Inside Augsburg

The Parking Appeals committee meets on Tuesday mornings from 9 to 10 am. The committee hears the parking appeals and then decides outcomes with fellow faculty, staff, and students. Consistent and active participation on the committee will result in a discounted or free parking permit for the following academic year. Meetings have begun! E-mail Janine at borcharj@augsburg.edu if you are a student or faculty interested in joining this committee.

Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Technology Tapas

Submitted by Eric Strom, Academic Liaison For Computing, Information Technology

The IT Liaisons for Computing (LFCs) have been working to redesign our traditional technology training efforts. We were interested in developing ways to introduce new technologies that can be integrated into the effective teaching and learning practice of busy faculty and staff. Our answer was tapas.

Tapas are small plates of delicious food which can be eaten as appetizers or combined to form a meal shared with friends. Similarly, our Teaching and Technology Tapas are tasty bite-sized technology tips which will be presented by several IT staff in 3 to 5 minute segments. You can drop by for just a few topics or stay to experience an entire workshop. Please join us for:

"Teaching and Technology Tapas: Web Browser Tools and Tips"
Wednesday, November 3 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Christensen Center Marshall Room

About the Workshop
Navigating and utilizing information on the Internet has become a ubiquitous task in our daily work, yet learning how to best leverage tools of a web browser can often be overlooked. Our Browser Tapas menu will offer a wide assortment of tools and tasty tips to help you leverage your browser in powerful ways.

The presentation will be informal so please feel free to come and go as your schedule allows - we've designed the program with this in mind! Content is appropriate for users with all levels of computing experience.

We look forward to seeing you!

SoS Series – Upcoming Sessions

Submitted by Velma J Lashbrook, Assistant Professor and Director of CTL, MAL Program

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15 pm

The Speaking of Scholarship (SoS) 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 next sessions are:

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 hedstrom@augsburg.edu to ensure proper arrangements are made for each session.

Apply by Nov 24: Summer Study Abroad Scholarship

Submitted by Fatimah Panemalaythong, Administrative Assistant, Center for Global Education

Lutheran Brotherhood/Thrivent is sponsoring awards of $1,000 and up for students of color seeking to study abroad during summer 2011 in 6 different programs.

Don't miss this opportunity to earn credit, fulfill AugCore requirements, and complete major electives, all while having fun studying abroad!

The following faculty-led and Center for Global Ed Summer courses are eligible:
1. Ancient and Modern Egyptian Identity: Egypt
+ SOC 195 and HIS 195 (2 credits, Humanities-HIS LAF )
2. Cowboys in the Americas: Argentina
+ HIS or SPA 295 (1 credit, Humanities-HIS LAF)
3. Sketching and Spiritual Lives: Italy
+ Art 122/322 and REL 205 (2 credits, Fine Arts LAF)
4. Development and Social Change in Southern Africa: Namibia
+ INS 312 and HIS/ INS/ POL 399 (2 credits)
5. Spanish Language and Mayan Spirituality: Guatemala
+ AIS 495 and SPA XXX (8 options) – (2 credits)
6. AugCore Mexico Summer Session I or II: Mexico (2 Credits)
+ One or two Spanish language courses (17 different courses offered)
+ Pre-Columbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Mexico Art (Art/Spanish 231, Fine Arts LAF)
+ Christian Vocation and the Search for Meaning II (Religion 200)
+ Latin Dance (HPE 002)
+ Internship or Independent Research

The application deadline is noon on Wednesday, November 24, 2010.

Application form and eligibility criteria available in the Augsburg Abroad office in Murphy Place or online at http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/documents/StudentofColorScholarshipApp.pdf

For questions or more information contact Augsburg Abroad at abroad@augsburg.edu or 612.330-1669.

The Collaboration for Learning Conference

Submitted by Velma J Lashbrook, Assistant Professor and Director of CTL, MAL Program

Ripples in the Pond: Transforming Higher Education for Today
November 18-20, 2010, Radisson Conference Center, Plymouth, MN
Early Bird Registration due November 5 – Note date change!

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 Sarah Hedstrom at the CTL Office near Lindell 202 before November 5. CTL will submit a group registration to get a discounted rate.

CTL Night at the Theatre

Submitted by Velma J Lashbrook, Assistant Professor and Director of CTL, MAL Program

The Learned Ladies
Saturday, November 13, 2010, 7:00 pm

The Center for Teaching and Learning invites Augsburg faculty and staff to attend and bring a guest to the Theatre Department's production of The Learned Ladies on November 13th at 7:00 pm in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater.

The great comic genius Molière wrote The Learned Ladies in 1672, a year before his death, and it is considered one of his mature masterpieces. In this play, a family is thrown into disarray when the mother becomes fixated on an intellectual charlatan. The play evolves into a hilarious portrayal of the intellectual perversions sometimes seen in the world of academia (and elsewhere), when genuine quest for knowledge becomes replaced by pseudo-intellectuality, pretention, inflated self-importance, and power-mongering. "This sophisticated satire sparkles with wit, ridicules hypocrisy, and . . . reveals that human folly has not diminished during the past three hundred years."

Attendees are invited to a dessert reception and discussion immediately following the production in the Foss Concourse area. Director Martha Johnson, along with student actors from the show, will be part of a discussion during the dessert reception. Please join us for this event.

A limited number of free tickets to this showing will be available to the first faculty and staff contacting Sarah Hedstrom at hedstrom@augsburg.edu .

Undergraduate Summer Research-Application Available

Submitted by Dixie Shafer, Director, URGO, Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity Office

The application for URGO summer research is now available!

Spend your summer doing something you love while enhancing your resume for grad school. Apply for a full- or part- time URGO summer research grant to work on your own research or creative question, or a professor's current project. Gain valuable research, writing and presentation skills, and the opportunity to present your project during Augsburg's annual research fair, Zyzzogeton. Open to all disciplines.

Applications are available in the URGO public folder or by emailing Andrea Sanow at sanowa@augsburg.edu.

Welcome Sarah Hedstrom to CTL and A4A

Submitted by Velma J Lashbrook, Assistant Professor and Director of CTL, MAL Program

Please join us in welcoming Sarah Hedstrom to Augsburg College. Sarah is the new Administrative Assistant for the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Augsburg for Adults program and can be found Monday through Thursday in the CTL office near Lindell 202 and in the A4A office in OGC on Fridays and Saturdays. Stop by her office to introduce yourself and welcome her.

Sarah graduated from the MAL program in 2008 and worked for over 10 years for Hewlett Packard as a Business Project Specialist and Engineering Program Coordinator . She has extensive experience in project management, office management, and event planning. We know she will help enhance the effectiveness of both programs she now serves.

$1,000 for Fine Arts LAF Class in Mexico

Submitted by Dulce Olive Monterrubio, Program Associate, Center for Global Education

Learn more about ART/SPA 231:Pre-Columbian, Colonial & Contemporary Mexican Art and other courses that fulfill graduation requirements - all in one semester abroad!

AugCore Mexico – Fall 2011
A semester-long study abroad program for Auggies

Thursday, November 4
3:30 to 4:30 pm
OGC 100

$1,000 CGE Auggie Grant and other scholarships available

For more information, contact Dulce at monterru@augsburg.edu or 612.330-1622

Powerful Conversations on NSSE

Submitted by Velma J Lashbrook, Assistant Professor and Director of CTL, MAL Program

Tuesday, November 23, 12:00-1:15, Century Room (Note Room Change)

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 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. The remaining sessions are scheduled as follows:

November 23, 2010, Century Room – Level of Academic Challenge (Amy Gort)
December 16, 2010, OGC 111 – Active and Collaborative Learning (Velma Lashbrook)
February 17, 2011, OGC 100 – Student-Faculty Interaction (Lori Peterson)
March 24, 2011, OGC 100 – Enriching Educational Experiences (Lori Brandt Hale)
April 21, 2011, OGC 100 – Supportive Campus Environment (Ann Garvey)

Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to hedstrom@augsburg.edu

Developing a Learning-Focused Syllabus

Submitted by Velma J Lashbrook, Assistant Professor and Director of CTL, MAL Program

November 8, 7:30-9:00 am, OGC 103

The third session of our Foundational Series on Student Learning closely examines one of the major products of instructional design – the course syllabus. You will explore how to write a syllabus that communicates how the course is structured to achieve meaningful learning outcomes and clarifies how students can successfully accomplish course objectives. To get the most out of this workshop, bring a syllabus that you intend to use next term and look for ways you can improve it.

Facilitator: Diane Pike, Sociology. RSVP to hedstrom@augsburg.edu

$27,000 Scholarship to Study and Research Abroad

Submitted by Dixie Shafer, Director, URGO, Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity Office

Are you interested in peace? Would you like to increase the educational opportunities for scholars from low income countries? Would you like a $27,000 scholarship to study abroad in a country for a full academic year? Then the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship may be the right fit for you.

Please join us for an informational session on the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship program. Meet Jim Hancock, a Minneapolis Rotarian and Carolyn Herman, a former Rotary Scholar in India.

Thursday, Nov. 4, 5 pm
OGC 114
Free Pizza!
Info at www.rotary.org
Rotary Ambassadorial scholarships cover full cost of one year study abroad in over 100 countries. An Augsburg Alum just studied in India through Rotary. For more information visit www.rotary.org

General Announcements

Somali Actors Needed

Submitted by Eric Jeffrey Dobratz, Student

Three Augsburg film students need Somali students to act in short videos for the Minneapolis Police Department. Flexible on schedule. For more information, please contact Eric Dobratz at dobratz@augsburg.edu.

Special Interest Housing

Submitted by Joshua Peaslee, Hall Director, Anderson Hall, Residence Life

Special Interest Housing is an opportunity provided to you by the Department of Residence Life. It gives students the opportunity to create their living environment, and have it surrounding a specific interest. Residents who select Special Interest Housing will have their housing configuration guaranteed for the coming year.

Applications are currently available and can be picked up in the Urn/Mort Residence Life Office. The first part of the applications are due November 5, 2010.

We look forward to talking with you more about this opportunity!

Spanish Conversation this Thurs.

Submitted by Kathy J Reinhardt, Instructor, Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies

Would you like to practice your Spanish in a lively and welcoming setting? Then join us for Spanish conversation group! All language levels are welcome - we promise there will be no grammar lessons. We meet every Thursday from 11:00 - 12:30 on the 2nd floor of the Christensen Center, in the Riverside Room. Signs will be posted. Come for 10 mins. or for the whole session, whatever works for you. You are welcome to bring your lunch. Attend 3 sessions and get a free t-shirt! Questions? Contact Emiliano Chagil, ext. 1309; Anita Fisher, ext. 1082 or Kate Reinhardt, ext. 1081. We hope to see you there!"

Join Alumni for the Annual Etiquette Dinner

Submitted by Sandy E Tilton, Employer Relations Specialist, Strommen Career and Internship Center

The Strommen Career and Internship Center & Augsburg Business Organization are sponsoring the annual Etiquette Dinner on Monday, November 15th. Deadline date to register is November 10th @ noon. Cost $10. Well known guest speaker Darcy Matz will share the do's and don'ts of business etiquette. You will also have time to socialize with alumni. For registration materials go to: http://cswl.pbworks.com

Benefit Open Enrollment Announcement

Submitted by Kelly Crawford, HR Generalist, Human Resources

Benefit open enrollment will take place between Monday, November 8, 2010 - Friday, November 19, 2010. Human resources will be sending out more information on open enrollment to your email inbox and your home in the next two days. Please plan to attend one of our open enrollment sessions to learn about the changes to your benefits for 2011.

November 8 Marshall Room 12:00 – 1:00 pm
November 9 Marshall Room 1:30 - 2:30 pm*
November 10 Marshall Room 8:30 – 9:30 am
November 12 Marshall Room 2:00 – 3:00 pm
November 15 Marshall Room 9:30 – 10:30 am
November 16 Marshall Room 1:00 – 2:00 pm
November 17 OGC 100 5:00 – 6:00 pm

*Special session for facilities/custodial staff

Time for Augsburg to be Tobacco Free?

Submitted by Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Student Affairs

Many colleges and universities have gone tobacco free (no cigars, cigarettes, chew). It's time for the Augsburg Minneapolis community to have conversations about whether we should be tobacco free.

A task force on this issue will meet Thursday, Nov. 4, 1:30-2:30 pm Century Room (Christensen Center). All are welcome to attend.

We want to start involving the campus in this conversation. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey:
http://augsburg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5pYgyo21tW6RJEE

The survey and the meeting are the beginning of our work on this topic.

Augsburg Mental Health Support Group

Submitted by Luke Terhaar Mueller, Student

Been thinking about starting an Augsburg Mental Health Support group. Let me know if you are interested in a message or post here... trying to find people interested in being members or co-founders... College can be the most stressful and anxiety provoking experience for young adults.

For those of you who don't know, I have suffered from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and general anxiety for almost ten years. My early years in college were intense with these issues, and I would like to provide a support group for those experiencing their individual tough times.

I am envisioning a once a week or bi-weekly meeting where everybody can share their views, problems, solutions, and simply just talk about issues related to mental illness. The group will support everyone's privacy, and if I can find enough interest I will look into getting official Augsburg support or funds.

Spirit of MLK Award

Submitted by Kasidy M Moore, Administrative Assistant, Ethnic Student Services

During the 2011 MLK Luncheon we will award two people who have demonstrated peace, love, humility, integrity and honor while working with others. We are looking for people who have demonstrated these abilities on or off campus.
Please give this careful consideration and take the time to nominate one faculty or staff member and/or one student that you believe should receive special recognition for following in the spirit of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Self nominations are also accepted.

• Please provide specific examples of how this person has represented peace, love, humility, integrity and honor while working with others.

• Please provide your name and contact information and the full name of the person/people that you are nominating along with their contact information.

Return to Campus Box: 234 or email moorek1@augsburg.edu by Wednesday, November 24th.

Neighborhood Sustainability Networking Fair

Submitted by Thomas S Ruffaner, Custodial Supervisor, Custodial Services

Neighborhood sustainability networking fair Saturday, November 13 1 to 5:00 p.m. at South High School at 3131 19th Avenue South in Minneapolis.
1:00 p.m. Keynote by Richard Heinberg "Building Resilient Communities" author of The Party is Over and Power Down.
2:30 p.m. Action conversations on community gardens, weatherization, community solar eco-psychology, and more!
At 4pm Volunteers from neighborhoods and congregations will plan next steps.
For more info call Sean at 612-331-1099 www.afors.org

Estate Sale - Thursday & Friday, Nov 4 & 5

Submitted by Becky Waggoner, Program Assistant, Alumni-Parent Relations

The Augsburg Associates will be sponsoring an estate sale this Thursday and Friday, November 4th and 5th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Location is 7500 York Avenue South, Unit #744, Edina. This is a very clean, neat and easy sale. Good usable items of all types along with some furniture.

Directions: 35W south to Crosstown 62. 62 west to Xerxes. Left-south-on Xerxes which will become York. Continue to 75th Ave. Turn right and then quick right into the parking area.

Come out and support the Associates. Their proceeds benefit Augsburg student scholarships.

Learned Ladies Tickets On Sale Now

Submitted by Elizabeth Rose Behnke, Student

Tickets are now on sale for The Learned Ladies by Moliere, directed by Martha Johnson.
Available performance dates are:
November 5th at 8:00pm, November 6th, 11th, 12th, and 13th at 7:00pm
and November 7th and 14th at 3:00pm

Tickets are now on sale for
$10 for General Public
$8 for ACTC faculty and staff
$5 for non-Augsburg students and
$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 Please specify in your ticket request if you need special assistance or accessible seating. Thank you!

Event Announcements

First Wednesday Gathering

Submitted by Barbara Gaiser, Executive Assistant to the President, Office of the President

Please join faculty and staff colleagues for First Wednesday Gathering today in the East Commons from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

The security and custodial night shift employees are invited to the Wednesday Evening Gathering at 8 p.m. in the Augsburg Room.

The first-Wednesday-of-the-month gatherings support our commitment to building community and practicing common work. They are an opportunity to get to know one another, exchange ideas, and collaborate in new ways. We hope you will invite your colleagues and plan to join us!

Election Brown Bag Today

Submitted by Andrew L Aoki, Professor, Political Science

Please join us in the Riverside Room in Christensen Center today for a look at the 2010 elections. Longtime Fifth District representative Martin Sabo will offer his thoughts, as will some members of the Political Science department. Feel free to bring your lunch; light refreshments will be available.
WHEN: Wednesday Nov. 3, Noon-1:00
WHERE: Riverside Room, Christensen Center

Final Personal Budget Management Workshop

Submitted by Caren Custer, Assistant to the Vice Presidents, Human Resources

* Confused about the upcoming payroll change?
* Looking for hints on managing your cash flow?
* Too busy to think about what you need to do?

Attend the FINAL Personal Budget Management Workshop conducted by Augsburg Human Resources to learn more about the payroll transition from monthly to bi-weekly. Spouses and partners are welcome.

Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
Noon-1:00 p.m.
Christensen Center, Marshall Room

Event Planning, Marketing, and Pumped Up PR - 11/4

Submitted by Will O'Berry, Hall Director, Luther and Oren Gateway, Residence Life

CAO welcomes ALL student leaders to Effective Event Planning, Marketing, and Pumped Up PR, the third 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 plan events that "pop" as well as how your orgs can market these events effectively.

Wendi Wheeler, Creative Associate with Marketing and Communication at Augsburg, will facilitate this workshop on Thursday, November 4 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 there!

Mississippi River Stories TODAY

Submitted by Joseph B. Underhill, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, Political Science

Join the students of POL 241: Environmental and River Politics in the lobby of the Christensen Center on the Augsburg campus from noon until 2:30 today, to hear their stories about their time on the Mississippi River in August, and about the many ways in which we are all connected to the Mississippi River. The students have produced a sizable map of the river which will be laid out on the floor of the lobby, and will share stories about endangered freshwater mussels, turbidity and TMDLs, the Clean Water Act, macroinvertebrates, bald eagles and kingfishers, E. coli, the Hidden Ghost Brigade, a field guide to plants and birds, canoe surfing on Lake Pepin, a horse skull, the Farm Bill, the Prairie Island nuclear power plant, and more.

Veteran/Military Appreciation Event, Nov. 11

Submitted by Ann L Garvey, Vice President of Student Affairs, Student Affairs

The military/veterans appreciation reception is on Thursday, Nov. 11 from 4-6 pm, Oren Gateway Center. Food and refreshments will be provided.

This reception is for currently serving military members, family of currently serving military members, and veterans who are Augsburg students, staff, and faculty. This is a great opportunity to meet other military/veterans on campus and for the college to honor your service.

There will be a short program of introductions at approximately 5:00pm.

Check out the Augsburg College Veterans Network Facebook group.

Thru Another's Lens - TODAY

Submitted by Will O'Berry, Hall Director, Luther and Oren Gateway, Residence Life

The Luther Hall/Oren Gateway Center (LOGC) ResLife Staff and the Department of Residence Life is beginning a safe dialogue series for community members with the goals of (1) creating awareness and knowledge around issues of human diversity and (2) contemplating how students, staff, and faculty can take action for social justice within their own communities and in the world. This series is entitled "Thru Another's Lens."

There will be 7 sessions in this series with one taking place approximately each month from November to April. The series will be one of single-issue focus, meaning a particular session will focus on oppression dynamics in one of the following social identity categories: class, disability/nondisability, gender, race & ethnicity, religious/spiritual identities, and sexual orientation.

The kick off to this series will occur on Wednesday, November 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Oren Gateway 100. This first session will look to develop a common conceptual understanding of oppression dynamics, broadly, allowing the series to take single-issue focus for the rest of the academic year. Basically, the first session on November 3 will set a foundation for continued conversations; however, please keep in mind that this series is constructed so that people can come to sessions of interest and not others.

So, if you want to join a discussion where you will leave with some tangible takeaways that you can apply, then come join us!

If you have any questions, please contact Will O'Berry at oberry@augsburg.edu or a member of the LOGC ResLife Staff.

Free sunglasses as well as dessert will be provided for attendees!

MN Reading Corps - Info Session

Submitted by Sandy E Tilton, Employer Relations Specialist, Strommen Career and Internship Center

MN Reading Corps/MN Math Corps
Information Session - Wednesday, November 10th
4:45 p.m - Oren Gateway, Room 112

Representatives will be on campus to share with students their exciting program. Jump-start your career by serving one year as a tutor! Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps are AmeriCorps programs that are helping ensure that Minnesota youth are on both track to read by the end of third grade and algebra ready by eighth grade.

Every year we place and train hundreds of Literacy Tutors and Math Enrichment Tutors to help kids learn the skills they need to succeed. By becoming a tutor during the 2011-2012 program year, you can gain
significant and valuable experience. Tutors build their career skills and professional network, find direction after college and earn an education award of up to $5,350.

Get Your Flu Shot at Augsburg

Submitted by Kelly Crawford, HR Generalist, Human Resources

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.

Open Advising for Business Students TODAY

Submitted by Kelly Ackerman, Department Administrator, Business-MIS

Advising holds are on! Spring Registration starts November 15! Mark your Calendars!

Open Advising Sessions for DAY Business Majors & Minors TODAY!!!

When: Wednesday, November 3 & Thursday, November 4: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Business Department, 3rd Floor Memorial Hall

Open to all DAY Business majors & minors; No appointment needed; Meet with a Business Department advisor about course planning and registration; Register to win a gift card; Grab some snacks; Get your advising hold lifted!

Please stop by and take advantage of this opportunity to have all of your advising questions answered without making an appointment.

Interested in Medicine or Veterinary Medicine?

Submitted by Andrea Sanow, Administrative Assistant, Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity Office

You are invited to meet with Milena V. Garcia, Sr. Associate Director of Admissions at Ross University School of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, on Nov. 10th at 5pm. Come to SCI 205 for an informational session about the application process and program offerings through Ross University. For more information about Ross U, visit: www.RossU.edu

Free pizza will be provided!

Register Today for the Nov. 13 AFA Getaway Retreat

Submitted by Lonna Field, Project Coordinator, Augsburg Center for Faith and Learning and Campus Ministry

The Augsburg for Adults Office, Center for Faith & Learning, Campus Ministry and Strommen Center for Meaningful Work are sponsoring this third annual Getaway Retreat. We invite WEC and Graduate students to attend and learn more about your strengths and vocation.

The retreat will take place on Saturday, November 13, 2010, 9:45AM-5:00 PM at The Marsh in Minnetonka. We ask that students pay $30 for the day-long event. Included in this price is an hour long massage, lunch, and all of the tools for personal assessments and discovery.

If you are interested in attending, please email Lonna Field at fieldl@augsburg.edu for a registration form. Space is limited to 20 students, seated on a first come, first served basis. (Final deadline for registration is November 4.)

The Guerrilla Girls Are Coming

Submitted by Jessica Nathanson, Director, Women's Resource Center, Women's Studies

In the mid-eighties, a group of women artists took to the streets (with clever and politically devastating posters) to protest the lack of work by women artists and artists of color in museums. Working anonymously to expose sexism and racism in the art world, these women adopted the names of famous female artists and wore gorilla masks to protect themselves from the angry art world elite. Calling themselves The Guerrilla Girls, they have taken their activism from the U.S. to Canada, Japan, Ireland, Germany, and elsewhere - and have expanded their repertoire to include an attack on sexism and racism in Hollywood as well as in global politics.

And now, The Guerrilla Girls are coming to Augsburg! Please join us on Friday, November 5, at 5pm in the Chapel for a discussion/lecture/performance with Guerrilla Girl, Frida Kahlo. T-shirts, books, and posters will be on sale before and after the performance, with a book-signing after the performance, as well. The performance is free and open to all.

Limited spaces are also available for a special "Aestheticize Your Activism" workshop for students on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 10am-noon. If you are interested, please contact nathanso@augsburg.edu.

For more information about The Guerrilla Girls: http://www.guerrillagirls.com/

Keeping Track of Auggies

Mathematics Article by Jody Sorensen Published

Submitted by Matthew J. Haines, Associate Professor, Department Chair, Mathematics

Jody Sorensen of the Mathematics Department had an article appear in this month's College Mathematics Journal. The article, entitled "Sprinkler Bifurcations and Stability", was co-authored with Elyn Rykken of Muhlenberg College, and grew out of work Dr. Sorensen did with undergraduates.

Auggie Athletics

Auggies Advance to MIAC Men's Soccer Final

Submitted by Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Director, Athletics

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/11/2/msoc110210.aspx?path=msoc

MINNEAPOLIS -- Chad Gilmer (SO, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) headed home a service from Matt Bowman (JR, Maple Grove, Minn.) in the 26th minute, as Augsburg College advanced to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer playoff championship game with a 1-0 win over Carleton College in a semifinal contest on Tuesday evening at Edor Nelson Field.

With the win, Augsburg (14-4-1 overall) advances to the MIAC playoff championship game for the second time since the four-team playoffs were re-started by the MIAC in 2003. Augsburg, the No. 2 seed in the tournament, will host No. 4-seed Concordia-Moorhead (13-5-1), which upset top-seed Macalester 3-1 on Tuesday in St. Paul.

The championship game will be played at a date and time to be determined at Augsburg's Edor Nelson Field, with the winner earning the MIAC's automatic bid to the 60-team NCAA Division III national tournament. The game will feature a live video webcast and live statistics on Augsburg's GameCentral portal.

"Hosting the semifinal was nice," said Augsburg head coach Greg Holker. "Hosting the final will be as good an environment as you can get in college soccer."

Augsburg outshot No. 3-seed Carleton (11-7-1) by a 10-7 margin and held a 9-4 advantage in corner kicks in the game.

The lone goal of the game came at the 25:53 mark, when Bowman put a service into the box from the left side. Gilmer leaped and headed the ball past the Carleton goalie for his team-leading eighth goal of the season, with Bowman earning his sixth assist, tying him for the team lead in that category.

"Our goal came from a set piece -- and clearly we need to have those at this time of the year. Gilmer rose to the occasion once again getting on the end of a perfect service from Matt Bowman. Chad can do it all; he is strong in the back, incredible in the air, and really ambitious around the goal when he gets forward," Holker said. "We were sharp in the first half and we did what we needed to do to hold on to the result. The game was choppy all around -- not by fouls, but just by the ball not being settled and pinged around the way the two teams normally do."

Augsburg goalkeeper Will Morlock (FY, Grand Haven, Mich.) claimed four saves in goal for his seventh shutout of the season and third in a row. Augsburg will carry an opponent goalless streak of 342:34 into the conference championship game.

"Will was in firm control in the frame," Holker said. "Carleton tested him twice -- once when Wes Elfman (SR, Madison, Wis./Edgewood HS) turned the corner and Morlock snatched the cross and the other from a deceptive combination and strike from 20 yards out on top of the box -- both in the first half. His distribution was good and important for us to kill the game at the end."

Pete Semmer (SR, Del Mar, Calif./Bishop's School) had one save in goal for Carleton. Ryan Cammarota (JR, Neenah, Wis.) and Elfman had two shots each for the Knights.

"Carleton is a tremendous team," Holker said. "They play good soccer and have incredible individual players. Year after year, they do it the right way. They've been the standard for the rest of us to try and achieve."

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Winter Wear Clothing Drive

Submitted by Wendi R Wheeler, Creative Associate - Editorial, Marketing and Communication

I am heading up a winter clothing drive for Our Saviour's Housing through my church, and I would much appreciate your donations of new or gently used items. The men and women of Our Saviour's need:

* Scarves, hats, gloves, mittens, coats and NEW socks
* Men's sizes XL and XXL; women's sizes medium, large, and XL.

Please bring your donations to Wendi Wheeler in Anderson Hall Suite 25 by Wednesday, Nov. 24. Thank you!