Subject: Library Open at 7:30 a.m. Saturdays
Submitter: Jane Ann Nelson, Director Lib Svcs, Library

Message: Lindell Library and Student Computing are opening earlier on Saturdays -- now at 7:30 am. Stop in for your last-minute, before-class questions. Or just pop in to say "hi" on your way to Nabo for a "cuppa."

Hours are always available via the Hours link on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library

Online library resources are also available 24/7 on the same web site.

Subject: CTL Workshops on Sept. 27
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: QEM Informational Session: Thursday, Sept. 27, noon - 1 p.m., Minneapolis Room

Big "Q," little "q," what begins with "Q?" Faculty are invited to an informational lunch to explore the implications of the new undergraduate standards for quantitative reasoning. Tracy Bibelnieks will facilitate. Please RSVP Terry Martin at x1229 if you will be attending.


Dessert and Dialogue: Thursday, Sept. 27, 3:30 – 5 p.m.
CTL Classroom (Lindell 202)
All graduate educators are invited to attend the first faculty development seminar of the year. Rosemary Link will be the guest speaker and will talk about her vision for graduate education. In general, faculty development for graduate educators will be held on the last Thursday of every month in the CTL space. Please RSVP Terry Martin at x1229.

Subject: Fearless-Leaders Conference for Student Orgs
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 - 6 p.m.; Christensen Center Upper Level

Subject: Safe Space 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 - 9 p.m.; Minneapolis Room
Safe Space I: Thursday, Oct. 4; 1 - 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: McNair Scholars Program Returns to Augsburg
Submitter: Dixie Shafer, Director, Office for Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity

Message: Augsburg has been awarded the McNair Scholars Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The McNair Scholars Program at Augsburg is funded to serve 25 students who are low-income and first-generation and/or from underrepresented groups in graduate education to prepare them for graduate school through involvement in research and other scholarly activities.

The four-year grant totals around $900,000 and has an Oct.1, 2007 (gasp!) start date.

Many of you know that Augsburg had a McNair Scholars Program from 1999-2003 and boasts great success for the numbers of alums who are enrolled in or have earned Master's and Doctoral degrees at prestigious institutions across the country. "McNair II" will drawing upon the success and wisdom of our McNair alums to support the new cohort of Scholars.

In addition to the McNair alums, we have a pool of experienced and stellar faculty mentors who have served Augsburg students through both the McNair Program, and more recently, URGO. We also have a community of supportive staff members who understand the Program and who are strong advocates for and mentors to the McNair-profile student.

We are poised, then, to launch and maintain (and beyond four years this time) a highly successful McNair Scholars Program with the collective support of the entire Augsburg community.

The grant document is the result of contributions from many Augsburg staff and faculty. Stay tuned for a long list of people to thank in a future e-mail.

Today, let us rejoice in the knowledge that there is an amazing group of students "out there" who soon will be connected to Augsburg McNair and the national McNair community.

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Subject: Faculty Advisor Training Sessions for NEW Advisors
Submitter: Benjamin G Kent, Director of Academic Advising and Achievement; Acad. Skills Coach, Academic Advising; Academic Skills Office

Message: As we settle into the Fall term, Academic Advising will offer adviser training for all-new faculty advisers and accommodate returning advisers as we are able. The training sessions will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 9 from 4 – 5:30 p.m. AND Thursday, Oct.11 from 8– 9:30 a.m. in Sverdrup 205. This PC lab only has 20 PCs; however, we will try to accommodate as many faculty as is possible for each session.

These sessions will focus on the Augsburg Core Curriculum, advising procedures and policies and registration protocol (using Aug Net) and provide information on principles and best practices in academic advising.

If you are unable to attend, we will try to schedule another time to meet with you individually to provide materials and go over this information.

Please RSVP for one of the training sessions by Wednesday, Sept. 26 so that we can get an accurate number of materials prepared and refreshments ordered. If you have questions, please feel free to call us at x1366.

Thank you for supporting our students through this important work. We look forward to hearing from you.

Benjy Kent
612.330.1366
kentb@augsburg.edu
SCI 152 "D"

Director of Academic Advising and Achievement

Subject: Friday Chapel Community Time to Be Hosted by Board of Regents
Submitter: Kathleen Tuckner, Project Manager, Office of the President

Message: This Friday, Sept. 21, the Augsburg Board of Regents will be meeting on campus and joining the campus community for Chapel. Please invite your colleagues and Auggie friends to come hear a homily delivered by Bishop Peter Rogness. Afterward, plan to stay for conversation and treats hosted by the Board of Regents.

Subject: Last Week to Register: LSAT Prep
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. The cost for current students is $100 and $150 for Augsburg alums (or others), which includes the cost of a 2007 test prep book.

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 - 9 p.m.
General Introduction to the LSAT, Analytical Reasoning Strategy and Practice

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

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

Session Four: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 6 - 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: Augsburg for Adults – Join Us for Quest 24
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; , Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: WEC and graduate 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: Homecoming Lunch - Faculty & Staff Invitation
Submitter: Rebecca S Taute, Program Assistant, Alumni-Parent Relations

Message: Auggie Adventure Homecoming 2007 is on its way! Alumni Relations invites the Faculty and Staff to the Homecoming Lunch on Friday, Oct. 12 at 12:30 p.m. in the Christensen Commons. Cost of the lunch is $3 at the door. RSVP to x1598 or to rsvp@augsburg.edu. If you wish to pay with a budget transfer, please contact Becky Taute at x1085. Don’t miss the adventure!

Subject: Come Sign up for Intramural Doubles Tennis
Submitter: Julie Schellack, Student

Message: Sign up sheets for Intramural Co-ed Doubles Tennis League are now available.

The sign up sheets are downstairs in the Kennedy Center by the Intramural bulletin board. The deadline to sign up is Sept. 26. We will begin Oct. 1. It is a doubles league, so you will need to find a partner. However, if you do not have a partner, don’t let that stop you from signing up. Come sign up anyway, and we'll see what we can do. The details of the league will be attached to your sign-up sheet. Also, you must provide a tennis racket.

Comments, questions or concerns, contact Julie at schellac@augsburg.edu

Subject: Weekend College Chapel
Submitter: Lillian A Maunu, Secretary, Campus Ministry

Message: We invite you to Weekend College Chapel on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 8 a.m. in Hoversten Chapel.
THELMA BUCKNER AND HER FAMILY will bless and inspire you with their Gospel Music & Word!

Subject: Support for Veterans and Current Military
Submitter: Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Student Affairs

Message: Augsburg College supports veterans and current military service members by being a certified Institute of Higher Learning for federal education benefits. In addition, for certain degree programs, we offer a 10% military tuition discount that can be used by current military, spouses of currently serving military, and veterans of any branch of the United States Armed Forces.

For information about services and support, visit web site, http://www.augsburg.edu/military/

Subject: Classroom Services Is Hiring
Submitter: Matthew E Linngren, Teaching and Learning Spaces Liaison, Information Technology

Message: Were you the student that always helped the teacher figure out the data projector or DVD player? Do you like knowing that your work can help others in their learning? If so, you need to talk to me about becoming a part of the Classroom Services team! I am currently looking for reliable, motivated and knowledgeable students who are available for shifts during the middle of the day (MWF 10:50 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and TR 11:45 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.). Send an e-mail to classrooms@augsburg.edu for a copy of the job description and to receive additional information.

Subject: The Augsburg Classic Film Society
Submitter: David B. Apolloni, Associate Professor, Philosophy

Message: The Augsburg Classic Film Society will present a free showing of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 classic, THE 39 STEPS, 7 - 9:30 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Sept. 20, at Science 123, featuring a faculty panel discussion after the movie. Free brownies and cider will be served.

All Augsburg faculty, students, staff, and the general public are invited. For information, contact Prof. David Apolloni, Philosophy Department, apolloni@augsburg.edu.

Subject: Oren Gateway Center Scheduling
Submitter: Jodi Collen, Director, Event & Conference Services, Event & Conference Services

Message: The Event and Summer Conference Planning Department has been receiving many requests from the Augsburg community eager to reserve space in the new Oren Gateway Center. Thank you all for your patience as we determined the first available dates for reserving spaces in Oren.

The Oren Gateway Center houses six, multi-use classrooms, the Graduate Seminar Room and the Adeline Johnson Conference Center which includes a 40-person conference room and a 20 person seminar room.

All fall classes have already been scheduled into the classrooms in Oren Gateway and students began meeting in those rooms on Sept. 5, 2007. We are awaiting completion of the Adeline Johnson Conference Center and will have the first event in those spaces at the Oren Gateway Center Dedication and Open House on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007.

We are now ready to begin scheduling meetings and events into the Oren Gateway Center. To reserve these spaces, please fill out an online room request form, which can be found at www.augsburg.edu/eventservices.

Please keep in mind the following:

1.
Classes will be given precedence to all classroom spaces in the Oren Gateway Center. If you have a classroom need in the Oren Gateway Center, please contact Matt Linngren in Classroom Services at x1219. Meetings and events will only be able to schedule classroom spaces during times when classes are not scheduled . To be respectful to the learning environment, events will only be scheduled in Oren Gateway spaces during class times if it is determined that they will not disrupt classes. You may request reservations in these spaces beginning immediately.

2.
The first available date for the community to hold events and/or meetings in the Adeline Johnson Conference Center will be Oct. 15, 2007. Reservations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis for those rooms beginning immediately.

3.
The lobby will only be available for special events during non-WEC weekends.

If you have questions about this process, or any other scheduling concerns, please contact the Event and Conference Planning department by e-mailing events@augsburg.edu, or by calling x1104.

Thanks!

Jodi Collen, CSEP
Director of Events & Conferences

Subject: Weekend College Web Site
Submitter: Kelsey Richardson, Academic Advisor, Academic Advising

Message: Weekend College Students: please remember to check the Weekend College - Current Student web page for new announcements and information. If you have any questions regarding the information on this web page, please contact Kelsey Richardson in Academic Advising at richardk@augsburg.edu

Subject: Women's Resource Center Open House, TODAY 2 - 4 p.m.
Submitter: Jessica Nathanson, Director, Women's Resource Center, Women's Studies

Message: Please stop by for refreshments and conversation as we welcome new faces and welcome back our returning students, faculty, and staff! The Women's Resource Center is located in 207 Sverdrup, and all members of the Augsburg community are welcome.

Subject: Alum Bill Nelson Receives Baseball Honor
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Director, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Augsburg Alum Bill Nelson '74 Inducted into Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/091907nelson.html

MINNEAPOLIS (9/19/07) -- Augsburg College alumnus and former baseball assistant coach Bill Nelson '74 was inducted into the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame during ceremonies on Saturday at the St. Cloud (Minn.) Civic Center.

The award is the latest honor for Nelson. In 2006, Nelson received the Mike Downes Memorial Award from the Minnesota Baseball Association, recognizing outstanding service to Minnesota amateur baseball.

Nelson has been involved with one of the top amateur teams in the state, the Dundas (Minn.) Dukes, for more than a quarter-century. He began playing for the Dukes in 1975 and served two stints as manager, from 1989 to 1999 and from 2005 to the present day. He also played for teams in Hayward, Minn., Columbia Heights, Minn., and Burnsville, Minn.

He was a player on two state Class B championship teams (1982, 1988) and three runner-up teams (1975, 1980, 1981) with the Dukes and one state runner-up team with the Burnsville Bobcats (1984). He managed the Dukes to state titles in 1998 and 1999, and a runner-up finish in 1996.

He was one of the key leaders in renovating Memorial Park in Dundas, turning it into one of the finest amateur baseball facilities in the state. The facility currently serves as one of the fields for the annual Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball tournament, and was host to the 2003 Minnesota state amateur tournament.

Nelson served for two seasons as an assistant coach and 12 seasons as head coach at Carleton College (1991-2005) and spent the 2006 season as assistant coach at Augsburg.

Nelson was a veteran of Augsburg's baseball and basketball programs, and was inducted into the Augsburg Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. He was twice named all-conference and NAIA All-District 13 in baseball as a pitcher, and was a key member of Augsburg's 1973 MIAC championship team, pitching in both games of a doubleheader sweep of St. Thomas that secured the conference title that season. Nelson received his bachelor's degree in English from Augsburg in 1974.

Subject: Auggie Athletics Update
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Director, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Wednesday, Sept. 19:
Men's Soccer -- Augsburg 4, Hamline 0
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/msoccer/0708statistics/091907hamline.html

Women's Soccer -- Augsburg 1, Hamline 0
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wsoccer/0708statistics/091907hamline.html

Volleyball -- Carleton 3, Augsburg 1 (27-30, 30-22, 30-26, 30-27)
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/volleyball/0708statistics/091907carleton.html


Upcoming Events:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/

Friday, Sept. 21:
Volleyball at St. Benedict, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 22:
Football vs. St. Olaf, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Women's Soccer at St. Thomas, 1 p.m.
Men's Soccer vs. St. Thomas, Edor Nelson Field, 7 p.m.
Men's Golf at Carleton Invite, Northfield GC, Northfield, Minn.
Women's Golf at Carleton Division III Midwest Classic, Troy Burne GC, Hudson, Wis.

Sunday, September 23:
Men's Golf at Carleton Invite, Willingers GC, Northfield, Minn.
Men's Golf at Wisconsin-Eau Claire Frank Wrigglesworth Blugold Invite, Eau Claire Golf and CC, Eau Claire, Wis.
Women's Golf at Carleton Division III Midwest Classic, Troy Burne GC, Hudson, Wis.

Monday, September 24:
Men's Golf at Wisconsin-Eau Claire Frank Wrigglesworth Blugold Invite, Eau Claire Golf and CC, Eau Claire, Wis.

Wednesday, September 26:
Men's Soccer at St. Olaf, 4 p.m.
Women's Soccer vs. St. Olaf, Edor Nelson Field, 7:30 p.m.

Subject: Needed: 1-2 Bedroom
Submitter: Sophia Jacobson, Instructor, American Indian Studies

Message: Adjunct looking for housing in the Augsburg vicinity, 1-2 bedrooms (with shower). The end of September, no later then Sept. 30th. Adjunct is also a grad student at St. Thomas working on dissertation. Contact: jacobsos@augsburg.edu

Subject: Macbook Neoprene Case
Submitter: Brian J Krohn, Student

Message: Macbook 13" neoprene case available for sale -- price is negotiable. Interested parties, please e-mail me at krohn@augsburg.edu.