Facilities Work Request Information/Training

As many of you may know, the Facilities Management Department implemented a new work order system at the beginning of this school year. After a few months of testing the system out on some high-volume work requesters, we are now ready to roll it out to the rest of the Augsburg faculty and staff. This new work order system allows all faculty and staff to submit and track the progress of their own work requests via Augnet.

To find out how to use the new work request system, Facilities Management will be holding 16, half-hour information/training sessions on Tuesday, February 17th and Wednesday, February 18th. Please email adamsth@augsburg.edu or call Terri at x1566 to sign up for one of the half-hour sessions listed below…space is limited for each time frame.

Tuesday, 2/17:
9-9:30am, Foss 22B
9:30-10am, Foss 22B
10-10:30am, Foss 22B
10:30-11am, Foss 22B

1:30-2pm, Foss 22A
2-2:30pm, Foss 22A
2:30-3pm, Foss 22A
3-3:30pm, Foss 22A

Wednesday, 2/18:
10:30-11am, Foss 22B
11-11:30am, Foss 22B
11:30am-12pm, Foss 22B
12-12:30pm, Foss 22B

1:30-2pm, Foss 22B
2-2:30pm, Foss 22B
2:30-3pm, Foss 22B
3-3:30pm, Foss 22B


We hope to see you there!

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Vocatio Chapel with Kari Logan Tomorrow

Augsburg College continues the Vocatio Chapel series with arts promoter and Augsburg alumnae, Kari Logan. Kari Logan is co-owner of CEL Public Relations. Kari brings more than 20 years of experience in creative production and promotion of the arts, having worked with national television and radio networks. She will speak on the importance of the arts in public life in the Chapel at 10:20.

Following chapel, there will be a lunch with Kari Logan. Anyone interested in joining her Logan for lunch following chapel at 11:00 should contact Ross Murray (murray@augsburg.edu).

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Distinguished Contributions Nominations Due: 2/13

Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning
Annual Recognition 2009

The Office of Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
The Center for Teaching and Learning
Augsburg College

These awards recognize exemplary work by faculty and staff in support of teaching and learning at Augsburg College. Up to three awards are available annually reflecting the breadth of contributions important for a quality liberal education. Each award carries a stipend of $1000, recognition and celebration.

Awards are based on evidence of student learning and student satisfaction provided by students, colleagues, and documentation; they are weighted appropriately for each of the three areas. The selection process is as follows:

• The deadline for nominations is Friday February 13, 2009. Nominations must be submitted on line. Go to: www.augsburg.edu/ctl

• Questions can be directed to Diane Pike at pike@augsburg.edu or x 1228

• Nominations consist of a one to two-page letter identifying the nominee and providing a rationale and support for the nomination for a specific award; in addition, nominators are asked to submit 3-4 names (and emails addresses) of students and/or colleagues who can speak to nominee’s work.

• The Selection Panel conducts confidential interviews with members of the community, reviews information and announces the awards no later than March 23rd. Awardees are acknowledged at the Honors Convocation and at other events. Opportunities for winners to share ideas with the campus community will take place throughout the year following the award.

The Selection Panel is invited by the Dean of the College and the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning. This is a juried process.

Teaching Award
Sustained excellence is demonstrated through syllabi, course materials and grading patterns reflecting effective teaching and learning; exemplary work in both content and pedagogy is supported by evidence from the department chair, colleagues and students.

Mentoring/Advising Award
Sustained excellence is demonstrated through deep conversation about and attention to vocation, career and student success overall; students are guided through the processes leading to successful and timely graduation; students recognize the attention and care provided by the nominee

Direct Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award
Sustained excellence is demonstrated in work that contributes to students’ academic development, growth and success; contributions are made to a positive, academic campus environment in a direct way.

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Study and Intern Abroad Fair This Friday

Learn about the hundreds of programs available to Auggies to study and intern abroad. Financial Aid and Scholarships are available.

Study/Intern Abroad Fair
Friday, February 13
Christensen Center Lobby 11a.m. - 2 p.m.

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Feminist Collective Gathering This Thursday, Feb. 12

Are you a feminist? (Or curious about what that means?) What does feminism mean in your life? What does feminism mean for our Augsburg community?

To find out more, ALL are welcome to join the Augsburg Student Feminist Collective for a gathering THIS THURSDAY, FEB 12 at 6:30pm in the Women's Resource Center (Sverdrup 207)

ALL ARE WELCOME! Tell your friends!

Free Food and Great Conversation guaranteed!

If you have questions, please contact: glusenka@augsburg.edu, scotte@augsburg.edu or grantl@augsburg.edu

We hope to see you there!

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Info Session - Today

Enterprise Rent-A-Car representatives will be on campus Tuesday, February 10, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Gateway Classroom 111. They will share information about their summer internship program and full-time careers! These are primarily general business opportunities.

Questions - call Sandy x1472

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Writers and Artists: Murphy Square is Coming

Murphy Square, Augsburg's literary and arts journal, is seeking
submissions for the 2009 edition. This is an excellent opportunity to
get your work published and be a part of an outstanding Augsburg
tradition.

All Augsburg students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to submit
up to five pieces of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or visual
art as attachments in .doc or .jpeg form to murphysquare@gmail.com. Please include your name, submission title, and phone number in your email.

The submission deadline is February 27th.

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Free Mental Health Counseling On Campus

Students -- did you know that you can get FREE, confidential, professional counseling right here on campus? That's right. All Augsburg students can get 10 FREE counseling sessions each academic year.

The Center for Counseling & Health Promotion (CCHP) has five professional counselors available -- Nancy, Beth, Jon, Sandra and Cacy. Counseling is a great place to go when you need to talk to someone who is objective and who can help you come up with new ways to deal with your problems. It's all confidential -- what you talk about at CCHP stays at CCHP.

If you would like to make an appointment to see someone, please give Dianne a call at 612-330-1707 or stop by the CCHP house on the corner of 21st & 7th to set something up.

Additional information about CCHP is available on the web site at www.augsburg.edu/cchp. We look forward to seeing you if you are interested in counseling.

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Augsburg Chemistry Society Bi-Weekly Meeting

Join us for this semester's first bi-weekly meeting on Tuesday, February 10th at 6:30 in Science 315! We will be discussing demonstration ideas for visiting Cub Scouts on February 16th, a field trip to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in March, as well as possible ideas for this year's Agre Challenge in April. Snacks will be provided!

Contact tippelt@augsburg.edu with questions.

Please note the change in time to 6:30. This is because the URGO office is having a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship information meeting at 5:00 that evening. This would also be a great meeting to attend to learn more about the Rotary.

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Bookstore Closed Today - Feb. 10

Due to excessive flooding, the Augsburg College Bookstore will be closed today, Tuesday, February 10. An update will be provided in A-Mail tomorrow.

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Learn About White Privilege - Register by March 6

Attend WPC 10 in Memphis Tennessee, April 2-4, 2009

The annual White Privilege Conference (WPC) serves as an opportunity to examine and explore difficult issues related to white privilege, white supremacy and oppression. www.whiteprivilegeconference.com

WPC provides a forum for critical discussions about diversity, multicultural education and leadership, social justice, race/racism, sexual orientation, gender relations, religion and other systems of privilege/oppression. WPC is recognized as a challenging, empowering and educational experience. The workshops, keynotes and institutes not only inform participants, but engage and challenge them, while providing practical tips and strategies for combating inequality.

Keynote speakers:
1. Francie E. Kendall--www.franceskendall.com
Passing the Mantle: Calling Forth and Mentoring the Next Generation of Change Agents
2. Paul Kivel--www.paulkivel.com
Understanding White Supremacy, Challenging White Privilege and Working for Social Justice
3. Dorothy Roberts--www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/DorothyRoberts/
White Privilege and the New Biopolitics of Race
4. Tim Wise--www.timwise.org
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
5. Juan Battle--http://web.gc.cuny.edu/jbattle/
Race, Sexuality, & Social Justice: A View of the Future Through the Lens of A Public Sociologist

Talk to someone who has attended and/or contact Sherilyn Young at 330-1462 or youngs@augsburg.edu to ask more about it.

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Are You Reading This?

We want to know, are you reading this? The Office of Marketing and Communication wants to know how you get information about what is happening with Auggies on and off campus. Stop by my table in Christensen Center to complete a simple survey on Tuesday or Wednesday from 11:30 to 1.

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Well Wishes to Ross Murray

Please join us as we wish our colleague and friend, Ross Murray, the best as he concludes his work at Augsburg and moves on to new beginnings. Ross Murray will leave two posts at Augsburg: Campus Ministry Associate for Exploring our Gifts and Coordinator of Tutoring and SI in the Academic Skills Office. We will send him off with a special blessing during chapel on Friday, Feb. 13 (10:20-10:40 a.m.) and continue with a thank you celebration during community time from 10:40-11:00 a.m. Please join the Augsburg community for cake, coffee and goodies as we give thanks for the gifts and talents Ross has brought to our community.

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Scholastic Connections Applications Available

SC is a scholarship and mentorship program for students of color (American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, Pan-Afrikan, Pan Asian) at Augsburg College. Students who are successful in their application process and are selected to participate receive a $5000 scholarship and are paired with a successful alum of color who serves as mentor for the Scholar.

Five "new" Scholars will be selected for the program for 2009-2010.

Eligibility Criteria:
Returning Augsburg student or advanced-standing transfer student
Demonstrated financial need
Demonstrated leadership ability or potential
Demonstrated community involvement (on or off campus)
GPA of 2.5 or higher

Applicants must have a completed financial aid file in the Enrollment Center by 3/1.

Application deadline is 3/1/09.

Applicants can apply on-line or download a pdf version of the application at the Scholastic Connections web page by going to the A-Z Directory at Inside Augsburg and clicking on Scholastic Connections. Please read the Application Requirements carefully.

ATTENTION FACULTY & STAFF: If you know of a student who could benefit from working with mentor and receiving scholarship assistance, feel free to nominate the students for SC. On-line or pdf nomination forms are available at the Scholastic Connections web page accessible through the A-Z Directory at Inside Augsburg.

Questions? Contact Cindy Peterson at 612-330-1754 or petersoc@augsburg.edu

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Back to the Past Night

Come celebrate Senior Citizens and have fun like they do!! Learn how to dance the Polka, Waltz, and Foxtrot. Play card games, learn how to knit, and play Bingo!! Free food and lots of prizes (games, gift certificates, and movies. Thursday February 12th in the Student Lounge from 6:30-8:00 pm. Come have a lot of fun!

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Sociology Department Wins Award

The Augsburg College Department of Sociology has won the Departmental Award for Teaching Excellence from the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS). This Award "recognizes departments that have created innovative programs, curricula, and teaching and learning strategies for the effective education of students, either graduate or undergraduate, in the discipline of sociology." The award carries a cash prize of $500, and will be announced at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the MSS in Des Moines, Iowa in early April.

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Auggie Pink Zone

The Augsburg Student-Athlete Advisory Committee/Athletic Department is teaming up with the Auggie men's and women's basketball teams and the women's hockey team to help fight the battle against breast cancer. We will be collecting donations, selling Pink Zone t-shirts and providing educational materials at all home athletic events this Saturday (Feb. 14). Donations will go to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure fund. Come wearing pink and help us support women everywhere. (Women's Basketball - 1 p.m., Men's Basketball - 3 p.m., Women's Hockey - 7 p.m.)

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Diversity Committee Meeting - Tuesday, Feb. 10

Campus community members are invited to the Diversity Committee meeting today, Tuesday, 3-4:30 pm in the Century Room. the topic is the Diversity and Global Learning (DGL) Collaborative student learning outcomes.

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Staff Senate Open Forum - Thursday

Staff Senate Open Forum this Thursday, February 12th 3:30pm to 4:00pm, Sverdrup 102

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Senior English Majors

Senior English Majors:

Are you interested in reading something you have written while here at Augsburg? This is Sam and Amanda, your student representatives of the English Department. As fellow seniors we are hoping you could provide your ideas to the prospect of having an "open book reading" this spring. The English professors are working with us on creating an event where we could share our writings with family, faculty and friends. It is vital for you to share your thoughts on what the night should be. WE get to create it for US! Please reply to either one of us.

The reading would be followed with a reception, including dessert and thoughtful conversation with friends, family and faculty. If you have any other recommendations or questions, feel free to contact us or any of the professors in the English department. The event is being created for us! Thank you for your help!

Amanda Symes
symes@augsburg.edu

Sam Spafford
samspaff@hotmail.com

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Where are the Weekly Dining Menus?

Augsburg Dining has a new web site. It will have the weekly menus, promotions and loads of information about Augsburg Dining. Please visit us: http://www.aviands.com/augsburg/

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Study Abroad Deadline March 1

Planning on Studying Abroad in this summer, Fall'09, Academic Year 09-10?

March 1st is the DEADLINE to apply for SS, Fall Sem. or Academic Yr 09-10

Faculty-led, (Spring WEC) ITALY Program application DEADLINE is Monday, February 16.

Before applying make sure you attend an advising session.

GROUP ADVISING HOURS: Meetings last about 20 mins. and can be followed by individual advising sessions.

Mondays: 2:30 pm
Tuesdays: 10:00 am; 3:30 pm
Wednesdays: 10:40 am; 2:30 pm
Thursdays: 10:00 am (Faculty-led Program Group Advising; 2:30 pm
Fridays: 10:40 am; 2:30 pm; 5 pm WEC weekends only

WALK-IN ADVISING HOURS

Mondays: 1:30-3:30 pm
Tuesdays: 10:00 -11:00 am; 12:30-4:30 pm
Wednesdays: 10:30 -11:30 am; 2:00-3:30 pm
Thursdays: 10:00 -11:00 am; 12:30-4:30 pm
Fridays: 2:00-3:30 pm; 5-6 pm WEC weekends only

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Shoes-Shoes-Shoes

Your Old Shoes Will Help, Please Donate

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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1st Annual Athletics Fac/Staff Appreciation Event

All faculty and staff are invited to take part in the first annual Auggie Athletics Faculty/Staff Appreciation event this Saturday (Feb. 14). Faculty and Staff members will be recognized between the men's and women's basketball games and before the women's hockey game. There will be reserved seating at the athletic contests and a small reception between the basketball games and before the hockey game. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to diercks@augsburg.edu. We are also hosting a breast cancer awareness event on Saturday so come wearing pink. (Game times: women's basketball - 1 p.m., men's basketball - 3 p.m., women's hockey - 7 p.m.)

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Murphy's Weekly Special

Murphy's Weekly Specials
Feb 9-13
Grill: Chicken Wing Drummies w/ Your Choice of Honey BBQ, Buffalo, Texas Mustard Sauce (spicy)
Deli: Caramelized Onion w/ Roast Beef on Sourdough

Personal Pizza & 20oz Soda 12-1 Discount.

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Chrislock History Lecture, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Marshall Room

Please join the Augsburg History Society in celebrating the legacy of Augsburg history professor Carl H. Chrislock as we welcome historian Paul Maccabee as this year's Carl H. Chrislock Memorial History Lecturer.

Maccabee will speak on "Gun Molls, Gangsters, and G-Men: Probing the Secret Criminal History of Minnesota's Public Enemies" at 7PM on Wednesday, February 11 in the Marshall Room. Crime historian Maccabee spent 13 years fighting the FBI to obtain more than 100,000 Justice Department files on the notorious Public Enemies era of St. Paul--resulting in the publication of his book, John Dillinger Slept Here: A Crooks' Tour of Crime and Corruption in St. Paul, 1920-1936 (St Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1995).

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Alumna Amy Bethke Reads at the Loft

English major and Augsburg alumna Amy Bethke will be reading from her creative nonfiction at the Loft/Open Book:

http://www.loft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=255&calaction=displaydaylist&activeDate=2009-2-20

7 p.m. on Friday, 20 February.

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Nate Alm Named MIAC Player of the Week

Augsburg's Nate Alm named MIAC Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/sportsnews/020909alm.html

MINNEAPOLIS (2/9/09) -- Augsburg College men's basketball player Nate Alm (SR, Eden Prairie, Minn.) was named Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday.

Alm had point-rebound double-doubles in all three of Augsburg's games during the past week, scoring 55 points (18.3 ppg) with 38 rebounds (12.7 rpg) to help the Auggies clinch their first berth in the MIAC postseason playoffs since the 2000-01 season. In Monday's 65-58 win over Gustavus, Alm had 21 points and 14 rebounds. In Wednesday's 69-64 overtime loss to Concordia-Moorhead, Alm had 20 points and 10 rebounds. In Saturday's 66-52 win at Macalester, Alm contributed 14 points and 14 rebounds.

Alm has eight double-doubles this season, including five in his last eight games. On the season, Alm stands sixth among MIAC players in overall statistics in scoring (14.4 points per-game) and fourth in rebounding (9.1 rpg), as one of only four conference players to average at least 10.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per-game. Alm also stands fourth among MIAC players in overall free-throw percentage (.859) and 10th in field-goal percentage (.542), while standing sixth in blocked shots (0.90 bpg).

Augsburg is now 13-8 overall and 11-5 in MIAC play, its most victories in both overall and league play since the 1999-2000 campaign (16-8 overall, 15-5 MIAC). This week, the Auggies play at St. John's on Wednesday (2/11) at 7:30 p.m., and host Bethel on Saturday (2/14) at 3 p.m. at Si Melby Hall.

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For Sale: Timberwolves vs. Lakers Tickets

See Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom, Head Coach Phil Jackson and the L.A. Lakers take on the Timberwolves at Target Center.

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. L.A. Lakers
Sunday, February 22
6 p.m.
Two Tickets in Section 131 (Center Court) Row H
See seating chart here: http://www.nba.com/media/timberwolves/seating_chart_map_0809_large.jpg

Value: $250 ($125 each)
Asking price: $150 or best offer

Please send me an e-mail yorkl@augsburg.edu if you would like to purchase these tickets.

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