In the media: Sahan Journal highlights Augsburg’s resilience during Operation Metro Surge

This week, Sahan Journal published an in-depth look at Augsburg’s experience during and after Operation Metro Surge. Drawing on the voices of students, staff, faculty, and administrators, the article traces the community’s response to a challenging year. 

Reporter Becky Dernbach wrote that President Paul Pribbenow has spent the last few months sharing the story of Augsburg’s response to Operation Metro Surge—supporting both students and the larger community—with university presidents throughout the country.

“I’ve been very careful to say, we’re hoping you don’t have to face this,” Pribbenow said. “But there still are important lessons here about how a community can come together no matter what the challenge is.”

He noted that students came back at a time when it would have been easy to stay away, and the school was able to continue its mission of education.

“It’s not just what we did on campus, but it’s also how we embraced our neighbors,” he said. “It could have gone in very different directions if people had not been supported, or they were too frightened to be here.”

Read the article via Sahan Journal: Caught in the crosshairs: How Augsburg University mobilized to protect students during the ICE surge