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"Deep Learning" Workshop on Tuesday

What is "deep learning?" What is a "learning paradigm" college? Why are most colleges stuck in the "instructional paradigm" and what can we do about it? This workshop introduces you to definitions, research on approaches to learning, and ideas about how we can encourage our students to be deep learners.

Facilitators: Frankie Shackelford and Scott Krenz
Tuesday, Nov. 6, Lindell 202
Refreshments at 3:15 p.m., workshop at 3:30 p.m.

Please visit our web site at:

http://www.augsburg.edu/ctl/

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Seminaries Are Coming to You

If you aren’t able to go to the Seminary and Divinity School Fair (since you missed the registration deadline), you are still in luck. Representatives from the eight ELCA seminaries are going to be on campus this Thursday, Nov. 8 all morning. Ron Olson, Director of Admissions for Luther Seminary, will preach in chapel at 11:20 a.m. All the other seminaries are going to be present at chapel and in the Atrium during the morning.

They are interested in eating lunch with students and having informal conversation. Please take some time to talk with these representatives about your plans for the future.

The best part about the representatives is that they really want to help you discern your best vocational path. Don’t feel ashamed if you don’t choose their particular seminary. They want you to fulfill your own calling, even if that means a different school.

For more information on Seminaries and Divinity Schools, contact Ross Murray at murray@augsburg.edu.

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CTL Night at the Theater

Faculty and staff are invited to attend the Nov. 10, 7 p.m. performance of "Life is a Dream" written by Pedro Calderon de la Barca and directed by Martha Johnson. A reception will be held after the performance. The Director and actors will lead a discussion about the play. To reserve your free ticket, please e-mail gerten@augsburg.edu.

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Jane Fonda Movie Night at Augsburg House

Please join us Wednesday, Nov. 7 for our final Fonda film, "Nine to Five," a comedy starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman.

From the Internet Movie Database:
"Getting even is a full-time job! Three female employees of a 'sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot' find a way to turn the tables on him. Frank Hart is a pig who takes advantage in the grossest manner of the women who work with him. When his three assistants manage to trap him in his own house, they assume control of his department and productivity leaps, but just how long can they keep Hart tied up?"

Popcorn, soda, and film at 6:30 p.m., with discussion to follow. Hosted by Abigail Pribbenow at the Augsburg House, 2848 West River Parkway. Please call Security at x1717 for a ride.

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McNair Scholars Applications Due TOMORROW

Reminder: McNair Scholars priority applications are due tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 6, by 4 p.m. Applications can be turned to Science Hall Room 116 or campus box # 9. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Xia Xiong-Vang, McNair Scholars Assistant Director at vangx@augsburg.edu or at 612-330-1680.

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Going Away Party for Joe Herbst - Nov. 20

As you have probably heard, Joe will be leaving Augsburg College on Nov. 21 to take a position as General Manager and Chef at another Sodexho property in Maple Grove.

Please save the date of Nov. 20, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to attend a going-away gathering in the East Commons. More details will be distributed closer to the day of the event.

Joe will be greatly missed by Augsburg, so please mark your calendars to come and thank him for his years of service to the college.

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"Help Wanted" - a Play about Women Immigrants

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,

On Tuesday this week, a group of performers will be on campus to portray a Hispanic/Latino life-experience play called “Help Wanted.” It is a timely event considering the issues raised by “Immigration and Immigrants,” and the lack of understanding of the many others issues documented or undocumented immigrants face daily in the Twin Cities. The invitation:

Coalition for Student Activism (CSA) and Campus Ministry invite our Augsburg community to a play by Teatro Del Pueblo (The People’s Theatre) on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. in the fish bowl by the coffee shop in CC.

Teatro Del Pueblo (The People’s Theatre) is a theatre group from Minneapolis that promotes cultural pride in the Latino community and performs beautiful plays educating people about the Latino culture and promoting cultural diversity in the arts. They will be performing “Help Wanted,” a play about two women who moved to the US, worked in a hotel, and faced deportation when trying to join the local labor union.

After “Help Wanted” there will be a panel discussion about immigration.
It should be a great event. Your support is appreciated.

Please come, you are invited. See you Tuesday!

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CGE 25th Anniversary Reception

Please join the Center for Global Education in celebrating its 25th anniversary with a reception and silent auction on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 3-5 p.m., East Commons. At 3:30 p.m., recognition will be given to people who were instrumental in the founding of the program, including Mary Kingsley and Garry Hesser. Unique silent auction items will be available from around the world. Whether or not you've been on one of CGE's programs, we hope that you'll celebrate with us during International Education Week!

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Jesus Camp Documentary

All are welcome to join Campus Ministry in Science 123 on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. as we show the documentary "Jesus Camp" and facilitate discussion afterwards.

What biases do we bring to films like this? What does it mean to be "evangelical?" To "speak in tongues?" What do we have in common with those in this movie?

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation! Please contact Kristen, hoyles@augsburg.edu for more information.

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Renowned Kenyan Novelist to Visit Campus

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, the Renowned Kenyan Novelist, Playwright, and Essayist, and author of our Many Voices text, "The River Between," is coming to Augsburg. He will be on Campus to give a Public Lecture and do a reading from his sprawling latest novel, "The Wizard of the Crow." The lecture and reading will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. in the Hoversten Chapel of Augsburg College’s Foss Center.

This writer has sustained prolific productivity for decades, with some 25 books to his name and at least six distinguished Literary Awards for his work. Always a champion of the dispossessed and a relentless critic of political corruption in his country, Ngugi lived in political exile from his country of birth and citizenship for 22 years, having survived a year of detention without trial for his writing and other literary activities. He has also confronted with remarkable stamina, persistence, and consistency the somewhat intractable question of the role of language in cultural imperialism. He continues efforts to empower the languages of formerly colonized nations in his important role as director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine.

Ngugi’s visit is being sponsored by Augsburg’s English Department, the General Education program, and the Center for Global Education, and the ACTC’s Creative Writing Program. The lecture will complement the ongoing 25th Anniversary program of the Center for Global Education, and it is open to the public.

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Worried About Holiday Gain? Join Weight Watchers

The weather is colder and the holidays treats are out. Do a preemptive strike on holiday weight gain!

Weight Watchers at Work is starting a new 17-week session. Join us on Friday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. in Lindell 301 for an open house to learn more! The 17-week At Work series is even offered with free eTools, a 24/7 Internet weight loss companion, with a additional site content developed specifically for men.

The cost of the 17-week series is $176. Participants can pay in three installments, or all at once. Both check and credit card are accepted. Our awesome group is made up of faculty, staff and students, and both women and men.

Want more information? Interested in joining? Contact Cherie Christ at christc@augsburg.edu.

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Advising Session for WEC Business Majors

Saturday, Nov. 3
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Sverdrup, Enrollment Services Lobby

-Open to all WEC Business majors
-No appointment needed
-Meet with a Business Department advisor
-Plan your winter trimester schedule

Students are advised to bring an updated checklist of completed/remaining courses and a preliminary course plan for winter trimester. Please check the Academic Advising web site, which has a variety of academic planning materials, including instructions available to complete a degree audit.

All Business majors who attend will receive a gift compliments of the Department of Business Administration.

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International Education Week

Augsburg College is celebrating International Education Week this week, Nov. 5 – 9. Celebrating and promoting international education and exchange, International Education Week (IEW) is a a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to recognize the global exchange environment between the United States and other countries.

In honor of IEW, OIP is posting International Facts daily in addition to activities all week long. Today, we will focus on international facts that relate to Augsburg College:

++ This year, five Augsburg students are studying abroad for the entire year! They are in China, Spain, France, Kenya, and Northern Ireland.

++ Augsburg students have over 200 program options in over 60 countries to choose between for study abroad, and they can take their financial aid with them on all these programs.

++ Augsburg’s Office of International Programs is made up of 4 offices:

Augsburg Abroad – this two person office is the main study-abroad support office for students and faculty at Augsburg

Center for Global Education – this office, with staff at Augsburg and abroad, manages semester programs and travel seminars for a national audience in addition to Augsburg

International Partners - this one-person office manages Augsburg’s exchange programs

International Student Advising – this one-person office works with all incoming international students and faculty

Tomorrow the focus will be on world geography and population.

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"Life Is a Dream" Opens

The Augsburg Theatre Department’s production of Life Is a Dream, directed by Martha Johnson opened this weekend. 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 number of tickets you would like, and the type of tickets you would like. The box office will open 30 minutes before show times if you wish to buy your tickets at the door.

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Reminder - Wednesday Gathering, Nov. 7

All faculty and staff are invited to the Wednesday Gathering in the East Commons of the Christensen Center this Wednesday, Nov. 7. Lunch will be available between 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. The security and custodial night shift employees are also invited to the Wednesday Evening Gathering at 8 p.m. in the Riverside Room.

The gatherings on the first Wednesday of the month support our commitment to building community and practicing Common Work. They are an opportunity to get to know one another, exchange ideas, and collaborate in new ways. We hope you will invite your colleagues and plan to join us!

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Auggie Athletics Update

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

Friday, November 2:
Football -- Bethel 44, Augsburg 35
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/football/0708statistics/110207bethel.html

Women's Hockey -- Finlandia (Mich.) 3, Augsburg 0
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/whockey/0708statistics/110207finlandia.html

Men's Hockey -- Wisconsin-River Falls 7, Augsburg 0
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mhockey/0708statistics/110207uwrf.html

Women's Swimming -- Augsburg at Hamline Triangular
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/swimming/


Saturday, November 3:
Men's Hockey -- Wisconsin-Stout 3, Augsburg 2
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mhockey/0708statistics/110307stout.html

Women's Hockey -- Finlandia (Mich.) 3, Augsburg 0
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/whockey/0708statistics/110307finlandia.html

Women's Swimming -- Augsburg hosting St. Catherine, Minnesota-Morris
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/swimming/


Sunday, November 4:
Women's Hockey -- Lindenwood (Mo.) 7, Augsburg 1 (exhibition)
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/whockey/0708statistics/110407lindenwood.html


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

Friday, November 9:
Men's Hockey vs. Wisconsin-Superior, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Saturday, November 10:
Men's and Women's Cross Country at NCAA Div. III Central Regional at St. Olaf, Northfield, Minn., 11 a.m.
Football at Hamline, 1 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Swimming at Augsburg/St.Catherine/St. Mary's/St. Olaf Quadrangular, 1 p.m.
Women's Hockey vs. Lake Forest (Ill.), Augsburg Ice Arena, 2:15 p.m.
Men's Hockey vs. St. Scholastica, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

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Three Auggies Named Academic All-District in Soccer

Augsburg's Nick Manders, Alex Hildebrandt, Jackie Keller named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 soccer teams

http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/110207academic.html

MINNEAPOLIS (11/2/07) -- Augsburg College soccer players Nick Manders (Sr., De Pere, Wis./West De Pere HS), Alex Hildebrandt (So., St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS) and Jackie Keller (Sr., Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City West HS) were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 teams for men's and women's soccer, it was announced this week.

Manders was named to the first team in men's soccer, while Hildebrandt was named to the second team in men's soccer. Keller was named to the second team in women's soccer for the second straight season.

A defender, Manders is a health and physical education major with a 3.90 grade-point average. He led the Auggies in scoring this season with seven goals and two assists for 16 points, including three game-winning goals. Manders transferred to Augsburg in 2006 after spending his first two seasons at the University of Minnesota. In 35 Augsburg games (27 starts), he claimed 11 goals and three assists for 25 points, including four game-winning goals. Manders earned Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference honors last season.

A defender, Hildebrandt is a mathematics major with a 3.81 GPA. He finished this season with three goals, including two game-winning markers, in 13 games, missing five games due to injury late in the season. In his two seasons at Augsburg (31 games, 29 starts), Hildebrandt had six goals and three assists for 15 points. He earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors last season as part of an Augsburg squad that finished 13-3-3 and qualified for the MIAC postseason playoffs for the first time in program history.

Keller is a psychology and sociology major with a 3.73 GPA. She moved from the midfield to the center defense position this season claimed one goal with three assists for five points. In her four seasons of soccer (61 games, 59 starts), she compiled two goals with nine assists for 13 points. In her four seasons at Augsburg, the Auggies finished 37-24-12 (.589 winning percentage) and qualified for the MIAC postseason playoffs all four seasons.

Keller is also a member of Augsburg's women's hockey team, where she earned All-MIAC honorable-mention honors as a defender last season. She has four goals and 17 assists for 21 points in 74 career hockey games. Keller earned Academic All-MIAC honors in both soccer and hockey in 2005 and 2006.

Augsburg's women's soccer team finished 9-7-3 overall, 7-3-1 in MIAC play, earning a spot in the four-team MIAC postseason playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, while the Auggie men's soccer team finished 10-8-0 overall, 5-5-0 in MIAC play this season.

The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team is part of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America program, administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Top student-athletes from non-Division I programs in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ontario and Manitoba are eligible for inclusion on the district team. Student-athletes must have a grade-point average above 3.20 (4.0 scale) and have outstanding athletic credentials. College sports information directors in the district vote for the teams.

First-team Academic All-District members advance to the Academic All-America ballot, voted on by a committee of CoSIDA members. The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America soccer teams will be announced on Nov. 19-20.

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Harms, Bower Receive MIAC Volleyball Honors

Augsburg's Laura Harms named to All-MIAC volleyball team, Haley Bower named to All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team

http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/110207volleyball.html

MINNEAPOLIS (11/2/07) -- Augsburg College volleyball players Laura Harms (Jr., Little Falls, Minn.) and Haley Bower (Sr., Brainerd, Minn.) were honored by the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this week, as Harms was named to the MIAC All-Conference team and Bower was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.

A transfer from Division I Mercer (Ga.), Harms made an immediate impact as a middle hitter in her first season with the Auggies, leading the team in both kills (376, 3.55 per-game) and blocks (110, 13 solo, 1.04 per-game), while also contributing 167 digs and 32 service aces. Among MIAC players in overall play, Harms finished ninth in kills per-game (3.55). In MIAC matches-only, she ranked 10th in kills per-game (3.71).

She was the lone player to see action in all 106 of Augsburg's games this season. She recorded double-digit figures in kills in 21 of Augsburg's 29 matches, including the last nine in a row, while also contributing six kill-dig double-doubles. She recorded a season-high 20 kills twice this season, and also had five or more blocks in 10 matches this season.

Bower was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team, a part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative. Members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.

Bower, a four-year veteran for the Auggies, has served as the team's libero (back-row specialist) for the past three seasons. This season, she led the Auggies in digs (558, 5.42 per-game), while also contributing 35 service aces. Among MIAC players in overall play, Bower finished fifth in digs per-game (5.42). In MIAC matches-only, she ranked fifth in digs per-game (5.60).

In her career, Bower finished with 1,580 digs (4.43 per game), ranking second in school history in the category. She also had 99 service aces (eighth in school history) and 108 assists in 357 career games.

Under third-year head coach Jessica Rinehart, Augsburg finished 13-16 overall, 4-7 in MIAC play. Augsburg finished its season with its best record in both overall and MIAC play since the 1998 campaign (17-11 overall, 6-5 MIAC).

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New Intramural Volleyball and Soccer Information

Attention volleyball captains and players: the league schedule has been posted on the IM board downstairs in Melby. Team captains were sent an e-mail with tonight's schedule, with the full-season schedules being handed out in person tonight at your game. Please check with your captain or see the IM board for your game times now and let your teammates know in advance about the league starting.

Also, we are still taking rosters for the first eight teams to sign-up for co-ed soccer until this Thursday, November 8. Co-ed means there must be a minimum of three women on the field of the seven players allowed at all times – what you do with the other four players is up to you. Rosters and other information can be found downstairs in Melby next to the IM board.

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Brand-New Microsoft 2007 Software for Sale

If you need Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote 2007, have I got a deal for you! I have an unopened package that includes all of them, and you won't have to pay for shipping.

E-mail me at jarvil@augsburg.edu if you are interested in buying this brand-new software.

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Roommate Wanted

Roommate wanted to share 3 bedroom/1 bath duplex with Augsburg students near Uptown. Free on-site laundry, off-street parking, cable, wireless, and AVAILABLE Immediately. $350/month + share of utilities.

E-mail hbpcmn@hotmail.com

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