{"id":9613,"date":"2019-11-21T21:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T21:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=9613"},"modified":"2024-09-17T18:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T18:48:52","slug":"notes-from-president-pribbenow-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2019\/11\/21\/notes-from-president-pribbenow-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from President Pribbenow: On seeing and being seen"},"content":{"rendered":"

We see you!<\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>
Paul C. Pribbenow, President<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This summer, Assistant Professor Joaquin Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong> from our education department greeted our incoming students with a powerful message. He said that every one of them deserved an adult who loved them unconditionally. He then looked out at our remarkable students and told them that he loved them. He said, \u201cI see you,\u201d and \u201cI will do all I can to ensure that you are successful at Augsburg and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joaquin was speaking to students of color and indigenous students in particular, but this is our promise to all our students: \u201cWe see you\u201d is at the center of Augsburg\u2019s commitment to meet students where they are and walk alongside them as they pursue their educational goals. What does it mean to say that \u201cwe see you\u201d? It means that your life experience, your vocational journey, your path to Augsburg is important to us and will be taken seriously as we work together to ensure your success.<\/p>\n

It seems especially fitting as we launch our 150th anniversary\u2014our sesquicentennial\u2014that we renew our promise to meet our students where they are, to see them in all of their astonishing and diverse life experiences, and to accompany them as they pursue an Augsburg education.<\/p>\n

Our promise to see our students is evident in all of our celebrations of our 150th anniversary. For example, the remarkable \u201cEach, Together\u201d art project\u2014part of an international initiative known as \u201cInside Out\u201d\u2014is featured in this issue of Augsburg Now (see “Face value”<\/a>). More than 1,200 photographs are displayed on buildings across campus: images of current students, faculty, staff, and alumni alongside those of historic figures like Bernhard Christensen \u201922<\/strong>, Augsburg\u2019s fifth president, who looks at me each day as I pull into my campus parking spot! Every time I look at those photographs, I think about how they reflect our commitment to seeing each other, to recognizing that our various journeys to Augsburg and beyond are part of a remarkable narrative that has unfolded over the past 150 years.<\/p>\n

Since our founding in 1869 and through the decades that followed, our institution has grown and changed, yet our commitment to our foundational promise has remained the same. We see you, we love you, and together we will fulfill our abiding promise that Augsburg is \u201csmall to our students and big for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faithfully yours,<\/p>\n

Paul C. Pribbenow, President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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