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Clayton McNeff ’91 Highlighted in StarTribune

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Researchers at SarTec of Anoka are experimenting with weed crops to determine whether Clayton McNeff '91farmers can profit by growing oil-rich seeds and processing them into biofuel.

ISANTI, MINN. – On the nagging question of whether growing crops to produce biofuel hurts the nation’s food supply, Clayton McNeff hopes to find a practical answer—in weeds.

McNeff, the co-inventor of technology used to refine biodiesel at the Ever Cat Fuels plant in Isanti, has been working for two years with a team of scientists and farmers to commercially grow two seed-bearing weeds as energy crops. Read more here…

Larry Gallagher ’61 Honored for His Love of the Game

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He’s been blue for more than 50 years, but that doesn’t mean Larry Gallagher’s feeling Larry Gallagher '61down. No, this “blue” brings him pride and joy, because you see, Gallagher is an umpire and ever since he first strapped on the mask and chest protector, he’s felt right at home.

Gallagher first put on umpire’s gear when he was just 15 years old – too young to get behind the wheel but old enough to get behind the plate and discover the joy of umpiring.

And now, nearly 60 years since his first game, he still works about 150 games a year and loves every inning. Read more here…

Auggie Maroon Pages to Relaunch This Fall

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The Auggie Alumni Directory and the Maroon Pages are joining forces to provide you with a  resource to connect professionally and personally in one easy-to-use online tool.  This new online tool, the Auggie Maroon Pages, will launch on October 8, 2013. We need your help updating your record and listing by September 12, 2013.

You will have received a letter sent to your home with the personal and professional information we currently have on file. Use the enclosed survey to provide us with any changes and what you would like to appear in the re-launched, password-protected Auggie Maroon Pages. Thank you for helping make this service a resource for all alumni. Please complete and return the enclosed survey by September 12, or if you’d prefer to update your information online, go to www.augsburg.edu/alumni. Once you’re there, click on Auggie Maroon Pages.  If you are already a registered user, log in and edit your profile. If you’re new to the Auggie Maroon Pages, register as a new user. Once your registration is confirmed, you’ll be able to edit your information.

The Office of Alumni Relations is committed to connecting alumni with each other and the College. The new Auggie Maroon Pages is one more tool that will help us discover and share the many success stories of Augsburg graduates. The information submitted for class notes will be featured in future issues of the NOW magazine and NOW@Augsburg online newsletter. Help us share the difference an Augsburg education can make by submitting your class note through the Auggie Maroon Pages today!

Give to the Max Day

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Auggies are gearing up for the 5th annual Give to the Max Day. This one-day online giving extravaganza takes place on Thursday, November 14. This year, Auggies are coming up with their own fundraising projects to help raise money for an Augsburg cause they are passionate about—from music to medieval studies. Check out some of the exciting fundraising ideas Auggies have for Give to the Max Day projects:

  • Electron microscope (Chemistry)
  • Farmers market delivery truck (Campus Kitchens)
  • Chemical dependency counselor position (StepUP)
  • Training and technique camp (Wrestling)
  • Musical playground (Music Therapy)
  • Medieval Minnesota camp expansion (Medieval Studies)

Save the date for Thursday, November 14, and be sure to visit givemn.org/auggiesgive and join other Auggies in supporting these and other great projects! No matter which project you support, you’re making a difference at Augsburg—and helping Augsburg reach its goal of coming in 1st place among Minnesota colleges and universities.

For questions or to start your own Give to the Max Day project, contact Mariana Gallo Llorente, Annual Giving Intern, at 612-330-1580 or gallollo@augsburg.edu.

Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium Featuring Krista Tippett

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Auggies are invited to gather on Tuesday, October 1, at 11:00 a.m., in the Hoversten Chapel Krista Tippettfor the 2013 Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium, featuring Krista Tippett, host/producer of On Being, American Public Media. Tippett presents Einstein’s God: Revisiting Science and Religion in a New Century.

On Being is a spacious conversation—and an evolving media space—about the big questions at the center of human life, from the boldest new science of the human brain to the most ancient traditions of the human spirit.

 

Tippett grew up in Oklahoma, the granddaughter of a Southern Baptist preacher. She studied history at Brown University and went to Bonn, West Germany, in 1983 on a Fulbright Scholarship to study politics in Cold War Europe. In her 20s, she ended up in divided Berlin for most of the 1980s, first as The New York Times stringer and a freelance correspondent for Newsweek, The International Herald Tribune, the BBC, and Die Zeit. She later became a special assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany.

Tippett left Berlin in 1988, the year before the Wall fell. She lived in Spain, England, and Scotland for a time, then pursued a M.Div. from Yale. When she graduated in 1994, she saw a black hole where intelligent coverage of religion should be. As she conducted a far-flung oral history project for the Benedictines of St. John’s Abby in Collegeville, Minnesota, she began to imagine radio conversations about the spiritual and intellectual content of faith that could open imaginations and enrich public life.

In 2007, Tippett published her first book, Speaking of Faith. Her new book, Einstein’s God (Feb. 2010), illustrates some of the important ways the program and her vision have continued to evolve.

The Symposium is designed to reflect and reinforce the principles to which Christensen showed such deep commitment:  academic integrity, the Christian Gospel, and a mutually supportive relationship with the church.

Regent Emerita and Former Dean of the College Marie McNeff, 1937-2013

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Dear Members of the Augsburg Community:

Marie McNeffThis morning we learned that Dr. Marie McNeff passed away after a yearlong battle with cancer. Marie was a faculty member and an academic leader at Augsburg. Her faithful and dedicated service to the College will be long remembered and greatly missed.

Marie’s ties to Augsburg College span more than four decades. She joined our faculty in 1968 as a member of our Education Department. In 1995, Marie moved into the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. More recently, Marie has served as a member of the Augsburg Board of Regents, shaping what Augsburg is today and what it will be for years to come.

As an educator, leader, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Marie was deeply committed to the vision for the Center for Science, Business, and Religion. The McNeff family has asked that memorial gifts be directed toward this project at Augsburg College.

A memorial service followed by a reception will be held at Augsburg College on Saturday, September 14, at 10 a.m., in the Hoversten Chapel. We will post information about the service in Amail and on the Inside Augsburg calendar so that members of our community may share the information with others.

We hold Marie’s husband Larry, son Clayton ’91, daughter-in-law Denise ’94, and all who knew Marie in our thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,

Paul C. Pribbenow
President

Chris Ascher ’81 Announces Alumni Class Challenge

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Chris Ascher ‘8Chris Ascher '811 and several alumni leaders are joining forces to invite their peers to become part of the Alumni Class Challenge and help build the Center for Science, Business and Religion at the heart of campus. This building represents the next stage of advancement for Augsburg, a place where great faculty will shape the leaders of the future to innovate and create solutions to issues that confront our communities, our country and our world. It is urgently needed.

The Alumni Class Challenge invites each class to work as a team and raise $1 million or more from their class. If each class achieves this goal, it will mean $50 million for the college. Now that’s a collective impact!

Auggies celebrate the 9th Annual Auggie Night at Canterbury Park

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Over 600 Augsburg alumni, families, and friends attended the 9th Annual Auggie Night at Auggies at Canterbury ParkCanterbury Park. The event is provided to the Auggie family by the generosity of Curt Sampson, Augsburg Board of Regent and owner of Canterbury Downs. The evening included a dinner buffet, special reserved patio seating, the Auggie Dash – a race in honor of the group, and perfect weather to top off the night.

Auggies also took the opportunity to Auggies at Canterbury Parkdonate hundreds of toiletries that will be given to the Augsburg Central Nursing Center. For nearly 20 years, the Augsburg Nursing Program has operated a free health clinic for the homeless at Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis.

Augsburg Young Alumni Embrace the Center for Science, Business, and Religion

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On Thursday, July 18 the Young Alumni Council hosted the Young Alumni Leadership YAL GroupSummit at the Minneapolis Club in downtown Minneapolis. The Council set out to engage their peers in conversation around the colleges greatest priority to build the Center for Science, Business, and Religion. The event hosted over 100 young alumni from across the last decade. Guests enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect with one another, hear from members of the Young Alumni Council, current YAL Faculty Panelfaculty and students, as well as President Pribbenow and National Campaign Chair, Mike Good ’71.

We, the young alumni council, believe that our graduates are just as much the future of YAL AndrewAugsburg College as those who currently attend and those who will attend in the future.  The alumni have the ability to make a name and build a brand for their former school as much as the students and faculty present at the college.  What do we want that brand to be and what do we want our college to look like 50 years from now?

We have the opportunity to open doors for others and for each other.  Our opportunity is to invest in Augsburg College and to build our brand in our community, in our workplace, in our network, and between each other. We achieve this by committing to our alma mater and by staying involved in the process.  By being here this evening, you have declared yourself as a leader in our young alumni network.  We, the young alumni council, ask you to join us.

Andrew Johnson ’07

Dr. Paul Mueller ’84 will speak at Eye Opener Breakfast during Homecoming 2013

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Join Auggies on September 26 for the Homecoming Eye Opener Breakfast! Dr. Paul Mueller ’84Dr. Paul Mueller, Augsburg alumnus and member of the college’s Board of Regents, will share his thoughts on the relationship between faith, healing and health.

Eye Opener Breakfasts are specially designed for Augsburg alumni, parents and graduate students in the Twin Cities to network with one another, grow professionally and connect with the College.  The cost is $5 per person and includes breakfast.  Seating is limited and reservations and pre-payment are required, so please visit www.augsburg.edu/alumni/events by September 18, 2013 to reserve your seat.