‘Defense Against the Dark Arts’ class highlighted in Star Tribune
Professor Bob Groven’s “Defense Against the Dark Arts” class was featured in The Minnesota Star Tribune’s December 7 roundup college classes that aim to… more >
Alumni Class Notes, Winter 2025
1980s 1984 Anne-Marie Erickson ’84 is the author of a book of essays, “In the Evening, We’ll Dance,” published by Holy Cow! Press in August. Minnesota author Will… more >
University statement on December 6 law enforcement action on campus
The Augsburg University community was deeply shaken by an incident that took place on campus on December 6. Without producing a warrant, an armed, masked group of ICE agents targeted… more >
Standing in solidarity with Minnesota’s Somali community
Jesus said, “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger, and you welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35… more >
Living Lutheran: Augsburg students ‘serving together as the beloved community’
Editor’s note: This reflection by Campus Pastor John Rohde Schwehn was originally published by Living Lutheran as part of a series by chaplains in the Network of ELCA Colleges… more >
Assistant Professor Anna Pirsch receives emerging researcher award
On November 4, Assistant Professor of Nursing Anna Pirsch received the 2025 Emerging Investigator Award from the Public Health Nursing Section of the American Public Health Association at their annual… more >
Fall concerts offer ‘heroic harmonies,’ ‘diversions,’ and more
Augsburg University’s music programs support a broad approach to musical knowledge as a universally-shared human endeavor, one that connects us in community across time, space, and sound. Augsburg… more >
Interfaith America Magazine: ’20 Augsburg students care for their Minneapolis community’
Interfaith America Magazine recently published an essay about the ways Augsburg’s Interfaith Scholars have connected with the needs of local communities. 20 Augsburg Students Care for Their Minneapolis… more >
Augsburg’s support for foster students serves as a model
The Imprint recently published an in-depth look at Augsburg Family Scholars, the program for former foster students that has grown from nine students in 2022 to 38 today. The… more >
‘I love that about our library’: Lindell Library changes get noticed
As the first academic library in Minnesota to move to a “self-serve first” model, Augsburg’s Lindell Library is using technology to advance a people-centered goal… more >