05/05/2026
This year was an extraordinary year for our Interfaith Scholars. They were able to learn so much about other traditions, get into to the Cedar Riverside community and meet faith leaders changing the conditions of youth and people facing so many barriers, they learned about how people experience spirituality as a tool to care for the earth, from policy leaders who had experienced homelessness themselves and then go on to work in that area at the national level, they heard from speakers for whom recovery was a path to self healing, just some of the experiences of this year. They etc passionate about housing and food insecurity and held programming addressing those topics, and we will continue their work in peer mentoring
Our alumni who are still students, a few in the picture led campus wide projects to alleviate the issues faced by housing insecurity, another led dialogues on forgiveness, a few spoke at National, local and regional gatherings on care from their traditions, several were on panels talking about their Augsburg interfaith leadership.
We can’t name all their achievements, but we’re so glad to continue to have such caring Scholars who will go on to to change the world, whether it is starting a project on disability awareness or a non profit addressing the needs of community members experiencing self harm (two post grad projects that began in the course as their final projects) we salute them all and will miss them ! See you at Commencement!
Augsburg University
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