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Portfolio Workshop

For Faculty Preparing for CTP Reviews
May 13, 9:00-3:00 pm, OGC 100

The purpose of this workshop is to help candidates for any type of Committee on Tenure and Promotion (CTP) review to determine the various forms of evidence that can help build a strong portfolio. The focus is on evidence of teaching, but the strategies directly apply to scholarship and service as well. This workshop is not designed to replace departmental guidance and advice nor is it an analysis of the Faculty Handbook language as it applies to an individual. It does not represent the views of the CTP committee; rather, this is a long standing CTL workshop to help support candidates' preparation and is one that many colleagues have found useful. The workshop is facilitated by Diane Pike and Su Doree. Participants are encouraged to form groups to review each other's portfolio materials and provide feedback and support following the workshop.

If you plan to attend this session, please rsvp to Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu)

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Life of the Mind -- The Commons -- April 1-2

Co-Sponsored by CTL and the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning
April 1, 4:00-8:00 pm, Student Art Gallery and Marshall Room
April 2, 8:30 am-3:00 pm, OGC 112

This year's Life of the Mind retreat will be held on campus and explore different aspects of "The Commons" -- the physical, political, social, and cultural spaces that we share in common. It will open with a public event and reception, featuring Jay Walljasper, author of All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons. This will be followed by a private dinner with Life of the Mind participants and Jay Walljasper. The next day will involve conversations about other perspectives on the commons.

Friday, April 1, 4:00 -- 6:00 pm
Commons Rising: Reclaiming the Commons and Our Communities
Student Art Gallery in Christensen Center
Conversation, Reception, and Book Signing with author Jay Walljasper

Jay is a national leader of the commons movement and will be speaking about his new book All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons. After an introduction to some of the themes from his work, this will be a conversation on the various successes and challenges we face in protecting, preserving, and enhancing the public sphere. This event is open to the public and all members of the Augsburg Community are invited. Life of the Mind participants will receive Jay's new book in advance, and will read several chapters in preparation.

Friday, April 1, 6:00 -- 8:00 pm
Marshall Room in Christensen Center

After the reception, Life of the Mind participants will have a private dinner with Jay Walljasper -- a "Luther Table Talk" -- and continue the conversation on his perspective.

Saturday, April 2, 8:30 am -- 3:00 pm
Three Perspectives on the Commons
OGC 112

Join us for a continental breakfast and conversations about other perspectives on the commons, based on the retreat readings. After an introductory session, retreat participants will participate in two of three possible sessions:
Political Theory and Citizenship -- Harry Boyte will lead a dialogue on "Free Spaces" and the politics of public work
Social Psychology and Urban Theatricality -- Lars Christiansen will lead a conversation on excerpts from Richard Sennett's classic work The Fall of Public Man.
The Internet as Creative Commons - Kevin Bowman and Christina Erickson will lead a dialogue on Larry Lessig's new book, Remix.

Readings and Reservations
Questions? Please contact Lars Christiansen (1226; christil@augsburg.edu). To sign up for the Life of the Mind Retreat and obtain the readings, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu). The retreat will be limited to 30 participants, so make your reservation early. Some readings will be available this week, but the books will not be available until after the mid-term break.

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Speaking of Scholarship Series

Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 12:15-1:15 pm

The Speaking of Scholarship Series features the scholarship of Augsburg faculty and students, through 20-30 minute presentations followed by informal conversations about the issues raised by their work. The intent is to increase awareness of scholarship on campus and learn from each other's experiences. Light hors d'oeuvres are served. The remaining spring sessions include:

March 22, OGC 100 -- Cass Dalgish and Andrea Sanow, "Creating Creative Space"
March 30, OGC 100 -- Kristin Anderson, "Ballparks of the Twin Cities, 1859 to Target Field"

Hosts and Organizers: Jessica Nathanson and Ben Stottrup
Please rsvp to lashbroo@augsburg.edu to ensure proper arrangements are made for each session.

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Staff Development Series

Creating a Culture of Innovation and Excellence

This spring, CTL is launching the first of three parts of a development series designed for academic and administrative staff. The first set of workshops will deal with different aspects of creating a culture of innovation and excellence; providing you with a model or framework for thinking about the topic, conversations about what it means in practice, and exercises to help you begin to apply it to your work. The sessions are held from 3:00-5:00 pm every other Tuesday during the regular academic year and once a month during the summer.

The remaining workshops scheduled for Spring and Summer 2011 are:

March 22, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 -- Embracing Change and Innovation (President Paul Pribbenow)
April 5, 2011, 3:00-5:00, SVE 1 -- Creating an Intentionally Diverse Culture (Julio Vargas)
April 19, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 -- Managing Change and Strategic Improvement
May 3, 2011, 3:00-5:00, TBD -- Collaborating Across Boundaries (Jessica Fox-Wilson and others)
May 9-10, 2011, 8:30-4:30 -- Creating an Inclusive Campus conference (formerly the Diversity and Global Learning Conference)
June 7, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 -- Summer Group Dialogues (Julio Vargas and Jessica Fox-Wilson)
July 12, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 -- Summer Group Dialogues (Julio Vargas and Jessica Fox-Wilson)
August 2, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 200 -- Summer Group Dialogues (Julio Vargas and Jessica Fox-Wilson)

Hosts and Organizers: Jessica Fox-Wilson and Julio Vargas
Please rsvp to hedstrom@augsburg.edu to ensure proper arrangements are made for each session and that your place is reserved.

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Scholarly Writing Retreat

Dunrovin Retreat Center, May 16-18, 2011

The Center for Teaching and Learning invites faculty to participate in the second annual Scholarly Writing Retreat at Dunrovin. The retreat gives scholars time and space to work on scholarship, undistracted by meetings, classes, or even children and family responsibilities. Last year, many participants came specifically to plan an approach to a new project; it was an opportunity to focus new ideas so that participants could spend the summer further developing these projects. And for some, it was a chance to finish articles that they had been working on during the year; one person, for example, used the time to complete a piece for publication.

Comments from last year's attendees:

"I can honestly say that I was able to get more quality writing done in the 48 hrs. we were there than any time since my sabbatical."
"The group that went to Dunrovin was wonderfully supportive of each other, and the environment seemed to make everyone's work productive."

The retreat will take place Monday, May 16 at 10 am through Wednesday, May 18 at 3pm. There are 15 openings. First come, first served - those who attended last year are welcome to sign up again. There will be no charge for participants. Please email hedstrom@augsburg.edu to sign up.

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Foundational Series on Student Learning

Integrating Online Learning Technologies
April 11, 7:30-9:00 am, OGC 100
Continental Breakfast

The spring sessions of our Foundational Series on Student Learning addresses how to construct and assess written and group assignments, and how to integrate online technologies into courses. These workshops are intended to provide tools to help improve student learning. The final spring session is:

April 11, 7:30-9:00 am, OGC 100 -- Integrating Online Learning Technologies (Facilitators: Velma Lashbrook, CTL & MAL, and Scott Krenz, IT)

Please rsvp to hedstrom@augsburg.edu

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Lindell Library Open for Augsburg for Adults

We know you're busily studying during these last weeks of Winter Trimester, so while students in the Day program are off on Spring Break, be assured that Lindell Library will be open for you, our Augsburg for Adults students.

Monday-Friday, Mar 14-18: 11 am-10 pm
Saturday, Mar 19: 10:00 am-6 pm
Sunday, Mar 20: Noon-Midnight

Hours are always available from the "Hours" link on the Lindell Library web site: www.augsburg.edu/library

Online library resources are also available 24/7 on that web site

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Powerful Conversations on NSSE

Supportive Campus Environment
March 24, 2011, OGC 100

This series of conversations is designed to help faculty and staff understand how well we engage students, explore how we can leverage our strengths to have a more significant impact, and examine our most important opportunities for improvement. Over the year, we will look at overall results and then look more closely at each of the five factors measured by NSSE. Every academic department should have a representative attend these sessions. The remaining sessions are scheduled as follows:

March 24, 2011, 12:00-1:15 pm, OGC 100 -- Supportive Campus Environment (Ann Garvey)
April 21, 2011, 12:00-1:15 pm, OGC 100 -- Enriching Educational Experiences (Lori Brandt Hale)

Please visit our Moodle Community Site -- NSSE Conversations -- for more information,

Light refreshments will be served.
Please rsvp to hedstrom@augsburg.edu

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Spring Break Hours in the Writing Lab

These are the hours of operation for the Augsburg College Writing Lab during the remaining days of spring break:

Monday - Friday, March 14 -- 18 (6 - 8 PM)
Sunday, March 20 (5 -- 7 PM)

After spring break, remember the hours added this semester to regular hours: Mondays, 11 -- 1:30; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12 -- 2:30.

If you have questions, please contact Kathy Swanson, English Department.

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Call for Proposals -- International Travel Grants

Applications Due March 30

Purpose
The purpose of travel grants is to support faculty involvement in professional associations and to support collaboration with our international programs and partners. The expectation is that faculty will share their scholarship activities, remain current on the scholarship work in their professions, and develop relationships with others in their profession and in the Augsburg international network.

Description and Eligibility
In addition to the standard professional travel grants, there are two competitive awards for international travel:

International professional travel -- Two grants of up to $2000 are awarded to full-time faculty for international travel to present at a professional conference.

The Dean's Internationalization Summer Travel Grant - Two grants of up to $2500 are awarded to faculty or staff for international travel to support teaching, scholarship, or service collaboration with Augsburg International Programs or Partner Institutions that facilitates internationalizing the Augsburg campus and curriculum.

Application Process
Submit proposals for international conference travel using the online Faculty and Staff Professional Travel application on the CTL website. Applications for international conference travel are due March 30, 2011 for travel in 2011-12 (June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012); these are reviewed by the full Faculty Development Committee in early April.

Submit proposals for the Dean's Internationalization Summer Travel Grant using the online Group and Individual Project form on the CTL website. Applications are due March 30, 2011 for travel during Summer 2011; these are reviewed by the full Faculty Development Committee in early April.

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Augsburg Dining Services Hours of Operations

The following are the hours of operation for Coopers Coffee Shop:
March 12 11:00-4:00
March 13 11:00-3:00
March 14-March 18 7:45-1:00
March 19-March 20 Closed


The following is the hours of operation for Nabo:
March 12th 11:00-4:00
March 13th 11:00-3:00
March 14th-18th 10:00-2:00
March 19th and 20th Closed

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Alicia Fowler, SWK major, studying with CGE Mexico

Alicia Fowler, a SWK major studying in our Mexico campus with other 10 Auggies, talks about living with a local family and visiting social service agencies as part of her study abroad semester!

Follow her and other fellow Auggies at http://cgemexico.blogspot.com/2011/03/students-and-staff-spent-several-days.html to learn more about their experience studying in Mexico where they are earning credits towards graduation, doing internships, and improving their Spanish skills.

Extended application deadline for CGE only programs: April 1st

NEW Pell Matching Scholarship -- Available to all Pell Grant recipients participating in the following Mexico programs during the 2011-2012 academic year:

"International Business and Global Citizenship/AugCore Mexico"

"Crossing Borders/AugCore Mexico"

"Migration and Globalization: Engaging our Communities/AugCore Mexico"

Fulfill REL 200, Fine Arts LAF, Modern Language 1 and 2, Keystone, and other graduation and major requirements!

To learn more about Central America's programs and scholarship opportunities contact abroad@augsburg.edu or visit us at www.augsburg.edu/global/semesters/

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Auggies Place 2nd at NCAA Wrestling

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2011/3/9/wres031211.aspx?path=wrestling

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Claiming a top-four national tournament finish for the 23rd straight year, the Augsburg College wrestling team claimed an individual national titlist, three runners-up and five All-Americans, while finishing second as a team at the NCAA Division III National Championships on Saturday at the La Crosse Center.

Augsburg finished second in the team race with 88.5 points, with Wartburg (Iowa) claiming the team title with 117.0 points. Host Wisconsin-La Crosse was third with 76.5 points, while Ithaca (N.Y.) was fourth with 72.5 points and Coe (Iowa) was fifth with 67.0 points. St. John's was sixth with 64.5 points, and Concordia-Moorhead was seventh with 52.0 points.

Augsburg, winners of 11 national titles in the last 21 seasons, finished second for the 10th time in school history (nine in Division III, once in NAIA). Augsburg has finished among the top four teams nationally in Division III competition every year since 1989 and in the top 20 nationally every year since 1971.

The Auggies' 23-year top-four streak is the longest active streak among any NCAA wrestling program, regardless of division, and is 13 years ahead of the next-longest active streak. The 23-year streak is the second-longest overall streak in NCAA wrestling history, behind the 29 of Oklahoma State from 1928-59. Augsburg has placed in the top four in NCAA competition 25 times in school history -- the most of any Division III program and the fifth-most of any NCAA wrestling program.

This is also the 23rd straight year that Augsburg has claimed five or more All-Americans in NCAA Division III competition. Augsburg has had at least one All-American in national competition every year since 1977 -- now 35 straight years.

Augsburg 174-pounder Zach Molitor (SR, Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti HS) closed his collegiate career with a dramatic pin of Wartburg's Bradley Banks in the national title match -- the lone pin among the 10 national-championship matches.

Three Auggies were national runners-up in their weight classes -- three-time All-American Jared Massey (SR, Circle Pines, Minn./Centennial HS) at 197 pounds, back-to-back national finalist Orlando Ponce (JR, Hialeah, Fla./Hialeah-Miami Lakes HS) at 157 and back-to-back national finalist Tony Valek (JR, Belle Plaine, Minn./Scott West) at 149. Chad Johnson (FY, Ferryville, Wis./De Soto HS) placed seventh at heavyweight to earn All-American honors.

For full stories from each of the four sessions of the national championships, click on this link:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2011/3/9/wres031211.aspx?path=wrestling

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Ward Competes at NCAA Championships

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2011/3/7/mtrk031011.aspx?path=mtrack

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Augsburg College sprinter Nick Ward (SR, Coon Rapids, Minn.) competing in his first NCAA Division III national meet, recorded a time of 6.448 seconds in the preliminaries of the men's 55-meter dash at the indoor track and field national championships at Capital University on Friday, falling one-thousandth of a second short of reaching the finals in the event.

Ward's time ranked as the ninth-fastest performance in the field of 16 competitors, and fell just .001 seconds away from qualifying for the event finals on Saturday afternoon. Ward was one of seven Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference student-athletes competing at the NCAA men's national meet this weekend, and was the only MIAC representative in the 55-meter dash field.

One of the top sprinters in school history, Ward earned conference titles in both the men's 55 and long jump at the MIAC indoor meet earlier this season, winning the 55 for the third year in a row and the long jump for the second straight year. He also placed third in the men's 200-meter dash and was part of a fourth-place 800-meter relay squad. In his career, Ward has earned six MIAC titles, 11 All-MIAC honors and seven All-MIAC honorable-mention honors.

Ward and the Auggies open the outdoor portion of the season next weekend (3/19) at the University of Southern California Trojan Open in Los Angeles, Calif.

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NE Apartment - Looking for One More Person

An amazing 3 Bedroom apartment right in the heart of the Art district of Minneapolis. Floor plan includes lots of large windows, fully equipped kitchen, two bathrooms and ample storage. The community also includes controlled entry, elevator, and on-site laundry facilities.

Located a few blocks from the banks of the scenic Mississippi River and Downtown Minneapolis, all the necessities of home are within walking distance including grocery, retail shops, restaurants and entertainment. Across from Surdyks and West Photo on University Ave. Located on University and Hennepin Ave / 1st ave.

Three blocks from downtown Minneapolis. NINE BLOCKS from the heart of Downtown Minneapolis - all the bars!

Please email me at hous-vv9bg-2266063358@craigslist.org

Please include an email address and your name.

Info about us: We are two Augsburg College students. Your annual income must be below 24,000 dollars a year.

Best,

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House for Sale

House for sale across the street from Augsburg's Luther Hall:

http://www.edinarealty.com/MN/Minneapolis/55454/homes-for-sale/724-20th-Avenue-S-59064364

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For Sale: Queen Upholstered Platform Bed Frame

Please email me for further information if you are interested.
kuross@augsburg.edu

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