Subject: Security Alert: Stolen Auto
Submitter: John Pack, Director, Public Safety

Message: A white four-door Toyota Camry was stolen on Sunday, November 27, 2005 between 1:15 am and 8:30 am. The car was parked on 22nd Avenue near Urness Hall.

If you have any information regarding this crime, please contact the Minneapolis Police Department or the Augsburg College Department of Public Safety. You can reach the Department of Public Safety all day, every day by calling x1717 or 612-330-1717 from an off campus phone.

Subject: Sociology Club film: "Being There"
Submitter: Lars Christiansen, Assistant Professor, Sociology

Message: Augsburg Sociology Club presents:
"Being There" film showing.

When: Tuesday, November 29, 8 p.m.
Where: Minneapolis Room

The 1979 film "Being There," is the last film in our "Social Construction of Reality" film series. The story: Chauncey Gardiner is a middle-aged man who has lived his entire life in the same house. He has never left the house, and his only connection to the outside world is television. When the owner of the house dies, and the estate is taken by lawyers, Chauncey has to step out into the real world and figure out what to do. His journey takes unexpected turns. Winner of one Acadamy Award. Starring Peter Sellers. Snacks provided. Discussion to follow the film.

All Augsburg community members are invited -- we hope to see you there!

Subject: Resume Writing Workshop On Wednesday
Submitter: Sandra E Tilton, Employer Relations Coordinator, Center for Service Work and Learning

Message:
The CSWL office will be sponsoring a "Resume Writing" Workshop this Wednesday, November 30th from 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. in the Century Room which is located in the Christensen Center. We are bringing in professional speakers to share information on resume writing, thank you notes and cover letter techniques. Open to all!!

Subject: Information Meeting for Summer I Course in Germany
Submitter: Kathryn A Schwalbe, Associate Professor, Business-MIS

Message: All students interested in a new Summer I course, INS295, International Projects, should try to attend a half-hour meeting on Thursday, December 1, at 3:10 p.m. in SVE 201. A brochure about this course is available from the Augsbrug Abroad office, 200 Murphy Place, or online at www.kathyschwalbe.com. The application deadline is January 30, 2006. The first half of the course will be held in Karlsruhe, Germany, and the second half will be here at Augsburg. Course and travel dates are May 10-June 3, 2006, and the course meets the Augsburg Experience requirement. If you have any questions, contact Associate Professor Kathy Schwalbe at schwalbe@augsburg.edu.

Subject: Senior Art Show Opens This Friday!
Submitter: Rachel C Quick, Student

Message: Rachel Quick's senior art show "Concedes to Beads" opens this Friday in the Special Collections Room display case in the Lindell Library (near the Gage Family Gallery). The show will be on view until December 16th.

Subject: You are Invited to the Velkommen Jul Celebration
Submitter: Donna M Torgeson, Assistant Director, Alumni-Parent Relations

Message: Velkommen Jul, Augsburg's annual Scandinavian Christmas celebration, will be held on Friday, December 2. It will begin at Chapel at 10:20 a.m. Following the service, the celebration will continue upstairs in Christensen Center until approximately 2 p.m. The Augsburg Associates, dressed in traditional Scandinavian costumes, will serve holiday treats and sell hand-crafted items. Please join the Associates for this special event.

Subject: The United Way/ Community Solutions Fund Campaign
Submitter: Michele R Kidwell, Enrollment Assistant, Enrollment Management

Message:

Once again, it's that time of year when we, as a community, participate in our annual United Way/ Community Solutions Fund campaign. This year, in addition to monetary contributions, there will be several opportunities to participate with other types of gifts. If you aren't able to contribute financially, I encourage you to participate in one (or more!) of these other wonderful opportunities.

Weeks #1- 4: (November 14th through December 9th)
Book Drive
Clean off those book shelves and bring all those books you wonât read again to the information desk in Christensen Center. Books collected will be donated to various charities that support children, battered womenâs shelters, and state prison programs.

Weeks #2- #3: (November 21st through December 2nd)
Mitten, Hat and Scarf Tree
Bring in new and gently used winter accessories and decorate the tree by the information desk in Christen Center. All collected items will be donated to area clothes closets and homeless shelters.

Week #4: (December 5th through December 9th)
Toy Drive
Bring new, unwrapped toys and age appropriate gifts for teens to the information desk in Christensen Center. All collected items will be donated to Toys for Tots.

Throughout the campaign
Project Angel Tree
If your department would be interested in combining your efforts and ãadoptingä children as part of the Project Angel Tree program, contact Michele Kidwell (kidwell@augsburg.edu). Project Angel Tree is an organization that collects and distributes gifts to children of incarcerated inmates in area prisons.

Financial Contributions
You can complete your enrollment form for the Untied Way and/or the Community Solutions Fund at anytime and drop in the campus mail (CB 143- attention Michele Kidwell) or drop it by Christensen Center 100C.

Thanks!

Subject: Faculty/Staff Fitness/Wellness Points
Submitter: Joyce Pfaff, Assoc Professor, Health-Physical Education

Message: A reminder to any and all faculty/staff members who have been exercising on a regular basis (or would like to start)....Be sure to jot an e-mail to: <fitness@augsburg.edu> when you have earned 50 or 100 points. A number of folks have received their first "incentive" (towel or water bottle) and are on their way to getting a great hooded sweatshirt.

Check out the fitness wesite for all the details.

 

Subject: Frame of Mind - Augsburg's "Vocational Education"
Submitter: William V. Frame, President, President's Office

Message: Submitter: William V Frame, President, President's Office

Message: To tighten our grasp on the pedagogy of this subject, we will consider the compatibility of the 7th book of Plato's Republic (pps. 186-212) and of the segment of Rousseau's Emile known as "The Creed of a Savoryard Priest" (pps. 274-383 of the Everyman's edition) with the Lutheran Idea of Vocation at our next Frame of Mind session on Tuesday, December 6th.

We will begin at 5 p.m., stop for dinner at 7 p.m., and be finished by 8 p.m. Please come! If you can, let Barb Korman know and get copies of both the Republic and Emile from her. She can be reached at Ext. 1212 or korman@augsburg.edu.

President Frame

Subject: 5 Auggies named to All-MIAC teams in football
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Coordinator, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Augsburg's Andrew Neumann, Nick Schlieman, Ricky Schreier, Chike Ochiagha, Mike Matson named to All-MIAC football teams

http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/112805allmiacfootball.html

MINNEAPOLIS (11/28/05) -- Augsburg College football players Andrew Neumann (Jr., Somerset, Wis.), Nick Schlieman (Sr., Burnsville, Minn.), Ricky Schreier (Jr., Maplewood, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall HS), Chike Ochiagha (Sr., Savage, Minn./Holy Angels HS) and Mike Matson (Jr., Cedar, Minn./St. Francis HS) have earned All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors, it was announced recently.

Neumann and Schlieman earned first-team All-MIAC honors, while Schreier, Ochiagha and Matson earned second-team All-MIAC honors on a vote of conference coaches.

Schlieman has earned All-MIAC honors all four years of his career, earning first-team honors in 2002, 2003 and 2005 and second-team honors in 2004. Ochiagha was an All-MIAC honorable-mention selection in 2004, while Neumann was an All-MIAC honorable-mention selection in 2003. For Schreier and Matson, it is the first all-conference honors of their careers.

In its first season under head coach Frank Haege, Augsburg finished 1-9 overall, 1-7 in MIAC play in 2005.

Neumann, a tight end, finished the season as Augsburg's leader in receptions (55), while standing second in receiving yardage (628 yards). He scored two touchdowns this season. In MIAC play (eight games), Neumann ranked third in the conference in receptions per game (5.62) and eighth in receiving yards per game (63.2), both totals tops among conference tight ends.

Neumann topped the 80-yard mark in receiving three times this season, including a 13-catch, 125-yard performance in Augsburg's season finale against St. Olaf on Nov. 12. In his career (30 games), Neumann has 1,265 receiving yards on 112 catches with three touchdowns.

Schlieman, the lone punter in the MIAC to average 38.0 yards or more per punt each of the last four seasons, led the MIAC in both overall (41.4 yards per punt) and conference-only (40.7 yards per punt) punting in 2005. Through games of Nov. 19, Schlieman ranked seventh nationally among NCAA Division III players in overall punting average (41.4). As a team, Augsburg currently ranks first nationally in team net punting average (punt yardage minus return yards/touchbacks) with a 37.68 average.

Of his 56 punts this season, Schlieman had 26 punts of 40-49 yards, four punts of 50-59 yards and a season-long punt of 68 yards, against just two touchbacks and three fair catches. He placed 15 of his punts inside the opponent 20-yard line. In his career, Schlieman averaged 40.1 yards per punt (222 punts, 8,900 yards), with 77 punts of 40-49 yards, 28 punts of 50-59 yards and seven punts of 60 yards or better, including a school-record 74-yarder in the 2003 season. As the Auggies' field-goal kicker this season, he was 6-for-14 with a long of 46 yards.

Schreier, a wide receiver, led the Auggies in 2005 with 766 receiving yards and six receiving touchdowns, while standing second on the team in total receptions with 53. He compiled 1,275 all-purpose yards this season, with 505 yards in kick returns. He had three 100-yard receiving games this season, including a 12-catch, 134-yard performance in the season opener against Wartburg (Iowa).

He ranked fifth among MIAC players (conference games only) in receptions per game (4.62) and seventh in receiving yardage per game (68.4), while ranking third in all-purpose yards (1,012, 126.5 yards per game). In his career (30 games), Schreier has 1,038 receiving yards on 79 receptions with seven touchdowns, while compiling 1,760 career all-purpose yards.

Ochiagha, a defensive lineman, finished this season with 47 tackles (18 solo), including 6.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, a forced fumble and fumble recovery. He had 10 tackles in Augsburg's season-opening loss to Wartburg (Iowa) and seven tackles each in a win over Hamline on Oct. 15 and a loss against Bethel on Nov. 4. Ochiagha started all 10 games at nose guard this season.

In his career, Ochiagha finished with 101 tackles (36 solo), 13.5 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

Matson, a linebacker, finished the season with 155 tackles (74 solo), leading the MIAC in both overall (15.5 tackles per game) and MIAC play (138, 17.3 tackles per game). Matson is ranked second nationally among Division III players in total tackles (15.5 per game), as one of just two Division III players to average 15.0 or more tackles per game this season. He also ranks sixth nationally in solo tackles (7.4 per game). In his career, Matson has 245 tackles (100 solo), including 13.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, four forced fumbles and two blocked kicks.

This season, Matson was named MIAC Player of the Week and Football Gazette Co-National Defensive Player of the Week following a 22-tackle (eight solo) performance with a sack and two blocked kicks in Augsburg's 19-13, two-overtime victory over Hamline on Oct. 15. He later earned D3football.com Team of the Week honors following a career-high 28-tackle (nine solo) performance in Augsburg's 17-14 loss to Bethel on Nov. 4. He had double-figure totals in tackles eight times this season, reaching the 20-tackle plateau three times.

Subject: Time Share For Sale
Submitter: Bonnie L Hensel, Student

Message: Westgate Resort Time Share for sale. Week 12 every-other year. Available 2006. This unit is a 3 bedroom lockout. This means if you join I.I. you can space back this unit as a 2 bedroom and 1 bedroom. Two for the price of one. Asking $7000.00 or reasonable offer. Call Bonnie at 763-232-8331 for more details.

Subject: Aerosmith / Lenny Kravitz ticket for sale
Submitter: Ted A Jedlicki, Student

Message: I am selling one ticket for the Aerosmith / Lenny Kravitz concert on Tuesday, December 6th at 7:30 p.m. It is straight back from the stage, section 202, row U, seat 5. I am selling it for face value, $55. I paid $70 for the ticket after ticketmaster charges and fees. You don't have to pay for any of these. Call me (Ted) at 612-226-4024 or e-mail me at jedlicki@augsburg.edu

Subject: Car For Sale
Submitter: Ana G Power, Student

Message: 1988 Buick Electra Park Avenue Sedan 4D
4 Door Sedan, automatic transmission, air condition, cruise control, power steering. Great condition
$900 or best offer.
Contact Ana at powera@augsburg.edu or call 612-801-1722