Subject: Celebrating Elise Marubbio's award-winning book
Submitter: Dallas Liddle, Associate Professor, English

Message: The Center for Teaching and Learning, the Women's Resource Center, the American Indian Studies Department, and the Augsburg College Bookstore are all proud to invite the campus community to a celebration of Elise Marubbio's book "Killing the Indian Maiden: Images of Native American Women in Film". Published late last year, the book recently won the Peter C. Rollins 2006 Book Award for Popular Culture/ American Cultural Studies.

Please join us this coming Monday, March 12, from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in the Women's Resource Center on the second floor of Sverdrup. Warm appetizers will be served, and copies of the book available. Elise will discuss the book and show images from the text and from her research.

Subject: Summer Research Grants for Faculty
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FACULTY SUMMER RESEARCH GUIDELINES 2007

DESCRIPTION:

This grant provides support of faculty scholarly activity during the summer months. Scholarship is broadly defined to include disciplinary scholarship, the scholarship of application, interdisciplinary scholarship, and the scholarship of teaching. Examples of previous successful proposals are on file in the Center for Teaching and Learning.

"Scholarship of Teaching" typically goes beyond course development and/or revision and has as its audience other faculty and professionals in the field.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

Proposals should show evidence of thorough preparation and meet the following criteria:
• Clear statement of realistic goals and objectives
• Appropriate and detailed project method/plan for achieving the goals and objectives
• Explanation of advance preparation and planning
• Clear description of the project's assessment
• Detailed timeline and budget


FUNDING: Up to $2000 is awarded per grant and 2-3 awards are typically made per year.
Source: Grangaard Faculty Development Fund.
Funding decisions are made by the Faculty Development Committee. All funds must be requested by the end of the fiscal year in which the grant is awarded.

ELIGIBILITY: These grants are for Faculty. Priority is given to full time tenure track faculty. Priority is also given to faculty whohave not received this grant in the previous three year period.

APPLICATION: Please use the Research Application on-line form that is available at the CTL website www.augsburg.edu/ctl and attach a curriculum vita.

Application Date: March 15 for the summer 2007.

Requirements of the grant include completion of the following:
• Professional Development evaluation form and assessment as described in the project application
• Sharing the results with the Augsburg Community; for example, presentation of a community discussion, Faculty Scholarship Roundtables, or another venue approved by the FacDev Committee.

Subject: Learn about Day at the Capitol 2007 this Friday
Submitter: Natalie Wright, Administrative Assistant, Government and Community Relations, Institutional Advancement

Message: Want to help protect keeping college affordable and accessible for everyone?

Join us for FREE PIZZA and an information session about Day at the Capitol 2007, this Friday, March 9th, from noon-1pm in East Commons.

Day at the Capitol is where students, faculty and staff travel to the State Capitol to advocate the increased funding to the Minnesota State Grant Program, which provides aid to students from low to middle income families.

FACT: The average state grant award is $1,748 and students can receive a state grant for each semester, up to 6 semesters!

Subject: Friday Seminar, March 9
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: Road Dogs and Loners

Tim Pippert, the poet laureate of Inver Grove Heights, will be discussing the lives and survival strategies of homeless men.

The presentation will focus on road dogs and loners, two subgroups of homeless men.
Road dogs are street partnerships formed between homeless men for the purpose of companionship and protection. Their survival strategies and availability of family support will be compared to self-defined loners, those who find social isolation a necessary strategy for living on the street.

Refreshments will be served at 3:30 p.m. in Lindell 301. The presentation begins at 4 p.m.

Subject: ACAP pilot training room change
Submitter: Bridget Robinson-Riegler, Associate Professor, Chair, Psychology

Message: The ACAP pilot training workshop will now be held in the Century room. The day (Friday, March 9) and time (2:30-6:00 p.m.) are still the same. Thanks to all departments who are sending representatives to the training.

Subject: IRB Information Session - March 13
Submitter: Heather J Hultquist, Secretary, Natural Sciences and Math, Political Science

Message: Norma Noonan will be hosting an IRB information session on Tuesday, March 13 from 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. in SVE 202. If you would like general information about how the IRB works, what is required for IRB submissions, or have other questions, please plan to attend this session.

Subject: Author, Matthew Sanford at Augsburg Today
Submitter: Dianne Detloff, Administrative Assistant, Counseling and Health Promotion

Message: Counseling & Health Promotion invites all interested, students, faculty & staff to a presentation by author, teacher and visionary, Matthew Sanford. Mr. Sanford will speak about his new book "Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence" and the importance of mind-body relationship.

Please join us this afterrnoon from 3 - 4 p.m. in the Marshall Room for conversation, coffee and cheesecake. Any questions, please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707

Subject: Q & A: Queer & Augsburg, Issue 3
Submitter: Will O'Berry, Assistant Director, Campus Activities/GLBTQA Advisor, Campus Activities and Orientation

Message: Would you like a copy of this month's issue of Q & A: Queer & Augsburg, published by LGBTQIA Support Services at Augsburg College? Then click here: http://web.augsburg.edu/~oberry/Q&A_03_01_2007.pdf

Questions? Concerns? E-mail Will O'Berry, Assistant Director of Campus Activities and Orientation/LGBTQIA Support Services, at oberry@augsburg.edu.

Subject: The Role of Faith in Conflict Resolution (today)
Submitter: Megan L Schiller, Student

Message: At a luncheon forum on Thursday, March 8, Kjell Magne Bondevik, former prime minister of Norway and United National special humanitarian envoy to the Horn of Africa, will share his insights into the role of religion and faith in conflict resolution.

In 2005, Mr. Bondevik, an ordained Lutheran minister, founded the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, which promotes the role that positive inter-religious dialogue can play in combating global poverty and promoting peace and human rights.

Cosponsors: The Norse Federation, the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, the Royal Norwegian Consulate General and the St. Paul-Minneapolis Committee on Foreign Relations

Time: Thursday, March 8, 2007; registration 11:30 a.m.; luncheon and program noon- 1:30 p.m. Place: Windows on Minnesota, 50th floor, IDS Tower, 80 S 8th Street, Minneapolis

Cost: Advance registration requested $45.00 Non-members $30.00 MIC members, students and members of cosponsoring organizations

To register: Complete our online pre-registration form.
MIC Website: www.micglobe.org

Subject: Tri-Beta Plant Sale next week
Submitter: Daniel J Forseth, Student

Message: Starting Monday, March 12 Tri-Beta (Augsburg Biological Honors Society) will be selling an assortment of Easter flowers and plants in the Christensen Center. The sale runs Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Be sure to stop by and order your plants Monday.

Subject: Calendar Errors Due to Daylight-Savings Change
Submitter: Leif B Anderson, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology

Message: This year’s earlier start of Daylight-Savings Time may create meeting time errors in Oracle Calendar, Groupwise Calendar, and calendars in PDA’s (like Blackberrys and Treos) between March 11 and April 1. Although IT has installed appropriate patches to correct the majority of problems, some meeting times may be off by an hour, especially those which were set up as automatically recurring events. If you use Oracle Calendar, Groupwise Calendar or any PDA, please read through.

http://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2007/daylight.html

and contact your LFC with any concerns.

Subject: Friday Night Concert
Submitter: Teresa M Barnhill, Student

Message: This Friday, March 9 at 6 p.m. in the Sateren Auditorium, KAUG presents a concert showcasing songwriters. Headlining is the Indiana based songwriter Elephant Micah, whose played with artists such as The Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, and The Decemberists. Other artists include local talents The Absent Arch and Patrick Tierney. Last but not least an Augsburg student will be on the bill. Pat Dougherty, the host of Radio Noir on KAUG radio, will be the event's opener, so come out and support the arts.

Subject: Please join us for the Spring Seminar
Submitter: Kathryn Croyle, Administrative Assistant to the VP, Institutional Advancement

Message: The Augsburg Associates are delighted to have Bill Green as the speaker for the Spring Seminar on March 17 at 9 a.m. in Foss Atrium. Dr. Green is an Augsburg History professor who has spent the past year as the Interim Superintendent of the Minneapolis Public Schools, and was recently named Superintendent. President Pribbenow will also be at the Seminar to provide the invocation and introduction of Dr. Green. Please join us for a continental breakfast and what will surely be a most interesting presentation. To access the registration form, please go to the Alumni Events portion of the Alumni and Friends link on the Augsburg website; the downloadable form is at the bottom of the page. You may print it, fill it out, and send it in with your registration fee to Kathryn Croyle at CB 142. Please call Kathryn at x1171 if you have any questions.

Subject: Augsburg's A-list
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art

Message: Augsburg’s A-list
Where to go from here….

Cultural events just a stone’s throw away from Augsburg College and often free-of-charge. These suggestions come to you from Kerry Morgan (Galleries Coordinator) and Mary Laurel True (Center for Service, Work, and Learning).

MUSIC
Houseluna

This “e-rock-tronica/pop” performance features Augsburg sociology professor Lars Christiansen on guitar.

Saturday, March 10 at 10 p.m.
Kitty Cat Klub (21+)
315 14th Ave SE (Dinkytown)
$5 cover
http://www.myspace.com/houseluna


THEATRE
The Exonerated

Frank Theatre presents the true stories of six people who spent from 2-22 years on Death Row for crimes they did not commit. Written by alums of Macalester College, the script is culled from actual interviews, letters, transcripts, case files, and the public record, resulting in a riveting and compelling evening of theatre.

Through March 18
Mixed Blood Theatre
1501 S. Fourth St. (near intersection of Cedar and Riverside)
8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday
$19 Thursday and Sunday; $21 Friday and Saturday
$2 discount for students, seniors, low-income
612-338-6131


HISTORY
“Law and Order: The Career and Legacy of Minneapolis Mayor Charles Stenvig”

Explore the turbulent politics and culture of the late 1960s and 1970s through the career of Minneapolis's controversial mayor, Charles Stenvig. A police officer who ran on an independent, "law and order" platform, Stenvig was a divisive figure in Minneapolis history and the debate about his legacy continues today. The exhibit invites you to interpret Stenvig and his legacy through historical photographs, objects, and video.


Through May 7
Elmer L. Andersen Library Gallery (West Bank)
University of Minnesota
Free; 8-5 Monday–Friday
www.ihrc.umn.edu

Subject: Just imagine...
Submitter: Timothy Dougherty, Community and Civic Engagement Student Coordinator, Center for Service Work and Learning

Message: ...what it must be like to be thrust into high school just three weeks after arriving in a foreign country that will now be your home. You don't speak the language, you don't know the customs, the cultural contexts are absolutely dizzying...

This is happening, right here in Minneapolis, all the time. Now, you have the opportunity to help 3 new Somali students get started on the track to success at the Augsburg Fairview Academy for Health Careers.

The Academy has asked the Augsburg community if we have any dedicated, patient folks who would like to help these girls with their ESL classes.

They're looking for people from 9-10 a.m. or 9:30-10:30 a.m., Monday thru Thursday. The school is located downtown, on the corner of 8th Street and Hennepin Avenue.

Please contact Tim Dougherty with more questions, x1208.

Subject: Tara Sweeney public talk this Friday at 4 p.m.
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art

Message: Join the Art Galleries and Art Deparment as we host an artist presentation by one of our very own! Studio art professor Tara Sweeney will discuss her artwork featured in "LISTEN: A Pilgrimage in Watercolor and Ink" on Friday at 4 p.m. in the Marshall Room. Refreshments will be provided.

Subject: I want you to be in the Yearbook
Submitter: Waka Sudo, Student

Message: The yearbook team is holding a mug shots day for WEC this Satureday.
We want all you to be in it so please stop by, it only takes 3 mins or less!

Place - in the front of Admission office and Welcome desk
Time - noon to 1 p.m.

Everyone is welcome so don't miss it.

Subject: <:15 films deadline March 17
Submitter: Stephen A Geffre, Photographer, Public Relations and Communication

Message: The deadline for <:15 films is fast approaching. So put your phones, camera, and imaginations into overdrive, and submit your film before March 17. For submission information go to http://www.augsburg.edu/zyzzogeton/15film/

Questions contact Stephen Geffre geffre@augsburg.edu or 1670

Subject: Fine Arts Salon: "Internal Journey"
Submitter: Amanda Peterson, Executive Assistant, Office of the President

Message: Fine Arts Salon: “Internal Journey”
TODAY, March 8, 5-7 p.m.

Paul C. Pribbenow and Abigail Crampton Pribbenow invite faculty, staff, and students to the first in a series of salons at Augsburg House. Currently on exhibit is art professor Tara Sweeney's mixed media series, "Forbidden Fruit." She will lead guests in a discussion of the art, selected readings, and music around the theme of "Internal Journey." Senior piano performance major Bri Wright will play selections from Beethoven and Scarlotti. Refreshments will be served. There are only a few spots open! Please reply to Amanda Peterson by phone (x1212) or via e-mail at petersam@augsburg.edu.

Subject: Auggie Athletics Update
Submitter: Donald W Stoner, Sports Information Coordinator, Public Relations and Communication

Message: Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Wednesday, March 7:
Baseball -- Wisconsin-Stout 7-6, Augsburg 4-2
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/baseball/0607statistics/030707stout.html


Upcoming Events:
http://www.augsburg.edu/athletics/

Friday, March 9:
Softball vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Edor Nelson Field (indoors), 10 a.m.
Baseball vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater, HHH Metrodome, 11:30 a.m.

Friday, March 16:
M/W Track and Field at Occidental (Calif.) Distance Carnival.

Saturday, March 17:
Softball at Chapman (Calif.) Sun West Tournament, Orange, Calif. -- vs. SUNY-Cortland (N.Y.), 10:45 a.m.; vs. Puget Sound (Wash.), 1 p.m.
M/W Track and Field at California State-Northridge Relays.