{"id":11535,"date":"2024-08-14T17:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11535"},"modified":"2024-08-14T17:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:43:06","slug":"augsburg-university-announces-2024-alumni-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/14\/augsburg-university-announces-2024-alumni-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Augsburg University Announces 2024 Alumni Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/08\/Auggie-27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11536 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/08\/Auggie-27.jpg\" alt=\"A vase of white flowers and greenery spotlit against a black background, with two votive candles nearby.\" width=\"236\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a>Augsburg University is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award, First Decade Award, and Spirit of Augsburg Award. These outstanding alumni will be recognized at a public ceremony and reception on October 11 as part of Augsburg\u2019s 2024 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engagement.augsburg.edu\/e\/homecoming-2024\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">homecoming and reunion weekend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distinguished Alumni Award<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/homecoming\/alumni-award-recipients\/recipients-of-the-distinguished-alumni-award-1958-2014\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distinguished Alumni Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recognizes significant achievement in vocation, for outstanding contribution to church and community, and for a life that exemplifies the ideals and mission of Augsburg University. The 2024 honorees are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brian Greseth \u201983, educator and superintendent, Glades County School District (Okeechobee, FL) <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vicki Ellingrod \u201989, dean of the College of Pharmacy and John Gideon Searle Professor of Translational Pharmacy, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judge Pamela Alexander \u201974, retired Fourth Judicial District judge for Hennepin County (Charlotte, NC)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Decade Award<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/homecoming\/alumni-award-recipients\/the-first-decade-award\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Decade Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is presented to Augsburg graduates of the past 10 years who have made significant progress in their professional achievements and contributions to the community, and in so doing exemplify the mission of the university. The 2024 honorees are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promise Okeke \u201915, CEO, NovoPath (New York, NY)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kirubel Frew \u201914, vice president of business development, Viz.ai (Boston, MA)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spirit of Augsburg Award<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/homecoming\/alumni-award-recipients\/the-spirit-of-augsburg-award\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spirit of Augsburg Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> honors alumni and friends of the university who have given exceptional service that contributes substantially to the well-being of Augsburg by furthering its purposes and programs. The 2024 honorees are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boyd Koehler, associate professor and librarian emeritus (Minneapolis, MN)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martha Gisselquist \u201986, Augsburg Health Commons volunteer and supporter (Bloomington, MN)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/homecoming\/alumni-award-recipients\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about the 2024 alumni award winners.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg University is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award, First Decade Award, and Spirit of Augsburg Award. These outstanding alumni will be recognized at a public ceremony and reception on October 11 as part of Augsburg\u2019s 2024 homecoming and reunion weekend.\u00a0 Distinguished Alumni Award The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes significant &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3228],"tags":[128,4023,843],"class_list":["post-11535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-kudos","tag-alumni-2","tag-alumni-awards","tag-distinguished-alumni-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11537,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535\/revisions\/11537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}