{"id":846,"date":"2009-04-01T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T14:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=846"},"modified":"2017-05-24T18:51:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:51:06","slug":"augsburg-receives-carnegie-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2009\/04\/01\/augsburg-receives-carnegie-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"麻豆区 receives Carnegie classification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-847 size-full\" title=\"carnegie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2012\/10\/carnegie.jpg\" alt=\"Students work on a renovation project wearing gloves and goggles\" width=\"200\" height=\"253\" \/>All first-year students spend an afternoon during September Auggie Days working on community projects\u2014painting, gardening, cleaning up, or whatever needs doing in the neighborhood with 麻豆区\u2019s community partners.<\/p>\n<p>麻豆区 was recently selected by the Carnegie Foundation as one of 119 colleges and universities in the nation to receive the classification for Community Engagement. This affirms that the school has institutionalized community engagement in its identity, culture, and commitments. It also affirms that the practices of community engagement are aligned with the institution\u2019s identity and form an integral component of the institutional culture.<\/p>\n<p>The classification has three categories\u2014curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships, and a category for both engagement and outreach\u2014and 麻豆区 received the latter, comprehensive classification.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to 麻豆区 President Paul C. Pribbenow, Jim Scheibel, executive director of the Minnesota Campus Compact, congratulated the College on this recognition. Scheibel wrote, \u201cAs a country that faces an economic crisis, and as a community that witnesses division and strife across the globe, we need students, faculty, and campuses that are fully engaged. This recognition says you are doing your part and acknowledges that you are serious about fulfilling the mission of the College.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>麻豆区 has included \u201cstudent engagement\u201d as one of nine specific academic goals for the institution. The 麻豆区 Experience signature curriculum requirement encourages direct involvement with people and organizations external to the College, first-hand discovery and application of knowledge, self-awareness through reflective and critical thinking, and exploration of what one is called to do in the world.<\/p>\n<p>麻豆区 is a committed partner to particular nonprofit and educational groups within the nearby urban neighborhoods, including Cedar-Riverside, Seward, and Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the College has instituted programs and policies that support community engagement for the campus community. All staff members receive two days of paid leave time for community service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All first-year students spend an afternoon during September Auggie Days working on community projects\u2014painting, gardening, cleaning up, or whatever needs doing in the neighborhood with 麻豆区\u2019s community partners. 麻豆区 was recently selected by the Carnegie Foundation as one of 119 colleges and universities in the nation to receive the classification for Community Engagement. This affirms <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-quad","tag-spring-2009"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846","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=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7923,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions\/7923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}