Security and Facilities Announcements
Teaching and Learning
General Announcements
Keeping Track of Auggies
Auggie Athletics
Security and Facilities Announcements
Spring Parking Sales
Spring Parking Permits will go on sale Dec. 3 at 8 a.m. Because the permits are limited, sales will be open to all students regardless of class year. Permits will be available online until they are sold out.
After you have registered and paid for your permit online, you may pick it up on Dec. 17 and/or two days after you register and pay for your permit online. Pick up will be at the Public Safety window in the Urness-Mortensen Lobby -- you must bring a photo ID. No permits will be mailed out or put in campus mail.
These permits will be valid for use on Jan. 14, 2008 -- the first day of Spring Semester.
*Faculty and Staff can register anytime.
For questions and details of permit registration, please contact the Dept. of Public Safety at 612-330-1717 or visit our web site at www.augsburg.edu/dps
Teaching and Learning
New English Spotlight Course in Mystery Fiction
Under ENL 280 Literatures of Convention and Change, a new spotlight course, History of Mystery Fiction, will be offered for the first time this spring semester 2008. This course will be taught by Kathryn Swanson, who has written extensively on, especially, women writers of detective fiction and their sleuths. The course will include not only classic detective fiction featuring Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's sleuths, but also several short stories and novels by contemporary writers. The course serves as a Liberal Arts Foundation course and can fulfill the prerequisite for upper-level English courses.
Vocatio Chapel with Dr. Deon Stuthman, Wednesday, Nov. 28
Augsburg College continues the Vocatio Chapel Series on Wednesday, Nov. 28 with Dr. Deon Stuthman. He will be speaking in the Chapel at 10:20 a.m. Dr. Stuthman is an agronomist and plant geneticist at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include:
• Studying crop varieties well suited to long-term sustainable cropping systems to satisfy the food and fiber needs of the world's people
• Developing oat varieties amenable to being processed into highly nutritious food products
• Educating the agricultural community and the general public about the necessity, and ultimately the urgency, of reducing the negative externalities generated while producing field crops
• Communicating with both the agricultural and the general public about the appropriateness of current versions of GMO crops for food
The entire campus community is invited to hear Dr. Stuthman in chapel at 10:20 a.m.
Students, faculty and staff interested in plant genetics, sustainable agriculture, or world food distribution are especially invited to join Dr. Stuthman for a lunch following chapel. To RSVP for the lunch, or for general information, contact Ross Murray at murray@augsburg.edu.
Lindell Library Thanksgiving Hours
Lindell Library and Student Computing Thanksgiving hours will be:
Wednesday, Nov. 21: closed at 5 p.m.
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 22 - 23: closed
Saturday, Nov. 24: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 25: regular hours, noon – midnight
Hours are always available from the “Hours" link on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library
Online library resources are also available 24/7 on that web site.
General Announcements
Internationally Famous Writer to Visit Augsburg
Thanks to support from General Education, the Center for Global Studies, ACTC, and the English Department, renowned Kenyan novelist, playwright, and essayist Ngugi Wa Thiong'o will spend 2 days at Augsburg. He will visit some English classes and deliver a public lecture and reading, open to the public. The public event is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center. Please join us in welcoming this internationally famous writer!
Thanksgiving in the Writing Lab
The Writing Lab will be open as usual on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 21 (3 - 5:30 p.m.), but will not be open Wednesday evening. The Lab will open again for its Sunday shift, Nov. 25 (5:30 - 8 p.m.).
Art Encountering Homelessness Art Exhibit
On Thursday, Nov. 29, Art Club will be going to the Premier Gallery in downtown Minneapolis to view the exhibit "Face to Face, Encountering Homelessness." This exhibit features paintings that show the faces of homeless and addresses the issue of homelessness in Minnesota. Jodi Harpstead, who works for Lutheran Social Services and is on the Board of Regents at Augsburg, will be meeting with us to give us a tour of the gallery and to talk with us about the issues surrounding homelessness and how we can help.
We will be meeting in the Urn/Mort lobby at 3:10 p.m. so we are able to make it down to the gallery by 3:30 p.m. The tour should last about an hour or so. Please let me know by Monday, Nov. 26 if you plan on attending, as the gallery needs to know how many they will be accommodating. Also, if you are able to drive, please let me know because we will have to carpool.
This is a great opportunity for Augsburg to learn about and view works of art that address issues that are present in our community. It also gives students a chance to get to know others, like Jodi Harpstead, who are involved in decisions that are made at Augsburg and know of other available opportunities to better your community.
Kati Welt - welt@augsburg.edu
EC Closing Early Today
The Enrollment Center will close today at 3 p.m. See you next week and happy Thanksgiving (or long weekend) to you!
2008 Student Orientation Coordinator Position
The Department of Campus Activities and Orientation will now accept applications for the Student Orientation Coordinator (SOC for short) position! Applications are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26 to Campus Box 75 or Christensen Center 1B in the Auggie's Nest on the ground floor of the Christensen Center.
Please find information and the application for the 2008 SOC here:
http://web.augsburg.edu/~oberry/SOC_Application_Packet_08.pdf
Native American Writers' Series: Diane Wilson
The American Indian Studies & English Departments invite you to a special reading by:
Diane Wilson, author of "Spirit Car Journey to a Dakota Past."
Date: Nov. 29
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Place: Lindell 301
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Sponsored by: American Indian Studies Department, English Department, the Lindell Library, Women's Studies Department, and the Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center.
For more information, please contact: M. Elise Marubbio (612) 330-1523
Bookstore Hours for Thanksgiving Break
The bookstore will close for Thanksgiving Break at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21 and resume normal hours on Monday, Nov. 26.
Keeping Track of Auggies
Presentations at Region IV NAFSA Conference
Amy Greeley, Director of Augsburg Abroad, attended the NAFSA: Association of International Educators regional conference in Kansas City this month. She was an invited presenter on Study Abroad Curriculum Integration at a workshop entitled "Study Abroad 201." Amy also had two sessions accepted. The first provided practical resources on Marketing and Communications in Study Abroad. The second discussed the current trend in the field to develop a classification of study abroad program types.
Presentations at CIEE Conference in Toronto
Hannah Glusenkamp participated in a student panel entitled "Direct from the Source: Student Perceptions of Overseas Learning" at the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) conference in Toronto on Nov. 16. She also presented her experiences in CGE's Central America semester program and the Mexico Summer Spanish program in a poster, "Sustainability, Solidarity, and Self-Discovery in Study Abroad: Lessons on Becoming a World Citizen." Hannah's participation in the conference was funded by URGO.
Orv Gingerich, Assistant Vice President for International Programs, chaired a panel session at the CIEE conference focused on "Study Abroad for What? Re-examining Assumptions about the Purpose of Study Abroad."
Auggie Athletics
Auggie Athletics Update
Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):
Tuesday, November 20:
Women's Basketball -- Augsburg 77, Wisconsin-River Falls 62
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wbasket/0708statistics/112007uwrf.html
Women's Hockey -- Wisconsin-Stevens Point 3, Augsburg 1
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/whockey/0708statistics/112007uwsp.html
Men's Basketball -- Northwestern-Roseville 77, Augsburg 62
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mbasket/0708statistics/112007northwestern.html
Upcoming Events:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/
Wednesday, November 21:
Wrestling vs. Augustana (S.D.), Si Melby Hall, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, November 28:
Women's Basketball vs. Carleton, Si Melby Hall, 5:45 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Carleton, Si Melby Hall, 7:45 p.m.
Seven Auggies Receive All-MIAC Football Awards
Augsburg's Winford named first-team All-MIAC in football; three Auggies named to All-MIAC second team, three named honorable-mention All-MIAC
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/112007football.html
MINNEAPOLIS (11/20/07) -- Augsburg College wide receiver Royce Winford (JR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) was named to the first-team all-conference squad, joining six other Auggie football players to receive recognition from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, it was announced on Monday.
Quarterback Jordan Berg (JR, Gaylord, Minn./Sibley East HS), offensive tackle Jason Weber (SR, New Prague, Minn.) and free safety Garrett Adamson (JR, White Bear Lake, Minn./Hill-Murray HS) earned second-team All-MIAC honors, while linebacker Donovan Bates (JR, White Bear Lake, Minn.), wide receiver Mike Nourie (SO, Nicollet, Minn.) and offensive lineman Alan Mueller (SR, Savage, Minn./Breck HS) were named honorable-mention All-MIAC. Mueller was also named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.
Winford set a single-season school record with 16 receiving touchdowns, while becoming the first Auggie since 1998 to record a 1,000-yard receiving season. He caught 101 passes for 1,403 yards, the second-most receptions and receiving yards in a single season in school history. His 10.1 receptions per-game and 140.3 receiving yards per-game currently stand third-best among all NCAA Division III receivers and are tops among all MIAC receivers in overall play. In league games-only, his 89 receptions (11.1 per-game) and 1,189 yards (148.6 per-game) were both tops among all MIAC receivers.
In 28 career games, Winford has 154 catches (fourth-most in school history) for 2,143 yards (fourth-most in school history) and 24 receiving touchdowns (third-most in school history).
Berg broke every single-season school record for passing in 2007, completing 291 passes in 502 attempts for 3,444 yards and 34 touchdowns. He is currently one of only two Division III quarterbacks to throw 500 or more passes and complete 290 or more passes. He currently stands fourth among Division III quarterbacks in passing yardage and yardage per-game, while standing third in total offensive yards per-game (339.0). His 3,444 yards was the second-most overall passing yardage by any quarterback in MIAC history. Berg reached his yardage total in 10 games; the MIAC record, 3,489 yards, was set by Tom Linnemann of St. John's in 15 games (including playoffs) in 2000. Berg finished the season tops among MIAC quarterbacks in passing yardage and total offense in both overall and MIAC games-only (362.6 passing yards per-game, 354.4 total offense yards per-game).
In 20 starts for the Auggies, Berg has completed 499 passes in 851 attempts for 5,551 yards, each total second-most among all career quarterbacks in school history. His 47 career touchdown passes is already the school's career record.
Weber, a three-year starter at offensive tackle, was part of a line that helped the Auggies produce 4,247 yards of total offense (424.7 yards per-game) this season, while surrendering just 23 quarterback sacks. In his three seasons as a starting tackle, Weber was part of an offensive line that finished with 10,301 yards of total offense (343.4 yards per-game). An accounting and finance major with a 3.86 grade-point average, Weber also earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 honors in football for the second straight year, this season being named to the first team.
Adamson finished the season with team highs for both tackles (101, 47 solo) and interceptions (five), finishing second among MIAC players in overall statistics in both categories. In conference play, Adamson finished third among conference defenders with three interceptions and fourth in tackles with 79 (37 solo, 9.9 tackles per-game). He recorded double-digit tackles totals in five games this season, including a 17-tackle effort in Augsburg's 14-13 victory over then-No. 11-ranked Wartburg (Iowa) Oct. 6, for which he earned MIAC Defensive Player of the Week and D3Football.com Team of the Week honors.
Bates finished second among Auggie defenders in total tackles (91, 35 solo), a total ranking fifth among MIAC players in overall statistics. He led the Auggies with 10 tackles for loss and four sacks, while also recording three forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and an interception. He finished ninth among MIAC players in tackles in league games-only (65, 27 solo). A transfer from Central Lakes College (Brainerd, Minn.), Bates recorded double-digit totals in tackles in four games this season, including 15 in the Auggies' season-opening win over Northwestern-Roseville.
Nourie had a solid season as Augsburg's No. 2 receiver, catching 79 passes for 919 yards and 10 touchdowns. His 79 catches are fourth-best in a single season in school history, while his 919 receiving yards are fifth on the record list, as are his 10 touchdowns. His 919 yards were seventh-best among MIAC players, while his 79 catches were fourth-most. In two seasons at Augsburg (19 games), Nourie has 107 career catches for 1,177 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Mueller, a two-year starting tackle, was part of an offensive line that helped the Auggies produce 4,247 yards of total offense (424.7 yards per-game) this season, while surrendering just 23 quarterback sacks. In his two seasons as a starting tackle, Weber was part of an offensive line that finished with 7,202 yards of total offense (360.1 yards per-game). Mueller also earned All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team honors. The All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team is a part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative. Members are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.
Under third-year head coach Frank Haege, the Auggie football team finished 5-5 overall, 3-5 in MIAC play this season, marking the first time Augsburg had reached the .500 mark since 2003 (5-5 overall, 4-4 MIAC). With its five victories this season, Augsburg also eclipsed its number of wins from the previous three seasons combined (4-26).
Classifieds
Box of Markers, Colored Pencils, Pens
CSWL cleaned out some drawers, and we have a box o' goodies that would be great for a tutoring or youth program. Let me know if you'd like to take them.
13" Color TV
For sale: 13" color TV for $10
Wayne Kallestad @ x1034
Computers for Sale
We have some Dell GX260 PCs. They have fresh, legal installs of Windows XP. We also installed AVG (free antivirus program), Internet Explorer 7, Power DVD, Windows Defender, and Open Office.
$200 gets you one Dell PC, a mouse, and a keyboard (no monitor).
Contact Nikolaus at 612-978-2052.