Around the Quad
Welcome home to Augsburg!
By Paul C. Pribbenow We celebrated Homecoming this year in grand fashion, welcoming more than 1,000 alumni, families, and friends at events during the week. I am mindful of… more >
A new mission statement and Commission Augsburg
By Paul C. Pribbenow Over the past two years, the Augsburg community has been engaged in a lively and rich conversation about our character and identity. Augsburg last modified its… more >
Multiply your mind by giving it away
As this issue of Augsburg Now illustrates, the Augsburg community is engaged in many efforts and initiatives that are best characterized as innovative—or “out-of-the-box,” as they… more >
Advent Vespers keeps growing at 30 years
By Betsey Norgard In 1980, Augsburg Choir director Larry Fleming’s vision for the first Advent Vespers was unlike any other. Among many holiday performances, Augsburg’s program would offer… more >
Augsburg’s first travel to Egypt
By Mohamed Sallam, Director of the Pan-Afrikan Center and instructor in the Departments of Sociology and History As a child, I spent most of my summers in Egypt. When… more >
Two new regents elected to board
The Augsburg Corporation, at its annual meeting in September, elected two new members to the Board of Regents and re-elected six others. Elected to a four-year term on… more >
Ever Cat Fuels opens in Isanti
What began as a student research project in a Science Hall laboratory made another step toward changing how fuel will be produced in the future when Ever Cat Fuels held… more >
Mayor meets with students
After returning from New Zealand last summer, Richmond Appleton ’09 was so enthusiastic that he wrote a letter to Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak. Appleton was in New Zealand for… more >
Augsburg keeps going green
Sustainability Awareness Month September on campus not only included the beginning of fall classes, but a month-long series of events and activities designed to raise awareness and change habits… more >
Joyce Pfaff ’65
Retiring after 43 years—and still in love with teaching by Wendi Wheeler ’06 It could be said that Joyce Pfaff ’65 loves many things, like biking and running… more >