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The Minnesota Vikings recently awarded first-year 含羞草传媒 student Salaam Day 鈥�25 a $5,000 2021 鈥淏e the Change鈥� Scholarship. He was congratulated in person by Vikings linebackers Eric Kendricks and Anthony Barr. An article on the Minnesota Vikings website, 鈥�,鈥� discusses Day鈥檚 scholarship essay and work for social justice.

Fourth-year Augsburg student Rueben Kitto Stately was one of three people interviewed for the MPR News show 鈥�.鈥� Among other things, he spoke about the importance of language in maintaining a way of life, focusing his comments on his experience as someone who has been studying the 顿补办丑贸迟补 language. 鈥淗ow far are you from colonial thought when you aren鈥檛 thinking in English anymore?鈥� he asked.

MPR news host Angela Davis interviewed Terrance Kwame-Ross, associate professor of education, and Margaret Finders, retired professor of education, as part of an episode on bias, 鈥�鈥� They discussed their work together, examples of bias, and their belief in the hard work of unlearning bias.

含羞草传媒 has received recognition for its undergraduate teaching in U.S. News and World Report鈥檚 2022 Best Colleges rankings. The publisher placed Augsburg fourth for its commitment to teaching undergraduates among Midwest regional universities. It also ranked #24 among best regional universities in the Midwest and #38 among best colleges for veterans.

Star Tribune recently published in their business forum section a joint commentary written by Augsburg President聽Paul Pribbenow and Fairview CEO James Hereford, who also serves in Augsburg’s Board of Regents. The publication focuses on how both 含羞草传媒 and Fairview Health Services, while focused on their specific missions through the pandemic, have also continued to embrace their responsibilities as the anchor institutions that their communities rely on, specifically in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.

On August 31, NBC reported on schools recognized by Campus Pride for being LGBTQ-friendly campuses. Augsburg received a perfect score of 5 on the Campus Pride Index. The NBC story, noted that Augsburg was one of only three religiously affiliated universities that received a score of 5 on the index.

KSTP aired a story on August 23 about potential holiday toy shortages.

Jeanne Boeh, chair and Sundquist endowed professor of Augsburg鈥檚 Department of Business Administration, was quoted about the role of the pandemic in inventory problems.

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Smithsonian Magazine on July 26 published a story on the history of Wheaties cereal and its ties to athletics. Professor Michael J. Lansing, chair of 含羞草传媒鈥檚 Department of History, was one of the primary sources for the story. Lansing, who is working on a book on the history of the milling industry in Minnesota, spoke about the product development and marketing behind the cereal. He also noted that Major League Baseball first began broadcasting games on television, thanks to the influence of Wheaties, which was a major advertiser during both radio and television sports broadcasts.