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Re-Use Table
The Re-Use Table has moved to the lower level of the Christensen Center – just inside the Student Activities Office Suite, Room 1. This table is a resource for gently used office supplies. Take what you'd like and drop off what you don't need!
Teaching and Learning
It's Time - Visit the Writing Lab
So far this term, tutors in the Writing Lab have conducted over 600 conferences with students on their writing assignments. Join them. Here are the hours:
Monday: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.; 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.; 3 - 5:30 p.m.; 7:30 - 10 p.m.
Wednesday: 3 - 5:30 p.m.; 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Thursday: 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.; 3 - 5:30 p.m.; 7:30 - 10 p.m.
Friday: 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 5 - 8 p.m.
Teaching and Technology Tapas - Presentation Tech
Tapas are small plates of delicious food eaten as appetizers or combined to form a meal shared with friends. Similarly, our Technology Tapas are tasty bite-sized topics presented in brief segments. You can drop by for just a few topics or stay to experience an entire workshop. Please join us for:
"Teaching and Technology Tapas - Presentation Technologies"
Wednesday, November 7 from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Christensen Center Riverside and Cedar Rooms
About the Workshop
We will have several presentation tools to look at and try: from presenting from and iPad to using a document camera.
We look forward to seeing you!
A collection of Technology Tapas topics can be found on the Tapas Moodle community site. Select groups in the Moodle Community site and enter 'tapas' in the search field near the bottom of the page.
Using Your Strengths at Work, Parts 1 and 2
Using your Strengths at Work, Parts 1 and 2
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Times: 8-9:30 a.m. (Part 1) and 10-11:30 a.m. (Part 2)
Location: Oren Gateway Center 103
Facilitator: Velma Lashbrook, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning
RSVP online and request a book if needed at
http://augsburg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6KJ1xcV3JcUK7U9 .
This session is offered in two parts, and will make use of the StrengthsFinder assessment available with the book Strengths Based Leadership. You may attend both parts, or only the one that is most applicable to you - your choice!
Part 1 is intended for first time completers of the StrengthsFinder assessment, and for those who have previously completed the assessment and would like a refresher. Engage with your assessment results and explore ways to apply your strengths at work.
Part 2 is intended for those who have previously attended a Using your Strengths at Work session. Explore the StrengthsFinder concepts in more depth and discuss further application.
CTL has a limited number of copies of Strengths Based Leadership (which includes the StrengthsFinder assessment) available for attendees who have not previously completed the assessment. Gift cards for Kindle editions are also available.
About the Facilitator:
Velma Lashbrook is the Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies. She believes that understanding your strengths is essential for understanding how you can best contribute and exercise leadership. She uses strengths based approaches in several of her graduate classes and has led strengths-based workshops for Augsburg, business, and professional audiences.
New Youth Work Class
YFM205: Youth-led Community Organizing Do you value the voice of youth? Do you believe they have a lot to offer? Would you like to learn how to empower young people to make positive change in their communities? If so, then this class is for you.
In this 0.5 credit course we will study and experience the history, theory, and practice of youth-led community organizing. This course is listed under the Spring semester Religion courses but is not a course about religious youth work.
It is open to all students with an interest in working with youth of any background. It will meet MWF 9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. from January 14- March 1. Contact Professor Jeremy Myers (myers@augsburg.edu) with any questions.
General Announcements
2013 Annual Benefit Enrollment
This message is intended for all benefit eligible faculty and staff. All regular faculty and staff working .50 (3/6) full-time equivalency (FTE) or greater are considered benefit eligible.
Annual benefit enrollment is from Wednesday, November 7 through Wednesday, November 21. All forms must be turned in no later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 21. You may drop your forms off in the HR office (Memorial Hall, Room 19) or fax to 612-330-1443.
In the past, we have mailed an updated benefit booklet to your home. However, in keeping with the College's cost saving and green initiatives, we will not be mailing you a copy of the booklet. A link to the electronic copy of the booklet is contained below.
*Please remember that you must make your flexible spending account and health savings account elections every year. Your election from last year WILL NOT carry over into 2013. You must complete the universal enrollment form to make your election for 2013.*
We strongly encourage all benefit eligible faculty and staff to attend one of the five benefit information sessions. Sessions are scheduled as follows:
November 7 at 2:00 p.m., Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
November 9 at 12:10 p.m., Christensen Center, Marshall Room
November 12 at 8:30 am, Christensen Center, Marshall Room
November 13 at 4:45 p.m., Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
November 14 at 8:30 am, Christensen Center, Marshall Room
The following links contain information on benefit changes and other helpful information for the 2013 plan year:
Employee letter:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/2013BenefitRenewalLetter.pdf
Employee benefit information booklet:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/EmployeeBenefitsBooklet2013.pdf
Helpful HealthPartners information:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/HPBrochurePOD.pdf
Enrollment form:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/UniversalEnrollmentForm2013.pdf
The following links contain required benefit related notices and information:
HealthPartners Summary of Coverage ($1000 Deductible Plan):
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/1000PlanSBC2013.pdf
HealthPartners Summary of Coverage ($2500 Deductible Plan):
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/2500PlanSBC2013.pdf
Summary Annual Report for Augsburg College Benefit Plan:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/BenefitPlanSAR.pdf
Defined Contribution Summary Annual Report:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/DefinedContributionSAR.pdf
Flexible Spending Account Summary Plan Description:
http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2013_Benefits/FSASPD.pdf
Please contact Tammy McBroom with any questions at 612-330-1216 or mcbroom@augsburg.edu.
Dining Services
Nabo:
Nabo is offering a new meal replacement special, one meal plan meal per week can be used to purchase the special of the day at Nabo from 1:30 p.m. to close. Hot apple cider is now available at Nabo!
The special today is a Pesto Pasta with a bread stick and a fountain drink.
The Commons:
Hours:
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.
Please return all coffee mugs, spoons, knives, and forks back to the Commons in the Christensen Center. Thank you for your help in this matter to locate these misplaced items.
Flex Points can be purchased online at http://augsburg.aviands.com/flex-points/. You can pay with your student account or credit card
Class of 2013
Are you interested in a leadership opportunity? Would you like to be a decision maker for your class party? Want to make a difference for Augsburg College as you prepare to accept your diploma this spring? Join the Senior Class Committee. We are looking for Senior Class Auggies that are interested in helping the Alumni Relations & Annual Giving office plan for the 100 Days to Graduation party and the Senior Class Challenge.
We know you are all busy, so the time commitment will be minimal. Our first and only meeting will be Thursday, November 29, in the Marshall Room at 11:15 a.m. Lunch will be provided!
Contact Jennifer Jung, Assistant Director of Annual Giving via email at jung@augsburg.edu or phone 612-330-1179 before Thanksgiving Break if you are interested in joining.
Creating a Thanksgiving Feast in the Neighborhood
Every year, each Campus Kitchen program in the country celebrates Thanksgiving with an event called Turkeypalooza. For the week before Thanksgiving, we like to serve a traditional Thanksgiving meal to our neighbors at the sites where we serve food at each week (Ebenezer, Peace House, Brian Coyle, and Common Bond).
Rather than using the fine surplus food that A'viands generously provides us all year, we count on the Augsburg Community to donate the turkey, potatoes, green beans, and money we need to cook all of this extra food.
This year, we have another reason to celebrate, as Finnegans Beer and Community Fund chose us as one of their Three Small Pints: innovative programs that are focused on food and community. On Give to the Max Day, November 15, Finnegans will match all the money raised online up to $1,500. This is a great day to make a monetary donation for Turkeypalooza as it will be doubled. See the campaign at http://givemn.razoo.com/users/pcs2fg
We are looking for people and teams of people (like specific offices or departments) to donate ingredients and/or cash. Please let our intern us know if you would like to represent your office and commit to gather a certain food item. Or, if a cash donation works better, as a representative you can collect money and donate it online on November 15 so that it is doubled by Finnegans. Email if we can count on you and your office.
We will be collecting the frozen turkeys, bags a potatoes, cash, and anything else at a table in the Christensen Center on Thursday 11/15 and Friday 11/16 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you can't deliver your gifts then, let us know and we'll make special arrangements.
Schedule of volunteer shifts and meals:
Thanksgiving Cooking Class - Tuesday 11/13 7-9 p.m.
Thanksgiving Cooking Class - Wednesday 11/14 7-9 p.m.
Packaging senior meals - Thursday 11/15 2:30-3 p.m.
Deliver senior meals - Thursday 11/15 3-5:30 p.m.
Prepare food Multicultural Dinner - Friday 11/16 1:30-4 p.m.
Setup for Multicultural Dinner (at Brian Coyle) - Friday 11/16 4-5 p.m.
Serve Multicultural Dinner - Friday 11/16 5-7 p.m.
Cleanup after Multicultural Dinner - Friday 11/16 7-8 p.m.
Peace House Thanksgiving meal - Tuesday 11/20 11-1 p.m.
You can sign up for any of these shifts at www.augsburg.edu/campuskitchen/signup
Augsburg College President talks to Inside Higher Ed
Thanks to Augsburg College President Paul Pribbenow for sharing with Libby Nelson, a reporter from Inside Higher Ed, the ways in which a Lutheran education is relevant and vital in today's world. Pribbenow during early October spoke at length with Nelson about the first part of his sabbatical, the five key characteristics of Lutheran higher education, and work mentoring presidents of four Lutheran colleges and universities who, themselves, are not Lutheran.
Read the article at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/11/06/lutheran-colleges-train-new-non-lutheran-presidents-mission-and-identity.
Event Announcements
Attention Music Lovers: Bach this Thursday
Students, Staff, Faculty, Friends of Augsburg, Everyone!
Join us for a campus-wide gathering and celebration around the mind and music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
DATE: Thursday, November 8 | TIME: 5-6 p.m.
Refreshments will be served beginning at 4:40 p.m.
We welcome music scholar, Dr. Paul Westermeyer, who will speak on "Johann Sebastian Bach and Augsburg College." Dr. Westermeyer's presentation will be accompanied by Bach selections performed by Augsburg faculty and students. We humbly recommend this event as a perfect way to end your school/work day!
For more info, check out http://www.augsburg.edu/religion/heritage-day
Orientation Leader Social
ORIENTATION LEADER SOCIAL
WHEN: November 8 at 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Marshall Room
Interested in gaining valuable leadership experience and first-rate training? Do you want to be seen as a leader at Augsburg? Would you like to make lifelong friends? If you answered yes to any of the questions, then come to the Orientation Leader Social on November 8 from 8:30-10 p.m. and learn more about the job!
All students interested in applying to be a 2013 Orientation Leader are welcome to come to the Marshall Room and talk with past Orientation Leaders about their experiences. There will be a panel of Orientation Leaders open to any questions you might have about the job and there will be Mesa Pizza for everyone to enjoy!
Be The Match on campus TODAY
In November, 2011, the Auggie baseball team added 145 new donors to the Be The Match bone marrow donor registry at the first annual Auggie donor registry drive. Today they are hoping to double or more that number.
Please stop by Christensen Center between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. today to find out more about becoming a bone marrow donor registry member. Here are four interesting facts about Be The Match:
1. The most common way of donating marrow is similar to donating blood, plasma and platelets.
2. The matching process between a patient and marrow donor is not based on blood types but really based on having the same racial and ethnic background.
3. It only takes 20 - 30 minutes to join Be The Match registry as a potential marrow donor. In fact, it really only takes a registration form and a painless cheek swab!
4. 70% of patients needing a life-saving marrow transplant DO NOT have a matching brother or sister and therefore rely on Be The Match for their life-saving donor.
For further details check out: www.tinyurl.com/AugsburgNov or call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.
Auggies this is one more way we can help save lives. Join the registry today!
Open Advising for Business Students
Spring Registration Starts November 12!
Open Advising Sessions for DAY Business majors and minors
When: Wednesday, Nov. 7: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
& Thursday, Nov. 8: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Business Department, 3rd Floor Memorial Hall
- Open to all DAY Business majors and minors
- No appointment needed
- Meet with a Business Department advisor about course planning and registration
- Get your advising hold lifted!
Please stop by and take advantage of this opportunity to have all of your advising questions answered without making an appointment.
Dan Phillips Speaks at HFA Convocation, Nov. 7
The speaker for this year's Humanities and Fine Arts Convocation is Dan Phillips a designer and builder, and the founder of The Phoenix Commotion. Phillips builds houses for low-income families out of 90% re-used or recycled materials. His designs are artsy and whimsical, for example using license plates instead of shingles for roofing tiles. His philosophy of building is grounded in the liberal arts, and as a speaker he is witty and engaging.
During his two days at Augsburg, Phillips will talk to art students about design, to MBA students about social entrepreneurship, and to environmental studies students about sustainable building practices. His main convocation talk, "Recycled Housing: Adventures in Human Sensibilities" will take place on November 7, at 10 a.m., in Hoversten Chapel.
To have lunch with Phillips after the convocation, email adamo@augsburg.edu by 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 6 November.
Have Lunch with HFA Convo. Speaker Dan Phillips
Following this year's Humanities and Fine Arts Convocation, join speaker Dan Phillips for lunch. Dan is the founder of The Phoenix Commotion, which builds whimsical houses for low-income families out of recycled materials. He has also had an interesting vocational journey, which has included time as a modern dance professor and cryptographer in military intelligence. Hear more of Dan's story over lunch.
The main convocation talk, "Recycled Housing: Adventures in Human Sensibilities" will take place on November 7, at 10 a.m., in Hoversten Chapel. Lunch will follow at 11:30 a.m. in Lindell Library, room 301. There is only space for 30 guests, so RSVP is required.
If you would like to attend, please contact Phil Adamo at adamo@augsburg.edu.
You must RSVP by 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 6 November.
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Temporary Home for Cocker Spaniel
Desperately looking for a temporary home for my Dog, a 9-year-old Cocker Spaniel. From Mid December till early May.
He is potty trained, very obedient, calm and the sweetest. Misc., food and vet expenses will be covered!
Email me for more details!
Looking for a Ride to Chicago for Thanksgiving
I would like to go home to Chicago for Thanksgiving, and I am hoping to find someone who is going already and I could ride with. Let me know! krugerh@augsburg.edu
Apply to be an Orientation Leader
Would you like to:
Gain valuable leadership experience?
Receive first-rate training?
Get involved at Augsburg?
Meet new people?
If you answered yes to any of the following questions, you should apply to be a 2013 Orientation Leader today! You can find the application here:
http://web.augsburg.edu/cao/
Applications are due on Tuesday, November 13 and must be turned in to Joanne K. Reeck-Irby in room 1B in the basement of Christensen Center.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Brad St.Aubin or Mitchell Davis in CAO at orientat@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1100
Looking for Ride After Thanksgiving from Green Bay
Hoping to catch a ride back to the twin cities area from the Green Bay area after Thanksgiving. Saturday, Sunday, or Monday work. krugerh@augsburg.edu