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Security and Facilities Announcements
Cedar Riverside Quarterly Safety Meeting at Augsburg
Please join the Commander of the First Precinct, Inspector Harteau, Councilman Gordon and First Precinct staff this Wednesday, May 14, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. in the Sateren Auditorium. This meeting will include a presentation on community crime trends and discussion of responses and solutions. Hope to see you there!
Athletic Facilities Hours
Athletic Facilities Hours Week of May 12 - May 18:
Fitness Center
Monday, May 12, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Tuesday, May 13, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Wednesday, May 14, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Thursday, May 15, 6 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Friday, May 16, 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 17, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, noon - 6 p.m.
Open Hockey
Monday-Tuesday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Wednesday, No Open Hockey
Thursday, 12:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Teaching and Learning
Hot Topics: Today and this Week
CTL and Faculty Senate are sponsoring opportunities for questions and dialogue around a variety of "Hot Topics". This week's hot topics include IT Services, Augsburg for Adults, Health Care benefits and the HSA, and a look to next year with the President. The details follow:
Tuesday, May 13
Who: Scott Krajewski
When: noon
Where: OGC 100
What: IT Services and Support: How are we doing?
Please join the conversation. Hope to see you at any or all of the "hot topic" sessions.
Here's a preview for the rest of this week's "hot topics."
Wednesday, noon, May 14 - Rosemary Link - Augsburg for Adults Commission Report and Discussion - OGC 100
Thursday, noon, May 15 - Sandra Hokanson - Health Care Benefits at Augsburg and the HSA - OGC 100
Friday at 1 p.m. (NOTE TIME) May 16 - Paul Pribbenow - Where are we headed? OGC 100
Faculty Survey on Teaching and Disability Services
Greetings,
The CLASS Office staff is working to make ourselves more available to faculty as a resource. To start with, we'd like to find out a little about your teaching style. Then we'd like to find out how we might best assist you.
When you have a couple of minutes, please visit our "Survey Monkey" questionnaire at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=o2LiBvYR75AvCyOVRQMM5g_3d_3d
If you have trouble reaching the survey, please visit our web site for other options: http://www.augsburg.edu/classprogram/survey.htm
Thank you so much for your responses and let us know if you have any questions.
We also invite you to visit our faculty web site at: http://www.augsburg.edu/classprogram/faculty.html
Designing Effective Assignments
Designing Effective Assignments
Wednesday, May 15, 9 a.m. in Lindell 202
What strategies can improve the clarity of written and oral assignments given to students? What does the research show about how our instructions are interpreted? How can I get better work from students? Please bring a copy of a current assignment with you.
Department Retreats
There is limited funding available for department retreats. The retreats must take place before May 31 and receipts turned in to CTL no later than Monday, June 2. To apply for funds, send an e-mail message describing your retreat plan and budget to pike@augsburg.edu.
General Announcements
Free Home Expo Tickets
Interested in attending the Home Building and Remodeling Expo at the Minneapolis Convention Center? Human Resources has free tickets for anyone who wants to go! The expo will be here from May 16-18, 2008. The ticket is good for an adult admission; those 18 and under already receive free admission. Stop by HR, Memorial Hall 19, today!
LensCrafters Discount
Would you like to save some money on your eye-wear? Human Resources has coupons for LensCrafters available. It is an $80 savings card, good for a single person or an entire family. Stop by Memorial Hall 19 to get this savings today!
TC Bike Walk Week -- Free Breakfast Tomorrow
Minneapolis, St Paul, and surrounding cities are kicking off the spring season with Bike Walk Week - a way to celebrate all the opportunities to make it to work or wherever using your own two feet. Wednesday is Bike/Walk to Work Day and all over the city, different businesses are offering free breakfast to pedestrians (including Bedlam Theater, the Green Institute, Birchwood Cafe, Common Roots, etc). Sign up and check out the activities at www.bikewalkweek.org
Augsburg College is now set up as a team, so when you do register, make sure to represent! If anyone is interested in biking from Uptown along the Greenway and LRT trail, let me know if you would like to pedal along with me.
Happy trails!
Augsburg Dining Summer Hours
Nabo: Monday - Non-weekend college Fridays: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Non-weekend college Saturdays and Sundays: Closed
Weekend college Fridays: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Weekend college Saturdays: 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Sundays: Closed
Cooper's Monday - Fridays: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Weekend college Saturdays: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Sundays: Closed
Commons & Murphy's: Closed
Bagels and Business with the Augsburg MBA
Want to learn more about the Augsburg MBA?
Please join us for a Bagels and Business Open House. Enjoy coffee and a bagel while learning more about the Augsburg MBA program as well as our concentrations in health care, marketing, and finance.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Oren Gateway 103
8:30 - 10 a.m.
For more information, contact Nathan Gorr at gorr@augsburg.edu.
Residence Life Office Summer Hours
Starting this week, the Urness/Mortensen Residence Life Office will have specific hours for the summer. They are:
Monday-Thursday: 4 - 7 p.m.
Friday: 3 - 6 p.m.
Students may access the office during these hours to ask questions, pick up keys, get toilet paper, and check out items such as vacuums and carts. The items and services listed will only be available during these times.
The Anderson Office will not be open during the summer
Visiting Artist Receptions this Friday
Chicago-based photographer Doug McGoldrick and local mixed-media artist Gregory Euclide will be opening their solo shows in the Christensen and Gage Galleries this Friday. Join us for their opening receptions from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. All are welcome!
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Gormley Named MIAC Softball Coach of Year
Augsburg's Gormley named MIAC Softball Coach of the Year; 4 Auggies earn conference softball honors
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/051208softball.html
MINNEAPOLIS (5/8/08) -- Tim Gormley, who led Augsburg College to one of the most dramatic turnarounds in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference softball history, was named the conference's Coach of the Year, while four Auggies earned conference awards, announced on Monday.
Third baseman Jennifer Castillo (FY, Minneapolis, Minn./Washburn HS) was named the MIAC's Rookie of the Year and earned All-MIAC honors, along with Auggie infielder/pitcher Tiffany Magnuson (JR, Green Bay, Wis./Notre Dame Academy HS) and catcher Ashley Westerman (SR, Bemidji, Minn.). Infielder Jolene Ross (SR, Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS) was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.
Under Gormley, in his second year as Augsburg's head coach, the Auggies finished 20-23 overall and 15-7 in MIAC play in 2008, one of the program's most dramatic comeback seasons in school history. After finishing 4-34 last season and starting 4-14 this season, Augsburg won 16 of its final 25 games to reach the 20-win mark for the first time since the 1995 season (20-18) and just the ninth time in the last 30 years (since the 1979 season). Augsburg reached the MIAC postseason playoffs for the first time in the event's five-year history this year, while also reaching the postseason for the first time since 1984.
An assistant coach under John Tschida for nine seasons -- three seasons (1996-98) at St. Mary's University and six seasons (2000-06) at the University of St. Thomas -- Gormley's college teams have produced a 367-116 overall record (201-41 in MIAC play) in his 11 seasons.
Castillo was one of just three first-year players to earn a spot on the 22-member All-MIAC squad this season, and the first Auggie to be named MIAC Rookie of the Year since the conference's coaches began awarding the Rookie of the Year honor in 2003.
Castillo started all 43 games this season for the Auggies, 41 games at third base. She led the team with a .403 batting average (50-of-124) with 19 runs scored, six doubles and 22 RBI (second-most on the team). She was second on the squad in both slugging percentage (.452) and on-base percentage (.457), while also ranking second on the team with 11 stolen bases in 14 attempts. Her 50 hits are fourth-most in a single season in school history, while her 124 at-bats are sixth-most and her 104 defensive assists are also sixth-most.
In MIAC overall statistics (all games), Castillo ranked ninth in batting average this season, one of just 11 MIAC players to hit .400 or better (playing in at least 60 percent of conference games). Her on-base percentage ranked 11th among league players, and her 104 defensive assists was tops among league players. In conference games only, Castillo hit .453 (29-of-64), ranking ninth among conference players in batting average. Her .507 conference on-base percentage was sixth-best.
Magnuson is one of only two MIAC juniors -- Gustavus infielder Rachel Click is the other -- to earn All-MIAC first-team honors in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons. She was also named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Midwest Region third team last week.
Augsburg's leadoff hitter, Magnuson hit .390 (53-of-136), with six doubles, five triples, two home runs and 12 RBI. She was second on the team in batting average, and led the team in both slugging percentage (.551) and on-base percentage (.461). She was 12-of-14 in stolen bases this season, one of four Auggies to have 10 or more stolen bases. Defensively, Magnuson played three positions for the Auggies this season -- first base, second base and pitcher -- and committed just four errors in 212 chances for a team-best .981 fielding percentage. Pitching for the first time in her collegiate career, Magnuson appeared in 14 games as a reliever with a 3-0 record and 4.89 earned-run average. Pitching in 34.1 innings this season, Magnuson collected eight strikeouts against 16 walks, while allowing a .312 opponent batting average.
In her career, Magnuson is hitting .379 (132-of-348) with 74 runs scored, 17 doubles, 11 triples, three home runs and 30 RBI. She has a .517 slugging percentage and .446 on-base percentage, to go along with 42 stolen bases in 51 attempts. She has a .967 career fielding percentage, with just 17 errors in 515 defensive chances. A two-sport athlete, Magnuson is also a three-time All-MIAC first-team women's hockey selection (one of only three MIAC juniors to be named All-MIAC first team in 2006, 2007 and 2008). She was also named Augsburg's Women's Outstanding Athlete of the Year at the inaugural Auggie Awards in April.
A catcher, Westerman finished this season hitting a career-best .331 (48-of-145), with 25 runs scored and team-highs of 31 RBI and 15 extra-base hits (11 doubles, two triples, two home runs), along with a .476 slugging percentage and .358 on-base percentage. Defensively, she threw out 11 baserunners trying to steal in 54 attempts, and had a .973 fielding percentage, with just six errors in 224 chances. She led the MIAC in overall statistics in both plate appearances (156) and at-bats (145), and her 185 defensive putouts were sixth-best among MIAC players in overall statistics. In conference play, Westerman hit .365 (27-of-74) with 23 RBI, a total fourth-best among MIAC players.
In her career, Westerman started every one of the 153 games Augsburg played in her four seasons, hitting .285 (129-of-452), with 59 runs scored, 32 doubles (third-most in school history), four triples, two home runs, 66 RBI (fifth-most in school history), a .387 slugging percentage and .320 on-base percentage. She completed her career with a .949 fielding percentage, with just 34 errors in 668 chances. Her 99 career games as a catcher is a school record, as is her 31 career runners caught stealing.
A two-time Academic All-MIAC selection and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete in 2005, Westerman earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 second-team honors last week. A physics and mathematics major with a 3.57 grade-point average, Westerman is a Sunquist Scholar, Dean's List honoree and member of the school's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In April, she was named as one of four women's finalists for the school's top senior student-athlete honor, the Honor Athlete award, at the inaugural Auggie Awards.
Ross 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. It is Ross' third conference award of her career, after being named All-MIAC in 2005 and All-MIAC honorable-mention in 2007.
Ross hit .308 (41-of-133) this season with three doubles, eight RBI, a .391 on-base percentage and 10 stolen bases in 12 attempts. In her career, Ross started 150 games with 146 hits (fourth-most in school history), 82 runs scored (10th-most in school history), 38 stolen bases (fifth-most in school history), 155 total bases (ninth-most in school history) and 280 defensive assists (fifth-most in school history).
Classifieds
Adult Student Looking to Sublet Very Soon
I am looking for housing near Augsburg College to begin May 20 and can pay around $400-per-month rent. I will get off the plane that morning and I would like to have some place to go other than an expensive hotel. I am coming from North Carolina and this is my first time coming to MN.
I do not have a car, and I do not require any storage space, I travel light. I just need a suitable place to study. I am a physics major and I plan to begin my first semester at Augsburg this summer.
I am a quiet, friendly, older, female student, Some of my habits are drinking good coffee, listening to newage/neoclassical type
music, playing the guitar, I like incense sometimes and I like to
cook. I do not smoke, I am neat and clean. It would be nice to have
a furnished room, laundry and kitchen privileges but I can make do
with what's available. If you can help me please e-mail me at pdaniels@hush.com or call 910-735-9652, if I am not there ask for
another number where you can reach me. My name is Patricia (Pat).
Thanks!