Subject: Mortensen Hall Roof Replacement
Submitter: Peter Chaput, Facilities Manager, Facilities Management

Message: Mortensen Hall is getting a new roof. This work is scheduled to begin on or about August 1. The roofing conctractor will be setting up a safety perimeter and equipment staging area around Mortensen Hall. Some parking stalls along the south wall of Mortensen will be within this saftey perimeter and will not be accessible. Please be aware that there will be odors from the roofing materials used on the building. These odors may infiltrate nearby buildings. This roofing project will be substantially complete by August 31, 2007.

Subject: Bookstore relocating July 26th & 27th
Submitter: Laura Soler, Bookstore Manager, Bookstore

Message: The bookstore will be open from 11-1 on July 26 and closed July 27. We are only able to accept cash & checks today. We are unable to process returns & buybacks during this time. Please visit us Monday at our new home in the Oren Gateway Center.

Subject: Concrete Replacement Scheduled for Quad
Submitter: Peter Chaput, Facilities Manager, Facilities Management

Message: Augsburg College Facilities Management Department will be replacing the concrete in the Quad area directly in front of the Christensen Center north entrance.

Concrete removal will begin Thursday July 26.
Concrete base excavation and preparation Friday July 27.
Concrete form and pour Monday July 30.

This area will be closed to pedestrian traffic during the concrete replacement project. Please use alternate routes. This entrance will be open to normal foot traffic by Tuesday July 31, 2007.

We apologize for any inconvenience this enhancement may cause .

Please Use Alternate Routes & Entrances During This Renovation Construction. The east (ADA), west and south entrances are available.

Subject: Campus Projects Report
Submitter: Peter Chaput, Facilities Manager, Facilities Management

Message: Want to know what's going on around campus? Click on the following link to see a brief report on various projects happening on campus:

http://web.augsburg.edu/~chaput/project_status/072407.xls

Subject: Student Job Opportunity
Submitter: Erin S Voss, Manager of Help Desk Operations and Student Support, Information Technology

Message: Do you enjoy helping people? Do you like computers? Apply to work at the Student Computing Desk this fall!

Visit http://www.augsburg.edu/stucomp/employment for a job description and application packet. Applications received by August 3 will get priority consideration; all applications are due by August 10.

Subject: Transit Pass Update
Submitter: Thomas S Ruffaner, Day Custodial Supervisor, Custodial Services

Message: Augsburg and Metro Transit will continue to fund generously discounted transit passes this year. The Go-To-College Transit Pass for fall term will go on sale soon for $150 for the entire semester. We continue to provide the Transit Works pass for those who wish to buy monthly passes or cash value cards at a discount. Beginning this fall we will also offer an Augsburg Metro Pass to all faculty and staff who currently buy monthly passes. The new Metro Pass is a permanent card that is automatically updated every month through pre-tax payroll deductions so you don't have to go the service counters every month for a new pass. Further updates will come through the A-mail and posters around campus.

Subject: Mid-Summer Update
Submitter: Paul C Pribbenow, President, Office of the President

Message: Greetings,

I am pleased to send you a mid-summer update. There is considerable activity taking place at Augsburg this summer - classes, camps, conferences and construction - and much to report! You can access the update by clicking on the following link: http://www.augsburg.edu/president/pdfs/update072507.pdf

We will resume sending out the Weekly Update on a regular basis starting in late August.

Take care,

President Paul C. Pribbenow

Subject: Lots of Used Notebooks Available at Re-use Table
Submitter: Thomas S Ruffaner, Day Custodial Supervisor, Custodial Services

Message: There are 10 - 15 lightly used 3 -ring binders available for anyone who needs them at the Re-use Table on ground floor Christensen Center just inside the doors to the Auggie's Nest. If you have other office type items you don't need but think someone else would use, you can leave them at the same table.

Subject: Auggies on TV
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; , Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: On Saturday evening, July 28 at 8:00 the documentary film Camp Out will have its television premiere on LOGO. Camp Out follows ten campers at The Naming Project Summer Camp, the first gay Christian Bible camp, held in Central Minnesota. The documentary features current and former Augsburg students: Chris Stedman, Jesse Seward, and Thomas West. It also features current and former Augsburg staff members Ross Murray and Jay Wiesner.

For those of you who would like to see the documentary, but do not have access to the cable channel LOGO (because who does?), contact Ross Murray. A fundraiser party is going to be held at the television premiere.

For more information on Camp Out, visit www.campoutmovie.com. For more information about The Naming Project Summer Camp, visit www.thenamingproject.org. Or contact Ross Murray at x1445 or murray@augsburg.edu for more information.