Residence Life

Weclome to the Oren Gateway Center!

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What's in the Design of the Oren Gateway Center

Oren Gateway Center is a multiuse building of 118,000 square feet of living, working, studying, eating, and meeting space, designed by BWBR Architects in St. Paul (who also designed Lindell Library). It contains:

• Offices of Institutional Advancement, including Development, Alumni, and Parent/Family Relations; Graduate programs, including MBA and MAL; and StepUP
• Trendy loft/condo housing for 106 students, with underground parking
• Johnson Conference Center, for meetings, events, classes, and seminars
• High-tech classroom/seminar rooms
• Gage Family Art Gallery
• Barnes and Noble Augsburg Bookstore
• Nabo—A Neighborhood Café, a pasta/salad/sandwich/sweets restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating

Oren Gateway is Augsburg’s “front door”—a 180-degree realignment from the early 1900s when Old Main welcomed a neighborhood from which it was later separated with the construction of Interstate 94. Gateway is a building meant as an invitation, rather than a fortress on Riverside Avenue, beginning right at the welcome desk. Extensive glass on the street level beckons passersby for food and shopping, as well as showcasing the teaching and learning taking place inside.

The building design has been carried out in conjunction with energy efficiency and environmental responsibility from the beginning. Work with an energy consulting group has helped the building meet strict State of Minnesota energy standards. On the outside, with bioretention in mind, its landscaping design captures and filters much of the storm sewer run-off.

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OGC Substance-Free Agreement

The residential portion of Oren Gateway is a place free of alcohol and illegal drugs. Oren Gateway residents and their guests may not use or possess alcohol or illegal drugs while in Oren Gateway. If an Oren Gateway resident or his or her guest chooses to use such subtances outside of Oren Gateway, the results of that choice may not have a negative impact on the residents or property upon return to Oren Gateway. Residents and their guests may not cause a disruption in Oren Gateway because they used substances elsewhere. Violation of this policy may result in reassignment to other available college housing outside of Oren Gateway.

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