Security and Facilities Announcements
Teaching and Learning
General Announcements
- All Saints Day
- Composting: a "TON" of our Minds
- Sue Silverman Writing Talk -- 2:30 TODAY
- 2008 Presidential Holiday Procedure
- Spanish Conversation this Thurs.
- Augsburg College Democrats
- Voting Information for Resident Students
- CLASS/Groves Lab Open House
- 2009 Insurance Benefits Renewal
- 95 Theses
- Southside Family School Here on Thursday
- Augsburg Dining Menu Oct. 29-30
- Sushi & Pizza at Nabo
- St. Martin's Table-Grand Re-Opening
- Register Now for the Etiquette Dinner
- Honoring Women Event
- Halloween Costume Contest
- Open Advising Session for DAY BUS Majors & Minors
- Social Work Social
- Tickets on Sale Now for Eurydice
- Sexual Assault Support Group at the Aurora Center
- Murphy Pizza and Some Lower Prices in the C-Store
- Flu Shot Clinic Successful
Keeping Track of Auggies
Auggie Athletics
Classifieds
Security and Facilities Announcements
Security Alert - Burglary in Memorial Hall
A wallet was taken from an unlocked and unattended office in Memorial Hall on Monday, October 27, 2008. The loss occurred sometime between 10:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
If you have any information regarding this crime, please contact the Minneapolis Police Department or Augsburg's Department of Public Safety. You can reach DPS all day, every day by dialing 1717 from an on-campus phone or 612-330-1717 from an off-campus phone.
You Can Help Prevent Crime at Augsburg!
- Always lock your office whenever you leave, even if you will only be gone briefly. Most home burglaries take only 3 to 5 minutes, office burglaries can take even less time.
- If you misplace or do not have a key, please call 1717 and ask us to come and lock the office. Please wait at the office until we arrive.
- Keep valuables out of view. If possible, secure them in drawer or cabinet. Better yet, take your valuables with you or leave them at home.
- Keep your car keys on your person at all times! This is especially important if you have a remote unlocking device.
- Immediately report suspicious activity to the Minneapolis Police or Augsburg DPS.
If you have questions or concerns regarding crime at Augsburg, please contact John Pack, Director of Public Safety at 612-330-1644 or pack@augsburg.edu.
Teaching and Learning
Application for Peace Prize Forum Scholars
The Nobel Peace Prize Forum consortium is pleased to announce the 2009 competition for the Peace Prize Forum Scholars program. Two students from Augsburg will be selected to participate in the Peace Scholars program. The program includes an international summer seminar experience designed to deepen understanding of issues related to peace, justice, democracy, and human rights.
Criteria and Application:
> minimum GPA of 3.0.
> letter of application.
> 1,000-word essay articulating interest in & goals for being a peace scholar.
> full-time first year, sophomore and junior students.
> two letters of recommendation -- one faculty letter and one from either a faculty or staff member.
The application deadline is Jan. 10, 2009. Submit applications to Orv Gingerich, Augsburg coordinator for the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. The Peace Scholars Committee will review all applications and interview the finalists. Augsburg's two scholars will be selected and announced by January 30.
For full information on the program, send an e-mail to Orv Gingerich gingerio@augsburg.edu
Scholarly Writing Group Fall Schedule
This fall the Scholarly Writing Group will be gathering in the CTL room (202 Lindell Library) from !2:30-2:00 pm on the following Mondays--Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1
We will be discussing papers by Bruce Reichenbach that will be the basis for a series of lectures he will be giving in China, and they will also become chapters in a book.
All are welcome to read the papers and join a friendly and critical discussion about them. The first paper, titled "Scientific Realism," will be discussed this coming Monday and is available from me or from Bruce.
Please contact me for details:
John Harkness
-1502
harkness@augsburg.edu
Please Return Tables and Chairs to Classrooms
If you need to move a classroom table or chairs out of a classroom
please return them promptly when you are done.
Several classes do fill up our rooms and every table and chair is
needed for students.
While we do enjoy that people are taking advantage of the flexible
furniture, please keep in mind that the furniture is needed in the
room it came from.
If you have any questions, please drop me an email or contact
Classroom Services at x1219.
Writing Effective Letters of Recommendation -- TODAY
"Writing Effective Letters of Recommendation for Students"
CTL/URGO Workshop
October 29, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Lindell 202
Please join Dixie Shafer and Diane Pike in this workshop on improving the recommendation writing process and product. Drawing on the research and your experience and expertise, we will examine the process from the faculty, student, and recipient points of view in an interactive session.
Refreshments will be served.
General Announcements
All Saints Day
All Saints Day~Monday, November 3
We will be remembering those who have died this past year. We invite you to share with us names of family and friends who have died, so that we can remember them in prayer in Chapel on Monday.
Please let us know names of loved ones and your name by Friday, October 31 by either filling out a form in Chapel or email hakola@augsburg.edu.
Composting: A "TON" of our Minds
As you now Augsburg along with Augsburg Dining have been composting since September 22. Well the weight is in. On average, Augsburg college composts around 3/4ths of a ton a week. This is due to the contentious efforts of the Augsburg community and Tray-less Tuesday. Once again, all of the composting is going to Hennepin County witch says that we are the only private college in Hennepin county to be composting. Keep up the good work.
Sue Silverman Writing Talk 2:30--TODAY
Please join us today in the Women's Resource Center (207 Sverdrup) from 2:30-3:30 for a writing talk and workshop with visiting writer Sue Silverman. Silverman is the author of "Love Sick", a memoir of her journey through sexual addiction. Her talk today will be part personal narrative (how she found her voice) and part social commentary (the importance of women's voices). Everyone is welcome!
2008 Presidential Holiday Procedure
As you know, President Pribbenow announced five paid Presidential Holidays for staff in addition to the three official paid holidays (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day). The Presidential Holidays must be taken between December 1, 2008 and January 31, 2009. The following explains the guidelines and procedures for staff requesting and reporting the additional holidays.
Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season!
How can I request the President Holidays?
•See your supervisor. Your supervisor is coordinating the support needs of your area with your divisional vice president. Your supervisor must pre-authorize and pre-schedule your request accordingly so that our campus remains open and accessible.
When can I take these days?
•Between December 1, 2008 and January 31, 2009
•Days must be used in whole day increments
•Preferential consideration will be given for December 26, 29-30-31 and January 2
•Time not used will expire and there is no accrual for this time, nor is overtime earned in a week when a Presidential Holiday is used
How do I report the Presidential Holidays used?
•Be sure to report the days used on your time sheet or absence report as "PH" for "Presidential Holiday"
•Submit your supervisor for final approval
•If you work less than full-time, your paid time will be pro-rated based on your FTE (just like treatment of other holidays)
Questions?
•Please contact your supervisor or Human Resources at x1058
Spanish Conversation this Thurs.
Please join us for the Spanish conversation group that meets every 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.
Augsburg College Democrats
The Augsburg College Democrats meet Wednesday nights (tonight) at 6:30 p.m. at the Coffee Shop in Christensen Center. If you have any questions, or are interested in joining shoot me an e-mail. This week there will be FREE CANDY to persuade you to come out.
madland@augsburg.edu
Voting Information for Resident Students
Minnesota Election laws allow students who live on campus at Minnesota colleges and universities to vote at the precinct for their campus. Augsburg residence life staff submitted residence hall lists to the Office of Elections and voter Registration. Students who live on campus will need to present a valid photo ID (you can use your Augsburg ID).
Students who live on campus will vote at Seward Square Apartments, 2121 9th Street South.
For more information about voting in Minnesota, or to find your precinct, go to the Minnesota Secretary of State's webpage: www:sos.state.mn.us
CLASS/Groves Lab Open House
Join us on Wednesday, October 29 for ice cream (while it lasts) and demonstrations of adaptive technology for people with disabilities. In Foss, room 17A from 3-5 p.m.
2009 Insurance Benefits Renewal
The next benefit plan year will begin January 1, 2009. October 10-November 30, 2008 is our annual enrollment period and certain changes in your benefits may only be made during this time. Please plan to attend one of the following meetings and/or read this memo carefully for information regarding benefits and changes.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. in. Gateway Room 100
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from 8:15 - 9:15 p.m. in. Gateway Room 100
Tuesday November 4, 2008 from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. in Gateway Room 100
IMPORTANT: Forms and Deadlines:
For more details, go to: http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2009_Benefits/2009BenefitsRe-EnrollmentDetails.pdf
Enrollment forms, election forms, and change forms are due on or before 11/30/08.
Employees who turn in their completed forms early by 11/11/08 will have their names placed in a drawing for a $25 gift certificate. FOUR LUCKY WINNERS will be selected! Please send or drop off completed forms to:
Human Resources
Memorial Hall, Room 19
Campus Box 79
Contact Human Resources, at x1058 with any questions regarding benefits coverage, enrollment, changes, and forms.
95 Theses
Please join President Paul C. Pribbenow and the Augsburg Community, following Convocation this Friday, October 31, 2008, in the Quad for the 95 THESES!
Southside Family School Here on Thursday
Southside Family School students will be on campus Thursday, October 30 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the lobby of Christensen Center to promote their "Get Out and Vote" campaign. Please come by to greet them a learn more about their great project!
For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True, 330-1775 or truem@augsburg.edu.
Augsburg Dining Menu Oct. 29-30
Oct 29
LUNCH:
Soup
Ham & Veggies
Creamy Tomato
The Grille
Veal Demi Glace
BBQ Soy Meatballs
BBQ Chips
Marketplace Entrees
Tri Colored Cheese Pesto Tortellini
Turkey Cutlets w/ Red Coulis
Vegetable Du Jour
Sweet Peppers Deli
Turkey Roasted pepper Aoli on Baguette
Bravo Italiano
Assorted Pizza
Spaghetti w/ Italian Meat Sauce
World Flavors
CHICKEN Paprika
(Indian)
Curry Couscous
Fit Choices 4 Life
Harvest Roasted Veggies
Vegé
Spinach, Lentil over rice
*Menu Subject to Change due to availability of Product
DINER:
The Grille
Burgers
Veggie Burgers
Fries
Marketplace Entrees
Teriyaki Tuna Steaks
Teriyaki Tofur
Cilantro Ginger Jasmine Rice
Asian Style Veggies
Sweet Peppers Deli
Made to Order
Bravo Italiano
Assorted Pizza
Greek Pasta
(Tomato, Olive, Spinach, Feta Cheese)
World Flavors
Chili Bar
(Beef Chili, Pollo Verdi,
4 Bean [Veg])
Corn Bread
Fit Choices 4 Life
Walnut Cranberry Orzo
Vegé
BBQ Lentils with Steamed Brown Rice
*Menu Subject to Change due to availability of Product
Oct. 30 (Halloween Theme)
LUNCH:
Soup
Mold & Puss
(Bleu Cheese & broccoli)
Chopped Flesh & Maggots
(Beef & Rice)
The Grille
Skin Strips in Fat Folds
(Gyros)
Membrane Balls
(Falafels) (FC)
Gangrene Skin Pockets
(spanakopita)
Marketplace Entrees
Bloody Zombie Ribs
Dragon's Blood Tempah
(BBQ Tempah)
Dirty Maggots
(Brown Rice)
Puss Glazed Finger Tips (Honey Glazed Carrots)
Sweet Peppers Deli
Made to order
Bravo Italiano
Maggot Balls & Guts
(Black Spaghetti & Meat & Rice Balls)
Pizza Jack O' Lanterns
(English Muffins Pizza)
World Flavors
Diablo Crow w/ Lava
(Diablo Chicken & Red Mashed Potatoes)
Fit Choices 4 Life See Grill
Vegé
Fire Ants & Flees
(Wild Rice w/ Cranberries)
*Menu Subject to Change due to availability of Product
DINNER:
Soup
(Bleu Cheese& broccoli)
(Beef & Rice)
The Grille
Grilled Turkey Club
Grilled Tomatoes & Cheese on Wheat
Seasoned Fries
Tomato Soup
Marketplace Entrees
Carved Honey Glazed Ham
Grilled Pineapples
Au Gratin Potatoes
Dinner Rolls
Broccoli
Sweet Peppers Deli
Dagwood
Bravo Italiano
Assorted Pizza
Tomato Basil Orzo
World Flavors
East African Braised Chicken
(Chicken Dummies)
Stewed Lentils
Fit Choices 4 Life
Rice & Chick Pea Stuffed Cabbage
(FC)
Vegé
Mock Duck Fried Rice
*Menu Subject to Change due to availability of Product
Sushi & Pizza at Nabo
We wanted to offer some more items at Nabo so Augsburg Dining is now offering flat bread pizza and Authentic Sushi. So come on over and see what they hype is about. Remember eat your Sushi in one Bite! YUMMM
St. Martin's Table-Grand Re-Opening
Come and celebrate ....St. Martin's Table Grand Re-Opening...
St. Martin's Table is remodeled and has new inventory including many new fair trade items including: textiles, bags, candles, table runners, and so much more.
Friday, October 31, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 1, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
*Delicious treats will be served on Friday afternoon.
For more information, please call Kathleen Olsen, 612-339-3920.
Register Now For the Etiquette Dinner
Register now for the Etiquette Dinner on Thursday, November 13 6-7:30 p.m. This will be a fun and interactive meeting with our speaker Darcy Matz. Augsburg Business Organization is offering a discount rate of $5 to the first 30 students to register! For $5 you will not only get a great meal, but you will learn the do's and don'ts of business etiquette. All Majors are welcome.
Register with CSWL, Anderson Hall, LL
Deadline Date is November 4!
Honoring Women Event
Greetings!
You're invited to join Mary Capozzi, Director of Strategy and Operations at Best Buy WoLF, to hear how Best Buy is creating, building, honoring and celebrating their partnerships with women worldwide. Best Buy is unleashing the collective and organizing women to take their power. You'll hear stories of how Best Buy's WoLF program is opening up women's hearts, minds and spirits at Best Buy, in the community and in the world.
You'll leave with ideas, strategies and actions to increase your power, become a stronger leader and build stronger partnerships with other women to make a greater difference at home, work and your community.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: Networking and Light Supper: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Program: 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Location: Best Buy Corporation
(Nokomis/ Harriet Vendor Room)
7601 Penn Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55423
Members registering on or before November 14: $39; after November 14: $49
Student Members (valid student ID) and Senior Members (age 65+) registering on or before November 14: $25; after November 14: $35
Non-members registering on or before November 14: $49; after November 14: $59
You can register by contacting Nancy Stephan at 651-730-0900 or nancy@honoringwomenworldwide.org This event is sponsored by WoLF, Best Buy and Wells Fargo.
Halloween Costume Contest
On Thursday Oct. 30 Augsburg Dining & ASAC are throwing a Halloween Costume Contest from 5:30-6:30 in the commons. SO far we have 2 people. We need at least 10 to make it happen. So please come on over to the table sign up and grab some candy.
Open Advising Session for DAY BUS Majors & Minors
Wednesday, October 29, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Thursday, October 30, 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Oren Gateway Center Lobby
- Open to all DAY Business majors & minors
- No appointment needed
- Meet with a Business Department advisor about course planning and registration
- Find out about study abroad opportunities for the upcoming academic year
- Get your advising hold lifted!
Please stop by and take advantage of this opportunity to have all of your
advising questions answered without making an appointment.
Social Work Social
Are you passionate about social issues? Come join others that are as well this Thursday, October 30 in OGC 100 starting at 5:30. Subs and root beer floats will be served. Stay for 5 minutes or half an hour, all are welcome.
Hosted by the Social Work Department and Omicron Delta Honor Society.
We hope to see you there.
Tickets on Sale Now for Eurydice
Tickets are now on sale for Eurydice, directed by Martha Johnson.
Available performance dates are:
October 31, and November 1, 6 and 8 at 7 p.m.
and Nov 2, 8 and 9 at 2 p.m.
In this poignant and enchanting play, Sarah Ruhl (Pulitzer Prize nominee and MacArthur genius grant winner) presents her contemporary take on the ancient Greek tale of Eurydice and Orpheus. Written after her father's death, Ruhl meditates with delicacy and insight on Eurydice's painful decision whether to remain with her father in the Underworld, or to return with her love Orpheus to the land of the living. We enter a surreal world, as lush and limpid as a dream, where both author and audience swim in the magical and thrilling flow of the unconscious. --The New Yorker
Tickets are now on sale for
$10 for General Public
$8 for ACTC faculty and staff
$5 for non-Augsburg students and
$2 for Augsburg students and children under 12
All Augsburg students need to bring their student ID.
To make a reservation, please call 612-330-1257
Sexual Assault Support Group at the Aurora Center
A new Sexual Assault Support Group for female students who are survivors of sexual assault will start at the Aurora Center on November 18 (held in Boynton Health on the U of M campus, a 6 minute bus ride from Augsburg). This resource is free for Augsburg students. The group will meet weekly on Tuesdays from 9-10am. If interested, please contact the group facilitator Jamie Tiedemann at 612-626-9988 before November 18 to schedule an intake appointment. Directions: about a 15 minute walk across the Washington Avenue Bridge on the U campus, or a 6 minute bus ride on Route 2C -- pick up the bus at 23rd and Riverside; get off at Coffman Union; Boynton Health is just behind Coffman Union. The Aurora Center also provides 24 hour telephone crisis support for issues related to relationship violence at 612-626-9111.
Murphy Pizza and Some Lower Prices in the C-Store
Come on down to Murphy's where you can get your personal pan pizza. It takes about 10 min, made to order so it is fresh and hot. While you're there check out some of the lower prices on Cereal, Chips and other stuff in the C-Store.
Can't wait to see you there.
Flu Shot Clinic Successful
The Minnesota Visiting Nurse Association and the Center for Counseling & Health Promotion thanks the 50 students, faculty and staff who got flu shots on campus yesterday.
If you were not able to come to the clinic on campus, feel free to check other public locations at www.mvna.org. Smiley's Clinic will also be doing flu shot clinics on November 6 and November 10th from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. For more info on the Smiley's flu clinic please call Smiley's at 612-330-0770.
If you have any other questions, feel free to call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.
Keeping Track of Auggies
Jacqueline deVries Essay Honored
Jacqueline deVries' essay "Challenging Traditions: Denominational Feminism in Britain," which originally appeared in Borderlines: Genders and Identities in War and Peace, 1870-1930, edited by Billie Melman (Routledge, 1998) was selected as one of twenty classic articles on the history of feminism and will be republished in Globalizing Feminisms Before 1945, edited by Karen Offen (Routledge, 2009). She also gave an invited talk at the University of Michigan last April on "Faith as a Category of Feminist History," served as commentator on a panel at the Southern Conference on British Studies in October, and published review essays in The Historian and The Journal of Interdisciplinary History.
Auggie Athletics
Christensen Named MIAC Volleyball Hitter of Week
Katie Christensen named MIAC Volleyball Hitter of the Week
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/102808christensen.html
MINNEAPOLIS (10/28/08) -- For the second straight week, an Augsburg College volleyball player earned Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Hitter of the Week honors, as outside hitter Katie Christensen (SO, North Mankato, Minn./Mankato West HS) earned the award on Monday.
Christensen claimed 26 kills and hit .253, while contributing seven blocks and 13 digs, helping Augsburg to two five-set victories in a three-day span, as Augsburg moved into contention for a berth in the MIAC postseason playoffs for the first time since the playoffs went to its current six-team format in 2001.
Christensen had 15 kills with five digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win against Bethel on Wednesday, then had 11 kills, five blocks and eight digs in a 3-2 win at St. Mary's on Friday. Christensen has recorded double-digit kills in her last three matches in a row, in six matches in league play and in 10 matches overall this season. She currently leads the Auggies with 232 kills (2.47 kps), while also contributing 48 blocks (0.51 bps) and 120 digs (1.28 dps).
As a team, Augsburg has won its last four matches in a row (including three straight 3-2 wins) and eight of its last 11 matches, to stand at 16-11 overall, 4-5 in MIAC play. Augsburg's 16 victories is its most since the 1998 season (17-11 overall, 6-5 MIAC). The Auggies close the MIAC regular season with two matches on the road this week, at St. Catherine on Wednesday (10/29) at 7 p.m. and at St. Thomas on Saturday (11/1) at 3 p.m.
Classifieds
2002 Chevrolet Impala for Sale
180,500 miles, Automatic, Color- champagne Good condition. Have all records. $3,800 call Kris or Kate Bogren, 612-722-9418 or kris_b65@hotmail.com
Dining Room for Sale
I'm moving and selling two dining rooms sets I won't be using anymore!
1) Ikea Leksvik Dining Room Like NEW!
Round table
4 matching chairs
Used it only for special occasions, and is in great shape
$200 - IKEA listed price is $420
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50116055
2) Solid rectangular oak table with 2 matching chairs
Pics available upon request
$100
monterru@augsburg.edu
612.3301622
Mixed Blood Theatre Presentation of "1001"
Free showing of "1001" at 7:30 p.m. tonight for students at the Mixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis. Written by Jason Grote and directed by Sarah Rasmussen, "1001" is a river of stories, hyperlinking tales from One Thousand and One Nights to contemporary New York City, bouncing from Persia to Gaza and beyond. It is a love story of old world Arabian markets and palaces, interwoven with modern politics of romance, culture, electronic courtship, and emotional deception.
For more information: www.mixedblood.com