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auggiealumni newsAuggies Give Back: Studentphilanthropy at AugsburgA popular trend in colleges across the nationis also taking Augsburg by storm—current students are giving back toAugsburg while they are still students.The Alumni and Constituent Relationsstudent group, the Augsburg Stewards,are at the forefront of Augsburg’s wave.Under the direction of Amanda Storm, associate alumni director,the Stewards host a variety of events and activities to engage andeducate students on how their experience at Augsburg is funded.Philanthropy Week, the first week in March, is a week-longawareness event that gives the student body an opportunity to participatein a variety of philanthropic activities that include votingwhere their donations go and posting how they give back to theircommunity. There is a scavenger hunt on campus for a particulardonor, with clues given about that donor and why they give back.These activities help students understand that while their tuitionfunds a major part of their education, the generosity ofAugsburg alumni and friends also plays a significant role in theirexperience.New this year, students will have an opportunity to directly giveback to fellow students through the “Feed the Pig” class gift challenge.All students receive a piggy bank and are encouraged to“feed the pig” their loose change throughout the semester. Themoney raised will benefit current Augsburg students through ascholarship awarded at the Scholarship Brunch in April. Think itcan’t get any better? The class with the highest rate of participationwill win a class party at the President Pribbenow’s home.Alumni artists—call for submissionsauggiesGIVE BACKAugsburg Alumni Juried Show 2011The Augsburg art galleries are pleased to announce an excitingopportunity for alumni to show their artwork in a juried exhibitionfeatured in both the Gage Family Art Gallery and ChristensenCenter Art Gallery opening in early August 2011.Each artist may submit up to three images. The submissiondeadline is June 24, 2011; notifications of acceptance will besent out July 12. For more information about the AugsburgAlumni Juried Show, go to www.augsburg.edu/galleries or e-mailgallery@augsburg.edu.Executives share expertise in speaker seriesThe Clair and Gladys Strommen Executive Leader Speaker Series,launched in December 2009, brings major business leaders to theAugsburg campus to share their insights and expertise. Speakersduring the past year include Alex Cirillo, vice president of 3MFoundation (now retired) and past president of 3M Canada; ChrisPolicinski, president and CEO of Land O’Lakes; and RichardDavis, chairman, president, and CEO of U.S. Bancorp.The next speaker in the series will be Michele Volpi, presidentand chief executive officer of H.B. Fuller. He will speak on Thursday,April 7, at 5 p.m., in Sateren Auditorium, Music Hall.The series is co-sponsored by Augsburg’s Corporate RelationsOffice and the Clair and Gladys Strommen Center for MeaningfulWork. Each presentation provides opportunities for alumni as wellas students, faculty, and staff to hear unique insights into the currentbusiness climate and trends from a national or global corporateleader.Augsburg ChoirLegacy Recordings,1949-1979As part of the Augsburg Choir’s75th-anniversary celebration, CDversions of remastered historicalrecordings of the Augsburg Choir from1949–79 are available as the Augsburg Choir Legacy Recordings.A monograph about Leland B. Sateren’s life and career written byWilliam Halverson ’51 will be included with each order.The three boxed sets, each containing five CDs are:• From Opseth to Sateren (1949–1962)• Sateren Intermezzo (1964–1972)• Sateren Finale (1972–1979)Cost: $49 per box (five CDs); $135 for all three sets (15 CDs), plusshipping and handling.To place an order, go to www.augsburg.edu/music/saterenCD.htmlor call the Augsburg College Bookstore at 612-359-6491. For moreinformation, call 612-330-1265.44Augsburg Now