{"id":48729,"date":"2018-01-29T17:41:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/?p=48729"},"modified":"2024-10-21T17:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:38:43","slug":"48729","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/2018\/01\/29\/48729\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Grand Opening of the Hagfors Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion hosted its grand opening ceremony in style on Saturday, January 27,\u00a02018. Approximately 1000 guests attended the celebration, which included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, remarks by President Pribbenow and Campaign Chair Mike Good \u201971, live music, gourmet food stations on each floor, and exclusive access to many parts of the new, four-level building. Some of the Hagfors Center artists\u00a0who contributed to the\u00a0Art and Identity campaign\u00a0also attended and were available to discuss their artwork in detail with attendees. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joined the celebration and expressed his admiration for the building.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48732\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48732\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0109-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of President Paul Pribbenow at a podium discussing the opening with a large crowd.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0109-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0109-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0109-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0109.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Paul Pribbenow addressing guests at the grand opening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48733\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0445-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Rory Wakemup discussing his art work.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0445-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0445-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0445-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0445.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rory Wakemup discussing his interactive art work with Paul and Nancy Mueller.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The open house began at 3 p.m., and guests were able to visit a multitude of classrooms and laboratories, where they could view the impressive state-of-the-art communications and scientific equipment, and participate in a variety of activities, including liquid nitrogen ice cream tasting, a chemical\u00a0instrument tour, and a fruit-leather-making demonstration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Peter Agre &#8217;70 was celebrated with placement of a replica of his Nobel Prize award just outside the suspended Hagfors Center Gundale Chapel. A number of other people who have been integral in making the Hagfors Center a reality were also celebrated with mini-receptions throughout the building.<\/p>\n<p>Guests had plenty of opportunity to socialize with alumni, staff, donors, and other friends of the College, while enjoying the gourmet food stations, which included a fresh vegetable-and-dip platter, a build-your-own macaroni cheese stand, and a delectable dessert station.<\/p>\n<p>The event was a resounding success, and a good spirit prevailed among all who came to celebrate Augsburg University\u2019s newest building.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48731\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-48731\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0652-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of the Hagfors Center\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0652-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0652-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0652-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/01\/Image-0652.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business and Religion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion hosted its grand opening ceremony in style on Saturday, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":386,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14,820,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-departments","category-spotlights","category-campus-reflections","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48729","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\/386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48729"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51935,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48729\/revisions\/51935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}