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Lindell Library May Hours

Lindell Library hours during May will be:

Mon.-Thurs., 9:00 am – 9:00 pm
Fri., 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sat., 10:00 am –6:00 pm (WEC 7:30 am – 6:00 pm)
Sun., noon – 6:00 pm

We will be closed Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28.

Hours are always available on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library

Online library resources are also available 24/7 on that web site.

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May Teaching and Learning Calendar

May 9 or 10, 11:30 am – 1 pm, Lindell 301 – URGO Mentor Orientation (for all faculty mentoring undergraduate research projects this summer)

May 14, 10 am – 4 pm, OGC 100 - Graduation Skills Workshop

May 15-16, Dunrovin Retreat Center – New Faculty Retreat (for first and second year faculty)

May 17, 10 am – 4 pm, OGC 100 – Major/Program Assessment Workshop (at least two representatives for each major/program are expected to attend)

May 18, 9 am – 2 pm, OGC 100 – Instructional and Course Design Grant Kick-Off (for 2012-13 grantees only)*

May 21, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, OGC 201 – AugSem and AVID Strategies Workshop (for all faculty teaching AugSem in 2012-13)

May 22-23, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Hoversten Chapel and OGC Classrooms – Creating an Inclusive Campus Conference* (all faculty and staff are encouraged to attend)

May 24, 9 am – 12 noon, OGC Classrooms – Creating an Inclusive Campus Working Sessions (at least 2 representatives from each department should attend)*

May 24, 1 pm – 4 pm, Lindell 202 – CTP Portfolio Workshop (for faculty involved in CTP reviews)*

May 29-31, Dunrovin Retreat Center – Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat (for all faculty; requires preregistration with CTL)*

* Contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) for additional information about these events.

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CTL Fellows – Call for Volunteers

Anyone interested in helping plan, market, and host CTL programs should contact Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu) to express their interest in playing this role.

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The Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat

The third annual Scholarly Writing Retreat will be held at Dunrovin Retreat Center near Marine on St. Croix from 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 29 to 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 31. Initiated by Jessica Nathanson, the retreat gives scholars time and space to work on scholarship, undistracted by meetings, classes, or even children and family responsibilities. Some come to plan an approach to a new project to be completed over the summer; others use it as an opportunity to finish articles they have been working on during the year. Those interested in participating should contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu). Registrants are accepted on a first come-first serve basis.

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Summer 2012 GRE Prep

Summer 2012 GRE prep will be held from 3:00-5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays:
5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/10, 7/17

To register:
1. Fill out the form on the URGO website: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/gre_prep_reg.html

2. Please bring $75 cash or check (made out to Augsburg College) to the URGO office in Science 116 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. If you do not this before the first day of class, you will not be registered.

Please note that seats in URGO GRE Prep classes are reserved for students of Augsburg College. Any additional seats will be given to alums and members of the Augsburg College community.

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Make Pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer

On Thursday, May 17 from 9 to noon, we will be making pillowcases to brighten the hospital rooms of children and teens in cancer treatment centers in the city. Please join us if you can help cut, iron, or sew; it's just straight lines, so even basic sewing skills would help! We also need sewing machines, scissors, and other tools. If you're interested, contact Jen Nagorski nagorski@augsburg.edu or Wendi Wheeler wheelerw@augsburg.edu.

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Welcome Desk - Month of May

The Welcome Desk located in Christensen Center will be closed from Monday- May 7th to Monday-May 21st.
Lost~N~Found Items can be turned into the Admissions office located in the lower level of Christensen Center or at the Dept. of Public Safety located in Urness-Mort towers.
Thanks and have a safe summer.

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Thank You from Academic Advising

Thank you for allowing time in the faculty meeting to discuss academic advising. We appreciate your comments. We take them to heart and will work to address your comments and concerns.

Our time yesterday was short allowing for a handful of people to provide feedback. Perhaps others had comments that went unshared because of time limitations; a desire to communicate them privately; or a feeling that comments didn't directly relate to the questions posed below. Don't worry. We still want to hear from you, and you can expand the scope beyond the questions listed below. You may provide feedback by:
Sending an email to andersos@augsburg.edu.
Send your written comments to me by interoffice mail (CB 137)
Setting a meeting time with me or your favorite advising staff member
Here are the questions from the faculty meeting:

1. When you look at the faculty advising guidelines in the handbook (see attached), does this adequately reflect the your advising work with students? In other words, when you found out you get to be a faculty advisor, is this what you expected?

If not, how do these guidelines differ from what you're experiencing?
What are the challenges faced in your role as faculty advisor?
Are services and support provided by Academic Advising meeting your needs and expectations?

What can Academic Advising (or other areas of the college) do to support your work as faculty advisor?

2. What are your thoughts on the faculty advisor assignment process? Advisees are assigned either via Aug Sems or based on intended major(s) at matriculation. Is this process working?

How can we better support you in advising outside of your discipline?
Is there a way to better manage advisees acquired through Aug Sems so that Aug Sem instructors aren't swamped?

Should we consider other advising models for undeclared/undecided students? If so, what would you suggest?

Part of being the assigned faculty advisor is the removal of registration holds. There are always students who don't see their advisor and therefore are prevented from registering. Without discounting/diminishing the importance of the faculty advisor meeting, is there a way to facilitate the registration process to improve retention?

3. The faculty advising process is one way to connect students to a department. Connection to faculty and academic departments is key in retaining students. Do you have other thoughts, ideas, and suggestions for encouraging major declaration and general connection to academic departments?

I look forward to your feedback.

Sheila

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Creating an Inclusive Campus– Save these Dates

Creating an Inclusive Campus Conference
May 22-24

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate in the fourth annual conversation to co-create an inclusive campus. 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? It means that we recruit a diverse student body and create an inclusive, supportive learning environment that enables them to succeed . It means that we prepare all students to work collaboratively in a diverse, global environment. Finally, it means that we hire diverse faculty and staff, and create an inclusive, supportive work environment that enables them to be meaningfully involved in the work of Augsburg College. This conference allows us to celebrate what we are doing right and engage in dialogue about how we can continue to improve.

The opening session, "Transformative Conversations: The Art of Building Bridges and Civil Spaces," includes a panel of students sharing their experience of transformative dialogue across differences. You will explore concrete skills that can support the authentic connections necessary for creating an inclusive campus community. Applications will include conversations about political and religious issues that often become divisive in an election year.

Other sessions address the needs of adult learners, developing intercultural competence, using the neighborhood as a classroom, embedding global learning in a calculus course, undoing racism, understanding student experiences of racism, making use of our international resources, hiring diverse faculty, supporting LGBTQIA students abroad, reimagining the theater department, and developing intercultural leadership.

The closing session, "Fighting Poverty in Augsburg," is an outgrowth of last fall's Life of the Mind retreat on global poverty and inequity, and efforts to address this issue locally. This session aims to: (1) raise awareness in the college community about the reality of poverty and its consequences for many Augsburg students; (2) provide resources for students, faculty, and staff to address some of the consequences of poverty, such as acquiring textbooks and finding housing options for homeless students; and (3) explore realistic short- and long-term solutions to address the issue of poverty among Augsburg students.

Please join us to help co-create a more inclusive campus. Look for posters and flyers that provide more information on the schedule and how to rsvp.

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History Grad Receives Full Ride to U of M Law

A big congratulations to 2012 History graduate Kelly Molloy (summa cum laude), who was offered a full scholarship from the U of M Law School to study International Law.

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Congrats to Halimo Abdulkarim and Alex Wolfe

Congratulations to Halimo and Alex for being awarded the Gilman International Scholarship* for study abroad this summer in Jordan and India, respectively.

Since Fall of 2008, Auggies have been awarded $76,500 for study abroad through this US State Department sponsored scholarship.

*The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000. This scholarship provides awards for U.S. undergraduate students who are US citizens receiving Federal Pell Grant funding at a two-year or four-year college or university to participate in study abroad programs worldwide.

http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program

Search Study Abroad Programs Here:
http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

Augsburg Abroad and The Center for Global Education will be offering workshops again this fall to help students with the scholarship application process.

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Twins Tickets This Week

I have some Twins Tickets this week I am unable to use. They are my season tickets, which are in the Left Field Bleachers, Section 130, Row 4. That's right, only 4 rows from the field! There is also an overhang, so if there are any showers, you don't get wet. I have 6 seats for each game, and I am willing to split them into pairs. All the tickets are $20 each, which is below face value. The games I have are:

- Tuesday, May 8th against the Angels
- Thursday, May 10th against the Blue Jays
- Saturday, May 12th against the Blue Jays

Thanks for looking.

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Internship at Como Park in St. Paul

|District 10 Intern Opening|

The District 10 Como Community Council is looking for a paid intern to provide support to the District Plan ad hoc Committee through December 2012. Please click here to download the job description and instructions on how to apply.

Applications must be submitted by Friday, May 18. Please direct questions to district10@district10comopark.org. No phone calls please.

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