Subject: Don't Forget - Listening Session Thurs at 8 am
Submitter: John Pack, Director, Public Safety

Message: The final "listening session" with Augsburg’s Public Safety Task Force is this Thursday at 8 am. The session will include a brief discussion of the recent community survey and current recommendations from the task force. The primary goal for these sessions is to get your input! Please bring your comments, questions and concerns and be prepared to discuss security at Augsburg.

Snacks will be available.

Thu, April 19, 2007
8 to 9 am
Marshall Room

Subject: ATTN: Graduating Seniors!
Submitter: Elizabeth N Bassani, Financial Aid Counselor, Enrollment Center

Message: For those of you lucky graduating seniors who have taken out a Federal Stafford Loan while attending Augsburg College, it is required that you complete some form of Exit Counseling. The Financial Aid Office will be offering an Exit Counseling Session on Wednesday, April 25th from 6:30 to 7:30 in Christiansen Center in the Marshall Room. In this session you will learn about repayment terms, budgeting and what does consolidation mean. If you are not able to make it to this event you can also complete your Exit Loan Counseling online at www.mapping-your-future.com. Once on this page you will click on Student Loan Counseling Interview, then Stafford Exit. We will receive notice that you've completed this form and make note of it on your account.
We hope to see you there!
Thank you!

Subject: "Invitation to Design" workshop
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message:

The last in a series of workshops intended to enable faculty to use a systematic, purposeful approach to revising, creating, and maintaining learning experiences. 3:30-5 in the Cedar Room

Faculty considering applying for Instructional and Course Design support for Summer 2007 are strongly encouraged to attend.

The designing professor: changing students on purpose April 24 and 25. Bring a learning experience you’ve been working on to dip your pedagogical toes into the waters of design. We’ll work with a process that starts by identifying the change(s) we want in our students and progresses systematically (but not too fast!) to creating experiences that not only change and empower students, but also enable us to develop a habit of reflective empathy in our work.
Cedar Room

RSVP to martin@augsburg.edu or x1229.

Subject: Zyzzogeton Faculty Roundtables Thursday
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message:

Thursday, April 19, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., in the Marshall Room and Student Gallery, faculty from the arts, humanities, mathematics, and sciences will present roundtable discussions on their current research. The roundtable format offers audience members the chance to participate in an exchange of ideas that is less formal and more intimate-8 people per table-with colleagues who are expert in their fields.

Participating faculty scholars include Tracy Bibelnieks. Gretchen Kranz Irvine, Vicki Olson, Bruce Reichenbach, Frankie Shackelford, Beverly Smith-Keiling, Milo Schield, Ben Stottrup, Mark S. Strefeler, Tara Sweeney, robert k. tom

Refreshments will be served at 3:30.

Subject: Dessert & Dialogue - Monday, April 23 - 6:30
Submitter: Nechia B Agate, Student

Message: Message: What: Dessert & Dialogue
When: Monday, April 23
Where: Augsburg Room
Time: 6:30 p.m.

Get ready to interact, listen and learn around the topic of "Race Relations." Come enjoy delicious desserts and be a part of this exciting opportunity and share your personal stories.

This is the LAST session of the year. Don't miss out!

Questions? Contact Ramon Knox at knoxr@augsburg.edu, x1111 or Nechia Agate at agate@augsburg.edu

Subject: Student Research Posters Today 3:30 to 5:00
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message: Today, April 18, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., more than 40 student researchers will be presenting the results of their explorations. Wanna know more about robots? Satellites? Police line-ups? Music? Martin Luther? Come learn about these topics and more, all from your peers. Browse their posters and enjoy a free nacho bar.

This event will take place in the Christiansen Center (Marshall and Minneapolis rooms) as part of Zyzzogeton, sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Fine Arts Office.

Visit the Zyzzogeton web site for a list of presenters, faculty mentors, topics and abstracts

Subject: Event for military members and their families
Submitter: Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Student Affairs

Message: "Beyond the Yellow Ribbon" is an initiative that the MN National Guard has implementd to better serve the needs of our soldiers and their families. St. Thomas is inviting ACTC students, faculty and staff to attend this program.

Wed., May 2, 2007
4:30-6 pm
St. Paul Campus - McNeeley Hall, (Room 100)
RSVP to TLEggert@stthomas.edu, or call 651-962-7609

A small group at Augsburg has been working to review policies, programs, and services for military members and their families. For more information, contact Ann Garvey, Student Affairs, or Wayne Kallestad, Registrar.

Subject: Help us celebrate the staff!
Submitter: Sarah M Valasek, Student

Message: The Augsburg Stewards is celebrating the staff. Help us celebrate by coming to our table in Christensen on April 25 from 11 to 1.

Subject: Thank you for your help with Sneak Preview!
Submitter: Carrie M Carroll, Director, Admissions

Message: A BIG thank you from the Admissions Staff to all that assisted with Sneak Preview last Tuesday and Thursday night. We hosted 115 students and their parents over the course of the two nights. 27 students made their enrollment deposits!
Thank you to Amanda Storm and the Events staff, our Student Ambassadors, all the faculty that participated, to Academic Advising, and to all the staff and students that sponsored a booth for the activities fair. A special thanks to Mary Lowe, Joan Griffin, Phil Adamo and Phil Quanbeck for their presentation on the Core Curriculum.
The Admissions Office greatly appreciates all of the support received from the Augsburg community!

Subject: Meet and Greet with Al Franken
Submitter: Paul Mock, Student

Message: 2008 DFL Senate Candidate Al Franken will be on campus Tuesday the 24th to speak to the student body, faculty and staff at 2:30 p.m.

Students have organized a special meet and greet with Mr. Franken at the conclusion of the general assembly with students that are interested in volunteering for his campaign.

The meet and greet will be held at approximately 3:20 in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater. If you are interested in attending, please email Paul Mock at:

pmock.otc@comcast.net

Due to space limitations, we will only be able to accomodate the first 20 requests.

Subject: Get Outside: Earth Day is Sunday, April 22nd!
Submitter: Lori Peterson, Assistant Professor, Business-MIS

Message: Spring in the Valley 2007, an Earth Day event, will be held at the private non-profit Silkesnas (silk-es-nas) Nature Preserve owned by Professor Lori Peterson & her husband Rob on Earth Day from 1-5pm. Activities are geared toward all ages and are held out of doors. Hiking on natural terrain of light difficulty is required. Visitors should plan to spend approximately two hours to take in all of the activities, including viewing the natural beauty of the area and visiting with and learning from the various subject matter experts volunteering at the Preserve.
The signature entrance activity involves planting a tree on site. Guests will be welcomed by Randy and Kathy Nyeggen, after which Randy (co-owner of Environmental Landscape Management in Hudson, WI) will acquaint them with the history and importance of white pines to the area, the life of a tree, and how best to care for pines. Not only is Randy an expert in this subject, but he truly loves the area, and this will come across in his presentation. When visitors leave for the day, Randy will equip them with a tree to take home and plant there.

Kathy Nyeggen will explain that the format for the day is a self guided nature tour, and she will highlight where presentations and demonstrations are being held throughout the Preserve. Boy Scout Troup #145 will provide assistance as trail guides. As guests travel through the Preserve, they will meet forester John Lenarz (presenting Goods From the Woods), glacier geology & wildflower buff Nancy Wellington (discussing What’s Underfoot), Rob Peterson (presenting Garbology), and Rick Remington from the Western Wisconsin Land Trust (discussing Trusting Your Land). Guests will also meet master woodworker Mark Nyeggen from A.J. Cabinetry, who will instruct them in making Earth Art, while Lori Peterson will provide them with information about exciting new developments in fuel and energy production with her talk Prairie Grass: It’s a Gas!

While en route and on foot on the nature trails, guests will encounter Knowing Your Bioregion, a self study set of questions providing learning and friendly competition! Lastly, visitors are invited to pull up a seat at a picnic table or on a hay bale in the barn to relax with refreshments provided by Our Coffee Barn http://ourcoffeebarn.com Our Coffee Barn will be showcasing Nicaragua SHG Jinotega Rainforest Alliance Certified Coffee! While there, guests will meet Dr. Jude Rathburn from UW-River Falls, as she hosts the continuous playing of the documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” and gathers visitor impressions and suggestions.

Spring in the Valley, produced and sponsored entirely by volunteers, is held annually in honor of Earth Day. The Silkesnas Preserve is located west of Spring Valley, WI on County Road CC; 1/3 mile south of the intersection of Highway 29 and county Road CC. Look for signs, and park on the roadside. Call 715-778-4898 or Augsburg ext. 1637 for more information. Silkesnas is named in honor of the Peterson’s family farm in Sweden, where sustainable logging activities continue today. At Silkesnas, “we leverage Wisconsin’s landscape to nurture the landscape of the human heart.” For more information about this or other Earth Day activities, visit www.earthday.net

Subject: Honors Convocation and Commencement Attendance
Submitter: Judith A Green, Academic Affairs Project Manager, Academic Affairs

Message: Faculty,

Please contact Events Services (events@augsburg.edu or x.1107) and indicate which of the following events you plan to attend:

Honors Convocation, (this Friday), April 20, 4:30 p.m.

May 5 Commencement:
- Baccalaureate
- Commencement ceremony

June 24 Commencement:
- Baccalaureate
- Commencement ceremony

Thank you,
Judi Green

Subject: International Photo Contest winners announced
Submitter: Stephen A Geffre, Photographer, Public Relations and Communication

Message: International Photo Contest Winners will be announced on:

Friday, April 20th
3pm
Minneapolis Rm, CC

All winners will have their photos hung in the Minneapolis room for the duration of the Zyzzogeton events. This event is being held in conjunction with the Zyzzogeton activities.

Please come and bring your friends!

Subject: FREE: Spring Music Jam 2007 This Saturday
Submitter: Ted A Jedlicki, Student

Message: ASAC presents Murphy Park Live: the Spring Music Jam 2007 this Saturday, April 21st at 6:30 P.M. in Murphy Park under the big tent. The concert stars national artists Evan and Jaron and local stars Heiruspecs, and also features Holiday and My Vengeance. Get your FREE tickets at the ASAC table in the Christensen Center weekdays from 10-3.

Subject: Homecoming 2007 Events
Submitter: Rebecca S Taute, Program Assistant, Alumni-Parent Relations

Message: It’s time to register your Homecoming event with Alumni Relations. Please complete an Event Request Form and return to Heidi Breen in the Alumni Office prior to May 18, 2007. You’ll find the form at the link below. If you have any questions, contact Becky Taute at 612-330-1085 or tauter@augsburg.edu. Thank you!

http://web.augsburg.edu/~tauter/eventreq.pdf

Subject: Fine Arts Public Art Reception this Thursday
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art

Message: Have you noticed the fine art additions that have spruced up the lobby of Sateren Music Hall? As you walk into the space you are now greeted by a large-scale photographic print of the Hoversten Chapel organ pipes by Stephen Geffre, an interactive sound and light installation by Dan Noyes and Robyn Ommen, and a metal sculpture by Norman Holen that was recently donated to the College. Join us as we celebrate these artists and their contributions on Thursday, April 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Sateren. All are welcome; refreshments will be served.

Subject: Last Day: Student Government Executive Board Apps
Submitter: Alex G Hoselton, Student

Message: Executive Board applications are available at the Welcome Desk in Christensen, on the student government door, and at www.augsburg.edu/stugov. Positions available are Chief of Staff, Finance Coordinator, Treasurer, Facilities Coordinator, Student Advocate, and Secretary. For job description and stipend amount see the application.

Applications are due Wednesday(today), April 18th. E-mail to oudekerk@augsburg.edu or place in campus box 3037.

If you have any questions e-mail either oudekerk@augsburg.edu or hoselton@augsburg.edu

Next year will be an exciting year to be included in student government, don't miss out.

Subject: Late Night Breakfast during finals
Submitter: Rick Gubash, Disability Specialist, CLASS Program

Message: Faculty and Staff:

Mark your calendar because this event is for you!

Come help serve Late Night Breakfast on

Monday, April 30th from 9:45 to 11:30 p.m.

Students love this event and you will too.

If you want to have some fun and feed some late night studying types, contact Rick Gubash by email at gubash@augsburg.edu

Subject: Farewell Reception for Visiting Chinese Professor
Submitter: Orval Gingerich, Associate Dean for International Programs, International Programs

Message: You are invited to attend a farewell reception for Professor "John" Jie Zhang, visiting professor from Anqing Teachers College in China. John is head of the Department of Foreign Languages at his college and has been on campus since the beginning of the semester. He will leave Augsburg on April 24th. Many of you have had the pleasure of interacting with John these past months. Even if you haven’t met John, stop by and meet him before he leaves.
Event: Farewell reception for Professor John Jie Zhang
Time: 4–5 PM , Wednesday, April 18th
Location: Sverdrup 102

Subject: Senior Class Gift - Daily Prize Winners!
Submitter: Melissa M Bawek, Assistant Director of the Augsburg Fund, Development

Message: Congratulations to our Senior Class Gift Daily Prize Winners:

Mary Simonson Clark &
Sarah Pesola

There is still time to participate and win by supporting the 2007 Senior Class Gift project - "Give 7 in '07" - we are 70% to our goal of $1,000! Watch for more information to come or contact me at bawek@augsburg.edu in the meantime if you have questions.

Class of 2007, how will you leave your legacy behind?

Subject: Communion/Virginia Tech Memorial Service for all!
Submitter: Chau L Nguyen, Student

Message: The communion and memorial service will be in Chapel on Wednesday night at 9:30pm. It'll be a candle light service. After the service, all of us will be given flowers tagged with prayer with victims' name to bring to Murphy Park to grief and pray for all who were victims of this event.

This event is sponsored by Campus Ministry and Resident Life.

Subject: Campus Solutions to Global Warming Today - 2:00 PM
Submitter: Thomas S Ruffaner, Day Custodial Supervisor, Custodial Services

Message: NEED A BREAK AFTER SPRING BREAK?

CHILL OUT THIS EARTH DAY!

Join more than 40,000 students, faculty and staff all across the US who
are tuning into a live, national Earth Day broadcast on how college and
universities are innovating positive, practical solutions to the climate crisis. Learn how these bold, visionary projects are fostering energy independence while creating new jobs for a better future!

Come join us as we:

• Hear how students, faculty and staff across the country are
confronting global warming
• Listen to a special message from former Vice-President Al Gore
• Interact with leading climate experts and campus sustainability
heroes live in the broadcast studio

Celebrate Earth Day

Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Location: Century Room, Augsburg College

Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM



Sponsored by:

The National Wildlife Federation, with the Campus Climate Challenge,
Earth Day Network and the Society for College and University Planning
and Augsburg Environmental Stewardship Committee.

You’ve heard the bad news about global warming. Come share in the good news this Earth Day 2007!

Subject: Spanish conversation and lunch
Submitter: Kathy J Reinhardt, Instructor, Modern Languages

Message: You are invited to attend a Spanish conversation group that will meet this
Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the Augsburg room, on the 2nd floor
of the Christenson Center. Drop in for 10 mins. or for the whole 90 mins. -
whatever works for you! Whether you're fluent in Spanish or just starting a
beginning class, this will be a good practice experience. Bring your lunch if
you want. We look forward to seeing you there! Questions? Contact Emiliano
Chagil, Anita Fisher or Kate Reinhardt.

Subject: Day of Silence/Night of Noise
Submitter: Mariah B Sheehy, Student

Message: Wednesday, April 18th is National Day of Silence, observed each year by individuals who are silent throughout the day to represent the silence of sexual/gender minorities. On the evening of the 18th, to "break the silence" Queer and Straight in Unity is sponsoring a concert from 6-8pm in the Foss chapel by "The Girls" a local band. We also will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Brian Colby food shelf. Come, it will be fun, bring your friends!

Questions, comments e-mail qsu@augsburg.edu

Subject: Admissions Interns needed for 2007-08
Submitter: Carrie M Carroll, Director, Admissions

Message: Admissions is looking for two interns to take over the work of the Homemade website. This new site has been created by students during the past year. We need students to continue this work into the next year. Students will be paid and can earn internship credit for their experience. We are looking for students with an interest in marketing and a knowledge of web page creation. Interns oversee the hiring of student bloggers and film producers and are responsible for determining the content of the Homemade site. If you are interested in one of these positions, please submit your resume to Carrie Carroll, Director of Admission.
Visit Homemade at: www.augsburg.edu/homemade

Subject: Happy Birthday Leonhard Euler
Submitter: Jody Sorensen, Associate Professor, Mathematics

Message: This week marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Leonhard Euler, one of the most talented and prolific mathematicians of all time. To celebrate this occasion, the mathematics department and the student math club, Unbounded, are hosting a quick Euler Birthday Party at 3 pm on Wednesday, April 18 in SCI 108. All are welcome to come sing happy birthday, enjoy some treats, and perhaps learn a tiny bit more about Euler.

Jody Sorensen
Department of Mathematics
p.s. Impress your friends by using the correct pronunciation, "oi-ler" not "you-ler".

Subject: Augsburg "A" List
Submitter: Mary L True, Associate Director, Center for Service Work and Learning

Message: Good things happening in the neighborhood for free or very little cost.

Music

"Project Opera" Spring Concert
Mill City Museum
Sunday, April 22nd
4:00pm
704 S. Second Street
The Minnesota Opera presents a concert in the Mill Commons
by 2 ensembles of young singers grades 4-12.
Free!

Theatre

May Day Public Workshops
In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
1500 E. Lake Street
Through May 3rd
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7-9pm
Saturdays 9-11am and 1-3pm
Free!

Art

Glamorous Garbo Exhibit
American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Avenue South
Through May 13
Free first Wednesday of the month!
612-871-4907

Subject: Print YOUR pictures in the yearbook!
Submitter: Rebecca V Reilly, Student

Message: Do you want your digital photos of your crazy college life printed in this year's yearbook? If they were taken THIS YEAR, at the highest resolution of a 3 megapixel or higher digital camera, then PLEASE upload them to the yearbook's site!
The community photo site is https://portal.jostens.com/login.asp
the user ID is 1111266
the password is rootbeer
the job # is 07787
Remember to include your name, the names of all those pictured, and what's going on in the photo, in the keywords field!

Subject: 2 BACHELORS SEEKING NEW PAD
Submitter: David Thomas Sullivan, Student

Message: 20 YR OLD SWM & REALLY CUTE KITTY SEEKING PET FRIENDLY ROOM FOR RENT BY MID MAY BUT NO LATER THAN JUNE 1ST!! NEEDS TO BE CLOSE TO AUGSBURG/ WEST BANK. **WILLING TO PAY PET DEPOSIT**

INTERESTED?

PLEASE CALL DAVID@
(651) 398-2503 : )

Subject: Looking for a place to live this summer?
Submitter: Troy N Deden, Student

Message: A three bedroom, 1 bath, AC, Cabel access in all bedrooms, dishwasher. We are looking to sub-lease for the summer, we have taken jobs that are not in the area, we would like to rent no later than june 1st. its in a great location, three blocks over the tenth street bridge, 9th and 9th is the actual address. its in a complex of all college students. great location.
just let me know if you if your intrested or have any questions.
thanks
troy

you can e-mail me at deden@augsburg.edu

Subject: Concert tickets for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Submitter: Kathy J Reinhardt, Instructor, Modern Languages

Message: For Sale: 2 tickets to the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Value $80, will sell for $70. Tickets are for Friday, Apr. 27th. Concert Includes Copland's Appalachain Spring and a Bach Brandenburg concerto. Seats are in the Mezzanine, 2nd tier price range. If you are interested in a different concert, I can change these tickets under my subscriber options. Contact Kate Reinhardt at reinhard@augsburg.edu or at ext. 1081.