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AIS/ENL 355 Themes in American Indian Literature

This spring trimester, American Indian Studies is offering AIS/ENL 355 Themes in American Indian Literature for WEC. This class meets Sundays 1:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.

The course is structured around a number of writers working within a particular theme such as Native Voices of Minnesota, Voices from the Southwest, Poetics and Politics of Native Writing, Women and Power in Native Literature, Urban-Reservation: Homing, and American Indian film-literature adaptation. Students focus on primary texts, comparing and contrasting theme, voice, aesthetic, or cultural emphasis as it shifts or arises across the group of texts. Course cross-lists with English.

(Prereq.: ENL 220 or 221, or a 200-level literature course, or consent of instructor.)

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Need Plans for Spring Break?

Do you like doing service work to better your community and the greater world community? Are you looking for awesome looking t-shirts? Is having fun something you're interested in? Then check out the Greatest and Goodest Spring Break Ever – the STLF Pay It Forward Tour!

The Pay It Forward Tour (PIF) is a multi-day, multi-city experience engages students in service and leadership, travel to and service in a new city each day, learning about social issues, building lasting relationships, and making a commitment to continued action when they return home. PIF's are a program by Students Today Leaders Forever, STLF, a nation-wide, student-driven service leadership organization. The Augsburg PIF Tour travels to six cities on our way to Washington, D.C., with fun-filled stops including Charleston, West Virginia and Pittsburgh, PA over the course of nine days. It will be a spring break you will always remember. The Tour will fill up fast, so register early!

The cost of this awesome and inclusive trip is only $450, covering all travel and lodging expenses, 2 meals a day, 2 t-shirts and fantastic tourism options as well!

Registration is open now at http://www.stlf.net/chapters/augsburg/events/ust-augsburg-college-tour. Registering and making a down payment of $75 is all one easy step.

Please direct any questions to stlf@augsburg.edu, check out stlf.net for even more info and tell your friends!

http://www.stlf.net/chapters/augsburg/events/ust-augsburg-college-tour

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Dining Services

Your feedback is important to us, that is why we're asking that you take a few minutes to complete the Augsburg Dining Services Survey and for your time you will be entered in to win a prize!

All you have to do is complete the survey and provide your contact information at the end to be entered for your chance to win!

Survey will be open March 1 - 16, 2012

To take the survey, please visit:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Augsburg_Dining_Service_Survey

Nabo
Lunch Special of the Day: Basil Cream Pasta with a bread stick and a fountain soda for $5.99.

Einstein's Special Drink of the Week:
Almond Chai Tea Latte

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Strategic Leadership Summit - Monday, March 5

The summit, "Strategic Leadership: Vision with a Road Map" will be held in Rochester on Monday, March 5 at 6 p.m. There will be a networking period beginning at 5:30. Learn views from Jon Eckhoff, Executive Director of the Rochester Downtown Alliance and Winston Stellner, Chair of Strategic Management at Mayo Clinic regarding the need for organizational leadership to both articulate a compelling vision and provide implementable and effective strategies to achieve success. Audience Q & A will follow their talks. This event is sponsored by the Augsburg College MBA Program and Post-Bulletin Company, LLC, and is part of the "Connecting with the Community" learning series. This summit will be held in the Chapel at Bethel Lutheran Church, 810 3rd Avenue SE, Rochester and is free and open to the public. No registration is needed. Contact Dave Conrad at 507 287-7791 or conradd@augsburg.edu with questions.

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Housing Expo Information

Selection numbers for all eligible current students have been e-mailed as of February 13.
The e-mails are being sent by agr-reports@augsburg.edu. Students with ARHOLDS will be sent their selection numbers as soon as their holds are removed. For more information about your ARHOLD please contact enroll@augsburg.edu. For more information about the Housing Expo please stop by our table in Christensen Center main floor Wednesday, 3/7, 12:30 - 3:00 pm, and in East Commons Dining room 12:30-1:30pm on Wednesday, 3/7.


If you need help finding roommate(s) for 2012-2013, email Chue Xue Lee at rescomm@augsburg.edu and he will add you to the Residential Roommate Matching Moodle page.

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Staff Nominated for Recognition Award

Congratulations to staff nominated for the Staff Recognition Award:

Annette Carpenter
Stephen Geffre
Pat Grans
Nancy Guilbeault
Libby Henslin
Dan Hoisington
Vicki Keck
Scott Krenz
Ron Kurpiers
Debbie Meyer
Jane Ann Nelson
Debbie Shapiro
Jennifer Simon
Cory Snyder
Kim Stone
Sherilyn Young

The six recipients of the award will be announced at the Staff Appreciation Event, March 8.

Thanks to everyone who submitted nomination letters!

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AFA Getaway Retreat

The Augsburg for Adults Office, Center for Faith & Learning, Campus Ministry and Strommen Career and Internship Center are sponsoring the annual Getaway Retreat. Current WEC and Graduate students are invited to "get away" from their busy lives to reflect and learn more about personal strengths and vocation.

The retreat will take place on Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9:45AM-5:00 PM at The Marsh Center for Balance & Fitness in Minnetonka. Participants will receive a half-hour long massage, snacks, lunch, and several tools for personal assessments and discovery.

If you are interested in attending, please email Lonna Field at fieldl@augsburg.edu for the registration form. We ask that students pay $30 for the day-long event. Space is limited to 20 students, seated on a first come, first served basis.

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Housing Expo

Date: April 3rd, 2012
Time: 3pm-10pm
Location: East Commons, Christensen Center

Please bring your Augsburg ID and printed selection number document to the Housing Expo.
New this year - choosing your actual apartment and the Anderson Hall Neighborhoods. For more information about joining a Neighborhood please contact Ali Pickens at pickens@augsburg.edu.
Students unable to attend the Housing Expo may contact Cyndy Rowe at rowe@augsburg.edu for permission to use the Power of Attorney (POA) process.

If you need help finding roommate(s) for 2012-2013, email Chue Xue Lee at rescomm@augsburg.edu and he will add you to the Residential Roommate Matching Moodle page.

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Native American Film Festival

Where Condor Meets Eagle: Indigenous Bolivian and Native American Film Festival and Cultural Exchange is a three-night film festival celebrating Indigenous film, collaborations across national boundaries, and visual storytelling. Come see world class films from Bolivia, Canada, and Minnesota and meet some of the filmmakers, engage in conversation, and enjoy three great evenings for free. Filmmakers from Bolivia will be present, all films in Spanish will be translated, and lovers of film are welcome.

Dates: March 16, 17, 18, 2012
Screening Location: Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407 (612-822-3030).
FREE Admission

For film schedules and information on the program visit www.augsburg.edu/filmseries

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The Task Party is Back

The Art Club is sponsoring the second Annual Task Party.
An evening of spontaneous art making, play, interaction, music, and food.

Friday, March 9, 2012
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Basement-Old Main

Further information contact:
Melissa Herrick herrick@augsburg.edu
Susan Boecher boecher@augsburg.edu

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WEC Student Erica Lippitt Studies Abroad in Mexico

Erica Lippitt '13, International Business Major, returns to our CGE Mexico Campus for the second time to study abroad!

http://cgemexico.blogspot.com/2012/02/struggles-of-migrant-worker.html

Here's a posting from her blog:

The Struggles of a Migrant Worker

When we buy produce, do we really know what we are paying for, or the story behind the produce? Most likely the produce you recently purchased is produced with the help of migrant workers. Migrant workers, year after year, separate themselves from their families to work the season, which is usually eight months. Children are left without their fathers, and wives without their husbands, all because the economy of their home country is struggling and jobs aren't available. When we purchase produce, we don't think about the terrible living and working conditions the migrant workers are subjected to, the medical effects, or the non-economic effects.

It was this past week during our days in the indigenous community of Amatlan that I learned about the hardships migrant workers endure. We heard the story of Alvaro, a man who migrated to both U.S and Canada with work visas to work in the agricultural sector. The living conditions he described are inhumane. Imagine living in a house with twelve other workers where there aren't enough beds, only one refrigerator and one stove. The carpet was full of bedbugs and mold growing along the walls. The work conditions aren't usually any better. Migrant workers usually work twelve hour days, seven days a week working with chemicals such as pesticides. Migrant workers usually encounter health problems from working with pesticides, both short term and long term and there aren't enough knowledgeable doctors. Many workers are unaware of their medical rights because everything is written in English and/or nobody told them and unfortunately is doesn't help with long term illness that for many results in death.

As consumers we are made to believe that a large, red tomato is the best and what we should buy, but we don't see what is behind the big, red tomato. We don't know about the effects from the pesticides and other chemicals the workers work with, or the living and social conditions many migrant workers encounter. These hard working men and women migrant workers endure all of this because they see a light and hope to better their life and their families.

Something to think about as I return back to the U.S is if there are migrant workers in my community and if so, what I can do to not seclude/discriminate against them. Also I think we should think of ways to advocate for migrant workers, whether it be concerning working conditions, living conditions, medical rights, long term effects, and community involvement. How can we get involved to make the already treacherous journey a little better? What rights to legal and/or non legal migrant workers really hold in the U.S?
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Want to study abroad?

APPLY to AUGSBURG ABROAD by MARCH 12.

Haven't attended study abroad advising--come to Murphy Place ASAP.

Walk-in Advising Times:
10:30-10:50 am: MTWF
2:30-2:50 pm: WF
3:30-3:50 pm: TTH

GET STARTED HERE:
http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

Questions? abroad@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1650

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