2009 Annual Crime and Fire Safety Report Available

Each year Augsburg College publishes an annual security report. This report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Augsburg College; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report by contacting the Public Safety Department at x1717 or at the following web site:

http://web.augsburg.edu/~pack/Report2009.pdf

If you have any questions regarding the report, please feel free to give me a call. My direct phone number is 612-330-1644 and my email is pack@augsburg.edu.

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Nicaragua Study Abroad - Deadline Extended

Think you missed out on study abroad this January? We've extended the deadline to October 8 to take HIS 195/INS 233 Globalization and Women's Movements in Nicaragua this January!

Discover the influence of U.S. and other global interests on the Nicaraguan people--and women, in particular--in this fascinating course. Discuss multiple perspectives on contemporary issues with Nicaraguan politicians, scholars, activists, workers, and peasants.

Highlights of this program will include:
-Visiting a woman-owned coffee cooperative in a cloud forest.
-Meet with a founder of the modern Nicaraguan feminist movement.
-Hear from contemporary politicians in the Sandinista and Constitutional Liberal movements about the future of their country and the rest of Central America.
-Explore Nicaraguan markets and historic cities, including the famous murals in Leon.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Thursday, October 8

For more information, attend one of 10 advising meetings each week:http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/advising.html

Application forms can be found here: http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/apply.html

Only a few spaces available - apply today!

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Book Request Due Oct. 15

This year the bookstore is requesting book orders by October 15th. While this may have seemed like a very early deadline, it is part of an effort to provide more used books for our students as well as pay higher prices for their used books.

Turning your book order in promptly allows the bookstore ample time to source as many used books as possible in order to offer the best value and save the students money. Since many campuses nationwide source from the same wholesale company, it is critical we get your order in on time.

Knowing early on what books are going to be used for the following semester means we can pay higher prices at buyback (up to 50% of what the student paid for the book) and source the books from used book distributors.

Because of your cooperation last year we paid students over $206K in buyback. However, we have a tremendous opportunity as this was $87K less than the amount we paid the previous year.

The faculty and staff at Augsburg College play a significant role in the success of this endeavor by getting the book orders in early. Final exam week last May we had received 65% of the book requests. With your help, we look forward to do even better this semester.

We are asking for Spring Day/Winter WEC book orders by October 15th and anticipate having 95% of the book orders in hand before finals week. Again, this may seem early, but please remember, the earlier the book requests are in, the better the outcome for our students.

Upon this due date, we will share with you, a list of book orders still outstanding so we can make sure that no book orders were missed as well as assist you in getting your orders placed.

Finally, effective in 2010, the Higher Education Opportunity Act will go into affect. One portion of this act states that institutions of higher education are to inform students on how they can save money on textbooks (including used books, cash back programs, etc.) at the time of registration. Submitting your book orders promptly, will assist in ensuring our campus is in compliance to this portion of the HEOA bill.

Once again, we would like to truly thank you for your help and cooperation in trying to keep costs down for our students. The solution to high textbook prices is faculty, staff and bookstores working together. We cannot meet these objectives without your help.

If you need any more information, please give myself or Alissa Nollan a call,(612.359.6492), email me at forgey@augsburg.edu or stop in the bookstore anytime.

Thanks!
Laura

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Prof. Quanbeck II's Presentation in Ghana

On Tuesday September 22, Dr. Phil Quanbeck II, Dept of Religion and Dr. Teresa Rummans, Prof. of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, presented the "Fourth Annual Larry Ebert and Patrick Twumasi Memorial Lecture on Spirituality and Ethics in Medicine" at the Partnering for Life Continuing Medical Education Conference in Kumasi City, Ghana.

This evening event also included a panel discussion and personal case studies by West African physicians and clergy which was researched, prepared and moderated by Dr. Ruth Johnson, Augsburg College regent and distinguished alumna. The conference was sponsored by Africa Partners Medical and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi City and drew several hundred physician participants from Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Togo, Nigeria and South Africa.

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New Classroom Presentation Remotes

Classroom Services is excited to provide new wireless presenter remotes in all Oren Gateway Center classrooms and meetings rooms. These remotes enable you to navigate your PowerPoint slides, display a black slide, point out a specific item on the screen with a laser, keep on track with a timer, and adjust the volume of the computer. The remotes are connected to each individual classroom and are unable to work in other rooms. You can find the remote on the podium. All you need to do is turn it on and you are ready to go. Remotes are also available for checkout from the library for use in classrooms in other buildings.

Questions or problems please contact Classroom Services, x1219. Simple user instructions can be found here, http://tinyurl.com/augremote

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Study/Intern Abroad Deadline Extended: 10/15

Students planning on studying abroad during winter break or spring semester need to apply to Augsburg Abroad by October 15.

Many scholarships still available:

Center for Global Education Scholarships
http://www.augsburg.edu/global/semesters/scholarships.html

$500 Travel Grants are available for International Partners in Europe and Center for Global Education Semester Programs in Mexico, Central America and Namibia/Southern Africa.

www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

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Blessing of the Animals - Monday, October 5

St. Francis of Assisi and the Blessing of the Animals~
Monday, October 5th at 10:20am-Hoversten Chapel

We invite you and your animal(s) to chapel on Monday to celebrate the Blessing of the Animals, in remembrance of Saint Francis of Assisi and his love for all creatures. We look forward to seeing you there!

All are welcome!

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Hispanic Heritage Month: PBS and Latin Music USA

Hispanic Heritage Month: PBS to premiere Latin Music USA in October

PBS will air Latin music series on the Mondays of October 12 and 19, featuring Shakira and Ricky Martin. While many people are familiar with Latin music like salsa, merengue, mambo, etc., few, however, realize the full extent to which it has influenced jazz, rock, country and blues in America. The song "Louie Louie," for instance, was inspired by a Latin song called "El Loco Cha Cha Cha." And did you know that Salsa music was developed in New York?

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, PBS will premiere Latin Music USA; a four-hour documentary series celebrating the Latin rhythms at the heart of the American music. It will reveal the Latin sounds that have influenced the music of great American artists from the Drifters to the Isley Brothers to Santana.

With exclusive interviews and never-before-seen footage, the documentaries also will feature the stories of artists such as Celia Cruz, the Fania All-Stars, Carlos Santana, Shakira, Gloria Estefan and Ricky Martin. As part of the project's approach, Latin Music USA has partnered with the Spanish TV network V-me to premiere the series on two consecutive Tuesdays, October 13th and 20th at 10 p.m., fully translated and narrated in Spanish by Leila Cobo, one of the world's foremost experts in contemporary Latin music.

As for the Latin Music USA series, it is comprised of four 60-minute episodes featuring a fast-paced mix of music and interviews:

* Episode One, BRIDGES (10/12, 9-10 p.m.): It traces the rise of Latin jazz and the explosion of the mambo and the cha cha cha as they swept the U.S. from East to West and looks at how Latin music infiltrated rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll through the 1960s.

* Episode Two, THE SALSA REVOLUTION (10/12, 10-11 p.m.): It explores how Puerto Ricans and other Latinos in New York reinvented the Cuban son and the Puerto Rican plena by adding elements from soul and jazz to create Salsa, which became a defining rhythm for Latinos.

* Episode Three, THE CHICANO WAVE (10/19, 9-10 p.m.): Mexican Americans in California, Texas and throughout the Southwest created their own distinct musical voices. It shows how their music played an important role in the struggle for Chicano civil rights and ultimately propelled them to the national stage.

* Episode Four, DIVAS AND SUPERSTARS (10/19, 10-11 p.m.): It focuses on the Latin pop explosion and the success of artists like Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Shakira in the English-language market. As studios concentrate on star-driven pop, Latino youth gravitate toward urban fusions like Spanish rap and Reggaeton, as well as Rock in Spanish.
In addition, viewers also can visit PBS.org, where they can watch an extensive lineup of programs honoring and exploring Latino culture in "Nuestras Historias | Our Stories," a special Hispanic Heritage Month collection. [Source: Hispanic Business Media. HispanicBusiness.com]

For more description of these and other topics or for any other information contact Emiliano at chagil@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1309. -¡Viva America!

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Meals Move to Century Room

Due to Homecoming Events, starting Thursday Dinner, meals in the Commons will be moved downstairs to the Century Room. This will continue into Friday where meals will be provided from: Breakfast 7:30-9am Lunch 11-1:30pm and Dinner 4:30-7pm. Saturday Brunch will be out in the park and Dinner will resume back in the Commons. Thank you for your understanding and Go Auggies!!!

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First Wednesday Gathering

Please join colleagues for First Wednesday Gathering on Wednesday, October 7, in the East Commons from 11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

The security and custodial night shift employees are also invited to the Wednesday Evening Gathering at 8 p.m. in the Minneapolis Room.

The first-Wednesday-of-the-month gatherings support our commitment to building community and practicing common work. They are an opportunity to get to know one another, exchange ideas, and collaborate in new ways. We hope you will invite your colleagues and plan to join us!

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Study/Interning Abroad Info: Monday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Arcadia University, a leader in study abroad, will be available to talk with students and faculty in the Christensen Center on Monday, October 5th, 2009 from 10am – 1pm. Arcadia offers over 100 programs in 14 countries. Students can study abroad in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities as well as intern abroad. Come by to see what will work for you or your students.

Study Abroad deadline for Spring Semester has been extended until Oct 15!

www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

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Augsburg Dining Fall Semester Hours

Commons:
M-F 7:30am-7pm
Hot Breakfast: 7:30-9am
Hot Lunch: 11am-1:30pm
Hot Dinner: 4:30 pm-7
Saturday & Sunday
Brunch: 11:30-1pm
Dinner: 5-7pm

Coopers:
M-F 7:30-8pm
Saturday 7:30-5pm
Sunday (non WEC) Closed
WEC Sundays: 7am-2 pm

Aclub Grille
M-F
11am-2pm & 5-9pm
Grill Closes at 8:30pm C-Store Open till 9pm

Nabo:
M-Th
7:30-8pm
Fridays
7:30-6pm
Non WEC Saturdays
9-3pm
Non WEC Sundays
Closed
WEC Saturdays 7am-3pm
WEC Sundays 9am-1:30pm

Hours subject to change

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Medieval Game Night with the Goliard Society

Huzzah! The first meeting of the Goliard Society of Medievalists is next Sunday, October 4, from 7 to 9 PM in Lindell 301. We'll have a brief organizational meeting, then play medieval board games. (NOT D&D, but authentic games from the Middle Ages.)

We'll provide the pizza. Please bring your own beverage. All are welcome.

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CKP Needs Tiller M-W for New Greenhouse

The Campus Kitchen Project and the Community Garden is expanding our greenhouse from 20 feet long to 50 feet long and we could really use a tiller for a couple of days early next week to prepare the soil bed. The Human Biology class plans to plant in there on Monday afternoon, so Monday morning use would be preferable, but it would be useful on Tuesday or Wednesday as well. Please call if you can loan us one, I can pick up. 612-701-8346

And please make plans to check out the greenhouse this winter. Last year we grew until mid-December, and we're hoping with the expanded size and room for hot compost piles, we can grow food all year. Feel free to step inside anytime (just quickly shut the door) - nothing like sunny, 70 degree heat on a 20 degree day.

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Augsburg Gallery Receptions and Artist Talks

All receptions are on Saturday, October 3, 5-8 p.m.

Christensen Center Art Gallery
Norman Holen, "Clay Figures and Drawings 2001-2009"
Artist Talk at 5:30 p.m.

Gage Family Art Gallery
Philip Thompson, "Collected and Still Creating 1958 – Present"
Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.

Student Art Gallery
Bill Helm, "Parables"

For more information visit http://www.augsburg.edu/galleries or call 612.330.1524.

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2009 Homecoming Reading

Along with the book signing from 4-6 pm in the Christensen Center Art Gallery today, Friday, 2 October, there is a literary reading right next door in the Marshall Room from 4:30-5:30 pm. Among the readers will be this year's Distinguished Alumna and poet Phebe Hanson; alumni Jeff Falkingham, Emily Hanson, Kayla Skarbakka, and Becca Reilly; 2010 Murphy Square editor Andrea Sanow and 2009 Murphy Square contributors and/or Engman winners Hannah Cushing, Alissa Nollan, Ted Conover, Malena Thoson, and Wendi Wheeler. Time permitting, we will also hear from new faculty member and poet Katrina Vandenberg and some other faculty writers.

Please peruse the books and enjoy the food and drink in the Gallery, courtesy of Bookstore manager Laura Forgey, and join us for the reading.

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Genocide: Past and Present and Camp Darfur Exhibit

The Dietrich Bonhoeffer Lectures in Public Ethics are in the Twin Cities for the first time ever, and being hosted primarily by Augsburg College. This year's topic is Genocide: Past and Present.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 in the CHAPEL

8:30 AM "The Ongoing Genocide of Native Americans: Gender-Based Violence" Suzanne Koepplinger, Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center

10:00 AM "Truth-telling & Advocacy Regarding Genocide" (Darfur)
Mark Hanis, Genocide Intervention Network

12:30 PM Sabina Zimering, Holocaust Survivor

2:30 PM "Bonhoeffer's Witness During the Holocaust: Its Meaning Then – Its Significance Now" Victoria Barnett, United States Memorial Holocaust Museum

4:30 PM "Resistance and Rescue: Applied Ethics against the Armenian Genocide" Hermann Goltz, Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

7:30 PM "Who Remembers the Armenian Genocide?" H. Goltz

Visit the Camp Darfur exhibit in the Christensen Center.

For more information, visit www.genocidelectures.org or contact Lori Brandt Hale at hale@augsburg.edu

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College Art Gallery Collaborative Fall Art Tour

Saturday, October 3, 5-8 p.m.

The curators and gallery directors from Augsburg College, Bethel University, College of Visual Arts, Concordia University, Macalester College, Northwestern College, St. Catherine University, University of Minnesota, and University of St. Thomas invite you to the annual free "neighborhood" gallery crawl including exhibition receptions, refreshments, music, and free shuttle buses.

The tour begins at 5 p.m. and the last bus is at 8 p.m.
For more information visit http://www.stkate.edu/fallarttour or call 651.962.5560.

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Social Work Profs Present on Ethics at Hennepin

On Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, Professors Laura Boisen and Lois Bosch from the Social Work Department conducted the workshop "Ethical Decision Making in Supervision" for Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health. Participants included supervisors from county social services. This was the first of a series of workshops in multicultural clinical supervision supported in part by a $3000 grant from the Augsburg College Dean's office and a contract for up to $10,000 with Hennepin County.

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