Founding member: 1971-Present.
Augsburg College has been a crucial member of the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs since the very beginning. Former Augsburg Professor Joel Torstenson shaped the vision for the consortium with the creation of the original Crisis Colony program in the late 1960s, which later evolved into the Metro Urban Studies Term/MUST, and what is now known as Inequality in America. Tortenson was also instrumental in HECUA’s expansion into international partnerships in the early 1970s, with the development of the Scandinavian Urban Studies Term/SUST, now known as The New Norway, in Oslo, Norway. The development of these two programs stemmed from Tortenson’s view of the city and the world as being a “laboratory for learning” long before the term experiential education was formed and before civic engagement or civil society became common and popular practice.
Minneapolis, MN 55454
As a founding member of HECUA, the history and mission of the Consortium and that of Augsburg College are intrinsically linked. Augsburg strives to educate students to be informed citizens of the community so that they may become responsible leaders wherever their lives may take them. The College encourages all students to learn outside the classroom through such avenues as service learning, internships, fieldwork and study abroad. Augsburg works to educate its students to be informed citizens, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.
Special services HECUA provides to the campus:
• Alumni Programs: continued learning and reflection through annual workshops on Working for Change: Careers and Vocations in Nonprofits, service as alumni representatives on their campus, membership on HECUA advisory groups.
• Fellows program: Augsburg faculty and administrators invited to visit HECUA sites (domestic & International) and explore the issues, contexts, and people central to those programs.
Application Process
Augsburg Abroad houses all of HECUA’s programs including international, domestic, semester-long and short-term. Students interested in participating in HECUA’s programs must work with Augsburg Abroad to submit an application.
Augsburg Abroad Office
200 Murphy Place
[email protected]
Term
Fall
January
Spring
Summer
Deadline: International Program
March 1
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October 1
March 1
Deadline: Domestic Program
March 1
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October 1
March 1
Need more assistance?
As you begin the application process and for more information about available programs, requirements, and fees, a HECUA Program Representative is always available:
Kari Pederson Behrends
[email protected]
651-287-3317
Lauren White
[email protected]
651-287-3311
The following students have agreed to respond to questions about their HECUA experience:
- José Antonio Alvillar, participated in Art for Social Change (City Arts) Spring 2013, [email protected]
- Darius Gray, participated in Art for Social Change (City Arts) Spring 2013, [email protected]
- Brianna Olson-Carr, participated in Art for Social Change (City Arts) Spring 2012, [email protected]
- Keith Mensah, participated in Inequality in America (MUST) Fall 2010, [email protected]