Augsburg College is one of the best colleges in the Midwest, according to The Princeton Review.
Augsburg is one of the 152 institutions located in the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin to be named to the list. The full list of schools was posted on princetonreview.com on Aug. 2.
Regional best colleges are selected by The Princeton Review primarily because of the quality of academic programs. About 25 percent of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges are named the regional best institutions. The schools on the lists are not ranked. Continue reading “Augsburg named a "Best in the Midwest" college by The Princeton Review”
Throughout the summer, the Augsburg campus is filled with campers. Sports camps, debate camps, and film camps. This week’s camp—the first Urban Scrubs Camp—is a little different because of the long-term workforce development potential for our Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
This summer, a group of nine Hmong students and two Augsburg staff members traveled to Australia as the Global Connections Project. The purpose of their trip was to learn about Hmong social, political, and educational systems in Australia. The group hopes to remain connected with the youth they met while abroad and to continue to build relationships as part of a global community.
On Sunday, June 27, we celebrate the second of our two commencements for 2010, both highlighting this year’s theme of community and civic engagement. For this commencement, a total of 277 undergraduates and 215 master’s degree students are eligible to graduate. This includes 199 weekend and evening students, 66 Rochester students, and 12 students in the partner hospital program, plus graduate students in five programs—10 in the Master of Arts in Education program, 24 in Master of Arts in Leadership, 18 in Master of Arts in Nursing, 112 in Master of Business Administration, and 51 in Master of Social Work. This year’s student representative who will speak on behalf of the Class of 2010 is MAL student Mary Brown. 
If you’ve been out and about in Minneapolis recently, you might have noticed a few funky neon green and blue bikes zipping around the lakes or downtown. That’s because Nice Ride Minnesota, a bicycle rental program that will allow subscribers to rent a bicycle for short periods from self-service kiosks, kicked off its first phase last week.
It’s safe to say that many Auggie staff and faculty serve others, both in their work at Augsburg and outside of campus. Because of the College’s commitment to serving the community, the Staff Senate opted this year to include service projects in the days leading up to the annual staff picnic.
Eleven weeks ago these gentlemen were carrying around a bit more weight—the equivalent of a first-year college student, in fact. No, they weren’t toting around any unruly students. As of today, they’ve lost a total of 118 pounds between the two of them, and they weren’t drinking protein shakes or following the cabbage soup diet.
To a humanities scholar like Dal Liddle, $6,000 is a lot of money. Ask him and he’ll joke, in an imitation of Austin Powers’ Dr. Evil, about his glee at receiving such a meager amount compared to the research grants won by his colleagues in the sciences. “Six THOUSAND dollars!”
It isn’t Commencement, but Saturday, May 22 is almost as significant a day for the members of the Tribal Special Education Cohort that is a partnership between Augsburg and the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Research isn’t all test tubes and laboratories. This summer at Augsburg, students will create music, study Medieval history, compare Minnesota theatres, and even attempt to determine if a BMI can be established for dogs. For the 2010 URGO summer research projects, students will spend 200 or 400 hours conducting research with faculty from Augsburg and other institutions. Many will present their findings in May 2011 at Zyzzogeton, Augsburg’s year-end festival of academic and artistic achievement.