Subject: FACULTY & STAFF PARKING FOR 2007-08 SCHOOL YEAR
Submitter: Krista Young, Communications and Parking Manager, Public Safety

Message: It’s time to think about parking permits for the 2007 – 08 school year! Public Safety, in our efforts to improve the parking permit process for everyone on campus, listens to feedback from the campus community and engages a Parking Committee to make minor adjustments to improve the overall parking experience at Augsburg.

This fall, based on the feedback we received, we plan to make the following five adjustments:

1. Hangtags will be smaller and provide basic parking information

2. Permit registration will be completed 100% online

3. Permit sales will begin for all faculty and staff on August 1st

4. All faculty & staff who complete their online permit registration by August 6th will be placed in a drawing for giveaways of 2 free year-long parking permits

5. Instead of being mailed, permits will be available for pickup in common campus areas at set dates and times, and will also be available 24/7 from the DPS Communications Center in the Urness/Mortensen lobby

Public Safety is also adding a full-time staff position (Communications & Parking Coordinator) to the department for supporting customer service.

Additional information for permit registration will be available through e-mail, A-mail, postal mail, and online at our Public Safety website beginning July 1st.

Thanks to all faculty and staff who provided parking feedback over the past year – please keep letting us know how parking works for you! To voice ideas or ask questions, please e-mail us at parking@augsburg.edu.

Have a great summer!

Subject: Student volunteers needed for June commencement
Submitter: Vinni V Thongthi, Administrative Assistant, Academic Affairs

Message: The Dean's office is looking for 11 student volunteers to serve as flag bearers during the Sunday, June 24th commencement for about 1 hour. The flag bearers will wear a black robe (provided by the dean's office) and lead a parade of graduates from the Christensen Center to Si Melby where the commencement ceremony will take place. You will receive a $10 gift card to the coffee shop for partaking in this very important event. Please contact Vinni Thongthi at 612-330-1024 or thongthi@augsburg.edu to sign up.

Subject: Take the Student Leadership Development Survey
Submitter: Will O'Berry, Asst. Dir., Campus Activities & Orientation/Coord LGBTQIA Srv, Campus Activities and Orientation

Message: The Augsburg College mission is to “nurture future leaders in service to the world ...” Thus, an Augsburg education asks students to fully explore what kind of persons they will be and how they will live meaningfully in the world. An Augsburg education involves the whole student. Faculty and staff are partners in each student’s education. This holistic approach by Augsburg matches very well with the C. Charles Jackson Foundation's mission and values.

Augsburg received a grant from the Jackson Foundation to support a one-year project to analyze the leadership activities currently in place within the co-curricular program on campus. The key purpose of this project is to review current practices around student leadership development and to determine their consistency with the College’s mission.

Here is your opportunity to be a part of this exciting task by completing this short survey and sharing your experience/involvement with leadership development. Please follow this link to the survey: http://academics.augsburg.edu/surveys/leadership.survey

The records of this study will be kept private. In any sort of report that we might publish, we will not include any information that will make it possible to identify any specific student. Research records will be kept in a secure file on a secure server.

Your decision whether or not to participate will not affect your current or future relationships with Augsburg College. Questions regarding this survey can be directed to Ramon L. Knox, Christensen Center 1B, 612-330-1111.

On behalf of the Augsburg Leadership Committee, we thank you in advance for your assistance. Committee members: Nina Exley, Ann Garvey, Ramon Knox, and Will O’Berry.

Subject: Tricia Wallace named new women's swimming coach
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Coordinator, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Tricia Wallace named new Augsburg women's swimming head coach
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/061307wallace.html

MINNEAPOLIS (6/13/07) -- Tricia Wallace, a former collegiate swimmer at Minnesota State University Mankato, was named head coach of the Augsburg College women's swimming team, it was announced on Wednesday.

A Mankato native, Wallace attended the University of Minnesota-Duluth for a year before transferring to Minnesota State University Mankato, where she was a three-year letterwinner for the Maverick women's swimming team. She served as a team captain her junior and senior seasons, and earned Academic All-North Central Conference honorable-mention recognition in 2003-04. She was voted as the team's "Most Improved Swimmer" in both 2001-02 and 2002-03, and received the college's Maverick Achievement Award for senior student-athlete excellence in 2003-04.

She currently serves as a coach/instructor for the Edina (Minn.) Country Club swimming program.

Most recently, Wallace worked as an elementary school teacher at the Harmony School of Excellence in Houston, Texas. While in Houston, she also served as a youth volleyball coach for the Texas Elite Volleyball Club. She taught at the Adonai Christian Academy in Asheville, N.C., before moving to Texas. While in North Carolina, she served as an assistant coach for the YMCA Piranha Swim Team in Asheville. She also served as a swim instructor in Mankato, Minn., from 2001-03.

Wallace received her bachelor's degree in recreation, parks and leisure services resource management from MSU Mankato in 2004. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and earned Dean's List honors. She received her master's degree in experiential education from MSU Mankato in 2005, graduating Summa Cum Laude and earning Dean's List honors.

Wallace will be the third head coach in the history of the Augsburg women's swimming program, which will enter its fifth season of varsity competition in 2007-08. Charlie King served as head coach from 2003-05, while Mike Goldman served as head coach from 2005-07.

Subject: Emily in Liberia
Submitter: Cassandra Hoke, Student

Message: A close cousin of mine has begun a three-month internship in Liberia, Africa. As part of her fellowship requirements with the Ministry of Gender and Development, she will be blogging about her experience. The purpose of her blog is to spread knowledge to as many people as possible and to have conversations about some of the issues that she encounters. Please check it out and help me support her!

http://emilyinliberia.blogspot.com/

Thank you Augsburg!