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History[edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

List of university presidents[edit]

What do readers gain from reading a list of university presidents with no context or explanation? "University has had presidents" is not helpful or interesting information. ElKevbo (talk) 03:10, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with your point that, what do we intend? To remove all such lists from all the bloated University pages? However, I'd suggest that this section be demoted toward the bottom of the article. Like others place it. Jax MN (talk) 04:08, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think It would also help to convert the table to a bullet list. Tables are more intrusive and draw more attention to themselves. Indyguy (talk) 14:05, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it would be good to remove similar lists of names that have no context or explanatory power from other articles. No, if there is a consensus to keep this information in the article then it should not be relegated to a disparate section at the end of the article; this (disconnected and unexplained) is clearly part of the institution of the history so it belongs in that section. ElKevbo (talk) 03:52, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]