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Civic Studies Initiative at Augsburg College

Beginning in the 2016-17 academic year, the Civic Studies Initiative, co-sponsored by the Sabo Center, the Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Education Department, will acquaint the wider college and its community partners with the theory and practice of civic agency and its transdisciplinary field of Civic Studies.

The Civic Studies Initiative will include four symposia open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public. These symposia will introduce Civic Studies as presenting a different definition of citizen, citizen as co-creator, and what that implies. They will also explain how to integrate civic agency skills into courses and student activities; look at how the "democracy college" lens calls for rethinking assessment to emphasize cooperative excellence; and explore what "public scholarship" looks like with a Civic Studies lens. The first symposium will be held on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 8 to 9:30 a.m.

Another aspect of the initiative will be the selection of Civic Studies Augsburg Fellows and Community Fellows. These will be chosen from a variety of disciplines and staff units as well as community partners, forming a learning community which will help organize the subsequent symposia, undertake more thorough study of Civic Studies, and develop projects for policy and culture change.

Learn more at the following link and stay tuned throughout the year for more details on upcoming symposia.

http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/about/civic-studies-initiative

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August CTL Workshops

Mark your calendars! Beginning this year, the Center for Teaching and Learning is offering workshops in August just prior to the beginning of fall semester. Summer provides a change of pace, whether through refreshment, relaxation, or different forms of business. These workshops will help you refocus and return to the classroom.

Thurs. August 18 - LGBTQIA Inclusion & Equity in the Classroom
10 a.m.-12 p.m., OGC 100

Wed. August 24 - Syllabus Construction/Deconstruction Workshop
10 a.m.-12 p.m., Marshall Room

Wed. August 24 - Are You Student Ready? What Faculty Need to Know about Multilingual Students
2:30-4:30 p.m., Marshall Room

For event descriptions and more, visit the CTL website:
http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/

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Healthy Habits Healthy You: Prize Winners

The Augsburg Total Wellness Program has wrapped up the Healthy Habits, Healthy You program. Those who submitted their tracking calendars into HR were entered into a prize drawing for some great prizes to help them continue practicing the healthy habits they have developed!

Congratulations to our prize winners!!

--Natalie Dinki--$25 Cub gift card
--Alan Tuchtenhagen--$25 Trader Joe's gift card
--Jolee Lilja--Augsburg gym bag and water bottle
--Kristine Kammueller--Augsburg blanket and water bottle
--Catherina Kipper--$30 Bookstore gift card
--Merilee Klemp--Augsburg golf umbrella and water bottle

Please pick up your prizes in HR, Memorial Hall, Room 19.

Thank you all for your support and participation in Augsburg Total Wellness!

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Lensmire's Book is a Must Read

The most recent newsletter from the Center for Urban Education featured Audrey Lensmire’s book, White Urban Teachers: Stories of Fear, Violence, and Desire as a “Must Read” in the growing field of urban education. The Center for Urban Education is located at The University of Pittsburgh.

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Walking Tour of Seward (Remote Parking Lots)

On August 17, take a stroll through the Seward neighborhood with your Augsburg colleagues, and host Transit for Livable Communities to visit some local hotspots, including Augsburg's remote parking lots. Tour attendees will learn walking routes to and from Augsburg's campus, experience some of the local specialties that the neighborhood has to offer, and visit the two remote parking lot locations at Bethany Lutheran and the former Blue Nile.

Meet in Oren Gateway Center at noon and return by 1 p.m. Please plan to eat lunch beforehand or feel free to pick up something "to go" on the walk and eat when you return. Maximum of 15 participants.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seward-hotspots-including-remote-parking-walking-tour-tickets-27012656583

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