Defining the student experience
Sarah Black ’09, an economics major from Cottage Grove, Minn.,
received the Professor Jeanne Boeh and Mr. Bernhard Fleming
Economics Scholarship. This scholarship was established in
2005 to encourage students seeking an economics degree.
Boeh has been a faculty member at Augsburg since 1990.
Though Boeh was not Black’s official faculty adviser, the two did talk often about Black’s education and career goals. “Dr. Boeh doesn’t give general advising,” Black said. “It’s personalized. She really got to know me and worked with me to define my experience.” Black also appreciated the relevant, real world examples Boeh brought to the classroom.
Black received the scholarship prior to her semester abroad in Ecuador. As a middle-income student, she didn’t qualify for need-based financial aid but needed additional funding for her study abroad. Black is grateful for the “phenomenal experience” she had in Ecuador and for the opportunity to learn about non-traditional economic development in another country.
In addition to her semester in Ecuador, Black participated in a short-term study abroad program in the Czech Republic and Poland with Stuart Stoller, associate professor of accounting. She was also an orientation leader, served on student government, and worked in a variety of offices on campus.
Black hopes to attend graduate school to study applied economics or public policy.
