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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.
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.
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.
May Assessment Workshop Opportunities
May Assessment Workshop Opportunities
To support the faculty's ongoing assessment efforts, the Assessment Committee is offering the following three workshops. Please plan to attend each workshop that applies to your assessment goals and interests. To establish an accurate lunch count, please indicate which workshop(s) you plan to attend by sending an rsvp to Naomi Hagen at hagenn@augsburg.edu by May 16. Thank you.
Monday, May 23
Assessment Workshop on Graduation Skills
Section 1: Quantitative Reasoning Assessment of Student Learning
Time: 9am-1pm (lunch served at noon)
Where: Kennedy 303/305
Audience: Faculty who teach QF, QA, or QFA courses
What to bring: Quantitative reasoning data from 2010/2011 (if available) or your questions and ideas about assessing this skill
Section 2: Critical Thinking and Writing Assessment of Student Learning
Time: 12pm-4pm (lunch served at noon)
Where: Kennedy 303/305
Audience: Faculty who will be teaching courses in which critical thinking and writing will be assessed during the 2011/2012 academic year.
What to bring: A syllabus for assessment planning and questions/ideas about assessing this skill next year
Questions? Contact Lori Brandt-Hale at hale@augsburg.edu
RSVP: Naomi Hagen at hagenn@augsburg.edu by May 16 (Please indicate am session, pm session, or both)
Tuesday, May 24
Department (Major) and Program Assessment Workshop
Time: 10am-4pm (lunch served at noon)
Where: Kennedy 303/305
Audience: All full-time faculty should attend (departments/programs may choose to attend either the May or the June (TBA) workshop)
What to bring: Student learning assessment data from 2010/2011 (if available) or your questions and ideas about what to assess in 2011/2012. This will be a "working" workshop. Departments/programs will have time to work on compiling assessment data from 2010/2011 and to develop assessment plans for 2011/2012.
Questions? Contact Stacy Freiheit at freiheit@augsburg.edu
RSVP: Naomi Hagen at hagenn@augsburg.edu by May 16
Wednesday, May 25
Workshop on Survey-based Assessment and the Collegiate Learning Assessment of Undergraduate Students
Time: 10am-4pm (lunch served at noon)
Speaker: Joel Fredrickson, PhD, Assistant Dean of Institutional Assessment, Bethel University, will facilitate discussion about the CLA assessment tool in the morning. Discussion about the NSSE in the afternoon.
Where: OGC 114 (please note this location may be different from previous information)
Audience: At least one representative from each department/program that primarily serves undergraduate students should attend.
What to bring: Questions/ideas about college-wide assessment.
Questions? Contact Tony Clapp at clapp@augsburg.edu
RSVP: Naomi Hagen at hagenn@augsburg.edu by May 16
On Campus LSAT Test Prep
If you are interested in Law School, please join the Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity for an LSAT prep course this Spring. Our course instructor scored in the top 1% of test-takers and has taught LSAT seminars for 14 years. Most corporate tutors charge $175/Hour! URGO offers this 3-week course for only $150. It's never too early to take this course, even if you are just thinking about Law School.
The course meets Wednesdays from 6-9 PM for three weeks (May 11, 18 & 25) in Oren Gateway Center 113. The cost is only $150, which includes test prep materials; this is a fraction of the cost when compared to similar classroom GRE prep courses offered by Kaplan or the Princeton Review who charge over $1,000.
Alums and non-Augsburg students are also welcome to register.
Online registration is now open at the following web site: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/gre_prep_reg.html
Questions? Contact Dixie Shafer, URGO Director: shafer@augsburg.edu
Augsburg Group Departs for Italy Today
Two Augsburg faculty, Brad Holt from Religion and Tara Sweeney from Art, depart for Italy today with 15 Augsburg students on a faculty-led study abroad program called "Art & Spiritual Practice".
Over the next 18 days, this mini-Augsburg campus abroad will walk in the footsteps of Francis and Clare, encountering the places that were significant in their lives while learning about "plein air" (open air) drawing. Students will combine the two courses by seeking a deeper relationship with God, self, neighbor, and creation while paying deeper attention to the events of daily life, including drawing.
The group will begin in Siena, then walk an old pilgrimage trail among some smaller towns in the region, drawing along the way. They end the walk in Assisi, the town most associated with St Francis, and finish the program in Rome.
Keep an eye on Augsburg's facebook page to get updates on the group as they travel during May.
Interested in finding your own study abroad adventure? Contact Augsburg Abroad at abroad@augsburg.edu or stop by the Study Abroad Library in Murphy Place - we are open all summer!
Register Now for On-Campus GRE Prep
GRE Prep is offered this summer on campus through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity. You'll learn the most effective ways tackle the Verbal, Quantitative, and Analytical Writing sections on the GRE.
The course meets Tuesdays from 5:30-8:00 PM for six weeks (May 31; June 7, 14, 21, 28; July 12, 19) in Kennedy room 303. The cost is only $75, which includes test prep materials; this is a fraction of the cost when compared to similar classroom GRE prep courses offered by Kaplan or the Princeton Review who charge over $1,000.
Alums and non-Augsburg students are also welcome to register.
Online registration is now open at the following web site: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/gre_prep_reg.html
Questions? Contact Dixie Shafer, URGO Director: shafer@augsburg.edu
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 lashbroo@augsburg.edu
General Announcements
Augsburg Dining
Coopers Coffee is offering the specialty drinks of Arnold Palmer and Lemonade, as well as grab-n-go's and pastries.
Hours: 7:45am to 1:00pm
Nabo Hours: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Offering: Sandwiches, pasta and salads as well as nice cold beverages.
Some Central Service Hours Changing
After studying customer visits and labor hours, we will be changing Shipping/Receiving and Out-going Mailroom hours to 9 AM - 4 PM, Monday through Friday, effective Monday May 9. Upstairs Mailroom hours will NOT be changing (9 AM - 4 PM), and the Copy Center will be switching to summer hours, 8 AM - 4 PM, Monday through Friday, WEC Friday nights until 6 PM and WEC Saturdays, 7:30-10:30 AM. There may be hours changes for fall semester, which we would communicate at a later time.
Welcome Desk Summer Hours
The Welcome Desk in the Christensen Center will be open this summer from 8 AM - 4:30 PM Monday through Friday and will continue to be open on weekend college Saturday's from 8 AM to 12 PM.
If you have any questions about the hours, please contact the Welcome Desk at 612-330-1500.
Happy summer!
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