News Archives - 2007

On Tuesday, Sept. 4, 400 plus Augsburg first year students spent their first day as an Auggie volunteering at a number of different sites across the City. After the opening Convocation and a picnic on the Quad, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was on hand to welcome the students to Augsburg and Minneapolis and to send them off to their projects. The class of 2011, along with faculty and staff, contributed more than 1350 hours of community service.

Sites and activities students worked at included: Bethany Lutheran Church, painting and cleaning; Seward Montessori School, assisting teachers; Cedar Cultural Center, cleaning; Confederation of Somali Communities of Minn., painting; Korean Garden, gardening; Northcountry Coop, cleaning and landscaping; Indian Women’s Resource Center, cleaning and sorting donations.

The day of service is coordinate by The Center for Service, Work and Learning.

Photo: Mayor RT Rybak welcomes first year student Jessica Engebretsen to Augsburg and Minneapolis.