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Universal Design for Instruction Faculty Resource

As the summer looms, why not take a moment to check out the Moodle resource CLASS has developed about Universal Design for Instruction. When we surveyed faculty last year, this was the top-rated thing that you wanted to learn more about.

You can find general information about UDI on the CLASS web site: http://www.augsburg.edu/classprogram/udi.html

And if you would like access to the complete Moodle resource, email class@augsburg.edu and we'll enroll you.

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Conquer the GMAT

Are you thinking of applying for an MBA program? Do you need to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT)? The Augsburg MBA Program is sponsoring an on-campus GMAT preparation course: "Conquer the GMAT!" The cost is only $300 (the most affordable in the Twin Cities) and includes test prep materials. The preparation includes one writing, two verbal, and two quantitative sessions.

Dates are :

Tuesday, June 16, 6 - 9 p.m.
Tuesday, June 23, 6 - 9 p.m.
Tuesday, June 30, 6 - 9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 7, 6 - 9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14, 6 - 9 p.m.

Register now, as space is limited:

http://www.augsburg.edu/programs/urgo/documents/GMATregform.pdf

For information regarding the GMAT Prep course, contact Tara Borkowski at borkowsk@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1778. For information about the Augsburg MBA Program contact Nate Gorr at gorr@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1390.

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GRE Prep Course: Register Now

Considering Grad School? The Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) offers ON-CAMPUS & AFFORDABLE GRE Prep this summer. The course costs only $40, which includes a 2009 Barron's GRE Prep book, and other test prep materials. We'll begin Wednesday, June 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. The class runs every Wednesday for six weeks (to July 8).

Register now online at:
http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/gre_prep_reg.html

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Campus Kitchen Needs Volunteers

Now that the school year has finished up, Campus Kitchen needs more volunteers. Since student volunteer involvement has gone down due to summer, we need faculty and staff to step up with any extra time (and also any students living on campus)! Any help would be great! Take a look at the schedule, and if you are interested contact Jackie Turi at Turi@augsburg.edu or by phone at 651-434-5880.

Here is the schedule:
Tuesdays: 3:30-5:00 @ Brian Coyle
Wednesdays: 7:00-9:00 - Cooking Shift
Thursdays: 11:15-1:00 @ Peace House and 3:00-5:30 - Elderly Deliveries
Friday May 22 & June 12 & June 26: 5:00-8:00 - Senior Dinner @ Ebenezer
Sunday May 31 & June 21: 5:00-7:00 - Secure Waiting

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Alumni Trip to Italy - November 2009

Discover Italian Treasures

You are invited to be inspired and enriched traveling with Augsburg alumni and friends on a journey of discovery to Italy this November 2-12. Hosted by art professor Kristin Anderson this exploration of Italian art, history, culture and cuisine begins in Northern Italy in Venice and Padua. Travel continues along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea to the historic port town of Ravenna to see magnificent Byzantine mosaics. Arrive into Tuscany and then into Florence, the city that gave birth to the Renaissance for a two night visit. Travel among the beauty of medieval hill towns and surrounding vineyards and olive groves into the Umbria Region with an overnight stay in one of those hills towns, Orvieto. The tour ends in the Eternal City of Rome where a tapestry of art, architecture, history and culture woven over thousands of years makes it one of founding cities of Western Civilization. An included day excursion to the archeological site of Pompeii is part of the stay in Rome.

The cost of the tour is $2990 from the Twin Cities plus gratuities and airport taxes. The estimated group size is 26.

To obtain the itinerary and details on the comprehensive inclusions of this custom-created travel experience contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 612-330-1085 or alumni@augsburg.edu.

Dr. Kristin Anderson is an experienced tour organizer and host and looks forward to returning to Italy to share her love and knowledge of art with alumni and friends. She has taught courses in the history of art at Augsburg College since 1984 including specialized courses on Medieval Art and Women and Art.

Now is an opportune time to travel to Italy when the U.S. dollar is stronger and crowds are thinner than the past several years. A similar travel program last year was several hundred dollars more expensive according to our tour company, CrossingBorders www.crossingborders.com

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Community Time - May 26

Join faculty and staff colleagues for refreshments and conversation in the East Commons on Tuesday, May 26, 3:45-4:30.

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Second Annual Campus Beautification

The second annual Campus Beautification event will be held on the morning of Friday June 5 from 8-12. This event is sponsored by the Staff Senate. There will be volunteer opportunities in the community gardens, the rain gardens, and a small painting project in Christensen. If your department has a project that it would like to undertake, such as painting a common area in your workspace, please submit your project to staffsenate@augsburg.edu by May 29.

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OIP Travel Update

Office of International Programs - Travel update

As of May 15, 2009 the Center for Disease Control downgraded the Travel Warning to Mexico into a Travel Health Precaution: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/content/travel-health-precaution/novel-h1n1-flu-mexico.aspx
No travel warnings exist for other countries in which the Center for Global Education and Augsburg Abroad currently have programs. However, because of the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) outbreak in the United States, the Center for Disease Control has cautioned about possible international travel delays due to novel H1N1 flu screening procedures:
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/content/news-announcements/delays-H1N1-screening.aspx

The CDC recommends that if you are sick with symptoms of influenza-like illness you should not travel.
The health and well-being of Augsburg students, faculty, and staff is our highest priority. We will continue to monitor conditions and will not hesitate to make whatever program and schedule changes we deem necessary.

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Augsburg Dining Hours May 18 - 23

COMMONS: CLOSED
* WILL BE OPEN WEDS. MAY 20TH FOR LUNCH 11:30-1:00 PM

NABO: M-F- 10-3
SAT & SUN- CLOSED

COOPERS: M-TH 7:30-3
FRI, SAT & SUN- 6 A.M.- 6 p.m.

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Everyone Deserves a Lifetime - Donate Today

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.

The support that the Augsburg campus has shown thus far has been outstanding! Together, we have raised $1,825.01 and counting! Only $475 to go to reach my goal of $2,300 before August! Would you consider donating $20 today?

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

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