Monday, May 9, 2011
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Teaching and Learning

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. New faculty are welcome to attend.

If you plan to attend this session, please rsvp to lashbroo@augsburg.edu

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Graduation Skills Workshops

Co-Sponsored by CTL and General Education
Thursday, May 19, OGC 114

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 remaining graduation skills workshops are scheduled as follows:

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 lashbroo@augsburg.edu to indicate which workshops you will attend.

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Creating an Inclusive Campus – May 9-11 Conference

For All Faculty, Staff, and Leaders
Co-Sponsored by CTL, General Education, the Center for International Programs, Human Resources, Academic Affairs, and Student Affairs

Once a year we gather together to share what we are doing to create an inclusive campus and to plan future initiatives. Previously known as the Diversity and Global Learning conference, this event focuses on a wide range of issues associated with making intentional diversity a reality at Augsburg College.

Monday, May 9, 8:30-4:30 (Chapel and OGC 113, 200, and 201) – Opening and Concurrent Sessions
Join us for a continental breakfast in the Foss Atrium before the opening session in the Chapel. The initial session, led by Michael Grewe, will focus what it means to be an ally with our LGBTQIA communities at Augsburg, what Augsburg is doing, and what we need to do. After lunch, there will be concurrent sessions divided into three tracks: Engaging All Students, Embedding Diversity and Global Learning, and Developing Our Community. Sessions led by faculty, staff, students, and administrators will address how inclusive we are, how to engage students in recovery from addiction, how to embed diversity and global learning in curricular and co-curricular experiences, how to raise issues of sexuality in the classroom, new approaches to hiring diverse faculty, and what we do when something goes wrong.

Tuesday, May 10, 8:00-4:30 (OGC 113, 200, and 201) – Concurrent Sessions
Join us for a continental breakfast in the OGC Atrium before continuing concurrent sessions. The track on Engaging All Students will include sessions on how to differentiate instruction and engage ESL students, politically and economically diverse students, and students with psychiatric disabilities. The Embedding Diversity and Global Learning track will feature sessions on exploring "Isms," talking about race, addressing vocation and religious pluralism, and building intercultural competence. The Developing Our Community track will include a two-part exploration of a model for nonviolent communication and a two-part session on understanding our neighbors.

Wednesday, May 11, 10:00-12:00 – Working Sessions
Working sessions will be held with departments to debrief the conference and departmental diversity initiatives, and plan actions to integrate what they've learned into departmental plans. The sessions will be organized as follows:

Arts & Sciences, OGC 114 (Amy Gort and Lori Brandt Hale, facilitators)
Graduate & Professional Studies, OGC 113 (Lori Peterson and Velma Lashbrook, facilitators)
Staff, OGC 202 (Andrea Turner and Ann Garvey, facilitators)

Every department is expected to have at least two representatives at the working session.

So that we can ensure proper arrangements, please rsvp indicating the dates you plan to attend and the meals in which you will partake. Send your rsvp to lashbroo@augsburg.edu

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General Announcements

IT Systems Maintenance

IT will perform maintenance on Agresso and many other systems on Wednesday, May 18, beginning at 8:00pm and lasting until approximately 11:00pm. During this time, you will not be able to access the affected systems or services. This includes Agresso, Records and Registration, and other systems. To view a listing of affected systems go to the following link: http://web.augsburg.edu/it/maintenance/

If you have questions or concerns about the maintenance, please contact your LFC or the Student Tech Desk at 612-330-1400 or techdesk@augsburg.edu

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Rochester Fall Registration

Rochester Students:

Although summer registration began on Monday, 18 April, it will close briefly for undergraduate students the weekend before Fall Trimester registration opens to allow for registration to be phased in by class rank, starting on Monday, 23 May 2011 at 08:30am. Fall web registration ends 5 September. AugNet registration opens each day below for each new class at 8:30 a.m. Class start dates will be one day apart and will follow this schedule:

Monday, 23 May - Seniors and graduate students
Tuesday, 24 May - Juniors, non-degree & second-degree seeking students
Wednesday, 25 May - Sophomores
Thursday, 26 May - Freshmen

Summer session registration will re-open for students on the day that their class is able to register (see above).

The last day for initial registration (must be registered for 1 course) for Fall Trimester is the last business day before the term begins: Monday, 5 Sep 2011.

The last day to readmit to the Rochester Augsburg for Adult programs for Fall Trimester (and register for at least 1 course) is the last business day before the term begins: Monday, 5 Sep 2011.

Students are encouraged to register early as course availability decreases greatly after the first two weeks of the registration period.

Students with a financial, payment plan paperwork, or immunization holds will be unable to register until the hold is cleared. Please contact the Enrollment Center at 612.330.1046 or email enroll@augsburg.edu for assistance.

The official list of Perspective and Skills, LAF Courses, and Senior Keystone courses is found on the Registrar web page: http://www.augsburg.edu/registrar/. There is also a link on this page, Registration Information - Rochester, that consolidates many useful items used in registration.

AugNet Records and Registration is the preferred method of registration (both adding and dropping courses) but registration forms are available on the Registrar's website at http://www.augsburg.edu/registrar/.

For Summer Sessions: Students may take up to 2.0 credits in each 5-week summer session or 7-week online summer session. However, course loads for terms that overlap may be increased based on a student's cumulative GPA (Cum GPA). Specifically, the combined credit load for Day/WEC/Rochester/United/Grad students between Spring Trimester, Summer Session I, and Summer Online I is limited to 2.0 credits but may be increased to 3.0 credits if the Cum GPA is 3.00 or better. Additionally, the combined load between Summer Session II and Summer Online II is limited to 2.0 credits at any one time, but may be increased to 3.0 credits if the Cum GPA is 3.00 or better. Students desiring to exceed these limits must petition the Student Standing Committee prior to registration. Unless otherwise indicated, all courses carry a value of 1.0 course credit. One Augsburg course credit is equivalent to four semester credits or six quarter credits.

Book information for your course is available on the Augsburg Bookstore web site, a link has been provided to this site from the Registrar home page: http://www.augsburg.edu/registrar/.

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AugNet Folders System Maintenance

IT will perform maintenance on the AugNet Folders system on Wednesday, May 18, beginning at 8:00pm and lasting until approximately 11:00pm. During this time, no access to ORGS, FACSTAFF, STUDENT, or COURSES folders will be available.

If you have questions or concerns about the maintenance, please contact your LFC or the Student Tech Desk at 612-330-1400 or techdesk@augsburg.edu

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Fall WEC Registration

WEC/United/Grad Students (except PA & MBA):

Although summer registration began on Monday, 18 April, it will close briefly for undergraduate students the weekend before Fall Trimester registration to allow for registration to be phased in by class rank, starting on Monday, 23 May 2011 at 8:30am.
Fall web registration ends 8 September. AugNet registration opens each day below for the new class at 8:30 a.m. Class start dates are one day apart and will follow this schedule:

Monday, 23 May - Seniors and graduate students
Tuesday, 24 May - Juniors, non-degree & second degree seeking students
Wednesday, 25 May - Sophomores
Thursday, 26 May – Freshmen

Summer session registration will re-open for students on the day that their class is able to register (see above).

The last day for initial registration (must be registered for 1 course) for Minneapolis/United Fall Trimester is the last business day before the term begins: Thursday, 8 Sep 2011.

The last day to readmit to the Minneapolis/United Augsburg for Adult programs for Fall Trimester (and register for at least 1 course) is the last business day before the term begins: Thursday, 8 Sep 2011.

Students are encouraged to register early as course availability decreases greatly after the first two weeks of the registration period.

Students with a financial, payment plan paperwork, or immunization holds will be unable to register until the hold is cleared. Please contact the Enrollment Center at 612.330.1046 or email enroll@augsburg.edu for assistance.

The official list of Perspective and Skills, LAF Courses, and Senior Keystone courses is found on the Registrar web page: http://www.augsburg.edu/registrar/.. There is also a link on this page, Registration Information - Rochester, that consolidates many useful items used in registration.

AugNet Records and Registration is the preferred method of registration (both adding and dropping courses) but registration forms are available on the Registrar's website at http://www.augsburg.edu/registrar/.

For Summer Sessions: Students may take up to 2.0 credits in each 5-week summer session or 7-week online summer session. However, course loads for terms that overlap may be increased based on a student's cumulative GPA (Cum GPA). Specifically, the combined credit load for Day/WEC/Rochester/United/Grad students between Spring Trimester, Summer Session I, and Summer Online I is limited to 2.0 credits but may be increased to 3.0 credits if the Cum GPA is 3.00 or better. Additionally, the combined load between Summer Session II and Summer Online II is limited to 2.0 credits at any one time, but may be increased to 3.0 credits if the Cum GPA is 3.00 or better. Students desiring to exceed these limits must petition the Student Standing Committee prior to registration. Unless otherwise indicated, all courses carry a value of 1.0 course credit. One Augsburg course credit is equivalent to four semester credits or six quarter credit.

Book information for your course is available on the Augsburg Bookstore web site, a link has been provided to this site from the Registrar home page: http://www.augsburg.edu/registrar/

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Student E-Mail Maintenance

IT will perform maintenance on the student email system on Wednesday, May 18, beginning at 8:00pm and lasting until approximately 11:00pm. During this time, students will not be able to access or send email. Groupwise will not be effected.

If you have questions or concerns about the maintenance, please contact the Student Tech Desk at 612-330-1400 or techdesk@augsburg.edu

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Event Announcements

Creating an Inclusive Campus, Monday, May 9

Dear Colleagues,
Please take part in the Creating an Inclusive Campus Conference sessions tomorrow. This conference has been designed for faculty, staff and students. Broad campus participation is needed for this conference to be a success!

As our mission states, "The Augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community, committed to intentional diversity in its life and work." What does it mean to be committed to intentional diversity? First, it means that we recruit a diverse student body and diverse staff, faculty, and leaders to form our community. Second, it means that we create an inclusive, supportive learning and working environment that enables us to reach our full potential. Finally, it means that we prepare all of our students and ourselves to successfully live in a diverse, global environment. This conference is designed to help us share what we are doing, celebrate our accomplishments, and plan what we need to do next.

Opening Session – Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

8:30 – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast in Foss Atrium
9:00 – 10:30 am Conference Welcome – Andrea Turner, Chief Diversity Officer
Michael Grewe, Coordinator of LGBTQIA Services, "Being an Ally to LGBTQIA Communities"

10:30 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 12:00 am Michael Grewe and Student Panel, "Sexual and Gender Equality at Augsburg"

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch in Foss Atrium

Afternoon Concurrent Sessions – Oren Gateway Center

Track: Engaging All Students

1:00-2:30 pm Chris Fleming & Angela Bonfiglio, "Where Are You in Creating an Inclusive Campus?", OGC113
3:00-4:30 pm Patrice Salmeri & Scott Washburn, "Engaging Students in Recovery from Addiction", OGC113

Track: Embedding Diversity and Global Learning

1:00-2:30 pm Velma Lashbrook & Ann Garvey, "Augsburg's Model for Embedding Diversity and Global Learning", OGC200
3:00-4:30 pm Doug Green, Mary Lowe, & Nancy Fischer, "Raising Issues of Sexual Diversity in the Classroom: Best Practices", OGC200

Track: Developing Our Community
1:00-2:30 pm Nancy Rodenborg, Andrea Turner, & Christina Erickson, "Hiring Diverse Faculty: Learning From Each Other", OGC201
3:00-4:30 pm Andrea Turner, "What Happens When Something Happens?", OGC201

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$50 Vintage Oak Buffet

Dark oak buffet with carvings--circa 1930-1940? It has two center drawers and end cabinet doors. Very solid and finish is in good shape. Call or e-mail me if you'd like a photo.

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Free Twin Bed Frame

Free oak bed frame for a twin bed.--suitable for a child or teen bedroom. Was the top half of a bunk bed system. Call Laura at 1720 if interested.

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