Talk:Augsburg College

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With the exception of the original stub, this page was created by a current staff member of Augsburg College. Please send an e-mail to this user and that staff member will send an e-mail from an Augsburg College e-mail account stating this. The photographs were supplied by the external relations office of Augsburg College. --MacSigh 06:51, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

They really, really should've included that information in their edit. The only problem with them being an employee and submitting the information is that the information still isn't in the public domain, and they may have not received official permission from the college to post that information elsewhere on-line. Rather than contacting that specific user, the college itself should be contacted about this. Beginning 15:32, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

OK ... and what does "the College" need to do? How does the College represent itself to Wikipedia? One needs to know that in order to engage the correct person within the institution. Does the chief public relations officer fit the bill? --MacSigh 04:36, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

They have to put the picture in the public domain or make it subject to the GNU General Public License. Michael Hardy 01:37, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This article reads a little too much like a brochure

The beginning is great, but the section "A college in the city" needs to be revised, "Serving diverse needs" could use a rework and retitle, and "Opportunities on campus" and "Mission" just sound too much like an advertisement. The fact that some of these edits, as evidenced above, are by a staff member only make it more alarming and non-NPOV. My first thought is to erase the offending sections, but I want to see if there's anyone who would be willing to take the initiative to do "repair" work and separate the wheat from the chaff (or puffery). --Bobak 15:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing your comments. WRT NPOV and Mission -- the mission statement of the college is listed accurately word for word. In skimming other pages about organizations it seems that their mission statement is also listed in a similar way so clarification of your concerns would help. Specifically, why is listing the Mission statement word for word not acceptable?

Your point about NPOV in other sections seems to be a suggestion to take a more factual or perhaps a more journalistic approach. Do I understand you correctly? Again, thanks for your comments and I look forward to your responses.

P.S. Full disclosure: I am the President of the Augsburg Alumni Association. I am not the writer of any of the articles in Wikipedia on Augsburg. I do want to see an accurate and useful discussion of Augsburg included in Wikipedia. Barry 19:22, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• I deleted or re-wrote most of the advertising in the 2nd section. If it is not acceptable, please leave me a message--Thomas.macmillan 00:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History

Does anyone know the various names of the school in it history. I mean did it start out as Augsburg Seminary ? when did they change it to Augsburg College and anything between the twoSmith03 20:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I think this is the correct listing of church affiliation for the school but am not sure so I have not added to the page

• 1988-now ELCA
• 1963-1987 ALC
• 1897-1963 LFC
• 1890-1897 United Norweign Lutheran Church
• 1870-1890 Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America
• 1869-1870 Scandinavian Augustana Synod

Smith03 20:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I found a book in the library called "From Fjord to Freeway" 100 years Augsburg College by Carl H.Chrislock 1969 published by Augsburg College Smith03 20:34, 18 July 2006 (UTC)