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International Internships this Summer and Fall

There's still time to apply to intern or study abroad this Summer or Fall (CGE, International Partners and Exchanges and affiliate programs)

1-2-3 Steps to Study Abroad

1. Attend a Group Advising Meeting. http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/advising.html

2. Choose a program.
http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/region.html

3. Apply by the deadline.
*March 15 (summer and fall)
*Oct. 1 (January + Spring 2011)
http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/apply.html


Questions? devega@augsburg.edu or stop into Murphy Place 200.

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CTL Faculty Summer Research 2010

FACULTY SUMMER RESEARCH GUIDELINES 2010

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

Application Date: March 12, 2010 for the summer 2010. Late applications will not be considered.

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.

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Dean's Summer Scholarship Grants

Summer, 2010

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 Grants 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 faculty to accelerate completion of a significant project.

Description and Eligibility

Three $4,000 Augsburg Summer Scholarship Grants will be awarded for Summer 2010. All tenure-track faculty who are in at least their second year of their tenure-track contract are eligible to apply.

Faculty who receive a Dean’s Summer Scholarship Grant are not eligible to teach more than one course during the summer.

Application Process

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 in the Center for Teaching and Learning no later than March 12, 2010. Grant recipients submit a progress report in fall 2009 and a short final report by Feb. 1, 2011.

Applications are evaluated by the Faculty Development Committee, recommendations are forwarded to the Dean, and awards are announced in early April.

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Instructional and Course Design Summer 2010

Instructional and Course Design Summer Stipends
Call for Proposals - Summer 2010

The Instructional and Course Design initiative in the Center for Teaching and Learning invites proposals for design-based course creation or revision projects to be undertaken during Summer 2010 and completed by the end of Spring term 2011. Proposals are Due March 15 and funding decisions will be made by March 25. Faculty who are creating new learning experiences or revising existing ones are encouraged to submit.
Program Description.
Funding levels are intended to provide a realistic alternative to teaching summer courses in order to re-direct faculty effort to design questions and have a direct impact on the effectiveness of mainline academic year courses. The program supports both design-based critique and revision of existing courses or programs and design-based creation of new courses or programs. The stipend amount is $4000 and the expected time commitment during the summer is one full-time month equivalent.
Submission, Selection Process, and Selection Criteria
You are encouraged to attend one of the two Design Proposal Guidance sessions offered in early March (dates and times TBA) featuring some previous Design Project Leaders.

Proposals are due by March 15, 2010 and should follow the requested format to facilitate evaluation and turnaround. The proposal form / guidelines are available by request to CTL and are also available in Stu Anderson's public folder (facstaff / physics / anderstu / ICD materials). Submit your proposal directly to the Asst. Director for IC&D at the following address:
anderstu@augsburg.edu
All on-time proposals will be evaluated by the IC&D committee composed of the Asst. Director of CTL for IC&D, a member of the IT staff, a member of the library staff, and a representative from CFD. Decisions will be made by March 25.

Projects are selected on the basis of the overall impact of the proposed student learning improvements, including the need for the project and the significance of the proposed improvements.
Project Execution and Compensation.
Kickoff meeting. Awardees will meet with the Asst. Director for IC&D and each other during April before commencing work on the project as well as while the work is progressing over the summer. The purpose of the initial meetings is to clarify the expectations of the design process (working from learning objectives to evidence to assessments to choice of instruction) as it relates to each particular project, set timetables for subsequent gatherings and communication during the project, and identify fruitful connections to design and resource expertise within the library, IT, or other areas.

Communication during the project. During the project work period, the awardee will maintain communication with the Asst. Director and others as agreed upon in the initial meeting to report progress and acquire assistance with the design effort.

Final Report. After the project is completed, the awardee will prepare and submit a written report that summarizes the results the work, focusing principally on extent to which the learning objectives that drove the design process were achieved as well as the effectiveness of the IC&D process in achieving these results. In addition, the report should include a portfolio of all materials whose modification (before and after versions) or creation resulted from the project. Specifics on report format and content will be discussed during the project period. Finally, participants are expected to serve as resources in discussions for the benefit of others interested in undertaking design projects.

Stipend Disbursement. Release of stipend funds will occur in three parts: half to be released after successful initial meetings, one quarter after the design work is completed, and the final quarter after the course has run for the first time and the final report is received and accepted.

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Oral History Workshop - TONIGHT

Oral history is a great way to record the stories of interesting people and events in your lives and communities. If you've ever thought about doing an oral history project, please consider attending a 90-minute workshop with James Fogerty of the Minnesota Historical Society, on Thursday, March 4, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Mr. Fogerty directs the State's oral history projects and has a wealth of energy, information and experience to share. The workshop will be held in Old Main 210.

Please join us~

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Submit to Murphy Square

Murphy Square, Augsburg College's Literary and Visual Arts Journal, is now accepting submissions for the 2010 edition. If you (students, faculty, or staff!) have poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction or visual art that you would like to submit, please follow the guidelines below.

This is an excellent opportunity to have your work published! Murphy Square is a student run organization that hopes to illuminate and showcase the artistic talents of Augsburg students and professors.

Submission guidelines: Please submit a .doc file in Times New Roman font to murphysq@augsburg.eudu. In the body of the email please include the title of the piece and the author's name. Please note that the author's name should not appear on any of the documents with in the file. Also, the title of the document should be the name of the work.
Please submit art in a .jpeg format. The attachment size limit is 20 MB for anyone sending an attachment from one Augsburg address to another. It is only 10 MB if one email's to an Augsburg address from an external address. Please keep this in mind in your submissions.

Deadline for submission: Friday, March 12, 2010 at Midnight.

If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Sanow (sanow@augsburg.edu).

We look forward to your work!

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Students: We’re Interested in Your Feedback

Your opinions matter to us! We are inviting you to complete a short survey about your experiences at Augsburg. Your feedback will provide us with insights about the aspects of your experience which are most important to you as well as how satisfied you are with them. Your responses will help us determine what we’re doing well and what opportunities we have for improvement.

Please check your Augsburg email account today for the survey link.

The survey is available for a limited time so please take a moment to tell us what you think!

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Exploring the Earthquake in Chile in Spanish

Practice your Spanish as we examine information about the recent earthquake in Chile. We will watch several internet news clips in Spanish and discuss them in our group. The setting is very informal and you don't need to speak Spanish well to join us. All language levels are welcome - we promise there won't be any grammar lessons! Please join us this Thurs., 3/4, from 11:00 - 12:30 in the Augsburg Rm., 2nd fl Christensen Center. Drop in for 10 mins. or for the whole session, whatever works for you. Bring your lunch if you wish. 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!

Remember, every time you join us in conversacion, you get a raffle ticket for a movie or a music CD in Spanish!

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Additional Religion 300 Section Now Available

Attention WEC Students,
Due to a high demand, we have just added a new REL 300 section to the Spring WEC schedule. The new section is Religion 300 C.
To register for this course, please check out Records and Registration.
Thank you!
Tracy

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Reception for Bishop Kameeta from Namibia

All are invited to a reception for Bishop Zephania Kameeta, Evangeical Lutheran Church in Namibia.
Century Room
Thursday, March 4
3:00 p.m.
Refreshments provided.
Bishop Kameeta's will talk about his vocation story and life experience in the struggle for Namibian liberation, as a deputy speaker of the National Assembly, and as a pastor and Bishop of the ELCRN. He is committed to addressing poverty, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS and the need for racial reconciliation in his country. Bishop Kameeta will be on a panel at the Peace Prize Forum on Saturday forenoon, but come hear his vocation story at this reception. Bring a friend.

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AISA Presents Augsburg's 2nd Traditional Powwow

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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American Indian Storytelling

"The Sacred Use of Tobacco"

American Indian Storytelling

Thursday, March 4, 2010
6:30 - 9 PM

Augsburg College - FOSS CENTER
22nd Ave. S. and Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN



Guests: Louie Foote,
Colin Wesau, Robert Desjarlait,
Wakinyan LaPointe & Bros.
Rick Gresczyk, and more…



FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Parking in Lot L (25th & Riverside Ave.)
Contact: jacobsos@augsburg.edu for parking permit


Hosted by: Augsburg Students in AIS 322
American Indian Storytelling Class

FRYBREAD Courtesy of:
Two Buffalo Construction Supplies


Sponsored by Augsburg College:
American Indian Student Services,
The Center of Global Education
and
The Indigenous Peoples Task Force -
Tobacco Prevention Program

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20 Minutes to Graduation

Thank you for turning in your graduation application!

We would like to invite you to meet with a staff Academic Advisor to review your final graduation application to make sure you have a plan to finish all of your remaining requirements. These "20 Minutes to Graduation" appointments will be the week of March 8th. We want to make sure you didn't miss anything on the graduation application form, which is your final degree audit!!!

To register for an appointment, go to Moodle and click Senior Graduation Advising, then Appointment Registration to schedule your appointment. You will receive a reminder email the day before your appointment.

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Nobel Peace Prize Forum

Online registration for the Nobel Peace Prize Forum has closed, but you have NOT missed the opportunity to attend the Forum. 2008 Nobel Peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari will deliver the keynote address on Friday evening and other excellent speakers are scheduled for Saturday. Registration is free for Augsburg students, faculty and staff. You may register in the lobby of Melby Hall after 5:30 p.m. on Friday or on Saturday morning.
Click on the Nobel Peace Prize Forum icon on Inside Augsburg or go to: www.peaceprizeforum.org to see the program and this wonderful opportunity to learn about peacemaking in a troubled world.

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PASU Fashion Show

Our Theme is Pan-Afrikan Pride!

We have an exciting show planned for everyone!! Many performances of singing, poetic performances, dance and rap, with of course much modeling. Join us!
March 11, Thursday at 7pm in the Commons of Christiansen Center.

There will be chicken and Sambusa following the show!!

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"Nobel Peace Portraits" Reception - Tomorrow

"Nobel Peace Portraits"

Christensen Center Student Art Gallery
Main Floor, Christensen Center

March 5 - 7, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, March 5, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Minnesota-based photographer Doug Knutson presents his black and white portraits of past Nobel Laureates in conjunction with the Nobel Peace Prize Forum held at Augsburg College on March 5 and 6. Knutson has photographed fourteen of the Nobel Peace Laureates: The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Lech Walesa, Betty Williams, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Rigoberta Menchu, Joseph Rotblad, Jose Ramos-Horta, Jody Williams, David Trimble, Muhammad Yunus, Mohamed ElBaradei and Wangari Maathai. These photographs, along with his portraits of speakers from previous Nobel Peace Prize Forums, will be on display at Augsburg.

Knutson went to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, to receive his B.A. and returned to Minneapolis where he has been working as a photographer for twenty-four years. He has also studied with photographers Mary Ellen Mark and Arnold Newman.

All events are free and open to the public.

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Feminist Film Friday This Friday

Please join the Women's Resource Center for this week's Feminist Film Friday. All are welcome to come and take some well needed time out of our busy schedules to enjoy a film in celebration of Women's History Month.

This week we will be showing the film "Viva la Vulva: Women's Sex Organs Revealed."

Created and narrated by Betty Dodson, artist, author, and Ph.D sexologist, this film celebrates 25 years of Dodson's "pioneering work to reveal the beauty of women's genitals." Throughout the film, Dodson works to promote positive genital imagery through discussions surrounding the relationship that the participating women have with their vulva. In addition, the film portrays the process of taking portraits of the vulva, a detailed description of genital anatomy, and self-message. This film takes a unique approach to encouraging a woman's genital self-acceptance and sexual growth that is worth checking out!

Hot beverages are always provided along with delicious POPCORN!

Again, Feminist Film Friday THIS FRIDAY March 3rd, from 3:30-5:30 in the Women's Resource Center (SVE 207)

All are welcome! So please come and relax, watch, and discuss.

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American Indian Storytelling

"The Sacred Use of Tobacco"
Thursday, March 4, 2010
6:30 - 9 PM
Augsburg College - FOSS CENTER
22nd Ave. S. and Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN

Guests: Louie Foote,
Colin Wesau, Robert Desjarlait,
Wakinyan LaPointe & Bros.
Rick Gresczyk, and more…
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Parking in Lot L (25th & Riverside Ave.)
Contact: jacobsos@augsburg.edu for parking permit
Hosted by: Augsburg Students in AIS 322
American Indian Storytelling Class
FRYBREAD Courtesy of:
Two Buffalo Construction Supplies
Sponsored by Augsburg College:
American Indian Student Services,
The Center of Global Education
and
The Indigenous Peoples Task Force -
Tobacco Prevention Program

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3rd Student Group Workshop TONIGHT

Creating Access: How to Make Your Programming More Accessible
Tonight!
5:00-7:00pm
OGC 113

Presented by Laura Cannata and Sadie Curtis

Has your student group fulfilled their workshop requirements?!

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Hello: Luther/Oren Gateway Residence Hall Director

Ali Pickens joined the Augsburg College Residence Life team in January 2010. She graduated from Ball State University, in Muncie, IN, with a Master's in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education in June 2009. Prior to that, she completed a bachelors degree from Hamline University in St. Paul, MN with a double-major in Global Studies and Spanish, with a double-minor in Latin American Studies and Legal Studies in 2007. Most recently, Ali worked at Century College in White Bear Lake, MN in Student Life and Leadership. At Ball State University she was a graduate assistant in the Multicultural Center and a practicum student in Housing and Residence Life. Prior to pursuing her master's degree, she worked at General Mills, in Golden Valley, MN, as an account trade specialist. Before that, she worked for Nacel Open Door, a high-school international exchange organization as the travel director.

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Roommate Wanted

Looking for a female roommate for the upcoming school year, who wants to live in either Mort or Anderson. Contact me at taylor@augsburg.edu so we can meet up and see if we can live together

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