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Exciting New Class this Fall, 2D Studio/ART 118

The wonderful Fine Arts department is offering a new class this fall, 2-D Studio. If you are thinking about ART118 for Spring WEC, sign up soon it needs three more students to run it. It is the only chance WEC students will have to take beginning acrylic painting if they want to enroll in the fall 2014 inaugural section of advanced 2D studio. The advanced section combines acrylic, oil, watercolor, and drawing prerequisites for collaborative thematic visual studies in painting and drawing.

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Open Moodle Lab Lindell 202

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?

Come to an Open Moodle Lab for individualized help. Open Labs will be held:
Tues. & Wed. from 9-10:30 a.m. - OGC 103
Thurs. 1:00-2:30 p.m. - Lindell 202

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Moodle Huddle Workshops Jan. 7 & 8

Moodle Huddle 2014
Get Cozy with Moodle - Two Days Only!

Tuesday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 8
9:00 a.m. - Noon
Sverdrup Hall, 2nd Floor

Harness the power under the hood with our ultra-concentrated series of Moodle workshops designed to maximize your time and effectiveness for delivering your courses. There will be sessions with hands-on time to dig in and create the next great iteration of your course.

Moodle Huddle provides development for faculty and staff on commonly used moodle features and its lesser-known gems, and promotes best practices of hybrid teaching and learning.

Topics include:
Course Building Shortcuts
Facilitate Student Success with Reports and Analytics
Design Effective Forum Discussions
Comprehensive Assessment with Gradebook
Integrate Accessibility - Understanding Student Access to Content
Assignment Assessment Made Simpler - Rubrics and Marking Guides
Converting Your Content - Quiz Questions

Workshop schedule (to be announced) is the same both days. Come to both days to see it all!
Refreshments provided.

Don't want to wait for Huddle? Find help with moodle everyday at the new Faculty Moodle Resource site:

http://go.augsburg.edu/fmr

For more information, contact Eric Strom at strom@augsburg.edu.

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Teaching Civic Engagement - Workshop on January 9

Faculty and staff are invited to an AACU-funded workshop on January 9, 2014: "Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum"

Funded by an AACU "Bringing Theory to Practice Grant," this seminar will introduce participants to the new field of civic studies and explore how we might "bring theory to practice" in our curriculum. While discussion will be wide-ranging, a specific goal of the seminar is to refine our goals for "Engaging Minneapolis" in the first-year curriculum. Faculty and staff who work with first-year students are encouraged to attend.

The seminar will bring together faculty, staff and administrators, along with leaders from the Sabo Center and the Center for Democracy and Citizenship, to 1) reflect on our institution's civic mission in the current context; 2) consider how our curriculum furthers students' civic engagement and development of intercultural competency; 3) explore the best ways to promote psycho-social development and civic engagement among our students; and 4) refine our current curricular goals and learning outcomes.

Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible to Jacqui deVries devries@augsburg.edu

Lunch will be provided
A short reading packet will be circulated prior to the workshop

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Edor Nelson honored by Mark Raabe '53 gift to CSBR

Mark '53 and Jean Raabe honor legendary coach/athletic director Edor Nelson with gift to CSBR

Two years can have a profound impact on a person. That's the length of time Mark Raabe '53 spent at Augsburg College before transferring to the University of Minnesota for a special program where he received both undergraduate and law degrees.

Yet, Mark and his spouse, Jean, both get emotional talking about the bond Mark feels with his Augsburg baseball coach Edor Nelson '38. The bond is so deep that the Raabes are naming a faculty office in Nelson's honor in the Center for Science, Business, and Religion. They also will sponsor a second faculty office using their own names, with a total gift of $50,000 for the CSBR.

Read more (and see photos!): http://blogs.augsburg.edu/riddle/?p=840

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Get Hired as a Personal Care Assistant

Representatives from Student Experience will be on campus today from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Christensen Center. Student Experience is hiring Personal Care Assistants. Stop by their table to learn more.

Qualifications:
All majors may apply.
Commitment of 12-15 hours of work per week
Minimum 2 consecutive semester commitment to work (includes summer)
Access to a personal vehicle
Passion for helping others

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Central Services Holiday Hours

Shipping/Receiving and the Mailroom will be open the following hours on December 23, 26, 27, 30, 31:
Shipping/Receiving 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Mailroom 10 a.m. -1 p.m.
The Copy Center will be closed December 23-January 1.

We anticipate that many departments on campus will be unstaffed. If your department will be staffed and you would like to continue your regular mail and package delivery during the period Dec. 23-Dec. 31, please call ext. 1054 by Dec. 20 with that request.

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Free Tickets: Home and Landscape Expo

Human Resources has tickets available for the 2013 Home and Landscape Expo. The Expo runs December 27 through 29 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Stop into Human Resources in the Lower Level of Memorial Hall Monday through Friday to pick up your tickets while supplies last.

For more information about the show visit: http://homeshowcenter.com/visitors/homeshow.aspx?show=minneapolis

Also stop by Sierra Stamped Concrete, booth 128 and mention you're an Auggie for a special offer being extended to Augsburg Faculty and Staff!

To learn more about Sierra Stamped Concrete visit their website at: http://www.sierrastampedconcrete.com/home.html

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Dining Services Hours

Commons Cafe will be closing December 20 at 1:30 p.m. and will resume normal operating hours on January 12 for dinner.

Nabo will be closing on December 20 at 1:30 p.m. and will resume normal operating hours on January 13 at 7:30 a.m.

Einsteins will be closing on December 20 at 1:30 p.m. and will be open December 23, 26, 27, 30 and 31 from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. with a limited menu. Einsteins will also be open the January 2, 3, and 6-10 with a limited menu and will resume normal operating hours on January 13.

If you have any questions regarding Dining Services, please call Josh Ahrens at 612-359-6475. Thank you and have a great holiday season.

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Augsburg Exhibit Named One of the Best for 2013

City Pages Year in Review 2013: Visual Art voted

Xavier Tavera's "Calle Lake" exhibit at Augsburg one of the best in 2013

Cowboys and beauty queens populated Xavier Tavera's solo show, "Calle Lake," at Augsburg College. Filled with bright colors and a keen eye for detail, Tavera's work told stories with his photographs, giving a sense of character to the assortment of people he featured from the immigrant community. Offering just a glimpse of his subjects -- posing in front of graffiti, showing off a tattoo or a hat -- we get to know just enough to wish we knew more of their story.

http://blogs.citypages.com/dressingroom/2013/12/10_great_visual.php?page=2

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Yummy Art

Please join AugSem Design students on Tuesday 12/17/13 from 11:30 to 1:00 in the basement of Old Main as they present their final project "Yummy Art. "Yummy Art" culminates the design course with a presentation of 3 dimensional edible art projects. Students will present an edible art project that best demonstrates their understanding of design elements and theories they have learned in class this semester.

We invite the college community to attend the event and help evaluate the projects based on creativity, presentation, success of integrating 3-dimensional design elements into an edible food product, of course taste.

Please come view the artwork, sample the students final projects and help evaluate their work.

WHEN: 12/17/13 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Basement - Old Main

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Fairly Personal Photography Exhibition

Please join Emily Bauermeister, Caroline Cruys, and Patrick McInerny at an opening reception for Fairly Personal, a series of black and white documentary photographs. As advanced photography students with different majors, the photographs examine a number of social and personal issues through differing views and perspectives.

Reception: 12/13/13
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Christensen Center Student Art Gallery

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Register - Private College Job & Internship Fair

Registration is now open for the annual MN Private College Job & Internship Fair on February 19, 2014. This fair is open to all sophomores, juniors and seniors. To register and learn more go to www.augsburg.edu/strommen

For questions, contact the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work at 612-330-1148 or email careers@augsburg.edu

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Educ. Holiday Party & Gretchen Irvine Celebration

Friday, Dec. 13. 3-6 p.m.; Education Suite 3 Sverdrup Hall

Students, faculty and staff are invited to a holiday party and celebration of Dr. Gretchen Irvine's retirement. Gretchen has been an active member of the department and Augsburg community for 20 years, teaching and leading the departmental efforts in early childhood education, technology and social studies. A short program celebrating her contributions will take place at 4:00 in the suite. Please join us!

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David Murr '92 and Others Share Thoughts on CSBR

CSBR David Murr '92, Amy Gort, Leif Anderson, and Lori Peterson believe in the strength of Augsburg's student experience

Associate Professor of Physics David Murr '92, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Arts and Sciences Amy Gort, Vice President and Chief Information Officer Leif Anderson, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies Lori Peterson believe student experience is at the heart of Augsburg's mission. The CSBR will allow Augsburg to live into its dreams and take student experience to the next level.

See the super engaging, not-to-be-missed video at: http://blogs.augsburg.edu/riddle/?p=684

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