Academic & Professional
Augsburg Business Organization
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2001-2002 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Business Organization (ABO) promotes the study of business at Augsburg, as well as brings students together who have an interest in discussing and advocating for business. |
| Contact: | Contact ABO |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Marc Isaacson Business Administration |
Augsburg Diversity in Education Club
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2021-2022 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Diversity in Education Club (ADE) aims to advocate for diversity in the education field through raising awareness and creating space that centers diverse voices within the field. |
| Contact: | Contact ADE |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Asma Ibrahim
Education |
Augsburg Exercise Science Club
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2012-2013 |
| Mission: | The Augsburg Exercise Science Club (AESC) encourages a lifestyle of exercise for those in the Augsburg community. AESC aspires to embolden the Augsburg community with aspects of health, exercise science, and fitness for the purpose of facilitating participation and promoting a healthy active lifestyle with the intention to inspire activity. |
| Contact: | Contact AESC |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Tara Mader Health/Physical Education/Exercise Science |
Augsburg Music Industry Collective
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2019-2020 |
| Mission: | The Augsburg Music Industry Collective (AMIC) is dedicated to promoting collaboration among Augsburg students in pursuit of knowledge about the booming Music Business Industry. |
| Contact: | Contact AMIC |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | J. Anthony Allen Music |
Augsburg Pre-PA Club
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2020-2021 |
| Mission: | The Augsburg Pre-PA Club (APPAC) provides undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about the physician assistant (PA) profession, increase awareness of PA graduate programs, and create a community of prospective PA students. |
| Contact: | Contact APPAC |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Catherina Kipper Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity Office |
Augsburg Psychological Association
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2015-2016 |
| Mission: | The Augsburg Psychological Association (APA) aims to create a community of psychology students at Augsburg that work to increase students’ awareness of graduate school opportunities in psychology fields and current work of practitioners in the fields of psychology. |
| Contact: | Contact APA |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Ben Denkinger Psychology |
Augsburg Student Accounting Organization
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2015-2016 |
| Mission: | ASAO provides students the opportunity to enhance their accounting experience into a professional career, certification, or interest in the field beyond the classroom. |
| Contact: | Contact ASAO |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Phyllis Kapetanakis Business |
| Jacob Enger Business |
Augsburg Student Music Therapy Association
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2019-2020 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Student Music Therapy Association (ASMTA) aims to increase the awareness and knowledge of music therapy on campus and within the larger community. |
| Contact: | Contact ASMTA |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Juyoung Lee Business |
Thó Wiŋ Magazine
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | Before 2000 |
| Mission: | Thó Wiŋ Magazine is the official literary and visual arts publication at Augsburg, taking submissions and publishing the works of students and faculty. |
| Contact: | Contact Thó Wiŋ Magazine |
| Website: | Website |
| Lindsay Starck English |
Pre-Dental Student Club
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2016-2017 |
| Mission: | The Pre-Dental Student Club gives students the opportunity to prepare themselves and make themselves a competitive applicant for dental school. |
| Contact: | Contact Pre-Dental Student Club |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Catherina Kipper Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity Office |
Pre-Medical Student Organization
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2020-2021 |
| Mission: | The Pre-Medical Student Organization is here to bring pre-medical students together and prepare one other for the next step in their education: medical school. The group aims to familiarize students with case studies, medical terminology, and human anatomy; as well as to prepare students afor the MCAT, personal essays, and the medical school application experience. |
| Contact: | Contact Pre-Medical Student Organization |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Teresa Krause Biology |
Society of Physics Students
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2003-2004 |
| Mission: | SPS advances and diffuses knowledge of the science of physics and encourages student interest in physics throughout the academic and local communities. |
| Contact: | Contact SPS |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Benjamin Stottrup Physics |
STEM Peer Mentorship
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2015-2016 |
| Mission: | STEM Peer Mentorship aims to provide support to STEM students in navigating through their undergraduate studies and in preparation for success inside and outside of the classroom. |
| Contact: | Contact STEM Peer Mentorship |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Rebekah Dupont STEM ProgramsJennifer Brookins-KingSTEM Programs |
Tri-Beta Biological Honors Society
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2006-2007 |
| Mission: | Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society is an honor and professional society for students of the biological sciences. |
| Contact: | Contact Tri-Beta |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Lisa Raetz Biology |
Unbounded
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2004-2005 |
| Mission: | Unbounded brings mathematics majors, minors, and those interested in math together for social opportunities. |
| Contact: | Contact Unbounded |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Richard Flint Mathematics |
Advocacy & Awareness
Auggies Organizing for Choice
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2019-2020 |
| Mission: | Auggies Organizing for Choice exists to educate our community about reproductive health and rights, to translate increased awareness into pro-choice activism on campus, and to serve as a coalition partner to state, national, and international reproductive rights efforts. |
| Contact: | Contact Auggies Organizing for Choice |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Nancy Fischer Sociology |
Augsburg Asian Student Association
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2004-2005 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Asian Student Association (AASA) recognizes, engages, and supports the Augsburg Asian American community through culturally inclusive programs guided by the Augsburg mission. |
| Contact: | Contact AASA |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Hli Vang Multicultural Life |
Augsburg Disability Activism Committee
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2021-2022 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Disability Ativism Committee (ADAC) strives to empower students with disabilities and create a foundation of support to educate, spread awareness, and build strong advocates for the disabled community, as well as take action to promote change. |
| Contact: | Contact ADAC |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Lindsay Tsakistos Education |
Augsburg Indigenous Student Association
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2007-2008 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Indigenous Student Association (AISA) provides events that support the awareness of American Indian cultures and serves as a support network for students interested in Indigenous peoples and culture. |
| Contact: | Contact AISA |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Hli Vang Multicultural Life |
Augsburg Latin American Students
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2008-2009 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Latin American Students (ALAS) promotes, communicates, educates, and engages the broader Augsburg and surrounding communities in learning about the Latinx culture and encourages awareness and respect for students of Latinx ancestry. |
| Contact: | Contact ALAS |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Mayra Medina Macias Multicultural Life |
Hmong Women Together
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2013-2014 |
| Mission: | Hmong Women Together (HWT) aims create and sustain a supportive environment to connect, empower, and educate Hmong women to discover and explore different aspects of their cultural identities. |
| Contact: | Contact HWT |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Hli Vang Multicultural Life |
Mental Health Matters
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2020-2021 |
| Mission: | Mental Health Matters is an open, safe, and friendly community regarding mental health and stressors of life and college. This group will work to end mental health stigmas by educating students and faculty on mental illness and find ways to cope with mental health and stress |
| Contact: | Contact Mental Health Matters |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Paula Watts Zehringer Social Work |
International Student Organization
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | Before 2000 |
| Mission: | The International Student Organization (ISO) strives to plan educational, cultural and social events that will bring together international and American students to promote tolerance and intercultural understanding between them, as well as contribute to the successful intercultural adjustment and academic achievement of international students. |
| Contact: | Contact ISO |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Matthew Maruggi Religion |
Pan-Afrikan Student Union
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | Before 2000 |
| Mission: | The Pan-Afrikan Student Union (PASU) builds and maintains mutually beneficial relationships with students of Afrikan descent. |
| Contact: | Contact PASU |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Kezia Burrows Multicultural Life |
Queer Indigenous and People of Color
| Status: | Commissoned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2016-2017 |
| Mission: | Queer Indigenous and People of Color aims to foster a supportive space to educate, embrace, and empower Queer Indigenous and People of Color to proudly accept their cultural identities. It also raises awareness about racism, classism, QIPOC issues, and more to the entire Augsburg community. |
| Contact: | Contact QIPOC |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Tristan Crowell Multicultural Life |
Queer Pride Alliance
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 1988-1989 |
| Mission: | Queer Pride Alliance (QPA) provides support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) community at Augsburg along with those other members who are allies. It also raises awareness about LGBTQIA issues and concerns to the entire Augsburg campus community. |
| Contact: | Contact QPA |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Tristan Crowell Multicultural Life |
Campus Media
Echo
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | Before 2000 |
| Mission: | The Echo is the official student newspaper of Augsburg. |
| Contact: | Contact Echo |
| Websites: | Website augsburgecho.com |
| Advisors: | Jenny Hanson Communications, Film & New Media Studies |
| Sarah Greenfield English |
KAUG
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | Before 2000 |
| Mission: | KAUG aims to be a voice for the Augsburg and surrounding communities by presenting a variety of media, and to provide an outlet for individuals to express themselves in many different ways. |
| Contact: | Contact KAUG |
| Websites: | Website engage.augsburg.edu/kaug |
| Advisor: | J. Anthony Allen Music |
Religious & Spiritual
Augsburg University Student Ministries
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | Before 2000 |
| Mission: | Augsburg University Student Ministries, rooted in the tradition of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, serves to assist in the facilitation of worship, aid in student vocational discernment, create community through fellowship and study, and foster dialogue between people of various religious, spiritual and philosophical traditions. |
| Contact: | Contact AUSM |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Pastor John Schwehn Campus Ministry |
| Pastor Babette Chatman Campus Ministry |
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| Janice Dames Campus Ministry |
Minnesota Hillel-Augsburg
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2017-2018 |
| Mission: | Minnesota Hillel-Augsburg seeks to Enrich the lives of students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the greater community, by perpetuating the values of Hillel. |
| Contact: | Contact Minnesota Hillel-Augsburg |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Matthew Maruggi Religion |
Muslim Student Association
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2009-2010 |
| Mission: | The Muslim Student Association (MSA) strives to promote unity among Muslim students and to raise awareness within the Augsburg community about the culture, history, and language of the Muslim community surrounding campus. |
| Contact: | Contact MSA |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Fardosa Hassan Campus Ministry |
Spring of the Water of Life Bible Club
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2021-2022 |
| Mission: | The Spring of the Water of Life Bible Club’s mission is to be the salt and light of Augsburg community both on and off-campus, through active involvement in volunteer services, and building up faith by raising spiritual awareness through bible studies. |
| Contact: | Contact SWLBC |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Hans Wiersma
Religion |
Special Interest
ASix Organization
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2020-2021 |
| Mission: | The ASix Organization aims to build on leadership skills through community service, peer to peer interaction, and provide other forms of support for Augsburg Act Six scholars. Scholars will engage in various discussions, activities, and engage with their community to build on their leadership abilities. |
| Contact: | Contact ASix Organization |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Firi Dawid Campus Life |
Augsburg Chess Club
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2017-2018 |
| Contact: | Contact Augsburg Chess Club |
| Website: | Website |
| Mission: | Augsburg Chess Club creates a space to play, to learn, and to teach the game of chess. |
| Advisor: | Jacqueline deVries History |
Augsburg Student Activities Council
| Status: | Commissioned Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 1987-1988 |
| Mission: | The Augsburg Student Activities Council (ASAC) seeks to build community among Day students at Augsburg through campus programming. |
| Contact: | Contact ASAC |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisor: | Firi Dawid Campus Life |
Augsburg Pep Band
| Status: | Chartered Student Organization |
| Chartered: | 2021-2022 |
| Mission: | Augsburg Pep Band (APB) aims to encourage school spirit at collegiate sporting events, and give students who are not enrolled in a traditional musical ensemble another way to play their instrument. |
| Contact: | Contact APB |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Ericka Svanoe
Music |
Student Government
Augsburg Day Student Government
| Status: | Student Government |
| Mission: | Augsburg Day Student Government serves as the primary student voice and liaison between Day students and the administration, faculty, and staff of Augsburg. |
| Contact: | Contact Augsburg Day Student Government |
| Website: | Website |
| Advisors: | Firi Dawid Campus Life |