AUGSBURG NOW INSIDE The Class of 2014 refl ects Grants gain ground Spotlight on research VOL. 76, NO. 3 Faithful and relevant | AN ACTIVE EDUCATION SUMMER 2014 Vice President of Marketing and Communication Rebecca John ’13 MBA
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[email protected] Our colleague, Harry Boyte, who heads Augsburg’s journeys, shaped in this remarkable community. Center for Democracy and Citizenship, recently The power of the Augsburg story is that it is Marketing Copywriter argued in The Huffington Post that America not new—it is what I call “the saga of Augsburg” Christina Haller needs an alternative narrative of higher edu- (see my recent essay, “Lessons on Vocation and
[email protected] cation, one that focuses not on meritocratic Location: The Saga of Augsburg College as Urban Photographer excellence, but on “cooperative excellence...[the] Settlement” at augsburg.edu/president/presenta- Stephen Geffre principle that a mix of people from highly varied tions), a story that is grounded in our rich history
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