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3M Foundation partners with Augsburg in gift and matchinggrant challengeThe 3M Foundation has announced apartnership with Augsburg College to raise$600,000 in support of its new ScienceCenter. For every dollar donated by a 3Memployee or retiree, the 3M Foundationwill contribute three dollars. Under this3:1 challenge, the foundation will matchup to $100,000 in contributions fromemployees or retirees with a $300,000 gift.Additionally, the foundation itself iscontributing $200,000 to the ScienceCenter.The grant challenges the College toraise up to $100,000 in gifts and pledgesfrom 3M employees and retirees betweenOct. 15 and Dec. 10, 2004, according toSCIENCE continued from page 11at 21st-century standards. It will, in part,preserve and grow opportunities toexplore science at Augsburg. Finally, theScience Center will be a major focal pointof the Augsburg campus, where faith andreason are reconciled, where truth is lovedand sought, and God is found.What can you do?• Keep Augsburg leadership, faculty, staffand students in your prayers.• Be an ambassador of Augsburg. Sharewith others, especially family, friends,and potential students, the good thingsthat are happening at Augsburg,especially in the science departments.Encourage them to partake in theAugsburg experience, a place where thesearch for truth is encouraged andAlex Cirillo, Jr., vice president for the 3MFoundation.“This is a tremendous gift thatprovides Augsburg the opportunity to raise$600,000 in new funding for ourcampaign’s top priority—the new ScienceCenter,” noted Sue Klaseus, Augsburg’svice president for institutionaladvancement. “We are excited about the3M Foundation leadership commitment.”Gifts toward the 3M Foundationchallenge grant can come from any of itsemployees or retirees, Klaseus said, but theCollege’s primary effort will be gearedtoward the hundreds of Augsburg alumniand parents who work for the company.nurtured, where science meets andhonors God, and where seeking andfinding the truth makes one free.• Get involved. Visit the campus and seewhat is happening at Augsburg. Attendalumni events.• Give generously to Augsburg. Considerjoining the Maroon & Silver Society.Prayerfully consider committing toAccess to Excellence: The Campaign forAugsburg College. Include Augsburg inyour estate plan (e.g., will, insurancepolicy, annuity). ■Paul S. Mueller ’84, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.,is a consultant at the Mayo ClinicRochester and a member of the ScienceAdvisory Board. He is a former president ofthe Augsburg College Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors.3M hosted a campaign “event” at itsheadquarters in November to help raiseawareness for both the campaign and thisspecial matching gift opportunity. JoiningKlaseus at the event was AugsburgPresident William V. Frame, ProvostChristopher Kimball, Professor NancySteblay, science faculty, students, andalumni.For additional details on thischallenge, contact Sherry Jennings-King at612-338-4823 or . ■SAVE THE DATEJANUARY 7, 2005Friday Forum—noon-1 p.m.Featured speaker Senator Dave DurenbergerBrown bag luncheon, Christensen CenterCall 612-338-4821 for detailsJANUARY 29, 2005Women’s Connections,Thrivent Financial625 4th Ave., MinneapolisFEBRUARY 4, 2005Friday Forum—noon-1 p.m.Brown bag luncheon, Christensen CenterCall 612-338-4821 for detailsFEBRUARY 10, 11, and 12, 200517th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Festivaland Forum,Augsburg College campusMARCH 4, 2005Friday Forum—noon-1 p.m.Featured speaker Senator Mark DaytonBrown bag luncheon, Christensen CenterCall 612-338-4821 for detailsMAY 16, 2005Second Annual Healthcare ConferenceDetails to followwww.augsburg.edu/healthcare12 Fall 2004
Director of development namedAfter a national search, Stephen Preus assumedhis role as director of development in October.“Preus brings a strong background of corporateand community experiences to the role,” said SueKlaseus, vice president for institutionaladvancement.“Stephen articulated well his passion aboutAugsburg’s mission and vision. We feel confidentthat his expertise and external perspective willcontinue to enhance the success of Augsburg’scurrent capital campaign and our long-term advancement program,”she continued.Preus succeeds John Knight, who left Augsburg in May to pursueopportunities with his church, and interim director Richard J.Weiland,of Northfield.Prior to joining Augsburg, Preus owned CM IT Solutions in Edina,Minn., and was a longtime employee and officer of Thrivent Financialfor Lutherans and its predecessor company Lutheran Brotherhood.Preus is active in numerous community organizations and lives inBurnsville with wife, Martha, and their two children. ■CAMPAIGN CORNER• An anonymous endowment gift of $2 million was giventhis fall.• Thrivent Financial Services is offering alumni, friends ofthe College, faculty, and staff the opportunity to joinThrivent’s GivingPlus charitable/matching gift program.For details, contact Stephanie Malone, director of TheAnnual Fund, at 612-338-4825.• Broadcasting of Advent Vespers nationwide this year wasmade possible by generous lead gifts from the extendedHoversten family,Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and anumber of other friends and alumni of Augsburg College.(Read about the broadcast on p. 5.)If you’d like to consider a gift to the Advent Vespersbroadcast, funding is still needed. Contact SherryJennings King at 612-338-4823 by December 31 for thisyear’s pledge form.WE’VE MOVEDInstitutional Advancement moved from Smiley’sPoint recently when Fairview Health Servicesexercised its option on Augsburg’s lease tohouse the Fairview Foundation.Vice President Sue Klaseus, administrativeassistant Kathryn Croyle, and the InstitutionalAdvancement and Alumni and Parent Relationsdepartments are located in Science Hall 152.Development, Government and CommunityRelations, and Advancement Services are indowntown Minneapolis in the Crown Roller MillBuilding next to the former Whitney Hotel, justoff Washington Avenue near the new GuthrieTheater site.All email addresses are the same, but to contactindividuals in the Crown Roller Mill building,please call the phone numbers listed.KAY AHLSTROM 612-338-4818MELISSA BAWEK 612-338-4819TRACY BECKMAN 612-338-6536DAVE BENSON 612-338-6539JEROY CARLSON 612-338-4820CHRISTIN CRABTREE-MCWETHY612-338-4821KEVIN HEALY 612-338-6537BARBARA HUTSON 612-338-4822SHERRY JENNINGS-KING 612-338-4823JENNIFER KAHLOW 612-338-6540SUE KLASEUS 612-338-6538RON MAIN 612-338-4824STEPHANIE MALONE 612-338-4825DONNA MCLEAN 612-338-4826KIM OLMSTED 612-338-4827STEPHEN PREUS 612-338-4828PHIL QUANBECK, SR. 612-338-6539PATRICK SHEEHY 612-338-6533STEPHANIE STUART 612-338-6534GEORGE SVERDRUP 612-338-6539SHERILYN YOUNG 612-338-6535FAX 612-338-6542MAIN OFFICE NUMBER 612-338-0002Fall 200413
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