  {"id":3859,"date":"2013-11-25T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T18:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=3859"},"modified":"2023-01-24T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T18:56:13","slug":"takes-auggie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2013\/11\/25\/takes-auggie\/","title":{"rendered":"It takes an Auggie"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Alumni from throughout the decades have responded to a\u00a0charge presented by Âé¶¹Çø College Regent Wayne\u00a0Jorgenson \u201971 and former Alumni Board President Christopher\u00a0Ascher \u201981. The two men established alumni Class Challenges\u00a0to create a friendly philanthropic-giving competition between\u00a0their respective classes, and to invite all alumni to give back to\u00a0the College to help build the Center for Science, Business, and\u00a0Religion (CSBR).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly gifts from alumni and friends of the College made\u00a0it possible for each of us to experience a great Âé¶¹Çø\u00a0education,\u201d Ascher said. \u201cWe are convinced. Now is our time to\u00a0make the investment and help open doors for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo other campus we know has created such an exciting\u00a0intersection of disciplines\u2014science, business, and\u00a0religion\u2014to serve students and forge a pathway to a better\u00a0future for all of us,\u201d Jorgenson said.<\/p>\n<p>Many classes already are involved in Class Challenges,\u00a0and some have surpassed their goal of donating $1 million to\u00a0the campaign. As of October 15, 42 classes had contributed\u00a0more than $25,000 (see chart below).<\/p>\n<p>The Class Challenges, combined with a recent gift of $10\u00a0million from a member of the class of 1965, bring the CSBR fund\u00a0to more than $25 million. The overall goal for the campaign is\u00a0$50 million.<\/p>\n<p>To see the status of all Class Challenges\u2014and to learn more\u00a0about the CSBR\u2014<a title=\"CSBR Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.augsburg.edu\/alumni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the blog<\/a>. To join an\u00a0existing Class Challenge or to start a new Class Challenge, contact\u00a0Kim Stone at 612-330-1173 or <a title=\"Kim Stone email address\" href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#108;t&#x6f;&#58;s&#x74;&#111;&#x6e;&#x65;k&#x40;&#97;u&#x67;&#115;&#x62;&#x75;r&#x67;&#46;e&#x64;&#117;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">s&#116;&#111;&#x6e;&#x65;k&#64;&#97;&#x75;&#x67;&#x73;b&#117;&#114;&#x67;&#x2e;ed&#117;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>CLASS CHALLENGE<\/h2>\n<p>As of November 2013<\/p>\n<h3>Surpassed the\u00a0$1 million challenge<\/h3>\n<p>1962<br \/>\n1965<\/p>\n<h3>Contributed between $500,000-$999,999<\/h3>\n<p>1981<br \/>\n1984<br \/>\n1985<\/p>\n<h3>Contributed between\u00a0$250,000-$499,999<\/h3>\n<p>1945<br \/>\n1956<br \/>\n1963<br \/>\n1968<br \/>\n1971<br \/>\n1972<br \/>\n1977<\/p>\n<h3>Contributed between\u00a0$100,000-$249,999<\/h3>\n<p>1957<br \/>\n1967<br \/>\n1975<br \/>\n1979<br \/>\n1980<\/p>\n<h3>Contributed between\u00a0$50,000-$99,999<\/h3>\n<p>1950<br \/>\n1953<br \/>\n1955<br \/>\n1959<br \/>\n1961<br \/>\n1962<br \/>\n1964<br \/>\n1966<br \/>\n1974<br \/>\n1982<br \/>\n1991<br \/>\n1994<\/p>\n<h3>Contributed between\u00a0$25,000-$49,999<\/h3>\n<p>1946<br \/>\n1951<br \/>\n1954<br \/>\n1960<br \/>\n1969<br \/>\n1970<br \/>\n1973<br \/>\n1978<br \/>\n1986<br \/>\n1987<br \/>\n1998<br \/>\n2002<br \/>\n2014[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Alumni from throughout the decades have responded to a\u00a0charge presented by Âé¶¹Çø College Regent Wayne\u00a0Jorgenson \u201971 and former Alumni Board President Christopher\u00a0Ascher \u201981. The two men established alumni Class Challenges\u00a0to create a friendly philanthropic-giving competition between\u00a0their respective classes, and to invite all alumni to give back to\u00a0the College to help build the Center for Science, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[19,64,75],"class_list":["post-3859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","tag-fall-2013","tag-it-takes-an-auggie","tag-norman-and-evangeline-hagfors-center-for-science-business-and-religion"],"wps_subtitle":"Class Challenge spurs friendly competition among Auggies to build new academic building","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3859"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12340,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3859\/revisions\/12340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}