Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Oren Gateway Center 204
2211 Riverside Ave. S.
Campus Box 82
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Telephone: 612-330-1405
E-mail: stepup@augsburg.edu
In 1997, the Augsburg College StepUP Program was created to address the special needs of students in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. At that time, the resources for recovering college students were extremely limited. The original plan for the StepUP Program included chemical free housing, a minimum sobriety requirement, weekly individual meetings with staff, a contract calling for standards of behavior, and a weekly community meeting.
As of the end of the 2006-2007 school year, StepUP has served the needs of 342 students. Four full-time staff members have contact with the students on a daily basis. The program has graduated hundreds of students to become useful members of society and serve in a myriad of professional capacities.
The beginning of the 2007-08 school year marks a milestone in the history of StepUP as offices and living quarters move to a new home in the Oren Gateway Center. The new space will allow the program to serve a significantly larger number of students. The addition of apartment style living will encourage students to participate in StepUP for longer periods of time and to progress into mentor and leadership roles with younger students.