Featured Stories
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 >
How a Minnesota greenhouse acquired a diverse plant collection from around the globe—and how it all thrives under one roof
On the Spot Q&A with Assistant Professor Leon Van Eck
Can a smartphone app de-escalate traffic stop encounters between drivers and police?
Auggie-created TurnSignl app provides an attorney on demand so everyone gets home safelyChildhood friends and Augsburg University Master of Business Administration alumni Andre Creighton ’19 MBA and Mychal Frelix ’19 MBA understand the fear of driving while Black and being stopped by… more >
Augsburg then and now
A photo essay
The Scandinavian work ethic that inspired the Augsburg Associates’ decades of service
Though the Augsburg Associates group has ended, the impact of volunteer work over 37 years resonates
The Auggies who refuse to ‘keep politics off the field’
How Augsburg’s student-athletes use their platform to advocate for causes beyond the sports arenaIn 2016, first-year student Olivia House ’20 kneeled during the national anthem before one of her first Auggie soccer matches. She was alone—the only Black person on the… more >
What it takes to fight a pandemic: Community collaboration and mutual aid (Part 1)
From parking lots and phone calls to hospitals and research labs, Auggies use a multifaceted approach to confront the global crisis of a lifetimeOne November afternoon, Natalie Jacobson, coordinator of Augsburg’s Campus Kitchen, opened an email from someone she didn’t recognize. It was short and to the point: First-year Auggie… more >