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Teaching and Learning
- Book Orders Due this Friday
- Health Care Reform 2010: Sabo Symposium, Oct 15
- Study in Central America and get $2,000+
- Speaking of Scholarship Series
- Interested in a US Government Intelligence Career?
- Powerful Conversations on NSSE
- Apply by Oct 15: Study Abroad in Chiapas, Mexico
- The Collaboration for Learning Conference
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Teaching and Learning
Book Orders Due this Friday
Effective in 2010, the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) will require Augsburg to inform students about how they can save money on textbooks (including used books, cash back programs, etc.) Submitting your book orders promptly will help ensure our compliance to HEOA.
SUBMITTING TEXTBOOK REQUESTS
During registration, students must be able to access course information for fall. Registration begins in November, so it is imperative that we receive your Spring/Winter textbook adoption as soon as possible. Book request will be due in the store October 15th. We'll take your requests any way you want to deliver them! Choose the process that works best for you:
• Call 612-359-6492.
• E-mail sm592@bncollege.com or forgey@augsburg.edu
• Use our online system at www.augsburg.bncollege.com (click on the Faculty tab).
ONLINE REQUEST SYSTEM
This easy-to-use system gives you access to valuable information and timesaving features. You can learn what books were used over the past two years and select previously used textbooks just by checking a box, or you can enter information about a new book you want to use. You can also request additional supplies and materials needed for your course.
How to submit online requests through the bookstore website.
• Go to www.augsburg.bncollege.com
• Click on the Faculty tab at the top of the page.
• Log in or register if you haven't already.
• Follow Steps 1 through 5…..and you're done!
• After you complete this process, you will receive an e-mail confirmation that your textbook request was received.
Bookstore Contact Info: Phone 612.359.6492
E-mail sm592@bncollege.com or forgey@augsburg.edu
Bookstore Hours:
Monday-Thursday 9:00-6:00, Friday 9:00-4:00, WEC SAT 10:30-1:00
Health Care Reform 2010: Sabo Symposium, Oct 15
Healthcare reform: What will it mean for you and the nation?
Friday, Oct. 15, 2010
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Foss Center, Augsburg College
Panelists include:
Donna Zimmerman, Sr. Vice President of Government and Community Relations HealthPartners
Dr. Sanne Magnan, Commissioner Minnesota Dept of Health
Dr. Bruce Amundson, '60 & President of Community Health Innovations Inc. and Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Moderated by Martin Sabo.
Will include attention to new and expanded career opportunities, along with time for questioning the panel, with priority given to students' questions.
Study in Central America and get $2,000+
Students enrolled in CGE's "Social Change in Central America: Exploring Peace, Justice, and Community Engagement" for spring 2011 will receive:
• A one-time discount of $1,000
• An additional $500 discount will be given to any student who is an alum of a CGE short-term, summer, or semester program.
• The $1,000 CGE Auggie Grant
No forms are required to receive this discount.The discount can be combined with any other scholarships and discounts for which a student is eligible.
• Social Change in Central America: Exploring Peace, Justice, and Community
Engagement
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua
4 credits. AugExperience, Critical Thinking, Humanities, Modern Language
(Spanish)
Application deadline: November 1st
For more information, contact Dulce Monterrubio at monterru@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1662
Find photos, course descriptions, scholarship information, application forms, and more at http://www.augsburg.edu/global/semesters/centralamerica.html
Speaking of Scholarship Series
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15 pm
The Speaking of Scholarship Series features the scholarship of Augsburg faculty and students, through 20-30 minute presentations followed by informal conversations about the issues raised by their work. The intent is to increase awareness of scholarship on campus and learn from each other's experiences. Light hors d'oeuvres are served. The fall sessions include:
Wednesday, October 13, Marshall Room – Carol Forbes, Academic Affairs, "Scholarship and Grant Proposals"
Wednesday, October 20, Marshall Room – John Harkness, English, "Two Messapic Cognates on the Novilara Stele"
Tuesday, October 26, OGC 100 –Dal Liddle, English, "Engines of the Imagination: The Technology of Literary Form in Britain, 1800 – 1850"
Wednesday, November 3, OGC 100 – Lucreshia Grant, Student, "Hair Is, Hair Ain't: Black Women and The Meaning of Their Hair"; and Amanda Symmes, Student, "Examining the Association Between Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Nicotine Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults"
Tuesday, November 9, Lindell 301 – Joe Underhill, Political Science, "Campus as Watershed"
Wednesday, November 17, Marshall Room – Vivian Feng, Chemistry, "Diesel Analysis"
Hosts: Jessica Nathanson and Ben Stottrup
RSVP to lashbroo@augsburg.edu to ensure proper arrangements are made for each session.
Interested in a US Government Intelligence Career?
Learn more through a roundtable discussion with an Augsburg alumnus Lewis Nelson, '00 on Friday, October 15, 2:30–3:30 p.m. Lindell Library Room 301.
Lewis Nelson has been a member of the Intelligence Community for 9 years. He served as an active duty Army cryptologiclinguist and intelligence analyst with two combat tours to Iraq. He has provided intelligence analysis support to the NSA, CIA, DIA, NGA, FBI, DOS, and the military service intelligence components. He is currently a contracted All Source Intelligence Analyst and military analyst for a DC area based agency and will soon begin a career as a federal government Intelligence Officer. Come join Lewis for a short roundtable discussion about the Intelligence Community, how to get a job within the community, and how your current studies can contribute to national security.
Powerful Conversations on NSSE
Thursday, October 28, 12:00-1:00, Century Room
Augsburg College uses the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to learn more about how our students perceive their college experience. Student engagement is strongly related to both student success and retention. This series of conversations is designed to help faculty and staff understand how well we engage students, explore how we can leverage our strengths to have a more significant impact, and examine what are our most important opportunities for improvement. Over the year, we will look at overall results and then look more closely at each of the five factors measured by NSSE. Every academic department should have a representative attend these sessions. They are scheduled as follows:
October 28, 2010 – Why NSSE Matters at Augsburg (Barbara Farley)
November 23, 2010 – Level of Academic Challenge (Amy Gort)
December 16, 2010 – Active and Collaborative Learning (Velma Lashbrook)
February 17, 2011 – Student-Faculty Interaction (Lori Peterson)
March 24, 2011 – Enriching Educational Experiences (Lori Brandt Hale)
April 21, 2011 – Supportive Campus Environment (Ann Garvey)
Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP to lashbroo@augsburg.edu
Apply by Oct 15: Study Abroad in Chiapas, Mexico
Join Professor Elise Marubbio in winter break to explore the contemporary issues faced by the indigenous people of Chiapas and their cultures by interacting with Indigenous people and organizations. Learn about different Indigenous cosmology and spirituality, sovereignty or autonomy, and Indigenous cooperatives, businesses, educational systems, and more. Back in Minneapolis, spend the rest of spring semester synthesizing what you learned.
DEADLINE EXTENDED until October 15!
Course title: AIS 305 OR 490: Indigenous Issues of Central America: Chiapas
Travel Dates: January 5-13, 2011 (course meets before travel and lasts all spring semester)
Cost: $2,600 for full-time Day students, $2,969 for WEC students
Fulfills: Augsburg Experience, AIS or WST elective, and Keystone (AIS 490 only)
Deadline extended to apply: Friday, October 15!
Financial aid is available too! For more information on studying abroad or about this program, please contact Andrea Dvorak at dvorak@augsburg.edu or stop by the study abroad library in Murphy Place!
The Collaboration for Learning Conference
Ripples in the Pond: Transforming Higher Education for Today
November 18-20, 2010, Radisson Conference Center, Plymouth, MN
Early Bird Registration due October 27!
This year's conference will include an opening keynote by George Kuh, founding director of the NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement) Institute, plus workshops and concurrent sessions on a wide variety of teaching and learning issues
Augsburg is a charter member of The Collaboration for Learning (formerly The Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning). This three-day, locally held conference provides an excellent opportunity to learn about learning from colleagues from a wide range of higher education institutions.
Simply complete the registration form at http://www.kleermeetingsolutions.com/Collab2010.aspx, print it, and deliver it to Naomi Hagen in the Dean's Office before October 27. CTL will submit a group registration to get a discounted rate.
Registrations will be handled on a first come, first serve basis, so get your registrations in early.
If you have any questions, please contact Velma Lashbrook at lashbroo@augsburg.edu
General Announcements
Augsburg Gubernatorial debate CANCELED
The debate has been canceled because the candidates have backed out.
Homecoming Dining Service
Due to the upcoming Homecoming Events, The Commons will be closing for the following services this week and moved the following areas.
Thursday, October 14
Lunch will close promptly at 2:00pm and Dinner service will resume in the Century Room at 4:30pm.
Friday, October 15
Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner service will be served in the Century Room.
- Breakfast Hours: 7:30am until 9:00am
- Lunch Hours: 11:00am until 1:30pm
- Dinner Hours: 4:30pm until 7:00pm
Saturday, October 16
Brunch service will be served in Murphy Square Park from 10:00am until 1:00pm.
Dinner service will resume in The Commons at 5:00pm until 7:00pm
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for understanding. We hope you enjoy the Homecoming festivities.
Auggie Author Book Signing and Reading
Auggie Author Book Signing and Reading
4:30-6:30 p.m. Student Art Gallery
Meet Augsburg alumni, faculty, and staff authors during this literary event. The English Department has invited Paul Kilgore '80 to read from his new collection of short stories, Losing Camille, between 4:45 and 5:30 in the Marshall Room.
Auditions for The Living Newspaper Project
Winter Main Stage Play Auditions
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
Monday, October 18, 3:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 19, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
All Augsburg students are welcome to audition for The Living Newspaper Project. There are many ways for you to get involved — through performance, writing, music, research, and community outreach.
Auditions and participation are not limited only to acting! If you are chosen as part of the ensemble, you may decide to perform onstage and/or contribute to the production in other ways. The ensemble members will determine the topic of the performance and create the script themselves!
Here are the steps you'll need to take to get involved:
1. Sign up for an audition time on the sheet posted on the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater door in the atrium of the Foss Center.
2. Go to the front desk of the Theater Arts Department (shared with Campus Ministry) in Foss Center OR the Theater Arts Department public folder on Augnet, where you will find a series of articles.
3. Choose one article and carefully prepare a 2-3 minute dramatic response or creative representation of it. (You may choose more than one article if you find a thematic link between them.) You could write a scene, perform an original monologue, create a movement piece, compose music, craft the words of the article into a poem, make a sound collage—the options are endless. Just be sure that you present or perform your work in no more than 3 minutes.
Callbacks will be held Wednesday, October 20 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
A cast meeting will be held Thursday, October 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Formal rehearsals will begin November 15, and performances will be February 4-13, 2011.
If you have any questions, please email the director Sarah Myers at myerss@augsburg.edu.
More on The Living Newspaper Project
Inspired by the original Living Newspapers of the Federal Theater Project in the 1930s, this student-devised performance will use a range of nonfiction sources to explore a current social issue. Ensemble members will gather interviews, articles, and multimedia – and generate their own writing — to create and stage a totally unique piece of socially conscious theatre.
Auggies Speak Spanish
Celebrate homecoming by practicing your Spanish with other Auggies this Thursday! We will meet from 11:00 - 12:30 in the cafeteria, 2nd fl. Christensen, at a table close to East Commons. Signs will be posted. All language levels are welcome - we promise there will be no grammar lessons! Come for 10 mins. or for the whole session, whatever works for you. You are welcome to bring your lunch. Questions? Contact Emiliano Chagil, ext. 1309; Anita Fisher, ext. 1082 or Kate Reinhardt, ext. 1081. We hope to see you there!"
Event Announcements
Women's Resource Center Brown-Bag Lunches
Faculty and staff (of all genders) are particularly encouraged to attend this lunch series; all members of the Augsburg community are welcome. Lunches will be held in the Women's Resource Center (207 Sverdrup).
Schedule for Fall:
Tues, Oct 19 12-1 – open discussion
Wed, Nov 17, 12:30-1:30 – "Voices from Iraq" - three Iraqi women will talk about how average Iraqi families, especially the women, have suffered living in a war zone
Wed, Dec 8, 12:30-1:30 - "Robert's Rules of Order 101" with Bob Groven
Get Your Flu Shot at Augsburg
The Human Resources Department is sponsoring a flu shot clinic through Homeland Health. Homeland Health provides flu shots to patients age 3 years and up. You must sign up in advance for your flu shot through Homeland Health's website:
http://www.homelandhealthspecialists.net/site/default.aspx?Account=AugsburgCollege
Please bring your insurance card. Homeland Health is an in network provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medica Choice, HealthPartners, Preferred One, UCare, America's TPA, PrimeWest and Medicare. If you are not covered by one of these health plans, you may pay the $25.00 fee by cash or check. The flu shot clinics are taking place as follows:
Friday, November 5, 2010 from 8:00 am - noon
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 from noon - 2:30 PM
Both clinics will be held in Lindell Library, Room 202. This clinic is open to all staff, faculty, students and family members. This year's flu shot also contains the H1N1 vaccination.
Art Receptions- TONIGHT
"Just Passing Through"
Jerald Krepps
Gage Family Art Gallery, Oren Gateway Center
October 13 - December 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk: Wednesday, October 13, 6:00 p.m.
Printmaker Jerald Krepps' new series is a visual response to the experiential beauty of change and life's temporal quality. Through the use of light, he creates images that explore our sensory relationships with the passage of time. Krepps is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota and teaches printmaking.
"imPRINT"
Lynn Bollman
Christensen Center Art Gallery, Augsburg College
October 13 – December 18, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 13, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist Gallery Talk: Wednesday, October 13, 7:00 p.m.
In his upcoming show "imPRINT", printmaker and Augsburg College professor Lynn Bollman explores what is and is not a print. By experimenting with unconventional surfaces and the process of printing, he invites the viewer to reevaluate the fine line between standard classifications of what things are and what they could be. Lynn Bollman is an Augsburg College alumnus ('67) and is also an art faculty member at Minneapolis Community Technical College.
"Vantage Point"
Kathy Super
Student Art Gallery, Christensen Center
October 6 – 13, 2010
Kathy Super will have a reception for her senior art show, Vantage Point, Wednesday, October 13, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Food and refreshments provided.
Creating a Diverse, Welcoming Environment-TONIGHT
CAO welcomes ALL student leaders to Creating a Diverse, Welcoming Environment, the second installment in the Student Group Workshop Series. The goal of this series is to strengthen the awareness, leadership, management, and organizational skills of student leaders around a myriad of different topics. This session will define how organizations, like yours, can create inclusive spaces for students of many identities and backgrounds.
Cindy Peterson, Director of Scholastic Connections, will facilitate this workshop TONIGHT, Tuesday, October 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Oren Gateway 100.
Please remember, commissioned student organizations are required to send at least one representative to no less than two workshops per semester. Chartered student organizations are required to send at least one representative to no less than one workshop per semester.
Additionally, these workshops are for all student leaders on campus. So if you are not part of a formal organization, feel free to attend.
We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT!
Citizens at the Center Workshop with Boyte, Oct 21
Augsburg's Center for Leadership Studies invites you to attend a workshop entitled "Citizens at the Center: The Emerging Movement of People's Public Work, in Minnesota and Around the World" presented by Harry Boyte. Boyte is the founder and co-director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College.
Date: Thursday, October 21
Time: 5:30 p.m. social time with refreshments; 6:00 p.m. presentation
Location: Century Room, Christensen Center
Harry Boyte's work centers on his belief that citizens can be "powerful agents of change and architects of their own lives." Boyte will give local as well as global examples of a growing movement for bottom-up change, drawn from the theory and practice of public work developed by the Center for Democracy and Citizenship. This movement is not anti-institutional—it offers promise of reintegrating government "of the people" into communities and revitalizing the civic mission of institutions. In this movement, leaders have important roles, but citizens are "at the center." Participatory democratic requires citizens to see themselves as co-creators of, not simply deliberators about, the world. Boyte will offer practical, how-to tips in making change.
In the 1960s, Boyte was a field secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization directed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His Ph.D. is in social and political thought from the Union Institute. Boyte is the author of several books, most recently The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference. The book will be available for purchase at the workshop.
For more information or to reserve a space, contact Patty Park at 612-330-1150 or parkp@augsburg.edu. You are welcome to bring guests.
October Vocatio Chapel and Lunch with Pat Kerrigan
You are invited to the 2010-2011 Vocatio Chapel Series at Augsburg College
Healthy Vocations: Mind, Body, and Spirit
Campus Ministry and the Center for Faith and Learning (ACFL), present a line-up of local leaders who will share how they promote healthy minds, bodies, and/or spirits and their personal faith journeys. Over the course of the year, we will hear leaders in the community discuss their call to work as doctors, coaches, advocates, researchers, teachers, and other forms of health-promoters. The entire community is invited to share how faith influences health and how health influences faith! Join with others from your classes, floor, department, or campus organization to explore healthy vocations together.
This month's Vocatio Chapel will be October 20, 10:20-10:40 a.m. Our guest speaker will be Pat Kerrigan, Transportation Coordinator for the Emergency Food Shelf Network. Food and food issues have been the common theme throughout Pat's employment and volunteering history. Come and share in Pat's story of vocation.
*Students, faculty, and staff are invited to a lunch conversation with Pat Kerrigan from 11:00am-12:00pm. To attend the lunch, RSVP by October 18 to Lonna Field (fieldl@augsburg.edu or x1467)
Keeping Track of Auggies
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Auggie Athletics
9 entering Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday
Nine individuals will be inducted into Augsburg College's Athletic Hall of Fame during the annual enshrinement ceremony this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Christensen Center. The nine individuals will be the 38th class to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, a group that now includes 259 individuals and one team.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame: John Beatty '91 (wrestling), Reed Boltmann '88 (football/baseball), Jeff Dainty (baseball), Brian DeClercq '81 (men's hockey, posthmously), Natasha Hamann '99 (volleyball/women's golf), Ann Knutson Brovold '74 (gymnastics), Astrid Larssen '98 (women's soccer/women's track and field), Tom Weidner '84 (football) and Donny Wichmann '89 (wrestling).
For more information on the Hall of Fame ceremony, contact the Augsburg Alumni Relations office at 612-330-1085.
Full bios of Athletic Hall of Famers:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/10/12/gen101210.aspx?path=general
Auggie Athletics Update
Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):
Monday, Oct. 11:
Men's Golf -- Augsburg at Gustavus Twin Cities Classic
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/10/11/mgolf101110.aspx?path=mgolf
Tuesday, Oct. 12:
Women's Soccer -- Augsburg 2, Bethel 0
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/10/12/wsoc101210.aspx?path=wsoc
Upcoming Events:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/
Wednesday, Oct. 13:
Volleyball -- Augsburg at Carleton, 7 p.m.
Men's Soccer -- Bethel at Augsburg, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 15:
Volleyball -- Augsburg at St. Thomas, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 16:
M/W Cross Country -- Augsburg at Wisconsin-La Crosse Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitationals, 10:30 a.m.
Men's Soccer -- Augsburg at Carleton, 1 p.m.
Football -- Augsburg vs. Carleton, Edor Nelson Field, 1 p.m.
Women's Soccer -- Augsburg vs. Carleton, Edor Nelson Field, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 19:
Women's Soccer -- Augsburg at St. Scholastica, 3:30 p.m.
Volleyball Match Site Moved Tonight
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/10/12/vb101210.aspx?path=wvball
Due to flooding that forced Carleton College teams from their normal sites of competition, Wednesday night's (10/13) volleyball match between Augsburg College and Carleton will be played at Cowling Gymnasium on the Carleton campus. Match time is still 7 p.m.
Cowling Gymnasium is on the east edge of campus, near the Knights' soccer field (Bell Field) at the corner of 1st Street East and Maple Street in Northfield.
If you can't make it to the match, you can listen to a live webcast by going to Augsburg's GameCentral portal on the athletic website -- http://athletics.augsburg.edu .
Classifieds
Lakeshore Players Seeking Drummer
Lakeshore Players Theater in White Bear Lake is seeking a drummer to play in the orchestra for our fall musical, The Boy Friend. Performances are October 29th - November 21st, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, and Sundays at 2:00. If you are interested, please let me know as soon as possible by e-mail at vimont@augsburg.edu.