Featured Stories
An educator and catalyst for change
Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz focuses on equity and civic engagement in her partnership with Augsburg.In 2019, Minnesota First Lady Gwen Walz joined Augsburg University as special assistant to the president for strategic partnerships and as a fellow in the Sabo Center for Democracy and… more >
Creating connections
New data science major gives students an opportunity to make sense out of copious amounts of complicated information.Driving directions on a cell phone, coupons for 25 cents off pretzels at the grocery store, and weather alerts warning of potentially serious storms share one common thread: data. From… more >
Meeting the needs
Auggies work to serve Twin Cities residents without homesIn separate efforts to help unhoused people in Minneapolis, two members of the Augsburg community take a similar approach. They ask a simple question: “What do you need?” Then, they… more >
Be the change
Environmental activism takes many forms for Auggie advocatesWildfires raging across hundreds of thousands of acres cause devastating environmental and property damage. No matter if someone is watching from the next town or from thousands of miles away… more >
Sowing seeds for tomorrow
Many alumni focused on environmental justice credit their depth of understanding to opportunities they received at Augsburg. Monica McDaniel, Augsburg’s sustainability officer, said the university community uses a… more >
All-female Hall of Fame class marks 50 years since passage of Title IX
Three Augsburg students walked into the office of Joyce Anderson Pfaff ’65 in the fall of 1972. “When are volleyball tryouts?” they asked the health and physical education instructor. Pfaff… more >
Literacy is freedom: How one Augsburg alumnus is working to empower and educate Black boys
Top image: Keenan Jones ’13, founder and executive director of Literacy for Freedom. (Photo by Rebecca Slater… more >
From a small-town book club to paddling the Mississippi River, learning gets bigger outside the classroom
Experiential education immerses students in a nuanced worldJust outside Hallock, Minnesota, in the skies that stretch above dormant sugar beet fields, charged solar particles meet the earth’s magnetic shield, exciting those atoms into the awe that… more >
The hustle and heart of Augsburg football coach Jack Osberg ’62
At 81, he still goes the extra mile for student-athletes—and now they’re backing him through the toughest contest of his lifeMinneapolis native Jack Osberg ’62 played football from the time he was a kid in the alleys and parks of Minneapolis until his college years, and he entered Augsburg’s… more >
