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Everyone, especially Auggie, had a blast at this year's homecoming celebrations.
Homecoming 2009 recap
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The rainy weather didn’t dampen the spirits of the hundreds of alumni from seven decades who returned to campus for Homecoming 2009. Highlights of the weekend included the Homecoming Convocation where we honored Brenda Talarico with the First Decade Award and James E. Haglund with the Spirit of Augsburg Award, and where we gave the Distinguished Alumni Award to Tove Dahl ’84 and Curt Rice ’84, Phebe Hanson ’50, Richard Thorud ’54, and Joyce Pfaff ’65.
Many new events were added this year including an Auggie Author Booksigning event, Welcome Back Banquet, a reception at neighborhood hangout Tracy’s, lectures by our distinguished faculty, and much more. In addition, new twists were added to some of the annual favorites. This year’s Pre-Game Picnic in the Park was more like a carnival, with food and prizes provided by several alumni groups, student groups, and athletic teams. The crowd favorite was the A-Club’s Pork Chop-on-a-Stick.
Following the football game, alumni, students, and friends enjoyed the live music performed by several alumni bands during the annual Block Party. The headliner group Rockin’ Hollywoods played “solid gold rock & roll” from the 1950s through the ’80s with an energy and excitement that captivated the audience. Homecoming ended with a bang with a fireworks display on Saturday night.
I would like to congratulate the 2009 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees, the 2009 Alumni Award winners, and the members of the Class of 1959, who were inducted into the 50-Year Club.
Save the date for Homecoming 2010—October 11–16. If you are celebrating a reunion next year and you are interested in serving on the Reunion Committee, please e-mail alumni@augsburg.edu.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Kim Stone
Director of Alumni and Constituent Relations
Upcoming Events
Music Therapy’s 35th Anniversary: EXPLORE!
Sunday, October 11
Noon–12:30 p.m., Reception, East Commons, Christensen Center
12:30–3 p.m., Luncheon, followed by presentation, East Commons
Cost: $20 adults; $10 children 12 and under; free for children under 2
Join fellow music therapy alumni and friends at the Music Therapy 35th-Anniversary Luncheon on Sunday, Oct. 11, to mark 35 years of the Music Therapy program at Augsburg College. The keynote speaker, Dr. Timothy Culbert, medical director, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, will discuss “Exploration of Integrative Health Care Using Music.” The honorary guest will be Dr. Clive Robbins, the father of music therapy.
Children in attendance will have the opportunity to enjoy hands-on exploration of musical instruments. Bring your family and friends to this celebratory event.
RSVP online at www.augsburg.edu/mt.
Reception for the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning
Monday, October 19
5-7 p.m.
Ritz-Carlton Residences in Georgetown
3150 South Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20007
Augsburg College President Paul Pribbenow, Martin and Sylvia Sabo, and Garry Hesser, Sabo Professor of Citizenship and Learning, cordially invite you to a reception to benefit the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning. Learn more about the Sabo Center and how you can directly impact and shape the lives of our future leaders. Hosted by Jim Johnson and Maxine Isaacs. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
RSVP by Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 612-330-1173.
Eye-Opener Breakfast
Tuesday, October 27
7-8:30 a.m. Town & Country Club, 300 Mississippi River Boulevard North, St. Paul, MN 55104
Cost: $5 (includes breakfast)
Join fellow Auggies for the Professionals Eye-Opener Breakfast, featuring guest speaker Lisa Novotny ‘80, vice president, General Mills, who will discuss “Leadership in a Changing World.” The event begins with networking at 7 a.m., followed by breakfast and speaker from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Lisa Novotny is a leading human resource professional with extensive experience recruiting diverse, talented employees at General Mills and other companies. She is also a new member of Augsburg’s Board of Regents.
Eye-Opener Breakfasts are specially designed for Auggies currently employed in the Twin Cities corporate sector to network, grow professionally, and reconnect with the College. Seating is limited and reservations are required.
RSVP by Thursday, Oct. 22, at 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu.
Las Vegas Area Alumni Reception and Golf Outing
Thursday November 5 and Friday, November 6
Reception: Thursday, November 5
7-9 p.m., Henderson, Nevada
Hosted by Mike '71 and Bonnie Scott
Golf Outing: Friday, November 6
10 a.m. Registration; 11 a.m. Start
Black Mountain Golf and Country Club, Henderson, NV
Cost: $60 per person (includes a cart and 18 holes of golf)
Join Las Vegas area alumni and friends for a social reception and golf outing in beautiful Henderson, Nevada. At the reception, Jeremy Wells, vice president for institutional advancement, will provide a welcome and College update.
For information and to RSVP, contact Amanda Storm at 612-330-1178 or storma@augsburg.edu.
Alumni Spotlight
Tove Dahl ’84 and Curt Rice ’84—Distinguished Alumni Award Winners
Despite living and working in Norway, Tove Dahl and Curt Rice have remained closely connected to and involved in the life of Augsburg College since their graduation. Frankie Shackelford, chair of the Department of Languages and Cross-cultural Studies, wrote of these alumni: “Both individually and as a couple, Tove and Curt exemplify the kind of academic and civic, local, and global leadership that Augsburg College aims to foster.”
Dahl demonstrates “education for service” in her work as an associate professor of psychology at the University of Tromsø, as coordinator of their master’s program in psychology, and, in Minnesota each summer, as the dean of Skogfjorden, the Norwegian site of Concordia’s International Language Villages. She also serves as the vice chair of the board of Norway’s Centre for Peace Studies.
Dahl earned her bachelor’s degree in English at Augsburg and completed her doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Texas-Austin. She studied music at Svanvik Folk High School and developed a spinning and weaving curriculum for Skogfjorden while at the National Teachers Academy for the Applied Arts in Oslo. She also studied the literature of Norwegian immigrants in the U.S. at the University of Oslo. Her recent research engages issues of cognitive and linguistic development, motivation, and learners’ beliefs about knowledge.
In summer 2009 Dahl was awarded the royal medal of “Knight First Class” from His Majesty King Harald V of Norway for her work to promote cultural understanding and cooperation between the United States and Norway.
Dahl’s husband, Curt Rice, completed his bachelor’s degree at Augsburg and a doctorate in linguistics at the University of Texas-Austin. He has written and spoken widely on his research and on current issues in scientific and university leadership.
Rice chaired the English and Linguistics Departments at the University of Tromsø before becoming the director of the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL), which was the first Center of Excellence at the University. Under his leadership, CASTL became a national pacesetter in the frequency and quality of international publications, including Rice’s own prolific work on optimality theory as it applies to phonology and grammatical gender. Rice is the co-editor of Linguistic Inquiry and serves on the editorial boards of several additional professional journals. In 2009 he became the vice provost or “pro-rector” for research and development at the University of Tromsø.
Don Steinmetz, professor of German and linguistics at Augsburg, writes, “Anyone who has known Tove Dahl and Curt Rice for the past 30 years since they were students at Augsburg College must be impressed by the productive lives of this couple.”
Around Augsburg
Ever Cat fuels opens in Isanti
What began as a student research project in a Science Hall laboratory made another step toward changing how fuel will be produced in the future when Ever Cat Fuels, founded by Augsburg alumnus Clayton McNeff ’91, held a grand opening for its biodiesel plant on Monday.
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Augsburg enrollment tops 4,000
For the first time, Augsburg’s total enrollment has surpassed 4,000 with fall semester and trimester enrollments totaling 4,054. This includes: 2,084 day students; 1,078 Weekend College undergraduates (including 237 Rochester students); and 892 graduate students (96 in Leadership, 108 in social work, 78 in nursing, 272 in education, and 255 in business).
Marshall Stanton presents a global perspective on business
Augsburg regent Dr. Marshall Stanton, vice president for clinical research and reimbursement with Medtronic, gave an overview of Medtronic’s products, business model, and corporate priorities to graduate students and staff in the first of the 2009-10 Executive Speaker Series in September.
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Athletics
Auggie men are ranked 10th in cross country in regional poll
The Augsburg College men’s cross country team is ranked No. 10 in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association regional rankings.
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Joel Kociemba ties for 18th at the UWEC Golf Invite
Junior Joel Kociemba finished in a tie for 18th in the 79-player field with a two-day total of 158, leading the Augsburg College men’s golf team at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Frank Wrigglesworth Invitational, held September 27-28 at the Eau Claire Country Club.
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Alumna Jane Helmke ’83 was honored by Emmy board
Augsburg College Athletic Hall of Famer Jane Helmke ’83, managing editor for KARE-11 television, was recently honored with induction into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Silver Circle by the organization's Upper Midwest Chapter.
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