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Parking Reminders
Now that spring term is underway, Public Safety would like to send a few reminders regarding parking for spring events:
Public Safety has an "Event Parking Request Form" online at http://www.augsburg.edu/dps/event_parking.html
Please use this form if you plan to have an event with 20 or more off campus guests coming to the college at anytime.
Communicating in advance and making plans for parking will ensure your guests have the best experience visiting our campus even before they arrive at your event.
Please allow a minimum of two weeks notice for us to make arrangements and accommodations that fit your event needs.
Those with smaller events (under 20) may request visitor permits from Public Safety dispatch, or electronic permits from parking@augsburg.edu.
Also, on Weekend College Weekends (friday evenings and Saturdays), visitor parking is extremely limited, $5 per vehicle in Lot L, and monitored closely by Public Safety staff.
For more information regarding parking on campus, please visit www.augsburg.edu/dps
As always, please e-mail parking@augsburg.edu with any questions or concerns.
Thank you!
Teaching and Learning
Distinguished Contribution - Teaching and Learning
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning
Annual Recognition 2010
The Office of Vice President of 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 19. Nominations must be submitted with the on line attachment. Go to: www.augsburg.edu/ctl or the CTL AugNet public folder.
• Questions can be directed to Lee Clarke at clarke@augsburg.edu or x.1152
• 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 the nominee’s work.
• The Selection Panel conducts confidential interviews with members of the community, reviews information and announces the awards no later than March 15h. 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.
Members of the Selection Panel are invited by the Vice President of Academic Affairs and 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 processes that lead 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 student academic development, growth and success; contributions are made to a positive, academic campus environment in a direct way.
Speaking of Scholarship: A New Series
CTL and URGO are launching a new series this spring entitled "Speaking of Scholarship." It is a weekly forum for sharing the richness and range of research and creative activity carried out by Augsburg faculty and students.
Each week features one faculty or two students presenting their current research, finished research product(s), and/or insights on the process of conducting research or engaging in creative activity at a liberal arts college. The rest of the hour is reserved for informal conversation on audience questions or issues raised in the presentation.
Faculty, staff, and students are welcome! No RSVP is necessary.
Time: 12:15-1:15 PM
Location: OGC 100
Food: Light hors d'oeuvres
Tuesday, February 2
Anna Boyle, Political Science
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Garry Hesser, Sociology & Metro-Urban Studies
"Analyzing Two Minnesota Governors and the Use of Executive Power in Policymaking: Wendell Anderson in 1971 and Tim Pawlenty in 2009"
Aybike Bakan & Jens Olsen, Biology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright, Biology
"S.O.S. Signals in the Asthmatic Lung"
Tuesday, February 9
Dr. Phil Adamo, History & Medieval Studies
"The Foundation Legends of the Caulite Monastic Order: 1193-1300"
Stay tuned for the remaining schedule!
Scholastic Connections Applications are Available
Scholastic Connections 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, renewable annually, and are paired with a successful alumna/alumnus of color that serves as Mentor for the Scholar.
Five "new" Scholars will be selected for the program for 2010-11. Please note this is a highly competitive process. Applicants are encouraged to submit comprehensive, thorough applications providing the Selection Committee as much information about them as possible.
Eligibility Criteria:
• Continuing Augsburg student or advanced standing transfer student
• Demonstrated financial need as determined by the FAO
• Demonstrated leadership ability or potential
• Demonstrated community involvement, on or off campus
• Minimum GPA of 2.5
Applicants must have a completed financial aid file in the Enrollment Center by 3/1.
Application deadline is 3/1/10.
Applicants can apply on-line or download a pdf version of the application at the Scholastic Connections web page by going to the A to 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 a mentor and receiving scholarship assistance, feel free to nominate the student for Scholastic Connections. On-line or pdf nomination forms are available at the Scholastic Connections web page accessible through the A to Z Directory at Inside Augsburg.
Questions? Contact Cindy Peterson at 612-330-1754 or petersoc@augsburg.edu
Spend May in Thailand
Consider spending more than three weeks in May studying and experiencing Education and Culture in Thailand. We will spend time in Bangkok visiting Buddhist temples, the Grand Palace, the weekend market, and Chinatown. Then we will fly north to Chiangmai where we will experience the culture of the Northern Hill tribes, visit sites of several cottage industries, ride elephants, trek in the mountains, and raft down a river. After returning to Bangkok, we will take the train south to a small town on the Gulf where students will teach English to Thai students in the local schools. This is the village where Professor Swanson and her husband were Peace Corps volunteers and where many of their students are now teachers. You do not have to be an Education student to register for this course! Consider participating in this very unique experience.
For further information, please contact the Center for Global Education or Professor Swanson, English. Deadline for registration is Feb. 1 and space is limited!
Faculty leader: Kathryn Swanson
Courses: Choose either ENL 199 OR 399: Experiences in Thai Education and Culture
Prerequisites: ENL 111 or 112 or HON 111
Fulfills: Augsburg Experience, Humanities LAF, Writing and Speaking Skills
Travel dates: May 5 – 28, 2010
Cost: $3,849
CTL Night at the Theater
TAMING OF THE SHREW (a re-envisioning)
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Darcey Engen
February 13 at 7 p.m.
Faculty and staff are invited to attend the February 13th, 7 p.m. performance of The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Darcey Engen.
Tickets must be claimed five minutes before show times. Any unclaimed tickets will be returned to the box office and made available to other theater patrons. To reserve your free ticket (there are 30 available) please contact Terry Martin at x1229 or e-mail martin@augsburg.edu. There will be a reception after the performance.
Travel to Germany and Poland this May
Just a few more spots available! (Deadline is Feb. 1)
May 8-22, 2010
Germany and Poland
HIS 195 / ENL 270
Theodor Adorno famously remarked that after Auschwitz there could be no more poetry. Since World War II, Eastern Europeans have endured loss, defeat, occupation, division, communism, resistance movements and, finally in 1989, freedom. This travel seminar explores a traumatic and fascinating period and traces Eastern Europeans' varied and shifting experiences and memories. How have people made sense of their suffering? In what ways have German, Polish and other Eastern European artists and writers captured these memories, even while these events are quickly passing out of living memory?
On our travels, we will visit some of most significant sites of the wartime and postwar period: Berlin, Leipzig, Wittenberg and Dresden in Germany; Gdansk, Warsaw, Kracow and Auschwitz / Birkenau in Poland. The itinerary includes visits with people who experienced these events, as well as to sites and memorials dedicated to the memory of World War II and the Holocaust; communism and life behind the Iron Curtain; and resistance and freedom movements in the 1960s and 1980s.
More information is available from the Augsburg Abroad Office, as well as from Prof. Jacqueline deVries <devries@augsburg.edu> and Bob Cowgill <cowgillr@augsburg.edu>
Check out the flyer: http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/documents/Germany.pdf
General Announcements
NEW: Order Cards, Letterhead and Envelopes Online
You don't have to fill out a form or even leave your desk to order these items. Log in to Augnet, click on the the A to Z Directory, then click on Central Services. Click Forms to select the link to get you to the three sites for ordering. Request general or personalized letterhead and envelopes, business cards and name badges. Give it a try on your own, contact me for assistance, or come to the Copy Center and use the computer there with help. Several staff and faculty have ordered on-line already and found it easy to do! All orders placed will come to me for review, grouping and approval for production. If you do not see what you need to order on the sites, contact me. As we roll out this new service, I am eager to hear how it works for you - let me know if there are problems with the ordering process.
Jill Davenport, Manager, Central Services, 612-330-1297, davenpoj@augsburg.edu
Summer Housing Credit Available
Students who work 600 hours during the summer (May 3 - September 7, 2010) can be eligible for a summer housing credit (on-campus residences only) of $834. Student may work a maximum of 40 hours per week.
Students will need to sign up for summer housing through residence life, and complete a Summer Housing Credit Agreement 2010 through Human Resources.
Please be advised that students will be taxed on this credit; the taxes will be taken out each paycheck over a 4-month period (June, July, August, September).
For more information, please contact Human Resources.
OGC Housing Applications Now Available
Oren Gateway Center housing applications are now available!
Applications are available online at http://www.augsburg.edu/reslife/oren/OGC_application_2010.pdf
The Department of Residence Life offers housing opportunities for Day students who are interested in living in a substance free environment. OGC is the newest residence hall on campus. All apartments include loft style living and full kitchens with dishwashers. The application deadline is February 8th, 2010.
After opening the application, save a copy, fill it out, save it again, and then email it to rowe@augsburg.edu
Applications are only available to Day students. OGC housing applications are separate from the StepUP housing process. Questions: please contact Cyndy Rowe at rowe@augsburg.edu
Financial Aid Priority Deadline
The Priority Deadline date for Day students to submit completed financial aid documents is March 1, 2010.
Documents needed:
FAFSA
2010-2011 Augsburg Aid Form
2009 Federal Taxes (parents and student)
Submit all your financial aid renewal materials by March 1 to be entered in a drawing to win an iPod touch.
Join the Games
Join the Games!
Sorry, the student game club event for Sat., Jan. 30 had to be canceled – BUT…
Join in with a new student club playing board games and card games.
We play a wide variety of games.
We welcome newcomers and take time to learn new games.
Join us for games on
Sat., Feb. 20, 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Marshall Room,
Christensen Center, Main Floor (just behind the Art Gallery).
For more information, E-mail brands@augsburg.edu.
MN Private College Job and Internship Fair Coming
Calling all Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors:
The MN PRIVATE COLLEGE JOB AND INTERNSHIP FAIR will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 16th at the Minneapolis Convention Center Cost $10
You must register with the Augsburg Strommen Career & Internship Center by Friday, Feb. 12th (Location - Lower Level, Anderson Hall)
For other events and to learn more go to http://cswl.pbworks.com
Campus Hand Soap Dispensers
The manufacturer of our hand soap used in Augsburg restrooms has slightly changed the design of their soap bottle. This is causing the soap dispensers not to dispense hand soap even though the soap dispenser is stocked with soap. We are in the process of inspecting the hand soap dispensers and replacing/fixing the dispensers so that they will operate correctly. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please feel free to submit a work request if you notice hand soap dispensers not working correctly and we will get them repaired.
Event Announcements
Minnesota's Age Wave: Opportunities and Challenges
Join the Department of Social Work in celebrating the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education (HPPAE) at our annual Social Work Alumni Network (SWAN) event. LaRhae Grindal Knatterud, Director of Aging Transformation for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, will be presenting at the event on Friday, February 5th from 3-5pm.
For the next 30 years, we will see unprecedented growth in our aging population. This presentation will explore demographic realities and offer themes for action to help individuals and organizations prepare.
This is free a continuing education event.
RSVP by February 3rd to Emily Cronk at 612-330-1189 or cronk@augsburg.edu
All Nighter
TONIGHT FREE Annual All Nighter will be TONIGHT, January 29, 2010 from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. Food, Inflatables, Kickboxing Lessons, Karaoke, Caricatures, Face Painting. Christensen Center doors open at 10 p.m. No charge for Augsburg associates. Donation suggested for outside guests. BROTHER ALI performing
First Wednesday Gathering
Please join faculty and staff colleagues for First Wednesday Gathering lunch on Wednesday, February 3, in the East Commons from 11 a.m. - 1:30 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!
Tickets for Taming of the Shrew
Tickets are now on sale for Taming of the Shrew, directed by Darcey Engen.
Available performance dates are:
February 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, and 13th at 7:00
and February 7th and 14th at 3:00.
Tickets prices are
$10 for General Public
$8 for ACTC faculty and staff
$5 for non-Augsburg students and
$2 for Augsburg students and children under 12
To make a reservation call 612.330.1257
Save the Date
*SAVE THE DATE*
Augsburg's Indigenous Student Association (AISA)'s
2nd Traditional Powwow
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Si Melby Gymnasium, Augsburg College Campus
Grand Entries (Start times): 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Community Feast: 5:00 PM
NO Admission fee - FREE!
There will be several vendors (craft/products and non-profit organizations) as well as a concession with Indian Tacos for sale by AISA.
Please note for those unfamiliar with a Powwow that a Grand Entry is the 'start' of a session where all the dancers come into the circle together. A session typically goes 3 hours and people are welcome to come and go throughout the day, however, if you have never experienced a grand entry I would suggest doing so. It is truly a cultural experience. We will take a break for a feast, in which all are invited, and the second session will start with the grand entry at 7:00 PM and will end around 9:30 PM. Within the sessions, there will be a variety of dances by category or
Augsburg hosted the first Powwow on campus last March, having close to 3,000 people throughout the day and hosting 14 drum groups and over 200 Native dancers. It was a huge success and we are looking forward to year #2.
Any questions or if you would like to get involved and/or co-sponsor this year's Powwow, please contact Jennifer Simon, Director of American Indian Student Services and Advisor to AISA at 612.330.1144 or simonj@augsburg.edu
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Friday, January 29:
Women's Swimming at Macalester Mini-Invitational.
Men's Hockey vs. Hamline, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m.
Women's Hockey at Hamline, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, January 30:
Wrestling at St. John's North Country Open and Grand View (Iowa) Open, 9 a.m.
Men's/Women's Track and Field at Wisconsin-Stout Invitational, 12 p.m.
Women's Swimming at Macalester Mini-Invitational, 1 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. St. Olaf, Si Melby Hall, 1 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. St. Olaf, Si Melby Hall, 3 p.m.
Women's Hockey vs. Hamline, Augsburg Ice Arena, 7:05 p.m.
Men's Hockey at Hamline, 7:15 p.m.
Monday, February 1:
Women's Basketball vs. Gustavus, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball at Gustavus, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 3:
Women's Basketball at Concordia-Moorhead, 5:45 p.m.
Men's Basketball at Concordia-Moorhead, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, February 4:
Wrestling at Wartburg (Iowa), 7 p.m.
Johnson Featured in "Profiles of Excellence"
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/1/28/mhoc012810.aspx?path=mhockey
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College men's hockey forward Chris Johnson (SR, Verona, Wis./Madison Memorial HS) is featured in the latest installment of the College Sporting News "MIAC Profiles of Excellence" series by Rich Mies.
Read the online story:
http://www.collegesportingnews.com/content.php?160-MIAC-Profiles-of-Excellence-Chris-Johnson-Augsburg-College
The series profiles outstanding senior student-athletes from the 13 schools of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
Johnson is a two-year captain for the Auggie men's hockey team, and has been the subject of several profiles in recent weeks. His father, Mark Johnson, is the head coach of the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team for the upcoming Vancouver Winter Olympics (and is also the women's hockey head coach at the University of Wisconsin), and was a member of the "Miracle on Ice" 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey gold-medal-winning team. Chris' grandfather was the late "Badger Bob" Johnson, a legendary coach at both the collegiate and pro level.
Chris Johnson recently surpassed the 100-point mark for his career, now standing with 102 points (36 goals, 66 assists) in 94 career games as an Auggie.
Massey Named D-III Wrestler of the Week
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/1/28/wres012810.aspx?path=wrestling
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College wrestler Jared Massey (JR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) was named the D3wrestle.com/WWSport.com Wrestler of the Week, it was announced on Thursday by D3wrestle.com, a website that covers NCAA Division III wrestling.
The defending NCAA Division III national champion at 197 pounds, Massey delivered two key victories enabling the No. 1-ranked Auggies to stay unbeaten in dual meets last week. In Augsburg's 18-12 win over top-ranked Division II squad Nebraska-Omaha last Friday, Massey clinched the win for the Auggies when he topped UNO's Jacob Marrs 6-2 in battle of the top-ranked 197-pound wrestlers in their respective divisions. On Sunday, Massey scored a 14-2, major-decision win to clinch the Auggies' 20-13 win at No. 6-ranked Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Massey, the No. 1-ranked wrestler in Division III at 197, is now 16-0 on the season with six pins and three major decisions. In his two seasons as an Auggie, Massey is now 46-1. A two-time Minnesota high school state champion wrestler who competed at Division I Wisconsin in the 2003-04 season, he returned to collegiate wrestling in the 2008-09 campaign after four years away from the sport and dominated throughout the season, finishing 30-1 with 16 pins and three major decisions to claim the 44th individual national title in Augsburg wrestling history.
Augsburg returns to action on Saturday (1/30) at 9 a.m., splitting its squad for action at the St. John's North Country Open and the Grand View (Iowa) Open.
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Babysitter Needed
Seeking a reliable babysitter for my hilarious, high-energy three-year-old son.
I would need you two days each week, for about 3 to 5 hours each day. I can be somewhat flexible with which days and hours.
If you're interested, please email me with your availability and pay requirements at hamlinr@augsburg.edu
Sofa/Loveseat/Chair/Ottoman For Sale
Camel/Tan color leather sofa, loveseat, chair & ottoman for sale. The set going for $500 b/o. Contact Amy Daugherty at (612) 330-1031 for details.
Pediatrician, Plumber, Electrician Recommendation?
Couple of big projects that I need recommendations on:
1) lovely and healthy Olivia just joined our family, and now we need pediatrician to keep an eye on her. We live in SE Minneapolis and looking for someone nearby, and our medical philosophy falls somewhere is the middle of the conventional-alternative spectrum.
2) the city is making us get retroactive permits for work that was done in our home before we bought it. We need a plumber, electrician, and possibly a general contractor. If you know of anyone that could help, or have ever gone through this process yourself, please share.