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Sustainable Cooking Class

The cooking class from MPIRG and Campus Kitchens is starting this week!

The classes are held at St. Martin's Table (on corner of 20th ave. and riverside). We are going to be learning how to make a delicious meal with Chef Judah, plus getting tips on basic kitchen skills. Afterwards, we'll take time to eat the meal and discuss food issues, including sustainability and locality. The classes cost $10 a piece, or $40 for all five courses--each happens THURSDAY evenings from 5:00 to 7:00, starting March 25.

Please visit our registration form: http://tinyurl.com/cookingapp to sign up.

Here's the tentative menu:
Mar. 25th: Kenyan Peanut
April 1: Brazilian Black Bean
April 8: Hungarian Mushroom
April 15: Creamy Sweet Potato Leek
April 22: Indian Split Pea

If you would like any more information, contact Mo at allen@augsburg.edu or Mark at spicer@augsburg.edu

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Nominate A Staff Member for Staff Senate

Would you or someone you know be a good fit for Staff Senate?

We are looking for four Staff Senators to begin two-year terms (with the option of a third year) that begin in Fall 2010.

E-mail the name of your nominee (self-nominations are welcome) to tilton@augsburg.edu by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 9

Voting will take place from April 14–23.

Senators who are completing their terms:
Brenda Hemmingsen, Matt Rumpza, Sandy Tilton, Becky Waggoner

Senators who will be remaining on Senate:
Kelsey Richardson Blackwell, Sally Daniels, Mel Lee, Jen Nagorski

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Summer Housing Credit Agreement 2010

Students who work 600 hours during the summer (May 2-September 4, 2010) may be eligible for a summer housing credit (campus residences only) of $834.00. 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). Students may work a maximum of 40 hours per week.

To apply for the student housing credit, students need to complete paperwork for Human Resources and Residence Life.

1) In Human Resources, students can pick up a Summer Housing Credit Agreement 2010 or go to the public drive: O/Human Resources/Public/Student Employment/Forms/Summer Housing Credit Agreement 2010. Students and their supervisor need to complete the agreement and sign it. Completed Summer Housing Credit Agreements 2010 are due to Human Resources by Tuesday, May 12, 2010. For questions on this information, please contact Human Resources at hr@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1058.

2) Students also need to sign up for summer housing through Residence Life. Student Housing contracts are available on the counter of Anderson Hall or go to AugNet/Residence Life/Housing & Operations/Summer Housing/Summer Housing Contract. Contracts may only be turned in between March 22, 2010 and April 9, 2010 to the Anderson Residence Life Office. For housing questions, please contact Cyndy Rowe at rowe@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1488.

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Open Forum - March 24, 2010

Come to the first ever Student Government OPEN FORUM!
March 24th, 2010
Coffee Shop 3pm

Student Government is giving you a chance to voice your concerns to Department Heads. From Student Affairs to Facilities and From Center for Counseling and Health Promotion to the Department of Public Safety.

HAVE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!

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Augsburg Swing Dance Club

Hey Everyone,

Come and be a part of the club with the most rhythm and groove. Become an officer in the Augsburg Swing Dance Club for 2010-2011 Academic year! To learn more, stop by our class this Tuesday from 8:00-9:30 in Si Melby 128, beginners are definitely welcome!

-John
Augsburg Swing Dance Club

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Murphy Square Deadline Extended

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.

The folks at Murphy Square would like to apologize for the confusion caused by the email address for submissions. Since it was our mistake, we would like to extend the deadline of Murphy Square to Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at Midnight. Please send your submissions to either murphysquare@augsburg.edu or murphysq@augsburg.edu as we have heard that either should be excepting submissions.

As always, we look forward to seeing and reading your works.

Submission guidelines: Please submit a .doc file in Times New Roman font to murphysq@augsburg.edu or murphysquare@augsburg.edu. 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 within 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.

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

We look forward to your work!

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Online Timecards Need Approvals - Effective March 21

Important changes for all students, staff and faculty currently using Web Time Entry for timesheets

We have been on the new online Web Time Entry system for 6 pay periods and have solved most of the problems students and biweekly employees have experienced using the system.

Thus far, employees have been paid for their hours whether or not their timecards were approved. Now that employees have been using the system, it is time to begin requiring managers and employees to approve hours before they can be paid. Back in the "old days" of paper timesheets, we did not pay for hours on timesheets that were not signed off by employees and supervisors. It is time to reinforce that policy again.

Effective this current pay period of 03/21/10 – 4/3/10 (for payday Friday, 4/9/10), any time sheet not approved by the employee AND the manager will not be paid until approved. Any time sheets approved after the 12-noon deadline on Tuesday will be added to the next payroll 2 weeks later. Always ensure you are approving the correct pay period. If you are approving the timesheet on Monday, you will need to make sure your are approving the "previous pay period."

Timecards with no hours also need to be approved by both employee and manager. If the employee is no longer working in the position, the manager needs to send an e-mail to hr@augsburg.edu to let us know.

To check if the timecard has been approved, click on the Sign-offs & Approvals tab in the lower left section of the timecard. This lists all sign-offs and approvals and when they approved them. If there is no Sign-offs & Approvals tab, there have been no approvals.

Managers can check for approval as above, or by clicking on the Timekeeping tab, then Pay Period Close. Once the list of employees appears, check the appropriate columns for check marks. If no check mark, it hasn't been done.

If you are still having trouble with using the Web Time Entry system, please contact HR at ext 1058.

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Native American Film Series

The Augsburg Native American Film Series invites you to a special screening Mona Smith: Media Artist a Retrospective on March 23 in Sateren Auditorium (Music Hall) on Augsburg College Campus

This free event will be hosted by Mona Smith and Jennifer Machiorlatti on March 23.
5:30-6:30 pm. Reception sponsored by ACTC Women’s Studies—Sateren Auditorium Atrium
6:30-9:30 Screening

Mona Smith is a Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota whose award winning multimedia video work has focused on Dakota health, wellness, and history. This retrospective will include the following videos and projects: The Bertha Iron Boy Story, Between Fences, Bdote Podcast, City Indians, Cloudy Waters: Dakota Reflections on the River, Mnisota: Dakota Homeland instillation, Bdote Podcast, Bdote Memory Map website.

Jennifer Machiorlatti is a filmmaker whose latest work, Matriarchal Voices, includes interviews with Mona Smith.

Directions: Sateren Auditorium is in Music Hall on Augsburg College Campus. Music Hall
is located at 715 22 Ave South (Sateren is located facing 7 ½ Street).

Please note that parking is available in Lot L, which is closest to Sateren. You enter Lot L from
25th Street. Park, walk through the pass between the dome and Large square building. When you emerge you will be looking at Murphy Park. Turn left and continue to 7 1/2 (the corner of the park). Cross the street onto 7 1/2 and walk half way down the block. You will see a
large square brick building with an entrance on 7 1/2 leads to Sateren Auditorium Atrium.

For more information on the Mona Smith and Allies: www.alliesmediaart.com

For poster, maps, and directions visit: www.augsburg.edu/filmseries or call 612-330-1523

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Asian American Women's Group Photo Shoot Fundraiser

AAWG will be doing a photo shoot to fund raise for their travels to Australia in May-June. Please come and support. There will be Hmong culture clothes and accessories for you to choose and take pictures in. Pictures are $5.

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Education Job Fair

Attention senior education majors and alumni! Don't miss this opportunity to meet with school districts from around the country, including Minnesota school districts. The MN Education Job Fair is a wonderful way to network and learn more about school districts and teaching positions.

The job fair is on Monday, April 19, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

If you plan to attend the MN Education Job Fair, you should go to the last prep session on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. in Oren Gateway 100.

For more information about the fair or to get the registration materials go to: http://cswl.pbworks.com/MN-Education-Job-Fair

Contact the Erin Koolen in the Strommen Career and Internship Center at 612.330.1167 or koolen@augsburg.edu with any of your questions.

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Student Group Workshop - Marketing Your Leadership

The 4th Student Group Workshop is this Wednesday!

Learn how to market your leadership skills on paper, over the phone and in person! This workshop will teach you how to sell your skills on a cover letter, resume, phone interview, or in person interview! Get a leg-up on the competition!

Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Time: 6 - 8pm
Place: OGC 113

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Senior Art Show Reception - Friday

Nicholas Sparby's senior art show, "25 lbs.," will be exhibited in the Student Art Gallery, Christensen Center from March 23 - April 1, 2010. There will be an artist reception this Friday, March 26, from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

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Education Vocatio Chapel with Kelly Woods, '99

You are invited to March's Vocatio Chapel!

Listen! God is Calling: Race, Place, and Class...in Education
Wednesday, March 24, 10:20-10:40 a.m.

Kelly Woods, a 1999 alumna of Augsburg College, has been teaching in the Minneapolis Public School District for ten years. She is currently a third grade teacher at Nellie Stone Johnson Community School.

Ms. Woods, winner of the 2008 Milken Family Foundation’s Educator Award, works with parents to reinforce their children's education and solve academic or behavioral issues, and volunteers monthly at Family Fun & Learning Nights to strengthen relationships with students and parents. Even students with behavior issues and low skills have experienced success under her instruction. As a member of Johnson's Teacher Advancement Program TAP' s Leadership Team, Woods played an integral role in helping the school develop its implementation of TAP. Previously, she was a TAP mentor teacher for two years at Andersen Elementary School, where she helped students who started two years below grade level advance to grade level and higher. This experience provided her with effective skills that she now shares with the staff at Johnson, modeling instruction, observing colleagues in their classrooms, and peer-coaching them to help improve their teaching.

When she began her teaching career ten years ago, Kelly wanted to teach in urban classrooms to help provide kids who need it the best education possible. Each day she works toward that goal with her students, their families, other teachers, staff and the entire school.

Following chapel, from 11 AM - Noon, there will be a luncheon with Ms. Woods. Interested students, faculty, and staff should RSVP to Lonna Field at fieldl@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1467 by March 23.

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