Subject: Tuition Benefit Deadlines for 2006-07
Submitter: Michele R Kidwell, Enrollment Assistant, Enrollment Management

Message:

Last spring it was announced that changes to the Tuition Benefit Policy were being considered. Since the Policy had not been thoroughly reviewed for over 25 years, the Program was reviewed to ensure compliance with current tax policy and to consider ways to create a more cost effective program. The revisions reflect tighter budgetary control over a rapidly increasing benefit cost that was found to be more liberal than similar institutions. One adjustment made was the decision to adhere to established tuition benefit application deadlines going forward.

For those employees utilizing the tuition benefit, deadlines for the Employee Tuition Benefit Application and Dependent Tuition Benefit Application will be enforced for the 2006-07 academic school year. Please make note of the following dates:

Fall Day, Weekend and Graduate Programs
Deadline: July 1

Winter Weekend, Graduate and Spring Day Programs
Deadline: December 1

Spring Weekend and Graduate Programs
Deadline: February 1

If your application is not submitted to the Human Resources Department by the above mentioned deadlines, you will not receive the tuition benefit.

For more information, the Human Resources Department has prepared a document that summarizes the key changes to the tuition benefit. The summary of key changes, the full benefit policies, and the summary grids can be found on the Human Resources public drive on Augnet.

Subject: Engaging Minneapolis Lunch
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: Wednesday, May 17th, 12 p.m.

Please come to a special lunch for faculty teaching courses with an Engaging Minneapolis component. The purpose of this lunch is to discuss what we have learned about EM from past years and to provide an orientation to faculty who are teaching an EM course for the first time this coming year. We will be engaging Minneapolis by dining at Lucia's Restaurant in Uptown on Wednesday, May 17th at noon. Lucia's is located one block west of Hennepin on 31st Street at 1432 West 31st Street.

Please RSVP to Mary Laurel True by email <truem@augsburg.edu>, or by phone 330-
1775 on or before May 15th.

Subject: MBA Graduate Wall Street Ad
Submitter: Jamie L Schiller, MBA Coordinator, Business-MIS

Message: We invite you to pick up today's (Wednesday, May 10th) issue of the Wall Street Journal. On page four of the front section under Politics and Economics you will see our ad congratulating the first ever graduates of the Augsburg MBA program.

Subject: Commencement 2006
Submitter: Craig D Maus, Director, Event and Classroom Services

Message: By the numbers...

3420 total attendance for the ceremony
580 grads participated
490 enjoyed brunch
350 dined
325 overflowed to Foss
125 faculty marched
19 in the platform party
2 Honorary Degrees
1 Drummer
1 President - Many thanks to Bill and Anne!

Thanks to all who volunteered to make Commencement 2006 a wonderful event for our graduates, families and friends. Well done everyone!