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Faculty: Please Announce Study Abroad Deadline - 3/14

Faculty-

Please let your students and advisees know that there is still time to incorporate study abroad into their plans for this summer or fall.

The extended deadline is Friday, March 14.

Students can meet a variety of degree requirements abroad: major/minor coursework, general education, language and Augsburg Experience.

1st Step: Attend an Info Session
MW 10:35 or TTHF 3:35
Augsburg Abroad Office| Christensen Center, Lower Level Suite 2

Search Programs:
https://tinyurl.com/prcyp6c

www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

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Zyzzogeton Registration Deadline March 14

Augsburg's annual student research festival, Zyzzogeton, will be held on April 11 from 2-4 p.m. in the Oren Gateway Atrium.

Students who plan to present their research or creative activity at this poster session will need to register at www.augsburg.edu/urgo/zyzzogeton by March 14. Poster and abstract submission directions are detailed at www.augsburg.edu/urgo/zyzzogeton as well.

If you need help creating your poster, URGO and McNair will be hosting a workshop on Wednesday, March 5 from 4:30-6 p.m. in Sverdrup 205.

Questions? Please contact urgo@augsburg.edu or stop by Science Hall 152.

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Time 2 Class Deadlines

Spring Semester Time 2 classes begin on Monday, March 3.
The last day to add or drop a Time 2 class is Monday, March 10.
Contact the Registrar's Office if you have questions.

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Summer Book Orders Due TODAY

Summer book orders are due today! Please place your order via faculty enlight. If you need to email me your order directly, please include all book information such as author, title, publisher and ISBN. Thank to all who have placed orders - we will be doing the drawing for the gift card and gift bag this evening. All who placed orders via faculty enlight as registered users will be entered into the drawing!

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Christensen-Justice Award Nominations by March 14

The Marina Christensen-Justice Award is presented to one graduating senior at commencement each year who best exemplifies Augsburg's motto "Education for Service." The student must have demonstrated a dedication to community involvement as characterized by the personal and professional life of Marina Christensen-Justice, who courageously and effectively reached out to disadvantaged people and communities.

Nomination should include:

Name of graduating senior
Major
Person who is submitting the nomination

Description of the ways that the student has been involved in the off-campus community during his/her time at Augsburg though service-learning experiences, internships, volunteer experiences,the Bonner Program, etc.

Please send nominations to Mary Laurel True by Friday, March 14 at truem@augsburg.edu

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2 More Weeks to Apply for Study/Intern Abroad

There is still plenty of time to apply to study abroad this summer or fall. The extended deadline is Friday, March 14.

1st Step: Attend an Info Session
MW 10:35 or TTHF 3:35
Augsburg Abroad Office| Christensen Center, Lower Level Suite 2

Search Programs:
https://tinyurl.com/prcyp6c

www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

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Fac/Staff: Chair Massages - March 5

Do you wonder if winter will ever end? Is it causing you stress? To help combat the stress, Ambiente Gallerie will be on campus again providing free chair massages for our faculty and staff. We will have light healthy refreshments available, so plan to stop over and enjoy a stress break.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
East Commons, Christensen Center

You must register for the massages and there are limited spaces available. To register go to the Human Resources Moodle page, go to the "March 5 - Employee Massage Sign-Up" appointment scheduler located at the top of the page. From there, you will be able to click on one of the available appointment slots listed. Please note: the "teachers" for the times listed are not the massage therapists that will be providing the massages. Massages will be given by fully licensed massage therapists.

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CGE Summer Programs and Internships - Apply Now

The Center for Global Education offers two exciting summer study abroad options. CGE operates Augsburg mini-campuses abroad so you can earn Augsburg College credit in a variety of disciplines.

Application Deadline for CGE Summer Programs: April 1

Mexico Summer Academic Program: Six- or twelve-week options are available. Knock off numerous Spanish language requirements, or take an art or religion course. CGE-Mexico also offers academic internships for credit in 10+ disciplines. We can even work with Auggies to customize a summer program through which you can enroll in a specialized Spanish course (e.g. Spanish for Healthcare Settings; Spanish for Business) and pair it with an internship in the same field.

Social Change in Southern Africa: Travel to Namibia, an English-speaking country, and learn about international development while participating in a seven-week internship. Earn credit in history, religion, political science, environmental students, women's studies and more.

Program descriptions are available at www.augsburg.edu/global

Stop by Augsburg Abroad in Christensen Center or email abroad@augsburg.edu for more information. Other summer program options are available - non-CGE summer programs have an application deadline of March 14.

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Clearance Event at the Bookstore

Mark your calendars, March 6 all clearance clothing and bargain books will be an additional 50% off! This is a one day event in the bookstore only! No other discount applies, and I apologize in advance - we cannot hold merchandise! Stop by the bookstore on March 6 for great deals!

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Bookstore Hours for Today and Tomorrow

The bookstore will be open from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., today Friday, Feb. 28.

Saturday, March 1 we will be open from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The bookstore would like to invite the incoming freshman class to stop by the bookstore and enter their name into a drawing for a sweatshirt!

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Enterprise Offers Internships - Info Session Monday

Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be holding an informational session on Monday, March 3 from 5-6 p.m. in the Christensen Center, Marshall Room. R.S.V.P., as pizza will be served!

Representatives are hiring for their hands-on Management Training Program, with opportunities to advance quickly from paid internships to full-time opportunities. Gain the knowledge and skills to run a multi-million dollar business. Stop by and learn more! Also, reconnect with alumni that are currently working at Enterprise. http://www.erac.com/

Questions and/or to R.S.V.P. - tilton@augsburg.edu

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Ben Stroud Reading, Thursday, March 6

ACTC presents writer Ben Stroud, who will read from his work on Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m., at the Augsburg College Barnes & Noble bookstore. Stroud's short story collection "Byzantium" won the 2012 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Bakeless Fiction Prize and was published by Graywolf in 2013. The book was selected as a Best Summer Book by the Chicago Tribune and Publisher's Weekly, and as a Best Book of the Month by Amazon. Free and open to the public. Books will be available for sale and signing.

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MBA 4+1 Info Session

Join the MBA staff for pizza and learn how you can complete a bachelor's degree and MBA in just five years here at Augsburg. Find out how you can waive MBA foundation courses by completing specific undergraduate course work, allowing you to obtain your MBA degree in one year through the accelerated MBA 4+1 program.

Tuesday, March 4, 5-6:30 p.m.
OGC 100
Brief presentation at 5:30

Questions, or to sign up, please email mbainfo@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1101.

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Sisterhood Boutique Opening TODAY

Grand Opening of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Scarf
Second Hand Boutique

Come and celebrate this youth entrepreneurship venture initiated by the Brian Coyle Community Center in partnership with Augsburg College

TODAY!!!!! Friday, February 28
4:30 p.m. program and ribbon cutting

African Development Center
20th and Riverside

Women's gently used clothing for sale!
Light refreshments will be available.

For more information, please contact Mary Laurel True, Sabo Center, 612-330-1775 or truem@augsburg.edu

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Depression and Anxiety Screening Days

The Center for Counseling and Health Promotion is hosting two Depression and Anxiety Screening Days on Monday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 5 from 11:30-1:30 in the Christenson Center Lobby. The following services will be offered:

* Free 10-minute mental health screening
* Meet face-to-face with a counselor to discuss the results
* Receive information about depression, anxiety, and other common college student concerns
* Learn about on- and off-campus treatment resources
* If you are interested in receiving counseling services through CCHP, you can schedule your first appointment during the tabling event, even if you do not want to do the screen!
* On Wednesday, March 5, Paws for Learning will be at the tabling event! Come and see the therapy dogs!

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Celebrate Dr. Brian Greening, McNair

CELEBRATION!!! Dr. Brian Greening

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Wednesday March 5, 2014
12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
McNair Scholars Lounge
152 Science Hall

Please join us for some cake to celebrate as on Thursday, February 20, 2014, TRIO-McNair Scholars Assistant Director Brian Greening successfully defended his dissertation in American Studies at Saint Louis University.

Titled "Representing New Orleans: Race, Space, and the Spectacle of Progress in the Crescent City Since 1965," the project is a social and political history of contemporary New Orleans focused on the Crescent City's monumental post-war building program, in particular the Louisiana Superdome. As Brian argues, in constructing the Superdome, the city's elite charted an at-all-costs building model for New Orleans, all while fashioning a malleable, raceless monument for themselves. What they created, was, in effect, a spectacle of progress--an image of social, cultural, and economic prosperity. Bolstered by a new highway system, a rebuilt riverfront, and a sparkling new stadium, New Orleans in the mid-1970s took on the appearance of a modern metropolis. However, the image proved to be superficial in that it veiled New Orleans's dramatic population shifts, radical economic transformations, and looming environmental dangers. Hurricane Katrina laid bare these problems when, during a week span in late summer of 2005, the Superdome became a staging ground where the ill effects of New Orleans's postindustrial turn played out.

Using the Superdome as a primary object of analysis, Brian's project reveals how constructing the stadium paralleled other, similarly spectacular building projects in the years that followed, leaving behind a residue of artificial progress that remains in New Orleans to this day.

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Prof. Führer's New Book

Professor Markus Führer of the Philosophy Department has just published a new book, "Echoes of Aquinas in Cusanus's Vision of Man" (Lexington Press). Congratulations to Mark!

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Augsburg Student Named Spring Lobby Weekend Fellow

Yemi Melka, a third year student, was just named to the Spring Lobby Weekend Fellowship program. The program brings together students and staff at the Friends Committee on National Legislation to research policy and inform other to make change and repeal policies that prevent peace. Yemi will take part in a roundtable discussion and will be formally recognized during the Spring Lobby Weekend. She will be involved with planning campus and community organizing for repealing the Authorization for the Use of Military Force bill (AUMF). To learn more about the program visit http://fcnl.org/about/jobs/spring_fellowships_at_fcnl/.

Yemi is a Chemistry and International Relations major, a member of the Honors Program and a Sundquist Scholar. She has also participated in the Peace Scholars Program and the Interfaith Scholars Program here on campus. She will be participating as a Model UN Head Delegate this spring.

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Physics Students Publish in J. of Geophys. Res.

Elianna Bier, senior physics major, and Nana Owusu, 2013 physics graduate now at the University of Iowa, are first and second authors of a paper recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research. The paper, "Investigating the Interplanetary Magnetic Field Cone Angle Control of Pc3-4 Pulsations Observed on the Ground," is based on observations recorded by Augsburg-operated magnetometers located in Halley, Antarctica and Svalbard, Arctic Norway.

Other co-authors of this paper are Mark Engebretson, Jennifer Posch, Slava Pilipenko, and University of New Hampshire physicist Marc Lessard.

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