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Faculty Development

Thursday Oct. 25 - 3:30 - 5p.m. - CTL classroom. All graduate educators are invited to attend a faculty development seminar titled: "The use of cooperative learning groups in graduate education." Mike Schock & Lynn Lindow will be presenting their research. Beverages and snacks will be provided. Please RSVP to gerten@augsburg.edu.

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Weekly Update

Greetings,

The Weekly Update has been posted. Please take a few minutes to read about the good things happening at Augsburg:

http://www.augsburg.edu/president/updates/2007/102207.pdf

Sincerely,

President Paul C. Pribbenow

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Frida Kahlo Art Salon on Oct. 25

Please come! Students, Faculty and Staff are invited to an Augsburg House Art Salon on the topic of famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. Associate Professor Magdalena Paleczny-Zapp will offer a multimedia presentation about Kahlo's work, her turbulent life, and her marriage to muralist Diego Rivera. Assistant Professor Darcey K. Engen will read from Kahlo's diary, and CGE Program Assistant Dulce Olive Monterrubio will read from a book by Rivera's daughter. This gathering is a celebratory event in which the college community can come together to learn, engage in discussion and sample tasty fare from Manny's Tortas.

The event takes place Thursday, Oct. 25, from 5 - 7 p.m., Augsburg House, the home of college president Paul Pribbenow and family, 2848 West River Parkway, Minneapolis.

RSVP: events@augsburg.edu

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Disability Awareness Month

Accessible Web Design

Accessibility Guidelines
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops and maintains the protocols used on the web to insure interoperability to promote universal access. The W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has proposed guidelines for all web authors. As Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the W3C puts it:

"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."

In 2001 the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) developed accessibility requirements for web pages of federal agencies. The list of accessibility standards provides a good model even for organizations that are not required to comply.

People use a variety of technologies to access the web. For example, a person who is blind may use a speech output system that reads aloud text presented on the screen. A person with a mobility impairment may be unable to use a mouse and may rely on the keyboard for web browsing. To create resources that can be used by the widest spectrum of potential visitors rather than an idealized "average," web page designers should apply "universal design" principles. This requires that they consider the needs of individuals with disabilities, older persons, people for whom English is a second language, and those using outdated hardware and software.
For more information and for the source: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Technology/universal.design.html

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Upcoming Depression and Anxiety Screening Day

Worried? Stressed? Sad? You’re not alone. Get help at the Center for Counseling and Health Promotion’s Depression and Anxiety Screening Day. Drop by the CCHP house on Tuesday, Oct. 30 between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and complete a free 10-minute screening for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder. No appointments necessary. You will meet face-to-face with a counselor to discuss the results and receive information about resources on- and off-campus to help address your concerns. Contact CCHP at x1707 with any questions. Depression and anxiety are treatable. Get help today!

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Intramural Volleyball and Soccer Sign-Ups

Co-Ed Volleyball and Soccer rosters are out and ready to be completed. Turn-in day for the volleyball rosters is Oct. 29, with soccer rosters due by Nov. 8. Volleyball league play is on Mondays and Thursdays beginning Nov. 5, with Soccer being played primarily on Thursdays starting Nov. 15. See the IM board in the lower level of Melby for details and rosters.

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The Real Buzz - TONIGHT

Please welcome David Hellstrom the Director of Education and Training for the Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network tonight as he presents "The Real Buzz: The Truth and Lies about College Alcohol Use."

CCHP is sponsoring Mr. Hellstrom as part of Augsoberfest activities. The program will be in Oren Gateway 100 and preceded by FREE ice cream sundaes from 6 - 6:30 p.m..

Please join us for this extremely funny and powerfully challenging program dealing with issues that impact student lives and empower students to get out of life what they want by making choices that return positive results without putting themselves or their friends at risk.

Any questions, please call the CCHP office at x1707. Hope you can join us.

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Helping Our Neighbors

Join Campus Ministry as we go help out Peace Palace a place that provides children in the neighborhood a safe alternative to drugs and violence.
Later we will be going to Harvest Fest at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church where we will help their kids and families celebrate the season with good food and fun activities.

Meet at 1 p.m. in front of Foss on Saturday the 27!

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Tickets on sale now for Life is a Dream

Tickets are now on sale for the Augsburg Theatre Department's production of
Life Is a Dream, directed by Martha Johnson. The show will perform Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 4, 11 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are priced at:
$10 for General Public
$8 for ACTC faculty and staff
$5 for non-Augsburg students
$2 for Augsburg students and children under 12
(Augsburg students need to bring their student ID.)

To make a reservation, please call 612-330-1257 with your name, phone number, the amount of tickets you would like and the type of tickets you would like.

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Breast Cancer Oratorio and Art Exhibition Nov. 4

All are invited to the special event "Becoming Well Within: A Tribute to Women with Breast Cancer" on Sunday, Nov. 4.

5 p.m. Hoversten Chapel
Music performance featuring the oratorio "Where I Live" by local composer Diane Benjamin.
*Narrators include Augsburg's own Vivian Jenkins-Nelson and Abigail Pribbenow, poet Carol Connolly, and actor Katherine Ferrand.
*Soloists include Lori Dokken & the Girls, Billy McLaughlin, Mila Vocal Ensemble, and Donna Pena.

6:30 p.m. Gage Family Art Gallery
Arthur Hand to discuss his and his wife's exhibition, "Journey Toward Healing"

Admission to the music performance is by donation in support of Well Within, a non-profit holistic resource center.

This event is co-sponsored by the Nursing Program, the Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center, Women's Studies, Fine Arts, and the President's Office.

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PASU's General Meeting

Hello Fellow Auggies,
I just wanted to remind everyone that there will be a PASU general meeting tomorrow. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. and end around 8 p.m.. The meeting will be held in the Marshall Room. I can't wait to see your shining faces tomorrow. Come on Auggies don't let me down.

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Movie Night at the Augsburg House

The Jane Fonda film fun continues Wednesday, Oct. 24, with JULIA, also starring Vanessa Redgrave and Meryl Streep. Popcorn and a show at 6:30 p.m., followed by discussion. Hosted by Abigail Pribbenow at the Augsburg House, 2848 West River Parkway. Campus Security can escort you to the house if you need a ride. Call x1717 to make arrangements.

JULIA
From "Pentimento," the memoirs of late playwright Lillian Hellman, JULIA covers those years in the 1930s when Lillian attained fame with the production of her first play "The Childrens' Hour" on Broadway. Not surprisingly, it centers on Lillian's relationship with her lifelong friend, Julia. It is a relationship that goes beyond mere acquaintance and one for which the word "love" seems appropriate. While Julia attends the University in Vienna, studying with such luminaries as Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein, Lillian suffers through revisions of her play with her mentor and sometimes lover Dashiel Hammett at a New England beachhouse. After becoming a celebrated playwright, Lillian is invited to a writers conference in Russia. Julia, having taken up the battle against fascism, enlists Lillian en route to smuggle money through Nazi Germany which will assist in the Anti-Fascist cause. It is a dangerous mission especially for a Jewish intellectual on her way to communist Russia. During a brief meeting with Julia on this trip, Lillian learns that Julia has had a child which is called Lilly. Shortly after returning to the States, Lillian is informed of Julia's murder. The details of her death are shrouded in secrecy. Lillian sadly travels to England to search for her namesake the child she had promised Julia to care for.

Wednesday, Nov. 7: "9 to 5" (with Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton)

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Way of the Warrior Film Screening

Augsburg Native American Film Series
2007-2008 Season Presents:
Way of the Warrior (Patricia Loew, 2007), Hosted by Patricia Loew
Date: November 4
Place: Augsburg College, Science Hall, Room 123, 707 21st. Avenue South
Time: 6 -8 p.m. Film Screening
8:30-10 p.m. Reception (Wolves Den, 1201 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, 612-871-6373)
Cost: FREE
For poster, maps, and directions visit: www.augsburg.edu/ais/filmseries

Way of the Warrior uses personal stories of heroes and soldiers to examine the warrior ethic and to try to answer the question why, during the wars of the 20th century, Native men and women volunteered to serve in the U.S. military in numbers that far exceeded their proportion in the general population. These gripping stories from WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam weave a tapestry of positive and negative themes—the warrior ethic, prejudice and stereotypes, forced assimilation, poverty, cultural pride, redemptive acts and healing. The documentary uses historical footage, period photographs, Native music, personal diaries and interviews to reveal what it means to be “ogichidaa,” one who protects and follows the way of the warrior.

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National Recycling Day

An Aluminum Can Gets Inifite Chances at Life. The Earth? Just One.

Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day, and to celebrate, we're asking you to take a pledge. A pledge to come together and recycle better, because it’s easier to make a difference now more than ever.

Recycling is one of the easiest ways you can help stop global warming. For example, one ton of recycled paper saves enough energy to power a three-bedroom house for an entire year. And it all starts with recycling your household paper and magazines once a week.

So this year, take five minutes to reevaluate your recycling routine. See if you can do more. Then get a friend to do the same. Start by letting us know you’re answering the call to recycle by signing our online pledge at AmericaRecyclesDay.org.

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Events at the Women's Resource Center

Here's what's happening at the WRC this week:

Tuesday, 8:30 - 10:30 p.m.: Study Time (a quiet, comfy place to study)
Wednesday, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.: Potluck Lunch (bring something to share)

Please join us!

The Women's Resource Center is located in 207 Sverdrup. All members of the Augsburg community are welcome.

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Flu Shot Clinics - Nearby!

There will not be flu shots administered on campus this year but there is a walk-in flu clinic available at the Cedar Riverside People's Center (425 - 20th Avenue So. across from St. Martin's Table). Hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 - 4 p.m. and Thursday evenings from 4 - 8 p.m. No appointment is necessary and there is a $20 per person fee.

Additional flu clinic locations can be found at the Minnesota Department of Health website: http://www.health.state.mn.us

If you have questions, please call the Counseling & Health Promotion office at 612-330-1707.

Protect yourself and your family and friends by getting your flu shot.

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Winford named MIAC Football Player of the Week

Augsburg's Royce Winford named MIAC Football Offensive Player of the Week
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/102207winford.html

MINNEAPOLIS (10/22/07) -- Augsburg College wide receiver Royce Winford (Jr., Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Football Offensive Player of the Week on Monday for his record-setting accomplishments in the Auggies' 38-16 victory at Carleton.

Winford set a new Augsburg and MIAC single-game record for receptions, catching 20 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns, in the victory over Carleton on Saturday. He caught touchdown passes of 63, 8 and 11 yards, and collected 15 passes for 184 yards in the first half, en route to his second-straight 200-yard receiving game. He caught 14 passes for 241 yards and two scores in a 50-33 loss to St. Thomas on Oct. 13.

Winford's 20 receptions broke the school's single-game record, set by Scott Hvistendahl in a 1998 game, and the conference single-game mark, set by Hvistendahl, Adam Herbst of St. John's (1997) and Dick Donlin of Hamline (1955).

The 20-reception total is the most for any NCAA football player so far this season, regardless of division. The total is tied for the third-most in NCAA Division III history (the record, 23, was set by Massachusetts-Boston receiver Sean Munroe in a 1992 game) and tied for the 17th-most in NCAA all-division history (the record, 24, was set by Brown receiver Chas Gessner in a 2002 game and by Mississippi Valley State receiver Jerry Rice in a 1983 game).

Winford now has 993 receiving yards on 69 receptions this season, just seven yards away from becoming just the second Auggie individual receiver in school history to eclipse the 1,000-yard receiving mark in a single season. Hvistendahl, who caught 285 passes for 4,696 yards in his career (1995-98), had three 1,000-yard seasons at Augsburg (1,860 in 1998, 1,328 in 1997 and 1,213 in 1996).

Winford's 69 receptions (9.86 per game) and 993 receiving yards (141.9 per game) are both tops among MIAC receivers in overall play, and his 11.40 receptions per game and 155.8 receiving yards per game in conference games-only are also tops among league receivers.

The Auggies, now 3-4 on the season and 1-4 in MIAC play, host Gustavus Adolphus College (4-3 overall, 2-3 MIAC) this Saturday (10/27) at 1 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field in Minneapolis.

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Harms, Jenkins are MIAC Volleyball Players of Week

Augsburg's Laura Harms, Julie Jenkins named MIAC Volleyball Players of the Week
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/102207volleyball.html

MINNEAPOLIS (10/22/07) -- Augsburg College volleyball players Laura Harms (Jr., Little Falls, Minn.) and Julie Jenkins (Jr., Edina, Minn.) were named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Players of the Week, Harms as a hitter and Jenkins as a setter/libero, it was announced on Monday.

A transfer from Division I Mercer (Ga.), Harms continued to dominate for Augsburg in its three victories during the last week, claiming 54 kills, 30 digs and 15 blocks (one solo). On the season, Harms has 344 kills (3.44 per game), 103 blocks (12 solo, 1.03 per game), 152 digs (1.52 per game) and 32 service aces (0.32 per game). She is the only player to play in all 100 of Augsburg's games so far this season.

Jenkins had three solid all-around performances in the three victories, claiming 32 assists, 31 kills, 22 digs, 16 blocks (two solo) and three service aces. On the season, Jenkins has 202 kills (2.08 per game), 322 assists (3.32 per game), 195 digs (2.01 per game), 41 service aces (0.42 per game) and 73 blocks (10 solo, 0.75 per game).

In Augsburg's three-game sweep at North Central (Minn.) on Wednesday, Harms recorded 19 kills, four blocks (one solo) and two service aces, while Jenkins had nine kills and three blocks, as the Auggies claimed the match sweep in just 72 minutes.

In the Auggies' five-game home victory over St. Mary's on Friday, \Jenkins fell just three blocks away from recording a quadruple-double, but claimed her seventh career triple-double and fourth of the season with 14 kills, 13 assists and 10 digs\. Harms recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 19 kills and 13 digs, to go along with four blocks, as the Auggies rallied from a 30-14 first-game loss to record the win in five games (14-30, 30-20, 30-24, 25-30, 15-4).

In the Auggies' five-game win on Saturday at No. 23-ranked Bethel, Harms claimed 16 kills, 12 digs and seven blocks for her sixth double-double of the year, while Jenkins claimed eight kills, 18 assists, 11 digs, two service aces and six blocks (one solo), as Augsburg rallied after dropping the first two games by scores of 30-24 and 30-22. The Auggies won the final three games by scores of 31-29, 30-20 and 15-13.

Augsburg is now 12-15 on the season, 3-6 in MIAC play. The 12 wins for Augsburg are its most victories in a single season since 2001 (12-18). Augsburg closes its regular season with two home matches at Si Melby Hall, against St. Catherine on Wednesday (10/24) at 7 p.m. and against St. Thomas on Saturday (10/27) at 5 p.m.

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