Subject: WEC Parking on Saturday, February 4th
Submitter: Krista Young, Communications and Parking Manager, Public Safety

Message: A portion of the main Faculty/Staff lot (H) will be reserved for attendees of a memorial service taking place in the Chapel from the 11am-3pm on Saturday, February 4th.

The reserved portion of the lot will be closed to all WEC students, Faculty, and Staff during that time. Please keep in mind that there is a large lot (L) on campus that is available to WEC/Grad students and Faculty, and Public Safety offers a 24-hour escort service to and from any location on campus. You may reach Public Safety at x1717.

We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Please contact Krista Young at x1711 with questions.

Subject: Open General Use Times For Athletic Facilities
Submitter: Kristen L Kraft, Athletic Facilities Manager, Athletic Facilities

Message: The following are the open general use times of the athletic facilities for the Augsburg Community. Times and dates are subject to change.

Friday, February 3 - Friday, February 10

OPEN GYM
2/3 12:30pm - 2:30pm South Court
2/4 3:00 - 5:45pm North and South Courts
2/5 5:30 - 7:30pm North and South Courts
2/6 1:00 - 5:30pm North and South Courts
8:00pm - 9:45pm North and South Courts
2/7 1:30pm - 2:30pm North and South Courts
2/8 1:00pm - 4:00pm North and South Courts
2/9 1:30pm - 5:30pm North and South Courts
8:00pm - 9:45pm North Court
2/10 1:30 - 3:00pm North Court
12:00 - 3:00pm South Court

OPEN HOCKEY - Must have helmet
2/6 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink A
2/7 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink A
2/8 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink A
2/9 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink A
2/10 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink A

OPEN FIGURE SKATING
2/6 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink B
2/7 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink B
2/8 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink B
2/9 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink B
2/10 11:00am - 1:00pm Rink B

OPEN DOME
2/6 10:00am - Noon East Field
1:15pm - 2:45pm East Field
2/7 11:15am - 2:30pm East Field
2/8 10:00am - Noon East Field
1:15pm - 2:45pm East Field
2/9 11:15am - 2:30pm East Field
2/10 10:00am - Noon East Field
1:15pm - 2:45pm East Field

Subject: Affordable GRE Prep
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message: The Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) will be hosting a six-week GRE prep course this semester, beginning Wednesday, February 15th that will run from 6 to 8 p.m. (9 p.m. the first night).

Course dates: Wednesdays
February 15, 22nd, March 1, 8, 29, and April 5

INSTRUCTORS
Director of URGO Dixie Shafer, English Professor and Department Chair Kathy Swanson and Math Professor Blake Boursaw

COST (includes cost of test prep materials)
$25.00

REGISTRATION
Send an e-mail to shafer@augsburg.edu and indicate status as current student, staff or alum

Subject: Information Sessions - On-Line Course Evaluations
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: There are no further information sessions scheduled for On-line Evaluations. If you have questions you may contact Diane Pike, 1228 or Scott Krajewski, 1471.

Subject: Biology Seminar - Today
Submitter: Heather J Hultquist, Secretary, Natural Sciences and Math, Political Science

Message: Michael Olesen, Infection Control Practitioner at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital will be speaking in Biology Seminar on Friday, February 3 at 3:40 p.m in SCI 123. The subject of his talk is "Not IF but WHEN: The Threat of Pandemic Influenza".

All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.

Subject: Lynch weekend
Submitter: Randall Davidson, Fine Arts Manager, Music

Message: Augsburg students are invited to attend the David Lynch Film workshop, "Consciousness and Creativity," held in Iowa City, March 24-26, 2006. David Lynch is the director of wildly imaginative and quirky films, such as "Blue Velvet," "Mulholland Drive," and "The Elephant Man." He is also widely known as the creative force behind the TV series, "Twin Peaks."

The first 18 students to sign-up for the workshop will only need to pay $20 for the registration. Lodging and food expenses are the responsibility of registrants. Inexpensive travel arrangements are being made. Further information: http://www.lynchweekend.org.

To sign-up, contact:
Deb Redmond, Assistant Professor
Augsburg College
Campus Box 23
2211 Riverside Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
55454
redmond@augsburg.edu
612-330-1721

Subject: TODAY, Friday Seminar with Randall Davidson
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message:
"How to create parody or
How I composed The Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra with Garrison Keillor"
3:30-5 in Lindell 301

Music of humor and passion are the hallmarks of Randall Davidson's catalogue. His works have enjoyed hundreds of performances throughout the U.S. and Europe and have attracted the attention of critics , performers and audiences alike for their dramatic and accessible musical language. Davidson's catalogue encompasses nearly every genre: dozens of choral works, an opera, four ballets, an oratorio, a guitar concerto, chamber works, three orchestral works that have received over 200 performances, television commercials, incidental music for theater and puppets, a major sound installation to inaugurate the Minnesota Children's Museum, and music for jazz and wind ensembles.

Collaborations with Garrison Keillor have produced two successful large-scale works: The Young Lutheran's Guide to the Orchestra and a humorous oratorio, The History of Evil: Bible Families. The "Guide" has been performed throughout the U.S. and Europe, has been commercially recorded two times (by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra), and been cablecast on the Disney Channel. The "History" (five soloists, theatre orchestra and full mixed chorus) has received productions in Minnesota, Colorado and Ohio.

Refreshments are served at 3:30. The presentation begins at 4:00.

Subject: Dramatic Changes to the GRE in October 2006
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message: As stated at the GRE Web Site:

The GRE Program will introduce a revised GRE General Test in October 2006 that is designed to:

* Increase test validity
* Provide faculty with better information regarding applicants' performance
* Address security concerns
* Increase worldwide access to the test
* Make better use of advances in technology and psychometric design

CHANGES INCLUDE:

Verbal Reasoning
* Greater emphasis on higher cognitive skills and less dependence on vocabulary
* More text-based materials, such as reading passages
* A broader selection of reading passages
* Emphasis on skills related to graduate work, such as complex reasoning
* Expansion of computer-enabled tasks (e.g., clicking on a sentence in a passage to highlight it)
* Two 40-minute sections rather than one 30-minute section

Quantitative Reasoning
* Quantitative reasoning skills that are closer to skills generally used in graduate school
* Proportion of questions involving real-life scenarios and data interpretation increased
* Proportion of Geometry questions decreased
* Better use of technology (e.g., on-screen calculator)
* Two 40-minute sections rather than one 45-minute section

Analytical Writing
* New, more focused prompts that reduce the possibility of reliance on memorized materials
* The Issue and Argument tasks are each 30 minutes in length
* Essay responses will be made available to designated score recipients

Changes in the Verbal and Quantitative Score Scales
* The GRE Board has approved new score scales for the Verbal and Quantitative sections. The GRE Program anticipates that the new score scale range will be 110 to 150, in 1-point increments. Final specification of the score scale will be determined based on data from the initial revised General Test administrations in October 2006.
* A concordance table will be available in early January 2007 to assist score users in determining the relationship between old and new Verbal and Quantitative scores.
* The score scale for the Analytical Writing section will continue to be 0 to 6, in half-point increments.

Changes in Test Delivery
* The GRE General Test will be administered on fixed administration dates approximately 30 times per year.

Subject: National Wear Red Day for Women
Submitter: Sandra Fevig, Secretary, Physician Assistant Program

Message: Today is National Wear Red Day for Women

Heart disease is the #1 killer of women over the age of 25. Please stop by the PA Program to pick up a red treat and important information on how to improve the heart health of women who are important to you.

Subject: Opening weekend for "The Illusion"
Submitter: Sarah E Teich, Student

Message: The Augsburg College Theatre Department proudly presents "The Illusion," freely adapted by Tony Kushner and directed by Martha Johnson.

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tony Kushner, author of "Angels in America," has freely adapted Corneille's French neoclassical work, "L'Illusion Comique," for a contemporary audience. When a distraught father calls on the great magician Alcandre to conjure images from the life of his missing son, profound discoveries are made about reality and theatrical illusion. This creative adaptation "offers the exquisite wordplay, beguiling comedy, and fierce intelligence found in all of Kushner's work."

Performances: February 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 at 7:00 pm; February 5 and 12 at 2:00 pm.

Ticket Information: $10 general public; $8 ACTC faculty, staff, and students; $2 Augsburg students and children under age 12. For reservations or other information, call 612-330-1257.

Subject: Today: M. Anita Gay Hawthorne Jazz and Poetry Bash
Submitter: Trena L Bolden Fields, Director, Pan-Afrikan Student Services

Message: The Pan-Afrikan Center and the Pan-Afrikan Student Union present

"Passion and Purpose"
The 9th Annual
M. Anita Gay Hawthorne
Jazz and Poetry Bash

Friday, February 3, 2006
5:00 p.m. reception - 6:30 p.m. program

This will be a special evening of jazz and poetry celebrating the life and vision of M. Anita Gay Hawthorne, featuring Audra Johnson's Art Exhibition, a silent auction, live music performances by The Foundation and poetic expressions from the Afrikan Diaspora.

Proceeds will go to the M. Anita Gay Hawthorne Endowment.

Subject: Residence Life Applications Due Monday!!!
Submitter: Keith R. McCoy, Hall Director, Residence Life

Message: All Residence Life Applications are due Monday at 5:00 pm to the Residence Life Office. The application process is as follows:

- Application Completed (with 4 essay questions)
- 2 Reference Forms Completed
- Individual AND Group Interview Sign-up (in the U/M Res Life Office)

Questions? Keith McCoy @ x1463.

Subject: WE INVITE YOU TO CHAPEL! MWF 10:20 TU/TH 11:20
Submitter: Lillian A Maunu, Secretary, Campus Ministry

Message: Looking forward to Chapel the week of February 6:
Monday - Music Choices Day
Tuesday - Sam Kanenwisher, Senior Speaker
Wednesday - Vocatio: Brother Louis Dethomasis, Chancellor, St Mary's
Wednesday - Communion at 9:30 pm
Thursday - Brenda Valentine, Senior Speaker
Friday - Rev Jerry McAfee, New Salem Baptist Missionary Church

We hope you will join us in Chapel Worship! Lil

Subject: Augnet wireless network coming on Monday!
Submitter: Matthew E Linngren, Student & Public Computing Co-Manager, Information Technology

Message: That's right - starting this Monday, February 6th, Augsburg will be going wireless in the Lindell Library, Christensen Center, Science building and on the Rochester campus! You can read more about the project in today's edition of the Echo.

On Monday, be sure to check out the Daily A-Mail as well as the AugNet page for additional details and links to directions for connecting to the Augnet wireless network. Staff from Information Technology will also be available in the Christensen Center coffee shop and the Lindell Link Lab from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday - Friday next week to answer your questions about wireless and to offer their assistance in getting you connected.