FACULTY - Anthony A Bibus III
Professor
“I approach learning as something shared between the teacher
and the student. The role of the teacher is to make the environment
safe for learning, safe to make mistakes, and to evaluate how much
learning did in fact happen. Students and teachers are partners
in the process of learning, with clearly defined roles.”
Bibus believes that the faculty at Augsburg College tries to be
better than any other school in the area of personal attention to
their students. Each professor must be able to teach to a wide range
of learning styles, what he defines as a diversity of learning styles
and a diversity of experience. “At Augsburg, we must be specialists
at being broad enough to accommodate the strengths and weaknesses
of all of our students.”
As Chair of the Social Work department, Bibus enjoys the opportunity
to be aware of everything that faculty and students are doing. “It
is invigorating to have the opportunity to experience all of it
vicariously.”
Being the parent of an alum has also allowed Bibus to develop another
level of awareness for the transformative education that Augsburg
provides. “It is truly a college where one can cultivate the
caring part of yourself and is one of the kindest places I have
ever had the pleasure to work in.”
