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Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
Lot K Closed on Saturday
Lot K will be closed on Saturday. Any vehicles parked in the lot will be towed at the owner’s expense. A sign at the lot entrance will also be posted as a reminder.
New Bike Racks on Campus
There are a variety of new bike racks on campus. Locations include the Kennedy Center, Oren Gateway, Christensen East and South, Urness, and Mortensen. Please park your bicycles at these racks and avoid railings and other unauthorized areas. Bicycles parked in unauthorized areas may become damaged during snow removal.
Teaching and Learning
Need Help in CHM 105 or 115
The Academic Skills Office & the Chemistry Department are hosting free, drop-in tutoring sessions. Stop by Science Hall 315/319 for some one-on-one or small group assistance.
Mondays - 6:00 to 7:00 pm (SCI 315)
Tuesdays - 11:00 to 12:00 (SCI 319)
Wednesdays - 11:00 to 12:00 (SCI 319)
Thursdays - 12:00 to 1:00 (SCI 319)
Fridays - 2:00 to 3:00 (SCI 319)
Lindell Library Open til 1 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 5
Lindell Library will be open until 1:00 am from Sunday, December 5 (really early Monday, Dec. 6), through Friday, December 10. Come do some serious studying. We’re expecting you!
On Saturday, December 11, the library will follow the WEC schedule: 7:30 am – 6:00 pm.
Hours are always available from the "Hours" link on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library
Online library resources are also available 24/7 on that web site.
It's Not Too Late to Teach Abroad: Apply by Dec. 15
Calling all Augsburg faculty: Please consider leading a study abroad program!
The proposal form and process are 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 interested in having someone review your proposal and provide feedback before submitting? Contact Andrea W. Dvorak, Faculty-led Programs Coordinator, at dvorak@augsburg.edu or extension x1669.
Powerful Conversations on NSSE
Active and Collaborative Learning (Velma Lashbrook)
Thursday, December 16, 2010, 12:00-1:15pm, OGC 111
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.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please rsvp to hedstrom@augsburg.edu
General Announcements
HR Hours this Afternoon
Human Resources will be closed today from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. so that staff may attend a division meeting.
Phillips Scholarship Competition
The Phillips Scholars Program is administered by the Minnesota Private College Fund in partnership with the financial aid offices of 16 private colleges and universities. The program is funded by the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation which recognizes and rewards private college students who strive to create a better life for those with unmet needs.
Selection criteria includes:
2.75+ GPA
Must be a sophomore in the 2010-2011 academic year
Demonstrate current financial need
Committed to designing and implementing your own community service project
Scholarship total including stipend is $16,400
Junior Year Scholarship $6,000
Senior Year Scholarship $6,000
Summer 2011 Stipend $4,000
Project Resource Funding $400
There will be two informational sessions to learn more about the Phillips Scholarship program.
Tuesday, December 7 at 12 pm – 1 pm in OGC 100
Thursday, December 9 at 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm in Marshall Room
To obtain the application and for more information please contact Jenny Yang at yangj@augsburg.edu or x1294 in the Financial Aid Office.
Applications MUST BE SUBMITTED to the Financial Aid Office in the Enrollment Center by FEBRUARY 11, 2011 by 4 pm. Please put ATTN: Jenny Yang.
New Orleans Alternative Spring Break Registration
For 2011 Alternative Spring Break (ASB), a group of around 40 Auggies will be able to serve in New Orleans, Louisiana! This will continue our commitment to help in recovery work in the Gulf Coast and offer up an amazing opportunity for the participants to focus on service, vocation, and interfaith collaboration in a memorable way. We hope you might take part this year!
Registration is open now until the spots are filled or December 16.
Please contact Lonna Field (612-330-1467) for more information or with any questions. Registration forms are available in the Campus Ministry Office or by emailing fieldl@augsburg.edu
- Sponsored by Campus Ministry, Center for Faith & Learning (ACFL) and Bonner Leaders.
American Indian Studies Courses: Spring 2011
AIS 105: Introduction to American Indian Studies:
Tuesday & Thursday 9:40-11:10 with Elise Marubbio
Designed to introduce students to the content areas of the American Indian Studies curriculum, this course includes an overview of American Indian history, federal Indian policy, land issues, reservation and urban issues, cross-cultural influences, and American Indian literature, art, music, and language.
AIS 205: Contemporary American Indians
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 1:20-2:20 with Eric Buffalohead
In this topics-oriented course, students focus on issues that face contemporary American Indians, including tribal sovereignty and identity politics, treaty rights, language retention and education, religious freedom, and Indian activism.
AIS 332 Native American Storytelling
Tuesday 6:oo-9:00 with Sophia Jacobson
The objective of this course is to study Native American storytelling from a cultural perspective. An appreciation of oral traditions will be emphasized and studied within the broader context of world mythologies. Students will be expected to perform storytelling and to research the various tribal storytelling traditions.
AIS 364: Indigenous Filmmakers
Wednesday 6:00-9:00 with Elise Marubbio
Indigenous Filmmakers introduces students at the junior and senior level to the exciting and expanding field of indigenous media—specifically films made by Native Americans. We will explore the political and social forces at work behind the American indigenous film movement, which responds to mainstream film’s portrayal of Native Americans and provides an extraordinary range in perspectives and views that inform Native American cultures.
Event Announcements
Thru Another's Lens - Wednesday, December 8
The Luther Hall/Oren Gateway Center (LOGC) ResLife Staff and the Department of Residence Life is continuing its safe dialogue series for community members on issues of human diversity. The overarching goals of this series are to help people understand each other across difference as well as inspire all to take action for positive social change.
The kick off to this series occurred on Wednesday, November 3 at 6:30 p.m. in Oren Gateway 100. This first session looked 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. Now, each session will focus on a particular social identity category while also considering how various oppression dynamics intersect (e.g., class, disability/nondisability, ethnicity, gender, race, religious & spiritual identity, sexual orientation).
This second session in the series will take place on Wednesday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Oren Gateway 100 and will focus on class, classism, and ways to take action against classism in everyday life.
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!
Women's Resource Center Brown-Bag Lunches
Our last brown-bag lunch of the semester will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 8, from 12:30-1:30, in the Women's Resource Center (207 Sverdrup). Our topic will be "Robert's Rules of Order 101," with presenter, 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. Students welcome!
Calendar of WRC Brown-Bag Lunches for Spring (faculty and staff are particularly encouraged to join us - all genders welcome!):
Wed, Jan 26, 12:30-1:30 – film, STILL DOING IT: THE INTIMATE LIVES OF WOMEN OVER 60 http://www.stilldoingit.com/film.html
Tues, Feb. 15, 12-1 - training with Sarah Griesse for faculty and staff on how to handle student reports of sexual assault
Wed, March 23, 12:30-1:30 - Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction introductory session - learn how to manage stress through the practice of mindfulness
Tues, April 5, 12-1 - discussion of Julie Des Jardin's book, _The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science_. Copies will be made available in advance.
Noted Historian on Campus for Velkommen Jul
There's an extra treat at this year's Velkommen Jul celebration!
Historian Odd Lovoll--the most important and prolific scholar in the field of Norwegian American history--will be at the boutique in the Christensen Center, signing copies of his many books.
Lovoll is Professor Emeritus of History and the former King Olav V Chair in Scandinavian-American Studies at St. Olaf College. He is the author of A Folk Epic: The Bygdelag in America (1975), The Promise of America: A History of the Norwegian-American People (1984), A Century of Urban Life: The Norwegians in Chicago before 1930 (1988), The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian Americans Today (1998), Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town (2006), and Norwegian Newspapers in America: Connecting Norway and the New World (2010). From 1980 until 2001 he served as publications editor for The Norwegian-American Historical Association. Lovoll was decorated with the Knight's Cross First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in 1986 by King Olav V and in 1989 he was inducted into membership in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Be sure to take advantage of this chance to pick up an extra-special holiday gift!
December Vocatio Chapel and Lunch
You are invited to the 2010-2011 Vocatio Chapel Series at Augsburg College
Healthy Vocations: Mind, Body, and Spirit
On Wed, Dec. 8, 10:20AM, our guest will be the Rev. Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl. She serves as coordinator for the ELCA Malaria Campaign which raises awareness and funds for prevention and treatment of malaria. Rev. DeGroot-Nesdahl was among the first 25 women ordained by the American Lutheran Church and served as Bishop of the South Dakota Synod/ELCA for twelve years. Please join us for this inspiring chapel as we hear Rev. Andrea's journey to promote healthy minds, bodies, and spirits.
ALSO during this Vocatio Chapel:
* Special Music by Agape (Dave Scherer), www.hiphopoutreach.com
* a display and resources about Malaria work will also be available in Foss Center
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to a lunch conversation with Rev. Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl from 11:00am-12:00pm. To attend the lunch, RSVP by Dec. 6 to Lonna Field (fieldl@augsburg.edu or x1467)
Franklin Frolic This Saturday
On Saturday, Dec. 4th from noon - 6:00 PM, East Franklin Avenue in the Seward Neighborhood will be the site of the Franklin Frolic. The event is hosted by the Seward Civic and Commerce Association and is a terrific opportunity to experience and support Seward's vibrant small business community. Businesses will be having sales and offering a variety of fun activities; restaurants and cafes will have beverage and dining specials; free food and drinks will be available at many locations; neighborhood artists will be selling and showing artwork in businesses along the avenue; and live music can be enjoyed at many locations. At 5:00PM, there will be a gathering in Triangle Park (26th Ave. and E. Franklin Avenue) to light up the park and celebrate the warm community spirit of the Seward Neighborhood. Brochures about the Franklin Frolic are available at the information desks in the Christensen Center and Oren Gateway.
Keeping Track of Auggies
Augsburg Religion Professors Present Papers
Religion professors Phil Quanbeck II and Karl Jacobson recently presented papers at the Society for Biblical Literature Conference in Atlanta. They collaborated on "'And I will write it on their hearts,'. the Word as Transformative in Popular Film". Jacobson also presented, “'But these words are drawn so that you may come to believe…,' the Bible according to Siku." Quanbeck did a paper on "Nothing Left Out!: The Interaction of Text, Illustration and Popular Culture in R. Crumb's 'Genesis.'"
Auggie Athletics
Auggie Athletics Update
Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):
Wednesday, Dec. 1:
Women's Basketball -- St. Mary's 57, Augsburg 44
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/12/1/wbb120110.aspx?path=wbball
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg 63, St. Mary's 54
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2010/12/1/mbb120110.aspx?path=mbball
Upcoming Events:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/
Friday, Dec. 3:
Men's Hockey -- Augsburg vs. St. John's, Ed Saugestad Rink, 7:05 p.m.
Women's Hockey -- Augsburg at St. Benedict, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Swimming -- Augsburg at St. Thomas Invitational, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 4:
Wrestling -- Augsburg at MSU Moorhead Dragon Open, 8 a.m.
Women's Swimming -- Augsburg at St. Thomas Invitational, 1 p.m.
Women's Basketball -- Augsburg at Carleton, 1 p.m.
Men's Hockey -- Augsburg at St. John's, 2 p.m.
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg at Carleton, 3 p.m.
Women's Hockey -- Augsburg vs. St. Benedict, Ed Saugestad Rink, 7 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 6:
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg vs. St. Thomas, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball -- Augsburg at St. Thomas, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 8:
Wrestling -- Augsburg at Minnesota State Moorhead, 7 p.m.
Women's Basketball -- Augsburg vs. Hamline, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg at Hamline, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 11:
Wrestling -- Augsburg at St. Cloud State Open, 9 a.m.
Wrestling (WT) -- Augsburg at Wartburg (Iowa) Dick Walker Invitational, 9 a.m.
Women's Basketball -- Augsburg at Macalester, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Dec 18:
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg at Bethany Lutheran, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 29:
Wrestling -- Augsburg at Citrus Open Tournament, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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