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Invite to Tuesday's URGO Presentations

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to learn about the many research projects being conducted on campus this summer! This week, students in the URGO Summer Research Program present their results from an intensive, 10-week research project. Please attend any presentations interesting to you! Tuesday's presentations are listed below; a full schedule can be accessed at:
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B019YtfrpAhWZmY5NmJhNTgtODEzZi00ZDRiLWFjMzQtZTc1YjIxZjFhYzU2&hl=en

Tuesday, July 20

MORNING SESSION:

Oren Gateway Center, Room 113

10:30 Katie Radford '12 (Psych and Bus. Admin): Peer Relationships in Girl Scouts: A Preliminary Investigation. [Pete Ralston, Institute of Child Development, U of MN]

11:00 Kat Lutze '12 (Theatre Arts Admin): The Theatrical Mission Statement: An Approach for Artist and Audience. [Sarah Myers, Theatre]

11:30 Kathleen Watson '12 (Theatre): The Dramaturgical Process in Context: Sketches of Eastern European Jews at the Turn of the Century. [ Sarah Myers, Theatre]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 114

10:30 Justin Ingebretson '12 (Biology): Investigating the effects of a dopaminergic neurotoxin on Daphnia magna motor behavior. [Matt Beckman, Biology]

11:00 Alex Pinaire '12 (Biology): The Claw: Analysis of Daphnia magna movement. [Matt Beckman, Biology]

11:30 Saido Abdirashid '13 (Biology, Secondary Education): Temporal dynamics in networks of cortical neurons. [David Crowe, Biology].

AFTERNOON SESSION

Oren Gateway Center, Room 113

1:00 Maggie Pint '10 (Mathematics): Just Big Boned: Determining when our dogs really are overweight. [Bill Capman, Biology]

1:30 John Burggraff '11 (Social Work): The Impacts of The Wakanheza Project on Family Child Care Providers in Ramsey County. [Christina Erickson, Social Work]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 114

1:00 Andrew Fox '12 (Medieval Studies): Understanding the Medieval Church through Primary Sources. [Phil Adamo, Medieval Studies and History)

1:30 Aidan Nancarrow '11 (Medieval Studies and History): Nature, Culture and Commune: Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Sala dei Nove Fresco Cycle. [Phil Adamo, Medieval Studies and History)

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Urgent Need for Faculty Volunteers at SOAR

Each year at SOAR,new students, orientation leaders and faculty form groups to explore the neighborhoods surrounding Augsburg. These excursions are a distinctive feature of new student orientation and are designed to connect the students with faculty and local neighborhoods. This year, very few faculty members have volunteered to participate in these excursions.

Faculty members are needed on each of the following days: Friday, July 23; Monday, July 26 and Wednesday, July 28.

All faculty will meet their assigned group in Murphy Square no later than 12:45 pm. Neighborhood Excursions will be leaving from Murphy Square at 12:45 pm and need to return to campus no later than 2:45 pm. Faculty volunteers are also invited to eat lunch with their neighborhood group in the Commons at 11:45 am.

The orientation leaders assigned to each group are fully prepared to coordinate group travel and lead the tour, faculty are simply asked to be with the group. Faculty members enrich the experience by interacting with the students.

Please contact Joanne Reeck-Irby if you are available to volunteer (reeck@augsburg.edu). Thank you for very much for your consideration and your commitment to the students' experience at SOAR.

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Augsburg Fortress "Little Red Books"

We have been notified that Augsburg Fortress will no longer be automatically sending out their little red appointment books. If you wish to order one for 2010-11, you will need to go to www.augsburgfortress.org. Orders must be received by July 31.

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Farmers Market Today and Every Tuesday

WEST BANK FARMERS MARKETS
Tuesdays
Brian Coyle Community Center 11-1
Augsburg Foss Center 2-5

After months of waiting and working, most everything in the garden is starting to produce (you'll still have to wait patiently for the corn and melons to finish). In this update, you'll see who's performing at the market, find an article about Hmong farmers in Minnesota, and find some ways to enjoy the strange kohlrabi - a staple at markets but rarely at the grocers.

MUSIC OF THE WEEK
Last week, Augsburg Alum Dustin Thomas entertained shoppers, and this week we welcome Randy Burger of Hudson, WI and his acoustic guitar. We will try to have acoustic music as part of the market, and if you or you know someone who will be a good fit to perform at the market, please let me know. Please note that you will only hear music at the Augsburg market, and not Brian Coyle.

OUR FARMERS
For those who have had the pleasure of shopping at our farmers market will notice that all our vendors are Hmong, a community relatively new to Minnesota, coming from Laos and other surrounding countries. Over the last decade, among there many contributions these families have rejuvenated our farmers markets and local food scene. To really appreciate the energy they put into bringing vegetables to our families, I recommend reading this little opinion piece that the Star Tribune recently published.
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/97431149.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU

WHAT YOU'LL FIND THIS WEEK
Flowers (the photo above shows the Moua family with their lovely bouquets), potatoes, carrots, spinach, radishes, broccoli, beets, kohlrabi, snow peas, snap peas, lettuce, summer squash, cabbage, mint, basil, kale, onions, cucumbers, cilantro and maybe even a few tomatoes (my plants are finally producing a little, and I hope that it shows up at the market).

VEGETABLE OF THE WEEK - KOHLRABI

(Last week's vegetable, the patty pan squash, unfortunately didn't make it to the market. Substitute it with small zucchinis or other summer squashes)

Kohlrabi can be one of those intimidating vegetables if you haven’t been around it much. It has the look of an organic green Sputnik, with a taste like fresh, crunchy broccoli stems accented by radish. The name kohlrabi comes from the German kohl, meaning cabbage, and rabi, or turnip, and that kind of sums it up. See a recipe below, and find out more here: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-use-kohlrabi.html# (I personally recommend getting the smallest ones, as the skin gets tougher with age and may need peeling. Young ones can be enjoyed without any peeling)


RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Roasted Kohlrabi - to keep it shorter in the A-mail, go here to find the recipe as well as others: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/kohlrabi/

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Looking for Roommate

7 bedroom house, looking for 1 more roommate.

2nd floor large bedroom with full private bathroom, large closet space, carpet, large windows, beginning September 1.

House includes full kitchen, big screen TV, large basement, free laundry onsite, free parking, 2 car garage.

Rent at $380 plus utilities (usually averages to around $50)

Located off of Snelling Ave. in St. Paul just east of the State Fairgrounds.

If interested, inquire at mathsen@augsburg.edu or wheatcro@augsburg.edu

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Looking for Sublet or Housing

Faculty member seeking housing for the 2010-2011 academic year. Would consider a sublet, studio, or perhaps even a room. If you have a space available, please contact Michael Burden (Theatre Arts) at burden@augsburg.edu.

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