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In the media: Paul Pribbenow on returning to classes during ICE operation
With the start of the spring semester, Augsburg President Paul Pribbenow has been quoted and interviewed by local and national media outlets about how the ongoing ICE operation in Minneapolis… more >
National media cover Augsburg’s admissions success coaching
On February 3, The Hechinger Report published an in-depth look at Augsburg’s student success coaching approach, which leverages admissions counselors in a coaching role as part of the… more >
Congratulations to Auggies named to the 2025 fall semester Dean’s List
More than 1,000 Augsburg University undergraduate students were named to the 2025 Fall Semester Dean’s List. The Augsburg University Dean’s List recognizes those full-time students who… more >
Paul Pribbenow: ‘Justice cannot be separated from human dignity’
Paul C. Pribbenow, president of Augsburg University, delivered these remarks at Augsburg’s 39th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation at Hoversten Chapel on January 19, 2026. Good afternoon… more >
Professor Najeeba Syeed: ‘Neighborliness is a lived theology in Minnesota’
In a commentary for Religion News Service, Professor Najeeba Syeed wrote about the “lived theology of neighborliness” in Minnesota following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent… more >
Podcast: Paul Pribbenow on leadership
Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow was the featured guest on a recent episode of the “Leaders on Leadership” podcast from Academic Search and the American Academic Leadership Institute. The podcast… more >
Augsburg nursing department receives prestigious national recognition
Augsburg University’s Department of Nursing has received a distinguished honor from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the national voice for academic nursing. The Innovations in Professional… more >
Ideas take the stage at the Auggie Entrepreneur Cup
Ideas moved fast at Augsburg University’s third annual Auggie Entrepreneur Cup, where student teams presented their ventures earlier in the day and returned that evening to celebrate, connect and… more >
‘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 >
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 >