Subject: Lindell Library open until 1:00 am
Submitter: Jane Ann Nelson, Director Lib Svcs, Library

Message: Lindell Library and Student Computing will be open until 1:00 am from Sunday, April 22, through Wednesday, May 3. Come do some serious studying. We’re expecting you!

Hours are always available from the “Hours" link on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library

Online library resources are also available 24/7 on that web site.

Subject: Q & A: Queer & Augsburg newsletter, Issue 4
Submitter: Will O'Berry, Assistant Director, Campus Activities/GLBTQA Advisor, Campus Activities and Orientation

Message: Would you like a copy of this month's issue of Q & A: Queer & Augsburg, published by LGBTQIA Support Services at Augsburg College? Then click here: http://web.augsburg.edu/~oberry/Q&A_April&May.pdf

Hard copies may also be picked up from the Christensen Center Information Desk or Christensen Center 1D.

Questions? Concerns? E-mail Will O'Berry, Assistant Director of Campus Activities and Orientation/LGBTQIA Support Services, at oberry@augsburg.edu.

Subject: Speaking Skill Workshop April 23
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message:

There will be a SPEAKING WORKSHOP on Monday, April 23 from 3:45 to 5:00 in the MARSHALL ROOM.

The first half will briefly review the revised requirements, suggest options for types of
speaking, define what is meant by "teaching" the skill (i.e. instruction,
practice, and assessment), and provide a sample grading rubric. The second half hour will allow time for questions about the requirement and about strategies for revising courses that meet the current Speaking requirement.

A workshop on the actual teaching of the skill will take place in Fall.

Please rsvp to Terry Martin at 1229 or martin@augsburg.edu

Subject: ACTC Students Taking Classes at St Kates
Submitter: Wayne Kallestad, Registrar, Registrar's Office

Message: Augsburg students taking classes at St Kates please note:

St Kate's classes that meet between 12:30 and 5:30pm Tuesday, 24 April, are canceled due to a CSC faculty meeting and faculty development sessions.

Subject: Mary Kingsley's retirement party
Submitter: Frankie B Shackelford, Professor of Modern Languages, Modern Languages

Message: Please join the Dean's office and Modern Languages faculty at a gathering to celebrate Mary's 4 decades at Augsburg College: Tuesday, May 1, East Commons, 3:30-5:30 p.m. (Program at 4)

Subject: Sociology Students Honored
Submitter: Timothy D. Pippert, Associate Professor, Sociology

Message: Congratulations to senior Sociology majors Chris Adams, Anna Gotschall, Donny Lessard, Marissa Lindback, Maria Mitchell, Sarah Pesola, Maria Power, Megan Schiller, Nicole Stanich, and Stu Wylie. Their outstanding scholarship has earned them membership in Alpha Kappa Delta, an international sociology honor society. They will be recognized in an April 20th initiation ceremony.

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

Message: ASAC presents Murphy Park Live: the Spring Music Jam 2007 tomorrow, Saturday, 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 today 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: 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: Breakfast is served! - not too late to sign up
Submitter: Rick Gubash, Disability Specialist, CLASS Program

Message: Late Night Breakfast is served at 10:00 P.M. on Monday April 30th in Christensen Commons. We will meet at 9:45 p.m. on the first day of finals and the festivities begin at 10:00 sharp.
Please let me know if you are interested in participating.
Gubash@augsburg.edu

Subject: TRIO/SSS is Hiring for Summer
Submitter: Olee Amata, Administrative Assistant, Student Support Services

Message: Position Announcement:

TRIO/ Student Support Services is hiring four Summer Bridge Peer Mentors/ Peer Advisors. The primary functions of the Peer Mentor/ Peer Advisor are to provide a quality summer residential and academic experience for participants in the 2007 Summer Bridge. Peer Mentors/ Peer Advisors maintain a healthy and safe living community, coordinate and participate in evening and weekend activities, and facilitate afternoon/ evening study groups. This is a live-in position July 2 - August 10, with additional training dates TBD.

See the job posting at HR website http://www.augsburg.edu/hr/student/ or get a full position description at www.augsburg.edu/triosss or in the TRIO office SCI 114.

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: Get Ready Thanks!
Submitter: Michele R Kidwell, Enrollment Assistant, Enrollment Management

Message: This year, we’ve welcomed over 140 fifth graders participating in the Get Ready program. A special thanks to Carrie Carroll and the Day Admissions staff, Randall Davidson, Stacy Cutinella, Susan Reinhart, Benjy Kent, Sue Copus, Jill Pohtilla, Chris Brown, Greg Holker and the many Augsburg students that shared their stories. Your contributions made the time these kids spent on campus enjoyable and memorable!

Get Ready is a college prep program sponsored by the Department of Higher Ed. For more information, visit their website at http://www.getreadyforcollege.org/ .

Subject: Get Outside: Earth Day is Sunday, April 22!
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: Senior Reception - FINAL NOTICE
Submitter: Rebecca S Taute, Program Assistant, Alumni-Parent Relations

Message: Hey Day School Grads! You’re invited to the Senior Reception. Check out this website for details and make your reservation today. It's your final opportunity and we want you to attend. It's a PARTY in YOUR honor!

https://smaug.augsburg.edu/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=308&srcid=257

Alumni Relations

Subject: Picture yourself 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: Auggie Athletics Update
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Coordinator, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Tuesday, April 17:
Men's Golf -- Augsburg at Gustavus Bobby Krig Invitational
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mgolf/0607statistics/041707gustavus.html

Softball -- St. Catherine 3-3, Augsburg 2-2
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/softball/0607statistics/041707stcatherine.html

Wednesday, April 18:
Baseball -- Augsburg 2-14, Carleton 7-3
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/baseball/0607statistics/041807carleton.html

Thursday, April 19:
Softball -- Carleton 4-7, Augsburg 1-5
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/softball/0607statistics/041907carleton.html


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

Friday, April 20:
M/W Track and Field at Univ. of Kansas Relays.

Saturday, April 21:
Baseball at Concordia-Moorhead, 12 p.m.
Softball vs. St. Benedict, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE -- http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
M/W Track and Field at Univ. of Kansas Relays.

Sunday, April 22:
Softball vs. St. Mary's, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE -- http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Tuesday, April 24:
Baseball vs. St. John's, Parade Stadium, 2:30 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE -- http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Wednesday, April 25:
Softball at Hamline, 4 p.m.
Men's Track and Field at Macalester Twilight Invitational.