{"id":46557,"date":"2015-11-03T05:39:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T05:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/?p=46557"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:45:06","slug":"nov-7-memorial-bench-dedication-honoring-lois-swenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2015\/11\/03\/nov-7-memorial-bench-dedication-honoring-lois-swenson\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 7 Memorial Bench Dedication Honoring Lois Swenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/Lois-and-kids-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-46577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/Lois-and-kids-photo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lois-and-kids-photo\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/Lois-and-kids-photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/Lois-and-kids-photo-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2015\/11\/Lois-and-kids-photo.jpg 1712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>On Saturday, November 7, the family and friends of Lois Swenson, a resident of north Minneapolis and well-known local peace and justice activist, will be gathering at Augsburg College to remember Lois and give a handcrafted, wooden bench to the college in her memory. Amy Gort, Dean of the College, will be accepting the gift on behalf of the college.<\/p>\n<p>Lois left her estate to Augsburg so that seminary students will be financially supported in their study abroad through the Center for Global Education and Experience. &#8220;My experience living in Central America opened my eyes to the real world and changed my life. I would like to provide similar experiences to seminary students who will be in a position to further educate people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The entire Augsburg community is invited to attend this brief ceremony and reception. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/Lois%20Swenson%20Brochure.pdf\">Read more about Lois Swenson here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, November 7, 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2 pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Lindell Library, first floor<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>630 22nd Ave. S., Minneapolis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The handcrafted wooden bench, made by Wisconsin artist <a href=\"http:\/\/edwardwohl.com\/\">Edward Wohl<\/a>\u00a0will be placed on the first floor of Lindell Library so students will be inspired by and be reminded of Lois&#8217; commitment and work for peace and justice. Inscribed on the bench is one of Lois favorite quotes, &#8220;Live simply so that others may simply live.&#8221; For more information, call Sherilyn Young, Donor Relations Coordinator at 612-330-1462.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, November 7, the family and friends of Lois Swenson, a resident of north Minneapolis and well-known local peace &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,13],"tags":[542,536,537,535,543,539,538,533,540,534,65,541],"class_list":["post-46557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-giving-back","category-news","tag-artist","tag-bench","tag-dedication","tag-gort","tag-handcrafted","tag-library","tag-lindell","tag-lois-swenson","tag-memorial","tag-peace","tag-volunteer","tag-wohl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46557"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50747,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46557\/revisions\/50747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}