Fire Prevention week

Stay in the kitchen when frying, grilling, or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen — even for a short time period — turn off the stove. If you do choose to leave, at least carry an oven mitt or pan lid with you as reminder that something is still cooking. Remain in the home, and use a timer as a reminder to keep checking food that is simmering, boiling, or baking.

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Friday - Homecoming Parking

Friday will be a busy day with regular classes in session and many homecoming events on campus. If you are having special guests visit the campus, please direct them to park in the Fairview-University YELLOW ramp. As they leave the ramp, they can receive a discount rate of $5 if they show an Augsburg Homecoming brochure for the event they attended.

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Q & A: Queer & Augsburg, Issue 1

Would you like a copy of this month's issue of "Q & A: Queer & Augsburg," published by LGBTQIA Support Services at Augsburg College? Then click here: http://web.augsburg.edu/~oberry/Q&A_October_2007.pdf

Hard copies may also be picked up from the Christensen Center Welcome Desk or in the Auggie's Nest on the ground floor of the Christensen Center.

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Scholastic Connections Mentor Profile

Natalia Pretelt graduated from Augsburg in 2003 with a double major in economics and business. She is in the MBA program at the University of St. Thomas. Natalia currently works as a loan and financial specialist at the Minneapolis Consortium of Community Developers.

Natalia mentors Luis Lopez Monterrubio. This is their second year together in Scholastic Connections.

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Lilly Endowment Funds for Travel - Apply by Oct. 22

The Office of International Programs, the Center for Teaching & Learning, and the Lilly Endowment are collaborating to offer professional development opportunities for two Augsburg College faculty to experience programming at Center for Global Education sites in the 2008 calendar year. The grant provides travel funds (up to $2,000) for faculty to reflect on faith and vocation in a global context at one of CGE’s locations.

Preference will be given to faculty interested in leading a study abroad program to a CGE site who have not yet done so, as well as to faculty in study abroad's under-represented disciplines (e.g. science, math).

Applications are due Oct. 22, 2007. Application materials can be downloaded from the Augsburg Abroad web site (http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/), and soon from the CTL web site (http://www.augsburg.edu/ctl/). For more information, please contact Andrea Wojtanowicz at wojtanow@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1669.

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IRB Information Session - Wednesday, Oct. 10

What is the Institutional Review Board and what does it do? Who needs to submit proposals to the IRB? These and other questions will be addressed at an information session on Wednesday, Oct. 10 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Oren 111. Please plan to attend if you have any questions regarding IRB.

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CATs workshop is TODAY

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs, the workshop) will happen today in Lindell 301 from 3:30 - 5 p.m. (refreshments at 3:15 p.m.). Facilitators Frankie Shackelford and Tracy Bibelnieks will introduce you to multiple ways to find out what and how your students are learning in a particular course. Never mind the RSVP -- just show up!

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Potluck Lunch Tomorrow

Please join us for our second potluck lunch in the Women's Resource Center (207 Sverdrup) on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 12:30 p.m. Dr. Beverly Smith-Keiling will be discussing local and national support for recruitment and retention of women in science and showing a film highlighting two amazing women in science in the IMAX film "Journey into Amazing Caves."

Potluck lunches are held on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of every month from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Bring something to share, or just show up! All members of the Augsburg community are welcome.

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Library Collection of Leisurely Books & DVDs

Do you need a break from studying and want to read a book for FUN?! Want to watch a new-release movie with friends but have no cash? Lindell Library is here for you!

We have started a new browsing collection of books and DVDs selected by students for enjoyment by all Augsburg students, faculty, and staff.

Current and bestseller titles are added monthly, so stop by the first floor of the library and see what is new.

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Weekly Update

Greetings,

The Weekly Update is now online. You can access the document by visiting the following link: http://www.augsburg.edu/president/updates/2007/100807.pdf

Have a good week,

President Paul C. Pribbenow

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Augsburg Cycling Club Meeting TODAY

The Augsburg Cycling Club will be having a meeting today at 4:00 p.m. in the Christensen Center. If you are interested and would like to hear more about the club, please join us. If you can not make it, e-mail Whiterab@augsburg.edu for more information.

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Farewell Party for Stephanie Malone

Please join the Institutional Advancement Division in wishing a fond farewell to Stephanie Malone, Director of the Augsburg Fund, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Century Room. Refreshments will be served.

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Disability Awareness Month - Access to Technology

To help raise awareness during this month, we will be posting brief notes on how we as a community can be supportive of persons with disabilities.

Section 508 - Access to Technology

In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. ‘ 794d), agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others.
(Source: http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=3)

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World Visions Staff Book Group Reminder

The Book of Lamentations, by Rosario Castellanos
Wednesday, Oct. 17
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
Riverside Room

This first book is in honor of CGE’s 25th anniversary! “A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction, this novel transposes episodes from actual Maya uprisings in Chiapas in 1712 and 1868 to the 1930s. This book, by Mexico’s most important woman novelist of the 20th century, combines historical events with modern times.” (Resource Center of the Americas synopsis)

Please feel free to attend even if you haven't finished the book.

Respectfully,

World Visions charter members: Emily Cronk, Lynn Ellingson, Kathy Fagen, Amy Greeley, Holley Locher, and Lisa Roe.

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Celebrate Coming-out Week with QSU

Queer and Straight in Unity will be offering many opportunities to celebrate National Coming-out Week, taking place from Oct. 8 - 12. Check out our table in Christensen Monday - Thursday from 10:45 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for information about our events, including the upcoming performance of Samwell on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the chapel. You can enter a drawing to win a spot at our Samwell and pizza get-together on Thursday afternoon or just find out some great information about GLBT History month.We will also be hosting chapel on Wednesday, so check us out there! There will be food as an added bonus.

In case you will be missing out on our great events this week, be sure to check our web site from time to time for news and upcoming happenings at www.augsburg.edu/qsu. Have a great week!

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Mexican Artist Aranda on Campus this Friday

Please join the Center for Global Education, Art Galleries, and Art Department this Friday, Oct. 12 for two special art events:

8:30 - 10 a.m. Alejandro Aranda, "Traditional Printmaking in Mexico"
Marshall Room, Christensen Center

3:30 p.m. Alejandro Aranda, "Art as a Form of Social Justice"
Marshall Room, Christensen Center
Reception will follow

Aranda will have poster prints, notecards, and more original prints available for purchase. A portion of all sales go to the people of Tlamacazapa, Mexico. The prints and baskets on view in the Christensen Center Art Gallery are also for sale.

We hope to see you there!

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Auggie Athletics Update

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

Monday, October 8:
Women's Golf -- Augsburg at MIAC Championships
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wgolf/0708statistics/100807miac.html

Men's Golf -- Augsburg at MIAC Championships
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mgolf/0708statistics/100807miac.html


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

Tuesday, October 9:
Women's Soccer vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Edor Nelson Field, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 10:
Men's Soccer at Gustavus Adolphus, 4 p.m.
Volleyball at St. Olaf, 7 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Friday, October 12:
Volleyball at Wartburg (Iowa) Tournament -- Augsburg vs. Augustana (Ill.), 4 p.m.; Augsburg vs. Wartburg (Iowa), 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 13:
Volleyball at Wartburg (Iowa) Tournament -- Augsburg vs. Nebraska Wesleyan, 9 a.m.; Placing Match, 1/3 p.m.
Men's and Women's Cross Country at Wisconsin-La Crosse Invitational, Maple Grove GC, West Salem, Wis., 10 a.m.
Women's Soccer at Carleton, 11 a.m.
Football vs. St. Thomas, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Men's Soccer vs. Carleton, Edor Nelson Field, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 16:
Men's Soccer at Bethel, 3:30 p.m.
Women's Soccer vs. St. Scholastica, Edor Nelson Field, 7:30 p.m.

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Ultimate Tryouts (Spring Team)

*Ultimate tryouts will be held this Sunday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. (please arrive 15 minutes early) on Edor Nelson Field and Friday, Oct. 19 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the same location. Tryouts are meant to determine the team(s) that will represent Augsburg College in a booming sport. Potential players are required to make only one of these dates. If these days do not work, please let me, Justin or Al know ASAP, so we can determine if we need another day of tryouts or something else.

Tryouts will be based on seven core skills of an ultimate player. These include endurance, throwing, catching, defense, offense, overall game-play and teamwork. To test these strengths, there will be several drills and exercises, including a 2-mile run with a target time between 12 and 15 minutes. Throwing will include forehand and backhand, nothing else. On the day of tryouts, please bring a white shirt and a dark shirt (people with gray shirts will be punished), a disc (if you have one, put your name on it), cleats (if you don't have cleats, wear flats; barefoot is not acceptable), water, and arrive 15 minutes early, as we will start on time.

*During all tryouts, we will be using UPA Rules

*Every day at 4 p.m., starting Tuesday, Oct. 8 and going to Friday, Oct.12, there will be optional captains' practices in Murphy Park for help with throws and catches and anything else you would like help with (if no one is there after 4:10 p.m., the captains will leave).

For more information, contact brownp@augsburg.edu or fever@augsburg.edu

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