Three current Augsburg students and a recent graduate have received 2008 Vincent L. Hawkinson Foundation scholarships in recognition of their involvement in peace and justice activities.
Selected annually by the Minneapolis-based Foundation, the scholarships are aimed at furthering the commitment to peace and justice of the late Rev. Vincent L. Hawkinson, who served as pastor of Grace University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis for 30 years. The scholarship program has awarded more than $100,000 to 87 students since 1988, and 20 students are receiving the 2008 scholarship awards.
The Augsburg scholarship recipients are (l to r) Ulises Ayala-Beltran, Maria Alvillar Hinojosa, Ryan Treptow, and Juventino Meza-Rodriguez. Continue reading “Four Auggies recognized for peace and justice work”
Augsburg College will host a bipartisan discussion, “Beyond Party Lines,” featuring Minnesota State Reps. Steve Simon (DFL) and Pat Garofalo (R) from 7:30-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29 in the Sateren Auditorium on campus. The discussion will revolve around current local political issues such as transportation and the gas tax. The event is free of charge and open to the public.
The Augsburg College Convocation Series continues Friday, Oct. 31 with nationally recognized eco chef, author, and food justice activist, Bryant Terry. Terry’s lecture, “Just Food: Cooking as an Organizing Tool in the Food Justice Movement” will be held at 10 a.m. in the Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center.
“Eurydice is interesting,” says Martha Johnson, director of Augsburg’s first mainstage play of the year, but she doesn’t mean that in the way most Minnesotans use the word. “It’s quirky and funny…interesting in a good way.”
If you want to know what it’s really like to be an Auggie, we think you should learn it from one of us. That’s the promise, or the directive, of “Homemade,” the website made by Augsburg students for Augsburg students.
Augsburg College will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of its Rochester program with an open-house reception on Tuesday, Oct. 28 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Rochester location in Bethel Lutheran Church, 810 3rd Ave. SE. A short program will begin at 7 p.m. with comments from Augsburg College President Paul Pribbenow, Barbara Farley, dean and vice president of academic affairs, and Rick Thoni, the founder of Augsburg’s Weekend College and Rochester programs.
On Tuesday, Oct. 14, two Augsburg alumni, Kelly Woods and Tracey Cross, each received the 2008 Milken Family Foundation’s Educator Award. The award is intended to provide public recognition and financial rewards to elementary and secondary education professionals who are furthering excellence in education. Each recipient is recognized with a $25,000 check presented at a schoolwide assembly that often draws state officials and local media.
When Sarah Ruch and Joe Midthun applied for their internship placements, neither expected to find themselves on a college campus. Sarah and Joe are students from Luther Seminary who are working this year with the campus ministry department at Augsburg. As interns, Sarah and Joe have been planning and presiding over chapel services, preaching, and teaching.
Written by Joe Lueben and Jesse Russell, “Bits” is an independent film about an awkward inventor who spends his days and nights obsessing over a mysterious project. Augsburg theatre and film alumni Ben Katz ’08, Linnea Mohn ’04, Philip Mershon ’06 (pictured), and Nancy Waldoch ’06 star in the film. The “Bits” screening is Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in Sateren Auditorium.
Found, a theatrical piece exploring what we can find out about ourselves through the things found in our environment, opens Oct. 21 at Augsburg College. The piece was created and guest directed by Randy Reyes, artistic producing associate with Mu Performing Arts in Minneapolis. Performances are Oct. 21, 22, and 23 at 7 p.m. in Foss Center.