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Parker Palmer Presentation

I would like to invite you to an evening with Parker Palmer on April 10 at 7:00 PM at Hamline United Methodist Church. This is a free, public event and book signing. The title of Parker’s presentation is “The Hearts Imperative: Reclaiming Integrity and Courage in Professional and Public Life.”

Parker Palmer is a founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage and Renewal. http://www.couragerenewal.org/ A writer, speaker and activist, he serves as senior advisor to the Fetzer Institute and previously served as senior associate of the American Association of Higher Education. Author of seven books, his writing has been recognized with 10 honorary doctorates and a number of national awards

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Final Vocatio Chapel: Dr. Fardin Oliaei on April 9

The final Vocatio Chapel in the series, “Science as Vocation,” will be on April 9 at 10:20 AM in the Hoversten Chapel. Our guest will be Dr. Fardin Oliaei, an environmental scientist who formally worked for the MN Pollution Control Agency.

Dr. Oliaei will share her story of working with the MPCA. In 2005, she discovered chemicals in drinking water in the east metro. She attempted to follow the chemicals to their source, but was blocked from doing further research in order to protect the business interests in the area. Eventually, she was forced to resign from the MPCA for pursuing the chemical research.

Dr. Oliaei’s story highlights the dangerous relationship between ideology and science. She has been unable to find a job since she left the MPCA, which she claims is because of her insistence to focus on the chemical contamination.

Dr. Oliaei will speak in chapel on April 9 at 10:20 AM. A lunch with Dr. Oliaei will follow lunch for those who would like to have follow-up conversation. To RSVP for the lunch, or for more questions about the Vocatio Chapel series, please contact Ross Murray at murray@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1151.

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April Wednesday Gathering -- TODAY

The first Wednesday of the month gatherings 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.

The April lunch will be served in the East Commons of the Christensen Center from 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The security and custodial night shift employees are also invited to the Wednesday Evening Gathering at 8:00 p.m. in the Century Room.

We hope you will invite your colleagues and plan to join us!

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El Salvador...and Innocent Voices (movie)

El Salvador…and Innocent Voices

Come see a film about El Salvador: Innocent Voices! Showing Friday, April 4, 6:00-9:00pm in Science 123. Innocent Voices (“Voces Inocentes”) is about a young boy caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war.

Background: During the 1980’s in El Salvador, Central America, the government’s armies were recruiting twelve-year-old children by kidnapping them from schools. Eleven year old Chava, if fortunate, has one year of innocence prior to being enrolled in the army and fight the government’s war against the rebels of the Farabundo Marti for the National Liberation’s army. Chava’s life turns into a game of survival, either dodging bullets or suffering from the isolation effects caused by the daily struggles. As Chava tries to find work to assist his mom financially, he experiences a love attraction toward a beautiful female classmate. All this happens as his village is transformed into a playground of games and armed confrontations.
With his mom’s love, a little transistor radio that plays anti-government hymns of love and peace (as only weapon), and with the impossible decision to join either the government’s army or the rebels…Chava finds another option.

Spanish: Voces Inocentes
Historia: Durante la década de los 80’s en El Salvador, las fuerzas armadas del gobierno reclutaban niños de doce años sacándolos o secuestrándolos de sus escuelas. Si Chava (un estudiante) tiene suerte, le queda un año de inocencia o un año antes de que él tambien sea enlistado y luche la batalla del gobierno contra los rebeldes del ejército Farabundo Marti de la Liberación Nacional (FMLN). La vida de Chava se convierte en un juego de surpervivencia, no sólo por las balas de la guerra sino tambien por los efectos desoladores de la violencia diaria. Mientras él lucha por encontrar trabajo para ayudar a su madre, experimenta el primer amor por una hermosa compañera de clase. Todo esto sucede mientras el pequeño pueblo de Chava se transforma en un campo de juego y de guerra. - Con el amor de su madre, un pequeño radio que transmite un prohibido himno de amor y paz (como única arma), y con la imposible decisión de tener que unirse al ejército o a los rebeldes… Chava encuentra otra opción.

Join us for a student-led discussion afterwards. This Friday, April 4 at 6pm in Science 123!

Event Sponsored by the Spanish Department, Hispanic-Latino Student Services and the Center for Global Education. (For more information about to El Salvador call Ann Butwell at x1662 or butwell@augsburg.edu)

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Spanish Conversation and Lunch

You are invited to attend a Spanish conversation group that meets this Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the Riverside room, on the 2nd floor of the Christensen Center. Drop in for 10 mins. or for the whole 90 mins. -- whatever works for you! Whether you're fluent in Spanish or just starting a beginning class, this will be a good practice experience. Bring your lunch if you want. We look forward to seeing you there! Questions? Contact Emiliano Chagil, Anita Fisher or Kate Reinhardt.

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Scholarship Discussion TODAY

Bring your free first-Wednesday community lunch between 11:30 and 1:00 to the Cedar Room if you're interested in discussing Scholarship at Augsburg. The discussion is sponsored by the Scholarly Writing Group.

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Salsa Dance Competition TONIGHT

Sodexo Dining will be hosting a Salsa Dance Competition tonight from 5:30pm-7pm in East Commons.

The Winning Pair will EACH receive a Nintendo Wii Console valued at $400 each. A drawing will be held for several Door Prizes including T-Shirts, Posters and Gift Certificates.

Sign up stations will be held in Commons Cafeteria today from 11am-1:30pm. Walk up contestants will be accepted prior to the start of the first dance at 6pm.

We currently have 7 couples signed up and eager to compete.

Be sure to stop by to enjoy the Festive Music and Contagious Latin Fever of The Salsa Dance and don't forget to enter your name in the drawing for door prizes.

For more information or to sign up via e-mail please contact Michael Pound at poundm@augsburg.edu

Thank You

Michael Pound
Sodexo Marketing

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World Visions Staff Book Club

In April, we will begin discussion of our fourth book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (see description from Barnes and Noble below). The meeting dates for this novel are April 16, 2008, and May 7, 2008 from noon to 1:15 p.m. - both sessions will be held in the Cedar Room of Christensen Center. Interested participants will need to obtain their own book, so please start planning now.

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made "The Kite Runner" a beloved classic, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is at once an incredible chronicle of 30 years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.

We welcome you to contact us with your ideas or questions.

Respectfully,

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

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Sodexo Dining/Student ID

Effective Monday, March 31, 2008 our dining service cashiers will no longer be able to manually enter your student ID number at dining service locations.

Students who need to have their I.D. number manually entered must present their their ID at the time of purchase.

This is being done to protect your meal plan and flex dollars from unauthorized use.

Thank you for your understanding

Sodexo Dining

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Sodexo Dining Menu

Wednesday
April 2, 2008

LUNCH

Carved Beef
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Pesto Pasta
Steamed Vegetables
Chicken Lo Mein
Veggie Lo Mein
Grilled Cheese
Turkey Melt
Tomato Soup
Clam Linguine With Red Sauce
Deli Bar
Pizza Bar
Soup of the day - Beef with Barley and Curried Lentil

DINNER

Spaghetti Pasta
Meatballs
Red Spaghetti Sauce
Garlic Bread
Mixed Vegetables
Steamed Rice
Moo Goo Gai Pan
Moo Goo Veggie Stir Fry
Mini Corn Dog
French Fries
Deli Bar
Pizza Bar
Soup of the day - Beef with Barley and Curried Lentil

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

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Community Walk/Run -- April 19

Join the Augsburg Community in a
5K Run/Walk
Saturday, April 19
Run starts at 9:00am
Walk starts at 11:00am
Meet at Northrup Auditorium (on the U of M campus)

This event will benefit one of Augsburg's core community partners, the Family Opportunities for Living Collaborative (FOLC), that serves immigrants in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood. The walk/run is being organized by a student doing service-learning in Professor Stacy Freiheit's Health Psychology class.

Registration fee is $5.00.
For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True at truem@augsburg.edu or x1775.

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Commons Cafeteria Extended Hours of Operation

New Extended Hours of Operation for Commons Cafeteria

Commons Cafeteria

Monday-Friday
Breakfast....7am-10:30am
Lunch….11am-4:30pm
Dinner….4:30pm-7:00pm

Saturday & Sunday
Brunch….11:30am-1pm
Dinner….5pm-6pm

Coopers Coffee Shop

Monday-Friday
7:30am-9pm

Saturday Weekend College
7:30am-4pm

Nabo Café

Monday-Friday
7:30am-8pm

Saturday 7:30am-5pm
Sunday 9am-1:30pm

Murphy’s Grill

Monday - Friday
10am-2pm

Saturday & Sunday
Closed

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Frame of Mind

SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT! Call Mary Olson at 330-1212 to pick up a copy of this engaging book!

You are cordially invited to join Paul and Abigail Pribbenow for the spring 2008 Frame of Mind on April 3, 2008. This event begins promptly at 5:15 p.m. at the Augsburg House, with dinner following the discussion.

The evening’s selection is entitled, “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman. This engaging, thought-experiment book examines what would happen to the systems humans have created if we were to all disappear tomorrow?

For those that may not get the chance to read through its entirety, we recommend that you focus on the Prelude, chapters 1, 2, 9, 13, 17, 18, 19 and Coda (approximately 80 pages of reading).

Let’s begin spring with a great book, engaging conversation and a “Frame of Mind!”

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Open Session with Architects

You are invited for an open session on the Center for Science, Business, and Religion building project next Monday, April 7, from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the East Commons. Architects from Holabird & Root will share an updated and more refined version of their scheme for the building. Your continued insight and feedback are critical to continue shaping plans for this important project. Please join us!

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Winter WEC Grades Due Friday, April 4

Winter WEC grades are due Friday, April 4.

Grading information can be found through the following link:
http://www.augsburg.edu/enroll/registrar/faculty/index.html

Timely grade submission is important to our students. Most of our WEC and Grad students are on company reimbursement and work under time lines for submitting their tuition claim (which requires a grade for the course). Many of our Day students are dependent on scholarships which require graded coursework for continuance or for application for new monies. Thank you for your efforts to support our students.

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Trip to Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Government Center

April 19, 2008

Enjoy a joint trip with Augsburg American Indian Studies and St. Thomas students to the Mille Lacs Government Center, Community and the Mille Lacs Indian Museum on the shores of beautiful Lake Mille Lacs. Learn more about one of our neighboring Ojibwe communities, their history, and culture. Our day will include a tour of the community and government center, and a visit to the Museum and Trading Post.

Cost per person is $7.00 for the museum fee. We have limited seats available (15 total) so sign up now.

Contact Professor Marubbio at marubbio@augsburg.edu or 330-1523.

For more information on the Mille Lacs band of Ojibwe visit their web site at www.millelacsojibwe.org

The schedule is as follows:
8:45 Meet at Si Melby
11:30 Tour of the Government Center and Reservation Community
1:30 Lunch (brown bag) You will need to pack yourself a lunch and snacks for the day, or you can purchase lunch at the Subway near Mille Lacs.
2:00 Tour of Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post
4:00 Leave for Minneapolis

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Women's Hockey Holds Clinic for Girl Scouts

The Augsburg women's hockey team held a clinic for area Girl Scouts on Friday afternoon at the Augsburg Ice Arena. Augsburg players held an on-ice clinic for the Girl Scouts, then answered questions from the kids in a classroom session.

A photo gallery of Friday's Augsburg women's hockey clinic is online:
http://web.augsburg.edu/athletics/actionphotos/whockey/2007-08/032908girlscouts/

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Green Named MIAC Softball Pitcher of Week

Augsburg's Sarah Green named MIAC Softball Pitcher of the Week
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/033108green.html

MINNEAPOLIS (3/31/08) -- Augsburg College softball player Sarah Green (JR, Winnebago, Minn./Blue Earth Area HS) was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week, it was announced on Monday.

Green struck out five while walking one in 12 innings of work on Saturday, gaining both victories as Augsburg swept St. Benedict for the first time since 1987 with 7-5 and 5-4 wins in the teams' conference opener at Edor Nelson Field. In the opener, Green pitched the first three and final two innings, striking out one and allowing just two earned runs, while also hitting a double at the plate. In the second game, Green pitched a complete-game six-hitter, striking out four while walking one.

On the season, Green is 4-8 with a 4.18 earned-run average, collecting 59 strikeouts against just 29 walks.

Augsburg, now 6-14 overall and 2-0 in MIAC play, is scheduled to host St. Catherine in an MIAC doubleheader on Thursday (4/3) at 4 p.m. at Edor Nelson Field. A doubleheader at Concordia-Moorhead scheduled for Tuesday (4/1) has been postponed to this Sunday (4/6) at 1 p.m. Augsburg also has a scheduled doubleheader on Saturday (4/5) at 1 p.m. at Gustavus.

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Andersen Named MIAC Baseball Player of Week

Augsburg's Rick Andersen named MIAC Baseball Player of the Week
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/040108andersen.html

MINNEAPOLIS (4/1/08) -- Augsburg College baseball player Rick Andersen (SR, Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday.

Andersen hit .750 (6-for-8) at the plate with a double and triple, driving in four runs and scoring four runs, to lead Augsburg in a conference-opening sweep of St. Mary's, 5-2 and 13-12, on Friday at the Metrodome. Augsburg is now 10-8 overall and 2-0 in MIAC play.

In the first game, Andersen, hitting in the cleanup spot in the order, went 2-for-3 with a run scored. In the second game, Andersen went 4-for-5 at the plate with a stolen base, three runs scored and four RBI. He had a two-run triple as part of a four-run fifth inning, then doubled to drive in a run as part of a three-run sixth frame.

On the season, Andersen is leading Augsburg regulars with a .409 batting average (18-of-44), with 13 runs scored, six doubles, two triples and 13 RBI. His .636 slugging percentage is a team-high, and his .491 on-base percentage is tops among Augsburg regulars. Defensively, he has had just two errors in 113 chances (.982 fielding percentage).

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Are Your Pants Too Long?

I've been noticing a lot of Auggies walking around with nice pants that are way too long. Do your pants need to be hemmed? Buttons replaced? Seams stitched up? Bring your mending and tailoring projects to me! Reasonable rates and quick turn-around. Contact Wendi at wheelerw@augsburg.edu.

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