Subject: Integrating Statistics into Research Courses
Submitter: Annette M. Gerten, Instructor, Social Work

Message: Faculty are invited to attend an informal lunch sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning. We will share ideas regarding about how faculty are currently integrating statistics into research courses. This is a cross-disciplinary effort. Please bring course syllabi. Lunch will be provided. RSVP:gerten@augsburg.edu

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

Message: Norma Noonan will be hosting an IRB (Institutional Review Board) 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: Friday Seminar, today, 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: "Invitation to Design" workshop series
Submitter: Theresa L Martin, Administrative Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning

Message: Facilitated by Stu Anderson

Four workshops intended to enable faculty to use a systematic, purposeful approach to revising, creating, and maintaining learning experiences. All workshops are offered twice and are scheduled from 3:30-5:00 p.m. in Lindell 301 unless otherwise posted (dates are indicated below).

Faculty considering applying for Instructional and Course Design support for Summer 2007 are encouraged to attend.

1) How did we learn to teach? March 13 and 14. Bring your resume’ and some examples of your best (and worst, if your dare!) teaching for an exploration of how we got here and who we learned our art from. We’ll explore our approaches to creating learning experiences, how we detect that something needs to be changed, and how we proceed to change them.

2) Teaching and Brain Science –ne’er the twain shall meet? March 27 and 28. Bring what you have come to believe about brain science and learning and compare it with what some current experts have to say. How do the various ways we teach work with or against brain function? What does brain science tell us about crafting learning environments and experiences that are efficient and produce durable results?

3) Brain science, ‘best practice’, and instructional design April 9 and 10. Bring your favorite ‘best practice’ guiding principles for an exploration of the relationship between these and brain science and how this can inform intentional choice in crafting learning experiences.

4) The designing professor: changing students on purpose April 24 and 25. Bring a learning experience you’ve been working on to dip your pedagogical toes into the waters of design. We’ll work with a process that starts by identifying the change(s) we want in our students and progresses systematically (but not too fast!) to creating experiences that not only change and empower students, but also enable us to develop a habit of reflective empathy in our work.

RSVP to martin@augsburg.edu or x1229.

Subject: Late night at the Library
Submitter: Jane Ann Nelson, Director Lib Svcs, Library

Message: With midterms coming, you know you’ve got extra studying--reading, writing, and conferring with peers. Lindell Library and Student Computing are open late nights just for you. Come on over this Friday and Saturday until midnight and Sunday through Thursday until 1:00 am. Hit up the library and hit the books.

Subject: Learn about state grants and advocacy today
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 TODAY for FREE PIZZA and an information session about Day at the Capitol 2007, 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: Graduate Education Book Club Happy Hour
Submitter: Beth Alexander, Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Program

Message: All faculty members teaching in Augsburg graduate programs are cordially invited to join us for a Graduate Education Book Club happy hour on Monday, April 9th, 2007 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in Lindell 301. Our book selection is The Power of Critical Theory: Liberating Adult Learning and Teaching by Stephen Brookfield (ISBN: 978-0-7879-5601-1).

Please RSVP to Beth Alexander at extension 1660 or alexander@augsburg.edu. A limited supply of books is available through the Center for Teaching and Learning in the Physician Assistant Studies Department front office in the lower level of Anderson Hall for those who plan to join us on April 9th.

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: Scholarship Assistance Available
Submitter: Eric Addington, Financial Aid Counselor, Enrollment Center

Message: The Minnesota Association for Environmental Education (MAEE) is pleased to be able to offer scholarship assistance to attend the 2007 MAEE conference in Alexandria, Minnesota on April 27-28.

Over $1,100 in funding is available. For information about this scholarship and the application form go to www.naaee.org/maee

The scholarship deadline is March 23.

Subject: Ask a Nutritionist today
Submitter: Dianne Detloff, Administrative Assistant, Counseling and Health Promotion

Message: Stop by the "Ask a Nutritionist" table today in Christensen Center between 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. to ask Counseling & Health Promotion's nutritionist consultant, Kay Guidarelli, a registered dietician your nutrition questions.

Healthy snacks and nutrition information will also be available. Any questions, please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.

Subject: Namibia Info Session - "Walking the Truth"
Submitter: Sharon K Wade, Program Assistant, Nursing

Message: Dr. Cheryl Leuning will hold an information session on Wednesday, March 28 at 4 p.m. in the Riverside Room to discuss Summer Session II, NUR562/WST362 "Walking the Truth:Culture, Gender and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa."

This broad-based interdisciplinary course explores the influence of culture and gender on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. The natural history, biology, and epidemiology of AIDS in Africa, as well as socio-cultural, ethical, theological and political responses to the disease are examined. Women’s collective and individual efforts to preserve the health of their families and communities are highlighted as hopeful and positive responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Group size is limited. To secure a place in the course students must complete all application materials and submit a Confirmation of Enrollment Form with their applications to the Department of Nursing before April 30, 2007. Application materials will be available at this information session.

If you are interested in this course but cannot attend the information session, please contact Sharon Wade at wades@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1209.

Subject: Augsburg Outdoor Club
Submitter: Leann Vice-Reshel, Student

Message: The Augsburg Outdoor Club is back!

Join us for a weekly meeting every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the fishbowl (near the coffee shop).

If you have any ideas for events of trips, or just want to enjoy the Minnesota outdoors, come join us for a meeting and we can help you make it happen.

Subject: Give from your full belly...
Submitter: Timothy Dougherty, Community and Civic Engagement Student Coordinator, Center for Service Work and Learning

Message: And help our less fortunate neighbors to feel that same blessed feeling! March is the month to stretch your donations!

Thanks to the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, the more donations Coyle receives for its food shelf during the month of March, the larger allotment it will receive from the annual Minnesota FoodShare! So, the time is nigh to multiply!

Look for our bins in Christensen Center, and our fabulous screens flashing like Warhol!

The food needs are listed right on the bins, and they will be out all month. Help us step it up for Coyle's Food Shelf!

Call x1208 with questions. You can contact Tim Dougherty with monetary donations. Make checks out to the Brian Coyle Center FOOD SHELF.

Subject: Tara Sweeney's public artist talk today
Submitter: Kerry Morgan, Coordinator of Galleries and Exhibits, Art

Message: Join us in the Marshall Room today at 4 p.m. to learn more about the exhibition "LISTEN," which is currently on view in the Christensen Center Art Gallery. Art professor Tara Sweeney will discuss the physical, emotional, and spiritual journey that resulted in the vibrant watercolor and ink drawings featured in the exhibition.

Subject: AmeriCorp on Campus Monday
Submitter: Sandra E Tilton, Employer Relations Coordinator, Center for Service Work and Learning

Message: The Center for Service, Work, & Learning would like to invite everyone to stop by the AmeriCorp table in the Christensen Lobby from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m on Monday, March 12th. Representatives will be on hand to share information on their programs and to invite anyone to attend their informational session that afternoon at 4:30 p.m. in the Riverside Room. If you have questions, please call the CSWL office at x1148.

Subject: Vocatio Chapel with Gary Legwold
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; , Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: Augsburg College continues its Vocatio Chapel Series with author and humorist, Gary Legwold. Gary will be our gust in the Hoversten chapel on Wednesday, March 14 at 10:20 a.m.

Gary’s writings have appeared in many publications, including Better Homes and Gardens, the Star Tribune, and Equire. He has also written three books on such Scandinavian delights as lefse and lutefisk. He is also the recipient of the Minnesota Page One Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a feature he wrote about his daughter's adoption.

Subject: Interested in engineering?
Submitter: Jeffrey E Johnson, Associate Professor, Department Chair, Physics

Message: Interested in engineering?

Considering the pre-engineering program at Augsburg College?

Have questions?

Come hear Ben Sharpe, Director of Admissions (and head of the dual degree program) at the University of Minnesota, discuss the program and answer your questions.

When? Tuesday, March 13 at noon.

Where? Science 21

We hope to see you there!

Subject: In Transit: Senior Art Show Opening Reception
Submitter: Elizabeth M Popelka, Student

Message: Hello! I just wanted to let everyone know of my upcoming senior art show opening this coming Sunday, March 11 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Student Art Gallery in Christensen Center (by the fishbowl).

My show explores my connection to my community and my experience biking in Minneapolis. I would love for you to come and give me your feedback!

Did I mention there will be some delightful food to partake in?

Hope to see you there!

Betsy Popelka

Subject: Concert tonight
Submitter: Teresa M Barnhill, Student

Message: Today, 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: Tickets on Sale for "Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls"
Submitter: Molly Budke, Student

Message: The Augsburg College Theatre Arts Department is excited to announce that tickets for “Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls,” written by Naomi Iizuka and guest directed by Steve Bussa, are now on sale.

The lives of strangers and friends, lovers and acquaintances collide in New York, Alaska, and Hawaii. A fantastical picaresque featuring a komodo dragon, a hula dancer, and Incan mummy, many piñatas, and one wild dog.

All performances take place in the Foss Studio Theater. Performance dates are:

March 13, 14, 15, and 16 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $1 Augsburg College Students; $4 ACTC faculty, staff, and students; $5 general public.

For reservations and more information, please call 612-330-1257.

Subject: Off-Campus Housing Opportunity
Submitter: Alisa M Hoven, Student

Message: Attention all Augsburg students. There is a great opporunity for you to live off campus next year and tutor youth from the Phillips neighborhood. Committ a year to become a member of this community, live among other college students, and expand your network in a diverse neighborhood through the PPL College House Program. Applications are still available...and did I mention the rent is really cheap? Please contact Alisa Hoven, current resident, if you would like more information at hoven@augsburg.edu

Subject: Interested in $50? Design a logo
Submitter: Paul J Christenson, Student

Message: The Augsburg Student Association for Health Sciences (ASAHS) needs your help! We are looking for a professional looking logo for our organization which represents both AUGSBURG and HEALTH CARE/HEALTH SCIENCES. The grand prize is $50!

Submissions should be in by Monday, March 12 in the Augsburg Student Association for Health Sciences mail slot located in the Auggies Nest (basement of C.C.), or sent via email to hlthsci@augsburg.edu. Winners will be announced Friday, March 16.

Digital submissions are preferred, and all entries must include their NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS, and PHONE NUMBER. For more information contact Hannah Carlsen at carlsen@augsburg.edu.

Subject: We 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: St. Joseph Workers Program -on campus March 14
Submitter: Sandra E Tilton, Employer Relations Coordinator, Center for Service Work and Learning

Message:
A representative from the St. Joseph Workers Program will be holding an information session on volunteering. The session will be held on the 14th at 4:30 p.m in the Marshall Room.

This program is geared for women ages 21-35 excited about a year of service, exploring justice, leadership for social change, spirituality, intentional community, living simple, and developing their skills. Go to www.stjosephworkers.org to learn more or attend the information session on Monday.

Subject: Length of Service celebration next Thursday
Submitter: Carrie Schnieders, Academic Advisor, Academic Advising

Message: Staff Senate will hold its annual Length of Service recognition, along with the Employee of the Year awards, next Thursday, March 15 in the East Commons of the Christensen Center from 3:00 - 4:30 pm. Let's honor our staff for their commitment to Augsburg! Refreshments will be served. See you there.

Subject: Summer & Fall Book Request
Submitter: bookstor@augsburg.edu

Message: To ensure a successful buyback and the start of Fall 2007 the bookstore needs Summer and Fall book request by April 9th. If you need help deciding what book to use, we now have a helpful resource, www.facultycenter.net You may place your orders via phone, e-mail, in-store or through the faculty center. Please contact Amanda or Laura at x1521 with any questions.

Subject: Free St. Martin's Table Lunch!
Submitter: Jeanette Clark, Student

Message: On Saturday, March 10 the Campus Ministry is sponsoring a free lunch at St. Martin's Table! Meet by the chapel at 12:15 p.m. Groups will come back before and after 1 p.m. (You can also just meet us down there during this time.) Questions?! Contact Jeanette Clark at clarkj1@augsburg.edu.

Subject: Zombie Prom for Free
Submitter: Ross Murray, Campus Ministry Associate; Tutoring Services Coordinator; , Campus Ministry and Academic Skills Office

Message: My magic phone calls have become magic emails. Anyway, it means that I can pass along free musical theatre to Augsburg students (and some staff and faculty).

I have 20 tickets for Zombie Prom at the Hennepin Stages Theatre on Thursday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. I'll give these out in singles or pairs. Students will get a preference to get the tickets, but anyone can request them.

To request one or two tickets, just email me at murray@augsburg.edu.

You might be asking yourself what the heck Zombie Prom is (I know I am). Here's the description they sent me.

Mix together the best of Little Shop of Horrors, Grease and Bat Boy, and you get Zombie Prom, the new Off-Broadway musical that has audiences rolling in the aisles. Set in the nuclear 1950s, it's just another day for the students at Enrico Fermi High until Jonny Warner, distraught after being rejected by his sweetheart Taffy, hurls himself into the local nuclear reactor. But when Jonny reappears as a nuclear zombie, the tyrannical principal Miss Strict threatens to cancel the prom rather than let him back into the school. A tragic tale of terror that will have you singing!

"A blast.... Slick fun for the whole nuclear family... If you like Grease ... you [will] love Zombie Prom." - N.Y. Daily News.