Severe Weather Safety: Floods

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK
Minnesota participates in Severe Weather Awareness Week during April 15-19th. Please review the information posted each day to be prepared for severe weather this Spring and learn how to keep yourself and our campus community safe.

Please review the Public Safety Emergency Procedures Guidebook at: http://web.augsburg.edu/dps/EmergencyManual.pdf Hard copies are available for pick up at the Public Safety Dispatch Center in the Urness/Mortensen Lobby

WEDNESDAY: Floods

Nationally, floods claim nearly 200 lives each year, force 300,000 persons from their homes and result in property damage in excess of $2 billion. In Minnesota, floods kill more people than any other weather event; 15 people have died in floods since 1993.

About 75 percent of flash-flood deaths occur at night. Half of the victims die in automobiles or other vehicles. Many deaths occur when people drive around road barricades that clearly indicate that the road is washed out ahead.

In 2007, a deadly flood occurred August 18-19 in southeast Minnesota, killing seven people and destroying hundreds of homes and businesses. A state record for rainfall was set at Hokah — 15.1 inches in 24 hours — while several other areas received more than eight inches of rain.

General Flood Preparedness

Driving Safety
• Six inches of water will reach the bottom of most passenger cars causing loss of control and possible stalling.
• A foot of water will float many vehicles.
• Two feet of rushing water can carry away most vehicles including sport utility vehicles (SUV's) and pick-ups.

What to do in a Flash Flood
Flash floods occur within six hours of the beginning of heavy rainfall. Below are some guidelines for keeping safe during a flash flood:
o Be prepared to evacuate and go to high ground immediately.
o Get out of areas subject to flooding, such as low spots, canyons, washes, etc.
o Do not attempt to cross a flowing stream on foot. Even water only six inches deep, when moving at a high rate of speed, can knock you off your feet.
o Never drive through flooded areas or standing water. Shallow, swiftly flowing water can wash a car from a roadway. Also, the roadbed may not be intact under the water.
o If the vehicle stalls, abandon it immediately and seek higher ground. Rapidly rising water may engulf the vehicle and its occupants.
o Be especially cautious at night when it's harder to recognize flood dangers.
o Do not camp or park your vehicle along streams and washes, particularly during threatening conditions.
o Understand the difference between a Flash Flood Watch and a Flash Flood Warning

Augsburg Alerts: Emergency Notification System:

All students, staff and faculty are encouraged to register for Augsburg Alerts, an emergency notification system operated by Augsburg College. Augsburg Alerts is an electronic communications tool to communicate timely information regarding active emergencies or weather closures via text message, voice mail, and/or email to registered personal cell phones, landlines, or personal email addresses.

Augsburg Alerts only will be used to communicate important information related to weather closings, or during an active emergency, to help individuals make sound decisions about their personal safety. Examples of situations in which Augsburg Alerts may be used could include natural weather events that lead to an unscheduled closing of the College, or for emergency situations such as a gas leak, fire, bomb threat, active shooter, power failure, or other event.

Augsburg Alerts will NOT be used to notify the community of things such as enrollment deadlines, sporting events, or other non-emergency information.

For further details and registration instructions visit: http://web.augsburg.edu/dps/ACAlerts.pdf

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Learn About Islam in Fall 2013

Want to learn more about Islam? Sign up for the REL 205 Islam course in Fall 2013. It is scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00-1:40 p.m. The course will satisfy the Humanities LAF requirement. It is also accepted for a Religion major or minor. Please sign up for the course and encourage your friends to sign up so that we have a vibrant class for discussion.

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Faculty Showcase - Call for Materials

Scholarship and Teaching Showcase
Faculty Recognition Luncheon
May 2, 11:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
East Commons

As part of our annual faculty recognition luncheon, CTL sets up tables to display faculty work. It includes a focus on both scholarship (books, articles, art, and performances) and teaching (Moodle sites, syllabi, significant learning experiences, and other course materials that illustrate diverse approaches to effective teaching). If you have scholarship or teaching materials/products that we could display, please send your name, department, the materials you will provide, and your email address to ctl@augsburg.edu

Please deliver a copy to Lois Nielsen-Johns in Memorial 111 by May 1; she will return them after the luncheon.

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CTP Portfolio Workshop

Tuesday, May 21, 8-11:30 a.m.
Location: Riverside Room, Christensen Center
Facilitators: Diane Pike and Su Doree
RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu

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. Following the workshop, participants are encouraged to form groups to review each other's portfolio materials and provide feedback and support.

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Winter Break Faculty-led Study Abroad: Win $500

Applications are now available for the Winter Break faculty-led study abroad programs for 2014 - Trekking the Sierra Madre Mountains, Striving for Sustainability in Cuernavaca and Mexico City, and studying Monks & Heretics in Medieval Scotland! Click here for more details and to apply:

http://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/index.cfm?Program_Type_ID=O&Program_Name=&pt=Winter+Break%7F&pi=%7F&pc=%7F&pr=%7F&FuseAction=Programs.SearchResults&SimpleSearch=1

And for the FIRST time, Augsburg Abroad is hosting a drawing for $500 off your program fee. All students who complete applications for a winter break program by June 16 will be entered to win a $500 discount off their program fee!

So come in for advising and start your application today!
Questions? Contact Andrea Dvorak at dvorak@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1669

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Visit the Writing Lab

As the term's end quickly approaches, students are wise to use the Augsburg College Writing Lab, located on the street level of Lindell Library (just to the left of the circulation desk). Tutors can help with any writing assignment.

Here are the hours -- through Wednesday of Finals Week:

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.

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TFAPS - Hybrid Learning Implementation

All faculty are invited to participate in two workshops offered by CTL and IT to support weekend and graduate faculty who are creating "hybrid" courses for 2013-14. If you are satisfied with the basic design of your courses, you only need to participate in the Moodle Labs to learn best practices for online learning and how to meet GAAC/AAC requirements for hybrid learning.

If you would like to improve the underlying design of your courses, you will also benefit from the integrated course design workshop.

Prerequisite: Please watch the screencasts in the Overview section of the Course Design Support Site (http://go.augsburg.edu/moodlelab) before coming to these sessions.

Moodle Lab for Hybrid Learning.
The Moodle Labs are hands-on workshops that introduce and support development of your Moodle sites. Upcoming workshops are held on:

10-12 noon, Saturday, April 20, Foss 22A
9-10:30 a.m., Wednesday April 24, Foss 22A
9-10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 30, Foss 22A

Additional spring and summer dates will be added later.

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May Teaching and Learning Calendar

May 7, 9 - 12 a.m., Marshall Room – Integrated Course Design Workshop

May 8-9, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., TBD - Writing Across the Curriculum

May 13, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Marshall Room – Major Assessment Workshop

May 14-16, Dunrovin Retreat Center – Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat (registration now closed, although we can add you to a waitlist)

May 15, 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Marshall Room – Department Chairs/Program Directors Workshop

May 20, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., Lindell 301 – AugSem Training Session

May 21, 8:00 - 11:30 a.m., Riverside Room – Portfolio Workshop (for faculty involved in CTP reviews)

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

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Integrated Course Design for Hybrid Learning

RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu

The Integrated Course Design for Hybrid Learning is a hands-on workshop that explores Fink's model for course design, which integrates situational factors, learning goals, learning activities, and assessment. It addresses how to choose face-to-face and online activities to create an engaged learning community, provide direct instruction, and facilitate active, collaborative learning. Future workshops will be held on:

CANCELLED--3:40-6:40 p.m., Thursday, April 25, Marshall

9-12 a.m., Tuesday, May 7, Marshall

Additional support includes:
Moodle Template for developing your course in accordance with GAAC/AAC requirements.
Course Design Support Site to provide additional detail and examples for Moodle applications.
Technology Tapas to showcase a variety of technologies that can improve your work.
Sloan-C Online Workshop passes to participate in further study of online learning.

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Islam Course in Fall 2013

Do your advisees want to learn more about Islam? Have them consider the REL 205 Islam course in Fall 2013. It is scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00-1:40 p.m. The course will satisfy the Humanities LAF requirement. It is also accepted for a Religion major or minor. Please encourage students to register for the class.

Augsburg is currently accepting applications from scholars qualified to teach this course. We seek an individual with a graduate degree in Islamic studies or related area, familiarity with expectations in college classrooms, experience with Muslim communities, respect for and knowledge about traditional and critical approaches to Islam and the Qur'an, and the ability to foster appreciative understanding of Islam and to build relationships with people of other religious and non-religious backgrounds.

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Creating an Inclusive Campus - Call for Proposals

Creating an Inclusive Campus Conference
Reimagining Augsburg: Learning, Retention, and Success
Conference Dates: May 22-23
Proposals Due: April 19

This two-day annual conference will be held May 22-23 and is designed to feature key developments in fulfilling our commitment to intentional diversity and global learning at Augsburg College. It includes an opening session entitled "Reimagining Augsburg: Learning, Retention, and Success." It will combine a presentation by Dr. Eric Jolly with a working session to envision how we can co-create an inclusive community committed to learning, retention, and success of all members. Dr. Jolly is a member of Augsburg's Board of Regents, President of the Science Museum of Minnesota, and a nationally recognized speaker on issues of inclusiveness (http://www.smm.org/leaders).

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.

We invite you to design sessions that will engage faculty and staff in conversations about learning, retention, and success at Augsburg; or presentations that will deepen understanding of what is being done to create a more inclusive community. These sessions may focus on facilitating the success of all students, embedding diversity and global learning in the curriculum, or developing our community.
Please submit a proposal for a 90-minute session. Provide a title for your session, list of presenters, and a 150-200 word description of the session you would like to facilitate. Submit your proposal to ctl@augsburg.edu by April 19.

The conference is co-sponsored by CTL, the Office of International Programs, Human Resources, Student Affairs, and General Education.

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Keeping Track of Our Graduates/Current Students

Dearest Faculty,

URGO is trying to put together a master list of Augsburg students in the following categories:

2013 Student Statistics

1. Off-campus Summer Research. If you know of student(s) who will be conducting research off-campus this summer please let us know at urgo@augsburg.edu. We are planning to invite students going off campus to a session about making the most of your summer experience.

2. Graduate School Admissions. If you know of any current students OR ALUMS who got into graduate school this year, please send names, contact info and graduate program (if you know it) to urgo@augsburg.edu.

3. Pre-health Sciences Admissions (dental, vet, physician assistant, medical, physical therapy, clinical lab science, occupation therapy, etc.). If you know of any current students OR ALUMS who got into a health sciences program post-Augsburg please let us know at urgo@augsburg.edu.

Please email us even if you think someone else might email the same names. We just want to be certain to capture as many students as possible.

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"Recovering the Me I Know I Can Be"

zAmya Theater Project presents "Recovering the Me I Know I Can Be"
by the ensemble with Nicole Smith
Tuesday, April 23
2:00-3:00 p.m.
Sateren Auditorium - Music Building

Six women tell their stories of homelessness, addiction, and the lives they envision on the other side of recovery.

Free and open to the public!

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Native American Literature Class Fall 2013

Native American Literature Class Fall 2013: ENG 355 Topics in American Indian Literature: Native Voices of and in Minnesota

Come explore the exciting world of Native American Literature every Wednesday night from 6-9:30 p.m. The theme of this course is Native Voices of and in Minnesota. We will be reading works by American Indian authors either living in, originating from, or whose work is set in Minnesota. In all cases their work explores the issues of identity, land, and migration/movement across physical and political borders. Because American Indian literature does not exist in isolation from the experiences of Native peoples, this course also includes analysis of the ways in which the authors' works reflect and illuminate American Indian culture, traditions, and interaction with non-Native groups. Students will focus on primary texts, comparing and contrasting these themes and the voices, aesthetic styles, and cultural emphases of the authors.

This course fulfills AIS and ENL credit as well as general education credits. For more information, contact M. Elise Marubbio at marubbio@augsburg.edu or 330-1523

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Volunteers Needed - Habitat for Humanity

Volunteers Needed: Thrivent Builds with Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity!
Date: May 23
Worksite: 652 Sims Ave E, St. Paul

To volunteer, please contact Rob Wagner, Augsburg Class of 2002
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans®
Office: 763-746-3124
Toll-free: 800-847-4836
Email: rob.wagner@thrivent.com

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Practice Spanish - Only Two Weeks Left

Take a break and practice your Spanish! Join us for laughs and interesting conversation as we practice speaking in a relaxed and friendly setting. All language levels are welcome.

We meet every Thursday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Riverside Room, 2nd floor of the Christensen Center. Signs will be posted. Drop in at any time and stay for as long as you like. We promise there will be no grammar lessons! You are welcome to bring your lunch.

Drop in three times and earn a free T-shirt!

If you have any 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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Osbaldo (Ozy) to Apprentice at St. John's

Osbaldo Castillo, a senior at Augsburg College has been accepted as an apprentice under Richard Bresnahan, an Artist-in-Residence at St. John's University.

Richard Bresnahan, alumni from St. John's University, apprenticed for three years with Takashi Nakazato, the son of a National living treasure, whose family has been making pottery for 14 generations. At the end of his apprenticeship Richard was given the title "master potter" for all his efforts.

Osbaldo was connected with Richard through the chair of the Art department, Robert K. Tom. After being accepted, Osbaldo says "I feel honored and privileged to be able to apprentice under the artist whom I've admired since I saw his work. I am very grateful to all whom have supported me through my endeavors and I am very grateful to my professor and mentor, Robert Tom."

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Augsburg/Neighborhood Women Unite

Women of Augsburg are invited to join in the festivities at

Women's Night Out
Saturday, April 20
5:00-8:00 p.m.
Brian Coyle Community Center
420-15th Avenue South

Free dinner and fashion show of dress from many cultures.

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

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2013-2014 FAFSA Renewal: Two Weeks Left

April 15 was the federal deadline to file taxes for 2012. May 1 is Augsburg College's official deadline to file your FAFSA for the upcoming 2013-2014 academic year; that's two weeks from now!

Please go to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ to renew your FAFSA for this upcoming year. Be sure to use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool within the FAFSA form to transfer your tax information over directly from the IRS.

Remember, not filing your FAFSA by the deadline will result in the loss of at least 50% of Augsburg aid and scholarships. Please let us know if you have an extenuating circumstances (such as an extension on filing federal taxes) so that we can best advise you on what steps you should take.

If you have any questions or concerns, we have Student Financial Services Counselors available Monday through Friday, 12:00-4:00 p.m., at the Student Financial Services Window in the Enrollment Center in Sverdup Hall; stop by and see us!

Did you know you are able to track the status of your FAFSA and financial aid online? Visit http://www.augsburg.edu/studentfinancial/track-your-financial-aid/ and log in to track your financial aid. Keep in mind, it takes about three days from when you submit the FAFSA for us to receive it.

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Volunteer - West Bank Bike Ride - April 27

The Augsburg Thrivent Fellows are looking for volunteers to assist with the first annual West Bank Bike Ride on Saturday, April 27. The fellows are in need of 10-15 volunteers to assist with a variety of tasks between 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Murphy Park at Augsburg College. If you are able to volunteer we ask that you email tilton@augsburg.edu and register on line at http://www.westbankride.org/

Questions, please email tilton@augsburg.edu

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Dining Services

Einsteins:
Stop by and try the new smoothies and sandwiches. We now have a Strawberry Lemonade Smoothie and a Mixed Berry Smoothie. Our new featured sandwiches are a Bagel Thin Club and a Toasted Egg and Cheese Thin.

Nabo:
The special of the day at Nabo is a Chicken and Mushroom Pasta with a bread stick and a fountain soda. This can be used for the meal replacement.

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Meet the Provost Candidate TODAY

The second provost finalist candidate to visit campus is Linda Winkler, who currently serves as Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Dean Winkler's CV is available on the Provost Search Committee's public community moodle site.

Open forums to meet Dean Winkler have been scheduled for TODAY Wednesday, April 17, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. OR 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. with a brief reception following. NOTE room change from previous communications: both are in the Marshall Room.

Please share your comments about the candidate through the following survey link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BF66DZD

It is confidential as all comments will be compiled by our consultant and reported to the search committee in aggregate. The survey will close at 5 p.m., April 19.

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Zyzzogeton April 19 - 2-4 p.m. - Abstracts Online

Please join us for this year's Zyzzogeton Research Symposium on April 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. in Oren Gateway Center. Over 70 students will be presenting their research in the poster session. Zyzzogeton is a great opportunity to hear about the exciting scholarship happening on campus and refreshments will be served throughout the event.

Check out the URGO website to read the full abstracts! www.augsburg.edu/urgo/zyzzogeton

Keep an eye out for the bright Zyzzogeton T-shirts and buttons around campus and mark your calendar for April 19!

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Goliard Meeting This Sunday

The Goliard Society of Medievalists will be having an end-of-the-year meeting this coming Sunday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the Augsburg room. Please join us for elections for next year's officers and a special presentation on the Psychology of the Plague! There will also be pizza!

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May and June Commencement Volunteers Needed

Commencement 2013 is right around the corner and we're looking for members of the campus community that would be able to volunteer during the ceremony. As you can imagine, it takes a lot of people to make sure that the nearly 3,000 guests and our graduates have a seamless, enjoyable day. This year's ceremonies are:

Saturday, May 4, 2013
Ceremony Begins at 11:00 a.m.
Si Melby Hall

Sunday, June 23, 2013
Ceremony Begins at 11:00 a.m.
Si Melby Hall

Volunteer Opportunities for both dates Include:

Ticket Takers
Shift is from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Si Melby Hall Lobby

Ushers/Seating Assistants
Shift is from 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Si Melby Hall Lobby

Flag Bearers (Ideally Students)
Shift is from 10:30-11:15 a.m.
Robes provided

If you're available to help or have questions, please contact Jodi Collen in the Event & Conference Planning department at collen@augsburg.edu. Once shifts are assigned, additional information will be sent to all volunteers regarding their shift.

Thank you in advance for your help!

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Greening Toronto and Zumbrota

Professor Doug Green's poem "The Would-be Naturalist Goes Birding" (published under the name D. E. Green) is part of the Twelfth Annual Poet Artist Collaboration at the Crossings Gallery in Zumbrota, MN. Artist Bobby Marines has created a piece to go with the poem. The exhibit of works by 51 regional poets and artists runs at the Crossings Gallery through 26 April. Following a reception at the gallery at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 19, paired poets and artists will present their work in a reading and slideshow at 7:30 at the State Theater next door to the Crossings
[ http://www.crossingsatcarnegie.com/page0002.html ].

In addition to works appearing Murphy Square's Luv chapbook (Feb 2013) and its forthcoming annual volume, "D. E." has published seven poems in The Great Lakes Books Project: An Anthology of Creative Nonfiction (ed. Walter Blake Knoblock, 2013).

And on the Renaissance front, Professor Green has published a double review of recent Shakespeare productions at the Guthrie and the Classical Actors Ensemble in the summer 2012 issue of Shakespeare Bulletin, with another—on Measure for Measure by the Twin Cities company Ten Thousand Things—forthcoming in this summer's issue. As a participant in a seminar on The Actor as Evidence, organized by Dr. Cary Mazer of the University of Pennsylvania for the annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America in Toronto in late March, Professor Green contributed a paper on "Acting Shakespeare for Ten Thousand Things: Measure for Measure," based on the work of Augsburg alumnus and well-known Twin Cities actor Luverne Seifert ('85).

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