{"id":3,"date":"2017-09-19T14:35:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/?p=3"},"modified":"2018-07-24T19:34:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T19:34:14","slug":"letter-september-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/2017\/09\/19\/letter-september-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Ambitious Fundraising Campaign in Augsburg\u2019s History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At the beginning of June, I had the pleasure of participating in the final meeting of Augsburg\u2019s Campaign Calibration Task Force, which, as you know, was created by the Board of Regents to explore the potential for a new fundraising campaign. As we approach our sesquicentennial, our goal is to strengthen Augsburg\u2019s ability to educate students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Calibration Task Force has worked this year to determine carefully the scope and possible priorities for a new fundraising campaign. I\u2019m inspired by all who participated in this work including the Advancement staff, our outside counsel Jim Daniel from Bentz Whaley Flessner, Wayne Jorgenson \u201971 and Dennis Meyer \u201978 who lead a separate task force on scholarships, and to all members of the Calibration Task Force: Matt and Jeannie Entenza, Mike \u201971 and Ann Good, Mark Johnson \u201975, Dean \u201975 and Terry Kennedy, Karolynn Lestrud \u201968, Dennis \u201978 and Bev Meyer \u201978, my college sweetheart &amp; wife Nancy Mueller \u201985, Jeff \u201977 and Becky \u201979 Nodland, Paul and Abigail Pribbenow, Mike Sime, Dean \u201981 and Amy Sundquist, David and Muffy Tiede, and Bob and Jill Thomas. I\u2019m also grateful to the more than 50 individuals from across the nation who were interviewed as part of our work. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>We are happy to share that Augsburg\u2019s Campaign Calibration Task Force is optimistic about our future. We believe we have a strong case for support, terrific leadership at the College and on the Board, an outstanding pool of potential donors, an Advancement team ready to initiate a campaign, and a healthy economy in which to work. This coming October we will be presenting to the Board of Regents our recommendations for moving into the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Augsburg\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>As we move forward, we need your counsel, generosity, prayers, and all other forms of support. I will communicate regularly with you, the people who hold Augsburg most dear and who support it most generously.<\/p>\n<p>Warmly,<\/p>\n<p>Paul S. Mueller, M.D. \u201984<br \/>\nChair of\u00a0<em>Great Returns: Augsburg\u2019s Sesquicentennial Campaign<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of June, I had the pleasure of participating in the final meeting of Augsburg\u2019s Campaign Calibration Task Force, which, as you know, was created by the Board of Regents to explore the potential for a new fundraising campaign. As we approach our sesquicentennial, our goal is to strengthen Augsburg\u2019s ability to educate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":722,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/greatreturns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}