Subject: Professors—Recommend talented students!
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message: Deadlines for significant national fellowship competitions closely follow the beginning of fall semester. Start the ball rolling now by recommending students who could be competitive for these awards.

For more information about just a few of the available programs, see the links below:

Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/rpcsp/index.html

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
http://www.rotary.org/foundation/educational/amb_scho/

Fulbright
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html

Have questions? Have potential applicants? Contact Dixie Shafer in the URGO office: shafer@augsburg.edu; x1447.

Subject: Supporting Effective Student Writing, May 23
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: From WAC to WID: Supporting Effective Student Writing

Please join us May 23rd from 1:30-5:00 in Lindell 301 for an experiential workshop on writing in the disciplines. This workshop is designed for faculty from across the college to help us teach in ways that result in stronger writing skills in our students, whatever the major. Building on the work of the AugCore Writing Collaborative and refreshing our understanding of the foundations in first year writing courses in the English Department, participants will actively consider and apply ideas about important traits in writing. We then will investigate ways to design assignments in various genres (e.g. lab reports, essays, theater reviews, term papers) that are more likely to produce the quality we expect in our students’ work. All faculty are invited and we especially welcome our adjunct colleagues. Please also join us for lunch in the Minneapolis Room prior to the workshop if you are able. Gift cards will be included. RSVP to Martin@augsburg.edu by May 21st.

Subject: Lindell Library closed May 25-28
Submitter: Jane Ann Nelson, Director Lib Svcs, Library

Message: Lindell Library and Student Computing will be closed FRIDAY through MONDAY, May 25-29, for the Memorial Day remembrance.

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: VENDOR/AUTHORIZATION INVOICES
Submitter: Amy Daugherty, Accounts Payable, Administrative Accounting

Message: Any vendor and authorization invoices that should be paid in this fiscal year (which ends May 31st) MUST be turned into Administrative Accounting by FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH. Thank you for your help regarding this request ~~~ it is greatly appreciated.

Subject: Faculty Input: Selection Process for Dean
Submitter: Douglas E Green, Professor, English

Message: In light of the discussion at the last faculty meeting (4 May), the Committee for the Selection of Nominees for Dean of the College (hereafter the SNDC Committee) would like input from the faculty:

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THE NOMINEE(S) FOR DEAN OF THE COLLEGE? PLEASE PROVIDE THE RATIONALE FOR YOUR VIEWS.

As we confer with the President, this is your opportunity to be heard. We would like to hear from each and every faculty member by 5 pm, Friday, 1 June.

Please note that the SNDC Committee is interested in the reasons behind your position, so that we can better understand faculty views about the process for selecting the Dean. All responses will be read only by the SNDC Committee; the President and the Interim Dean will not see them. They will be treated confidentially by all Committee members.

We also insist that in order for us to give due weight to all faculty and their views that responses be written; in addition, they must be signed or, in the case of e-mail, identifiable. In other words, we must know the identity of the author or authors. While individual Committee members are happy to discuss issues with you, we ask that you submit your responses and comments in writing to us, so that your views are officially presented to the whole Committee for consideration and discussion.

All responses are due by 5 pm, Friday, 1 June. They may be submitted either by e-mailing the following address deansearch@augsburg.edu or by submitting a hard copy to Lois Bosch (CB 253), Nancy Fischer (CB 116), and Mark Strefeler (CB 230).

If you have questions, please feel free to contact individual members of the Committee. We appreciate the time and effort your participation requires and look forward to hearing from you by 5 pm, Friday, 1 June.

Doug Green, Chair
Lois Bosch
Nancy Fischer
Alex Hoselton
Marie McNeff
Mark Strefeler
Wayne Kallestad
Gaye Lindfors

Subject: Will the $3 lunch continue?
Submitter: Jim Falk, General Manager, Sodexho

Message: We will have the $3 lunch all summer long. The hours will change a little in June and July. The change will be longer hours to accommadate the campus that will be on campus.

If you have any questions please feel free to call the food service office at 612-330-1135.

Jim Falk

Subject: Dr. Kwok to visit Augsburg Wednesday, May 23
Submitter: Kathleen A Tuckner, Project Manager, Office of the President

Message: Professor Edmund Kwok, PhD, Executive Vice-President of United International College (UIC) in Zhuhai, China, will visit Augsburg on Wednesday, May 23, accompanied by his wife, Christine.

Dr. Kwok is in Minnesota as a guest of the Minnesota Private Colleges Council. He will be visiting six Minnesota colleges and universities as a follow-up to a visit to China in 2005 by an MPCC group. MPCC has agreed to affiliate with UIC for the purpose of student and faculty exchange.

While Dr. Kwok is on campus, there will be an opportunity for interested faculty, students, and staff members to attend a UIC presentation. We invite you to attend Dr. Kwok's presentation in the Kennedy Center, Classroom 305, 2:00 - 3:30 pm, on Wednesday, May 23. Dr. Kwok will explain the mission of UIC with supporting visuals and describe opportunities for both faculty and students from the MPCC institutions.