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Green Fact of the Day

Do Full Loads
Whenever you wash just a few clothes or dishes at a time rather than waiting for a full load to accumulate, you're wasting water, power, and money. The average American family of four washes about 540 loads of laundry a year, which consumes up to 21,000 gallons of water, and more than 150 loads of dishes, which uses about 1,500 gallons. Most of the energy consumed by washers goes toward heating the water -- about 90 percent in the clothes washer and 80 percent in the dishwasher. Combining half-loads, choosing short cycles, and using cold or warm rather than hot water in the clothes washer racks up savings.

Good for You: Wash two fewer loads of clothes and one fewer load of dishes a week and save up to 4,500 gallons of water a year.

Source: Better Homes and Gardens www.bhg.com


Green Fact of the Day brought to you by: Department of Residence Life and the Environmental Stewardship Committee

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Faculty Annual Reports to the Dean

Faculty,

Please submit your Annual Report to the Dean by Aug. 1. Templates for this year's report are located in the Academic Affairs public folder. Reports can be sent by hard copy or e-mail to Vinni Thongthi (thongthi@augsburg.edu).

Thank you.

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Eighth Annual Music for Social Change

Music For Social Change is a day of singing, songwriting, and fun. For eight years, Advocating Change Together has hosted this musical event, bringing together self-advocates, consumers, and allies to sing songs from civil rights movements and create new songs to capture the spirit of the disability rights movement.

The purpose of this workshop is to expand the use of music in our work, promote disability as a civil rights struggle, and celebrate our ability to create a more just society.

Musicians Larry Dittberner, Sherry Minnick, Maria Brown, and Vern Bloom have experience singing with groups and including everyone in the singing and activities.

The workshop is free. Lunch is provided.

Saturday, July 26, 2008
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (9:30 a.m. Refreshments and Registration)
Minneapolis Room

Download the flyer:
www.selfadvocacy.com/pdf/MusicForSocialChange2008.pdf

To register, call Advocating Change Together at 651-641-0297.

Sponsored by the Augsburg College Social Work Department

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Take the Train Tonight

Don't forget! The Auggie Train Kick-off party is tonight from 4 to 6 p.m. at Bedlam Theatre, 1501 S 6th St. Relax with other Auggies on the rooftop deck while you watch the train roll past. If you want to ride, hop on at the Cedar-Riverside stop, right outside Bedlam's door. Rush hour fare is $2. See you there!

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Renaissance Festival Discount Tickets

It’s that time again -- HR has discount Renaissance Festival tickets for purchase! Adult tickets are ONLY $15.50 each (normally $19.95) and child tickets (ages 6-12) are $7.50 each (normally $10.95). We are also offering Food Books for only $5 – each book is a $6 value.

The Renaissance Festival is open on the weekends between Aug. 16 and Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., Monday, Sept.1, and Friday, Sept. 26. The event is open rain or shine, and parking is free.

Stop down in HR today to buy your discounted tickets --we will be offering them until the end of the Festival. We will accept cash (however we don't have change) or check payable to Augsburg College. Call us at x1058 with any questions.

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Dessert Reception for CGE International Staff

All faculty and staff are invited to a dessert reception (ice cream sundae bar) for CGE international staff. Mark your calendar for Monday, July 28 from 1 - 2 p.m. for an opportunity to meet your staff colleagues from El Salvador, Guatemala, Namibia, Nicaragua, and Mexico.

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Enrollment Center Limited Services

Due to a division retreat, all financial aid and student account team members will not be available Thursday afternoon, July 24 and all day Friday, July 25. The Enrollment Center will stay open during these hours with limited services. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for your patience!

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Winford Named to Preseason All-America Team

Augsburg's Royce Winford named to D3Football.com Preseason All-America second team
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/072308winford.html

MINNEAPOLIS (7/23/08) -- Augsburg College wide receiver Royce Winford (SR, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Osseo HS) was named to the D3Football.com Preseason All-America second team, it was announced on Wednesday.

Winford, a senior, was one of three Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference players to be named to the 50-member first and second teams by D3Football.com, a national web site that covers Division III football. St. John's a senior defensive tackle Nick Gunderson was also named to the first team, while Bethel junior cornerback Tim Cornish was named to the second team.

The honor is the latest for Winford, who was named to the Consensus Draft Services Division III Preseason All-American first team last month. Winford will enter his senior campaign after earning multiple honors as one of the top receivers in the MIAC in 2007. He was named to the D3Football.com All-America second team and the D3Football.com All-West Region first team, in addition to being named as a first-team All-MIAC selection.

In 2007, 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. He had seven 100-yard-plus receiving yardage games in 2007, including three straight games with 200 or more receiving yards midway through the season. In Augsburg's 38-16 victory over Carleton on Oct. 20, Winford set a team and MIAC single-game record with 20 receptions, a total that was tops among all NCAA football players, regardless of division, during the 2007 campaign.

His 10.1 receptions per-game finished second-best among all NCAA Division III receivers, and his 140.3 receiving yards per-game and 1,403 receiving yards were third-best among all Division III receivers and were 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.

Among all college football receivers (all NCAA divisions and NAIA) in 2007, Winford's 10.1 receptions per game ranked seventh-highest nationally, while his 140.3 receiving yards per-game were fifth-highest nationally and his 1,403 receiving yards were eighth-highest nationally.

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).

Under Haege, in his third year as Augsburg's head coach, the Auggie football team finished 5-5 overall, 3-5 in MIAC play in 2007, marking the first time Augsburg had reached the .500 mark since 2003 (5-5 overall, 4-4 MIAC). With its five victories, Augsburg also eclipsed its number of wins from the previous three seasons combined (4-26).

Augsburg opens its 2008 campaign on Sept. 6 with a game at Crown (Minn.). Augsburg's home opener is on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m., when Wartburg (Iowa) visits Edor Nelson Field. Last season, Augsburg claimed one of its most dramatic victories in program history with a 14-13, come-from-behind win at Wartburg, which at the time was ranked No. 11 in the D3Football.com Division III national poll and No. 10 in the American Football Coaches Association Division III national poll.

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Rooms for Rent

Roommates wanted to share a 5 bedroom home close to the University of Minnesota and Augsburg. This home is very clean and spacious. It offers 2 bathrooms, washer, dryer, off street parking, and is one block away from the bus line.

Please call the home phone at 763-389-5887 for more information or reply to me via e-mail.

Address is 19th Ave SE and Como Ave.

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