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Research On Campus Sustainability & Democracy
A note of explanation for what some have found to be my puzzling presence on campus while on sabbatical. My research for this fall is examining three aspects of higher education: democratic practice and citizen education, environmental sustainability, and questions of financial viability and economic equity, using Augsburg as a case study. This work springs from the range of issues we are currently grappling with on campus (but which are by no means unique to us), and is intended to produce a work that will be of use to our community and others facing similar challenges. I will be gathering information on these issues through field study, interviews, and surveys and hope to involve as many people across campus as possible. Anyone interested in participating in discussion, interviews, or as a contributing author of the work is welcome to contact me via email (underhil@augsburg.edu). I would particularly like to hear if there is specific information relating to these topics that you would find useful to include in the final product.
Visit the Augsburg Writing Lab
The Augsburg College Writing Lab is now open for the current academic year. Last year, tutors in the Lab conducted 2,500 sessions with Augsburg students, working on a wide variety of writing assignments at various stages of completion. The Lab is located in Lindell Library, ground floor, to the left of the circulation desk. Students are welcome to come with a hard copy of their work and professors are able to contact Professor Swanson if they would like a tutor to visit their classes to provide further information.
Hours for the year are as follows:
Monday: 11:10 a.m. - 1:40 p.m. and 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 12:30 - 3 p.m., 3:30 - 6 p.m., and 7:30 -10 p.m.
Wednesday: 3:30 - 6 p.m. and 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Thursday: 12:30 - 3 p.m., 3:30 - 6 p.m., and 7:30 - 10 p.m.
Friday: 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 5 - 8 p.m.
Questions? Contact Professor Swanson, English Department.
Open Moodle Labs in OGC 103
Do you need some help...
building/editing your hybrid course Moodle site?
planning the online components of your hybrid course?
creating engaging forum discussion assignments?
devising relevant online assignments?
thinking through course management issues?
diversifying and expanding your Moodle course content?
Come to an Open Moodle Lab for individualized help. Open Labs will be held Tues. & Wed. from 9-10:30 a.m. and Thurs. 1:00-2:30 p.m. in OGC 103 Bring your laptop and any pertinent course materials with you. We have extra laptops.
Contact Dan McGuire with questions or concerns.
mcguired@augsburg.edu 612.889.3482
Save the Date: Faculty-led Programs Abroad 14-15
Calling all Augsburg faculty interested in leading a study abroad program next academic year -- Our office is preparing a new (shorter!) proposal form, which will be announced in the next few weeks. In addition, our renowned Center for Global Education has launched some new locations in Europe!
So… Save the Date for these Info Sessions, to learn more about these new details and to learn from your colleagues on best practices in leading programs abroad!
Thursday, October 10 -- 3:45-5 p.m.
Monday, October 14 -- 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Contact Andrea Dvorak for more information at dvorak@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1669.
General Announcements
Career Quick Stop - TODAY
New for students this fall: Career Quick Stop (15-minute drop-ins) with Career & Internship Services
This fall Career & Internship Services will offer a new service to help meet the career development needs of students - Career Quick Stop. These walk-in hours are meant for quick career question and short resume reviews. Appointments will be limited to 15 minutes and students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
Simply check-in at Career & Internship Services (Christensen Center, Suite 100) during the Career Quick Stop times: Wednesdays from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.- OR - Thursdays from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Individual career coaching appointments are still available - just call or stop-in to schedule.
How to connect with us:
p: 612-330-1148 - e: careers@augsburg.edu - w: augsburg.edu/strommen
Connect with us on Facebook!
Free Lockers Available for Commuter Students
Campus Activities and Orientation provides free lockers for students (Day, WEC, and Graduate) who commute to campus during the academic year. Lockers are located on the Ground and 2nd Levels of Science Building.
These lockers are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request your locker for the academic year, please print out, complete, and sign the form below and turn it into the Christensen Center Welcome Desk OR Michael Grewe in Christensen Center Room 1D (located on the ground floor in the "Auggie's Nest").
The Student Locker Request Form can be found here: http://web.augsburg.edu/cao/StudentLockerRequestForm.pdf
Get Your Flu Shot Next Week
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 by 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 & Tdap clinics are from:
o 9 a.m.- 12 p.m., September 24, Lindell Library 202
o 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., September 26, Christensen- Marshall Room
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 Homeland Health at 877-746-8060.
Feeling at the End of Your Rope?
Do you feel like you are at the end of your rope and need someone to talk to? Did you know that you can get FREE confidential counseling right here on campus? That's right! As an Augsburg student you can get up to ten free sessions each academic year to meet with a professional counselor. The Center for Counseling & Health Promotion has several counselors to meet with you.
Counseling is a great place to go when you need to talk to someone who is objective and who may be able to help you come up with new ways to work on things you want to work on. Counseling is a conversation about things you want to talk about. CCHP is a welcoming, calming place with offices in a small house on campus. We are located at 628 21st Avenue (first house on the corner of 21st & 7th across from the Anderson/Luther parking lot). Everything at CCHP is all confidential. What you talk about at CCHP, stays at CCHP!
If you would like to find out more about our services or make an appointment to see a counselor, please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.
Event Announcements
Vote for Jacarri Roberson for Student Government
Vote for Jacarri Roberson AKA Kerry Roberson for Student Body Government, September 27- 30, 2013. I am running as a First year and Junior senator, so please come show your support by helping me pursue my passion for helping others!
Homecoming Countdown - 3 Days
Augsburg Homecoming 2013 begins on Sunday, September 22! Are you ready?
Come to the Pep Rally and Coronation Ceremony Monday Night at 7:30 p.m. and prepare to be mesmerized by the annual fireworks display at 8:15 in Murphy Square.
Looking to cheer on our Auggie Athletes?
Wednesday, September, 25
Women's Soccer Game vs. Macalester
Edor Nelson Field
7 p.m.
Saturday, September 28
Homecoming Football Game vs. Hamline University
Edor Nelson Field
1 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Hamline University
Si Melby Hall
5 p.m.
Women's Soccer Alumni Game
Edor Nelson Field
5 p.m.
The full list of events is found here: http://www.augsburg.edu/homecoming/event-schedule-and-registration/
Theater Auditions - Antigonick
Main Stage Theater Auditions - Antigonick
Monday, September 30th, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. OR
Tuesday, October 1st, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Call-back auditions will be held Thursday, October 3rd from 7 - 10 p.m. Please plan on attending the whole session.
The Augsburg Theater Arts Department will hold auditions for its main stage production, Antigonick by Sophokles, Anne Carson's translation/adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone, directed by Martha Johnson.
Auditions will be held in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, in Foss Center, Monday, September 30th from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, October 1st from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. An audition sign-up sheet will be posted on the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater door in the Atrium of the Foss Center.
All Augsburg students are welcome to audition! Copies of Antigonick have been placed on reserve in the library, and audition monologues are available at the Theater department desk in Foss Center. Please choose and carefully prepare 3 monologues from those provided. It is recommended that you read the entire play in order to have a sense of the tone of the piece and the nature of the characters.
- Please arrive at the audition site at least 10 minutes before your scheduled audition time. Those who arrive after their scheduled time may not be allowed to audition.
- Please wear comfortable, business-casual attire to auditions. (No jeans, flip-flops, T-shirts, sweatpants, crop tops, halter tops, high heels, etc.)
- Please bring to auditions a complete list of all conflicts you may have with the rehearsal and performance schedule including work, classes, social commitments (such as weddings, anniversaries, etc.) and ensemble performances. Actors should declare all known conflicts at the time of the general audition. Rehearsals for this production run into the Spring semester, so please bring/be aware of your schedule for BOTH semesters when coming to auditions. Additionally, rehearsals will be held January 6th - 11th, 2014, a week before Spring classes begin. Attendance at these rehearsals is mandatory.
Rehearsals will begin November 11th, 2013 and performance dates are January 31st - February 9th.
Description of Antigonick:
In her highly innovative translations of ancient plays, acclaimed poet Anne Carson "combines contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up [ancient tales] . . .to a modern audience. . ." In Antigonick, Carson emphasizes the importance of time-and timing-in tragedy, by introducing a silent character, Nick, who is always on stage measuring things while the events of the play unfold. Antigone is "here given an entirely fresh language and presentation."
Youth and Family Ministry TODAY
Do you enjoy working with kids? Has your church and your faith been important parts of your life? Can you imagine yourself working with kids in a faith-based setting as either a professional or volunteer? Join us at our YFM Annual Fall Kick-Off tonight from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Riverside Room. We will treat you to dinner and spend some time discussing the program. Please contact Jeremy Myers (myers@augsburg.edu) with any questions.
State of the College -- TODAY at 11:30 a.m.
The annual State of the College meeting is today from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel. The address will cover year-end accomplishments for 2012-2013, fall 2013 enrollment, and an overview of the strategic work launched by the Augsburg Board of Regents this past year.
If you need to connect to the meeting from an off-site location, see the live video stream access information on the State of the College 2013 page, in the College Reports section of Inside Augsburg.
For those unable to participate in the event or livestream, the slides and an audio replay of the address will be posted to the State of the College 2013 page within a few business days of the event.
Vocation Lunch with Provost Karen Kaivola
The Christensen Center for Vocation (CCV) invites Augsburg faculty and staff to attend the fall Vocation Lunch from 11:10 a.m.-12:20 p.m., Wednesday, October 16.
Dr. Karen Kaivola will be sharing a presentation entitled "The Accidental Administrator: Reflections on Vocation." More information about the Vocation lunch is available at http://www.augsburg.edu/ccv/vocationlunch/
Space is limited for the lunch so faculty and staff are encouraged to RSVP as soon as possible through the event page: https://christensenlunch.eventbrite.com/
Improv Comedy at Brave New Workshop Uptown
This Friday, September 20, the Brave New Workshop in Uptown has Friday Night Stage Match!
2605 Hennepin Ave. Tickets are $5 and show starts at 8!
See you there!
http://studentunion.bravenewworkshop.com/SUPerformances.aspx
Keeping Track of Auggies
Newlyweds Sonnack & Halverson Support CSBR
Augsburg alumni Evelyn Sonnack Halverson and William H. Halverson just returned from their honeymoon to Norway and England. Sitting beside each other on a couch, holding hands, they finish each other's sentences as if they have known each other for decades. And they have.
Evie's first husband, Paul G. Sonnack Jr., and Bill Halverson were Augsburg College faculty colleagues, overlapping there from 1959 to 1967. The two couples were good friends, so close in fact that the Sonnacks were baptismal sponsors for Kay, one of the Halversons' five daughters.
Recently Evie and Bill each decided to make naming gifts, in memory of their first spouses, for faculty offices in Augsburg's new Center for Science, Business, and Religion.
Life insurance gift makes Paul G. Sonnack Jr. faculty office possible
Read full story at http://blogs.augsburg.edu/riddle/2013/09/13/newlyweds-honor-the-memories-of-their-first-spouces-by-naming-faculty-offices-in-the-csbr/
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Educational Sale - Preschool Equipment, Materials
EDUCATIONAL SALE - YOUNG CHRISTIAN PRESCHOOL
Going out of business & retirement
Saturdays Sept. 21st and 28th
9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Teachers/schools call for a preview!
In Gloria Dei Lutheran Church's Gymnasium
700 Snelling Ave. So., St. Paul, MN 55116
Call 651-451-2763 for more information or to view ahead
Available Items include:
Music instruments, Trains/track, Furniture, Art work, 3000 books, Trucks & cars, Hundreds of puzzles, Games, Dolls, Book cases/furniture Trikes, Balls, Roller skates, Doll houses, Art supplies, Role playing artifacts, Science & nature, Gym mats and more!
Free Maps of US States/Cities - For You, A Friend
About 50 maps for states and cities all over the US are available for those who need them, free for the taking. Plan your next trip, or just dream about it with a gorgeous, full color, old-style map. Good for teaching kids map reading skills, travel planning, or for found art projects.
Now that digital maps and GPS are so prevalent, our office no longer uses paper maps for planning travel. So we are donating them to the public for better use.
Find them at the free table in the Auggies Nest, basement of Christensen Hall.