Governor Pawlenty is scheduled to give the commencement address to the 2010 graduating class at Augsburg College in Minneapolis on Saturday. The topic will be civic engagement and the role of graduates in the greater society.
College officials say Father Fernando Cardenal of Nicaragua, who has long worked to improve the literacy of the poor in his country, will receive an honorary degree.
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