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International Travel Grantees

The Dean's Office and CTL are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011-12 international travel grants. The two International Professional Travel Grants went to:

Pavel Belik, Mathematics, who will be giving an invited presentation entitled, "Quasi-nonlocal Approximation of Unconstrained Linear and Circular Chains in 2-D" at the 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Vancouver, BC

Milo Schield, Business Administration, who will be presenting "Model-Based Rankings, Estimates, Predictions and Classifications in Everyday Life" for the International Statistical Institute and "All Statistics Are Socially Constructed" for the International Association of Statistical Educators in Dublin, Ireland

The selection committee (Kevin Bowman, Bill Capman, Jeanine Gregoire, Velma Lashbrook, and Hans Wiersma) reviewed seven highly competitive proposals in the process of selecting these two recipients. The other applicants were offered regular travel grants to support their professional travel.

The two Dean's Internationalization Summer Travel Grants go to Nancy Rodenborg and Lois Bosch, Social Work, to go to Namibia to develop a study abroad course with the Namibia staff. The course is part of a five-year plan for internationalizing the Social Work curriculum. The selection committee (Kevin Bowman, Bill Capman, Orv Gingerich, Jeanine Gregoire, and Velma Lashbrook) applauds the internationalization efforts of the department.

Please join us in congratulating this year's grantees.

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Graduate Faculty Workshop

April 13, 2011, 4:00-7:00 pm, SVE 202
Meaningful Structuring and Assessment of Graduate Work

The second graduate faculty workshop focuses on ways to structure and assess graduate work. Kathy Swanson, David Lapakko, and Velma Lashbrook will facilitate a dialogue on what direct instruction to provide, how to construct meaningful writing and presentation assignments, and how to assess and provide feedback on these assignments. You will construct or reconstruct an assignment, select a strategy for assessment and feedback, and assess samples of written work. Please bring a syllabus from one of the graduate classes you teach to use during this workshop.

This workshop was developed in consultation with the Graduate Council. Please rsvp to Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu) if you intend to participate.

A light supper will be provided.

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Graduation Skills Workshops

Co-Sponsored by CTL and General Education
May 6 and 19, 2011

All faculty who teach a course designed to develop one of the graduation skills – critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, writing, or speaking – are expected to participate in a workshop for each of the skills they are responsible for teaching. These workshops clarify the graduation requirement, and discuss strategies for teaching the skill, constructing activities and assignments to develop the skill, and providing assessments and feedback on skill development. This year's graduation skills workshops are scheduled as follows:

Friday, May 6, OGC 114
1:00-2:30 pm - Writing (Kathy Swanson and Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright)
3:00-4:30 pm - Speaking (Kristen Chamberlain and Darcey Engen)

Thursday, May 19, OGC 114
8:30-10:00 am - Critical Thinking (Bruce Reichenbach and Mary Lowe)
10:30-12:00 am - Quantitative Reasoning (John Zobitz and Stacy Freiheit)

These workshops are co-sponsored by General Education and the Center for Teaching and Learning. Please rsvp to Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) to indicate which workshops you will attend.

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Call for Proposals: Creating an Inclusive Campus

Creating an Inclusive Campus is an Augsburg conference (previously known as the Diversity and Global Learning conference) intended to address both the breadth and depth of issues related to diversity and global learning and make our mission of intentional diversity a living one. The conference will be held May 9-11, and is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Office of International Programs, General Education, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Human Resources, and is designed for Augsburg faculty, staff, and administrators.

Your collaboration, as a session facilitator or participant, is essential for creating a meaningful conference. This year's conference will have three program tracks with six sessions of 90-minutes each. It is possible to request two consecutive sessions, if needed, We are seeking thought-provoking proposals for each of these tracks. Sessions are expected to be highly interactive, and involve some form of self-reflection or application.

This year's opening session will focus on the challenges faced by students of different sexual orientations and gender identities, and what we can do to better include them in the Augsburg campus community. This session is being organized by Michael Grewe.
Engaging All Students

This track is intended to help faculty and staff understand how to create an inclusive learning community that values all of its members. It includes discussions of teaching, advising, and coaching skills, and dialogues about specific differences and how they impact a sense of inclusiveness. It may include topics such as:

• Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy and Differentiated Instruction
• AVID Strategies for Engagement and Inclusiveness
• Differences in College Readiness
• Ethnically Diverse Students
• Low Income and First Generation Students
• Students with Disabilities
• Generational Differences Among Faculty and Students
• Religiously Diverse Students
• Gender and Sexism
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
• Veterans and Students in the Military
• Students Dealing with Addiction
• Politically Diverse Students
• Undocumented Students
• International Students
• ESL Students
• Graduate Students
• Weekend and Non-Traditional Students
• Academic Advising and Skills Coaching

We are especially interested in sessions that clarify the challenges represented by differences and strategies to help students succeed and feel included as part of the Augsburg community. Student panelists or facilitators are also welcome.

This track will be hosted by Cari Maguire and Ali Pickens.
 
Embedding Diversity and Global Learning

This track focuses on Augsburg's Model of Diversity and Global Learning and how it is being used to help embed diversity and global learning in the curriculum and co-curriculum. It may include topics such as:

• Understanding Augsburg's Model of Diversity and Global Learning
• Developing Personal Competence – use of the Intercultural Development Inventory and other self-awareness tools to better understand oneself and how self-identity affects perceptions and interactions with others
• Developing Interpersonal Competence – use of intergroup dialogue, listening skills, deliberative practice, and other communication processes to develop empathy and improve relations with others
• Developing Intercultural Competence – use of cultural immersion and other experiences to develop a better understanding of other cultures and how to develop meaningful intercultural relationships
• Developing Contextual Competence – use of history and literature to clarify perspectives on issues such as colonialism, globalization, immigration, white privilege, power, and racism to understand social injustice, war, and poverty; and how to address these issues

We are especially interested in sessions that clarify how these competencies are being applied to develop student capabilities. We welcome specific examples from both curricular and co-curricular work.

This track will be hosted by Emiliano Chagil and Matt Marrugi.

Developing Our Community

This track is intended to feature examples of ways departments, programs, and cross-functional groups have worked together to gather input and implement strategies to foster community engagement and inclusiveness, and work toward social justice and equity. Initiatives in our residence halls, our classrooms, student organizations, departments, and across the campus are all . It may include topics such as:

• Assessing How Inclusive We Are - what we've learned from using models, tools, and instruments to assess where we are individually and collectively
• Recruiting Diverse Faculty, Staff, and Students - what we've learned from our attempts to use different recruitment strategies to attract and select more diverse faculty, staff, and students
• Retaining Diverse Faculty, Staff, and Students – what we've learned about engaging, mentoring, and developing diverse faculty, staff, and students
• Confronting Isms and Bullying – what we've learned about addressing prejudice and hate of any form, and what we're doing to prevent it
• Developing Ourselves – what we've learned from attempts to develop our own capabilities to create an inclusive campus (e.g., anti-racism groups, Ally training, cultural celebration weeks, intergroup dialogues, service learning)

We are especially interested in what we've learned from specific initiatives to develop ourselves, but also welcome ideas about what we could do. Workshops designed to develop our own capabilities (e.g., intercultural development, intercultural conflict styles, strengths-based leadership, values clarification) are also invited.

This track will be hosted by Laura Boisen and James Trelstad-Porter.

Submitting a Proposal
If you would like to lead a session, please submit a proposal to Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu) by Sunday, April 17. In your proposal, please include: a title for your session, the names and departments of facilitators, a 150-250 word description of the session and intended outcomes (that can be used in the program), and the target audience (faculty, staff, and/or administrators). Thank you for contributing to make this a meaningful conference.

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Faculty Showcase – Call for Materials

Scholarship and Teaching Showcase
Faculty Recognition Luncheon
May 5, 12:30-3:00 pm
East Commons

As part of our annual faculty recognition luncheon, CTL sets up tables to display faculty work. Historically, this has focused on scholarship – books, articles, art, and performances by faculty. This year we intend to add a display on teaching – Moodle sites, syllabi, significant learning experiences, and other course materials that illustrate approaches to teaching that have been effective. If you have scholarship or teaching materials that we could display, please send your name, department, the materials you can provide, and your email address to Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu).

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May Workshop Calendar Information and Submissions

The May Workshop Calendar is available for your review at this link: http://web.augsburg.edu/~hagenn/MayWorkshopCalendar2011.pdf

The Workshops, times, and dates already on the calendar are confirmed.

If you would like to submit another Workshop to the May calendar, you may submit them by April 6 to Naomi Hagen in Academic Affairs at hagenn@augsburg.edu.

Please note that workshops may not be scheduled over the Creating an Inclusive Campus Conference (May 9-11) or the Assessment workshops(May 23-25)

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New course: History & Performance of Early Music

For Fall 2011, the Medieval Studies Program is proud to present an exciting new course:

HUM 195, Topics -- History and Performance of Early Music

This course examines the history of vocal music during the medieval and Renaissance periods, with a focus on Latin chant and polyphony, vernacular spiritual songs from Spain and Italy, courtly love songs and madrigals. Students will learn the context and background of this music, as well as its forms and styles. The greater part of the learning will come through singing and performance, and while some repertoire will be taught by rote, the ability to read music is mandatory. Students in the course will form the Schola Goliardi madrigal group, which will have rehearsals and performances in the Spring semester. The course is taught by Jordan Sramek, Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed vocal group, The Rose Ensemble.

The course meets in Fall 2011, Wednesdays, from 6 to 9pm. To find HUM 195 on the Record & Registration page, select the following:

Academic Term: 2011-2012 Fall Semester (Day)
Department: History
Course Title Search: Early Music

This course counts as an elective for majors in History and Medieval Studies. If you have questions, please e-mail adamo@augsburg.edu.

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Scholarly Writing Retreat

Dunrovin Retreat Center, May 16-18, 2011

The Center for Teaching and Learning invites faculty to participate in the second annual Scholarly Writing Retreat at Dunrovin. The retreat gives scholars time and space to work on scholarship, undistracted by meetings, classes, or even children and family responsibilities. Last year, many participants came specifically to plan an approach to a new project; it was an opportunity to focus new ideas so that participants could spend the summer further developing these projects. And for some, it was a chance to finish articles that they had been working on during the year; one person, for example, used the time to complete a piece for publication.

Comments from last year's attendees:

"I can honestly say that I was able to get more quality writing done in the 48 hrs. we were there than any time since my sabbatical."
"The group that went to Dunrovin was wonderfully supportive of each other, and the environment seemed to make everyone's work productive."

The retreat will take place Monday, May 16 at 10 am through Wednesday, May 18 at 3pm. There are 15 openings. First come, first served - those who attended last year are welcome to sign up again. There will be no charge for participants. Please email hedstrom@augsburg.edu to sign up.

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Teaching and Technology Tapas Workshop Wednesday

Tapas are small plates of delicious food eaten as appetizers or combined to form a meal shared with friends. Similarly, our Teaching and Technology Tapas are tasty bite-sized topics presented 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"
Wednesday, April 6 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Christensen Center Riverside Room

About the Workshop
Your LFC team and guest presenters will share a variety of tools and resources that can be applied in your day-to-day activities and in special projects that arise. 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! Community lunch participants are welcome. Content is appropriate for users with all levels of computing experience.

We look forward to seeing you!

A collection of Teaching and Technology Tapas topics can be found on the Tapas moodle community site. Go to moodle community and enter 'tapas' in the search field near the bottom of the page.

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Portfolio Workshop

For Faculty Preparing for CTP Reviews
May 13, 9:00-3:00 pm, OGC 100

The purpose of this workshop is to help candidates for any type of Committee on Tenure and Promotion (CTP) review to determine the various forms of evidence that can help build a strong portfolio. The focus is on evidence of teaching, but the strategies directly apply to scholarship and service as well. This workshop is not designed to replace departmental guidance and advice nor is it an analysis of the Faculty Handbook language as it applies to an individual. It does not represent the views of the CTP committee; rather, this is a long standing CTL workshop to help support candidates' preparation and is one that many colleagues have found useful. The workshop is facilitated by Diane Pike and Su Doree. Participants are encouraged to form groups to review each other's portfolio materials and provide feedback and support following the workshop.

If you plan to attend this session, please rsvp to Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu)

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Staff Development Series

Creating a Culture of Innovation and Excellence

This spring, CTL is launching the first of three parts of a development series designed for academic and administrative staff. The first set of workshops will deal with different aspects of creating a culture of innovation and excellence; providing you with a model or framework for thinking about the topic, conversations about what it means in practice, and exercises to help you begin to apply it to your work. The sessions are held from 3:00-5:00 pm every other Tuesday during the regular academic year and once a month during the summer.

The remaining workshops scheduled for Spring and Summer 2011 are:

April 5, 2011, 3:00-5:00, SVE 1 – Creating an Intentionally Diverse Culture (Julio Vargas)
April 19, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 – Managing Change and Strategic Improvement
May 3, 2011, 3:00-5:00, Marshall Room – Collaborating Across Boundaries (Jessica Fox-Wilson and others)
May 9-10, 2011, 8:30-4:30 – Creating an Inclusive Campus conference (formerly the Diversity and Global Learning Conference)
June 7, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 – Summer Group Dialogues (Jessica Fox-Wilson)
July 12, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 – Summer Group Dialogues (Jessica Fox-Wilson)
August 2, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 200 – Summer Group Dialogues (Jessica Fox-Wilson)

Hosts and Organizers: Jessica Fox-Wilson and Julio Vargas/TBD
Please rsvp to hedstrom@augsburg.edu to ensure proper arrangements are made for each session and that your place is reserved.

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Summer Scholarship Grantees

The Dean's Office and CTL are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's summer scholarship grants. The two Dean's Summer Scholarship Grants went to:

Sarah Meyers, Theatre, to develop an original performance with an ensemble of young Somali women
Henry Yoon, Psychology, to complete a journal article, based on his dissertation, entitled "Multimethod Investigation of the P3 Response in Adults with or without a Lifetime History of Externalizing Psychopathology"

The two Grangaard Summer Scholarship Grants went to:

Elizabeth Madson Ankeny, Diane Cole Vodicka, Dana Wagner, Susan O'Connor, & Donna Patterson, Education, to complete the research for an article entitled "Pre-service Special Education Teachers and Public Achievement: An Exploration of its Effects"
Peter Hendrickson, Music, to complete preliminary research for an original choral composition based on Kavela, the Finnish national epic

The selection committee - Stu Anderson, Kevin Bowman, Bill Capman, Jeanine Gregoire, Velma Lashbrook, and Hans Wiersma – reviewed eight highly competitive proposals in the process of selecting the four grant recipients.

Please join us in congratulating this year's grantees!

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Integrating Online Learning Technologies

Foundational Series on Student Learning
April 11, 7:30-9:00 am, OGC 100
Continental Breakfast

The spring sessions of our Foundational Series on Student Learning addresses how to construct and assess written and group assignments, and how to integrate online technologies into courses. These workshops are intended to provide tools to help improve student learning. The final spring session is:

April 11, 7:30-9:00 am, OGC 100 – Integrating Online Learning Technologies (Facilitators: Velma Lashbrook, CTL & MAL, and Scott Krenz, IT)

Please rsvp to hedstrom@augsburg.edu

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Powerful Conversations on NSSE

Enriching Educational Experiences
April 21, 2011, 12:00-1:15, OGC 100

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 final session is scheduled as follows:

April 21, 2011, OGC 100 – Enriching Educational Experiences (Lori Brandt Hale)

Please visit our Moodle Community Site – NSSE Conversations – for more information.

Light refreshments will be served.
Please rsvp to hedstrom@augsburg.edu

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Instructional and Course Design Grantees

CTL is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Instructional and Course Design Grants:

Jennifer Grant, Business-MIS, for MIS 375 – Management Information Systems in Organizations
Annie Grugel, Education, for EDC 500 – Reading Leadership in K-12 Reading and EDC 505 – Reading Leadership, Literature and New Literacies
Melissa Hensley, Social Work, for Social Work 699 – Empowerment of Service Users in Mental Health
Susan O'Connor, Education, for online/hybrid versions of EDC 592 and 593 – Action Research I and II
John Schmit, English and MAL, for a hybrid version of ML 510 – Visions of Leadership
John Zobitz, Mathematics, for the internationalization of MAT 146 – Calculus 1

These grantees will work with Tim Pippert and Cari Maguire, ICD consultants, on the design/redesign of these courses and implement them during the next academic year.

The selection committee - Stu Anderson, Kevin Bowman, Bill Capman, Jeanine Gregoire, Velma Lashbrook, Cari Maguire, Tim Pippert, and Hans Wiersma – reviewed 10 proposals in the process of selecting the six recipients.

Please join us in congratulating this year's grantees!

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Einstein's Proposal Open Forum

Come and hear about the proposal to put in an Einstein's Bagel shop. This is an open forum where we will discuss the proposal and answer any questions. The forum will be held on Wednesday April 6th at 1:00 in Sverdrup 102.

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Staff Senate Elections

Are you interested in, or do you know an Augsburg staff member that would like to be nominated for Staff Senate? We are looking to fill two recently vacated positions. These two positions are a one-year term.

The Augsburg College Staff Senate (ACSS) serves Augsburg College and its staff by providing a forum to foster and promote a positive and meaningful dialogue among staff, faculty, students and administration by advising in decision making processes, by serving as an advocate for Augsburg College staff, by promoting professional development opportunities and by recognition of Augsburg College staff's contributions to furthering and upholding the mission and values of Augsburg College.

Staff Senate is composed of six members who are nominated and elected by their peers, and two at-large members chosen by Staff Senate.

Nominees for Staff Senate may be submitted to Sally Daniels: daniels@augsburg.edu ; staff may self-nominate for these elected Staff Senate positions.

Nominations for Staff Senate will be accepted starting Monday, March 28. Nominations will close on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 4 pm.

Voting for Staff Senate will be April 13 – April 19, 2011. More information about the voting process will follow soon!

Please visit www.augsburg.edu/staffsenate for additional information about Staff Senate.

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Proposed Change to Student Body Constitution

Notice on Proposed Change to Student Body Constitution

In accordance with Article VII, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Augsburg Student Body Constitution, the Augsburg Day Student Government is making public for two weeks a proposed amendment to the Augsburg Student Body Constitution, Article I, Section 6, so that it reads:

The [Augsburg Student Body] shall adhere to the non-discrimination policies of Augsburg College and requirements delineated by Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

This proposed amendment will be discussed and voted on at the Augsburg Day Student Government meeting on Wednesday, April 13 at 7pm in Century Room. If approved, this measure will be voted on by the entire Day Student Body during Spring Elections from April 14 through April 17 .

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Outgoing Tuition Benefit Program Deadline 4/15!

Due by April 15th!
The deadline for outgoing dependents in the Tuition Benefit program for 2011-12 is fast approaching. Please make sure to complete your benefit forms(if you have not done so already)and turn them in to Human Resources no later than April 15th!
Tuition Benefit forms are available on the Human Resources Moodle site.

Upcoming deadlines:
Augsburg Summer 1&2 Tuition Benefit- Forms Due May 1
Augsburg 2011-12 Tuition Benefit- Forms Due July 1
(these deadlines are for Tuition Benefit staff, faculty, spouses and dependents attending Augsburg).

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TONIGHT! Free Party for the Class of 2014

The class of 2014 won a free party at Augsburg House TODAY Tuesday, April 5th from 5-7 p.m. There will be fantastic food including hot wings, fried ravioli, a brownie bar and much more!
KAUG will DJ the party, there will be caricatures and card games to play along with a free photo booth with props for you to take fun group photos with your classmates!

Transportation from Augsburg to the party will be provided by shuttle from 4:45-7:15 p.m. leaving every 10 minutes from the corner of 22nd and 7 1/2 streets. Even if you have a night class you'll be able to come and get back in time!

Did you forget to register? That's okay, just jump on the shuttle, you can still attend with your friends!

This is your opportunity to visit Augsburg House, hang out with your classmates, and even meet some new friends, before the school year ends, don't miss it!

The class of 2014 won the party because you had the most participants in the "Feed the Pig" for student scholarships campaign this year, Congratulations! The event is hosted by the Augsburg Stewards, student alumni association.

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Got Culture?: Intercultural Leadership & You - 4/7

CAO welcomes ALL student leaders to Got Culture?: Intercultural Leadership and You, the third Spring installment to the Student Leadership 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.

As Augsburg student leaders have to lead and work with students from a variety of identities and backgrounds, come to this engaging session which will discuss how to do this effectively.

Jim Trelstad-Porter, Director for International Student Advising, will facilitate this workshop on Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 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!

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Doug Baker, Ecolab CEO, Speaker on Campus April 7

The Strommen Executive Speakers Series brings top executives to the campus to share their experience with students, alumni, faculty and staff. Please join us on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. to hear Douglas Baker, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ecolab, Inc.

Headquartered in St. Paul, Ecolab is a Fortune 500 company that provides cleaning, food safety and health protection products and services worldwide. More than 26,000 employees work in Ecolab facilities, located in 35 countries throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America. As the world becomes more crowded, food supply chains for global and natural resources (especially fresh water) more scarce, the company sees major opportunities to make a significant difference in the quality of life for people everywhere. Hear CEO Doug Baker talk about how Ecolab aims to make the world cleaner, safer and healthier-and do it in ways that protect the earth's resources.

The event is free and will take place in Sateren Auditorium promptly at 5:00 p.m. and will conclude by 6:30 p.m. An informal reception with pizza and refreshments will follow in the Christensen Center east commons, and all event attendees are invited. Please RSVP to roller@augsburg.edu or leave a message at 6123.330.1720. If you have already responded to this invitation, there's no need to RSVP again. We look forward to seeing you there!

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ACTC Art History Symposium - April 9

The Augsburg Art Department is pleased to host the 9th Annual ACTC Art History Symposium.

Saturday, April 9, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Marshall Room, Christensen Center, Augsburg College


Topics & Presenters:

Palazzo Balbi: An Emblem of the Venetian Republic's Patrician Class
Kristin Huffman Lanzoni, Ph.D., Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Macalester College

Changing Aesthetics in Late Roman Wall Painting at Sardis
Vanessa Rousseau, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, University of St. Thomas

Currency and Incarnation: Sixteenth-Century Portuguese Illuminated Coins and Notions of Kingship, Conquest, and National Identity
Susan Wight Swanson, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Minnesota, Instructor of Art History, Augsburg College

When Contemporary Performance Artists Meet Ancient Jewish Prophets: the Avant-Garde and Sacred Discontent
Wayne L. Roosa, Ph.D., Professor of Art History, Bethel University

Figuring Redemption: Max Beckmann's Resurrections
Amy K. Hamlin, Assistant Professor of Art History, St. Catherine University

www.augsburg.edu/galleries

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Faculty and Staff First Wednesday Lunch

Please join faculty and staff colleagues for First Wednesday Gathering Wednesday, April 6, in the East Commons from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

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

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Sverdrup Lecture Program, April 11-12

Sverdrup Lecture – 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 11
"How Cells Sense and Respond to their Environment – Zooming in to Understand and Intervene."

Sverdrup Student Convocation – 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 12

"Making a Contribution in a Complicated world – Individual Passion and Collaborative Power."

Sverdrup Lecturer: Barbara A. Baird is the Horace White Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. The Baird research laboratory integrates biochemical, biophysical, and nanotechnology approaches to investigate basic mechanisms of cell surface receptors for mediating trans-membrane signals in immune responses.

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Change of Pay Date for April 22

All Faculty, Staff and Student Employees – Change of Pay Date for April 22nd payroll
Friday April 22 is the Good Friday holiday which applies to all benefits eligible employees, both exempt and non-exempt. Friday April 22 is also a scheduled pay date for all employees. To adjust to this change, the pay day will be changed to Thursday, April 21.
ACTIONS: Time reports will need to be completed and approved by the employee no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday April 18. The supervisors will be required to approve time no later than 2:00 p.m. on Monday April 18.
Contact HR with any questions.

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Employers On Campus - Resume Review

The Strommen Career and Internship Center will be sponsoring a fun event on Thursday, April 14th from 4:00-8:00 p.m. in the Christensen Center, Marshall Room. No appointment necessary - very casual. Just drop by and have one or more employers review your resume and/or give you tips on job and internship search. Door prizes!!

Questions? Contact 612-330-1148

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Homeless Panel

Join Omicron Delta and MPIRG this Wed., April 6th and learn about people's expereinces with homelessness. Panelist will tell us their stories and there will be time allowed for attendees to ask questions. This event will take place in the Marshall room from 6-7pm and there will be some light snacks!

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Save the Date – Homecoming 2011 - October 16-22

Mark your calendar for Homecoming 2011 and plan to join us at the many and varied events. We kick off the week with an alumni baseball game on Sunday, October 16th at Parade Stadium and conclude with the Hognander Music Scholars Reunion Concert on Saturday evening, the 22nd, in Hoversten Chapel. During the week, there will be opportunities to attend several sporting events, an alumni and student networking event, the Homecoming Convocation and Luncheon, and, of course, the Saturday Taste of Augsburg, Football Game, and Auggie Block Party. We're adding some new events to the schedule this year, so look for upcoming information about those and mark your calendar now for Homecoming 2011.

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Scrubs Camp Information Session

There will be an information session about Urban Scrubs Camp on Wednesday, April 6th from 11:00 - 12:00 in Lindell Room 301. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an overview of Urban Scrubs Camp and to explore opportunities for faculty and staff to become involved as session presenters during this year's camp (August 1 - 5 at Augsburg). Staff from HealthForce Minnesota, Augsburg's lead partner for Urban Scrubs Camp, will share information about the camp and help identify opportunities for involvement. Please RSVP to Sandy Tilton (tilton@augsburg.edu; ext. 1472) if you plan to attend. If you are not able to participate in the information session but would like to be involved in the camp, please contact Steve Peacock (peacock@augsburg.edu; Ext. 1583).

Urban Scrubs Camp is a residential camp designed to expose youth (9th – 12th grade) to various careers and topics in health care. Camp activities and workshops are designed to encourage students to learn in hands-on ways by meeting and interacting with a variety of professionals and faculty. For more information about Urban Scrubs Camp, go to http://www.healthforceminnesota.org/pages/Programs/K12_outreach/Scrubs-Camp-Info.html.

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Operation: Jam to Save Japan

Mark your calendar for Operation: Jam to Save Japan! Help donate money and enjoy the various performances ranging from belly dancers, hip-hop artists, Augsburg students and many more!

There will be flowers for sale and a FREE photo shoot!

Come join us on Tuesday, April 19, 6 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at Christensen Center!

$5 suggested donation (All proceeds go to American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief.)

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Politics, Human Rights, and the Quest for Freedom

The despair of Minnesota's Horn of Africa Diaspora communities, the largest in the United States, is growing because their pleas for help to peacefully end the horrific human rights abuses occurring in Ethiopia and throughout the Horn of Africa continue to fall on deaf ears. United States foreign aid to Ethiopia is diverted by the Ethiopian government to practice human rights abuses to oppress political opposition. You can help change this by attending the forum Politics, Human Rights and the Quest for Freedom in the Horn of Africa on April 9th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Steps to keep US foreign aid dollars from being diverted to practice human rights violations starts with two hours of your time; people living in the Horn of Africa who are working for peaceful resolution give so much more; sometimes even their life. Come learn from leaders of Minnesota's Horn of Africa Diaspora and The Advocates for Human Rights how you can help stop our tax dollars from being diverted to torture, illegally detain, threaten, kill and be used for other methods of oppression in Ethiopia. Please go to

theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/uploads/april_9_horn_of_africa_flier_2.pdf

to see the official flyer. Thank you.

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Tom Rixen Receives Peer Educator Award

Congratulations to Tom Rixen who received the Outstanding Senior Peer Educator Award at the Area 4 Bacchus Peer Education Conference on Saturday, April 2.

This award goes to a senior peer educator based on years of service, leadership in the peer ed program, accomplishments and contributions to the college peer ed program and the student's impact on their own campus community. Tom is one of the founding members of Augsburg's Educating Peers on Issues and Choices (EP!C) and assists in recruiting new peer educators and serves as educator and advocate to Augsburg students the importance of good alcohol awareness information.

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Free Theatre in the Round Tickets

I have two free tickets for the Theatre in the Round. They are valid for most shows until December 18, 2011 but can't be used on Saturdays or for musicals. Please e-mail me at connell@augsburg.edu if interested.

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Twins Tickets

I have 4 Twins tickets for Tuesday 4/12 Royals, Tuesday 4/26 Tampa, and Wednesday 4/27 Tampa. The seats are Section 319, row 1, seats 6-9. The seller is asking $30 a seat. Please let me know if you are interested. You can e-mail me at leem3@augsburg.edu. Thanks!

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