A scene from Augsburg’s Commencement Day…30 years ago.

Have a great weekend and congrats on your achievements, Auggies.

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Learn About Your Local History
- Stef McDonald wrote in Building Blocks Of Citizenship and Neighboring

How much do you know about your neighborhood’s history? This week, take time to uncover the secrets of the town or city you call home. Find out who that park is named after and who else roamed the halls of the high school. Finally stop to read the plaque on the side of that building you walk by every day. Start with your local library, search Google and Wikipedia, check in with your local historical society, or slide up and bend the ear of the bartender serving cocktails at your local dive. You can come away with a more solid sense of place with what you learn about your local history and may just be inspired by those who have come before you.

Illustration by Jessica De Jesus

Auggies are shaped by their urban and global settings. Let us know what you discover if you take this Good challenge.

Good luck with final exams, Auggies.

Dave Wold sings his farewell “thank you” to the Augsburg community following 30 yrs. of service as the College Pastor.

Cabaret
By Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Darcey Engen
Music Direction by Sonja Thompson

Augsburg College Mainstage Production, April 2013

Cedar/Riverside, May 2012

There’s still hope that it could be warm and sunny next week, right?

A view of Augsburg’s Minneapolis campus this morning.

Check out other images from the Twin Cities in the MPR News photo slideshow, “Yet another spring snowstorm wallops Minn.”

Fond memories from a few weeks back…

Mugshot Monday - “Augsburg College” coffee mug with Birchwood Blend by Peace Coffee

This is my second Augsburg College coffee mug.

My first suffered a broken handle during the clean-up from a prank involving a lot of Jell-o here at Ciceron HQ:

I was super bummed.

As fate would have it (and thx to Twitter) a new coffee mug was mailed to me — and with a few extras! An Auggie t-shirt, some can cozies and a bacon tie! So, it looks like I’m still an honorary Auggie even though my mug broke. This is a good thing.

Now I need a fried egg sport jacket to go with my tie.

“The aim of any school publication is to give as full an account of student life as possible.”

Portraits of Augsburg Echo staff from the College’s 1941 yearbook.

It’s quite a lot (to say the very least)…