Crime Alert: Computer Stolen From Athletics Area

On Thursday, January 8th, 2009, a laptop computer was stolen from an office in the Athletics area. At approximately 1 p.m., a man entered a college athletic facility and distracted an employee with questions about renting the space. While the employee was distracted, a second man began looking around the office and went into a back room. The employee later realized that a laptop computer had been taken from a case in a back room. The victim described the men as 35 to 40 years old, approximately 5'10" tall, African American, with average builds. The men were wearing dark clothing and dark colored winter coats. They had short hair and a neat appearance. The first man, who did the talking, was polite and well spoken.

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!

- Don’t leave your workspace unlocked and unattended.

- Discuss which spaces in your department are public and which are private. Where possible, lock private spaces if they are not being used. You are not being rude if you ask someone to leave a private space. Hospitality has its limits.

- Be thoughtful of where your valuables are. Where possible, keep wallets, handbags and other valuables on your person or locked in a drawer. Better yet, leave unneeded valuable items at home.

- Always keep your car keys on your person. This is especially important if you have a remote unlocking device for your car. If a thief is able to take the remote unlocking device for your car, they simply need to walk through our parking lots and press the button until they see the lights flash on your vehicle.

- Immediately report suspicious activity to the Minneapolis Police or Augsburg DPS.

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North Star STEM Undergraduate Research Funding

Applications for student/faculty research funding during Spring 2009 are available from the North Star STEM Alliance (www.northstarstem.org) by contacting Rebekah Dupont.

Eligible students are under-represented minorities in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, MIS, or Physics. Grants of up to $1,000 for research to be completed before May 31, 2009 will be awarded.

Proposals are considered by the URGO Advisory Committee and awards will be made on a rolling basis.

To apply for this funding or for more information on the North Star Stem Alliance, contact Rebekah Dupont at dupont@augburg.edu or (612) 330-1042.

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Looking For A Great History Class?

Inspired by MLK?

A few spots are still available in HIS 242: The History of African-American Civil Rights

MWF 12:10-1:10 p.m.
Taught by Prof. Brie Swenson-Arnold

This course offers an introduction to the varied historical experiences of Africans and African Americans who lived in North America (roughly the areas that now comprise the United States) from the colonial era through the early twentieth century. Organized chronologically and thematically, this course will acquaint students with major questions, ideas, and issues in African American history, placing particular emphasis on the struggles for and achievement of black civil rights, the interrelated dynamics of race, gender, sexuality, and class, and the changing nature of race and racism.

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Speakers Lab Hours Spring 2009

The Speakers Lab will be open:
Mondays 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Thursdays 4:00-7:00 p.m.
WEC (Weekend College) Saturdays 12:00-3:00 p.m.

Stop by for help with public speaking presentations, finding and citing sources, job interviews, and the like!
If you have questions/concerns, e-mail Alison Rapp at rappa@augsburg.edu.

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Augsburg Mathematics at National Meetings

Four of Augsburg's mathematics faculty joined roughly 5,500 other mathematicians at the national 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, DC, January 5-8.

Professors Jody Sorensen and Su Dorée were judges for the Mathematical Association of America Poster Session on Research by Undergraduate Students. Professor Dorée also presented "I'd rather be approximately right than precisely wrong" about Augsburg's MAT 105 course Applied Algebra in a paper session on College Algebra reform. Professor Matthew Haines presented "An Update of a Professional Development Project focused on Preparing Students for Algebra" about Augsburg's MN Department of Education grant providing K-8 grade teachers of charter schools in the metropolitan area with programs to deepen their mathematics pedagogical knowledge. Professor Sridevi Pudipeddi presented research "Traveling Wave Solutions for a Nonlinear Equation which Appears in Fluid Dynamics" during a session on partial differential equations.

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Affinity Plus Foundation Scholarship

Affinity Plus Foundation

It’s time for the annual Affinity Plus Foundation Scholarship application process to begin for the 2009-2010 school year. Since the Affinity Plus Foundation was developed in 2000, it has taken significant strides toward improving financial literacy throughout the state of Minnesota. The Foundation and its purpose parallels our goal at Affinity Plus of building lifelong relationships founded on trust with each and every one of our members.

Through this scholarship program, a total of four $5,000 scholarships will be awarded each year for freshman, upperclassmen, and nontraditional students. The scholarship winners will be notified in March 2009.

To be eligible, an application and all requested items must be postmarked by January 31, 2009. Scholarship applications are also available at all Affinity Plus branch locations, and on our Web site at www.affinityplus.org . All applicants must be primary members of Affinity Plus (and have their own member number). Membership applications are available at www.affinityplus.org , or within the scholarship application packet.

Should you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to contact Sandra Olson at your convenience.

Sandra Olson contact information:
651-612-9430
solson@affinityplus.org

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Scholarship for Accounting Major

Institute of Management Accounts

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is pleased to offer scholarships to students who are an accounting and finance major. An IMA student member pursuing study in accounting or finance as an undergraduate or graduate student is eligible for the Memorial Education Fund (MEF) Scholarship and the Stuart Cameron and Margaret McCloud Scholarship.

MEF Scholarships range from $1,000 to $2,000. One student will be chosen from the MEF Scholarship pool of applicants to receive the SCMS Scholarship in the Amount of $5,000. The SCMS Scholarship recipient will also receive lodging, transportation, and registration costs for both the IMA Annual Conference and Exposition and the IMA Student Leadership Conference.

The application is available on the IMA web site at www.imanet.org/scholarships . Please note that the deadline for the scholarship applications is February 15, 2009. All materials must be postmarked on or before that date to be eligible.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jodi Ryan at 800-638-4427 ext 1556 or email her at jryan@imanet.org .

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Reminder About Recent E-Mails Asking for Passwords

The start of a new year heralds the start of some new email scams. We've seen a few recently posing as quota emails or notices about upgrading your account. These are commonly known as phishing scams. These often take the form of e-mails that look legitimate but are asking for personal information, often for "verification" or even to prevent your account from being closed. These e-mails are trying to "bait" you to give up personal information (that's why phishing sounds like fishing).

The best thing to do is to just delete them. If you're not sure if an e-mail is legitimate, faculty and staff can always contact their LFC and students can contact the Tech Desk 612-330-1400, techdesk@augsburg.edu ) to ask.

Here are some general rules to keep in mind:

- The Augsburg IT department would never send out a generic e-mail asking for your password, username, or date of birth.

- If it sounds suspicious then it probably is a scam.

- If it has a strange looking "From" address then it probably is a scam.

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Credit Refund Dates

Credit refunds for Adult and Graduate programs will be available for pick up on January 23 after 1 p.m. at the Enrollment Center. Credit refunds for the Day program will be available for pick up on January 30 after 1 p.m. at the Enrollment Center. To see if you will be receiving a credit refund, please log into Records and Registration, and click on Account Activity. For further information about credit refunds go to http://www.augsburg.edu/enroll/account/creditrefund.html

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Housing Extravaganza 2009-2010

The Housing Extravaganza will take place on the main floor of the Christensen Center on January 13th and 14th, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Residence Life professional staff will be available to answer questions about academic year 2009-2010 Special Interest Housing, applying to live in Oren Gateway, and Selection Night (Lottery). We will also have information available about student staff positions for 2009-2010.

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Spring Wellness Classes Start Monday

The Center for Counseling and Health Promotion welcomes all new and returning students as well as faculty and staff to start the new semester with one of the FREE wellness classes offered on campus.

Every Monday from noon - 1 p.m. there will be a pilates class in the Marshall Room. Pilates is a form of exercise that helps with core strength and development.

On Tuesday and Thursday our very popular yoga class is back from noon - 1 p.m. also in the Marshall Room.

Both classes will start the semester off with some basic instruction for those who may never have attended a pilates or yoga class as well as those who have already attended a class or two.

So please join us in the Marshall Room on Monday, Tuesday or Thursday. Wear comfortable clothing, bring a yoga mat (optional)and start the semester off right.

Any questions, please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.

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Alternative Spring Break in New Orleans

Tired of spending your spring break doing nothing? Come and join Campus Ministry and the Lilly Grant helping the people of New Orleans to recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav. We will be working with Lutheran Disaster Response in their "What a Relief!" program.

The trip is March 15-21. $100 deposit holds your spot (total registration cost is $300). Deposits must be received by January 23, so plan now. You can drop off your $100 and registration materials in the Campus Ministry Office.

For more information, contact anyone connected to Campus Ministry.

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A Reminder to Graduating Day Students

Did you graduate fall semester 2008? Would you like to keep receiving your first-class mail? Stop by the Incoming Mailroom and fill out a yellow change of address form. We are able to forward your first-class mail for up to six months. We encourage graduating students to fill out a change of address form with the United States Postal Service (this can be done on USPS.com or with a mail-in card.) We also suggest contacting your magazine or newspaper subscribers, since we are unable to forward periodicals.

Thank you,


Meagen Swartzer, Incoming Mailroom Student Lead

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Flex Points for Purchase

Augsburg Dining Services will be selling Flex Points to be placed on Augsburg ID Cards in the Commons Cafeteria on Monday, January 12th and Tuesday, January 13th from 11:00am until 12:30pm.

In order to purchase Flex Points, you will need to have your Augsburg ID with you and fill out a purchase agreement form that will be provided at the table.

You may purchase Flex Points by Cash, Check (with proper identification), or by charging it to your Student Account. Credit and/or Debit cards are not currently accepted as a form of payment for Flex Points.

Remember, Augsburg Dining currently offers bonuses for any amount of Flex Points purchased.

8% Bonus for $1-$200 Flex Points purchased.
10% Bonus for $201+ Flex Points purchased.

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A New Publication by Doug Green

Professor Doug Green of the English Department has just published "Estranging Bedfellows: Early Modern Cinema Today," in the collection _Presentism, Gender, and Sexuality in Shakespeare_, edited by Dr. Evelyn Gajowski for Palgrave/Macmillan <http://us.macmillan.com/presentismgenderandsexualityinshakespeare>.

The article treats the intersection of Shakespeare on film, the history of sexuality, and performance in the classroom.

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Auggie Athletics Update

Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Friday, January 9:
Men's Hockey -- Wisconsin-Stevens Point 6, Augsburg 3
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mhockey/0809statistics/010909uwsp.html


Saturday, January 10:
Wrestling -- Augsburg 2-0 at NWCA Division III National Duals (Augsburg 54, Buena Vista (Iowa) 0; Augsburg 54, Johnson & Wales (R.I.) 0)
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wrestling/0809statistics/011009nationalduals.html

Women's Hockey -- Augsburg 5, Plymouth State (N.H.) 3
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/whockey/0809statistics/011009plymouth.html

Men's Basketball -- Augsburg 81, Macalester 60
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mbasket/0809statistics/011009macalester.html

Women's Basketball -- Macalester 84, Augsburg 58
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wbasket/0809statistics/011009macalester.html

Men's Hockey -- Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4, Augsburg 2
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mhockey/0809statistics/011009uwec.html


Sunday, January 11:
Wrestling -- Augsburg 2-0 at NWCA Division III National Duals (Augsburg 25, Delaware Valley (Pa.) 17; Augsburg 21, Wartburg (Iowa) 20)
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wrestling/0809statistics/011109nationalduals.html


Upcoming Events:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/

Wednesday, January 14:
Women's Basketball vs. Carleton, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Men's Basketball at Carleton, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 16
Men's Hockey at St. John's, 7 p.m.
Wrestling at North Dakota State, 7 p.m.
Women's Hockey at St. Benedict, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 17
Wrestling (WT) at Northwestern-Iowa Red Raider Invitational, 9 a.m.
Wrestling (WT) at Minnesota West CTC Worthington Open, 9 a.m.
Women's Basketball at Bethel, 1 p.m.
Women's Swimming at St. Mary's Quadrangular, 1 p.m.
Women's Hockey vs. St. Benedict, Augsburg Ice Arena, 2:15 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Men's Basketball at Bethel, 3 p.m.
Men's Hockey vs. St. John's, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Monday, January 19:
Women's Basketball vs. St. Mary's, Si Melby Hall, 5:45 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Men's Basketball vs. St. Mary's, Si Melby Hall, 7:45 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

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Auggie Wrestling Wins D-III National Duals Title

Wrestling 1/11/09 -- Augsburg wins NWCA/Cliff Keen Division III National Duals championship
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wrestling/0809statistics/011109nationalduals.html

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (1/11/09) -- Winning matches over the No. 3- and No. 1-ranked teams in succession, the Augsburg College wrestling team claimed its fourth National Wrestling Coaches Association/Cliff Keen Division III National Duals championship on Sunday at the University of Northern Iowa's UNI Dome.

Augsburg (5-1 overall), ranked No. 2 in the latest Division III national poll, won six of 10 matches, including two by fall, in topping No. 3-ranked Delaware Valley (Pa.) 25-17 in Sunday's semifinals. Then, behind the strength of two key pins late in the match, the Auggies defeated top-ranked and defending national champion Wartburg (Iowa) 21-20 in the championship match.

"We wrestled with purpose. We had a goal to be Division III national dual meet champions, and we weren't going to be denied," said Augsburg head coach Mark Matzek. "Each and every kid stepped up in their own way in each dual meet, and in that last dual, we wrestled hard."

Augsburg claimed its fourth NWCA Division III National Duals championship in the eight years that the tournament has been in its current format, where teams from all three NCAA divisions, the NAIA, junior college and women's wrestling compete at one site. Augsburg previously won National Duals titles in 2002, 2005 and 2007, while Wartburg won National Duals titles in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008.

In a match which featured two ties and three lead changes, Augsburg clinched the victory over Wartburg when the Auggies' Jared Massey (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS), ranked No. 2 at 197 pounds, pinned Wartburg's No. 7-ranked Nick Shandri in 2:14, giving the Auggies a 21-17 advantage going into the final bout of the day. Massey, now 13-0 on the season with seven pins, earned the Division III National Duals Outstanding Wrestler award. A transfer from Division I Wisconsin, Massey is in his first season with the Auggies after a four-year absence from collegiate wrestling (he competed at Wisconsin in the 2003-04 season).

"He had two pins and a decision on the weekend. He was very deserving," Matzek said of Massey's weekend performance. "He expects big things of himself, and we expect big things of him. He is the type of wrestler that can get in a zone, and he'll get the points that are asked of him."

Augsburg won four of the six meetings of ranked wrestlers in the dual against Wartburg, including a 6-3 victory by No. 2-ranked Willy Holst (SR, Prescott, Wis.) over top-ranked Jacob Naig of Wartburg at 149 pounds. Holst is now 12-0 on the season. Top-ranked Seth Flodeen (SR, Cannon Falls, Minn.) bounced back from an upset loss in the semifinals with a 6-5 win over Wartburg's No. 7-ranked Mark Kist.

Top-ranked 133-pounder Travis Lang (SR, Bismarck, N.D.) improved to 24-0 on the season with a first-period pin of Delaware Valley's No. 10-ranked Brandon Clemmer in the opening match, and a 5-4 win over No. 2-ranked Matt Kelly of Wartburg in the finals. Of his 24 wins this season, 21 have been by bonus points -- 16 pins, two technical falls, two major decisions and a forfeit.

Another key win for the Auggies against the Knights came at 174 pounds, as Zach Molitor (SO, Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS), a transfer from Division I North Dakota State, scored a 6:23 pin over Wartburg's No. 5-ranked Grant Jenkins. Molitor is now 17-5 on the season with five pins.

The Auggies are now 12-9 in the all-time series against Wartburg, breaking a two-match losing streak to the Knights. Augsburg is now 233-20 against Divisions II and III teams since the 1989-90 season, losing just 15 matches to non-Division I opponents since the 1995-96 season. Against strictly Division III opponents, Augsburg is 239-23 since the 1979-80 season and 163-13 since the 1989-90 season.

Augsburg and Wartburg will meet again in a dual meet on Jan. 30 at Augsburg's Si Melby Hall in Minneapolis.

In the victory over Delaware Valley, pins by Lang and 141-pounder Tony Valek (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West), along with a major-decision win by Holst and decisions by Massey, No. 3-ranked heavyweight Andy Witzel (JR, Fulda, Minn.) and No. 5-ranked 157-pounder Jason Adams (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) provided the difference in the match.

Among other Minnesota teams at the National Duals, No. 22-ranked Concordia-Moorhead placed fifth in the Division III field with a 24-15 win over No. 11-ranked Cornell (Iowa). In Division II, Minnesota State Mankato placed third, while in Division I, Minnesota placed sixth.

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TV Converter Box

I have a TV converter box with remote I will sell to the first person who wants it for $10. Email me at kallesta@augsburg.edu

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