Professor of Economics Jeanne Boeh recently appeared in a WCCO television story about the holiday shopping season, which is shortened this year due to Thanksgiving’s late date. Visit the WCCO website to watch Boeh’s contribution to the story, “Holiday shopping advice: Don’t shop on weekends.”
Heather Riddle discusses Give to the Max Day in Star Tribune article
Heather Riddle, Augsburg’s vice president of Institutional Advancement, was quoted in a recent Star Tribune article on the results of GiveMN’s annual Give the the Max Day. Riddle discussed how Augsburg staff and volunteers responded to technical difficulties with the GiveMN.org website. Visit the Star Tribune website to read, “Minnesotans donated record $17,145,000 on Give to Max Day.”
Augsburg College’s Give to the Max Day campaign also was mentioned in an Associated Press article on GiveMN website difficulties. The story was picked up by media ranging from WRAL radio in North Carolina to KAAL-TV in southern Minnesota and from the San Francisco Chronicle to The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead.
Andy Aoki discusses election in Star Tribune and on MinnPost
Andy Aoki, chair of political science, spoke with Star Tribune columnist Gail Rosenblum last week on why voters do and do not turn out at the polls during elections. Read “Did you vote? Thanks. Here’s why you did it” in the Star Tribune.
Aoki also was interviewed for the article, “Election seems to signal the ascension of a new Minneapolis DFL” on the MinnPost website. In this article, Aoki discussed turnout numbers in varying Minneapolis wards.
Dean Seal featured in Star Tribune
Augsburg theater arts instructor Dean Seal recently was featured in a Star Tribune article on FORGIVENESS 360, a symposium of theater, spoken word and films. Seal is the executive director of Spirit in the House, a nonprofit organization that uses performing arts to explore spiritual issues.Read how Seal is advancing the “forgiveness movement” on the Star Tribune website.