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Faculty-Led Study Abroad: Info Session Rescheduled

Interested in the idea of leading a study abroad program, but not sure how to start planning? Have questions about the proposal requirements? Attend the next Info Session coming up this fall, get your questions answered, and hear what other faculty are planning!

Info Session 2 has been rescheduled to accommodate the new date for all Faculty Meeting

Info Session 2
Date: Wednesday, November 24 - NEW date
Time: 3:00-4:00pm - NEW time
Location: OGC 100

The updated proposal form and process are now available in the Office of International Programs Public folder under "Augsburg Abroad," or by contacting Andrea W. Dvorak at the information below.

The deadline for submitting proposals is December 15. Proposals will be reviewed in January and the roster of short-term programs for 2011-12 will be announced in February.

Questions about the Proposal forms or Info Sessions? Contact Andrea W. Dvorak, Faculty-led Programs Coordinator, at dvorak@augsburg.edu or extension x1669.

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Reminder: Book Orders are Now Due

Please email me your book order asap to forgey@augsburg.edu for the Winter WEC/Spring Day semesters.

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Ultimate Frisbee for Faculty/Staff - Nov. 16

Join us in a fun game of Ultimate Frisbee every Tuesday from Nov 16 to Dec 14. We meet in the dome at noon and pay until 1:00.

All ability levels welcome!

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Bookstore Facebook Page - Great Deals

Are you linked up with the Augsburg College Bookstore Facebook page? If not, you are missing weekly deals and information as when is the best time to sell your books back. Become a friend today for a great in-store coupon!

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Spirit of MLK Award - Deadline Nov. 24

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.



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

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Jansport Clothing Sale at the Bookstore

Jansport Sale is on! Buy one at regular price, get a second Jansport item (of equal or lesser value) at 50% off. These make great holiday gifts!

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Free Coffee Provided by Residence Life

Residence Life will be providing FREE COFFEE in the Urness/Mortensen Residence Life suite every Monday-Friday until Noon. The office opens at 8:00 am on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and 9:40 am on Tuesday and Thursday. Please bring your own cup,cream, and sugar. We'll provide the coffee. Conversation is welcome!

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Sign up for a Free Makeover Dec. 6

Want a free makeover? Mark will be in store on Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. doing free makeovers. Please contact Laura at forgey@augsburg.edu to book your appt.

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Turkeypalooza 2010

Faculty, Staff, and Students,

Campus Kitchens is running 'Turkeypalooza,' a 6 year old Augsburg tradition of working to provide over 600 Thanksgiving dinners during November. We're reaching out to faculty, staff, and students to help us gather enough ingredients to make this happen. We're looking for turkeys, stuffing, potatoes, green bean casserole (green beans, cream of mushroom soup, fried onions), and pumpkin pie (pumpkins, canned or fresh, crust mix), and cash to purchase what we can't gather (checks to be made out to Augsburg Campus Kitchen)

Could you help organize your office or department to gather ingredients? If you could, please let us know what item you would like to focus on, and how much of it would be realistic for you to collect. We'll be collecting all the donations on Friday, November 12th and Monday, November 15th in Christensen Center, a table will be set up between the hours of 10 am - 2 pm. Also, we are looking for volunteers to help with cooking or serving the dinners. Please let me know if you are available or willing to donate. Thanks for helping make this years event a success!

Thank you so much to all of the staff and departments for your contributions this far!

Michelle Anderson
Senior Elementary Education Major
anders42@augsburg.edu

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Next Monday-Friday - View From Employers

Join the Strommen Career and Internship Center for an informal open house and visit with employer representatives November 15-19th. Stop down daily between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.! Refreshments and treats! Learn what employers are looking for, ask questions, and get resume tips.

Door prizes - including a chance to win a free networking lunch with an alumni. Open to all majors. For a list of employers to to http://cswl.pbworks.com Questions call 612-330-1148

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Advent Vespers Liturgical Party - Song in the Night

ADVENT VESPERS 2010: Song in the Night

The 31st annual Advent Vespers is just around the corner. Ten to twelve thousand people come to the ‘cathedral like’ Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis. Hundreds of Augsburg singers, instrumentalists and liturgical participants will lead four services.

The dates for this year are: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3rd at 5 & 8PM and SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th, at 2, 5 & 8PM.

If you are interested in being a part of this joyous celebration as a member of the Liturgical Party by carrying a banner or candle, please sign-up in the Campus Ministry office or email hakola@augsburg.edu no later than Monday, Nov 15th so your name will be included in the Vespers program.
Thank you,
Campus Ministry

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2011 Health Insurance Premiums

Human Resources has received several questions regarding the 2011 Health Insurance Premiums. All benefit eligible employee should have received a benefit booklet in the mail last week. Page 7 of the booklet lists the insurance premium rates for 2011. The rates for the $1000 Deductible Medical Plan, the $2500 Deductible Medical Plan and the Dental Plan are the bi-weekly rates.

Please see the link below for the bi-weekly rates for 2011. The rates listed at the link will come out of the first 2 pay checks of each month (24 deductions per calendar year).

http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2011_Benefits/2011InsurancePremiumGrid.pdf

If you have misplaced your benefit booklet, you can access the link below or on HR's Moodle site.

http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2011_Benefits/EmployeeBenefitBooklet.pdf

Please contact human resources with any questions at 612-330-1058.

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Benefit Enrollment Period Ends Next Friday

This message is intended for all benefit eligible staff and faculty. The following communication was mailed to your home address. Therefore, there is no need to print out the material included in the links below.

Annual benefit enrollment period started on Monday, November 8 and will go through Friday, November 19. All forms must be turned in no later than 4:30 pm on Friday, November 19. You may drop your forms off in the HR office (Memorial Hall, Room 19) or fax to 612-330-1443. Please note that you ARE required to re-enroll in your health and dental benefits for the 2011 plan year. If you do not turn in an enrollment form, your benefit(s) will end on December 31.

Please remember that you must make your flexible spending account and health savings account elections every year. Your election from last year WILL NOT carry over into 2011. You must complete the universal enrollment form to make your election for 2011.

Important changes have been made to your benefit plan, and we strongly encourage all benefit eligible staff and faculty to attend one of the seven benefit information sessions. Please bring your enrollment packet that you will receive in the mail to the benefit information session. Sessions are scheduled as follows:

November 12, 2010 at 2:00 pm, Marshall Room
November 15, 2010 at 9:30 am, Marshall Room
November 16, 2010 at 1:00 pm, Marshall Room
November 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm, OGC 100

Please see the following links to access information on benefit changes and other helpful information for the 2011 plan year:

Employee letter:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2011_Benefits/BenefitRenewalLetter.pdf

Employee benefit information booklet:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2011_Benefits/EmployeeBenefitBooklet.pdf

Helpful HealthPartners information:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2011_Benefits/HealthPartners.pdf

Enrollment form:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2011_Benefits/EnrollmentForm.pdf

You can search to see if your current health care provider is in the HealthPartners Open Access Network by going to http://www.healtpartners.com, then click on Find a Doctor, then click on the group health plan link and search the Open Access Network.

All of this information and the benefit renewal PowerPoint presentation can be found on Human Resources' Moodle site.

Please contact the human resources department with any questions at 612-330-1058.

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Vagina Monologue Auditions Nov. 17, 18 and 23

Steps to audition for the Vagina Monologues at Augsburg College!

1.Sign up for Audition slot the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater (Main Stage) door.

2.Find the scripts to practice in the Women's Resource Center: SVE207 (Make a copy if you need to) The piece you choose to perform for audition does not need to be memorized.

3. Come to Auditions: Nov. 17 and 18 (Wednesday and Thursday) form 7-8:30pm and Nov. 23 (Tuesday) from 6-7pm in the Women's Resource Center.

***Performance dates will be February 11 and 13 in Sateren Auditorium***

any questions contact Lucreshia at grantl@augsburg.edu

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Project For Pride and Living Table TODAY

Project For Pride and Living staff members will be on campus promoting their volunteer opportunities. PPL helps people gain housing stability, employment, family stability and youth achievement. Stop by the Christensen Center lobby from 10:30-12:30 this Thursday, November 11th. To learn more about their organization go to http://www.ppl-inc.org/

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War and Peace and Evolution Play Nov. 20

The first year honor students present War and Peace and Evolution, a play that is student written, directed and acted. This set of four vingettes are based off a the book "Evolution and Religion" we read this year. Come watch Lady Gaga and Sarah Palin duke it out, and see Alice in Wonderland talking about human origins. FREE! Prizes will be given out! Mark your calenders for Saturday November 20th 7-8pm in Sateren Auditorium

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Cedar-Riverside Women's Night Out Nov. 13, 5-8pm

This is a free event for women of all ages living, working and schooling in the Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood. There will be dinner, music and a fashion show; wear the traditional dress of your culture for the fashion show.

Saturday, Nov. 13 from 5pm-8pm at the Brian Coyle Center.
any questions email Katy at rossk@pun-mn.org

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Big Shoes to Fill

Stop by Christensen Center today to hear more about Toms Shoes, sign up for our Style Your Sole party, or make a donation. Join us on Friday for a Terrain Test to feel what it is like to walk without shoes. Join us Tuesday, November 16th for a screening of Toms Shoes Documentary at 7 pm in Oren Gateway Center, Room 113. Free snacks will be provided!

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TRIO/SSS Open House Welcome Celebration TODAY

Please join TRIO/SSS today in celebration!! We have a new academic advisor, Sherron Reese. Please come to offer her a warm welcome to Augsburg College! We are also celebrating our grant renewal; five more years of funding!! We will have appetizers, desserts, and refreshments from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the TRIO/SSS Office, Science Hall 152. Please feel free to come and go as you are able. We hope to see you there!

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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).

Wed, Nov 17, 12:30-1:30 -- "Voices from Iraq" - three Iraqi women will talk about the experiences of average Iraqi families, especially women, living in a war zone

Wed, Dec 8, 12:30-1:30 - "Robert's Rules of Order 101" with Bob Groven
Are you longing to participate in faculty or staff meetings, but you aren't sure of the procedure? Come and learn about making a motion, calling the question, and other basic meeting procedures.

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Mississippi Informational Meeting

Do you have any plans for spring break?! Come learn about this exciting trip down to the Mississippi Delta! We will starting Jackson, Mississippi and making our way up to Memphis, Tennessee. Come to one of these meets to see how you can get involved:

Thursday, November 18th 5:30-6:30 Sverdrup 1

Tuesday November 23 5:30-6:30 Marshall Room

Free Food!

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Nautilus Music Theater on Augsburg Campus

Ben Krywosz & Nautilus Music Theater
Tuesday, Nov. 16th ~ 9:40am & 7:30pm
Sateren Auditorium, Augsburg College
FREE FOR AUGSBURG STUDENTS WITH I.D.


We are excited to welcome Ben Krywosz and Nautilus Music Theater to our campus next week. Mr. Krywosz will discuss the creation of new works for Music Theater in the Opera Workshop class on Tuesday, Nov. 16th at 9:40-11:10 in Sateren Auditorium. Mr. Krywosz returns to campus for Rough Cuts, Tuesday, Nov. 16th at 7:30pm in Sateren Auditorium, featuring readings of two new Music-Theater works. Writer Kelley Rourke and composer John Glover present Our Basic Nature, the "amazing, disturbing, hilarious and tragic" true story of Lucy, a chimpanzee raised as a human by psychologist Maurice Temberlin and his wife Jane, featuring baritone Andrew Wilkowske and music director Jocelyn Dueck. Soprano Ann Michels and pianist Jerry Rubino continue to explore the complexities of romance through four new songs from the extended song cycle by writer Jim Payne and composer George Maurer, entitled Stations of the Heart.

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Thanks for Giving: Concert for a Cause

All invited! Concert THIS FRIDAY, November 12 from 8-11:30 pm in the Commons, upstairs Christensen Center. We are taking FOOD DONATIONS for local homeless shelters to prepare Thanksgiving dinners for its residents. This concert will feature More Than Lights, New Music Machine, Josh Von Mink, and The New Rebelution. Please join us for good music for a good cause. Brought to you by ASAC, Campus Ministry, Alumni Association, LINK, MPIRG.

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Around the Work Wheel

Students- As you make your way through the Christensen Center Thursday the 18th, stop for a moment to spin the wheel and learn just how many career options relate to your major. Why not take an extra minute of your busy day to win prizes and broaden your professional horizon?, and then return to your academic toil with a renewed zeal, direction, and prize in your pocket. Come spin the wheel Friday the 18th from 12 to 1 pm. Sponsored and hosted by Residence Life.

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Here I Walk...Here I Eat

If you are interested in sharing meeting a man (Andrew Wilson) who walked across Europe in a single pair of crocs (yes, he did) or a woman (Sarah Wilson) who trekked 1000 miles in order to help people with different opinions about religion talk to one another, then this opportunity is for you.

There's still room at the table for the "Here I Walk" luncheon (Thu, Nov 11, noon). Send an email to Hans Wiersma (wiersma@augsburg.edu) if you would like to be added to the guest list for the reception, the luncheon, or both.

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Veteran/Military Appreciation Event TODAY

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 5:00 p.m.

Check out the Augsburg College Veterans Network Facebook group .

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Auggies Sweep MIAC Men's Soccer Awards

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/11/10/msoc111010.aspx?path=msoc

MINNEAPOLIS -- For the first time in school history, Augsburg College has swept the top awards in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's soccer, with head coach Greg Holker earning MIAC Coach of the Year honors and defender/forward Chad Gilmer (SO, Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS) earning MIAC Player of the Year honors, it was announced on Wednesday.

Six Auggie players earned conference honors in men's soccer, with Gilmer, defender Peter Loyd (JR, Plymouth, Minn./Robbinsdale Armstrong HS) and forward Benjamin Wexler (SR, Minnetonka,Minn./Benilde-St. Margaret HS) earning All-MIAC first-team honors, forward Ahmed Gobana (JR, Burnsville, Minn.) and midfielder T.J. Haag (SR, Apple Valley, Minn./Burnsville HS) earning All-MIAC honorable-mention honors, and midfielder Matt Bowman (JR, Maple Grove, Minn.) earning a spot on the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.

Holker earned MIAC Coach of the Year honors for the second time in his career, after being named to the award by his conference peers in 2006. This season, Holker has led the Auggies to a 15-4-1 overall record, a second-place MIAC regular-season finish (7-2-1) and the conference playoff championship for the first time in school history. Augsburg has reached the MIAC playoffs three of the last five years, and will make its second trip in the last three years to the NCAA Division III national playoffs, facing St. Scholastica in the first round on Saturday (11/13) at 7:30 p.m. in Whitewater, Wis.

He has led a dramatic turnaround of Augsburg’s men’s soccer fortunes in his seven seasons at Augsburg, with a 71-46-16 (.594) record entering the NCAA playoffs. His 71 wins in seven years matches the win totals of the 18 Auggie seasons prior to his arrival (71-212-17 from 1986 to 2003).

Augsburg's 15 wins matches the 1975 squad (15-2-1) for the most single-season wins of any Augsburg team, and marks the fourth time in the last five years that Augsburg has recorded a double-digit victory campaign.

Gilmer is the first Auggie to earn MIAC Player of the Year honors since the award was established in 1984, and just the third sophomore to ever earn the honor, joining Tom McCarr of St. Thomas in 1985 and John Boyd of St. John's in 1986. Gilmer is also the first non-senior to earn MIAC Player of the Year award since Kevin Jensen of St. Olaf claimed the first of back-to-back Player of the Year honors in 1998.

Gilmer has proven his versatility for his squad this season. He started the season as a forward, but has played multiple positions on the field throughout the year, starting at defender in the Auggies' most recent games. A dangerous player on set pieces, Gilmer leads the Auggies with eight goals this year, adding five assists for 21 points, including four game-winning goals. He has seen action in 1,507 of Augsburg's 1,841 team minutes (81.9 percent) this season, the second-most minutes played of any Auggie.

His eight goals tied him for fourth among all conference players in overall statistics, and his 21 points were tied for fifth-best in the league. In conference games-only, his four goals and 10 points both ranked ninth-best among league players. An All-MIAC honorable-mention recipient last season, Gilmer now has nine goals and five assists for 23 points in 34 career games (all starts).

Loyd repeated his All-MIAC first-team honors from last year, as an anchor of the one of the strongest defenses in the conference. In overall play, the Auggies ranked second defensively in the MIAC, allowing a 0.73 team goals-against-average (15 goals in 20 games), while recording an MIAC-high 12 shutouts. Augsburg allowed just nine goals in 10 conference games, a 0.87 team GAA that ranked third-best in the conference, with five shutouts.

Loyd saw action in a team-high 1,662 minutes of action -- on the field 90.3 percent of the team's total minutes this season, with three goals to his credit. In his three seasons at Augsburg (57 games, 56 starts), he has six goals and one assists for 13 points.

Wexler transferred to Augsburg after playing his first three seasons at Division I Providence (R.I.), and his addition paid immediate dividends for the Auggies. Wexler has six goals and one assists for 13 points in 19 games (17 starts), the second-most goals of any Auggie, including four game-winning goals. His six goals rank eighth among MIAC players in overall statistics.

Gobana shined as a starter at forward this season, with three goals and a team-high-tying six assists in 20 games (19 starts), ranking him seventh in the MIAC's overall statistics in that category. In his two seasons as an Auggie (34 games, 29 starts), Gobana has eight goals and six assists for 22 points, including two game-winning goals.

Haag has developed a reputation as a solid midfielder, seeing action in 18 games (12 starts) and 964 minutes this year. In two seasons after transferring from Dakota County Technical College, Haag has one assist in 27 Auggie games (19 starts). This past summer, he also played for the Rochester Thunder, a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League team.

Bowman was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team. As a part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative, members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition. A midfielder, Bowman has appeared in 20 games (15 starts) this season, with a goal and a team-high-tying six assists, ranking him seventh in the MIAC's overall statistics in that category.

Bowman's story is one of redemption. In August 2008, Bowman collapsed and nearly died during an Augsburg preseason scrimmage, and he was diagnosed with a rare heart condition that forced him to have open-heart surgery. He missed the entire 2008 season, but returned to play in 2009 and has been a solid contributor ever since. In 52 games (41 starts) in his three competitive seasons, Bowman has two goals and 15 assists for 19 points.

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Three Auggies Earn MIAC Women's Soccer Honors

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/11/10/wsoc111010.aspx?path=wsoc

MINNEAPOLIS -- Three Augsburg College women's soccer players received honors from the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the conference announced in its 2010 women's soccer awards on Wednesday.

Defender Gina Liddell-Westefeld (SR, Iowa City, Iowa) earned All-MIAC honors, while midfielder Courtney Gamrath (JR, St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) earned All-MIAC honorable-mention recognition. Midfielder Lacey Hoover (SR, Duluth, Minn./Central HS) was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.

Starting all 18 games, Liddell-Westefeld, a team co-captain, anchored Augsburg's defense. She appeared in 1620 of the team's 1628 minutes (99.5 percent) this season, and was part of a defense that allowed a 1.55 team goals-against-average (28 goals in 18 games) this season. Liddell-Westefeld appeared in 66 games (30 starts) in her career, with two assists.

Gamrath started all 18 games in the midfield, with team highs of six assists and 16 points, along with a team-high-tying five goals. She appeared in 1,361 minutes of action this season (83.6 percent). Her six assists tied for seventh-most among MIAC players in overall statistics. Gamrath has started all 54 games in her three seasons at Augsburg, with seven goals and 12 assists for 26 points.

Hoover was named to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team. As a part of the conference's sportsmanship initiative, members of the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team are selected by their coaches and teammates as individuals who demonstrate ideals of positive sportsmanship both on and off the field of competition.

Hoover started 15 games this season, with two goals and one assist for five points, including one game-winning goal. A team co-captain this season, Hoover appeared in 68 games (63 starts) in her career, with 16 goals and five assists for 37 points. Her 16 goals are tied for seventh-most in school history, while her 37 points are 11th-most in school history. A biology major, Hoover has also earned Academic All-MIAC honors each of the last two years.

Under 12th season head coach Mike Navarre, Augsburg finished 6-8-4 overall, 5-4-2 in MIAC play in 2010.

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