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Commencement focuses on civic engagement and building community

Posted on June 21, 2010December 8, 2014 by webmaster

commencement10On Sunday, June 27, we celebrate the second of our two commencements for 2010, both highlighting this year’s theme of community and civic engagement. For this commencement, a total of 277 undergraduates and 215 master’s degree students are eligible to graduate. This includes 199 weekend and evening students, 66 Rochester students, and 12 students in the partner hospital program, plus graduate students in five programs—10 in the Master of Arts in Education program, 24 in Master of Arts in Leadership, 18 in Master of Arts in Nursing, 112 in Master of Business Administration, and 51 in Master of Social Work. This year’s student representative who will speak on behalf of the Class of 2010 is MAL student Mary Brown. Continue reading “Commencement focuses on civic engagement and building community” →

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Tagged building community, civic engagement, Class of 2010, commencement, Keith Ellison, Peter Heegaard, Richard J. Thoni Award, Urban Adventure

Commencements focus on civic engagement and building community

Posted on April 29, 2010 by webmaster

commencement10When hundreds of Augsburg College students don caps and gowns for either the May commencement for Day College and Physician Assistant students or the June commencement for Weekend College and remaining graduate program students, the focus will be on civic engagement.

The Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 1 will be Governor Tim Pawlenty. In addition, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree will be conferred upon Father Fernando Cardenal, a Jesuit priest who has committed his life and work to improving the lives of the poor through education and basic rights. Continue reading “Commencements focus on civic engagement and building community” →

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Tagged building community, civic engagement, Class of 2010, commencement, Doctor of Humane Letters, Father Fernando Cardenal, Governor Tim Pawlenty, May commencement

Being an active citizen — Nou Chang '10

Posted on April 23, 2010 by webmaster

nou_changFor some of us, civic engagement means participating in the democracy by exercising our right to vote. But others might take the charge to be an active member of a community a bit farther. That’s certainly the case for Nou Chang, the 2010 Day commencement student speaker.

In her four years at Augsburg, Chang has participated in the TRiO program and was involved in Scholastic Connections. She’s done research as a McNair Scholar and through the URGO summer program. She’s been a member of the Augsburg Asian Student Association and Link. She also studied abroad, spending a semester in South Korea and teaching English in Thailand with Prof. Kathy Swanson. Continue reading “Being an active citizen — Nou Chang '10” →

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Tagged Augsburg Asian Student Association, civic engagement, Class of 2010, commencement, democracy, McNair scholar, Nou Chang, Scholastic Connections, TRiO program, URGO summer program

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