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Security and Facilities Announcements
Crime Logs Available Online
Augsburg College crime logs are available online. These logs contain public information regarding reported crimes and other incidents on campus.
You can find the crime logs at: http://www.augsburg.edu/dps/CrimeLog1.html You may request a printed version of the log at the Department of Public Safety during normal business hours.
If you have any questions regarding the logs or other public safety issues, please contact John Pack at x1644.
Teaching and Learning
Summer Research/Scholarship Proposals Due TODAY
CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
FACULTY SUMMER RESEARCH GUIDELINES 2009
DESCRIPTION:
This grant provides support of faculty scholarly activity during the summer months. Scholarship is broadly defined to include research and creative projects that result in disciplinary scholarship, the scholarship of application, interdisciplinary scholarship, and the scholarship of teaching. Examples of previous successful proposals are on file in the Center for Teaching and Learning.
"Scholarship of Teaching" typically goes beyond course development and/or revision and has as its audience other faculty and professionals in the field.
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Proposals should show evidence of thorough preparation and meet the following criteria:
• Clear statement of realistic goals and objectives
• Appropriate and detailed project method/plan for achieving the goals and objectives and articulation of the time commitment involved
• Explanation of advance preparation and planning
• Clear description of the project's assessment
• Detailed timeline and budget
FUNDING: Up to $2000 is awarded per grant and 2-3 awards are typically made per year.
These grants are supported by Grangaard Faculty Development Fund and award decisions are made by the Faculty Development Committee. All funds must be used by the end of the fiscal year in which the grant is awarded.
ELIGIBILITY: Priority is given to full time tenured and tenure track faculty. Priority is also given to faculty who have not received this grant in the previous three year period.
APPLICATION: Please use the Research Application form that is available at the CTL website www.augsburg.edu/ctl and attach a curriculum vita. Send the application and vita as an e-mail attachment to martin@augsburg.edu
Requirements of the grant include:
• Completion of the Center for Teaching and Learning evaluation form and assessment as described in the project application;
• Sharing the results with the Augsburg Community; for example, presentation of a community discussion, Faculty Scholarship Roundtables, or another appropriate and documented venue.
Dean's Summer Scholarship Grant
Summer 2009
Purpose: Augsburg values faculty research and creative projects and thus is making available this opportunity to support faculty work. The purpose of the Dean's Summer Scholarship Grant is to support well-defined faculty scholarship projects that are nearing completion. The expectation is that receipt of the grant will make it possible for a faculty member to accelerate completion of a significant project by providing this substantial opportunity.
Description and Eligibility: Two $4,000 Dean's Summer Scholarship Grants will be awarded for summer 2009. One grant will be awarded to a faculty member who received tenure prior to the 2008-2009 academic year. One grant will be awarded to a tenure-track faculty member who successfully passed Third-Year Review prior to the 2008-2009 academic year.
Faculty members who receive a Dean's Summer Scholarship Grant are not eligible to teach more than one course total in Summer Session.
Application Process: Eligible candidates are asked to submit the Research Application found at www.augsburg.edu/ctl and attach a curriculum vita. Send the application and vita as an e-mail attachment to martin@augsburg.edu
Be sure your information makes clear how receipt of the Dean's Summer Scholarship Grant will accelerate project completion; in addition, make explicit the time commitments by you during the summer.
Grant recipients submit a progress report in fall 2009 and a short final report by Feb 1, 2010.
Additional International Travel Funding Available
Due April 6
Faculty presenting a paper at an international conference are eligible for additional travel funding through CTL. Two $400 awards are available to supplement the annual travel award of $1200 for which faculty presenting a paper are eligible. (Canada is considered international.) These supplemental awards are determined competitively by the Committee on Faculty Development. The funding year is June 1-May 31st.
Apply online at the CTL webpage www.augsburg.edu/ctl. Link at the left of the page, webforms.
Pres. Obama's Economic Policies and Minnesota: April 1
"PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ECONOMIC POLICY: IMPLICATIONS FOR MINNESOTA & YOU"
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009
5:00-6:30 p.m.
Foss/Hoversten
Speakers/Panel:
Richard Hartnack, US Bank
David Semerad, CEO, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota
Brian Krohn, Augsburg Alum and SarTec Corporation
Moderator: Congressman Martin Sabo [MN 5th District, 1978-2007]
Co-Sponsors: Business, Economics, MBA and Sabo Center
Sabbatical Discussion with Lars Christiansen
Wednesday, March 25, 3:30 in the Riverside Room
"What Augsburg can learn from the most innovative colleges in the country." Refreshments will be served.
Online Course Evaluation System
Please join us for a conversation about the current online course evaluation project. These conversations anticipate bringing a recommendation to the faculty in April or September. If these times do not work, please contact us for other opportunities.
Diane Pike and Scott Krajewski
March 24 12:-1:00
March 25 4:00-5:00
March 30 1:00-2:00
All meetings are in Lindell 202.
You Are Invited
Faculty Scholarship Roundtables Thursday, March 26, 4:00 p.m.
Oren Gateway Atrium and Johnson Conference Room
Please join the Augsburg community for an afternoon of exciting research presentations by faculty in a roundtable forum. Session I begins at 4:00. A hearty refreshment break is scheduled for 4:40 and Session II starts at 5:00. The evening ends with a brief closing statement and prize giveaway.
Faculty roundtables include: Phil Adamo, History/Medieval Studies; Beth Alexander, Physician Assistant Studies; Elizabeth Madson Ankeny, Education; Tracy Bibelnieks, Mathematics; Kevin J. Bowman, Economics; Jeanine Gregoire, Education; Russell Kleckley, Religion; Matthew Maruggi, Religion; Dave Matz, Psychology; David Murr, Physics; Tim Pippert, Sociology; Susanna Sandmann, Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies; Nancy Steblay, Psychology; Donald Steinmetz, Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies; Tara Sweeney, Art; James A. Vela-McConnell, Sociology; Hans Wiersma, Religion; John Zobitz, Mathematics.
General Announcements
Spring Trimester - Bookstore Accounts
Weekend and Graduate students who are registered for the Spring trimester can now open a bookstore account through their regular student account.
If you are a student registered for Spring trimester, and if you need your financial aid to cover book costs for Spring term, then go to http://www.augsburg.edu/enroll/ and click on "Open a bookstore charge account."
Please read the terms carefully!
Wanted: Student Leaders for AugSem
Applications are still being accepted for Fall 2009 AugSem Student Leaders. These are paid positions.
For application materials, send an e-mail to quistc@augsburg.edu or stop by the Dean of Students office in Memorial 118. If you have questions, contact Bev Stratton or Sarah Griesse. Priority consideration for remaining positions will be given to those who submit applications this week.
Earn easy $10 in Psychology Study
Please participate in our Psychology experiment: $10 for 10 minutes! Stop by Anderson 26 anytime during the following hours March 23-27: Monday 10:00 -2:00 and 4:00-6:00; Tuesday 10:00-11:30 and 1:30 to 5:00; Wed 9:00-4:00; Thursday 10:00-11:30 and 1:30-5:00; Friday 10:00-6:00. Participation limited to one time! If you have been in the study (Exp #10) during the current or a past semester, we cannot include you now, sorry.
Three Great Ways to Get Great Veggies this Year
Here are three great ways to get fresh veggies on campus this summer, and one way to get it off campus.
1) Augsburg Farmers Market - we're just starting to set it, so please help us find a good time and place for it by completing this teeny survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=iIU2zseDWkOrGJudK0lopA_3d_3d
2) Community Supported Agriculture - Purchase a share of Ploughshare Farm and each week through the summer, they'll deliver a 20-25 lb box full of organic produce. Let me know if you're interested, and I can match you up with someone if you'd like. More info about the farm and program here: http://www.ploughsharefarm.com/
3) Community Garden - We're just starting to plan for the garden this year (on the corner of 20th Ave and 6th St) and if you want your own 10x10 plot to grow in, we just need $20 and a few hours of your time. Let me know if you're interested in this.
And one option in your own backyard:
4) Backyard Harvest Program - The Permaculture Research Institute is developing a program where they will connect you to an urban farmer who will grow veggies in YOUR OWN yard and train you how to do it in future seasons. More info can be found here: http://www.pricoldclimate.org/about_backyard_harvest
Celebration Today -- Join Us
Length of Service Awards
Submitted by Brenda A Hemmingsen, Admissions Assistant, Admissions
Take time to come and celebrate the Length of Service Awards today Monday, March 23 from 3-4:30 in the East Commons.
Staff will be recognized for their years of service. Please join us AND if you are a co-worker in that area. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BRING ANY ONE OF THESE REMARKABLE PERSONS WITH YOU TO THE CEREMONY.
5 YEARS OF SERVICE:
Kurpiers, Ronald
Young, Sherilyn
Britz, Jennifer
Hill, Ut
Wheeler, Wendi
Vlieger, Linda
Shidla, Carrie
Pack, John
Bassani, Elizabeth
Thorson, Carola
Odenbrett, Marie
Thongthi, Vinni
10 YEARS:
Ohlander, Dixie
Akpan, Akpan
Garvey, Ann
Hagander, Sonja
Christ, Bradley
15 YEARS:
Lutterman-Aguilar, Ann
Smith, Toshimi
Tilton, Sandra
20 YEARS:
McBride, Kathleen
Curtis, Patricia (Sadie)
Sticha, Cheryl
25 YEARS:
Morgan, Thomas
Wold, David
During the ceremony The EMPLOYEE of the YEAR selections will be announced. See you there.
We look forward to the ENTIRE Augsburg Staff joining us.
GOOD FOOD and REFRESHMENTS FOR ALL!
6 to 1 Return on Investment - Better than Madoff
With 1 1/2 weeks to reach our $3,000 goal for the Brian Coyle Foodshelf, we're currently at $1,328.50. Rather than collecting food, we are hosting this FoodLess FoodDrive for Brian Coyle Center. We were just informed that Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has agreed to contribute 50% of what we raise, which will turn your one dollar to $1.50, before going to the foodshelf and purchasing $6 of food (the foodshelf can get food more cheaper than we can at the grocery). So it's a 6 to 1 investment - even better than what poor ol' Bernie Madoff could get you!
Checks can be made payable to Brian Coyle Food shelf. You can also drop off your donation to the Center for Service, Work, & Learning (CSWL) office located in the lower level of Anderson Hall. Please call 612-330-1472 with questions. Center for Service, Work, & Learning, Office of Community Relations and Augsburg Dining thank you in advance for helping us meet our goal!
Donate to Abused Women and Children
For thousands of women and children, home can be frightening, lonely and for many it is a very dangerous place. The Lewis House, located in Eagan, is dedicated to helping these women and children find safety and get them back on their feet. The Lewis House provides shelter, food, daycare and education about safe relationships for women and children who seek their services. To support these women and children, a few students from Augsburg College will be running a donation drive. We will be collecting items from now until the first week in April, at which time we will deliver all donated items to the Lewis House and help pass things out to the women and children.
Items the Lewis House needs are:
bath sized towels
wash cloths
twin size sheets/comforters
pillowcases
diapers
infant formula - all varieties
baby bottles/nipples
craft supplies (markers, crayons, construction paper, special kits)
school supplies (notebooks, folders, back packs)
educational toys, puzzles, videos and learning games
toothbrushes/toothpaste/floss
old cell phones with chargers
women and youth clothing (any age, gently used or new)
We will be setting up a table in Christensen to collect items and will be available to answer any questions a few times in the coming week. People can also drop off items at the Enrollment Center.
Collecting through April 3rd!
Please contact Ashle with questions at neunsing@augsburg.edu.
Keeping Track of Auggies
Prof. Reimringer: McKnight Artist Fellowship
Congratulations to English Professor John Reimringer, who is one of four Minnesota writers chosen by memoirist and novelist Bernard Cooper to receive a 2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers/Loft Award in Creative Prose. Other 2009 recipients are Wang Ping of Macalester, J.C. Hallman of St. Thomas, and John Jodzio. Professor Reimringer's novel "Vestments" is being published by Milkweed Editions.
Math Near and Far by Profs Belík and Zobitz
Professor John Zobitz presented "Modeling Forest Carbon Uptake at Multiple Scales"
as part of the St. Olaf Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium Series" on March 10.
Professor Pavel Belík presented "Simulation of the Behavior of Heat-Shrinkable Thin Films"
on March 3 at the SIAM Conference on Computer Science and Engineering in Miami, Florida.
This work is in collaboration with researchers at the University of St. Thomas and 3M Corporation.
Auggie Athletics
Check out the New Athletic Website
The new Augsburg athletic site is up and running! Check it out at the new athletic website
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/
Augsburg has partnered with Internet Consulting Services, a Syracuse, N.Y.-based firm that has created athletic websites for more than 250 colleges and universities across the country, including several of Augsburg's peers in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
This launch is the culmination of several months of work led by Kelly Anderson Diercks, assistant athletic director/assistant sports information director; Don Stoner, sports information director; and Bryan Barnes, marketing and communications electronics communication specialist. Numerous sports information student workers and Student Athlete Advisory Committee members also took part in the web design.
Auggie Athletics Update
Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):
Friday-Saturday, March 13-14:
M/W Track and Field -- Augsburg at Occidental (Calif.) meets
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/3/21/mtrk031409.aspx?path=mtrack
Saturday-Thursday, March 14-19:
Softball -- Augsburg at Tucson (Ariz.) Invitational
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/schedule.aspx?path=softball
Sunday-Friday, March 15-20:
Baseball -- Augsburg at Greater Phoenix (Ariz.) Invitational
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/3/21/base032009.aspx?path=baseball
Wednesday-Thursday, March 18-19:
Men's Golf -- Augsburg at dual meets vs. Texas-Tyler and Mary-Hardin Baylor (Texas)
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2009/3/23/mglf032009.aspx?path=mgolf
Upcoming Schedule:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/
Friday, March 27:
Baseball vs. St. Mary's, HHH Metrodome, 4 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://athletics.augsburg.edu/sports/2009/3/17/webcasts.aspx?id=76
Men's Golf at Central (Iowa) Dutch Classic, Bos Landen Golf Resort, Pella, Iowa.
Saturday, March 28:
Softball at St. Benedict, 1 p.m.
Men's Golf at Central (Iowa) Dutch Classic, Bos Landen Golf Resort, Pella, Iowa.
Sunday, March 29:
Baseball vs. Finlandia (Mich.), HHH Metrodome, 9 p.m. -- LIVE AUDIO: http://athletics.augsburg.edu/sports/2009/3/17/webcasts.aspx?id=76
Classifieds
Everyone Deserves a Lifetime
Please support me in solidarity with Jessica Nathanson, Kristin Anderson, and many other Auggies, as I walk in the Breast Cancer 3-Day. On the weekend of August 21-23, thousands of women and men will unite and walk 60 miles through the Twin Cities. The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a weekend of hope, as we honor lives lost, celebrate survivors, promote breast cancer research and help bring breast cancer care to those who so desperately need it.
My team, Bouncing Buddhas, together with several generous donations from Augsburg staff and faculty, has raised $750. We have a goal of $10K to reach before August! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
Net proceeds from the Breast Cancer 3-Day benefits Susan G. Komen for the Cure to fund breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs, as well as the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund, which provides an endowment for breast cancer initiatives.
Please read my story and consider donating at: http://www.the3day.org/goto/emilyrandall