Subject: Universal Instructional Design
Submitter: Regina Hopingardner, Administrative Assistant, CLASS Program

Message: Monday, May 15, 10-noon, Minneapolis Room.

Barb Blacklock, disability specialist from the University of Minnesota, will present a workshop on Universal Instructional Design (UID). UID is an approach to teaching that consists of proactive design and the use of inclusive instructional strategies that benefit a broad range of learners, including students with disabilities. She will share these principles and highlight what is often the most difficult principle to implement, ?Determining Essential Course or Program Requirements.? Opportunities will be provided for participants to apply these tools and she will address how to take the next step, identifying technical standards for programs.

Complimentary lunch will follow the seminar.

RSVP to CLASS at x1053 or class@augsburg.edu

*Please visit the CLASS website if you want to read more about Universal Design before her presentation: http://www.augsburg.edu/classprogram/udi.html

Subject: Lilly Spring Faculty/Staff Retreat May 10-11
Submitter: Ron Petrich, Assistant Professor, Education

Message: The theme for this spring?s Lilly retreat is ?finding our way home again?. We will use spring themes to examine how we can connect who we are with what we do. Selected readings, poems, video, music and nature will serve as catalysts helping us to slow down, to hear ourselves, and to have significant conversations with each other. All activities are invitational and personal time is scheduled into the retreat.

The retreat will be held at the Mount Olivet Retreat Center located twenty-five minutes south of the Twin Cities. The opening session will begin at 9:30 AM on Wednesday May 10th and we will depart after Lunch on May 11th. You are encouraged to stay overnight. May is a wonderful time to reflect on the past year and to plant seeds for the future.

Join us for thoughtful conversation, generative questions, and a wonderful opportunity to get to know your colleagues. For further information or to RSVP contact Ron Petrich at 330-1593 or petrich@augsburg.edu

Subject: Lindell Library graduation week and summer hours
Submitter: Jane Ann Nelson, Director Lib Svcs, Library

Message: During this final exam and graduation week, Lindell Library, including the Student Computing Lab, will be open:
Monday-Wednesday, May 1-3 -- 8 am - midnight
Thursday, May 4 -- 8 am - 7 pm
Friday, May 5 -- 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday, May 6 -- 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday, May 7 -- Noon - 6 pm

Regular summer hours will be:
Monday-Friday -- 10 am - 10 pm
Saturday -- 8 am - 6 pm
Sunday -- Noon - 6 pm

Hours are always available from Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library. Online library resources are also available 24/7 at that web site.

Subject: 43rd Annual Clair Strommen A-Club Golf Tournament
Submitter: Drew A Privette, Assistant Ftbl Cch/Rct, Athletics

Message: The Augsburg ?A? Club cordially invites all faculty, staff, administration and any friend of Augsburg athletics, to participate in the 43rd Annual Clair Strommen A-Club Golf Tournament on Monday, June 26th at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker, MN.

All levels of golfers are encouraged to participate in this scramble format tournament. Join the fun and get your foursomes in today! 18 holes of golf, cart, contests, great buffet dinner and fantastic raffle included in your registration fee.

Contact Sarah Bjorklund in the athletic department at ext. 1249 for more information or to register .

Subject: Many Get Ready Thank Yous
Submitter: Michele R Kidwell, Enrollment Assistant, Enrollment Management

Message:
Our Get Ready visits have come to a close for this academic year and they were a resounding success. My heartfelt thanks to the many people who helped out!

Julie Olson, Carrie Carroll, Devon Ross, Shira Hussain, Chris Belbeck, Marissa Machado, Keith McCoy, Carola Thorson, Richard Webb, Brenda Hemmingsen, Mary Jastremski, Bethany Bierman, Christi Grant, Amber Stransky, Amber Davis, Josh Scott, Molly Shortall, Leah Jarvey, Erin Olsen, Robert Rivera, Jaclyn Gehrke, Teresa Maree, Nyla Anderson, Desmond Juan, Derrick Smith, Maria Mitchell, Sarah Pesola, Samantha Abrahamson, Carly Kielty, Kerry Morgan, Phil Adamo, Darcey Engen, Randall Davidson, Joe Herbst, and Craig Maus and Events and Classroom Services.

Thanks again!
Michele

Subject: Friday Forum - 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: This week, May, and summer in the Writing Lab
Submitter: Kathryn Swanson, Professor, English

Message: The last regularly-scheduled shift in the writing lab for this spring semester will be Wednesday evening, May 3 from 6:30-9 PM. Starting on May 9, the Lab will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday late afternoons/early evenings: 4:30 - 7 PM. This schedule will run through the end of SSII, August 8, and should accommodate WEC, graduate, and summer school students. The writing lab is located on the street level of Lindell Library, to the left of the circulation desk.