Subject: Study abroad applications due in 6 days!
Submitter: Andrea Wojtanowicz, Short Term Program Coordinator, International Programs

Message: Just a reminder to all students interested in studying abroad in January or spring semester: Applications are due October 1.

If you’re interested in studying Music in Europe, Vocation & the Christian Faith in El Salvador, or Indigenous Issues in Guatemala, you still have time to complete the forms and return them to Murphy Place 100. Applications to study abroad spring semester are also due October 1.

Still not sure where or what you’d like to study? Come to the Fall Augsburg Abroad Fair this Thursday, September 28! You can meet the faculty and former students from the short-term study abroad programs coming up this year. You’ll also be able to visit with folks from International Partners, Center for Global Education, and HECUA to learn about semester- and year-abroad programs. Stop by to learn how study abroad can change your life!

Date: Thursday, September 28
Time: 11:30 pm to 1:30pm
Location: Christensen Center Lobby

Subject: LSAT AND GRE PREP
Submitter: Shannon R Rynders, Student

Message: LSAT and GRE prep classes start tonight! If you have any questions email Dixie Shafer, shafer@augsburg.edu or Shannon Rynders, rynders@augsburg.edu

Subject: Enrollment Center Closing for Convocation Friday
Submitter: Shana Erickson, Assistant Director, Student Financial Services, Enrollment Center

Message: The Enrollment Center will be closed for the scheduled Homecoming convocation on Friday, September 29 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Subject: Take the QUEST 24: Oct. 6-7
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: Where are you going in your life? Do you need a hot air balloon to get there?

Take 24 hours to be a part of Quest 24, a 24-hour retreat at the Mt. Olivet Retreat Center. Mt. Olivet has several great amenities, including a pool, hot tub, a prayer labyrinth, and several great hiking trails.

This retreat is facilitated by staff from Campus Ministry and the Center for Service, Work, and Learning. We will guide you through a series of fun activities that will help you discern your call in the world. The staff is friendly and wants to challenge you to understand what "vocation" means at Augsburg College.

Get retreat applications at the Campus Ministry Office or the Center for Service, Work, and Learning. $10 holds your place.

Talk to Ross Murray (murray@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1151) for more information.

Subject: Weekly Update online
Submitter: Paul C Pribbenow, President, Office of the President

Message: Greetings,

The Weekly Update is now online and can be accessed by visiting my website (http://www.augsburg.edu/president/pdfs/update092506.pdf). I encourage you to read about what is going on at Augsburg!

Sincerely,
President Paul C. Pribbenow

Subject: Powder Puff Teams
Submitter: Andrea E Kaul, Student

Message: Be sure to cheer on the ladies at the Powder Puff Football Tournament! It takes place tonight at 7 p.m. at the Edor Nelson Athletic Field. The team names and captains are listed below. Any questions about the tournament contact Brenda Hemmingsen at 612-330-1001.

1) Jersey Chasers - Kelsey Olson
2) My Maria's - Maria Mitchall
3) Aged to Perfection - Jill Pohtilla
4) Franlin's Folly's - Beth Franklin
5) Owls - Meg Schmidt
6) Hot Flashes - Carol Enke
7) Hockey Chick - Tiffany Magnuson

Good luck ladies!

Subject: Want Direction? Want Advice? Want Mentoring?
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; , Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: The Alumni Mentoring Program is an opportunity for students to connect and build relationships with Augsburg alumni and wrestle with questions surrounding vocation. "Vocation" may mean job-related specifics but also refers to the larger sense of purpose in life.

Sophomores and up from across the student body are encouraged to participate. Teams are assigned together by major/discipline/interest area, ideally with three students, two alumni, and a faculty or staff person, who will serve as a facilitator. For example, business students will be on a team with business people working in the community and be facilitated by a member of the business faculty.

The program holds four dinners for all participants throughout the year. The dates for the 2006-2007 academic year are October 12, November 16, February 15, and March 29. They are all Thursday evenings. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m., program starts at 6:15 p.m., and then teams will process the program, make plans for future outings, etc. The evening will be over by 7:30 p.m..

In addition to the four dinners, teams are encouraged to have various "vocational outings” throughout the year. Each team is given $250 for expenses related to these outings. These outings can include visits to alumni workplaces, coming on campus for an event or forum, or just dinner together as a team. The outings are planned by the team so they will be relevant. There is a possibility that students will be involved in these on-campus events, so the team can go to support the student in their endeavor.

Part of the purpose is for students to have conversations with alumni who are out there doing things in a given field. Alumni are also asking the same vocational questions that students are, only later in life. Alumni are also keenly interested in what is going on at Augsburg, so students can represent a certain point of view about Augsburg College.

Questions? Call Ross Murray at x1151 or email murray@augsburg.edu.

Subject: Office Decorating Contest- Judging today 12:30-2 p.m.
Submitter: Andrea E Kaul, Student

Message: We encourage all students, staff, and faculty to come see different offices across campus show their Auggie Spirit as they compete by decorating their offices! Judging will take place today from 12:30-2 p.m.. The winner will be announced tomorrow morning. The following offices have registered in the competition- be sure stop by and show your support. Go Auggies!

Trio/SSS- Science 1st Floor
Marketing/Communications- Anderson Lower Level
Facilities- Memorial 20 (Lower Level)
Nursing- Memorial
CSWL- Anderson Lower Level
Human Resources- Memorial Lower Level
Admissions- Christensen Center
CCHP- Corner house (7th and 21st)
Events & Classroom Services- Christensen Center Lower Level
HPE- Si Melby
Administrative Offices- Science 1st Floor
Pat Osterim- Science 110 Floor

Subject: MBA Open House
Submitter: Katherine M Brunsdale, MBA Academic Coordinator, Business-MIS

Message: Attention Augsburg Faculty and Staff:

Get to know Augsburg’s MBA Program by joining us for wine and hors d'oeuvres on October 4 at 3:30 p.m. in the Minneapolis Room. The MBA Director, Dr. Robert Kramarczuk, will present the program’s progress and future, and the Associate Director, Steve Zitnick, will speak on future curriculum and program changes. MBA Academic Coordinators, Jamie Schiller and Kat Brunsdale; Director of Admissions and Retention for Adult Programs, Mike Bilden; and Admissions Counselor, Monica Mahon will also be present to answer any questions.

We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, October 4!

Subject: Artist Amy Rice '93 to give slide talk Friday!
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art

Message: Have you seen the exhibition "Egg Basket Full of Hollyhock Dolls" in the Christensen Center? Want to know more about the artist? Augsburg alumna Amy Rice will be discussing her artwork as well as the non-profit she founded, Spectrum ArtWorks, which services adults with mental disabilities. Join us at 3:30 p.m. in the Marshall Room. Refreshments will be provided.

Subject: Donations Needed!
Submitter: David A. Barlow, Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Program

Message: October 6 is National Physician Assistant Day. Students and faculty from the Augsburg College PA studies program are joining The Family Opportunities for Living Collaboration (FOLC) to put on a yard sale with proceeds to support FOLC. We hope to make this a huge success for FOLC but we need your help.

Please consider donating any of the following gently used items to the sale:
Household goods/Toys and Games/Collectibles/Instruments/Working Electronics/
Tools/Books/Clean and Serviceable Clothing/Cash Donations Welcome

If you have large items (furniture, automobiles etc) please deliver on the morning of the sale (October 6)
You may bring items to the PA program (lower level Anderson Hall) beginning on Friday, September 29. Contact Sandy Fevig at 330-1399 if you have questions.

The mission of FOLC is to inspire, connect, administer, and support individuals and organizations as they partner together to provide programs that address the health and family needs of community members living in Cedar Riverside and surrounding Minneapolis neighborhoods. See their website for details www.folcmn.org

Subject: Sheila Nally's new office
Submitter: John S Schmit, Dean of Adult Programs, Academic Affairs

Message: Sheila Nally has returned to her old office in Foss 18A. Her phone extension remains the same: x1236. Please stop by to welcome her back!

Subject: Spanish Conversation Over Lunch
Submitter: Kathy J Reinhardt, Instructor, Modern Languages

Message: Want to practice your conversational Spanish? Come meet others who are interested in doing the same thing. We will meet in the Riverside room in Christensen Center every Thursday from 12 - 1 p.m.. You are invited to bring a lunch. This is a conversation group, so there will be informal interaction - no grammar lessons! Questions? Contact Kate Reinhardt at x1081 or Anita Fisher at x1082. Hasta jueves!

Subject: Rake Publisher Tom Bartel at Chapel Tomorrow
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; , Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: Augsburg College will open the 2006-07 Vocatio Chapel Series, “How Are We Known: Vocation and Public Life” with the publisher of The Rake, Tom Bartel. The first Vocatio chapel of the year will be on Wednesday, September 27 in the Hoverstein Chapel at 10:20 AM. Bartel will share thoughts on the biblical passage, “Render Unto Caesar.”


Tom will also eat lunch with interested students, faculty, and staff to talk more about writing, publishing, and the magazine business. People interested in eating lunch with 11:00, following chapel should RSVP to Ross Murray at murray@augsburg.edu.

The Rake is free. Its controlled, audited circulation of 60,000 is distributed throughout the Twin Cities metro area (Minneapolis and St. Paul).

The Vocatio Chapel Series, funded through a grant from the Lilly Endowment, focus on various aspects of vocation. These worship services are integral to Augsburg’s understanding of vocation, for the worshippers encounter a “Living Word” from beyond one’s self and become aware of living lives in the light of a wider purpose. One chapel a month is dedicated to the theme of vocation.

Subject: Sad news about a student's child
Submitter: Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Student Affairs

Message: PA student Jennifer Hook's son, Jack, was killed in an auto accident on Saturday, Sept. 23. Jen completed her BA degree at Augsburg in Biology (2006).

The service will be on Tuesday, Sept. 26.

St. Henry's Catholic Church
1001 7th Street E.
Monticello, MN 55362
763-295-2402

Visitation from 9-11 a.m.
Service at 11 a.m.

Please keep Jennifer, Jack and their family and friends in your prayers.

Subject: Dr. Fei Lu to give a space physics talk at the U
Submitter: Jeffrey E Johnson, Associate Professor, Department Chair, Physics

Message: Dr. Fei Lu, postdoctoral researcher in the physics department, will give a space physics talk at the U of M (physics building room 143 at 1:25 p.m.) entitled :"Radar investigations of echoes from the equatorial electrojet".

Subject: Sad news about an alum
Submitter: Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Student Affairs

Message: Ben Ties, a 2006 graduate of Augsburg, died in his sleep on Monday, Sept. 25 in the evening. The specific cause of death is not know.

There will be a visitation on Wednesday from 4:00 -8:00 pm and the service for Ben will be held on Thursday at 1:00.

Both will be held at:
Ranfranz & Vine Funeral Homes
5421 Royal PL NW
Rochester, MN 55901-1895
507-289-3600

Please keep Ben and his family in your prayers.

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):

Sunday, September 27:
Women's Golf -- Augsburg at Division III Midwest Classic
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wgolf/0607statistics/092406d3classic.html

Saturday-Monday, September 26-28:
Augsburg at Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Carleton/St. Olaf meets
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mgolf/0607statistics/092506eauclaire.html

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

Wednesday, September 27:
Volleyball at St. Olaf, 7 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE ONLINE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Women’s Soccer at Macalester, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, September 29:
M/W Cross Country at Wisconsin-Eau Claire Invitational, Colfax, Wis., 4 p.m.
Men’s Soccer vs. Macalester, Edor Nelson Field, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball at Augustana (Ill.) Tournament -- vs. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 6 p.m.; vs. Augustana (Ill.), 8 p.m.

Saturday, September 30:
Volleyball at Augustana (Ill.) Tournament -- vs. St. Ambrose (Iowa), 12 p.m.; vs. Loras (Iowa), 2 p.m.
Football vs. Concordia College-Moorhead, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE ONLINE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Women’s Soccer at St. Catherine, 1 p.m.
Men's Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.
Women's Golf at St. Benedict Invitational, St. Cloud CC, St. Cloud, Minn.

Sunday, October 1:
Men’s Soccer at Buena Vista (Iowa), 1 p.m.
Men's Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.
Women's Golf at St. Benedict Invitational, St. Cloud CC, St. Cloud, Minn.

Monday, October 2:
Men's Golf at MIAC Championships, Bunker Hills GC, Coon Rapids, Minn.

Subject: Wanted: Home for puppy Beagle!!!
Submitter: Ann C Donaldson, Student

Message: I recently purchased a two-month old (he was born July 6) male Beagle from a pet store. Certain circumstances arose, and now I am no longer able to care for him. He has had vaccinations and his first vet visit already. He's a playful and loving dog who loves to cuddle. I am looking for a loving home for him. If you are interested, or for further information or questions, you can contact me at Donaldso@augsburg.edu.