Subject: Opening Convocations
Submitter: Barbara Edwards Farley, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Academic Affairs

Message: Beginning this fall Augsburg College will hold two Opening Convocations. The Opening Convocation on September 4th will celebrate the beginning of the academic year for the College's traditional day students. New day and transfer students will be the primary focus of attention on September 4th. The Opening Convocation on September 8th will recognize students in the Weekend College, United/Unity/Mercy Hospitals program, and Graduate programs.

Schedule on Tuesday, September 4:
Opening Convocation: 10:30 (10:00 line-up for the academic procession will take place outside of Foss. Line-up will take place inside of Foss if it rains). AugSem students will march and sit in the center section of the Chapel. There will be open seating for members of the Augsburg community who are not marching.

Picnic: 11:30 a.m. (All-Campus Picnic in the Quadrangle follows the Convocation. Please allow AugSem students to move through the lines first).

Welcome and Recognition of Community Service Projects (President Pribbenow and Mayor Rybak): 12:00 p.m.

AugSem students meet in Murphy Park to depart for Community Service Projects: 12:30 p.m.

Schedule on Saturday, September 8th:
We will not have an academic procession on September 8th due to time constraints. There will be open seating in the Chapel.

There will be a modified class schedule on September 8th:
Morning Class Sessions: 8:00-11:45 a.m. (MAL and MSW) and 8:30-11:45 a.m. (Weekend College, MAE, and MBA)

Opening Convocation (Hoversten Chapel) followed by All-Campus Picnic (Quadrangle): 12:00 p.m.

Afternoon Class Sessions: 1:15-5:00 p.m. (MAL and MSW) and 1:30-4:45 p.m. (Weekend College, MAE, and MBA)

Barbara Edwards Farley

Subject: Come on down to the Campus Kitchen
Submitter: Brian Noy, Campus Kitchen Coordinator, Center for Service, Work and Learning

Message: The Campus Kitchen is looking for volunteers for the couple of weeks before the students settle back into the semester schedule. Please share your time with us on any of the following cooking shifts. In fact, you can even share your family's time with us down in the kitchen (one staff member came with her son and had a great time)!

Let me (Brian) know if any of the below times work for you at X1624 or campuskitchen@augsburg.edu. Thanks!

Cooking, Mondays, 7-9 PM
Delivery, Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM
Cooking, Wednesdays, 7-9 PM
Delivery, Thursdays, 11-1 PM
Delivery, Thursdays, 3-5:30 PM

Subject: Registration & Readmission Deadlines
Submitter: Wayne Kallestad, Registrar, Registrar's Office

Message: Please note the coming registration and readmission deadlines:

Readmitting to the college:
The last day to readmit to the Day program (Fall Semester) is the Friday before the term begins: Friday, 31 Aug 2007.
The last day to readmit to WEC programs (Fall Trimester) is the last business day before the term begins: Thursday, 6 Sep 2007.

Registration for courses:
The last day for initial registration for the Day program (Fall Semester) courses for all students is the Friday before the term begins: Friday, 31 Aug 2007.
The last day for initial registration for WEC program courses (Fall Trimester) for all students is the last business day before the term begins: Thursday, 6 Sep 2007.

Subject: Season previews online for Auggie fall sports
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Director, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Season previews are online for four Augsburg fall sports, as teams are currently in camp preparing for the upcoming season. Click on the links below for season previews:

Football:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/football/0708preview.html

Women's Soccer:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wsoccer/0708preview.html

Men's Soccer:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/msoccer/0708preview.html

Volleyball:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/volleyball/0708preview.html

Season previews for men's/women's cross country, men's golf and women's golf will be online later.

Subject: House cleaning with heart
Submitter: Brian Noy, Campus Kitchen Coordinator, Center for Service, Work and Learning

Message: My partner just left her full time job to focus on school and is looking for cleaning and organizing jobs for fall semester. She has years of professional experience (as well as cleaning up my messes), very attentive to details, can clean ecologically or conventionally (your choice), and most of all, she does it with a big heart.

You can contact me or Évi directly at evifink@gmail.com and 612-978-3471.