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The famous spread of delicious holiday treats at Velkommen Jul.
Celebrate 30 years of Advent Vespers
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The holiday season brings wonderful Augsburg traditions. This year, the Augsburg College Advent Vespers celebration will mark its 30th anniversary with five services: December 4 at 5 and 8 p.m., and December 5 at 2, 5, and 8 p.m.
Advent Vespers ushers in the holiday season with a service of music and liturgy, featuring traditional and contemporary hymns, anthems, carols, and readings. Entertaining an audience of nearly 8,000 annually, the Advent Vespers celebration is one of the largest holiday music events in the Twin Cities.
Held in the beautifully renovated Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis, Augsburg College's celebration of the Advent/Christmas season combines over 350 musicians, readers, and a full liturgical party. The services highlight the majesty of the space at Central Lutheran Church. Follow the drama of the processions and capture the splendor of the sounds from the choirs scattered throughout the sanctuary.
Seating envelopes for Advent Vespers are now available. Visit www.augsburg.edu/vespers for more information.
Another Augsburg tradition you will not want to miss is Velkommen Jul (Welcome Christmas), a celebration to welcome the holiday season. It provides an opportunity for alumni, friends, faculty, students and the greater Augsburg community to come together and celebrate the Scandinavian heritage on which Augsburg was founded. The celebration begins at 10:20 a.m. with a service in Hoversten Chapel of Scandinavian Christmas songs and a visit from St. Nicholas. Festivities continue in the Commons in Christensen Center at 11 a.m., where the Augsburg Associates, dressed in traditional Scandinavian attire, serve holiday treats and sell crafts.
I hope you will continue to make these Augsburg holiday traditions part of your own family traditions.
Sincerely,
Kim Stone
Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations
Upcoming Events
Fall theatre production of The Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov
November 12, 13, 14 at 7 p.m.
November 15 at 3 p.m.
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
One of Chekhov’s most beloved plays, The Three Sisters portrays the young Prozorov sisters, who struggle to find meaning and happiness in their lives as they come of age in an ugly provincial town far from their beloved Moscow. Typical of Chekhov’s works, The Three Sisters is a masterful blend of comedy and poignancy, beautifully captured for a contemporary audience in Paul Schmidt’s “refreshingly clear and colloquial” translation.
Tickets: $10 general public; $8 ACTC faculty, staff, and students; and $2 Augsburg students and children under age 12. Reservations can be made beginning two weeks prior to opening night. For reservations or other information, call 612-330-1257.
Augsburg Native American Film Series
Wednesday, November 18
7-10 p.m. Sateren Auditorium, Music Hall, 715 22nd Ave. S. (facing 7-1/2 St.)
A special screening of Mato Paha: Rally to Protect Bear Butte (Mitchell Zephier Sr, 2009) will be hosted by Mitchell Zephier Sr., Mark St. Pierre, and Tilda Long Soldier. Mato Paha: Rally to Protect Bear Butte “documents the escalating clash of cultures between those wanting to increase commercial use of the sacred site—Mato Paha (Bear Butte)—and those who strive to protect it and use it for religious purposes. Mato Paha clearly portrays the cultural contrast between indigenous values, beliefs, and practices, and the American perspective of land ownership and constitutional separation of civil government and religion.”
For information on the film go to: www.ProtectBearButte.com. For information on the series or specific questions, contact M. Elise Marubbio at marubbio@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1523.
The event is free, but donations to the Bear Butte fund will be accepted. For information go to: www.augsburg.edu/ais/filmseries.
Celebration in Honor of Ed Saugestad ’59
Saturday, November 21
6-7:30 p.m.—Kennedy Center, Jeroy Carlson A-Club Suite (Room 303-305)
Cost: $20/person
The A-Club Executive Board invites you to a celebration to honor Ed Saugestad’s lifetime achievement as an Augsburg hockey and football coach, physical education teacher, and friend to everyone who has had an opportunity to know him. On Saturday, Nov. 21, Ed will join Ernie Anderson ’37, Edor Nelson ’38, and Lute Olson ’56 as a “One of Our Own” award recipient for his contributions to Augsburg College and the Athletic Department. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
You are also invited to join us for the following November 21 events:
2 p.m.—Men’s hockey game vs. Concordia University-Wisconsin
4:30 p.m.—Men’s hockey alumni game—for more information about the alumni hockey game e-mail brownc3@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1301.
Go to http://bit.ly/3tEFCT for online event registration and donation information. For more information contact Meghan Gess at 612-330-1249 or gess@augsburg.edu.
Augsburg Executive Speaker Series
Alex Cirillo, vice president of the 3M Foundation, “Creating a Culture of Innovation in the Workplace”
Thursday, December 3
5 p.m.—Hoversten Chapel, beverages and networking; 5:15 p.m.—program begins (latecomers are welcome). Q&A will follow.
Alex Cirillo is a physicist and a highly-experienced manager, nationally recognized for his expertise in the area of innovation and creativity in corporations. He is past president of 3M Canada.
The event is free; reservations are requested. RSVP to roller@augsburg.edu or leave a message at 612-330-1720. Parking is available in Lot L, corner of Riverside Ave. and 25th Ave. For parking information, go to www.augsburg.edu/about/map.html.
Augsburg’s new Clair and Gladys Strommen Executive Leader Speaker Series brings top executive leaders to campus to share their experience with alumni and students.
Velkommen Jul
Friday, December 4
10:15 a.m., Velkommen Jul chapel, Hoversten Chapel
11 a.m., Velkommen Jul Scandinavian treats and crafts, the Commons, Christensen Center
The Scandinavian treats are served upstairs in the Commons. On the main floor, visit the boutique to find unique Christmas presents and to purchase Scandinavian goodies to take home (cookies, lefse, krumkake, sandbakkels, rosettes, kringler). Other foods such as candy, caramel corn, and breads are also favorites.
Volunteers are needed to assist the Augsburg Associates as they host Velkommen Jul. Help is needed for:
- Food preparation—to butter lefse and breads; fill rice pudding cups, cookie and pastry trays
- Dining room—to fill coffee pots, serve coffee, and replenish the serving table
- Boutique—to assist with sales, repack
- Bake sale—to contribute your own food specialty for sale
All are welcome. Call Barbara Larson at 952-435-5036 if you would like to volunteer.
Advent Vespers
December 4 at 5 and 8 p.m.
December 5 at 2, 5, and 8 p.m.—Central Lutheran Church; 333 South 12th St., Minneapolis; 612-870-4416
Advent Vespers is Augsburg’s celebration of the Advent and Christmas season in a service of word and music featuring more than 350 musicians, readers, and liturgical party.
Seating envelopes are now available. Go to http://www.augsburg.edu/vespers/ for more information.
Alumni Spotlight
Martha Spriggs ‘96, a seventh-grade math teacher at Andersen United Community School, received the award from the Milken Family Foundation of Santa Monica, Calif., which has distributed more than $60 million in cash to more than 2,400 teachers over the past 22 years. This year, Milken Educator Awards will go to 53 teachers nationwide. Martha is the fifth Augsburg graduate to receive this honor in the past six years. MORE >
Cathy (Moe) Dalnes ’87, a lead social worker for the Minneapolis School District, traveled to China last summer as a representative of the Minneapolis School District. She was part of a 10-person, multidisciplinary team consisting of physicians, psychologists, educators, social workers, therapists, nurses, and others from Minneapolis who traveled to Chongqing, China, from July 23 to August 4.
The purpose of the trip to Chongqing was to conduct a week of training at a children’s hospital and orphanage, working with kids with special needs and disabilities.
Cathy also works with Augsburg to place social work students in internship placements with the Minneapolis School District.
Around Augsburg
Augsburg—a top Fulbright producer
Augsburg was once again cited in an article in the October 19 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the top producers of Fulbright awards for U.S. students last year in master’s institutions, being highlighted as a school with two or more Fulbright awardees. Katie Macaulay and Emma Sutton, both 2009 graduates, received Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships, to Malaysia and Indonesia, respectively. The article discusses the desire of the Fulbright program to attract more students and faculty from minority groups and two-year colleges.
350 International Day of Climate Action
Augsburg students led bikers to the State Capitol for a 350 rally on the Capitol lawn, sponsored by the Will Steger Foundation, Oxfam, 1Sky, and Augsburg in support of global climate change action. Rep. Betty McCollum and Rep. Keith Ellison, among other legislators, told those gathered to “keep your voices loud.”
The bikers arrived back on campus in time to join a crowd at halftime on the football field for a photo for 350.org., the organization led by Bill McKibben that strives to bring about a reduction of carbon emissions to 350 ppm, deemed the highest safe level by NASA scientists. See Augsburg’s photos posted at http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=augsburg&w=25654955%40N03 and read about the 5,200 global events on www.350.org.
Athletics
Auggies run to a fourth-place finish at MIAC Championships
The Augsburg College men’s cross country team claimed its highest-ever team finish, posting a fourth-place finish at the MIAC Championships on Saturday at the Como Park Golf Course. Three runners earned all-conference honors. MORE >
