No postings

MUP - Electric Bass Instruction

Did you know that Augsburg offers instruction in Electric Bass? Sign up for any level before spaces fill up.

* Hone technique & Groove
* Learn how to play all styles of music
* Learn how to take leadership of a Band (Everyone Relies on Bass!)
* Fretless, Slap, Tapping, Jaco
* Sight read from scores

If this interests you, register now or contact K. Christian McGuire, musicologist & Instructor of Electric Bass. at mcguire@augsburg.edu

"An electric bassist for nearly 25 years with experience in every conceivable setting, Christian is currently writing a book/multi-media manual on the history, performance practice, technique and repertoire of the electric bass in non-popular music genres. The work promises to be the one-stop source for composers and performers who wish to incorporate the many timbres of this remarkable instrument.

K. Christian McGuire is an internationally recognized early music scholar for his work on the liturgical chant of Hildegard von Bingen. He is a Saint Paul based instructor, composer, author, carpenter, electric bassist and musicologist. He holds a Master of Arts in Musicology from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts (1992) in Philosophy with a minor in Latin and Ancient Greek from Luther College in Decorah, IA"

He has served at the author and musicologist for the Minnesota High School Music Listening Contest since 2004 http://www.musiclisteningcontest.org and currently teaches Music History at the McNally-Smith College of Music and directs contemporary ensembles and electric bass at Augsburg College.

Back to top

Network with Style

On Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m., Alumni Relations; the Center for Service, Work, and Learning; and the Augsburg Business Organization will host a networking event for Augsburg alumni and students. It will provide an opportunity for alumni to connect and network with each other as well as connect with our current students and help them with questions they may have regarding life after Augsburg.

The event is being held in the Marshall Room of the Christensen Center and will start with informal networking and refreshments. At 6 p.m., a speed-networking program will begin, where participants will exchange business cards and information for 45 minutes. After the program, informal networking and refreshments will resume.

For those students without business cards, Augsburg will create 20 complimentary business cards for students who RSVP for this event. Please RSVP to Amanda Storm with Alumni Relations at storma@augsburg.edu.

For a list of businesses that Alumni will be representing and to see Ricky "bobble," visit:

http://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2008/01_20_08/networking.html

Back to top

MUE 129 - Contemporary & Improv Ensembles

Hey, it's not too late to register for an Augsburg Contemporary Ensemble. Play everything from the likes of (but not limited to): The Who, White Stripes, Rosemary Clooney, The Beatles, Dave Brubeck, King Crimson, Louis Armstrong, Pink Floyd, Beck, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bela Fleck, Carole King, Garth Brooks, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen...and many more.

These courses are a workshop designed to help:
* Play with others in a live setting
* Make musical arrangements of preexisting music
* Compose your own music in a band environment
* Constructive feedback
* Hone improvisational skills

We can use players of ANY instrumentation. It doesn't matter if you can only play nose flute, viola, banjo or bagpipes. We will take you.

Meeting Times are currently Tuesday mornings between 10 and 11 a.m. (or what we call the "Coffee Hour Jam Sessions") and Wednesday Afternoons between 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in room M16.

Contact
K. Christian McGuire, Musicologist and Instructor of Electric Bass at mcguire@augsburg.edu for more information.

Back to top

Nobel Peace Prize Forum - Register Now

20th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum: March 7 - 8
Speakers:

- Dr. Muhammad Yunus, shares the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize with the Grameen Bank which he founded to provide low-cost individual loans in Bangladesh to counter the prolonged effects of poverty. The Grameen Bank has resulted in the creation of economic and social improvements from the ground up and by the “poorest of the poor.” Today the bank counts more than six million borrowers.
- Greg Mortenson, author of the New York Times bestseller "Three Cups of Tea," established schools in the most remote poverty stricken parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute and Pennies For Peace.
- Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, author of "The End of Poverty," director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, special advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and president/co-founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, dedicated to ending extreme global poverty.

The Forum is co-sponsored by Augsburg and will be hosted by Concordia College (Moorhead, MN). The registration fee of $25 includes admission to all conference events, bus transportation, and meals. Students may register to stay in Concordia College student housing at no additional cost. Faculty, staff and students who want hotel housing must make their own reservations as directed on the registration web page. Register on line at: http://www.cord.edu/dept/news/events/ppf/. E-mail your questions to Orv Gingerich gingerio@augsburg.edu.

Back to top

The $20,000 Opportunity

Teaching and Learning in the New Classrooms

The new classrooms are the result of the “16 Classroom Project.” Please join colleagues from Classroom Services, IT, and CTL for a session in which you have the opportunity to experience what the new classrooms offer. The 45 minute seminar will cover new ideas, pedagogy and classroom mechanics. Refreshments will be provided.

Friday, Jan. 25 – 2:30 p.m. in OGC 114
Tuesday, Jan. 29 – 4:30 p.m. in OGC 113
Wednesday, Jan. 30 – 9:00 a.m. in OGC 112
Saturday, Feb. 2 – Noon in OGC 113

Back to top

Writing Lab Spring Hours

The Augsburg College Writing Lab opened for spring semester on Monday, Jan. 21. The Lab is located on the main floor of Lindell Library, to the left of the entrance. Regular hours are as follows:

Monday: 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Tuesday: 3 - 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 - 10 p.m.
Wednesday: 3 - 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Thursday: 3 - 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 6 - 8 p.m.
Sunday: 5:30 - 8 p.m.

Back to top

Art Receptions this Friday, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Come meet a variety of Minnesota artists this Friday, Jan. 25, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Barbara Harman's mixed media artwork is featured in "By Water" in the Christensen Center Art Gallery.

Seven artists of American Indian descent are featured in a group show in the Gage Family Art Gallery, first floor of Oren Gateway Center.

All are welcome!

Back to top

Trumpet Talks

The MLK committee will hold three discussions continuing the theme from the convocation. Martin Luther King Jr.’s book, "The Trumpet of Conscience" (1967), will be the basis for the discussions. The book chapters will be available via library reserve.

The first "Trumpet Talk" takes place:

MONDAY, JAN. 28
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Minneapolis Room
Chapter 2: Consciousness and the Vietnam War
Facilitator: Mary True
Guests: Vets for Peace

Bring your lunch. Beverages and dessert provided.

For more information, call 612-330-1022 or 612-330-1704.

Back to top

Namibia Info Session for April and/or July

Cheryl Leuning will hold two information sessions on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 for the Nursing Department trips to the Republic of Namibia scheduled for April 10 – 25 or July 9 – 24. You do not need to be a Nursing major to participate in the July course as it is offered as a Women Studies course (WST 362).

The first info session on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 will be held at noon and will meet in Lindell 1 and will teleconference to Rochester at Bethel Lutheran. The second session that same day will be held at 6 p.m. and will also meet in Lindell 1 and will teleconference to Bethel Lutheran in Rochester.

Cheryl Leuning will have a brief presentation and will be available for questions and answers at each session. Handouts will be available at each session, and you only need to attend one session.

Please RSVP to wades@augsburg.edu if you are planning on attending either of these info sessions. If you are interested in either option but cannot attend an info session, please contact Sharon Wade at wades@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1209 to have information mailed to you.

Back to top

Your Chance for International Fame Is Here

Tom Witt and Mary Preus are in need of some help this Saturday and we wonder if any of you might be interested in coming to our aid!

The two of us plus Antonio Machado have been asked by the ELCA to produce a "teaching video" on "How to teach music from other cultures and languages to congregations." The filming is on a very short time line -- it's happening this weekend! -- and then it will be available to ELCA congregations who want to explore some of the global music that is found in the new Lutheran worship book and elsewhere.

One portion of the video will include us teaching eight songs from different parts of the world to a "fake congregation" (i.e. a group of people who will gather at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church this coming Saturday for a couple of hours). We're looking for some more people who would be willing to come to Our Saviour's from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. (includes a free lunch) and sit in a congregation with about 25-35 other folks and be taught this music. You'd be on camera as part of a larger group, and your voices would be heard as part of the congregation (i.e., you don't have to be a fantastic singer, or a Lutheran; just a part of a larger group who is learning a new song). There will be a couple of African songs with parts singing, but nothing so difficult that a congregation can't learn (e.g., you don't have to have choir experience).

So.......you have a chance to appear on a DVD, there's a free lunch provided, and you'd receive a free copy of the completed DVD when it's finished -- and you'd be helping out Mary and me a bunch by adding your body and voice to the mix!

Either women's or men's voices are welcome (or even children, as long as their not so young they would be too squirmy or unhappy being in church on Saturday). And you can certainly bring along anyone else who you think might be interested.

Just let me know whether you might be able to come, so we know how many lunches to provide.

To summarize, if you are able to spend a few hours this Saturday, Jan. 26 (10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Our Saviour's LC, 2315 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, in the sanctuary) helping be a voice in the choir (or congregation, that is!), could you please forward a quick response to me at twwitt@gmail.com?

We would be very grateful for your help!

Thanks,

-- Tom Witt

Back to top

KAUG Presents P.O.S. at the ASAC All-Nighter

KAUG, Augsburg's Number 1 Radio Station, will present rap artist P.O.S. as part of the ASAC All-Nighter on Friday, Jan. 25. The All-Nighter starts at 10 p.m.; P.O.S. will perform at 1 a.m. upstairs in Christensen Center. The All-Nighter is free for Augsburg Students, $3 for non-Auggies.

Back to top

Final Stretch and Strengthen Session TODAY

CCHP reminds all interested students, faculty and staff that today will be the final session of stretch and strengthen with Andrea DuKane. It will be held from noon - 1 p.m. in the Marshall Room. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a mat.

Yoga will resume next week at its regular Tuesday/Thursday time period (noon - 1 p.m.).

Any questions, please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.

Back to top

Earn $10 in 10 Minutes - Participate in Research

Do you want to earn an easy $10? All you have to do is participate in a 10-minute research study about crime and psychology! Anyone can participate – students, faculty, and staff. Sign-up sheets are posted by the Psychology offices on the third floor of Memorial Hall, or you can call the psychology desk at x1254 during the following times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. or Tuesday, Thursday from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. (Note: if the phone is not answered, call again in a few minutes!). The study will only take 10 minutes of your time, and is taking place in Anderson 26 (the basement) in the psychology lab.

Please, help a fellow Auggie complete her research and sign up to participate today!

Back to top

Special Event: Augsburg Native American Film

The Augsburg Native American Film Series, American Indian Studies, and the American Indian Student Services Program would like to invite you to two special events on Jan. 30, 2008.

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. John Cly, Navajo Jeweler will be selling his work in the Christensen Center. Please stop by to see his work and purchase wonderful jewelry.

7 - 9:30 p.m. Film screening of "Return of Navajo Boy," with guest hosts Sandy White Hawk and John Cly, in Science 123.

Back to top

Sodexho Dining Menu

Jan. 24, 2008

LUNCH MENU

Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Wraps
Egg Plant Parmesan
Sushi
Philly Cheese Steak
Vegetable
Green Bean Noodle Casserole
Assorted Pizza

Soups - Split Pea with Ham or Cream of Mushroom

DINNER MENU

Beef Tuscan with Vegetables and Olives
French Fries
Chicken Caesar Wrap
Chicken Parmesan Patty
Spaghetti & Meatballs
Italian Green Beans
Assorted Pizza

Soups - Split Pea with Ham or Cream of Mushroom

Menu Subject to Change Depending Upon Availability of Item(s).

Back to top

Augsburg For Adults: Take a Getaway

Take a Getaway
Your Voice, Your Vision

Augsburg for Adult students are invited to join the Center for Service, Work and Learning and Campus Ministry for a getaway at The Marsh: A Center for Balance and Fitness.

March 8, 2008
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Discover the Enneagram of Personality.
Eat a Balanced Lunch.
Explore Your Vision and Your Calling.
Get a Massage.

Only $25.

Space is limited. For more information, contact Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate, at murray@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1151.

Back to top

No postings

Auggie Athletics Update

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

Wednesday, January 23:
Women's Basketball -- Carleton 84, Augsburg 49
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wbasket/0708statistics/012308carleton.html

Men's Basketball -- Carleton 74, Augsburg 56
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mbasket/0708statistics/012308carleton.html


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

Friday, January 25:
Wrestling vs. Nebraska-Omaha, Si Melby Hall, 7 p.m.
Men's Hockey vs. St. John's, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Women's Hockey at St. Benedict, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 26:
M/W Track and Field at Wisconsin-Stout Open, 12 p.m.
Women's Swimming at St. Benedict/St. John's Invitational, 1 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Gustavus Adolphus, 1 p.m.
Men's Hockey at St. John's, 2 p.m.
Men's Basketball at Gustavus Adolphus, 3 p.m.
Women's Hockey vs. St. Benedict, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Sunday, January 27:
Wrestling at Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, January 30:
Women's Basketball at St. Catherine, 7:30 p.m.

Back to top

Guilt-Free Cookies from the Girl Scouts

Get your Girl Scout Cookie fix. My wife leads the two troops that my daughters are in. Many of the Scouts have limited financial means, and your cookie purchase helps to provide them with experiences they might not otherwise have. And besides, they taste good! Place your order on my office door 431B Memorial.

Tim Pippert

Back to top

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 hogard@augsburg.edu

Back to top

Do You Play Piano?

If so, Bigbody Applehead is now on the look out for a new pianist. We are a jazz group that would like to write originals and perform standards. We already have some shows lined up for the spring. Please let me know if you are interested or know anyone else who might be.

myspace.com/bigbodyapplehead

Thanks!!!

Back to top

Bookbag Found

I have found the bookbag I was looking for and all is taken care of in that regard. Thank you.

- Clifford "Skip" Bruber

Back to top