On Sunday, April 14, members of the Augsburg community gather in the Christensen Center to give thanks to our many scholarship donors and to celebrate the Auggies who are recipients of these named and endowed scholarships. Augsburg alumnae and member of our Board of Regents, Lisa Novotny ’80 welcomed the more than 200 attendees to this annual brunch. Sarah Mathews Saugstad ’13 led the invocation before we enjoyed the meal and the musical number by our own student group “Willie Webb and the 7 Half Trio”.
Following the meal, we enjoyed hearing a college update from President Paul C. Pribbenow as he shared some of the many exciting things that are happening at Augsburg. We listened to Ruth Helland about why she and her late husband, Philip Helland ’42 found such joy in starting a scholarship, followed by two current and grateful Auggies, Helena Kruger ’13 and Maria Shatonova ’13, both recipients of scholarships that made their education at Augsburg possible.
It was definitely an event where we celebrated with gratitude the many people who have been generous to Augsburg College students!