Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
Teaching and Learning
General Announcements
- Weight Watchers at Work
- Summer Housing Credit Available
- It's Time to Nominate an Outstanding Staff Member
- Echo Writing Workshop
- Lost: USB Flash Drive - $40 Reward
- OGC Housing Applications Now Available
- Spanish Conversation this Thursday
- 2010 Summer Bridge Residential Peer Mentor
- Free Professional Counseling at CCHP
- Career and Internship Questions?
- Financial Aid Priority Deadline for Day Students
Event Announcements
Keeping Track of Auggies
Auggie Athletics
Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
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
Scholarly Writing Retreat
May 17-19, 2010
Dunrovin Retreat Center
Faculty: do you wish you had uninterrupted time to write / work on scholarship? The Committee on Faculty Development and the Scholarly Writers Group is sponsoring a short scholarly working/writing retreat at Dunrovin designed to allow faculty some time away from campus to focus entirely on scholarship. There is no schedule attached to this retreat - it is simply time and space to work on scholarship.
The retreat will take place Monday, May 17 at 1pm (after lunch) through Wednesday, May 19 at 1pm (after lunch). The cost will be $177 + tax, including meals. There are 8 spaces left.
At this point, we are not expecting to be able to offer any subsidies, but if there are funds left over from the Life of Mind Retreat, we hope to be able to apply them.
Study in Namibia or Guatemala this Summer
Application deadline: March 1st
Don't miss this opportunity to learn about contemporary and historical issues impacting development and social change in Southern Africa through internships, homestays, and travel through Namibia!
•Development and Social Change in Southern Africa
May 30 to August 8, 2010
2 credits. AugExperience and Internships in HIS,INS and POL
Internships are available in organizations addressing homelessness, HIV/AIDS, environmental conservation, media/journalism, and microfinance, among others.
Study Spanish in Guatemala this SUMMER!
Participate in a one-on-one Spanish course, learn about Mayan spirituality, and explore the culture of Guatemala through homestays, meetings with indigenous leaders, and trips to spiritual sites!
•Spanish Language and Mayan Spirituality
May 30 to July 2
2 credits. AugExperience, AIS & SPA Elective, Modern Language Skill
To learn more about our programs, application, and scholarship opportunities contact Dulce at monterru@augsburg.edu, or sign up for a Group Advising Meeting or Walk-In Advising time in Murphy Place.
Find photos, syllabi, application, blogs and more at http://www.augsburg.edu/global/summer/guatemala.html
$500 Grant for Fall Study Abroad
Study abroad Fall 2010 through any of our semester programs and get a $500 grant automatically!
•Sustainable Development and Social Change
4 credits. AugExperience, Critical Thinking, Humanities, Modern Language
•Crossing Borders: Gender and Social Change in Mesoamerica
4 credits. AugExperience, Critical Thinking, Humanities, Lifetime Activity,
Modern Language, REL 200
•International Business and Global Citizenship
4 credits. AugExperience, Internships for credit, Lifetime Activity,
Modern Language, REL 200
•Nation Building, Globalization and Decolonizing the Mind
4 credits. AugExperience, Humanities, Internships for credit
To learn more about our programs, application, and scholarship opportunities contact Dulce at monterru@augsburg.edu, or sign up for a Group Advising Meeting or Walk-In Advising time in Murphy Place.
Application deadline: March 1st
Find photos, syllabi, application, blogs and more at http://www.augsburg.edu/global/semesters/
Distinguished Contributions 2010
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
• 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.
CTL Night at the Theater
TAMING OF THE SHREW (a re-envisioning)
Directed by Darcey Engen
The Center for Teaching and Learning invites Augsburg faculty and staff to attend the Theatre Department's MainStage production of "Taming of the Shrew (a re-envisioning)," on February 13th at 7:00 pm. A limited number of free tickets to this showing will be available to the first faculty and staff contacting Terry Martin at martin@augsburg.edu . Attendees are invited to a dessert reception and discussion immediately following the production in the Foss Concourse area. Theater department faculty and Director Darcey Engen along with student actors from the show will be part of a discussion during the dessert reception. Please join us for this event.
Scholastic Connections Application Deadline 3/1
Scholastic Connections is a scholarship and mentorship program for undergraduate 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
Life of the Mind Retreat
Spring Faculty/Staff Workshop
"The Chemistry of Well-Being," March 12 (1:30 p.m.-6:00) and March 13 (9:00 a.m.-12:30) at Augsburg College!
Join noted author Henry Emmons, MD, author of The Chemistry of Joy for workshops on the chemistry of joy and the chemistry of calm. Special breakout workshops will feature the benefits and practices of yoga, mindfulness meditation, breathing strategies and research and Native American Spirituality and wellness. Participation is limited. Please contact Terri Martin, Center for Teaching and Learning at martin@augsburg.edu for more information. Leave your name and an e-mail address so that further registration information and workshop schedule can be sent to you.
General Announcements
Weight Watchers at Work
Weight Watchers At Work – FREE Informational Meeting Wed. Feb. 10th 12pm-1pm Lindell Library 301
Are you interested in being part of a Weight Watchers At Work group? Join us for this Free informational meeting to learn more about the program. If there is a minimum of 15 people interested, the regular meetings will be for 12 weeks on Wednesdays from 12-1pm (Feb. 17-May 5th) The cost for the program is $156.00 (with no registration fee). A three-part payment is offered or you can pay in full at the first meeting. If interested, please e-mail your name and phone number to hr@augsburg.edu by Friday, February 5th.
Please Note: If you are a current Weight Watchers Member in your community and are paying by the week or using pre-payment coupons, you are welcome to transfer to the At Work program. However, if you are currently utilizing the Monthly Pass, it does not transfer to the At Work program and does not allow you to attend At Work meetings. You always have the option of canceling the pass to take advantage of the convenience of the At Work program.
Summer Housing Credit Available
Students who work on-campus 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.
It's Time to Nominate an Outstanding Staff Member
Augsburg College Staff Senate
Staff Recognition Program
Take the time to recognize a deserving colleague!
Nomination form and information available at:
http://web.augsburg.edu/staffsenate/StaffRecognition.pdf
Deadline for nominations is Friday, February 19. Submit materials to Sally Daniels at CB 146 or OGC 300.
Echo Writing Workshop!
Attention all students!
The Echo will be holding a short workshop for writers during Chapel time on Thursday, February 4. We will give a short overview on AP journalistic style and ways to tailor your articles to specific sections. In addition, the fabulous Cass Dalglish will be there to give extra special tips.
We'd like to see as many people as possible come in and start to write for us, so please attend! We will provide some breakfast-y snacks as well.
If you feel you need more information, email echo@augsburg.edu. If not, we'll see you Thursday!
Lost: USB Flash Drive - $40 Reward
I have lost a Sandisk Cruzer USB Drive. It is black plastic with a slide-out USB connection. The writing on the back is very worn down. It was most likely lost in Sverdrup Hall or somewhere along 22nd Ave South.
If you find this flash drive, I will pay you $40 cash up front. Please call me if you find it: 651-338-9244.
Thanks,
-Phil
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
Spanish Conversation this Thursday
Looking for a place to practice your Spanish? Then Spanish conversation is just what you're looking for, a place where you get the chance to practice your Spanish in a relaxed and friendly setting. All language levels are welcome to join us - we promise there will be no grammar lessons! We meet every Thursday from 11:00 - 12:30 on the 2nd floor of the Christensen Center, in the Riverside Room. Signs will be posted. Come for 10 mins. or for the whole session, whatever works for you. You are welcome to bring your lunch. If you have any questions, contact Emiliano Chagil, ext. 1309; Anita Fisher, ext. 1082 or Kate Reinhardt, ext. 1081. We hope to see you there!
2010 Summer Bridge Residential Peer Mentor
Do you want to have fun and make a difference for new first year students this summer? TRIO/Student Support Services (TRIO/SSS) is now accepting applications for the position of Summer Bridge 2010 Residential Peer Mentor (RPM).
TRIO/SSS Summer Bridge is a 5-week residential academic program for 25 TRIO-eligible incoming first-year Augsburg students who will also participate in TRIO/SSS during the academic year. Students take two summer classes and participate in supplemental instruction seminars, study groups, college transition workshops, and fun activities.
RPMs will be responsible for monitoring the safety and well being of TRIO/SSS Summer Bridge participants, as well as facilitating and participating in evening TRIO/SSS Summer Bridge activities.
There are four openings (2 male, 2 female) for this live-in position. The RPM position is full-time, variable hours, from July 11 - August 12, 2010, with additional training dates in June 2010.
A complete job description, job requirements, compensation and application information are available in the TRIO/SSS Office (SCI 152) and will soon be available on the TRIO/SSS website, www.augsburg.edu/triosss.
The application deadline is Monday, February 15, 2010 so apply now!!!
Free Professional Counseling at CCHP
As a new semester is underway, we want to remind all students that free, confidential, professional counseling is available right here on campus at the CCHP office. As an Augsburg student you receive up to ten sessions of counseling each academic year. Several professional counselors are available to meet with you Monday through Friday. 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. And it is always confidential -- what you talk about at CCHP, stays at CCHP!
If you are interested in meeting with someone, please call Dianne in the CCHP office at 612-330-1707 to make an appointment or stop by the CCHP house on the corner of 21st & 7th.
For more information about CCHP check out our website at www.augsburg.edu/cchp
Career and Internship Questions?
Stop by our table in the Library Link every Wednesday afternoon from 1-4 p.m. There will be a career counselor available to assist you with your resume, interviewing skills, making appointments, and general questions that relate to your job and internship search. The Strommen Career and Internship Center is also open daily and we are located in the lower level of Anderson Hall. x1148
Financial Aid Priority Deadline for Day students
For all DAY students, the priority deadline date to submit your financial aid documents is MARCH 1. You must submit the FAFSA, Augsburg Aid Form and 2009 Federal taxes.
Turn in your financial aid documents by March 1 to be entered in a drawing to win an iPod touch.
Come and learn about how to fill out your financial aid AND be entered in for a $250 scholarship drawing!
Wednesday, February 3
2:30 pm Student Lounge
Event Announcements
First Wednesday Gathering
First Wednesday Gathering
Please join us for First Wednesday Gathering lunch today 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!
Meet Alumni from Target Corp, Wells Fargo and More
Have you registered yet for the Alumni & Student Networking event?
The deets:
This Thursday, February 4th
5:30-7:30 p.m.
East Commons
RSVP to Amanda Storm at storma@augsburg.edu
The format of the event is as follows:
5:30-6:00 Hors d'oeuvres & informal networking
6:00-6:45 Dale Carnegie Presentation & Activity, "Creating Connections: The Power of Networking"
6:45-7:30 Additional time for networking
The following businesses & industries will be represented:
Target Corp.
Hewlett Packard
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
Key Surgical
Providence Place
KnowledgeSphere, Inc. dba AdviCoach
Association of Business Process Mgmt Professionals
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
Synergy Information Services Inc.
Fogg & Powers LLC
The Re-Systems Group
Event Lab, LLC.
Principal Financial Group
Empire Beauty Schools
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Dungarvin MN
Daniel Hickle Insurance
Wells Fargo Financial
In-Home Daycare/Mary Kay Cosmetics
MN Private College Job and Internship Fair
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
Rescue Haiti Event
RESCUE HAITI
FEBRUARY 3rd, 2010
7 PM
SATEREN AUDITORIUM
BRING DONATIONS
This is fundraising and community event for the Augsburg and greater Minneapolis Community to come together in support for relief for the people in Haiti. This event will involve a talent show and art sale. The funds will be going to the Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development.
Event Details: February 3rd, 2010 at 7 pm in the Sateren Auditorium. Please try to wear something red to the event!
For community members attending there will be parking passes available by emailing dirie@augsburg.edu. Cash, Check and Credit Card will be accepted.
Sponsored by Campus Ministry, MPIRG, AASA & MSA
PASU Black History Month Chill Night
In celebration of Black History Month PASU will be hosting a few movie nights devoted to BLACK History Month in Science 123 at 5:30pm Feb. 5th, FRIDAY... The audience gets to pick the movie. There will be SNACKS!
TIAA Cref Individual Counseling Sessions
This Individual Counseling Session will help you simplify your retirement by:
-Providing objective advice and asset allocation based on your individual needs
-Showing you how you can obtain a personalized actionable plan
-Recommending fund selections to keep you on track to and through retirement
-Reviewing your retirement income options
Date(s) Time(s) Location(s)
Wed, Feb 10, 2010 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Christensen Center, Century Room
Thurs, Feb 11, 2010 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Christensen Center, Century Room
Sign up today:
To schedule a counseling session, please call Anjali at 952-830-3118.
Augsburg Production of The Vagina Monologues
Directed by Augsburg student Julia Sewell and featuring an all-Augsburg cast, the "Vagina Monologues" is a play written by Eve Ensler and performed annually - and internationally - on Valentine's Day to raise awareness about violence against women. Proceeds from the Augsburg production will go to benefit the House of Sharing, which houses and supports surviving Korean "comfort women" who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.
Performance Dates: February 11th and 13th at 7:30 p.m. and February 14th at 2 p.m. in the Sateren Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for Augsburg students and $5 for faculty, staff, and the broader community. Tickets will be available at the door and in Christensen during the week of February 8.
Keeping Track of Auggies
LA Times Quotes Schield - Quantitative Literacy
LA Times quotes Milo Schield on Quantitative Literacy
Milo Schield, Department of Business Administration, was interviewed and quoted in an Opinion commentary in the January 31 Los Angeles Times by reporter Doug Smith. See http://bit.ly/aOaEpt
Here's an extract:
I've always thought that every aspiring reporter should be required to take a statistics course. If reporters were better versed in the subject, they'd be less likely to assume, say, that a high mortality rate means a hospital is bad.
"The hospital with the highest mortality rate in Los Angeles is probably the best one," said Milo Schield, a professor of statistical literacy at Augsburg College in Minneapolis and director of the W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project. It is more likely to handle the sickest patients, and thus more likely to have patients die.
Schield, who is about to publish a research paper on statistical literacy for journalists, said journalists are failed by an educational system that doesn't distinguish well between math and quantitative literacy, and they're not alone.
"You can be educated in calculus and be uneducated in quantitative literacy," he said.
Newspapers should always break large numbers down into rates that make sense, he said. Rather than simply talking about California's $59-billion education budget, newspapers should break that out as $4,900 per household (ouch!), not the $4.90 it would be if the figure were in millions.
Schield has created a course called quantitative journalism. * He'd like to see it become standard in all journalism schools. "Most stories get more support by having numbers," Schield said. "Knowing how to use those numbers is an art like any other."
[Unfortunately the reporter mixed up my Statistical Literacy course with my discussion of Cass Dalglish's Quantitative Journalism course.]
Auggie Athletics
Ward, Telphia Named MIAC Athletes of Week
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/2/2/trk020110.aspx?path=mtrack
MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College track and field athletes Nick Ward (JR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Shanek Telphia (FY, Chicago, Ill./Gage Park) were named the MIAC Athletes of the Week, it was announced on Monday by the conference office.
Ward ran an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark of 6.46 seconds in his first race of the year in the 55 meter dash at UW-Stout's Warren Bowlus Open. Ward finished first out of 43 competitors in the event, setting a new Augsburg school record and posting the top time in the MIAC in the process. Ward broke the Augsburg school record held by Matthew Shannon and Derik Thaden (6.49) set in 2001, 2003 and 2004. Ward also claimed a third-place finish in the long jump (6.31 meters, 20-8.5) and an eighth place finish in the 200 meters (24.16)
In her collegiate debut, Telphia finished first in the 200 meter dash at the UW-Stout-Warren Bowlus Open on Saturday. Her time of 26.27 was nearly a second ahead of the runner-up in the race and is the fastest time in the MIAC this season. Telphia also finished second in the long jump at the meet with a distance of 5.04 meters (16-6.5).
The Augsburg men's and women's track and field teams return to action on Saturday (2/6) when they travel to Arden Hills to take part in the Bethel Invitational.
Classifieds
Timberwolves Tickets For A Good Cause
The Institutional Advancement Office just received approximately 100 tickets from a generous donor for the Timberwolves game on Saturday night, February 6, against Memphis. The game is at 7:00 pm, and the tickets are all in the lower level of the Target Center. The agreement that was worked out with the donor was that the tickets would be available for a minimum contribution to the Augsburg Fund of at least $25 per ticket. These tickets retail for $60 - $125, and they will be on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like tickets, please e-mail casperso@augsburg.edu. The tickets will go fast, so come and enjoy the evening with other Auggies...for a good cause!
Whirlpool Microwave For Sale
Are you looking for a microwave? We have one for you! Whirlpool, black color, excellent condition, barely used, 1 cu. Asking price $40.00. Please contact Professor Magda Paleczny-Zapp at paleczny@augsburg.edu