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Auggie profiled by WCCO for finishing college 35 years after start

Janice Gladden '14, left, graduated with honors in communications.
Janice Gladden ’14, left, graduated with honors in communications.

WCCO profiled the graduation from Augsburg College of Janice Gladden ’14, who left college 35 years ago. Gladden put on hold the education her father urged her to pursue while her husband developed his baseball-playing career, going from an amateur free agent to major league star. Her husband would become a champion left- and center-fielder for the Minnesota Twins and go on to play in two World Series. She shares the story of returning to pursue her college education, of finishing what she started at the urging of her daughter (also an Auggie), and of her early years working to support her husband. Dan Gladden shares his pride in seeing his wife graduate. Watch the WCCO story, “35 years later, woman who put school on hold for former Twins player graduates.”

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