Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
Teaching and Learning
General Announcements
- Conversation with Fr. Cardenal
- Vote Cody Pres. and Langdon V.P. ADSG 2010-2011
- Career and Internship Questions?
- 'On-Hold' Accounts Payable Checks
- Online Timecards Need Approvals - Effective March 21
- Final Week for FoodLess FoodDrive
- LGBTQIA Community Engagement Fair Next Tuesday
- Mark Ritchie to Speak on Campus Next Monday
- Last Day to Apply for Lilly Camp Stipend
- Spanish Conversation this Thurs.- Take the Plunge
- Eat at Davanni's and Help LSS Refugee Services
- Don't be a fool! Come to Exit Loan Counseling
- Psychology Research Pays $$ this Week
- Bookstore Info for April
Event Announcements
Keeping Track of Auggies
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Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
Bookstore Closed April 1
The bookstore will be closed Thursday April 1st for inventory. We will also be closed for the campus Easter Holiday April 2nd - April 4th. Thank you for your patience and have a wonderful break!
Athletic Facility Hours - Easter Break
Si Melby, Kennedy Center, Ice Arena and Nelson Field will be closed for Easter Break - Friday, April 2 - Sunday, April 4. We will reopen with regular hours at 6am, Monday, April 5.
Teaching and Learning
$26,000 to Travel Abroad: Rotary Scholarship
Students: Did you know that you can get paid $26K to study and travel abroad for a year through the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship Program?
Augsburg holds an informational session about this scholarship next week:
MONDAY APRIL 5th
6:00 PM
OGC 113
(Free pizza will be provided)
The event will feature:
*Jim Hancock- Minneapolis Rotarian explaining application procedure
*Carolyn Herman- Augsburg alum & scholarship recipient (India, 2007)
*Dixie Shafer- URGO Director & scholarship recipient (Ireland, 1990)
An info brochure is also available at this website:
http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/132en.pdf
Contact Dixie Shafer, shafer@augsburg.edu, for more information about this event.
Lindell Library Easter Hours
The Library will be closed from Thursday, April 1 at 6:00 pm through Sunday April 4. Regular hours resume at 8:00 am Monday, April 5.
Hours are always available from the "Hours" link on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library
Online library resources are also available 24/7 on that website.
Introduction to Judaism and Schindler's List
REL 205 "Introduction to Judaism" will be viewing and discussing the film "Schindler's List." The class begins at 5:45 p.m. this evening and will be meeting in SCI 123. Members of the Augsburg community are invited to attend. The film runs 3 hours.
Sustainable Cooking Classes at St Martins Table
The cooking class brought to you by MPIRG, Campus Kitchens, and the Environmental Stewardship Committee 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 course s-- each happens THURSDAY evenings from 5-7 p.m., starting March 25.
Please visit our registration form: http://tinyurl.com/cookingapp to sign up. Payments are due at the class.
Here's the tentative menu:
Mar. 25: 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
Zyzzogeton: Undergrad Research Festival
Mark your calendars for the 2010 Zyzzogeton undergraduate research & scholarship festival! Below is the general list of events:
(An up-to-date, online version of the schedule can be accessed anytime at: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AU19YtfrpAhWZGNyZngzcTZfMjdmeHE3NWRjbQ&hl=en)
Thursday, April 15
3:30-5:30 PM Undergraduate Research Poster Session OGC Atrium
(Over 60 posters featuring undergraduate research & creative projects)
3:30 PM Josh Davis (Medieval Studies) "How to Arm a Knight" OGC Lawn
Friday, April 16
11:00 am- 1:00 PM Student Research Presentations OGC 100 (See online schedule for presenter information)
1:30-2:30 PM Murphy Square Writers and Friends: An Open Mic (5 minute limit) OGC 100
4:30-6:30 PM All-Student Juried Art Exhibition Christensen Center Student Art Gallery
7:30 PM Augsburg Student Musicians' Showcase Sateren Auditorium
Featuring: Dave Afdahl & The Second-Hand Opera, The Augsburg Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Improv groups, & more!
Please email Caryn Quist, URGO Admin Asst, with any questions: quistc@augsburg.edu.
Sabo Symposium on Alternative Energy: April 7
The Sabo Center invites you to the Sabo Symposium on Alternative Energy Options, to take place on Wednesday, April 7, from 3:40–6 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel. You will learn about options in nuclear energy, biodiesel fuels, and wind energies. The symposium is co-sponsored by the academic departments in natural science and math (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, and environmental studies), along with the Chemistry Club and Sabo Scholars. Martin Sabo will serve as moderator. The panelists will host breakout sessions after the panel to further discuss their work and careers [5:00-6:00].
The panelists are:
• Cyndi Jones '81, a senior technical adviser for nuclear security at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Clayton McNeff '91, CEO of ZirChrom Separations and co-inventor of the Mcgyan Process
• Rolf Miller, technical consulting services manager of WindLogics
On-Campus, Summer GRE Prep
Are you interested in going to graduate school? Most masters and doctoral programs require the Graduate Records Examination (GRE) for admission. GRE Prep is offered this summer on campus through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity. You'll learn the most effective ways tackle the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing sections on the GRE.
The course meets Tuesdays from 6-9 PM for six weeks (May 25-June 29). The cost is only $40, which includes test prep materials; this is a fraction of the cost when compared to similar classroom GRE prep courses offered by Kaplan or the Princeton Review that cost over $1,000.
Augsburg staff, alums, as well as non-Augsburg students are welcome to register.
Online registration is now open at the following website: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/gre_prep_reg.html
Questions? Contact Dixie Shafer, URGO Director: shafer@augsburg.edu
General Announcements
Conversation with Fr. Cardenal
Please join us on Friday, April 30, 2-3:30 pm in the Century Room to hear about the vocational journey of Father Fernando Cardenal prior to him receiving an honorary degree at graduation. Translation provided by Kathleen McBride, Augsburg College Center for Global Education. Dessert will be served. Sponsored by Exploring our Gifts and the Center for Global Education.
Vote Cody Pres. and Langdon V.P. ADSG 2010-2011
We both currently are members of Student Government and would both like to take on a role of more responsibility. We enjoy representing fellow students directly and working for their interests. We want to continue to represent the student body to the fullest of our abilities while maintaining transparency. We will work together to diplomatically promote change willed by the Augsburg student body and to progress Augsburg College. We are ready and willing to make the investment necessary to provide the student body with zealous representation. We both have truly enjoyed our time at Augsburg College so far and feel a moral obligation to give back. We will work as hard as we can to make student's time spent at Augsburg College both a memorable and enjoyable experience.
Cody and Langdon for President and Vice President promise to represent the student body to the best of our abilities.
Insuring the support of the following,
· Sustainable means of promoting change on campus toward beautification, enhancing environmental concerns, and promoting a relationship with the surrounding community and Augsburg College,
· Supporting Student Organizations in an effort toward growth while providing financial support and oversight,
· Emphasizing transparency between the Student Body, Student Organizations, Faculty and Staff, and the Day Student Senate,
· Strongly encouraging Diversity within the Augsburg College Campus.,
· Making sure Augsburg Students are aware of their funds that are being spent by Student Government, while insuring that a healthy percentage of students agree with how funds are being spent.
· Being available to listen to student concerns, objections, and ideas.
>Voting begins on Monday April 5.
>Make your voice heard through your appreciated vote for Maxwell Cody and Mark Langdon for President and Vice President of the 2010-2011 Augsburg Day Student Senate.
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
'On-Hold' Accounts Payable Checks
Authorization Invoices/check requests processed with a "On-Hold" request originally to be picked up on Friday, April 2 will be available on Thursday, April 1 anytime after 1:00 pm due to the Good Friday holiday.
If you should have any questions, contact me at X1031 or daughera@augsburg.edu ~ Thank You!
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 12noon 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 you 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.
Please remember that you must approve your own timecard. You cannot have someone else sign in for you and sign off on your timecard. This is considered fraud, the same as if someone else forged your signature on a written timecard. If you are having difficulty, please contact us 612-330-1058 or hr@augsburg.edu.
Final Week for FoodLess FoodDrive
March is National Food Drive month, and Augsburg has been focusing on collecting funds (rather than collecting a lot of cans) to donate to our neighbors, the Brian Coyle Community Center. Cash works extremely well as food shelves are able to access food for a quarter of the price as consumers, making your $1 donation = $4 of food. This also enables the food shelf to purchase exactly what the community needs (in our case, noodles, rice, and others instead of Easy Mac).
Augsburg is hoping to raise $2000 in cash and we're still a bit shy of that goal. Faculty and staff members will receive an envelope in their campus box. If you want to contribute, stick it in the envelope and put it in your mailbox.
Matching funds for the drive have been committed from the Central Minneapolis Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Every $2 raised during the drive will be matched by $1 from Thrivent.
For more information, please contact Devon Dodge (coordinating student) at dodged@augsburg.edu.
LGBTQIA Community Engagement Fair Next Tuesday
The first-ever Augsburg College Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) Community Engagement Fair! Come by and talk with staff members of LGBTQIA organizations from around the Twin Cities.
Tuesday, April 6 from 10:00am – 1:00pm.
Main Lobby- Christensen Center
The fair is being hosted by LGBTQIA Services and the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning.
For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True at 612-330-1775 or truem@augsburg or Michael Grewe at grewe@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1499
Mark Ritchie to Speak on Campus Next Monday
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is scheduled to meet and speak with students on several campuses in the coming month. In his talk entitled "Democracy and You," Ritchie will speak to the importance of voter participation, explain legislative changes to election law that impact students, and encourage them to become election judges and be a part of the elections process.
He will be at Augsburg College on Monday, April t at noon in the Minneapolis Room (2nd floor Christensen Center).
Please bring your lunch and join Secretary Richie!
For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True, 330-1775
Last Day to Apply for Lilly Camp Stipend
If you are a returning student who is considering working at a summer camp, you are welcome to apply for a Lilly Leadership Stipend of $500! Applications are due today (March 31)
Augsburg is offering stipends to students who work in summer outdoor ministry settings. The stipends are provided through the "Exploring Our Gifts" Office sponsored by the Lilly Foundation. Stipends are offered in order to increase the number of Augsburg students serving in a summer camp leadership position. The project grows out of the need to promote the vocational development of future religious leaders. Leadership experiences in outdoor ministries play a significant and oftentimes decisive role in developing ordained and lay religious leaders. At least 75% of ELCA pastors and associates in ministry have noted that summer camp leadership was a significant factor in their vocational development.
Applications are available in the Campus Ministry Office. Applications and questions should be directed to: Lonna Field, Foss 110, Campus Box 120, Phone: x1467, Email: fieldl@augsburg.edu
Spanish Conversation this Thurs. - Take the Plunge
Has spring given you the urge to take some risks, to challenge yourself in a new and exciting way? Then take the plunge and join us for Spanish conversation group this Thurs., 4/1, when we meet to chat in Spanish about a wide variety of topics. Also, Michael Kidd will be joining us this week to share some photos and stories about his recent visit to Spain. Remember: the setting is very relaxed 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! We meet between 11:00 and 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!"
Students: every session you attend enters your name into a drawing for a movie or a CD in Spanish! The drawing will be held in early April. Also, attend 3 sessions and receive a great t-shirt!
Eat at Davanni's and Help LSS Refugee Services
On Tuesday, April 6 eat at Davanni's between 6 and 9 pm and help Lutheran Social Service's Refugee Services. They will receive 20% of the sales during that time period with a coupon. You may copy it from my public folder. Thanks!
Don't Be A Fool! Come to Exit Loan Counseling
Graduating students,
Did you know..
...the average tuition debt for graduates is roughly $25,000?
...college students have an average credit card debt of $3,000?
...college students are more likely to pay off their credit card balances; however, they are also more likely to pay more fees due to late payments?
...18 to 24 year olds spend about 30% of their monthly income just on debt repayment?
...job loss recovery from last year's unemployment rate is still slow with the unemployment rate remaining steady at 9.75%?
How do you plan to pay back your student loans as you graduate in our current economy? Come to Exit Counseling to learn about repayment options, how to manage your student loans, and how to navigate changing financial situations. The Financial Aid Office will prepare you with the knowledge you need in order to repay your student loans as you leave Augsburg.
When: Thursday, April 1
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Location: Student Lounge in Christensen Center
Psychology Research Pays $$ this Week
Multiple studies will be offered this week ($5 and $10 payments). Stop by the psych lab (Anderson 26) Wednesday 9:30-6:00, or Thursday 9-6:00. If you have not yet participated in the paid psychology studies this semester, please consider helping us this week.
Bookstore Info for April
WEC College starts April 9th- our hours are Friday April 9th, 9 a.m. -6 p.m. Saturday 10th 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Graduation fair- April 16th and 17th - purchase your cap & gowns, diploma frames, do it yourself announcements. Talk to a rep about class rings.
Half price buyback April 26th-30th. Be sure to have your Augsburg ID.
Event Announcements
Matting Workshop - Today
The deadline for the All-Student Juried Show is this Thursday, April 1.
Need help matting artwork for the show? Come to the matting workshop in the basement of Old Main:
Wednesday, March 31, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Mat board and backing board (foamcore) will be available for purchase at cost ($6 each), neutral white only.
Agre Challenge 2010: Building Bridges
We've launched sandbags and saved babies, and now it's time to build bridges! This year's Agre Challenge is to build the sturdiest bridge over a three foot span using limited materials.
Are you up for the challenge?
Get a team together and email acs@augsburg.edu if you want to compete. The challenge is on April 23rd, time and place TBA, and BIG prizes are on the horizon. All are welcome, don't miss it!
Sverdrup Lecture Events, April 12-13
Dr. Mark Rea, director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lighting Research Center and a professor in Architecture and Cognitive Sciences will present, "The surprisingly important role of light and dark on human health" On Monday, April 12, 7:30 p.m. in the Hoversten Chapel. Tuesday, April 13, at 11:00 a.m. in the Hoversten Chapel, he will present, "Sunrise and sunset: Why it will be hard to colonize other planets." Dr. Mark Rea teaches courses in leadership and in visual and circadian processes, conducts research in many areas including circadian photobiology, mesopic vision, psychological responses to light, lighting engineering and visual performance.
The General Leif J. Sverdrup Visiting Scientist program is made possible through the Sverdrup Lecture Endowment Fund and the Minnesota Space Grant Consortium. These events are free and open to the public. For more information concerning parking or the events, please call 612-330-1104.
African America Wellness Program TODAY
Please join CCHP and PASU for a presentation on African American Wellness: Risk, Resilience and Success today from 3:30 - 5 p.m. in the Marshall Room. The program is presented by Dr. BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, PhD, LP, a licensed clinical psychologist.
Refreshments will be provided. We hope you can join us. Any questions, please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.
Tickets for St. Joan of the Stockyards
Tickets are now on sale for St. Joan of the Stockyards, written by Bertolt Brecht and directed by Vladimir Rovinsky.
Available performance dates are:
April 9th, 10th, 15th, 16th and 17th at 7:00 and April 11th and 18th at 3:00
Tickets prices are:
$10 for General Public
$8 for ACTC faculty and staff
$5 for non-Augsburg students
$2 for Augsburg students and children under 12
All Augsburg students need to bring their student ID.
To make a reservation, email boxoffice@augsburg.edu
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Professor Liddle's NEH Summer Stipend
The English Department is pleased to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded our colleague Professor Dal Liddle a Summer Stipend for 2010. Summer stipends are awarded to individual scholars for specific projects and provide support for two months of continuous summer work. They are prestigious and highly competitive--usually 800 or more applications for Summer Stipends are submitted each year, and only 10 percent or fewer are funded through a double review process involving peer review and further review by the National Council on the Humanities.
We believe this is the first NEH Summer Stipend Augsburg has won--since 1980 at least, which is as far back as the NEH online database goes.
Professor Liddle will use the Stipend award for a three-week research trip to Britain in June to work in private archives and at the British Library; the remainder of the award period will be devoted to writing one of the chapters. He hopes the information gathered during this trip will enable him to complete a book manuscript over the following 18 months.
Professor Liddle's project is titled "Engines of the Imagination: The Technology of Literary Form, 1800-1850." As the official summary notes, this impressive project employs "concepts developed for the History of Technology and Science and Technology Studies to illuminate British literary practices during the later Industrial Revolution. Three case study chapters evaluate successful text 'designs' as engineered solutions to discursive and/or economic problems. The first tracks genres of newspaper editorial developed for the London Times against simultaneous changes in the technology of newspaper production and the economic and political environment of the newspaper press. A second evaluates Austen's Pride and Prejudice as a technical innovation of the eighteenth-century courtship novel. The third, focused on Bronte's Jane Eyre, studies how 1840s novelists, working independently, synthesized pre-existing genres into the multi-plot/multi-genre novel." These cases are framed "with recent work on the theory of technology, which has come far since Ong's Orality and Literacy applied the technological theory of the 1970s to literary history."
We congratulate Dal on his achievement.
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Wanted: House Cleaner
Wanted: House cleaner for a one-time, heavy duty house cleaning job next Wednesday, April 7th. Will pay $20/hour.
If you or anyone you know is interested, please email Mary Laurel True at truem@augsburg.edu.