Hey everyone! My name is Justin Mootz and I'm an admission counselor here at Augustana. I'm going to start blogging about life, admissions, and everything in between. I thought that before I start, I should give you a little background information about myself.
I was more or less a Sioux Falls kid for most of my life (A little bit of Marshall, MN in me as well). I graduated from Roosevelt HS in Sioux Falls and enrolled at Augustana College way back in 1997. I was a pretty average kid in high school, but Augustana really changed me. When I came to college, I met a lot of friends and professors who challenged me. By the time I was done with my four years, I had won a conference championship in tennis, been vice-president of the student senate, spent three months in Spain, become the leader of a student bible study, and earned majors in Government and Spanish.
I graduated from Augie in 2001 (That's four years for those of you who are counting). After that, Donn Grinager, the study abroad coordinator, helped me to get a job teaching English in Japan. I spent two great years living and working two hours northwest of Tokyo. After Japan, I spent about two and a half years working in Nicaragua with the Lutheran Church. Both were amazing experiences that I'm sure I'll refer to in the future.
After returning to the United States at the beginning of 2006, I took a job with the Admission Office here at Augustana. I figured that I spent so much time bragging about Augie that I might as well get paid for it! I work with students from Western South Dakota, Western Nebraska andWyoming (as well as CA, NE, OR, WA, ID, and UT) for the admission office and I am also the women's tennis coach. I'm looking forward to another busy and exciting year of meeting great students and talking about the opportunities for them at Augustana!
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