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Recent Augsburg Alumni gather at the Corner Bar
for the first in the Young Alumni Summer Series.
Message about Career Services
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Since career networking is typically high on the list of job searching tools, I want to tell you how the Augsburg Career Services and Alumni Relations staff, Augsburg alumni, and current students can help one another. We know that the Class of 2009 just graduated during one of the tightest job markets since 1983, with the number of internship opportunities diminishing and many of our Augsburg alumni finding themselves job searching for the first time in many years.
In order to help students, new grads, and alumni network effectively, the Career Services and Alumni Relations offices seek your assistance. If you work for a business or organization that is planning to hire, we invite you to post your positions on our web-based job board, AugPost. The Career Services office has the capacity to list — at no charge — full-time, part-time, and summer employment opportunities and internships with easy access for Augsburg students, new grads, and alumni.
If you are interested in learning how you or a member of your organization can take advantage of this free service, contact Sandy Tilton, career service employer relation coordinator, at tilton@augsburg.edu.
Also, if you are currently seeking a change of employment or contemplating a return to school for a graduate degree, check out Augsburg's Career Services or Graduate Admissions office. We would be more than happy to help.
And, as always, Augsburg has multiple ways alumni can become involved in the lives of students. Contact Pat Grans, volunteer coordinator, to learn about volunteer opportunities at Augsburg, at volunteer@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1329.
Thanks for your time and consideration,
Lois Olson
Director, Center for Service, Work, and Learning
Kim Stone
Director, Office of Alumni and Constituent Relations
Upcoming Events
For complete information on events at Augsburg, visit inside.augsburg.edu.
Lake Minnetonka Eco-tour Cruise
Sunday, June 14
2 p.m., The Port of Excelsior, 1 Water Street, Excelsior, MN 55331
Join fellow Auggies for a Lake Minnetonka Eco-tour Cruise aboard the Paradise Destiny II led by Michael Lansing, PhD, assistant professor of history and director of the Environmental Studies program. The free event is scheduled rain or shine for Sunday, June 14, with a 2 p.m. launch. Boarding begins at 1:50 p.m.; meet at the Park/Gazebo area in front of the docks.
Seating is limited; RSVP by June 10 to 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu
Young Alumni Summer Series: Comedy Sportz
Thursday, June 18
8 p.m., Comedy Sportz, Calhoun Square, Minneapolis
Cost: $5
The Young Alumni Summer Series continues with an evening with Comedy Sportz, improv comedy troupe. Join other young alumni and recent grads on Thursday, June 18, at 8 p.m., for an evening of hilarity and quick-witted banter.
Reservations required by Friday, June 5, at 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu.
The Young Alumni Council meets once a month to plan the Young Alumni Summer Series, monthly events that lead up to the Recent Grad Reunion at Homecoming, October 1-4. The council provides dynamic social and learning opportunities to keep Auggies engaged with their alma mater.
Save the date-“Networking in Style” at the W Hotel, Minneapolis, on July 23.
46th Annual Clair Strommen A-Club Golf Tournament
Monday, June 29
Gopher Hills Golf Course, Cannon Falls, MN
A-Club invites Augsburg alumni, parents, students, and friends for a day of golf and fellowship on the Gopher Hills Golf Course. Gather a foursome or register as an individual and get ready for action. All tournament proceeds directly benefit the men's and women's athletic programs at Augsburg.
To register or for more information contact Meghan Gess, Golf Tournament chair, at 612-330-1249 or gess@augsburg.edu.
Auggie “Eye Opener” Breakfast
Tuesday, July 14
7-8:30 a.m., Town and Country Club, St. Paul
Speaker: Mark Tranvik, PhD, director of the Lilly Endowment grant, Department of Religion, Augsburg College
Back by popular demand! Join fellow Auggie professionals for morning breakfast, networking, and professional development. Professor Tranvik will teach us how we can find personal meaning and inspiration — our “calling” — in our work world. Join us to hear him speak about “The Difference between a Calling and a Career.”
Thanks to all of you who attended, and thanks for your feedback on how we can make the Auggie Eye-Opener even better. Several of you suggested that we expand the breakfast to include a 30-minute networking opportunity from 7-7:30 a.m. So, arrive at 7:00 if you'd like to chat with other Auggie alums before breakfast, or at 7:30 to participate in the breakfast only.
RSVP by July 13, to 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu.
Alumni Travel
Discover Italian Treasures
November 2-12, 2009
Be inspired and enriched traveling with Augsburg alumni and friends to Italy, November 2-12. Hosted by art professor Kristin Anderson, this exploration of Italian art, history, culture, and cuisine begins in Northern Italy, in Venice and Padua. Travel continues along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea to the historic port town of Ravenna to see magnificent Byzantine mosaics. Arrive into Tuscany and then into Florence, the city that gave birth to the Renaissance, for a two-night visit. Travel among the beauty of medieval hill towns and surrounding vineyards and olive groves into the Umbria Region with an overnight stay in one of those hills towns, Orvieto. The tour ends in the Eternal City of Rome where a tapestry of art, architecture, history, and culture woven over thousands of years makes it one of the founding cities of Western Civilization. A day excursion to the archeological site of Pompeii is part of the stay in Rome.
The cost of the tour is $2990 from the Twin Cities, plus gratuities and airport taxes; the estimated group size is 26. Take advantage of an opportune time, as the U.S. dollar is stronger and crowds are thinner than in past years.
For the itinerary and details, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu.
Professor Kristin Anderson is an experienced tour organizer and host and looks forward to a return to Italy to share her love and knowledge of art with alumni and friends. She has taught courses in the history of art at Augsburg College since 1984, including specialized courses on medieval art, and women and art.
Alumni Spotlight
Submit a class note about the news in your life, your new job, move, marriage, births, etc. – and don't forget to send photos. You could be featured online, in Augsburg Now, and maybe a spotlight here!
Auggie Alumni Continue to Lead Augsburg Wrestling Program
The “interim” tag has been removed from Augsburg College wrestling head coach Mark Matzek's title.
Matzek, who guided the Auggies on an interim basis last season, accepted the head coaching position on a permanent basis, Augsburg athletic director Jeff Swenson announced. In addition, assistant head coach Jared Evans accepted a permanent position on the Auggie coaching staff.
Named interim head coach in July 2008, Matzek led the Auggies to a second-place NCAA Division III national tournament finish in the 2008-2009 season, finishing 11-2 in dual meets with a squad that included five new starters among the 10 weight classes. Along the way, the Auggies won the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III National Duals championship, topped perennial rival and eventual national champion Wartburg (Iowa) twice in dual meets, won the Great Lakes Regional and finished with seven All-Americans and one individual national champion. Academically, Augsburg finished 13th in the NWCA's Division III academic national listings with a 3.346 team grade-point average.
“I am very honored and humbled to take the role of head wrestling coach of my alma mater,” said Matzek, a 2005 Augsburg alumnus and Ellsworth, Wis., native. “I feel like I belong at Augsburg and there is no other program in the world I would rather be at. I will carry on the winning tradition as a coach, just as I did as a wrestler. Wrestlers in this program will have a championship wrestling experience while completing their degree to set themselves up for success after college.” MORE >
Around Augsburg
For current news about Augsburg, visit inside.augsburg.edu.
Pedalers for Progress are on the road
Four students said goodbye to family and friends and left on a 2,000-mile, 40-day journey on bicycle to Portland, Ore., to learn about the policies and strategies that have been successful there that could help make Minneapolis a more bike-friendly city. Read their blog en route. MORE >
Crazy Book explains biblical terms
Religion professors Hans Wiersma and Karl Jacobson, with former Augsburg faculty member and current regent Rolf Jacobson, recently published a second “Crazy” title, Crazy Book: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Biblical Terms, published by Augsburg Fortress. This follows the earlier Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms, to which Karl Jacobson contributed.
Lots of research going on this summer
Students working with faculty are delving into research on such varied topics as '60s poetry, kidney stone formation, children's humor, over-the-counter medicines, aquatic insect DNA, and others. Read more about them:
- http://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2009/05_18_09/mcnair_researchers.html
- http://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2009/05_18_09/urgo_researchers.html
More news:
Affordable grad school prep courses for GRE, LSAT, GMAT
http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo
Students' traveling in Italy, Egypt, and New Zealand
http://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2009/05_11_09/summer_abroad.html
Athletics
Have you seen the new Augsburg athletics website? You can check on sports schedules, live stats and webcasts, score updates to your cell phone, and read the AugBlog. Go to http://athletics.augsburg.edu/
Anderson named All-American Scholar
Men's golfer Colby Anderson '09 was named a Division III Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America. MORE >
Six Auggies named All-MIAC baseball
Juniors Craig Henry and Joe Pierce were named to the All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball squad, leading a contingent of six Augsburg College players who earned various All-MIAC honors. MORE >
