferable paid any—bonus. The motherhood penalty leave for both mothers and fathers. The is smallest among women who earn “nontransferable” part is critical, Budig said. “Most of my life, I had to choose above the 90th percentile of female reiterated, as “evidence suggests that between being a mother and having a workers, with women at the very top of if fathers can transfer leave to a female meaningful career, and unless progressive the income distribution experiencing no partner, they will.” policies are adopted, the parental and wage penalty. Low-to-average earning “Access for all to high-quality, economic gaps will persist.” women incur the greatest motherhood reliable, licensed child care options The Organization for Economic penalty, Budig found. would certainly even the playing  eld for Cooperation and Development ranked “I always thought that women who both parents and children,” Budig said. the United States last in a study made the most would have the most to “Think of all the stress it would alleviate the intergovernmental organization lose, but that is certainly not the case, from low-income families relying on conducted about the national paid and it makes complete sense when you less dependable child care. Businesses maternity leave policies of its member consider factors and stressors in uencing would likely be more productive with countries. The average amount of populations at the top and bottom of the a more resilient, consistent workforce. paid leave time for mothers among its pay scale,” Budig said. “Fathers and And children growing up in low-income 35-member countries was a little more mothers earning lower wages often rely situations would bene t from the same than one year, as of 2016. on fragile networks of free child care, and instruction and care as wealthier families, Budig notes there is progress on the when a grandmother or friend is sick or giving those young ones a stronger start.” state level, citing California’s paid family doesn’t show, those parents can’t make This approach is not new. Many leave, which allows family members to it to work. Conversely, parents who can Scandinavian countries, which support take time off to care for a loved one or afford it, secure reliable, consistent child publicly funded child care and offer to bond with a new child entering their care operated by licensed professionals.” incentivized paternal leave, report smaller life (either by birth, adoption, or foster care). Without a comprehensive federal approach, however, Budig warns of the implications of inconsistencies across ' states. Its not as simple as “It’s encouraging to see states and “dads make more, moms make less.” companies take action, but it leads to inequities among states and industries, Wider wage gaps among lower-earning or no parental pay gaps. In contrast, which may only add to our country’s individuals are exacerbated by the fact countries with entrenched gender roles, increasing divide,” said Budig, who that people tend to marry within socio- like Germany, where new mothers are has testi ed before Congress and the economic situations, Budig adds, so expected to take a year or more off work, United Nations about the implications low-earning couples take greater hits, report the highest motherhood penalties. of her research. “More universal support while highly paid duos keep climbing. “Workplace policies matter,” Budig will reduce wage gaps, promote greater

14 AUGSBURG NOW equality, and better prepare our children to The national average is 76 percent, per the journey. Sociology Professor Diane Pike be productive members of society.” report, which does not factor in years of has taught Auggies for more than three experience, education, or job title. When decades, and Budig certainly stands out. such national statistics were fi rst calculated “Michelle had a seriousness and The culture is shifting as men in the 1970s, it was about 60 percent. sophistication about intellectual ideas embrace female roles and work that was exemplary, and being a fi rst-generation student, she never lost But beyond evolutions in policy, Budig sees Mentors pushed her to live with a sight of the privilege it is to pursue higher hope in the young people she interacts with ‘heart for service’ education. She set the bar high for herself, as a professor and mentor. They expect and we’ve been following her career ever both parties—and want both partners—to Budig lost both her parents nearly two years since,” said Pike, who specializes in be involved in maintaining the household. ago. She often wishes she could talk with organizational analysis, sociological theory, Single-paycheck families are diffi cult to her mom about her latest research, knowing and research methods. “There is nothing sustain, and popular books and blogs are her mom would get a kick out of hearing better than seeing one of your students encouraging mothers to shed the mom guilt, about innovative solutions to promote succeed at such a level. Michelle’s a cast aside the superwoman expectations, equality and increase access for women. big deal in sociology, speaking at top and go order a pizza for dinner. “My mom was wildly supportive of my conferences and advocating for important “Believe me, I get it. Even with the work, but I’ll never forget the fi rst time change. She has a rare ability to convey most supportive husband, who as a nurse, she read a major study I published about complex data and theories to general experiences his own gender stereotypes, the wage gap. I was driving, and she was audiences, and we are very proud of her.” I still slip into unrealistic expectations,” in the back seat. She looked up and said, Budig’s Auggie roots run deep, and both said Budig, who earned a master’s and ‘Michelle, everyone knows women earn less she and Landstrom commit themselves doctorate in sociology from the University than men. That’s what you’ve been working to its mission through caregiving and of Arizona. “Our marriage is a constant on?’ Gee, thanks, mom,” Budig said. “I advocating for change. Augsburg gave conversation, and splitting up the chores think she would have appreciated this last them a way of looking at the world and by room works for us.” batch of research and what I’m focused on approaching life that will never leave them, A 2016 PayScale Gender Pay Gap Report next, which involves female entrepreneurs Budig said. found that men still out-earn women in and a study about the motherhood penalty “The greatest takeaway from Augsburg every state in the union, but Vermont is in Israel.” is our desire—the responsibility, really— the closest to equality, with women earning Although there is no replacing a drive- to give back and live with a heart for 84.8 percent of what men earn overall, as and-talk with mom, Budig is not short on service to others. Every day, we try to opposed to Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and inspiring female mentors. At Augsburg, live out that change in our personal and Wyoming where women earn from 71 to 73 where she majored in English and sociology, professional lives.” percent of their male counterparts’ income. Budig sought out educators to support her

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20 17 N s ob oli el P ap eac inne e Prize Forum—M

[Above] Representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet are joined on stage by Peace Scholars and other participants at the closing ceremony of the Forum.

[Left] During a break, the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureates posed for photos in front of a three-story mural featuring their images along with dozens of other past laureates.

obel Peace Prize laureates, world leaders, and Quartet described an arduous and inspiring peacemaking renowned peacemakers came together this fall as model in which members of business, labor, human Augsburg University hosted the 29th annual Nobel rights, and law disciplines crafted a sustaining democratic NPeace Prize Forum—Minneapolis. As an international constitution through peaceful dialogue. peace congress, the Forum united honored guests, students, Recognized collectively with the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize and community members in considering the globally for their contribution to building a pluralistic democracy signi cant, multidimensional nature of peace by examining in Tunisia following the Jasmine Revolution of 2011, the topics that ranged from disarmament and human rights to Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet is made up of leaders economic development and environmental sustainability. from four key organizations in the north African nation’s This year’s Forum kicked off with several hundred attendees civil society. In the tense early moments of the Arab Spring lling Augsburg’s Si Melby Gymnasium to listen to the uprisings, the Quartet exercised its role as a mediator and incredible, true story of the 2015 Nobel Laureates—leaders demonstrated the power of civil communication in sensitive who inspired a sharply divided nation to nd common ground political circumstances. Perhaps no other Forum experience and, ultimately, form one of the world’s newest democracies. better illustrated the event’s overarching theme: Dialogue in During a conversation presented in both English and Divided Societies. Arabic, representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue

16 AUGSBURG NOW Nobel Peace Prize Forum art festival Building peace in the greater Twin Cities, Augsburg University has served as the Nobel Peace around the world Prize Forum’s official host since 2012, but in recent Throughout the four days of the 2017 program, years, the event itself has taken place at several attendees participated in dozens of breakout sessions conference venues across the Twin Cities. Bringing led by globally recognized leaders in the fields the Forum back to Augsburg this fall gave global of international development and peacemaking. peacebuilders the opportunity to experience the Participants had the opportunity to meet and hear unique, urban beauty of the University’s location and from national and world leaders—including Norwegian to engage with a large-scale outdoor art exhibition on Ambassador to the United States Kåre Aas, Tunisian display across campus. Ambassador to the United States H.E. Fayçal Gouia, In the spirit of fostering dialogue during the Nobel U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and U.S. Rep. Keith Peace Prize Forum, artists from across the United Ellison. Other often-recognized presenters at the event States collaborated on installations that highlighted included former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who the layered and often overlapping complexity of finding is seeking to end gun violence, and Barbara Bush, solutions to global issues. The art exhibition was who founded the Global Health Corps organization to curated by Christopher Houltberg, assistant professor mobilize young leaders to support health equity. of art and director of Augsburg’s Design & Agency The Nobel Peace Prize Forum also prompted program, a student-run design studio experience attendees to consider local peace-building needs, that teaches design thinking and problem-solving in convening conversations focused on present-day graphic design. issues in the Twin Cities. Students, community One of the most talked-about installations at members, and facilitators worked through difficult the Nobel Peace Prize Forum was a Hex House discussions on respecting and honoring sacred spaces, constructed in Murphy Square. Designed by Architects bridging political differences through civil dialogue, for Society, a nonprofit seeking to enhance the built and addressing cross-generational injustice. These environment for disadvantaged communities, the Hex mediated conversations went beyond campus to places House is a prototype for dignified, low-cost, flexible that brought the topics to life. For example, part of housing that’s easy to deploy in emergency situations. [Above] Representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet are joined on stage the dialogue on preserving Native American sites took by Peace Scholars and other participants at the closing ceremony of the Forum. Given that the Forum dates fell just after Hurricanes place in suburban Eagan at Pilot Knob, an area that Harvey and Irma brought havoc and destruction to was an indigenous gathering place and sacred burial [Left] During a break, the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize laureates posed for photos in front of the Caribbean, Texas, and Florida, the Hex House a three-story mural featuring their images along with dozens of other past laureates. ground for centuries. was a timely opportunity to see how smart design can “It’s entirely fitting that these important address critical community needs. conversations are happening at Augsburg University as part of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum,” said the Forum’s Program Director Joe Underhill, reflecting on the entire event. “A university is a place where civic dialogue on difficult topics is not only allowed, but highly encouraged,” said Underhill, an associate professor of political science at Augsburg. “It is only through that kind of dialogue that we are going to move toward any mutual understanding on these issues.”

[Far left] Augsburg Design & Agency students created numerous large-scale art installations to convey the theme, Dialogue in Divided Societies.

[Near left] The Hex House, a low-cost, emergency housing prototype, showcased how smart design can create humane solutions during crises.

FALL - WINTER 2017 17 JOIN US FOR THE 30TH

September 19–22, 2018 Augsburg University [Above] Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Methodist Bishop Bruce Ough visit the Red Rock, a boulder that is located at a United Methodist Church in Newport, Minnesota, and considered sacred by the Dakota people. The 2017 Forum included site visits addressing local peace-building topics.

[Left] Interactive art installations allowed Forum attendees to participate in creating displays that refl ected their own perspectives on peacemaking.

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INFLUENCEBY KATE H. ELLIOTT

Augsburg outscores national average of female coaches, supports inclusive culture across Athletics department

“Only priests and participants’ fathers can be anywhere near the pool,” three St. Catherine’s nuns echoed in protest as Augsburg’s 1963 swim instructor, Malcolm “Mac” Gimse, led then-20-year-old Joyce Pfaff ’65 and three other physical education majors onto the pool deck. Gimse reluctantly exited the building, but as the Auggies lined up at water’s edge, “GO AUGSBURG” boomed from the stands. Pfaff looked up, and there was her instructor, wearing a big smile and a clerical collar. Call it obstinate or call it resolute, but Pfaff adopted that tenacity—and it helped her climb over, chisel away, and bust down a decade’s worth of walls in women’s athletics and coaching prior to the passage of Title IX, a federal law that allows women access to any federally funded educational program or activity. So, it comes as no surprise that Augsburg’s first women’s athletic director is “beyond proud” that a recent report ties Augsburg with Macalester College as the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s schools with the most female head coaches.

Head Women’s and Men’s Cross Country Coach FALL - WINTER 2017 19 Meghan Peyton ’14 MAL leads a team practice. This distinction, out of the University of Minnesota’s Tucker Center for Research on Women and Girls in Sport, is particularly encouraging

as national studies point to PHOTO BY CYNDI NIGHTENGALE, CYNBADMEDIA dramatic decreases in women coaching women’s sports. When Title IX was passed in 1972, women coached 90 percent of women’s collegiate athletic teams. Today, only about 40 percent of those teams are led by female coaches, according to the NCAA.

Augsburg hits national average out of the park

Pfaff coached at a time before women’s athletics were afforded of cial equipment or men’s (10), and the Athletic said Swenson, who has worked facilities. In fact, Pfaff helped Department works hard to create at Augsburg for more than 36 build Augsburg’s rst softball an equitable, forward-thinking, years. “We are committed to It’s vital for eld. Today, she remains and inclusive culture.” work-life integration. The best con dent in Augsburg’s ability Augsburg Athletic Director coaches are ful lled, healthy, all students to to advance equality. According Jeff Swenson ’79 and Associate and productive members at see women as to the Tucker Center, Augsburg Athletic Director Kelly Anderson home and in the community— leapt from having slightly more Diercks appreciate the Tucker an approach to life we want to role models in than 36 percent female head Center’s acknowledgement mirror for our student-athletes.” coaches in 2014 to nearly 73 of Augsburg’s dedication to Anderson Diercks recruits all professions, percent in 2017. women’s athletics. University coaches and advises student- including “Think of how far we’ve leaders are ever-vigilant in their athletes interested in come,” Pfaff said. “Augsburg’s efforts to support all coaches, transitioning from court to athletics. rst volleyball coach, Mary staff, and student-athletes in clipboard. She is keenly aware —Kelly Anderson Diercks, Timm ’81, could ‘afford’ to achieving a well-balanced life. of the factors contributing to associate athletic director coach for us because she “Coaching demands all of the diminishing number of had a full-time job as a day you and more, with 365-day female coaches across the care supervisor, and she used recruiting on top of practices, U.S. and emphasizes that vacation time to travel with planning, and leading student- even if you’re in a position of the team. Today, Augsburg has athletes in competition and success, there’s still room for more women’s teams (11) than out in their everyday lives,” improvement.

20 AUGSBURG NOW “College athletic departments out. There is richness in diversity, we can get onto the business of need to do a better job of recruiting and women are an important part empowering those we lead (and and retaining women coaches of that diversity, especially in the winning games).” through mentoring, professional athletic arena.” And she would know. McAteer, development, and supportive A coaching job is demanding, who led the Augsburg women’s

PHOTO BY CYNDI NIGHTENGALE, CYNBADMEDIA cultures,” she said. “And it is with long hours, travel, and high hockey team to its highest MIAC critically important that this expectations, but those pressures finish since the ’90s, played for conversation is not just about can be overcome, Swenson said. female coaches throughout her high women coaching women. It should The more universities exemplify school and college years. These be about women in coaching, which work-life balance, the more models of “strength, resolve, and includes women coaching boys family-oriented student-athletes, compassion” gave her confidence and men. It’s vital for all students regardless of gender, will be drawn and an awareness of her role now, as to see women as role models in all to the profession, he added. a coach, to model those values for professions, including athletics.” the next generation, she said. “It’s a responsibility I care deeply about.” Negative perceptions still For Pfaff, this and other [L to R]: Women’s Lacrosse Popularity of women’s reflections from today’s women Head Coach Kathryn cast a shadow Knippenberg and Graduate athletics contributes to coaches signal that the legacy Fellow Taylor Tvedt ’19 MAL she and others fought to instill is greet a prospective student. decline in coaching equity Stigmas, misconceptions, and high stakes also contribute to the decline The NCAA’s findings suggest that in women seeking and maintaining a major factor contributing to the leadership roles in university decline of women coaching women athletics, according to the NCAA. is, ironically, tied to the boom of Interviews with female coaches women’s athletics. With increased across the U.S. drew out comments popularity came expanded staffs about increasing demands, and higher salaries, attracting assumptions about female coaches’ men—particularly longtime sexuality, and perceived gender assistant coaches—to lead bias. Augsburg Women’s Hockey women’s teams. And while 60 Head Coach Michelle McAteer said percent of women’s teams are if she could squash an assumption coached by men, according to the curbing female coaches, it would be study, women guide only about 3 the belief that “all women are catty percent of men’s teams. Roughly and emotional.” 80 percent of collegiate athletic “Since women hold fewer holding strong. Sure, there always is directors are men. leadership positions in all realms— yet another contest to win, she said, Is a solution to ignore gender? from athletics and business to but what’s the fun in not having a “Absolutely not,” Anderson Diercks politics—we are put under a fight? The best part, for Pfaff, is said. “Like any dimension of microscope and our actions are knowing that Augsburg is on the diversity, to ignore or deny a part of generalized,” she said. “Women right side of the field—maybe even someone’s identity does not allow in leadership need to become the the infield she helped grade for them to show up as their fullest norm and not the exception in Augsburg’s first softball diamond. and best self, and then we all miss order to combat these myths so

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AUGSBURG WOMEN ENGAGED: FROM THE ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT MOVING IN A NEW DIRECTION

The Augsburg Women Engaged Philanthropy Dear alumni and friends, Council has grown in the past year. Augsburg alumnae formed AWE in 2009 to unite women It’s an exciting time for Augsburg University, with shared interests and passions through and the Alumni Board aims to infuse events, mentorship, and philanthropy. Today, positive energy from Augsburg’s big events AWE inspires women to connect, learn, and give. this fall in our year-long agenda. The board’s objective is to advance Celebrate AWE highlights: Augsburg’s mission by making the most Connect—Members gathered at Homecoming of the time, talents, and treasure found in for a painting party to prepare pieces of a COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY our alumni group. Each year, the Alumni mural titled “Emergence” that will be installed Board plans events where Auggies can network, collaborate, and in the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center serve together. The 2017 Summer Series was an example of this for Science, Business, and Religion. work. Auggies attended a Minnesota United soccer game, took part in Auggie Night at Canterbury Park, and listened to Augsburg Learn—AWE hosted a discussion following community members give presentations on a range of topics at the the 2016 Center for Wellness and Counseling 7 People 7 Passions 7 Minutes event at Sisyphus Brewing. Alumni Convocation and a pre-concert reception Board members also hosted Happy Hour Squared at Brave New at the annual Woman Voice: Voice of Hope Workshop, which featured a twist on a traditional social hour— choral performance. attendees enjoyed beverages while making 1,500 sandwiches for Give—Members raised more than $100,000 unsheltered people in the Twin Cities. for the “Emergence” mural and are engaged It is fun watching the talents of fellow Auggies come to life at in planning to raise an additional $1 million our social events, and our upcoming calendar is available online: for scholarships. augsburg.edu/alumnievents. Using your time and talents to make connections with current students is simply one of the best ways to AWE’s participation has nearly doubled during the stay connected with Augsburg, so stay tuned for details about the past year and includes Augsburg women from all upcoming 2018 Auggie Networking Experience on February 6. generations, degree programs, and career elds. Auggies also can join the Alumni Board’s effort to sponsor a tree in the Urban Arboretum planned for Augsburg’s Minneapolis campus. The trees selected for the rst phase of this plan will surround the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion and include species native to Minnesota. All gift levels are welcome. As the Alumni Board continues to advance the mission of the University through events and networking, we invite you to join us. We work hard, and we make sure we don’t forget to have fun, as well.

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AWE Philanthropy Council members [L to R]: Debby (Fredrickson) Crowley ’76, Danielle Stellner ’07, Joni Marti ’05 MAL, Lori Moline ’82, Martha Truax ’16 MAL, Shelby (Gimse) Andress ’56, Lisa Zeller ’81, ’89 MAL, Cheryl NICK RATHMANN ’03, ALUMNI BOARD PRESIDENT Jensen ’86, Donna McLean, and Kris (Peterson) Pearson ’78. Not pictured: Rachel (Olson) Engebretson ’98, Dr. Lisa Latham ’83, Diana Pierce ’16 MAL, and Cindy (Winberg) Sisson ’83.

Visit augsburg.edu/now to learn more about joining AWE. 22 AUGSBURG NOW AUGGIES CONNECT

STEPUPCelebrate® PROGRAM MARKS 20 YEARS OF SUCCESS

ugsburg University’s StepUP community, and worked StepUP Program is in its for the Center for Wellness and 20th year of empowering Counseling. Today Bausch lives out studentsA in recovery to achieve a passion for serving the recovery academic success. StepUP held its community. She is pursuing a annual gala October 28. The gala doctorate in counseling psychology was an evening of inspiration and at the University of St. Thomas. fellowship in which emcee Don Her clinical practice included an Shelby, an Emmy-award-winning internship at The Hazelden Betty

COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY broadcast journalist and person Ford Foundation’s residential Heidi Bausch ’07 in recovery, welcomed nearly 500 program for young people and work Auggies, families, friends, and at the University of Minnesota advocates for recovery. Each year, Medical Center, Fairview inpatient the StepUP Gala is organized by unit for youth facing chemical and a committee of volunteers with mental health diffi culties. Bausch support from Augsburg staff. The also works with the Minnesota 2017 committee co-chairs were Psychology Association to promote Gina Gage and Cindy Piper. legislation aimed at improving Two of the evening’s highlights behavioral health care quality. were the keynote address by This year, Bausch partnered with alumna Heidi Bausch ’07 and the her StepUP Program roommate, presentation of the Toby Piper Samantha Yerks ’06, to launch Labelle Award to the James and Singularity Behavioral Systems & Sally Dowdle and Pat and Jeanne Technology, a business that develops Dwyer families. clinical software products for the Bausch is celebrating the 10th mental health fi eld. anniversary of her graduation from Augsburg, where she studied Go to augsburg.edu/stepup to psychology and philosophy, learn more about the StepUP was an active member in the Program and its fundraising gala.

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METRO SCRUBS PROGRAM Nearly six dozen students participated in Augsburg’s Metro Scrubs Camp this summer. One of nine such programs for Minnesota high school students, Metro introduces high school students to health science careers Scrubs is a collaborative effort of Augsburg University, HealthForce Minnesota, Fairview Health Services, and St. Catherine University.

When University alumni and Minneapolis. Kelley initiated a Metro an opportunity to reconnect with the community members step up to help Scrubs class by asking students to basics. Florence knows Augsburg make an Augsburg program succeed, inhale and exhale through a narrow well through his children, Jeffrey everybody wins. cocktail straw, an exercise that Florence ’02 and Beth Florence ’08, Since 2008, Augsburg University highlighted how difficult it is for and he noted that teaching high has hosted Metro Scrubs summer someone with asthma to breathe. school students was a reminder about camps that offer high school students Kelley noticed that her students were the importance of clear doctor-patient a glimpse into health science careers. from a diverse array of backgrounds, communication. Through workshops and hands-on but previous knowledge of asthma was “I show the students what it’s like activities, students gain insight something that unified the group. to do an office call with a patient, into career paths that range from “I felt I was having an impact on explaining the types of interactions veterinary medicine and public health students from many different cultures I have with patients, along with to physical therapy and nursing. The and different communities,” Kelley the best and worst ways to handle success of the weeklong program— said. “Yet, everyone knows somebody certain scenarios,” Florence said. “I formerly known as Urban Scrubs— with asthma, so this education is began teaching the class because hinges on faculty involvement and helpful in ensuring people use their the students hadn’t been exposed volunteer engagement through which inhalers the right way.” to primary care in the other Metro working professionals teach workshops One out of 12 people in the U.S. Scrubs sessions, and I wanted to and mini-courses. This year, an is diagnosed with asthma. For Kelley, teach them what they could and Augsburg alumna and the parent of leading a Metro Scrubs course was a should expect.” two Auggie alumni stepped in to offer way to teach young people about the While it can be difficult to fit extra their expertise—and to learn a thing medical condition and to spur interest opportunities into a physician’s hectic or two from their pupils. in careers that could help tackle this schedule, Florence said leading Jenny Kelley ’85 pursued a nursing pressing health care need. Metro Scrubs classes has been degree after completing her Augsburg For Dr. Robert “Bob” Florence, worthwhile. “It has helped me to be a education and now serves as a a primary care internist at Allina better physician and taught students nurse and asthma educator at the in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, interested in medical careers valuable Hennepin County Medical Center in teaching Metro Scrubs students was lessons,” he said.

Visit augsburg.edu/now to learn more about volunteer and sponsorship opportunities with Metro Scrubs Camp.

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GIFT EXPANDS MARINE AQUARIUM FACILITY for study of biological diversity

COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY When the Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion opens for classes in January 2018, the Nearly six dozen students participated in Augsburg’s Metro Scrubs Camp this new building will feature a state-of-the-art marine aquarium summer. One of nine such programs for Minnesota high school students, Metro facility thanks to the generosity of donor Fritz Grimm, who Scrubs is a collaborative effort of Augsburg University, HealthForce Minnesota, made a substantial gift to fund the project. Fairview Health Services, and St. Catherine University. Twenty years ago, Associate Professor of Biology William “Bill” Capman created a large multi-tank coral reef aquarium During a presentation to the Minnesota Aquarium Society, system on campus to inspire interest in biological diversity, Bill Capman demonstrates how he creates artificial reef structures for new aquaria. to serve as a teaching and research tool, and to provide living specimens for lab demonstrations. In the years since, the aquaria have been integral to Capman’s teaching, making interaction with marine life a unique aspect of Augsburg’s biology laboratory experience, exposing students to biodiversity they would not see elsewhere, and promoting careful stewardship of the world’s ecosystems. Capman has been passionate about aquatic life since his childhood. He and Grimm, as fellow members of the Twin Cities Marine Aquarium Society, have known each other for years. Grimm is the former proprietor of a store selling items for keeping coral, fish, and other sea life, and has assisted Capman in past efforts to care for Augsburg’s aquaria. For Grimm, sponsoring Augsburg’s marine environments is a way to support quality work already underway and build on it for the future. Grimm’s gift is enabling Augsburg to significantly expand its marine facilities to include a 350 gallon coral reef aquarium and six additional 60-90 gallon tanks housing additional diverse organisms, along with a research lab for studying coral biology and captive breeding of coral reef fish. “We rely on places like this to inspire people,” Grimm said of Augsburg’s marine aquarium expansion. “How should people know they need to care about seahorses and coral without ever seeing them?” Grimm is concerned by the known degradation of natural environments, pointing to the fact that a significant portion of the world’s coral are becoming more susceptible to disease and COURTESY PHOTOS are dying due to increases in water temperature and pollution. “If anyone is going to inspire the future generation to do something about it, it will be Bill,” Grimm said.

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Carl Vaagenes ’50, a retired Garrett “Gary” Waldner ’64 and networks, and broadcast in 40 countries in 1950 pastor, helped to translate the 1964 his wife, Nancy, celebrated their and near Africa. mission articles of Georg Sverdrup. Vaagenes 50th anniversary in October. They have was inspired to translate Sverdrup’s sermons three sons and four grandchildren. Waldner Mark for future generations and did this as a is active in the real estate appraisal field, 1970 Francis ’70 member of The Georg Sverdrup Society. In specializing in litigation valuations. received a Distinguished 1898, Georg Sverdrup and Sven Oftedal, Alumni Award at co-founders of Augsburg Seminary and After graduating from Augsburg, Homecoming and College, published their sermons at the 1966 Ron Blake ’66 went on to Luther was recognized for founding of the Lutheran Free Church but Seminary and has pastored several churches his leadership in the without their names. In “Aand og Liv” (“Spirit before retiring in 2009 as a pastor with dual Arizona school system. and Life”), they reveal their mind and heart membership in the Evangelical Lutheran After graduating from for the church and for Augsburg. Church in America and the United Church Augsburg with a music degree, Francis of Christ. Blake and his wife remain active founded the Arizona School for the Arts in Millie members of Trinity Lutheran Church in 1995. ASA became one of the top charter 1952 Nelson ’52 Lynnwood, Washington. They have two schools in the state. Today, Francis is a deputy received a Spirit of children and four grandsons. associate superintendent within the Arizona Augsburg Award Department of Education. He is an active at Homecoming in Bruce member of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran recognition for her 1968 Benson ’68 Church, which he has served in a number dedication to Augsburg received a Distinguished of capacities, including as congregational University. Before Alumni Award at president, treasurer, and music leader. retiring, Nelson worked Homecoming. Benson at Augsburg for decades. In her role as served as campus In June, Ray Hanson ’70 retired and moved Christensen Center manager, she guided pastor at St. Olaf to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one day later. He student assistants who described her as College for 30 years completed his career with Goldbelt Raven, professional, competent, knowledgeable, and has been a board where he provided scientific and technical and kind. These former students member at church camps in Minnesota, assistance to the chemical forensics program acknowledged that Nelson embodied the Montana, and Ohio. He graduated cum at the Department of Homeland Security. spirit of Augsburg. laude from Augsburg with a Bachelor of Arts in English, earned his Master of Divinity In May, Rob Engelson ’72 Stan Baker ’57 received the degree from Luther Seminary in 1972, and 1972 received the Distinguished 1957 Ella Stephens Barrett Award for further earned a degree in Sacred Theology Service Award from Ashford University at its excellence in professional leadership and from Yale Divinity School in 1980. Benson commencement ceremony in San Diego. The counseling from the North Carolina Counseling hosts a radio program called, “Sing for Joy,” award acknowledged 21 years as a faculty Association during its annual conference in which is broadcast on 140 radio stations member and five years as a member of the February in Durham, North Carolina. in the United States, carried by cable Faculty Senate. AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS ’01

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Terry nonprofit management. She served on the Former hockey and 1973 Lindstrom ’73 Augsburg University Alumni Board for eight football player Paul received a Distinguished years and on the Augsburg Parent Council for Holmquist ’79 was Alumni Award at four years. Bergquist authored several books inducted into the Homecoming. After on families of wealth including the “Book of Augsburg Athletic Hall graduating from Minnesota Family Trees.” She also is a Wells of Fame. Holmquist Augsburg with degrees Foundation board member. was a key member of in chemistry and Augsburg teams that biology, Lindstrom Phyllis Bartel ’78 published dominated in the late received his doctorate in biochemistry with a 1978 “Scooter ‘n’ Oaks: A Cat Adoption 1970s, earning the National Association of pharmacology minor in 1977. He went on to Story” in October 2016. As Bartel’s premier Intercollegiate Athletics national title in 1979 complete postdoctoral research at Michigan work, this fictionalized tale teaches children and qualifying for NAIA national tournament State University from 1978 to 1979. During about the pet adoption process with play all of Holmquist’s four seasons. The his career, Lindstrom led research teams that compassion and gentle humor and shares teams he competed with also won Minnesota obtained patents for prescription medications similar themes with human adoption. Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles in Evista and Cymbalta. In addition to Lindstrom’s 1978 and 1979. He was named a team MVP many scientific achievements, he and his Dave Boots ’79, who was inducted in the 1978-79 season, the same time period wife, Janet Lindstrom, have provided 16 1979 into Augsburg’s Athletic Hall of in which he earned All-MIAC Honorable full Undergraduate Research and Graduate Fame in 2004, was named to the University Mention honors. Opportunity summer scholarships for of South Dakota Vermillion’s Henry Heider Augsburg students during the past five years. Coyote Sports Hall of Fame in October after Paul Kilgore ’80 wrote a novel, retiring in 2013 with the 14th most wins 1980 “The Broken Key,” that is Thomas Koplitz ’74 has been in Division II men’s basketball history. He available through online and retail outlets. 1974 elected to the Minnesota Baseball led the Coyotes to 23 consecutive winning Hall of Fame and was inducted at a September seasons from 1989-2011, 10 NCAA Division II Brian Ammann ’85 has been ceremony held in St. Cloud, Minnesota. tournaments, six NCC titles, and back-to-back 1985 running the Minnesota School of Elite Eight appearances in 1993 and 1994. Basketball in Apple Valley and Golden Valley Augsburg At the Division I level, Boots also won a Great for 12 years. He is the former head basketball 1977 honored West Championship in 2010. Boots began his coach at Augsburg. Inez Bergquist ’77 with coaching career at Anoka Ramsey Community a Distinguished Alumni College and spent six years coaching at Lee Ann (Burson) Hohenstein ’87 Award at Homecoming. Augsburg before arriving in Vermillion. 1987 left a 20-year career in mortgage As the current president banking to follow her dream and become a of Waltman Associates, Sally (Hough) Daniels Herron ’79 is the new staff writer for the Mille Lacs Messenger. She Bergquist has more than parish and communications administrator for also opened Restoration Books and Gifts in 35 years experience in Valley of Peace Lutheran Church in Golden Crosby, Minnesota. fundraising and is an expert in the area of Valley, Minnesota.

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Leah Abdella ’76 retired in 2016 from a 40-year Koch, and was witnessed by sibling Jason Koch ’93 and ’76 teaching career in the field of special education. sister-in-law Heather Johnston ’92. At Augsburg, Abdella earned a double major in music and music therapy as one of the first three music therapy Allison (Cornell) Broughton ’05 and Matt majors. Abdella stays fulfilled in retirement through ’05 Broughton ’06 welcomed new baby Nicholas volunteer work and flute performance at assisted living James in June. Nicholas joins big brother Calvin, age 4. residences, nursing homes, and churches. She also stays active in ballet classes and yoga. She is a former This August, Samantha Cantrall ’14 and Austin member of the Andahazy Ballet Company. ’14 Smith ’14 were married in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, by Augsburg Professor of Computer Science Larry Katie (Koch) Code ’01, director of alumni and Crockett. The couple met in Augsburg’s Urness Hall in ’01 constituent relations at Augsburg University, married 2010, and both graduated from the Honors Program in Chris Code in April during an intimate ceremony at the 2014. They have taken Samantha’s mother’s last name Guthrie Theater—where the couple met while both on staff. as their wedded name and will be known as Samantha ’14 The wedding was officiated by Code’s father, the Rev. Jack and Austin Wolf.

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Kristin Though he only Chris Terrell ’94 was promoted 1991 Dragseth competed in one season 1994 to vice president of finance for Wiersma ’91 had an of wrestling at Augsburg, Medtronic’s Cardiac and Vascular Group outstanding volleyball Bret Sharp ’92 made Global Operations. Terrell joined Medtronic career at Augsburg, an the most of it. He went in 2003 and most recently served as a accomplishment that 43-2-1 with 15 pins senior director of operations in finance, earned her induction and 95 takedowns, where he drove finance strategies for nine into the Athletic Hall of won the MIAC title manufacturing locations. Fame. Wiersma played at heavyweight, and three seasons of volleyball, earning All-MIAC finished third at the NCAA Division III Dual sport and Academic All-MIAC honors in 1990, national tournament in the 1991-92 season, 1995 athlete and All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors where he helped to clinch a second-place Marty Alger ’95 was in 1989. She remains in the top 10 players national team finish for the Auggies. Sharp inducted into the in school history in three career statistical was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall Augsburg Athletic Hall categories: kills per-set, attack percentage, of Fame. He competed his first three seasons of Fame. In football, and digs per-set. A team co-captain in at Drake University in Iowa. Alger set an Augsburg 1990, Wiersma also served as an assistant program record for coach at Augsburg in 1991. Dr. Jason Koch ’93 was appointed career rushing yardage, 1993 president of Southdale Pediatrics, which stood until 2014. In 1992, he became Athletic where he has worked for the past 16 years. the first Auggie ever to rush for 1,000-plus 1992 Hall of yards in a season. He earned All-MIAC Fame inductee Juli Wrestling star Gary honors in football in both 1992 and 1993. As Gustafson ’92 played Thompson ’93 was an Auggie wrestler, he qualified for the 1993 two years of softball inducted into the NCAA Division III national tournament after at Augsburg earning Augsburg Athletic Hall winning the MIAC title at 190 pounds. All-MIAC honors as of Fame. A four-year a shortstop in both competitor in wrestling, Augsburg 1991 and 1992, while Thompson completed 1997 Athletic also earning National Fastpitch Coaching his Auggie career with a Hall of Fame inductee Association All-West Region honors in 91-40-1 record, finishing Eric Rolland ’97 was 1991. Her .395 career batting average is fourth at the 1993 NCAA Division III national a leader on some of the third-best in school history. She also championships and earning All-American the most successful ranks third in career slugging percentage honors. He was a MIAC champion, a National men’s golf teams in and sixth in career doubles. Gustafson was Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All- school history. He led a member of Auggie teams that went 47-22 American, and a two-time Academic All-MIAC squads that won the in her two seasons. honors student-athlete. Thompson was a MIAC championship in 1995 and recorded member of Augsburg squads that won the second-place finishes in 1994 and 1996, NCAA national championship in 1993 and while competing in three straight NCAA finished second and third in other years. Division III national tournaments. Rolland AUGGIE SNAPSHOTS

Denielle (Johnson) Stepka ’11 and In July, Enrico Barrozo ’14 and Mara Rebecca (Welle) Winters ’05 and Paul ’11 Timothy Stepka were married July 15 ’14 (Breczinski) Barrozo ’14 were married ’05 Winters ’07 welcomed a daughter, Maisy in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Their ceremony at Augsburg University’s Hoversten Chapel. Beverly, in May. She joins siblings Max, who is was officiated by Josh Corrigan ’11, and their The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. six years old, and Millie, who is three years old. wedding party included Augsburg alumni Mike Matson ’06. The newlyweds live in Katie (Christensen) Beadell ’11, Korri (Yule) Gainesville, Florida, where Enrico is pursuing Matt Tonsager ’09, co-owner of Corrigan ’11, Tim Lund ’12, Amy Jo Opsal ’12, a Ph.D. in genetics and genomics at the ’09 Gullton Wood, and Melissa (Moberg) and Tyler Phillips ’12. University of Florida, and Mara teaches Tonsager ’10 welcomed a daughter, Adalind middle school science. Kay Tonsager, in April.

28 AUGSBURG NOW earned All-America honors in 1995, All- District honors in 1997, and All-MIAC honors in 1995 and 1996. Since 2014, he has served as Augsburg’s men’s and women’s golf head coach.

Elizabeth 1999 (Petrik) ’11 Brown ’99 had an outstanding goaltending ’14 career on the Augsburg women’s soccer team, an accomplishment that earned her induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame. Brown started all but one game of her collegiate career, finishing with 34 career victories, including a then-school-record 13 in 1995. She stands second in school history in career shutouts, fourth in career wins, and eighth in career win-loss percentage. Her 1.69 career goals-against-average is 10th-best in school history.

Cheri Johnson ’99 wrote two book series released this fall for young readers. “Origins: Urban Legends” and “Origins: Whodunnit” are high-interest, low-reading- ’05 level books that target upper-elementary and middle-school students. The books ’09 will be distributed by Lerner. Johnson also is working on a performance project in Minneapolis called “Crocus Hill Ghost Story” with the music ensemble Zeitgeist; her sister, Julie Johnson ’98; and actor, director, and filmmaker D.J. Mendel. “Crocus Hill Ghost Story” tells a tale set in an evil house in St. Paul.

’00 Devoney Looser ’89 published a new ’89 book, “The Making of Jane Austen,” which was named in Publishers Weekly’s list of Best Summer Books of 2017 (nonfiction).

This May, Lewis Nelson ’00 graduated ’00 from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business with a Master of Business Administration degree. Nelson left a 15-year military and government career and is seeking the next challenge. Nelson resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his three children.

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The Rev. Sara (Quigley) Brown ’00 Two years ago Heather Cmiel ’02 left 13 Brenda Valentine ’06 welcomed her son, 2000 has accepted a term-call as years of communications agency life behind Jackson James Valentine Rice, in April. the associate interim pastor at Saving Grace to go corporate. She now serves as global Lutheran, Lutheran Congregations in Missions marketing communications strategist within A managing for Christ, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She 3M Healthcare. Cmiel spends her free time 2007 partner of will serve and work alongside its faithful as president of Minnesota Public Relations business planning at congregation and pastor, the Rev. David Society of America. She also leads a the American Public Irgens, during a time of great transition contemporary worship band. Media Group, Danielle and growth. Brown will serve Saving Grace Stellner ’07 received Lutheran for one year until the congregation Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin ’03 a First Decade Award places a call for a permanent associate pastor. 2003 is the founder and director at Homecoming. of the Rural Enterprise Center, a program After graduating James Shropshire ’01, former of Main Street Project, a nonprofit from Augsburg, Stellner went on to earn a 2001 assistant director of public safety organization focused on rural development. Master of Business Administration degree at Augsburg, is the new director of campus Haslett-Marroquin also serves on the from the Carlson School of Management at safety at Grinnell College. At Augsburg, boards of the Northfield Area Foundation, the University of Minnesota in 2016. She Shropshire also served as a Title IX the Northfield Area United Way, and Fifth was recruited for the board of Isuroon and adjudicator and investigator. Besides Bridge, a nonprofit organization promoting Secretary, and she is the active co-chair of revising diversity training, Shropshire’s volunteerism. the AWE Philanthropy Council at Augsburg. agenda for campus safety at Grinnell will In addition, Stellner serves the Friendship include updating the department’s software, Ryan Bosshart ’05 is a vice Academy of the Arts as a board member and computers, and other equipment. 2005 president of services at phData, expansion committee member. a global leader in big data consulting and Augsburg managed services. Most recently, Bosshart Tony Landecker ’08 serves 2002 Athletic Hall was a principal sales engineer at Cloudera. 2008 as a portfolio manager in the of Fame inductee Chrissy U.S. Department of Housing and Urban (Baune) Bloemendal ’02 Michelle Dirtzu ’06 is a new Development’s Minneapolis-St. Paul field was a 16-time All- 2006 marketing manager at Pacific office and is responsible for assisting with MIAC selection in cross Trellis Fruit/Dulcinea Farms based in Los the management of local housing stock. country (three times) Angeles, California. Dirtzu has 10 years of Landecker was named the Minnesota and track and field experience in the grocery-retail-produce Civil Servant of the Year by HUD’s Federal (13 times). The team’s business. Previously, she was a marketing Executive Board for helping others find No. 1 runner her final three seasons in cross director for North Shore Living Herbs, in the comfort of a home in the aftermath of country, Bloemendal finished sixth in the MIAC marketing with Flagstone Foods, and in a disaster. In 2016, he left his home and championships in 2001 and 13th in 2000. brand management with Supervalu. Dirtzu family to spend time helping Baton Rouge In track and field, she won the MIAC title and earned a Master of Business Administration flood victims, leading a team that found qualified for the NCAA Division III outdoor degree from Opus School of Business at permanent housing for 130 families initially national championships in the 3,000-meter the University of St. Thomas in 2014. placed in temporary shelters. steeplechase in 2002, finishing ninth nationally.

’15 Rachel Shaheen ’15 and ’15 Christopher Kopp ’15 were married in July. The bride and groom were joined by fellow Augsburg alumni [L to R]: Becky AUGGIE Shaheen ’11, Patrick DuSchane ’13, Laura Schmidt ’11, Jakob SNAPSHOTS Anderson ’12, Erika Osterbur ’11, Aren Olson ’11, Lily Moloney ’15, Mary Stickelmeyer ’74, Emily Knudson ’15, Kate Gray ’15, Tyler Dorn ’15, and Alisha Esselstein ’15.

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Curtiss Schreiber ’08 is now an associate at the Open Door Theater where Linstrom serves GRADUATE PROGRAMS the law firm Donohue Brown Mathewson & as the executive director, Kleidon-Linstom is the artistic director, Henry is the company Smyth LLC in Chicago. Doris Rubenstein ’93 MAL won the silver manager/dramaturg in residence, and Ross is Independent Book Publishers Association the marketing director. Jennifer Benjamin Franklin Award for her book, “The 2011 Weber ’11 Journey of a Dollar,” at the association’s 29th Muna Mohamed ’16 received a scholarship received a Spirit of annual award ceremony in Portland, Oregon. Augsburg Award at at the University of Minnesota to pursue a Master of Science degree in behavioral Homecoming for Kathleen Clark ’10 MAN, ’14 DNP; Joyce aspects of physical activity. At the university, her dedication to Miller ’02, ’04 MAN, ’11 DNP; Katherine Mohamed conducts research on East African Minneapolis’ Cedar- Baumgartner ’04 MAN, ’11 DNP; and Cheryl mother-daughter physical activity. Riverside community Leuning, former Nursing Department chair, and in recognition co-authored an article, “The Citizen Nurse: An Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton for the projects she has initiated in the Educational Innovation for Change,” which was appointed Eron Godi ’17 to the Twin Cities area. Before graduating from 2017 published in the Journal of Nursing Education. Young Women’s Cabinet, part of the Young Augsburg with a triple major in emotional/ Women’s Initiative of Minnesota that aims to behavioral disabilities, learning disabilities, Jamie Heitzinger ’11 MPA earned a Certificate improve opportunity for women ages 12 to 24 and American Indian studies, Weber of Added Qualifications by completing by bringing together nonprofits, businesses, created an American Indian resource specialty training from the National government, philanthropic organizations, and library for the Anoka-Hennepin Indian Commission on Certification of Physician young women to create plans for building Education Program. Weber has been Assistants. She works at Queens Medical equity. Godi was one of 25 women selected involved in many community projects and Center in Honolulu. Athletic Director Jeff Swenson ’79 statewide for a cabinet position. draws connections between is a crisis prevention and interventions student athletes’ time on campus and trainer at the Charter School Special Ed Ryan Stopera ’11 MSW/MBA is a social worker Emily Gregg ’17, former Augsburg women’s leadership roles after graduation. See Network. She is also a certified school and social entrepreneur. He serves as a soccer defender, was named one of 174 page 18. coach, teacher, and member of the Cedar program analyst for the Graves Foundation nationwide recipients of a $7,500 NCAA Riverside Community School Board. and teaches in Augsburg’s Social Work Postgraduate Scholarship honoring her Department. Stopera enjoys building Associate Professor of Music achievements as both a scholar and an Katie Radford ’12, ’18 MBA community through art, cycling, and rock Peter Hendrickson ’76 retires athlete. A biology major with a 3.72 GPA, 2012 started a new position at climbing in his spare time. after teaching at Augsburg for more Gregg is the first Auggie to receive an NCAA Fairview Health Services as a training than two decades. See page X. Postgraduate Scholarship since 2014. Gregg consultant. She helps facilitate individual Allison DeGroot ’15 MAL is the new head will attend graduate school at the University and team development sessions for women’s soccer coach at the University of of Wisconsin-Madison. She hopes to someday professional growth. Wisconsin-Superior. The women’s soccer work as a wildlife/large animal veterinarian. program competes at the highest level in Maren Daniels ’14 teaches the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, elementary visual art at Hiawatha Anna Renner ’17 has been accepted to 2014 and DeGroot is looking forward to working Academy Morris Park in Minneapolis. the Clarkson University Master of Physician with players to help the program reach its Assistant Studies program in Potsdam, potential. DeGroot was an assistant coach at Awale Osman ’15 serves as a New York. Augsburg from 2012 until 2016. 2015 community innovation associate at the Bush Foundation. He has experienced Dua Saleh ’17 had one of her songs played Angela Mejdrich ’15 MAE is the new director much change: coming to the U.S. from on “The Current” radio station. She performs of administration at Spirit of the Lake war-torn Somalia and Kenyan refugee camps music and poetry at Twin Cities venues. Community School in Duluth, Minnesota. to learning English as a third language and She provides lead support and oversight of graduating with high academic honors. Riley Siddorn ’17 was among nearly 450 several administrative and business matters. His work as a change agent has included summer interns at NASA’s Goddard Space Mejdrich has more than 20 years of teaching expanding after-school opportunities for Flight Center. Interns seek out new ways and administration experience, most Somali youth; impressing upon Congress to explore their career fields and engage recently as vice principal of St. Michael’s the value of federal TRIO programming; and NASA’s international scientific community in Lakeside School. activating safe spaces for women, people of Goddard projects. Siddorn, who majored in

color, and queer students. physics, held an internship in ionospheric Thomas Hirsch ’16 MPA is a new physician physics. The internships covered a wide assistant at the Essentia Health–Hermantown Victoria Linstrom ’16, Andrew spectrum in science-related areas, from Clinic in Minnesota. 2016 Kleidon-Linstom ’16, Bridgette planetary science to sounding rockets to Henry ’16, and student Mitch Ross ’18 formed Earth science.

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Alfred W. Walck ’40, Urbandale, Marilyn L. (Larson) Forslund ’50, Roger C. Mackey ’57, Saint David C. Siedlar ’71, Huaian Iowa, age 96, on April 27. Moline, Illinois, age 94, Paul, Minnesota, age 83, City, Jiangsu, China, age 68, on May 26. on July 20. on March 19. Addell L. (Halverson) Dahlen ’43, Minneapolis, age 96, on June 2. Norman O. Landvik ’50, Port Warren L. Anderson ’59, Grand Bradley W. Shoff ’77, Angeles, Washington, age 89, Marais, Minnesota, age 84, Akeley, Minnesota, age 62, Carl G. Gilbertson ’43, Battle on April 6. on March 16. on June 18. Lake, Minnesota, age 96, on April 14. Arnold R. Aasen ’51, Fridley, Carrol A. Bakken ’59, John A. Faeth ’89, Stillwater, Minnesota, age 88, on July 23. Rushford, Minnesota, age 82, Minnesota, age 51, on April 3. Arlene L. (Dunham) Sandberg ’43, on March 18. Madelia, Minnesota, age 95, Elden O. Landvik ’51, Duluth, Michael L. Kropp ’95, Albert on May 12. Minnesota, age 92, on July 3. Peter L. Hauser ’62, Lakeville, Lea, Minnesota, age 49, on Minnesota, age 76, on July 10. April 2. Muriel R. (Ruud) Frosch ’45, James D. Slarks ’51, Saint Peter, Winona, Minnesota, age 94, Minnesota, age 92, on June 27. Gerald W. Mortenson ’62, Charity Thunder ’99, Black on July 26. Stone Lake, Wisconsin, age 79, River Falls, Wisconsin, age 71, LeVon M. (Paulson) Dinter ’52, on March 31. on July 1. Lorene M. (McGinnis) Hansen ’49, Edina, Minnesota, age 86, Clear Lake, Iowa, age 92, on March 18. Paul S. Monson ’63, Jacob R. Collins ’03, on July 7. Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, age 36, Mildred C. Hetager ’52, age 76, on July 12. on August 25. Lorraine (Telander) Hendershot ’49, Minneapolis, age 103, Mora, Minnesota, age 89, on June 30. Gary W. Paulson ’63, Willmar, Christopher G. Frame ’09, on March 29. Minnesota, age 75, on June 10. Minneapolis, age 33, Donald W. Siegel ’53, on March 20. Phyllis (Erickson) Quanbeck ’49, Minneapolis, age 89, Richard E. Kuehne ’64, Walker, Salem, Oregon, age 89, on April 6. Minnesota, age 76, on August 7. Mark D. Lukitsch ’20, on June 28. Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Elnora C. (Hanson) Beireis ’54, Ronald A. Hanson ’65, Grand age 19, on August 5. Donald P. Sateren ’49, Long Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, Rapids, Minnesota, age 74, Beach, California, age 96, age 84, on July 27. on July 17. on June 18. Mary Ann E. (Fox) Domholdt ’56, Terence W. Rindal ’66, Russell G. Solheim ’49, Racine, Mentor, Ohio, age 83, on Crystal Lake, Illinois, age 82, Wisconsin, age 96, on July 8. April 5. on August 12.

The “In memoriam” listings in this publication include noti cations received before September 15.

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Thousands of Auggies. One Augsburg. Augsburg’s 2017 Homecoming celebration was held October 12–14, a festive weekend when alumni, students, and community members took part in more than 35 events, including reunions for the classes of 1967, 1977, 1992, and 2007. In all, more than 600 alumni from different generations visited campus to show their Auggie pride and mark the first Homecoming as Augsburg University.