Subject: Enrollment Center closed for Sept. 5 Convocation
Submitter: Shana Erickson, Assistant Director, Student Financial Services, Enrollment Center

Message: The Enrollment Center will be closed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5 for Opening Convocation.

Subject: Reception to welcome new staff and faculty
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message:

Please join your colleagues in welcoming new staff and faculty to the 2006-07 academic year at a reception celebrating the end of their orientation on Wednesday, August 30 at 3:30 p.m. in the Christensen Center. Entertainment and refreshments provided.

Subject: Day use lockers moved to 2nd floor Christensen
Submitter: Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Academic and Student Affairs

Message: Lockers for student use are available near the ATM machine on 2nd floor Christensen. For $.25, you can store belongings AND when you replace the key to collect your items, your $.25 is returned!
These lockers were previously in the lower level/1st floor of Christensen.

Subject: Welcome to Will O'Berry
Submitter: Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Academic and Student Affairs

Message: Will O'Berry joins the Augsburg community on August 29. Will is the assistant director for Campus Activities/GLBTQA advisor. He will work with Ramon Knox in the Camus Activities and Orientation Department.

We will continue to have Jay Wiesner, GLBTQA advisor, at Augsburg through the 06-07 year.

Welcome to Will!

Subject: Steven Schauer exhibition now on view
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art

Message: Drop by the Student Art Gallery in Christensen Center to see "Posers: A Life Drawing Retrospective" by senior art major Steven Schauer. Steven, who won first place in last spring's All-Student Juried Art Exhibition, suffered a stoke last May and the very fact he has been able to mount a senior art show is remarkable. To celebrate this accomplishment the Art Galleries and Art Department is hosting a special reception for Steven on Thursday, September 7 from 6-8 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Subject: Bookstore hours and info...
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Message: Our hours this week are Monday - Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday, September 1, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, September 2, 9:30 a.m - 4 p.m., Sunday September 3, 11-4, Monday September 4, 9:30-6, Tuesday September 5, 9:30-8, Wednesday - Friday September 6 - 8, 8:30-6, Saturday September 9, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sunday, September 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.. Last Day to return text books is September 13.

Subject: Need hosts for int'l student welcome dinners Sep.1
Submitter: James Trelstad-Porter, International Student Advisor, International Programs

Message: Next Friday, September 1, from about 5:30-8 p.m., we are looking for 2-3 more faculty/staff who would be willing to host a meal in their homes for 3-6 new international students (most will be from Norway).

These meals provide students with a chance to get off campus and experience a taste of home cooking before the semester begins.

If interested please contact Jim Trelstad-Porter at:
porter@augsburg.edu
x1686

Subject: "Title the Sculpture" Contest
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art

Message: Have you noticed that four new pieces of public art have recently arrived on campus? To celebrate the arrival of these temporary installations the Art Galleries are sponsoring a contest to see who can come up with the best (i.e., most creative) titles for all four of the artworks.

How to enter:
Email your suggestions to Kerry Morgan at morgank@augsburg.edu by October 1. The winner(s) will be announced at the reception of our fall shows on Saturday, October 7.

Where to find the art:
The large welded steel sculptures by Sam Spiczka are on loan from the artist and are located in front of Lindell Library. in front of Foss, and in front of Christensen Center. (Smaller sculptures by Spiczka are being highlighted in the exhibition "Reliquiae," opening in the Gage Family Art Gallery on September 15.)

One welded steel sculpture by Norman Holen, art professor emeritus, is hanging in the foyer of Sateren. The piece is a gift to the College from Mike and Pauline Vinyon.

Bon courage (good luck)!

Subject: Farewell to Kenneth Turner
Submitter: Alyson C. J. Olson, Director of Student Support Services, Student Support Services

Message: After four years as Academic Advisor with TRIO/SSS, Kenneth Turner, Jr. is leaving Augsburg to pursue an excellent opportunity as director of Urban Teaching and Child Development at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. ?KT? has chosen to leave without fanfare, politely declining my offers of celebration of his service (party, free lunch, flamingos). However if you would like to wish him well or squeeze any last work out of him, he can be reached at his office in SCI 114A, turnerk@augsburg, or x1314 through Friday, September 8.

Kenneth, you will be missed!