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ACTC Women's Studies Conference, March 7

Are you doing work in Women’s Studies? Are you involved in feminist/womanist activism? We’re looking for student posters and presentations on research, activism, or creative works. Please email a short paragraph describing your proposed presentation to nathanso@augsburg.edu. Include your name, phone number, school, and major/minor. Deadline: Feb. 15.

The conference will take place on Friday, March 7 from 3:30 - 8 p.m. in Christensen Center. Admission is free, and dinner is provided -- and there will be iPod Door Prizes!

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The $20,000 Opportunity on Saturday

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

There are additional links to material developed for the Teaching and Learning Spaces project on the CTL webpage www.augsburg.edu/ctl

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CTL Night at the Theatre

Attention Faculty and Staff: The Center for Teaching and Learning has 20 tickets for the play “The Visit”, directed by LuVerne Seifert ’08, on Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. If you’d like a free ticket, call x1229.

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Biology Candidate Seminars

There will be three Biology Faculty Candidate seminars next week.

On Monday, Feb. 4, Dr. Sinead Chadhain will speak about "Using Molecular Tools To Assess Microbial Activity & Diversity In The Environment."This seminar will be held in SCI 212.

On Wednesday, Feb. 6, Dr. Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright will give a talk entitled "Search and Destroy: How Your Immune System Finds and Kills Microbes (a.k.a., the study of immunophysiomicrobiology!)." This seminar will be held in SCI 123.

On Friday, Feb. 8, Dr. Lakshmi Nagarajan will present "Designing effective DNA vaccines using molecularly engineered biomaterials for targeted delivery of DNA." This seminar will be held in SCI 123.

All seminars will be held from 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

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Spring Workshop Series: Living Leadership

The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) invites you to its spring series entitled “Living Leadership.” The ideas of Robert Greenleaf, who created the concept of servant leadership, continue to inspire and challenge us. The series will begin with a discussion of the nature of servant leadership and how it can be applied in our lives. The second workshop will explore a concept that is vital to servant leadership: the important role that self-reflection plays in informing and strengthening our leadership activities.

Thursday, Feb. 7
The Servant-Leader: Grounded in Service, Guided by Questions
Carol Knicker and Patty Park, panelists
Norma Noonan, facilitator
Minneapolis Room, Christensen Center
6 p.m., refreshments at 5:30 p.m.

In part because of its poetic and metaphoric quality, servant leadership has been subject to a broad range of interpretation. Greenleaf, aware of the elusive quality of his servant-leader model, offered his readers helpful guidelines in determining true servant leadership. He wrote that the best test for servant leadership lies in asking and re-asking fundamental questions: “Do those being served grow as persons?” “What is the effect on the least privileged in society?” Yet another of his questions highlights the importance of intention: “What are you trying to do? — one of the easiest to ask and most difficult to answer of questions.”

Join us as we explore these and other aspects of the profoundly moving ideas behind servant leadership.

Thursday, March 13
Self-Reflection for Leadership Development
Signe Nestingen
Minneapolis Room, Christensen Center
6 p.m., refreshments at 5:30 p.m.

Bringing fresh, dynamic energy to our leadership roles means attending to our internal conversations about our thoughts, feelings, quandaries, and questions. Attending to our inner selves in a consistent manner permits and encourages the emergence of new ideas, possibilities, and feelings that can, and do, inform leadership decisions every day.

Bring your curiosity, humor, imagination, and a pencil. Come prepared to think, feel, write and/or draw your way into an understanding of what you know, or don’t know, about yourself as a leader. This evening is a time to explore the rich and fertile inner territory of leadership.

For more information or to reserve a space in either workshop, contact Patty Park at 612-330-1150 or parkp@augsburg.edu.

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Safe Space Training, Spring 2008

Be informed on lesbian, gay, bi, trans, questioning, intersex, and asexual issues as well as learn how to be supportive of individuals in the LGBTQIA community.

Join LGBTQIA Support Services for Safe Space Training on one of the following dates and times:

Monday, Feb. 11, 2008
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Adeline M. Johnson Conference Room, Oren Gateway Center

Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Adeline M. Johnson Conference Room, Oren Gateway Center

Open to all Augsburg College students, faculty and staff. For more information and to RSVP, contact Will O'Berry at x1499 or e-mail lgbtqia@augsburg.edu

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Faculty Scholarship Forum

Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008
4 - 5:45 p.m.

*Oren Gateway Johnson Conference Center*
*Gage Gallery*

In order to build our academic community and recognize the professional work of colleagues, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of the Dean invite your participation in the Faculty Scholarship Forum. This event is an opportunity for faculty to showcase their research and creative projects. The format involves two rounds of presentations to a generalist audience: 4 - 4:40 p.m. and 5 - 5:40 p.m. on Thursday Feb. 28. Wine and appetizers will be offered during the “intermission."

You are invited to present in one time slot and learn about other colleagues’ work in the second slot. Each presenter gives a 20 minute roundtable talk followed by 15 minutes of discussion with an audience of six to eight faculty and staff colleagues. Please bring handouts or objects as no electronic support is available for this type of presentation. If you need a particular time slot to present, let us know.

Faculty from all disciplines create scholarship throughout their careers. This event is a wonderful opportunity to discover what that looks like from many different perspectives. We hope this forum will showcase the work of a diversity of colleagues. Faculty recently returned from sabbatical, as well as colleagues who received research and travel grants are particularly encouraged to participate. This is also an excellent venue for newer faculty members to introduce their talents. Your participation as an audience member is essential. And this is fun. Please join us in celebrating this vibrant aspect of our professional life together.

NEW: Very brief abstract forms are available on the CTL webpage and should be submitted online at www.augsburg.edu/ctl. We plan to offer 12-14 different presentations (six to seven different faculty each round) and to repeat this forum with different presenters next November. If this model is successful we hope to offer the Forum as a regular event twice a year.

Details are on the web site, and questions are welcome to: pike@augsburg.edu.

On-line Abstracts due Feb. 22.

NB: This event replaces the faculty presentations at Zyzzogeton which will be held in April and focus on student work.

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Soup and Sexuality on Tuesday, Feb. 5

Soup & Sexuality will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 5 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Century Room.

Dr. Jessica Nathanson will facilitate a discussion, entitled "Bisexuality 101." Please join us for lunch, a safe space, and open conversation.

Please contact Will O'Berry at x1499 with any questions.

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Two Physics Papers Published

Two papers by the space physics research group have been published.

1. "Pc1-Pc2 waves and ergetic particle precipitation during and after magnetic storms: Superposed epoch analysis and case studies", Journal of Geophysical Research, January 24, 2008, 11 authors,
Augsburg authors: M. J. Engebretson, N.J. Petit, J.L. Posch Acknowledgments: Steven Quick, Allison Matts, Ashley Westerman, Nathan Otto, Michael Murphy, Matt Broughton, and Ken Bodurtha

2. "Statistical observations of spatial characteristics of Pi1B pulsations",Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, August 17, 2007, 10 authors, Augsburg authors: J.L. Posch and M. J. Engebretson

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Find Your Precinct and Caucus on Super Tuesday

>>> Call or go online to find your precinct for caucusing on Feb. 5 <<<
Be prepared to give your street address and ZIP code. All Augsburg on-campus residents live in Ward 2, Precinct 7

FIND YOUR PRECINCT BY TELEPHONE
Call your county’s election office: 612 348-5151 for Hennepin Co.
OR
Call the MN Secretary of State’s office: 651-215-1440

FIND YOUR PRECINCT ONLINE
Go to Hennepin County www.hennepin.us, click on “Caucus Locations”
OR
Go to the MN Secretary of State: www.sos.state.mn.us, Click on “Precinct Caucus Finder”

FIND YOUR CAUCUS LOCATION, DATE AND TIME
Be prepared to give your precinct number. All Augsburg on-campus residents live in Ward 2, Precinct 7

Caucus date: Feb. 2, 7:00 pm
Constitution Party: www.cpmn.org, 763-227-4359

Caucus date: Feb. 5, 7:00 pm
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party: www.dfl.org, 651-293-1200, Augsburg College, East Commons
Independence Party: www.mnip.org, 651-487-9700, also online caucusing throughout the month for those who want to switch parties or who can’t participate on caucus night
Republican Party: www.gop-mn.org, 651-222-0022, Luxton Recreation Center, 112 Williams Ave SE

Caucus date: March 4
Green Party: www.mngreens.org, 651-288-2820

Information presented by Sherilyn Young, volunteer (and Augsburg staff) in cooperation with Student Affairs. For more call 612-330-1462 or E-mail youngs@augsburg.edu.

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Sodexho Dining Holiday Schedule

Friday
Feb. 1, 2008

LUNCH MENU

Hamburger Bar
Bacon, Onion & Mushrooms
French Fries
Veggie Patty
Steamed Vegetables
Buffalo Chicken Wrap
Buffalo Mock Duck
Toppings
Nacho Bar
Pasta Bar
Pizza Bar
Deli Bar

Soup - Chicken Wild Rice and Spicy Bean

DINNER MENU

Chicken Sandwich with Honey Dijon Mustard
Veggie Patty
French Fries
Sauté Vegetable with Penne
Steamed Vegetables
Beef Taco Bar
Spinach
Refried Beans
Toppings
Deli Bar
Pizza Bar

Soup - Chicken Wild Rice and Spicy Bean


Saturday
Feb. 2, 2008

BRUNCH MENU

Scrambled Eggs
French Toast
Creamy Potatoes
Sausage Patties
Omelet Bar

DINNER

Chicken Bacon Wrap
Grilled Italian Veggie Wrap
Toppings
Baked Tilapia
Wild Blend Rice
Mixed Vegetable
Pizza Bar

Sunday
Feb. 3, 2008

BRUNCH

Scrambled Eggs
Roast Potatoes
Sausage Link
Pancakes
Deli Bar

DINNER

Chicken Patty
Veggie Patty
French Fries
Steamed Vegetables
Steamed Rice
Beef Broccoli
Sauté Vegetables
Baked Fish
Steamed potatoes
Pizza Bar

Menu Subject to Change without Notice Depending Upon Availability of item(s).

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Are You Worried About Being Too CrazyBusy?

Mark your calendars for Feb. 15-16, so that you can learn more about how to stop your worrying and manage your crazybusy life!

Dr. Ned Hallowell, a leading expert on Attention Deficit Disorder, will be presenting two convocations. You can hear him speak:

Feb. 15, 3:30 p.m.
"Worry"
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

Feb. 16, Noon
"CrazyBusy"
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

For more information, visit the Convocation Series web site, at http://www.augsburg.edu/convo/.

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World Visions Staff Book Group -- Book Change

Greg Mortenson, author of the New York Times bestseller "Three Cups of Tea," is scheduled to be a presenter at this year's Peace Prize Forum. He has established schools in the most remote poverty stricken parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and is the founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute and Pennies For Peace.

Given this wonderful opportunity to hear him speak at the Peace Prize Forum, we have decided to change our winter book selection to his book, "Three Cups of Tea."

“Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time. Greg Mortenson’s dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world.” - Tom Brokaw

We will meet the following dates in the Riverside Room from noon - 1:15 p.m. to discuss the book:

Feb. 13, 2008
March 5, 2008

All staff members are welcome! Books will not be provided this time, so please obtain your own if you would like to participate. This book can be found in the Augsburg bookstore, as well as at other retailers and online sites. If you have already purchased our previous winter book selection, "A Thousand Splendid Suns," hang on to it as we may read it in the spring.

Please RSVP to Holley Locher at locherh@augsburg.edu or x1763 by Monday, Feb. 11, 2008.

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

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This Week's TechTip -- Student Discounts

Did you know that as an Augsburg College student you are eligible for discounts on computer and software purchases? For example, Apple offers student discounts on all computers, and Microsoft is currently selling the Office 2007 suite at a special student price of $60.

For more information about available discounts for Augsburg students, visit http://www.augsburg.edu/techdesk/Discounts.html .

If you have questions about this or any other aspect of student technology at Augsburg, please contact the TechDesk! We're here to assist students with their technology needs. We're available in person (Lindell Library 104), on the phone (612-330-1400), by e-mail at techdesk@augsburg.edu, and on the web at http://www.augsburg.edu/techdesk for your convenience.

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English Department Career Night, Feb. 4

The English Department will hold its annual Career Night, Monday, Feb. 4, from 6 - 8 p.m. in Lindell 301.

All students and majors are welcome to attend to meet alumni, professors and current English majors. This is a fun and relaxed night for anyone to enjoy. If you are an undeclared major, this is a great opportunity to become a part of a new concentration!

Free food and refreshments will be provided.

For more information, send an e-mail to one of the English Department Student Reps:
Andrea Sanow: sanow@augsburg.edu
Joe Brown: brown3@augsburg.edu
Vanessa Manning: manningv@augsburg.edu

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Augsburg Asian Students Association

General meeting to discuss spring events.
Feb.5th at 4:45 - 5:45 p.m., Cedar Room

Contact chang@augsburg.edu with any questions

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Art Club Going to Art Shanties on Medicine Lake

On Sunday, Jan. 3, the Art Club will be going to Medicine Lake to the Art Shanties. Art Shanties are ice houses built and decorated by MN artists. There will be many activities such as karaoke, games, contests, food, and more! We will be meeting in the Urn/Mort lobby at 10:15 a.m. to carpool, and will be back around 2 p.m. If you are interested, please let me know by Saturday (welt@augsburg.edu) if you will be coming with and if you can drive so we know how many to wait for.

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Weekend College Chapel -- This Saturday

Visit with fellow students and engage in a moment of reflection before your classes.

Please join us this Saturday for Weekend Chapel. Thelma Buckner, Gospel Singer and Community Granny, will be leading services.

Coffee & muffins are served at 7:30 a.m. and service begins at 7:40 a.m.

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Top 10 Reasons Not to Participate in the Caucuses

TOP 10 REASONS why NOT to participate in the Caucuses

10. You agree with everything Baby-Boomers say.
9. You believe higher education is affordable.
8. Tuesday is your bridge night.
7. The wonks and suits know what they are doing.
6. You’re working ahead on homework due May 1.
5. Everyone you know has good health care coverage.
4. Your philosophy is…leave it up to the government.
3. This country is going in the right direction.
2. They're all politicians; what’s the difference?
1. Don’t bother me, I’m texting!

If you’re not convinced, join in the conversation about caucuses:
WORKSHOP - EVERYONE WELCOME
Day: Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
Time: noon – 1 p.m.
Place: Oren Gateway Center, Room 103
OR
Day: Monday, Feb. 4, 2008
Time: 7 - 8 p.m.
Place: Oren Gateway Center, Room 103

For further information, contact Sherilyn, 330-1432 or youngs@augsburg.edu

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Challenges of Combat Veterans Returning to College

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, from 3:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. in Sateren Auditorium.

I am sure many of you are well aware of the large number of returning military from Iraq deployments and that our Minnesota National Guard has experienced one of the longest unit deployments since WWII for a National Guard unit. You may not be aware, however, of the large number of military-connected students we have at Augsburg. There were 73 students this past term who were veterans or currently serving military members, and that number is expected to grow to about 80 in January -- many of these students have recently returned from deployment. They face unique challenges.

To help in understanding and better our institution's ability to provide a successful academic environment, we have set up a unique educational event for faculty and staff. Chaplain John Morris and three others will be here on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 to speak about reintegration issues that these soldiers face.

Chaplain Morris is the person in charge of the reintegration program that the Minnesota National Guard has developed, which is soon to become the national model for returning National Guard Units.

The members of the Military Support Group (Ann Garvey, Michael Bilden, Karena Jones, Sadie Curtis, and Wayne Kallestad) invite you to attend this event.

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Auggie Athletics Update -- Weekend Schedule

Auggie Athletics Update -- Weekend Schedule:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/

Friday, February 1
Men's Hockey at Gustavus Adolphus, 7:05 p.m.
Women's Hockey vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Saturday, February 2:
Wrestling (WT) at Wisconsin-Eau Claire Invite, 9 a.m.
Women's Basketball vs. Hamline, Si Melby Hall, 1 p.m.
Women's Hockey at Gustavus Adolphus, 2 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Hamline, Si Melby Hall, 3 p.m.
Men's Hockey vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Wrestling at Wartburg (Iowa), 7:30 p.m.
M/W Track and Field at Bethel Invitational.

Monday, February 4:
Men's Basketball at St. Olaf, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. St. Olaf, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m. -- LISTEN LIVE: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

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For Sale

Crate and Barrel computer desk and book shelf, coordinating file cabinet and black office chair. Desk and book shelf light maple color with chrome accents. Desk is 48" wide, 29" high, 24" deep with keyboard tray. Bookshelf is 32" wide, 64" high, and 11" deep with 5 shelves. All like new. $175.00 for all pieces. Contact Sheila at x1648 or wassinks@augsburg.edu

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Free Couch and Loveseat

I am looking to find a home for a couch and loveseat. They are both a neutral color and in great shape. Yes, they are free. I would just ask that you come to pick them up at my home. E-mail me if you are interested and I will forward a photo to you.

jacobsom@augsburg.edu

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