If you have gone to a soccer game in the past few years, you’ve seen the rowdy mob of students with blaze-orange T-shirts flaunting their school spirit
at every game.
Believe it or not, this wild bunch is actually an esteemed (yet unofficial) student organization called “Crowd Control.” Besides having loads of fun, Crowd Control is a prime example of unfettered, grass-roots school spirit at its best.
Crowd Control began two years ago when Grant Hemmingsen, Charlie Scott, Mitch Seesz and Ryan Stockhaus got a group of students together to attend all the men’s soccer team’s home games. The men’s head soccer coach, Greg Holker, has been encouraging the unofficial student group. Continue reading “"Crowd Control" Cheers on Men's Soccer”
On Thursday, Oct. 4, President Pribbenow and Tom Morgan were esteemed guests at the dedication of the new Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center in South Minneapolis. Augsburg was one of eight colleges asked to sponsor a portion of the school’s basketball court with an urban mural. Retired-General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell participated in the dedication.
The Augsburg campus is bustling with excitement for Homecoming 2007 — and for good reason. This year’s Homecoming will be chock full of Auggie school spirit and fun activities.
On Friday afternoon, Oct. 12, a double celebration will take place — Augsburg will mark the successful completion of Access to Excellence: The Campaign for Augsburg College and formally dedicate the new Oren Gateway Center.
Peter Bisanz will present “One: The Documentary” on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Hoversten Chapel. Bisanz marks the second in a series of Convocations called “Many Voices Bold Vision.” Bisanz will talk on the fundamental issues facing our world today, and how faith, religion, and spirituality can inspire peaceful and compassionate solutions.
Homecoming Convocation, held Friday, Oct. 12, at 10 a.m. in Hoversten Chapel, will honor our Distinguished Alumni, First Decade, and Spirit of Augsburg awardees along with our 50-year club members and faculty and staff emeriti.
As a transfer student to Augsburg, I can honestly attest that another college would not have prepared me as well for this potentially rocky transition that I now find myself in – the transition from student to working adult.
Having the opportunity to work with a professional theater company before you’ve even graduated from college is something you don’t think twice about. Unless you’re me.
Augsburg College is part of a national initiative that provides prospective students and their families with public information on more than 565 college and universities across the nation. The web-based component of this initiative, called U-CAN, was developed by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities and will be available to the public Sept. 26.
A new look for Inside Augsburg launches today, echoing Augsburg’s energetic urban spirit. The design change is just one part of a new marketing initiative aimed at telling the Augsburg story and celebrating what makes the college distinctive.