A year after it opened, the U.S. Bank Veterans\u2019 Lounge continues to be an important part of the educational journey of Augsburg student vets and has become a quiet respite for the College\u2019s community of veterans.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of our students are commuters, here for long days and on evenings and weekends, so the lounge becomes \u2018home base\u2019 when they are on campus,\u201d said Lori York<\/strong>, Augsburg\u2019s School Certifying Official. York also serves as\u00a0liaison between current and prospective students and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.<\/p>\n Dave Adams<\/strong>, a student in Augsburg\u2019s Masters of Business Administration program, is grateful for the camaraderie and comfort the lounge provides.<\/p>\n \u201cMy crew, the group of four who all came together from the same National Guard unit, love the lounge,\u201d Adams said. \u201cIt gives us a great place to meet before class and compare notes, as well as a quiet place to go when we have small group breakout sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n Adams also acknowledged his appreciation for the treats\u2013gifts from Augsburg staff members\u2013that often appear in the lounge.<\/p>\n \u201cI was truly dragging when I got to school yesterday. Walking into the lounge to meet the other guys and seeing cookies was just a nice surprise and a simple touch, but it did make a difference in the night.\u201d<\/p>\n But the U.S. Bank Veterans\u2019 Lounge, located in the Oren Gateway Center, is more than just a getaway. It\u2019s also come to represent the connections and community of veterans who are all pursuing their next call.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I drop in at the Veterans\u2019 Lounge, I see students meeting each other, sharing their past experiences,\u201d said York. \u201cToday when I stopped by, a student who is in his last semester here was greeting a new student and welcoming him to campus. They immediately jumped into a conversation about their time in the military, where they\u2019ve served, when they got out. These students gravitate toward one another and they gravitate toward the lounge to find their comrades. The lounge is key to building and keeping this community at Augsburg.\u201d<\/p>\n The connection between student vets and U.S. Bank, recognized as a top corporate supporter of veterans and military families, doesn\u2019t end there.<\/p>\n Andy Norgard<\/strong>, pictured above (rear), is one of several Auggies to complete internships at U.S. Bank in recent years. A former member of the Marine Corps and Augsburg\u2019s Student Veteran Representative, Norgard completed a Financial Analyst internship at U.S. Bank last summer and has recently been offered a job at McGladrey, one of the nation\u2019s top accounting firms.<\/p>\n For the second consecutive year, Augsburg was named a\u00a0Military Friendly\u00ae School, a list which is compiled through extensive research and a free, data-driven survey of more than 10,000 VA-approved schools nationwide. Military Friendly Schools have gone above and beyond to provide transitioning veterans the best possible experience in higher education.\u00a0As of fall 2015, there were nearly 120 active members and military veterans attending Augsburg, a notable number for an institution of Augsburg\u2019s size. The College graduated more than\u00a020\u00a0military veterans this past spring and summer.<\/p>\n We are proud to partner with U.S. Bank in its\u00a0continued support of veterans in both higher education and business.<\/p>\n This\u00a0post was written by Jay Peterson and originally appeared on Augsburg\u2019s Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations site.<\/em><\/p>\n Dimension 1, Goal 3, Strategy 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Because we believe in meeting students where they are while challenging them to achieve,\u00a0Augsburg equips all students to succeed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A year after it opened, the U.S. Bank Veterans\u2019 Lounge continues to be an important part of the educational journey of Augsburg student vets and has become a quiet respite for the College\u2019s community of veterans. \u201cMany of our students are commuters, here for long days and on evenings and weekends, so the lounge becomes …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/augsburg2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}