{"id":5292,"date":"2015-12-03T17:16:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T17:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/?p=5292"},"modified":"2016-02-05T16:22:52","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T16:22:52","slug":"college-awards-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/2015\/12\/03\/college-awards-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"College awards 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg College is nationally recognized for its commitment to intentional diversity in its life and work. This year\u2019s accolades include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award <\/strong>from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine for the College\u2019s commitment to intentional diversity and student engagement and activism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Placing No. 6 on the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute\u2019s <strong>2015 Rankings of the Best Christian Colleges and Universities<\/strong> published based on academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the job market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The American Indian Science and Engineering Society\u2019s Winds of Change magazine\u2019s <strong>Top 200 Schools for Native Americans<\/strong>\u2014the second time since 2013 Augsburg earned this recognition for its American Indian support community and graduation rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Ranking No. 5 on College Magazine\u2019s <strong>Most Transgender-Friendly College<\/strong> list for working to make campus welcoming for transgender students and offering comfort, safety, and freedom to all students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognition as one of five U.S. finalists for the <strong>2015 President\u2019s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction in interfaith and community service<\/strong>\u2014the only institution named a finalist in both 2014 and 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Being named a <strong>2016 Military Friendly<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> School for extraordinary<\/strong> work in providing transitioning veterans the best possible experience in higher education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augsburg College is nationally recognized for its commitment to intentional diversity in its life and work. This year\u2019s accolades include: The 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine for the College\u2019s commitment to intentional diversity and student engagement and activism. Placing No. 6 on the UCLA Higher Education Research Institute\u2019s <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":5481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31,74],"class_list":["post-5292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-the-quad","tag-fall-2015","tag-veterans"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5292"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5926,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5292\/revisions\/5926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}