Subject: How Can I Get Maintenance Work Done in My Area?
Submitter: Theresa M. Adams, Office Systems Manager, Facilities Management

Message: For the new employees this year, and as a refresher to those returning, the following guidelines explain how to request work to be done by the Facilities Department.

All requests for maintenance, grounds and custodial work should be called in to Public Safety Dispatch at x1717. The dispatcher will then generate a work order and may also call a maintenance staff person to handle the problem immediately, depending on the urgency of the problem. Any follow-up on a work request that has already been called in to Public Safety Dispatch should be directed to Terri Adams (x1566) in the Facilities Office. If you have any questions about this process, please call Terri at x1566.

Subject: Planned Wireless Maintenance Saturday Morning
Submitter: Erin S. Voss, Manager of Help Desk Operations and Student Support, Information Technology

Message: On Saturday morning, Sept. 15, the wireless networks on campus will be temporarily unavailable as Information Technology staff perform planned maintenance. The networks (Aug-Guest, Aug-Student, and Aug-Facstaff) will become unavailable at 8 a.m.; access should be restored by noon.

Students may contact the Student Computing Desk at stucomp@augsburg.edu with any questions about this maintenance.

Subject: Safe Space Training at Augsburg
Submitter: Will O'Berry, Asst. Dir., Campus Activities & Orientation/Coord LGBTQIA Srv, Campus Activities and Orientation

Message: Be informed on lesbian, gay, bi, trans, questioning, intersex, and asexual issues as well as learn how to be supportive of individuals in the LGBTQIA community.

Join LGBTQIA Support Services for Safe Space Training on one of the following dates and times:

Safe Space I: Wednesday, Sept. 26; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Minneapolis Room
Safe Space I: Thursday, Oct. 4; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Minneapolis Room

Open to all Augsburg College students, faculty and staff. For more information and to RSVP, contact Will O'Berry at x1499 or via e-mail at oberry@augsburg.edu.

Subject: What Is Sadness? What Is Joy?
Submitter: John Knight, Associate Director, Center for Faith and Learning

Message: The Bernhard M. Christensen Endowment Committee, the Augsburg Center for Faith and Learning, and the Religion Department are pleased to welcome Dr. Rolf Jacobson as this year's Bernhard M. Christensen Symposium Speaker. Dr. Jacobson is associate professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary and was on Augsburg's faculty from 2000 through 2003.

Dr. Jacobson's theme is "Everyday Life in Light of the Gospel." He will deliver a speech on Monday, Sept. 24 and the Christensen Convocation Address on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

"Why Do You Weep?" Sadness, Grief and the Gospel
Monday, Sept . 24, 7:30 p.m.
Hoversten Chapel

"How Can I Keep from Singing?" Laughter, Joy and the Gospel
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 11 a.m.
Hoversten Chapel

In preparation for his lectures, Dr. Jacobson has recommended reading "The Costly Loss of Praise," which was published in Theology Today. The article can be found at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3664/is_200010/ai_n8908986/print

Both events are free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please contact John Knight at x1351.

Subject: Upcoming Fearless-Leaders Conference
Submitter: Will O'Berry, Asst. Dir., Campus Activities & Orientation/Coord LGBTQIA Srv, Campus Activities and Orientation

Message: The Fearless-Leaders Conference for student organizations is fast approaching!

This conference will give vital information to student organization leaders and members on how to be effective leaders as well as organizational citizens. Sessions will include budget management, event planning, time management, meeting management, recruitment/retention/motivation as well as a host of other topics important for your organization's success. There will also be opportunities to network with other student leaders from across the campus.

Please mark this time in your calendars for the Fearless-Leaders Conference:
Sunday, Sept. 23; 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.; Christensen Center Upper Level

Subject: Come Barbecue with QSU!
Submitter: Lauren A. Back, Student

Message: Welcome back Auggies! Queer and Straight in Unity will be holding a barbecue on Sunday, Sept. 16th, from 1 to 3 p.m. in Murphy Park. Bring your friends and come help us kick off a great year! Stop by our table in the Christensen Center from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday for more details. Everyone is welcome!

Subject: URGO Seeking Student Fulbright Applicants
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message: Fulbright PROGRAM SUMMARY

The U.S. Student Fulbright Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master’s and doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Most grantees plan their own 1-year programs. Projects may include university coursework, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination. Recent projects have involved cancer research in the UK, free market development in Mauritius, women’s rights in Chile and contemporary artistic expression in India. In addition to the project grants, Fulbright also funds English Teaching Assistantships in a number of countries. There are also opportunities for study and private-sector internships for students interested in business.

Currently, the U.S. Student Program awards approximately 1,000 grants annually and operates in over 140 countries worldwide.

Interested candidates should contact Dixie Shafer, Director of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity, who will walk them through the application process. Applicants are encouraged to work closely with a faculty member to determine country of interest and to develop the research proposal. A committee of faculty members will interview all applicants in early October. Students who want to learn more about Fulbright opportunities and have not yet decided to make application are also encouraged to contact Dixie Shafer.

ELIGIBILITY
U.S. Citizenship
B.A. degree before the beginning date of the grant
A minimum GPA of 3.3
A quality project proposal

DEADLINE
Faculty are asked to forward names of potential candidates (current juniors or seniors) before Sept. 22 to:

Dixie Shafer, URGO
Campus Box 9
shafer@augsburg.edu
612-330-1447

Subject: Register for GRE Test Prep at Augsburg
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message:The Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) will be hosting a GRE prep course on campus this semester for current students and alums. The course will be held for six weeks: Tuesdays, September 25, October 2, October 9, October 16, October 23, and October 30 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

The cost is $25 for current students and $50 for Augsburg alums or others, and includes test prep materials.

Register online at the URGO site. (From the A to Z directory, click on URGO. At the program site, find the "Test prep" option from the list found on the upper left-hand side of the site. Click on it, then choose "GRE prep". Fill out the form, and click "Send Form" to submit).

Course Overview:

Session 1: How to Get Your Best Score on the GRE, Sentence Completion and Analogy

Session Two: Antonym and Reading Comprehension

Session Three: Analytical Writing: Making an Argument

Session Four: Analytical Writing: Critiquing an Argument

Session Five: Quantitative Reasoning

Session Six: Quantitative Reasoning

For additional information, contact Dixie Shafer: (shafer@augsburg.edu).

Subject: How to Get and Stay Fit
Submitter: Joyce Pfaff, Associate Professor, Health-Physical Education

Message: Come get your fitness questions answered and sign up for a "personal training program session." This is an informal, non-workout session for you to come and get information about our workout facilities. Sessions will be held on Monday, Sept. 17 and Tuesday Sept. 18 at noon in the conference room (3rd floor, Kennedy Center). For more information, e-mail pfaff@augsburg.edu.

These two sessions are identical, so please choose the one that best fits your schedule.

Subject: Register Now for LSAT Prep Course at Augsburg
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message: The Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) is hosting LSAT Prep on campus this fall. It costs only $100 for current students and $150 for Augsburg alums or others, and includes test prep materials. *Compare to a $580 course cost at the U of M and over $1300 if taken through Kaplan or Princeton Review!*

Register online at the URGO site. (From the A to Z directory, click on URGO. At the program site, find the "Test prep" option from the list found on the upper left-hand side of the site. Click on it, then choose "LSAT prep". Fill out the form, and click "Send Form" to submit).

Course Overview:

Session One: Tuesday, Sept. 25, 6 to 9 p.m.
General Introduction to the LSAT, Analytical Reasoning Strategy and Practice

Session Two: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6 to 9 p.m.
Homework Review, Logical Reasoning Strategy and Practice

Session Three: Tuesday, Oct. 9, 6 to 9 p.m.
Homework Review, Reading Comprehension Strategy and Practice

Session Four: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6 to 9 p.m.
Homework Review, Continued Practice in all Sections, Overall Test-Taking Strategies, Test-Day Preparation, Class Questions

For additional information, contact Dixie Shafer: (shafer@augsburg.edu).

Subject: Join Augsburg in the Minneapolis CROP Walk
Submitter: Joanna Flaten, Student

Message: Join with other Auggies to support the Church World Service's annual CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Walk, a symbolic walk of solidarity to raise funds for international development and sustainable agriculture projects as well as the good work of local organizations. This year's local beneficiaries happen to include the Brian Coyle Center's foodshelf, which we've pledged to support in the past.

President Pribbenow is this year's honorary chairperson and will give the walkers a brief sendoff before joining the walk himself. Join with us to create a true Auggie presence!

The Minneapolis CROP walk will be Sunday, September 30, at 2 p.m. (registration at 1:30). It will begin and end at Father Hennepin Park at Main Street and 6th Ave SE, and traverse the beautiful Stone Arch Bridge to pass the Guthrie, Mill City Museum, and St. Anthony Main.

You can register online for the walk and to begin your efforts at fundraising. E-mail Tim Dougherty for more information at doughert@augsburg.edu

If you have any questions, please contact Tim (x1208), Mary Laurel True (x1775), or Joanna Flaten (flaten@augsburg.edu).

Subject: 30,000 Software Tutorials Online from IT and HR
Submitter: Scott Krajewski, Director of Information Technology Services, Information Technology

Message: Information Technology and Human Resources are excited to announce the availability of the vast Atomic Learning library of software tutorials to all Augsburg faculty, staff and students. This campus-wide license offers training that would be costly to do externally. This system is essentially training-on-demand and provides self-directed training when people want it in their office.

Atomic Learning provides narrated visual tutorials (some with closed captioning) of common and specific tasks in software programs used widely on campus -- Microsoft Office, GroupWise, and Moodle to name a few. You can browse their library by program name.

These tutorials are a great tool for reviewing software tasks that faculty and staff do infrequently (like a mail merge). They can also be a great way to augment a course that has assignments that require students to use common software (Excel, for example). Instructors can include the link below in their moodle sites to direct students to Atomic Learning using the college license. These tutorials are also handy for students looking to explore more features of software that they are already using or to brush up on how to do regular tasks (like creating a table in Word).

If students have any questions about Atomic Learning, they should contact Student Computing (http://www.augsburg.edu/stucomp , stucomp@augsburg.edu , 612-330-1400). If faculty or staff have questions about Atomic Learning, they should contact their LFC.

To visit Atomic Learning using the college license, go to http://web.augsburg.edu/it/al (that's "al" for Atomic Learning at the end). You also may wish to bookmark this address, which works both on-campus and off-campus.

Subject: Faculty Feedback Channels - VPAA Candidacy Process
Submitter: Vicki L Olson, Associate Professor, Education

Message: Faculty Senate has been charged with processing feedback from faculty and making a recommendation to the President regarding the candidacy of Barbara Farley for Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. For individual faculty, there are two official ways to provide feedback to the senate.

First, on the President's web site at the top of the left hand bar, you will find Dean Farley's written materials and a link to an e-mail designated for faculty feedback. This e-mail is sent anonymously to Vicki Olson in her role as chair of the faculty senate. She will collect the feedback and share it with the senate as part of the charge to make a recommendation to the President.

Second, faculty can also provide feedback, preferably in written form, to their divisional senate representatives. This feedback will also be shared with the senate. Divisional representatives to senate are as follows:
Fine Arts/Humanities - Robert Cowgill, Darcey Engen
Natural/Social Sciences - Keith Gilsdorf, Mark Strefeler
Professional Studies - Ashok Kapoor, Barbara Lehmann

Faculty have the opportunity to hear Dr. Farley speak about her vision and goals for Augsburg during the first hour of the Sept. 18 faculty meeting. Faculty are also welcome to attend an open forum for staff and faculty at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 18 in the Minneapolis Room.

All feedback must be submitted by 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19 for senate to include in its deliberations.

Subject: WEC and Grad Students – Quest 24
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; , Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: WEC students are invited to register for Quest 24, a 24-hour retreat to explore gifts, work-life balance, and vocation. The retreat is Sept. 29-30. We will travel to the Mount Olivet Retreat Center in Farmington.

This retreat is co-facilitated by staff from Campus Ministry and the Center for Service, Work and Learning. During the retreat, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their lives, journal their feelings, swim in a pool (optional), hike in the woods, and learn more about how their gifts are connecting with the world.

Traditionally, Quest 24 has been available to day students, but this retreat will have a special focus on the adult student population. For more information, or for a registration form, please contact Ross Murray at murray@augsburg.edu. Space is limited, so hurry!

Subject: Nicaragua Weeps in Wake of Hurricane Felix
Submitter: Orval Gingerich, Associate Dean for International Programs, International Programs

Message: From Kathy McBride, CGE faculty in Nicaragua: Hurricane Felix slammed into the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, leaving over 50,000 homeless and hundreds of indigenous Miskitu people dead. The stories of mothers, fathers and children talking about how the hurricane ripped their families apart is heart breaking, and there has been a lot of weeping. Many are now missing, while others collect dead bodies from the sea.

In response to this great tragedy, Nicaraguans have streamed to central gathering points to give whatever they have: clothes, rice, beans, milk, blankets, roofing materials and more. Nicaraguans have shown enormous solidarity with their own people, but more is needed.

You can contribute through The University of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua (URACCAN), a private university that receives government funding to educate people on the coast for development. The university is very connected to the communities on the coast and is working very hard on the relief effort. You can send your contribution to:

URACCAN University
Bank of America
ABA 026009593 National bank Tower
100 SW2nd Street 13th Floor
Tel. (305) 533-2462 or (305) 533-2003
Fax (305) 533-2071
SWIFT BOFAUS3M
dollar account - 1901841686 a/n del Banco de la Produccion MGA NIC.
for final credit to account: #10011616175075 a/n de URACCAN SOLIDARIDAD.

Please send an e-mail stipulating the use of your donation to: cooperacion@uraccan.edu.ni

Subject: We Welcome You to Chapel! MWF 10:20 a.m., TU/TH 11:20 a.m.
Submitter: Lillian A. Maunu, Secretary, Campus Ministry

Message: We look forward to a great week in Chapel:

Monday - Mini-Convocation with Elaine Penn
Tuesday - AFRIZO, Musical group from Daystar University, Kenya, East Africa
Wednesday - Vocatio Chapel with Peter Agre
Wednesday - Communion at 9:09 pm
Thursday - Jim Trelstad-Porter & International Students
Friday - Bishop Peter Rogness

We hope to see you!

Subject: Scholarly Writing Group - Monday
Submitter: Douglas E. Green, Professor, English

Message: The Scholarly Writing Group, which provides an informal venue for discussing and getting feedback on individual scholarly writing projects, is holding its first meeting of the year from 11:30 - 1 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, in Lindell 202 (right behind Terry Martin's desk on the 2nd floor of the library). We will be planning this year's meetings and discussing our individual summer and future projects. If you're interested and want to join us, even for part of the meeting, please do. If you contact Lori Hale (hale@augsburg.edu) and/or Doug Green (green@augsburg.edu) very soon, we can have a box lunch for you, too.

Subject: Elaine Penn Presentations Throughout Monday
Submitter: Paul H. Grauer, Men's Athletic Director, Instructor

Message: Elaine Penn, outstanding speaker, workshop facilitator and singer/songwriter will spend a full day on campus on Monday, Sept. 17. Her presentations will focus on diversity, leadership and building an inclusive campus community. Her highly interactive style and use of music enables her to reach people in profound ways.

Please mark your calendar for Sept. 17 and the following times:

10:20 - 10:55 a.m., Mini Convocation (no change in class schedule)
Noon - 1:30 p.m., Luncheon - open to all
3:00 - 4:00 p.m., Faculty/Staff Presentation
7:15 - 8:30 p.m., Keynote Address to Student-Athletes

Subject: Congratulations to Prof. Michael Lansing (History)
Submitter: Jacqueline R deVries, Associate Professor and Chair of History, History

Message: Please congratulate Prof. Michael Lansing (History) on the publication of his book The American West: A Concise History (Blackwell 2007), co-authored with Anne M. Butler, Professor Emeritus at Utah State University.

"With admirable clarity, the authors analyze the West's diverse regions, meanings, and populations across many centuries. This is a fine, insightful book," writes Prof. William Deverell of the University of Southern California.

In the past academic year, Prof. Lansing also had a previously published article on Chinese immigrants in late nineteenth-century Salt Lake City chosen for reprinting in a new anthology published by the University of Utah, wrote several book reviews, and presented papers at the Organization of American Historians Midwest Regional Conference in Lincoln, NE (July 2006) and at the Western History Conference in St. Louis, MO (Oct. 2006).

Subject: Auggie Ultimate
Submitter: Philip Brown, Student

Message: Interested in playing ultimate Frisbee on a new, competitive, Augsburg Ultimate [Frisbee] team? Come to the involvement fair on Friday to our table and sign up!

Subject: Free Kitten
Submitter: Barbara Harvey, Disability Specialist, CLASS Program

Message: I have one little kitten that needs a home!
The kitten is all black, is about one month old and meows very well,
Kitten was abandoned by its momma and is currently being cared for by very wonderful people but needs a new home soon.
Barb Harvey
harvey@augsburg.edu
952-240-8891 (cell)
612-330-1419 (office)