Subject: FACULTY & STAFF
Submitter: Krista Young, Communications and Parking Manager, Public Safety

Message:
* Fall 2006 ticketing will begin the first day of school for all students, faculty, and staff.

* Faculty and staff who are willing to use payroll deduction for parking payment during the 2006-07 school year may register for permits beginning Monday, April 24th. Public Safety will mail out permits before school begins.

* In order to register for a permit, please fill out a "Payroll Deduction & Parking Registration" form. You may find these forms at the CC Info Desk, Public Safety Dispatch, Human Resources, or through your department secretary beginning April 24th. Once completed, these forms may be returned to Public Safety at CB #78.

* The deadline for paper registration is Thursday, June 15th. After this date, we will require online registration. Online registration will be available August 15th and throughout the school year. A payroll deduction option will still be available, but will be part of the online process available August 15th.

* Fac/staff permit prices will stay the same next year: $45 per month from September - April for full-time employees. For part-time rates, please see the payroll deduction form.

* Gateway Building construction will begin this summer. At that time, lot H (the main fac/staff lot) will close. Lots available to faculty and staff will be lots D, G, J, and L.

* Augsburg's complete parking rules and regulations may be found online on Augsburg's homepage. Follow the links: Administration, Security, Additional Information, and Parking Information.

* Please direct all parking questions to Public Safety Dispatch at 612-330-1717 or x1717. We are open 24/7 for your convenience. If you prefer e-mail, please direct questions to parking@augsburg.edu and we will respond as soon as possible.

Subject: Enrollment Center--Upcoming Closures
Submitter: Shana Erickson, Assistant Director, Student Financial Services, Enrollment Center

Message: Due to the holiday, the Enrollment Center will be closing at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 13th. The Enrollment Center will also be closed this Friday, April 14th. We will re-open for regular business hours on Monday, April 17th.

In addition, the Enrollment Center will be closing at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 21st for the Faculty and Staff Farewell Reception for President Frame.

Subject: Lindell Library Easter hours
Submitter: Jane Ann Nelson, Director Lib Svcs, Library

Message: Special Library and Student Computing hours during the Easter weekend are:

Thursday, April 13 -- 8 am - 6 pm
Friday-Sunday, April 14-16 - closed

Hours are always available from the "Hours" link on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library

Online library resources are also available 24/7 on that web site.

Subject: Food Service Hours - Easter Break
Submitter: Asif Muhammad, Retail Manager, Sodexho

Message: Coffee Shop:
Thursday April 13th: Will Close at 5:30 p.m.
Friday April 14th : Closed
Monday: Open for Regular Operation Hours

Murphy's:
Thursday April 13th: Will Close at 5:30 p.m.
Friday April 14th : Closed
Monday: Open for Regular Operation Hours for Breakfast.

Commons:
Thursday April 13th: Will be open for Dinner
Friday April 14th : Closed
Monday: Open for Regular Operation Hours for Lunch

Subject: ... loan interest rates on the rise
Submitter: Carly Eichhorst, Financial Aid Counselor, Enrollment Center

Message: Did you know that student loans are moving from a variable rate to a fixed interest rate? This impacts all of the borrowers at Augsburg College! If you want further information about consolidating your student loans to lock in at the lower rate, you have three shots to learn more:

Loan Exit/Consolidation Sessions

Monday, April 17th from 6-7 in Science 123
Monday, April 24th from 2-3 in Minneapolis Room
Saturday, May 20th from 12-1 in the Minneapolis Room

Subject: International Travel Grant deadline extended
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: Due: April 28

The Center for Teaching and Learning will take additional applications for international travel until April 28. One award ($800) is available for travel to a conference at an international location to present a paper (Canada is not considered international).
Call x1229 and an application will be sent to you as an e-mail attachment.

Subject: COTF Conference May 23
Submitter: Nora M Braun, Assistant Professor, Business-MIS

Message: Save the date! May 23 at the University of St. Thomas in their new downtown Minneapolis facility (Schulze Hall) is the Twelfth annual Classrooms of the Future with "Critical Reflections on Technology." The keynote speaker this year is Dr. Stephen Brookfield; other new items include hands-on workshops built into the conference schedule and a return performance of the top 3 presentations from last year.

Don't miss out! Go to http://www.associatedcolleges-tc.org/cotf to register today.

Subject: ACTC Registration for Fall Day 2006
Submitter: Wayne Kallestad, Registrar, Registrar's Office

Message: Full-time Day Students,
ACTC registration begins on Monday, 17 April. The ACTC academic calendar is available on-line at:

http://www.augsburg.edu/enroll/registrar/index.html

click on Combined Academic Calendars for ACTC Schools. Registration will use a rolling 2 day period to match the other schools registration periods, so the first two days are for seniors, the next two days are for juniors, etc.

To expedite your registration process here at the Augsburg College Enrollment Center, you will need to have a printed copy of the web page from the other school with the class listing attached to the ACTC registration form. Remember ACTC registration is from 9 a.m. to Noon for that two week period only (17 - 28 April).

Subject: Easter Godiva & Plush on Sale!
Submitter: Bookstore

Message: All Easter Godiva & Plush is 50% off at the bookstore! Stop by and check it out!

Subject: Summer & Fall Bookorders due today!
Submitter: Bookstore

Message: Thanks to all of the faculty who have turned in your orders! We have about 40% of the Fall Bookorders in! If you have not turned in your order please do so as soon as possible! We take orders by phone (x1521), e-mail or they can be dropped off at the store. Please e-mail Laura at solerl@augsburg.edu with any questions or comments! Thanks!

Subject: SAVE THE DATE - May 5 - 1-2 pm
Submitter: Herald A Johnson, Director of Advancement Programs, Institutional Advancement

Message: Maxine Isaacs, adjunct lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University, will lead a panel discussion on the "Role of Civic Engagement Through Public Service in Higher Education Institutions".

May 5, 1-2 pm, Science Building, Rm 123.

The panel will consist of Augsburg College regents, regent emeriti, faculty and students. Jackie Cherryhomes, CEO of government relation assistance firm Cherryhomes-Tyler, LLC, will moderate.

Since 1994, Ms. Isaacs has taught at the Kennedy School and George Washington University and delivered lectures at the Maxwell School, Humphrey Institute, APSIA, and others. She was Walter F. Mondale's press secretary and Deputy Campaign Manager from 1983 to 1984 and served as Project Director on Mondale's Fifty Years memoir project. Isaacs worked in the White House, U.S. Senate, and U.S. Congress from 1971 to 1981.

Isaacs is Chair of the Board of Visitors, Maryland School of Public Affairs, a member of the University of Maryland Foundation Board, and a member of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Advisory Board.

Isaacs received her PhD from the University of Maryland, MA from Johns Hopkins's SAIS, and her BA from Skidmore College.

This event is free and open to the public.
For more information call: Tracy Beckman at 612-338-6536

Subject: Graduation Cap & Gowns
Submitter: Bookstore

Message: All seniors wishing to purchase a cap & gown should do so now! Sizes are limited and are going fast!
All Faculty & Staff who wish to rent a gown for the upcoming commencement should have their order to the bookstore by today! All orders placed after today will be subject to a extra shipping charge. Please contact the bookstore with any questions or comments!

Subject: Financial Aid Deadline Extended to April 17th
Submitter: Meghan R Flores, Associate Director of Financial Aid, Enrollment Center

Message: The Enrollment Center will be closed on Friday, April 14th for Good Friday; therefore, the 2006-07 Financial Aid priority deadline has been extended to Monday, April 17th.

To meet the April 17th priority deadline, be sure your 2006-07 financial aid application is complete. For a list of required documents please visit http://www.augsburg.edu/enroll/finaid/index.html

Subject: Open Staff Positions On Campus
Submitter: Sarah Louden, Recruiter/HR Associate, Human Resources

Message: Please check out the employment section on Augsburg's website (http://www.augsburg.edu/hr/staff/) for an update on open positions on campus. Currently we have the following positions open:

* Program Assistant -- Alumni Relations
* Academic LFC - Humanities
* Men's Soccer Goalkeeper Coach
* Accommodations Specialist

Subject: FREE CONCERT ON CAMPUS!!!
Submitter: Ted A Jedlicki, Student

Message: The ASAC Music Committee brings national artist Ben Lee to Augsburg's Spring Music Jam on Saturday, April 22, 2006 as part of ASAC's Spring Fling week. The FREE concert will start at 5:30 p.m. in Lot E on the Urness Lawn. Ben Lee is most well know for performing the songs "Catch My Disease" and "Gamble Everything For Love" and can be heard on 89.3 The Current, Cities 97, and Drive 105.

Also in concert will be Useless, the rock band featuring members of the national band Flipp, the Augsburg Battle of the Bands winner Accident Waiting to Happen, and local bands Capitol Jay and the New Monarchs. Dinner will be moved outside this evening for the event. Visit http://www.augsburg.edu/ASAC/ for more info.

Subject: President Frame's Farewell Celebration
Submitter: Meghan R Flores, Associate Director of Financial Aid, Enrollment Center

Message: With the hustle and bustle of this busy time of year, don't forget to mark your calendars for President Frame's Farewell Celebration. The faculty and staff community will gather to commemorate Bill's contributions to our community at 3 p.m., on Friday. April 21, 2006. The program will begin at 3:15 p.m. in the Christensen Center Commons.

If you have not yet RSVP'd for this event, please do so AS SOON AS POSSIBLE via e-mail to ecs@augsburg.edu

Subject: Auggie Athletics Update
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Coordinator, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Wednesday, April 12:
Softball -- St. Mary's 2-7, Augsburg 1-1 (1st game 8 inn.)
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/softball/0506statistics/041206stmarys.html

Upcoming Schedule:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/

Saturday, April 15:
Men's/Women's Track and Field at Gustavus Invitational, 10:30 a.m.
Baseball vs. Gustavus, Parade Stadium, 1 p.m.
Women's Golf at Carleton Spring Invitational, Northfield GC, Northfield, Minn.

Sunday, April 16:
Women's Golf at Carleton Spring Invitational, Northfield GC, Northfield, Minn.

Monday, April 17:
Men's Golf at Gustavus Adolphus Spring Classic, Le Sueur, Minn.

Tuesday, April 18:
Softball vs. St. Catherine, University of Minnesota Jane Sage Cowles Stadium, Minneapolis, 7 p.m.
Men's Golf at Gustavus Adolphus Spring Classic, Le Sueur, Minn.

Wednesday, April 19:
Baseball at Carleton, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 20:
Softball vs. Carleton, Edor Nelson Field, 5 p.m.

Subject: Tonnisha Bell named MIAC Track Athlete of Week
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Coordinator, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Augsburg's Tonnisha Bell named MIAC Women's Track Athlete of Week for second time this season

http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/041206bell.html

MINNEAPOLIS (4/12/06) -- Augsburg College track and field sprinter Tonnisha Bell (Sr., Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn HS) was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week for the second time this season and eighth time in her career, it was announced on Tuesday.

In Saturday's Hamline Invitational, Bell set a school record and clinched an automatic qualifying berth in the NCAA Division III outdoor track and field national championships with a 11.95-second, winning effort in the women's 100-meter dash.

Bell broke the old school record of 11.96 seconds, set by Astrid Larssen in 1998, and topped the NCAA automatic qualifying standard of 11.97 seconds. Her time currently stands as the fastest time nationally among Division III women, according to the Raceberry Jam website.

Bell will compete in her eighth NCAA national championship meet -- every indoor and outdoor national meet during her career -- May 25-27 at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill. It is the third straight year she has qualified for the outdoor national tournament in the women's 100-meter dash. Bell is a three-time All-American (all in the indoor 55-meter dash).

In the indoor half of this season, Bell was named NCAA Division III Central Region Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, and also was named MIAC Outstanding Female Track Athlete from the MIAC indoor championships. Bell won MIAC titles in the women's 55- and 200-meter dashes at the conference indoor championships, repeating her sprint double championship from last season. She won each event for the third time in her career, having won the 200-meter dash the last three years and the 55-meter dash her freshman, junior and senior years. She also placed third in the long jump at the MIAC meet.

Bell has won nine MIAC championships (six indoor, three outdoor) and earned All-MIAC honors 13 times (nine indoor, four outdoor) during her career. She holds conference indoor meet records in the 55-meter (7.12 seconds, 2003) and 200-meter (25.26, 2005) dashes. Bell has earned MIAC Track Athlete of the Week honors eight times in her career, including four times last season. She earned MIAC Indoor Championships Most Outstanding Performance honors in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, both times after breaking conference records in winning sprint events.

Augsburg will compete at the Gustavus Invitational on Saturday (4/15) at 10:30 a.m.

Subject: Mike Schwartz resigns as men's hockey coach
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Coordinator, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Augsburg men's hockey coach Mike Schwartz resigns; assistant Chris Brown named interim head coach

http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/041206schwartz.html

MINNEAPOLIS (4/12/06) -- Augsburg College men's hockey head coach Mike Schwartz is resigning his coaching position in order to focus on his responsibilities as the school's director of athletic facilities, athletic department officials announced on Wednesday.

Assistant coach Chris Brown will be named interim head coach for the Auggies, said Jeff Swenson, assistant dean for athletics and recreation. Brown returned to Augsburg in 2005 for his second stint as an Augsburg assistant coach.

Schwartz served as head coach for the Auggies for 10 seasons (1996-2006), compiling a 124-110-30 record. Teams he coached made appearances in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference postseason playoffs six times, compiling a 80-61-18 record in conference play.

"This is purely my choice and my timing to step down as coach," Schwartz said. "As a coach, you don't always have that option. The best thing for me is that I'm still staying here at Augsburg, and I'm going to channel my energy into my role as athletic facilities director, to benefit all our programs. I've got maroon (school color) blood. I'm not going anywhere."

In 2004, Schwartz was named the college's director of athletic facilities, and will now focus solely on his role there. Schwartz manages the day-to-day operations for the Augsburg Ice Arena, Si Melby Hall and Edor Nelson Field. Augsburg's athletic facilities have been the subject of major additions and renovations in recent years, including the addition of a new turf surface on Edor Nelson Field in the summer of 2004 and the upcoming south-wing addition project at Si Melby Hall and construction of new bleachers and a new seasonal dome for Edor Nelson Field.

"We want to thank Mike for the many things he has done for the men's hockey program and our athletic department," Swenson said. "He may be leaving coaching, but we feel very fortunate that he will continue in his role as director of athletic facilities."

Schwartz, a 1983 Augsburg graduate and member of the school's 1981-82 NAIA national championship team, was named head coach of the Auggies in 1996, replacing Ed Saugestad, who had compiled a 503-354-21 record at Augsburg from 1958 to 1996.

In Schwartz's second season, 1997-98, the Auggies won the MIAC regular-season and postseason championships, advancing to the NCAA Division III national tournament and placing fourth. That season, Schwartz was named College Division National Coach of the Year by the American Hockey Coaches Association.

Schwartz coached four Augsburg Division III All-Americans -- Todd Cary (1998), Ryan McIntosh (1998), Jaro Cesky (2003) and Aaron Johnson (2006).

"As much as this is a difficult time, it is also a time for optimism because Mike is staying at Augsburg," Swenson said. "It is also a time for optimism because Mike is doing something he loves to do, in his role as director of athletic facilities. Under his leadership, we are looking forward to continued improvement of our athletic facilities, which will benefit the entire college, especially our athletic teams and programs. It is also a time for optimism because we are very fortunate to have Chris Brown ready to be our interim head coach and be the new leader for the Augsburg men's hockey program."

Brown returned to Augsburg in 2005 for his second stint as an Auggie assistant coach. He also serves the college as men's athletic equipment supervisor, and will continue in that role while serving as interim head coach. He also was an assistant coach under Schwartz, in addition to serving as sports information director, in 1996-97.

Brown served for four seasons (2000-04) as head coach at Marian College (Fond du Lac, Wis.) and one season (2004-05) as head coach at Hamline University. He has a 69-56-8 career coaching record, including a 65-36-7 record at Marian, including two Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season and two postseason playoff titles. He was named MCHA Coach of the Year twice and was a finalist for the AHCA's Division III National Coach of the Year award three times. He also served for three seasons (1997-2000) as an assistant coach at Division I Alaska-Anchorage.

As a player at Wisconsin-River Falls, he served as a captain for the Falcons' 1993-94 NCAA Division III national championship team, scoring 43 goals and adding 57 assists in his career. He graduated from Wisconsin-River Falls with a degree in journalism in 1994, and later earned a master's degree in organizational leadership and quality from Marian College.

Brown served as chairman of the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey national committee in 2005-06.

Subject: After School Child Care Needed For Next School Year
Submitter: Michele R Kidwell, Enrollment Assistant, Enrollment Management

Message:

I'm looking for a student who could commit to picking my 2nd grader up from his bus stop (scheduled to be here on campus) and working on homework with him next school year for a couple of hours a day. The hours would be from 2 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, from September 5th through April. If you're interested, contact kidwell@augsburg.edu. Thanks!

Subject: Apartment for rent
Submitter: Brianna G Smith, Student

Message: Large 2 bedroom apartment for sublease this summer. We are moving to London this summer and need to find people to sublease. Near Augsburg (just on the other side of the U campus). Start June 1st-August 31st (beginning date is negotiable). E-mail me at smithb3@augsburg.edu for more information.