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Charles S. Anderson Music Hall Dedication Scheduled

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Charles S. AndersonThe eighth president of Augsburg College, Charles S. Anderson oversaw significant growth in the College’s enrollment, student diversity, program offerings, and commitment to its Lutheran heritage. To honor his legacy, Augsburg will rename its music building the Charles S. Anderson Music Hall.

Join President Paul C. Pribbenow and the Augsburg community as we pay tribute to the legacy of President Emeritus Charles S. Anderson on Friday, September 27, 2013 at 1:30pm Charles S. Anderson Music Hall Plaza

Anderson Music Hall occupies a central location on campus and houses an array of music programs that welcome students of diverse musical interests. More than 100 students each year pursue traditional liberal arts music studies as well as degrees in music business, music education, music performance, and music therapy. More than 350 students—music majors and non-music majors alike—participate in the College’s numerous vocal, concert band, symphony orchestra, and jazz ensembles.

Marketing and Facilities are working to update campus maps to distinguish Anderson Music Hall from Anderson Residence Hall — the latter of which was named for former Augsburg President Oscar A. Anderson, who served as president of the College from 1963 to 1980.

Associates Fall Luncheon

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The Augsburg Associates cordially invites you to their annual Fall Luncheon on Thursday, September 26th. The luncheon serves as the Associates’ annual gathering of members, a chance to recognize the scholarship recipients, and time to learn.

This year’s luncheon will feature Jacqueline R. deVries, Augsburg Professor of History and Women’s Studies. Her presentation, Scenes from the Edwardian Era: The Women of Downton Abbey, will speak to what it meant to be a woman of that era as demonstrated by women characters in the popular PBS Masterpiece Theatre Series.

Luncheon Details
Date: Thursday, September 26
Time: 11:00 a.m. Social, 11:30 a.m. Annual Meeting and Lunch
Location: Becketwood Cooperative: 4300 West River Parkway, Minneapolis 55406
Registration: Open (click here)

About the Augsburg Associates
The Augsburg College Associates is a service auxiliary of volunteers including alumni and friends of Augsburg whose mission includes fundraising for special projects and scholarships in support of the College. The Associates have given to Augsburg more than a half million dollars from their fundraising efforts since their inception.

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.

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.

Maroon & Silver Society Donor Reception: Tuesday, September 17

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On Tuesday, September 17, President Paul Pribbenow and Abigail Crampton Pribbenow will host a reception honoring Maroon & Silver Society donors. The College is grateful to these generous donors who support The Augsburg Fund with $84 or more monthly, or $1,000 or more annually. It’s thanks to donors like these who help provide more than 90% of Augsburg students with financial aid, unique class offerings, and student research opportunities. Membership in the Maroon & Silver Society has grown by 11% since fiscal year 2008.

Maroon & Silver Society donors will receive an invitation to the reception in the coming weeks. For more information about joining the Maroon & Silver Society, or questions about the event, please contact Martha Truax, Director of Annual Giving, at 612-330-1652 or truaxm@augsburg.edu.

Augsburg Homecoming and Parent & Family Weekend 2013

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Homecoming: September 22-28, 2013

Visit www.augsburg.edu/homecoming for more information and to get registered.

Auggies from near and far are called back to campus for one week each year to celebrate what it means to be an Auggie. From September 22 to 28, alumni, parents, and friends of Augsburg will gather for a fun-filled week of events and celebration. New events along with traditional favorites make this one of the best times to visit campus all year.

THE GREAT MINNESOTA GET-TOGETHER

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Augsburg will again this year have a booth in the Education Building at the Minnesota State Fair! Come by and see us any day from Thursday, August 22-Monday, September 2. Come pick up an Auggie button, leave a note for a faculty or staff member and best of all, by wearing any Auggie gear at the Fair, we will have a coupon for a complimentary lunch at Nabo, our neighborhood cafe in the Oren Gateway Center.

Sateren 100th Birthday Choral Concert

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Save the Date – Sateren Concert

A group of choir alumni is planning a special Choral Concert in honor of Leland B. Sateren Leland Sateren with sheet music titled "Lord Our God, with Praise We Come"on what would have been his 100th birthday on Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 4:00 p.m., at Normandale Lutheran Church in Edina, MN. This celebration will honor the legacy of “Doc.”

Please hold the weekend of October 12-13, 2013, for rehearsal, reunion, and concert. The Augsburg Choir alumni are invited to sing or to attend the concert; the concert itself is open to the public. Alums will have time to reunite with long-time friends from Augsburg and the larger choral music community. If you have questions, email sateren100@gmail.com.

Greater Minnesota Meets Darcey Engen ’88

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Darcey Engen ’88

This summer, three Minnesota towns will host “The Visit,” a unique theater production that will immerse each of the historic communities in the question, How far will a town go to save itself? Darcey Engen ’88, chair of the Theater Department at Augsburg, and husband Luverne Seifert ’83, professional actor/director and head of the B.A. Theatre Performance program at the U of M, provided the impetus for creating this adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s original play—an adaptation done by Engen’s colleague, Sarah Myers. After exploring venues in several towns, Engen and Siefert finally decided on East Grand Forks, Albert Lea, and Blue Earth as the sites to feature. The plays will involve community actors from each town in the actual event, as they perform at the historic site, watch scenes unfold, and experience the mounting tension at close range. Check online at www.brownpapertickets.com or Sod House Theater (Facebook) for specific performance times.

In connection with this summer’s unusual productions, Engen and Seifert have formed Sod House Theater, a site-specific Twin Cities-based theater company that travels through Greater Minnesota with a team of professional artists to work with communities to produce classic and relevant works of theater.

While work on “The Visit” was progressing, Engen received a call notifying her that Augsburg’s Theater Department had been singled out by “Backstage” magazine (a premier entertainment publication for theater professionals) as one of the Top 5 U.S. institutions for theater majors who wish to continue their studies professionally. The magazine recommended an Augsburg education for “enterprising, driven students looking to climb the [professional] ladder in double time.” Engen was delighted at the news and attributes the distinction to not only class content, but bringing in professionals as guest artists, commitment to producing a variety of voices and kinds of theater, and providing frequent opportunities backstage and onstage.

In addition to theater, Engen enjoys antiques, gardening, and finding and painting interesting pieces of furniture. She and Seifert live in Northeast Minneapolis with their two teenage sons, Severin and Simon, who love their parents’ actor friends and enjoy working as stage hands, having been in theaters during rehearsals ever since they were in car seats.