Crime Alert: Burglary in Memorial Hall

September 11, 2012: Burglary

Public Safety was notified this morning of a burglary from an office in Memorial Hall. Staff in the office believes the burglary happened between September 8th at 1:30 p.m. and September 11th at 9 a.m. The office appears to have been rummaged through with a small amount of cash reported missing. If you have any information about this crime, please report to Public Safety Dispatch 612-330-1717 or Minneapolis Police 911.

You Can Help Prevent Crime at Augsburg!

Immediately report any suspicious activity to the Minneapolis Police or Augsburg DPS.

Always lock your individual office door and the suite door whenever you leave, even if you will only be gone briefly. Most home burglaries take only 3 to 5 minutes, office burglaries can take even less time.

If you misplace or do not have a key, please call x1717 and ask us to come and lock the office. Please wait in the office until we arrive.

Do not prop open doors. If you see a door propped open, close the door and report it to DPS by calling 1717.

Keep valuables out of view. If possible, secure them in locking drawer or cabinet. Better yet, take your valuables with you or leave them at home.

Keep your keys on your person at all times.

Back up your data. Your files can easily be backed up to your network folder or a USB drive. Don't risk losing your notes, research and other work. If you have any questions about the best way to back up your data, talk to your LFC or to Student Computing.

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Water Shut Off in Old Main

On Monday, September 17, the City of Minneapolis Water Department will be shutting off the water in Old Main to change out the meter. The City will begin work that day at 6:30 a.m. and should be completed by 8:30 a.m. During this time period, there will be no water to sinks, toilets, or drinking fountains, so please use facilities of this nature in adjacent buildings. Please email adamsth@augsburg.edu with any questions you may have.

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Fri. 9/14: Gilman Intl. Scholarship Workshop

Do you get a Pell Grant? Is the Gilman Scholarship for you?

Attend one of the Gilman Workshop to learn more about:

• How to earn $5,000
• How to apply
• Writing a winning essay
• Eligible Augsburg/CGE Programs

Friday, Sept. 14, at 2:30 p.m., Marshall Room

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

Questions? abroad@augsburg.edu or 612.330-1650

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Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College

The STEM office would like to direct your attention to a great conference opportunity. The 48th Annual Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College will be held on October 2-3, 2012.

48th Annual Nobel Conference: "Our Global Ocean"

The conference will examine our oceans as a source of inspiration, danger, and knowledge. We know less about our own oceans than we do about the surfaces of other planets hundreds of millions of miles away. Top researchers in biogeochemistry, oceanography, deep-sea biology, molecular genetics, and coral ecology will discuss the most relevant topics concerning our mysterious oceans.

Visit http://alumni.blog.gustavus.edu/newsletter/2012/09/the-48th-annual-nobel-conference-is-our-global-ocean/ for more information including the conference schedule.

Please contact Rebekah Dupont at dupont@augsburg.edu by Thursday, September 20, to express your interest in attending.

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This week: GRE Information Sessions

URGO will be hosting two GRE information sessions on September 13 and September 14. If you are interested in attending graduate school in the future, this is a great opportunity to learn more about the test. Session topics include:

• When should I take the GRE?
• How should I study?
• What are the best resources to use for GRE prep (books, classes, websites, etc.)?
• What role does the GRE play in graduate school admissions?

Two GRE information sessions are available:

Thursday, September 13
Oren Gateway 100
1:30-2:30 p.m.

Friday, September 14
Marshall Room
1:15-2:15 p.m.

If you have any questions regarding the information sessions or the GRE test, please contact the URGO office at URGO@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1446.

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Writing Lab Will Open Monday, Sept. 17

Many faculty members and students have asked, and many are waiting for this good news! The Writing Lab will open for its regular fall schedule on Monday, September 17. Last year, tutors in the WL received well over 2,000 visits from students -- a testimony to the wonderful service tutors provide! They will be making class visits (upon request for any courses beyond ENL) to provide information about expectations and schedules. Please contact K. Swanson if you have questions.

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CTL Night at the Theater

During both fall and spring semesters, CTL reserves tickets to an Augsburg theater production and offers them to faculty, staff, and their significant others. Theater offers a unique way of learning or knowing – from stories that touch our hearts and mind. Experiencing it together adds a social dimension that allows us to discover what the stories mean to others and what new possibilities they see. Through theater we can be healed and transformed, as well as entertained. All productions are in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater.

Reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to attend either or both of these productions, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu). This year, we have reserved tickets for:

Debt
Developed by Sarah Myers
Site Specific Performances: October 25-November 2
Town Hall Meetings: November 1
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center

What does debt mean to you?

Debt is an experiment in site-specific performance and public art exploring the topic of student debt in its many forms. A week of short performances throughout the Augsburg College campus lead up to four student-facilitated town hall meetings focused on different facets of debt in an academic setting.

As a Town Hall Nation project, Debt is part of a national engagement initiative inviting arts organizations, colleges, and other community groups to create events that demonstrate, present, or embody an ideal town hall meeting.

Cabaret
By Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Darcey Engen
Music Direction by Sonja Thompson

April 12, at 7 p.m.

Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center

Set in the fictional Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, the musical Cabaret depicts the immense political upheaval taking place in Germany during the rise of Nazi power. Based on a book by Christopher Isherwood, with music by Kander and Ebb, the story portrays several couples that meet and fall in love, only to see their relationships unravel as the Nazis begin to infiltrate all elements of their lives.

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2012-13 Reading Circles

All faculty and staff are invited to participate in reading circles during the year. These circles are funded by Work Culture grants and led by faculty and staff. You are expected to attend at least four sessions and prepare by reading and identifying issues you'd like to discuss. If you'd like to attend, please register with Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) and pick up a book. Let her know if you prefer to receive an e-book.

Current circles include:
Community Building - Seth Godin's Linchpin: An Unsettling Call to Be Indispensable and Andrew Delbanco's College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be
Inclusiveness - Susan E. Pick and Jenna Sirkin's Breaking the Poverty Cycle: The Human Basis for Sustainable Development
Leadership - Julie Clow's The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All and Don Chu's The Department Chair's Primer: What Chairs Need to Know and Do to Make a Difference

For more information, see descriptions below.

Seth Godin's Linchpin: An Unsettling Call to Be Indispensable
Community Building Series
Facilitator: Ashok Kapoor
Schedule: Thursdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m. (September 20, October 18, November 15, February 7, and March 14)
First Reading: Chapters 1-4

In our society linchpins are those individuals that hold things together. Yes, organizations might succeed or thrive for a while without them, but eventually as pressure is applied and structures are tested, things will fall apart. Godin clearly illustrates that we are in a critical time in history when a new breed of worker and leader are required. We need linchpins to solve our problems, keep us connected, and inspire us with art. People who are linchpins are creative, good at connecting with others, and able to see solutions like no one else. They truly are indispensable.

As Seth Godin explains this concept to his readers, he turns their minds upside down in order to convince them that they are in some way capable of being one. He explains how we got here, criticizing the public education system for creating cogs to fill factories and consumers to buy what they produce. He argues that we get exactly what we focus on. In the end we wind-up with drones that do what they are told. There is no shortage of pundits today that criticize the flaws of our education system, but few will offer a solution. He challenges teachers to inspire student to think instead of follow rulebooks and ace tests. He even goes as far as telling us to give ourselves a D for the rut we have fallen into.

Linchpin could be Mr. Godin's greatest work so far. He treats the subject with history and sociology as well as a compelling mix of fact, story and philosophy. Using examples that will both shock and inspire, Linchpin leaves you feeling like you have no choice but to reassess your current situation and make the changes he so eloquently urges us toward.

Andrew Delbanco's College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be
Community Building Series
Facilitator: Doug Green
Schedule: Tuesdays 3:30-5:00 p.m. (September 25, October 16, November 20, February 19, March 26, April 16)

As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience--an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers--is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In arguing for what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.

In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America's colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.

Susan E. Pick and Jenna Sirkin's Breaking the Poverty Cycle: The Human Basis for Sustainable Development
Inclusiveness Series
Facilitators: Matt Maruggi and Joe Underhill
Schedule: 12:00-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays (October 10, November 7, December 5, and January 23)
Batalden Convocation, February 20 at 10:00 a.m.

Pick and Sirkin show how IMIFAP, a Mexican NGO, has employed a development strategy to encourage the establishment of a participatory, healthy and educated citizenry. IMIFAP was founded in 1984. Through its health promotion and poverty reduction work it has reached over 19 million people in 14 countries. Its mission is to enable society's poor and vulnerable to take charge of their lives through helping them develop their potential. The program strategy is grounded in Amartya Sen's approach to sustainable development through expanding individual's capabilities and freedoms.

The central premise of the book is that enhancing skills, knowledge and reducing psychological and contextual barriers to change are central (and often neglected) aspects of sustainable development.. Through powerful testimonies, the book shows how the IMIFAP "I want to, I can" programs assists people in taking the control of their lives. Our discussion will examine how this approach can apply to our work at Augsburg.

Susan Pick, a professor of psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, will give the Batalden Symposium in Applied Ethics on February 20.

Julie Clow's The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All
Leadership Series
Facilitator: Paul Terrio
Schedule: Tuesdays 8:30-10:00 a.m. (October 2, November 6, December 4, January 8, February 5, March 5, April 2)

Embrace connectivity, increase empowerment, and achieve better work-life blending.

We live in a new age of global organizations, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collaborative world. Most organizations are rule-based, top-down, dreary environments optimized for conformity and little else. The Work Revolution creates a compelling portrait of a different kind of work.

"I believe freedom in the workplace is worth fighting for and every person and every organization can be excellent."

Julie Clow articulates the rules we follow today in our work force, the reasons they no longer work, and what we can do instead. The Work Revolution deconstructs the magic behind thriving, liberated organizations (such as Google, which is repeatedly named as the Best Workplace) into clear principles that any individual, leader, and organization can adopt to create sustainable and engaging lives.
• Provides actionable changes anyone can make, regardless of where they work, to create a more sustainable work-life blend
• Details concrete ways to influence existing organizations to change
• Guides leaders to make tangible changes in their teams to enable greater autonomy and impact
• Outlines organizational culture principles that support and nurture high-performance and healthy environments, providing clear options for instituting cultural change based on specific organizational challenges

Rejecting productivity Band-Aids and quick fixes, The Work Revolution conceptualizes a completely new workplace that embraces the always-connected reality to create organizations in which high achievers can sustainably thrive.

Don Chu's The Department Chair's Primer: What Chairs Need to Know and Do to Make a Difference
Leadership Series for Chairs
Facilitators: Joan Kunz and Merilee Klemp
Schedule: Thursdays 3:40-5:00 p.m. (Dates TBD)

The Department Chair Primer provides the practical information that chairs need to do their jobs well. Many of the book's ideas come from practicing chairs and are proven strategies for dealing with a variety of issues. Each chapter details a particular problem, includes a brief introduction to the topic, provides tips on how to deal with the situation, and concludes with targeted questions for further consideration. Its concise format is ideal for busy chairs which need a brief but informative resource.

The readings will serve as a catalyst for conversations among chairs about how to be more effective.

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Augnet Event Calendar Error

Due to a server error, some Augnet Event Calendar submissions have been lost. If you submitted an event to the calendar between 8/28 and 9/10 and do not currently see your event listed, please resubmit.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Workshop Proposals Sought for Anti-Racism Conference

The Overcoming Racism conference is seeking workshop proposals, due September 17. If you know of someone doing innovative work, or an organization that has been persistent in doing anti-racism work and is transforming into an anti-racism organization, please encourage them to submit a proposal about their work.

Decolonizing Minnesota & Beyond: Historical & Current Struggles
November 16-17, 2012
Metropolitan State University in St. Paul
FFI: http://www.overcomingracism.org/

Please distribute the RFP to your networks, friends, colleagues, etc., involved in anti-racism work. The Conference has become a place where people can truly learn from one another.

Submissions are encouraged through an online form, or by mail or email per instructions in the RFP. http://www.overcomingracism.org/resources/2012-OR-Con-RFP.pdf Up to two presenters per accepted workshop will receive free conference registration.

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Teach For America - Applications Due Soon

Teach For America: Next Application Deadline Sept. 14

Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates, graduate students, and professionals from all academic backgrounds who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity.

In America today, a gap in academic achievement separates kids in low-income communities from their higher-income peers. Only eight percent of students growing up in poverty graduate from college by age 24, compared to 80 percent of students in more affluent areas. This limits life options, affects families and communities, and has significant social and economic implications for our country. It doesn't have to be this way. We know it's possible to give all kids a great education and the countless opportunities that come with it.

This year, over 10,000 corps members are teaching in 46 regions across the country, while nearly 28,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity in America. Hear from Teach For America alumni about how the skills and perspectives they built in the classroom have helped them continue to make an impact in their current careers and explore our graduate school and employer partnerships.

Educational inequity is our nation's most severe injustice and our biggest strategic challenge. It is the civil rights issue of our time. Will you be part of the solution? Take advantage of winter break to complete your application. Access the application page here: Apply. The next application deadline is Friday, September 14, 2012.

Teach For America corps members receive full salary and benefits, qualify for federal student loan deferrals, and receive $11,100 in grant money through the Americorps Education Award. All majors and career backgrounds may apply.

For more information, visit www.teachforamerica.org

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Community Fair on Campus This Thurs.

Please come......

What: Community Opportunity Fair
When: Thursday, September 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Where: Christensen Lobby

Your chance to meet representatives from more than 25 community organizations about opportunities to get involved with non-profits and schools through volunteering, service-learning, and internships.

Sponsored by the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning

For more information, please call Mary Laurel True at 612-330-1775 or email truem@augsburg.edu

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Office of International Programs - Relocated

The Office of International Programs is now relocated to different office space:
Assistant Vice President for International Programs - Suite #23 Anderson
Center for Global Education Staff - Suite #23 Anderson
Augsburg Abroad - Suite #2 Christensen
International Student and Scholar Services - Suite #2 Christensen

Stop by and see us!

Suite #23 Anderson is on the lower level next to the PA program
Suite #2 Christensen is on the lower level across from the Copy Center

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Dining Services

Einstein's is now hiring for all positions and for a variety of hours.
Stop by Einstein's for more information or to pick up an application.

Einstein's now has pumpkin. Stop by for a pumpkin bagel, pumpkin muffin with cream cheese frosting, or a pumpkin scone. We also have the pumpkin spice drinks, try them iced or hot. The featured drink of the week is iced coffee with white chocolate.

The Commons:
Breakfast: 7:30-9:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast: 9:45-11 a.m.
Lunch: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Pizza, Sandwich, Salad Bar: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Dinner: 4:30-7 p.m.

Flex Points can be purchased online at augsburg.aviands.com/flex-points. You can pay with your student account or credit card.

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Spanish Conversation Starts This Thursday

Welcome back to a new school year! Start the year off right by meeting new people and sharing stories about your summer adventures, all while practicing your Spanish.

Spanish conversation group gives you a chance to hone your speaking skills in a relaxed and friendly setting where all levels, from beginning to advanced, are welcome. We will meet every Thursday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Christenson Center, in the Riverside Room. Come for 10 mins. or for the whole session, whatever works for you. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Questions? Contact Emiliano Chagil, ext. 1309; Anita Fisher, ext. 1082 or Kate Reinhardt, ext. 1081. We hope to see you there!

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Updated Schedule for Eboo Patel & IFYC Visit

This year's Christensen Symposium features Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). IFYC is a Chicago-based organization devoted to building the interfaith movement on college campuses. Named by US News & World Report as one of America's Best Leaders of 2009, Patel authors books on interfaith understanding and regularly contributes to numerous national media groups.

There are three main events that will be of interest to the Augsburg community. Below is an overview of these events.

Monday, September 17: 4-6 p.m., Hoversten Chapel
Opening Dialogue: "Tilling Common Ground: Interfaith Work at Augsburg"

Last spring many members of the Augsburg community participated in the "Campus Spiritual and Religious Climate Survey," facilitated by the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). This event will focus on what that survey revealed. The session will include opening remarks by Eboo Patel (keynote speaker for the Chrisensen Symposium) and a review of the campus interfaith survey results by IFYC staff members Kyle Anderson and Laura Hollinger Antonelli, followed by group discussion about interfaith understanding at Augsburg.

Monday, September 17: 7:30-9 p.m., Marshall Room
Town Hall Meeting: "Creating Common Ground: The Arts as a Bridge for Interfaith/Intercultural Work"
This event will feature Christopher Houltberg, Art Department; Robert Tom, Art Department; Susan Boecher, Art Department; Rev. Jane Buckley-Farlee, Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Congregation; Virginia McCarthy, RN, DNP, Nursing Department; Roda Hassan, AmeriCorps/VISTA

Tuesday, September 18: 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Hoversten Chapel
Christensen Symposium- "The Holiness of Common Ground"
Eboo Patel, Director of the Interfaith Youth Core

A poster outlining the schedule of events is available at: http://web.augsburg.edu/~fieldl/CSympInternal.pdf

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Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card at Abroad Fair Today

Stop by the study abroad fair today from 10-2 in Christensen Center Lobby to enter the drawings for two Amazon gift cards for $50 each.

Enter by stopping by and answering a few questions about 2013 Faculty-Led Programs, Center for Global Education Programs, and HECUA Programs.

APPLICATION DEADLINE for spring semester and winter break programs is Oct. 1.

See you at the fair!

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Influenza & Tdap Vaccination Clinic on Campus

Influenza and Tdap vaccination clinics are scheduled for faculty, staff, and students.

Flu Shots - Homeland Health provides flu vaccinations to patients ages 3 years and up. Please bring your health insurance card to the clinic. We are an in network provider for Medica, BCBS, HealthPartners, Preferred One, UCare, America's PPO, Prime West, South Country Health Care Alliance, and Medicare. We will bill your health plan. If you are not covered by one of these health plans, you may purchase a vaccination using cash on the day of the clinic.

Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria & Pertussis "Whooping Cough")
Is available for those 18 to 64 years of age only. It is covered by HealthPartners, BCBS, and Medica at the Member's Benefit Level. Sorry we cannot accept other insurance.

The cash price for vaccine is $25 per Flu Injection, $35 per FluMist and $55 per Tdap injection. We accept cash only, no checks please. Individuals are responsible for the cost of their shots, which may vary depending upon insurance plans.

Flu and Tdap clinics are from:
9 a.m.-12 p.m., September 25, Christensen - Augsburg Room
12:30-3:30 p.m., September 27, Lindell Library 202

To register for the September clinics, visit Homeland Health at http://www.homelandhealthspecialists.com

In the bottom right corner of the main image on the Home Page, click the Customer Portal button (Client ID: HAIOY997). At this point Returning Users may sign in. Your email is your user name. If you have any questions, please contact 877-746-8060.

A walk-in clinic will be from 12-2 p.m., October 22, in the Marshall Room. Faculty and staff are welcome. Although pre-registration is not necessary, you must present an insurance card to receive the flu shot at no cost (coverage varies depending on member's benefit level). The cost for the flu shot is $29.

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Robotics Redefined Speaker

A representative from the company Robotics Redefined will be joining us for our first SPS event this Friday, September 14, at 3:30 p.m. in OGC 100. The topics covered will include an overview of what Robotics Redefined does and some applications of the latest robotics technology.

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Homecoming 2012 Week

Sunday, September 23
7-9 p.m. Student Decorating Contest (Christensen Center)

Monday, September 24
7:30-8:15 p.m. Pep Rally & Coronation (Si Melby Gym)
8:15-8:30 p.m. Fireworks (Murphy Square)

Tuesday, September 25
10-2 p.m. Fall 2012 Student Involvement Fair (Christensen Center Lobby)
12-2 p.m. Minute to Win It Games (Commons)
5-7 p.m. Minute to Win It Games (Commons)

Wednesday, September 26
3:30-5 p.m. Ice Cream Sundae Social (Quad)

Thursday, September 27
8-10 p.m. Student Battle of the Bands (Murphy Square)

Friday, September 28
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Student Specialty Lunch (Murphy Square)
9 p.m.-midnight Homecoming Dance (Oren Gateway Center Atrium)

Saturday, September 29
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Taste of Augsburg (Murphy Square)

Sunday, October 1
7-8 p.m. Decorating Teardown (Christensen Center)

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Queer and Straight in Unity Weekly Meeting TODAY

Come to the first meeting of the semester. Meet new friends, play games and get to know QSU. The meeting is on this Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 9 p.m. in the Fishbowl. All LGBTQIA people and allies welcome!

Contact us at qsu@augsburg.edu with any questions and be sure to checkout all the fun we had last year and stay in touch with upcoming events on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/augsburgqsu

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U of M Health Careers Fair - September 27

The University of Minnesota is hosting a Health Careers Fair!

Come learn about the University of Minnesota's different health-related academic programs. Meet with admissions staff from the different health professional programs and ask them your questions. Pre-health student groups will also be in attendance. Time and location information can be found below.

Thursday, September 27
1-4 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union, Great Hall
Minneapolis Campus

To learn more, visit:
http://www.healthcareers.umn.edu/events/healthcareersfair/home.html

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Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie

Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie will be speaking at Augsburg College on Thursday, September 20, in Sateren Auditorium from 1:30-3:00 p.m. He will speak about Minnesota's voting history and our rights and responsibilities as voters. There will be more details coming. Plan to bring yourselves, your classes, friends, and family. Mark your calendars.

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Calling All Filmmakers

The ACTC is seeking student-made films for the second annual ACTC Student Film Festival. Whether you created a 60-second short with your iPhone, a piece of video journalism, or a 10-minute story for a final project, we want your film! Don't miss this chance to see your work on the big screen at St. Anthony Main Theatre on November 14.

Submit your film by September 26, 2012. Details at www.actc-mn.org/film.

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MAL 25th Anniversary Celebration, Sept. 26

You are invited to the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Master of Arts in Leadership Program at Augsburg College. The celebration is part of Augsburg's Homecoming week.

Date:
Wednesday, September 26

Time:
6:15-7:00 p.m. Reception with hearty hors d'oeuvres
7:00-8:00 p.m. Program

Location:
Hoversten Chapel and atrium, Foss Center

Keynote speaker:
Garry Hesser, professor of sociology, Sabo Professor of Citizenship and Learning, and longtime MAL faculty member

Professor Hesser's engaging presentation ("George Washington and the llamas: Clues for Leadership in the 21st Century") will be followed by interactive discussion groups led by MAL faculty members. You will come away with new insights from Professor Hesser and each other.

You can register online at www.augsburg.edu/homecoming by clicking on the Homecoming Event Registration option. There is no cost for the event. You are welcome to bring family, friends, and/or colleagues; however, we ask that each person register. For more information, contact Patty Park at 612-330-1150 or parkp@augsburg.edu.

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Become a Medievalist

Students wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success. Become a medievalist.

First joint meeting of current and potential Medieval Studies majors and the Goliard Society, this Sunday, September 16, 7 p.m. in the Augsburg Room. Pizza.

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Open Hearings on the Course Credit Mandate

As you probably know, the federal government has issued a mandate that all colleges and universities must be in compliance with guidelines regarding course credit hours. The Higher Learning Commission has established protocols to ensure compliance and a group of Augsburg staff and faculty members has been meeting this past summer to work on means by which this compliance can be accomplished.

At the first faculty Senate meeting, senators discussed the work of the Task Force on Academic Program Structure (TFAPS). It is important that all faculty and staff members also have opportunities to learn about the proposed changes and to discuss options. Therefore, we have scheduled open hearings on the credit hour issue before the first faculty meeting. Please plan to attend one (or more) of these sessions:

Wednesday, Sept. 12; 12-1 p.m. in East Commons (NOTE THIS ADDITIONAL TIME)
Thursday, Sept. 13; 9-10 a.m. in East Commons
Tuesday, Sept. 25; 12-1 p.m. in East Commons

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Students for Obama meeting

In 2008, Barack Obama won young voters by a 2:1 margin, and he needs the same level of support in 2012. Students for Obama is a critical part of the campaign's efforts to connect young voters and turn them out on Election Day. Every day that goes by is an opportunity to engage new voters, and recruit volunteers. SFO meets Mondays at 9 p.m. in the Fish Bowl. Learn how to get involved with the campaign. Class credit is available for some students.

The stakes are too high and the alternative is too extreme. If young people turn out to vote, the President will win Minnesota. You will decide this election.

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Free Furniture and TV

I have a couch set, TV, sofa sleeper and TV stand for free! For photos please see the ad on Craigslist.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/fuo/3264661079.html

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House for Rent in Longfellow

Longfellow 1-1/2 story single family home for rent
3 bedrooms, 1.75 baths plus finished basement office
1400/month
Available now
Details and contact information at:

https://www.padmapper.com/show.php?type=1&id=123701267&src=main

Or contact Laura Simms (simmsl@augsburg.edu)

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