Cedar Riverside Quarterly Safety Meeting - Tuesday

Augsburg College is hosting the quarterly safety meeting for the Cedar Riverside/West Bank community. The meeting takes place Tuesday, February 3, 2009, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., in the Marshall Room.

Presenters Include:
Ward 2 Council Member Cam Gordon
First Precinct Commander, Inspector Janee Harteau
Sector 2 Lieutenant Kathy Waite
Crime Prevention Analyst Luther Krueger
And More!

MPD will present updated crime stats and maps, on-going strategic crime reduction plans, and a draft of the 2009 Neighborhood Policing Plan for Cedar Riverside. Plenty of time will be set aside for questions and answers.

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GRE Prep Starts Next Monday

GRE is the exam most disciplines require students to take who are entering master's or doctoral programs. GRE Prep will begin next Monday, February 9th, and run for six weeks, skipping spring break.

All sessions run from 6 to 9 p.m.

Go to URGO web site to register or contact Dixie Shafer shafer@augsburg.edu If you have already registered for the course you don't need to do anything else.

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Leadership Workshop: Developing Wholeness, Feb. 5

The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) invites you attend a workshop entitled "Developing Wholeness in Organizations and Communities," presented by Pablo Gaito. Gaito, global leader for learning and development at Cargill, will discuss a multidisciplinary foundation for leadership development to incorporate "wholeness" into business practices. In his role at Cargill, Gaito focuses on building a sustainable global learning organization that serves as the engine for higher business impact and meaningful contribution. He has a passion for developing others with an integral strength-based approach.

MAL student Susan Auer first heard Pablo Gaito speak in October 2007. She writes, "Pablo brings together many different worlds: commerce, poetry, spirit, earth, business, soul, organization life, and leadership. He is unique and I dare say, a bit courageous. You will walk away from Pablo's discussion touched by his authenticity and motivated to create wholeness."

Date: Thursday, February 5
Time: 5:30 p.m. social time with refreshments; 6:00-7:00 p.m. presentation
Place: Oren Gateway Center, Room 100

For more information or to reserve a space in this free workshop, contact Patty Park at parkp@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1150.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum: Registration is Live

Striving for Peace: A Climate for Change
The 21st annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum will honor the work of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winners, former Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The focus of the program will be on the problem of climate change and the role of the IPCC in spreading awareness of human contributions to climate change, and their continuing efforts to urge countries, corporations, organizations and individuals to take steps towards counteracting such change.
REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE ON THE FORUM WEB SITE: www.stolaf.edu/nppf/ Bus transportation will be available to and from Augsburg campuses in Minneapolis and Rochester on Friday and Saturday. Augsburg College is one of five Midwest ELCA colleges that collaborate with the Norwegian Nobel Institute to host the annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum.

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Susan Boecher Artist Talk This Thursday

Augsburg photography instructor Susan Boecher will be discussing her work featured in the exhibition "Together and Alone" this Thursday, Feb. 5 at 1:30 in the Marshall Room.

All are invited to learn more about Susan's interest in how individuals socialize in today's high-tech world and what that means for photographic practices.

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Want to Win a $250 Scholarship?

Then come and attend a Financial Aid Renewal session:

Monday Feb. 2nd
2:30p.m.-- Student Lounge, Christensen
7:00p.m.-- Anderson Hall


Tuesday, Feb 3rd
7:00p.m.-- Urness/Mort Lobby
8:00p.m.-– Urness/Mort Lobby
9:00p.m.-- Luther Hall

Come and learn about the new changes in financial aid and get information on applying for the upcoming 2009-2010 financial aid/academic year!

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Graduate Scholarship up to $300,000

The Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship funds a portion of educational costs (up to $50,000 per year) for the length of a recipient's graduate degree, up to six years.

To be eligible, a candidate must:
1) Be a college senior OR recent graduate (since Spring 2004)
2) Have a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better
3) Plan to attend graduate school, starting in fall 2009
4) Be nominated by his or her institution

The scholarship, which is based both on merit and financial need, is highly competitive. For more information and to review past recipients visit www.jkcf.org.

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Summer Bridge 2009 Student Job Posting

Do you want to have fun and make a difference for new first year students this summer? TRIO/Student Support Services (TRIO/SSS) is now accepting applications for the position of Summer Bridge 2009 Residential Peer Mentor (RPM).

TRIO/SSS Summer Bridge is a 5-week residential academic program for 25 TRIO-eligible incoming first-year Augsburg students who will also participate in TRIO/SSS during the academic year. Students take two summer classes and participate in supplemental instruction seminars, study groups, college transition workshops, and fun activities.

RPMs will be responsible for monitoring the safety and well being of TRIO/SSS Summer Bridge participants, as well as facilitating and participating in evening TRIO/SSS Summer Bridge activities.

There are four openings (2 male, 2 female) for this live-in position. The RPM position is full-time, variable hours, from July 5 - August 7, 2009, with additional training dates in June 2009.

Currently, a complete job description is available in the TRIO/SSS Office, SCI 152. Please keep an eye on both the Human Resources and TRIO web sites for application information as it becomes available.

The application deadline is Friday, February 13, 2009!

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2009-10 Student Wages

The Augsburg College Cabinet has approved the following student wage rates.

For Summer 2009: (effective May 1, 2009)
Standard Rate $8.70/hour
Technical Rate $9.65/hour
Supervisor Rate $9.90/hour

For Academic Year 2009-10: (effective September 9, 2009)
First Year Standard Rate $7.25/hour
Returning Standard Rate $8.15/hour
Technical Rate $9.60/hour
Supervisor Rate $9.85/hour

If you have any questions, please contact HR at x1058 or you may access additional information from the HR public drive.

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Back by Popular Demand - Housing Extravaganza

The Housing Extravaganza will take place on the main floor of the Christensen Center on February 2nd and 3rd, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. 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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Question About College Policy?

Do you have questions or concerns about Augsburg, its policies, or actions and don't know where to turn to? The office of Student Ombuds can help. This offices works to:

-Clarify or direct students to college policy pertinent to their question
-Refer students to appropriate student services
-Help develop students' problem solving competencies

For assistance, please contact us at ombuds@augsburg.edu or visit us at www.augsburg.edu/ombuds.

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Shoe Collection

My name is Sarah Tellin and this semester I have an internship at La Conexion. This is a non profit organization that serves the needs of Latinos here in Minneapolis. Part of my work is to help with the shoe recycling campaign that finds donors to collect shoes. The shoes that are collected are recycled to make new products, such as: potting soil, absorbent spill socks, and t-shirts. For every pound of shoe that is recycled, La Conexion receives .12 cents. We are asking for help from this activity to make it both successful and profitable for La Conexion. If you have any of the following used shoes please bring them in!

Men's and women's dress shoes.
Children's footwear of all kinds.
Sandals and slippers.
Tennis and other athletic shoes.
Boots of all kinds plus overshoes
crocs, flip-flops, etc

There will be two large bins, one located in front of the Admissions Office and the other in the Athletic Office! Thank you greatly for you help and support! Please feel free to email me with any questions.
-Sarah Tellin
tellins@augsburg.edu

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Outside Scholarship Opportunity

Institute of Management Accounts

The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is pleased to offer scholarships to students who are 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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Residence Life Is Now Accepting Applications

Leave a Legacy - Join Residence Life as a CA or RA. Applications are due Friday, February 6. For more information, fill out the interest form on the Residence Life web site at http://www.augsburg.edu/reslife/

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1098T Tax Form Available Online

Your 2008 1098T tax form is available online. You may access it by going to the Enrollment Center web site, www.augsburg.edu/enroll and click on the "view my 1098T" link. If you are not logged into augnet you will be prompted for your augnet user name and password.

Thank you
Enrollment Center Staff

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Bargain Book Blowout

All bargain books are marked at least 50% off. Stop by the bookstore to check out the great deals!

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Tickets Still Available for Eleuthéria

Tickets are now available for Eleuthéria, written by Samuel Beckett, translated by Michael Brodsky and guest directed by Barbra Berlovitz. This show will perform February 5th, 6th and 7th at 7:00 and February 8th at 3:00.

Admission will be free with the donation of a non-perishable food item or a cash donation. All food donations will be sent to the Brian Coyle Food Shelf and all cash donations will be sent to Augsburg's Campus Kitchens.

To make a reservation, call 612-330-1257.

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Win an iPod Touch

How? Get all your financial aid stuff COMPLETED and turned in by March 1, and you'll automatically be entered for a drawing to win… an iPod Touch! What do I mean by STUFF? Well, there's the FAFSA, signed copy of the 1040 tax statements (yours and your parents), and finally the Augsburg Aid Form (formerly called the verification worksheet). Doesn't matter if you're a DAY or WEC, you could be the WINNER! Tell ALL your friends!

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The StepUP® Program 2009 Dinner Gala

Please join us for an evening of inspiration, entertainment, and fellowship as we celebrate the StepUP Program at Augsburg College.

BELIEVE
A Dinner Gala including Silent and Live Auction with Master of Ceremony and StepUP alumnus Max Marcy ’03 and Keynote Address by Jane Nakken, EdD
February 5, 2009
5:30pm – Silent Auction and Social
7pm – Dinner and Program
Christensen Center
Business Attire Recommended

Individual Admission $100 per person

RSVP by calling 612-330-1104 or emailing eventsrsvp@augsburg.edu

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Auggie Athletics Update

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

Friday, January 30:
Wrestling -- Augsburg 21, Wartburg (Iowa) 16
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wrestling/0809statistics/013009wartburg.html

Men's Hockey -- Augsburg 8, Concordia-Moorhead 4
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mhockey/0809statistics/013009concordia.html

Women's Hockey -- Concordia-Moorhead 7, Augsburg 1
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/whockey/0809statistics/013009concordia.html

M/W Track and Field -- Augsburg at St. Olaf Invitational
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/track/0809statistics/013009stolaf.html


Saturday, January 31:
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg 65, St. Olaf 61
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mbasket/0809statistics/013109stolaf.html

Women's Basketball -- Augsburg 48, St. Olaf 45
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wbasket/0809statistics/013109stolaf.html

Men's Hockey -- Augsburg 4, Concordia-Moorhead 2
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/mhockey/0809statistics/013109concordia.html

Women's Hockey -- Concordia-Moorhead 7, Augsburg 0
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/whockey/0809statistics/013109concordia.html

M/W Track and Field -- Augsburg at Wis.-Stout Warren Bowlus Invitational
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/track/

Women's Swimming -- Augsburg at Macalester Invitational
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/swimming/


Sunday, February 1:
Wrestling -- Augsburg 41, Minnesota State Moorhead 7
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wrestling/0809statistics/020109moorhead.html


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

Monday, February 2:
Men's Basketball vs. Gustavus, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Women's Basketball at Gustavus, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 4:
Women's Basketball vs. Concordia-Moorhead, Si Melby Hall, 5:45 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Men's Basketball vs. Concordia-Moorhead, Si Melby Hall, 7:45 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Friday, February 6:
Men's Hockey at Hamline, 7 p.m.
Women's Hockey vs. Hamline, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/

Saturday, February 7:
Wrestling at St. John's North Country Open, 9 a.m.
Wrestling (WT) at Wisconsin-Eau Claire Invitational, 9 a.m.
Men's/Women's Track and Field at Bethel Invitational, 11 a.m.
Women's Basketball at Macalester, 1 p.m.
Men's Basketball at Macalester, 3 p.m.
Men's Hockey vs. Hamline, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/liveaudio/
Women's Hockey at Hamline, 7:15 p.m.

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No. 1 Auggie Wrestlers Top No. 2 Wartburg

Wrestling 1/30/09 -- Augsburg (Minn.) 21, Wartburg (Iowa) 16
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/wrestling/0809statistics/013009wartburg.html

WATCH THE LIVE ARCHIVED WEBCAST (WRESTLING411.TV):
http://www.wrestling411.tv/?p=1108

MINNEAPOLIS (1/30/09) -- For the second time this season, Augsburg College's Jared Massey (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) claimed a huge pin over a Wartburg College wrestler at 197 pounds, lifting the Auggies to a 21-16 triumph over the Eagles in a battle of the top two rated teams in NCAA Division III wrestling on Friday night before 1,168 fans at Augsburg's Si Melby Hall.

Massey clinched the victory for the Auggies with a 1:16 pin of Wartburg's Dylan Wrage (FY, Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock HS) at 197 pounds, giving the Auggies an insurmountable lead in the dual. Massey, now 17-1 on the season with nine pins, is ranked No. 2 nationally at 197.

Augsburg (9-2 in dual meets), the top-ranked team in Division III wrestling, completed a season sweep of the No. 2-ranked Knights (13-2 in dual meets). Augsburg topped Wartburg 21-20 in the finals of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III National Duals on Jan. 11. In that dual, Massey also had a first-period pin in the penultimate bout.

Augsburg is now 13-9 in the all-time series with Wartburg. Augsburg is now 236-21 against Divisions II and III teams since the 1989-90 season, losing just 16 matches to non-Division I opponents since the 1995-96 season. Against strictly Division III opponents, Augsburg is 241-23 since the 1979-80 season and 165-13 since the 1989-90 season.

Augsburg's Travis Lang (SR, Bismarck, N.D.), ranked No. 1 nationally at 133 pounds, remained unbeaten at 28-0 with his 25th bonus-point victory, a 1:43 pin of Wartburg's No. 2-ranked Matt Kelly (JR, Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead HS). Lang recorded his 17th pin of the season; he also has three technical falls, four major decisions and a forfeit.

At 125, No. 5-ranked Seth Flodeen (SR, Cannon Falls, Minn.) of Augsburg rallied to tie his match with No. 6-ranked Mark Kist (SO, Eagle Grove, Iowa) with exactly 1:00 of riding time. After a scoreless overtime, Flodeen gained a reversal and three-point near-fall in the second 30-second overtime period, then held on in the third overtime period to claim a 7-2 win.

Augsburg's Willy Holst (SR, Prescott, Wis.), ranked No. 1 at 149, took advantage of a reversal, two-point near-fall and 3:01 riding time to claim a 5-2 win over Wartburg's No. 2-ranked Jacob Naig (SR, Emmetsburg, Iowa). Holst is now 15-1 on the season.

At 174, Augsburg's Zach Molitor (SO, Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS), ranked No. 7 nationally, scored a key takedown with 43 seconds left in the third period to claim a 4-2 win over Wartburg's Grant Jenkins (SR, Manchester, Iowa/West Delaware HS).

Two Wartburg wrestlers extended long winning streaks with victories. Top-ranked Aaron Wernimont (SR, Pocahontas, Iowa) extended his winning streak to 71 straight matches with a 14-4, major-decision win over Augsburg's No. 5-ranked Jason Adams (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.), the lone bonus-point win of the evening for the Knights. Wernimont is now 34-0 on the season. And at 184, top-ranked Romeo Djoumessi (SR, Waverly, Iowa/Waverly-Shell Rock HS) improved to 6-0 on the year with his 35th straight win, a 6-4 triumph over Brad Baus (FY, Mukwonago, Wis.).

Also for the Knights, No. 2-ranked Zach McKray (SR, Iowa City, Iowa/City HS) scored a 5-3 win over Augsburg's No. 7-ranked Tony Valek (FY, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West HS). Top-ranked Justin Hanson (SR, Dakota City, Iowa/Humboldt HS) at 165 improved to 29-1 with a 14-7 win over Brandon Bahr (FY, Bemidji, Minn.), and at heavyweight, Wartburg's No. 4-ranked John Helgerson (SO, West Union, Iowa/North Fayette HS) scored a 3-1 win over Augsburg's No. 7-ranked Andy Witzel (JR, Fulda, Minn.).

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Looking for Roommate

Roommate needed: Village Park of Bloomington (55425)
Num Bedrooms: 2
Num Baths: 1
1900 E. 86th St. Apt. 122
Square Footage: 1025

I am looking for a roommate to move into my apartment around May 1st (move in day may be negotiable). Village Park of Bloomington building 1900, Apartment 122, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath (split), large living room, dinning, and kitchen, large closets, ground level patio with access to outdoor pool area. Rent $500 per month each plus utilities. MUST BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH 2 CATS (2 of the most loving, well-behaved cats!).

V.P. of Bloomington is a great place to live. Wonderful staff and service. Outdoor pool, sand volleyball court, and grills. Indoor pool, hot tub, sauna, fitness center, and party/conference center. Right behind Mall of America, light rail access, about 15 min drive from Augsburg.

Please contact Rachel if interested.
rachelphotogirl@mac.com

http://www.villagegreen.com/communities/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewCommunity/communityID/59.htm

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