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May Workshop Calendar Information and Submissions

The May Workshop Calendar is available for your review at this link: http://web.augsburg.edu/~hagenn/MayWorkshopCalendar2011.pdf

The Workshops, times, and dates already on the calendar are confirmed.

If you would like to submit another Workshop to the May calendar, you may submit them to Naomi Hagen in Academic Affairs at hagenn@augsburg.edu.

Please note that workshops may not be scheduled over the Creating an Inclusive Campus Conference (May 9-11) or the Assessment workshops(May 23-25)

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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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Call for Proposals: Creating an Inclusive Campus

Creating an Inclusive Campus is an Augsburg conference (previously known as the Diversity and Global Learning conference) intended to address both the breadth and depth of issues related to diversity and global learning and make our mission of intentional diversity a living one. The conference will be held May 9-11, and is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Office of International Programs, General Education, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Human Resources, and is designed for Augsburg faculty, staff, and administrators.

Your collaboration, as a session facilitator or participant, is essential for creating a meaningful conference. This year's conference will have three program tracks with six sessions of 90-minutes each. It is possible to request two consecutive sessions, if needed, We are seeking thought-provoking proposals for each of these tracks. Sessions are expected to be highly interactive, and involve some form of self-reflection or application.
Engaging All Students

This track is intended to help faculty and staff understand how to create an inclusive learning community that values all of its members. It includes discussions of teaching, advising, and coaching skills, and dialogues about specific differences and how they impact a sense of inclusiveness. It may include topics such as:

• Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy and Differentiated Instruction
• AVID Strategies for Engagement and Inclusiveness
• Differences in College Readiness
• Ethnically Diverse Students
• Low Income and First Generation Students
• Students with Disabilities
• Generational Differences Among Faculty and Students
• Religiously Diverse Students
• Gender and Sexism
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
• Veterans and Students in the Military
• Students Dealing with Addiction
• Politically Diverse Students
• Undocumented Students
• International Students
• ESL Students
• Graduate Students
• Weekend and Non-Traditional Students
• Academic Advising and Skills Coaching

We are especially interested in sessions that clarify the challenges represented by differences and strategies to help students succeed and feel included as part of the Augsburg community. Student panelists or facilitators are also welcome.

This track will be hosted by Cari Maguire and Ali Pickens.

Embedding Diversity and Global Learning

This track focuses on Augsburg's Model of Diversity and Global Learning and how it is being used to help embed diversity and global learning in the curriculum and co-curriculum. It may include topics such as:

• Understanding Augsburg's Model of Diversity and Global Learning
• Developing Personal Competence – use of the Intercultural Development Inventory and other self-awareness tools to better understand oneself and how self-identity affects perceptions and interactions with others
• Developing Interpersonal Competence – use of intergroup dialogue, listening skills, deliberative practice, and other communication processes to develop empathy and improve relations with others
• Developing Intercultural Competence – use of cultural immersion and other experiences to develop a better understanding of other cultures and how to develop meaningful intercultural relationships
• Developing Contextual Competence – use of history and literature to clarify perspectives on issues such as colonialism, globalization, immigration, white privilege, power, and racism to understand social injustice, war, and poverty; and how to address these issues

We are especially interested in sessions that clarify how these competencies are being applied to develop student capabilities. We welcome specific examples from both curricular and co-curricular work.

This track will be hosted by Emiliano Chagil and Matt Marrugi.

Developing Our Community

This track is intended to feature examples of ways departments, programs, and cross-functional groups have worked together to gather input and implement strategies to foster community engagement and inclusiveness, and work toward social justice and equity. Initiatives in our residence halls, our classrooms, student organizations, departments, and across the campus are all . It may include topics such as:

• Assessing How Inclusive We Are - what we've learned from using models, tools, and instruments to assess where we are individually and collectively
• Recruiting Diverse Faculty, Staff, and Students - what we've learned from our attempts to use different recruitment strategies to attract and select more diverse faculty, staff, and students
• Retaining Diverse Faculty, Staff, and Students – what we've learned about engaging, mentoring, and developing diverse faculty, staff, and students
• Confronting Isms and Bullying – what we've learned about addressing prejudice and hate of any form, and what we're doing to prevent it
• Developing Ourselves – what we've learned from attempts to develop our own capabilities to create an inclusive campus (e.g., anti-racism groups, Ally training, cultural celebration weeks, intergroup dialogues, service learning)

We are especially interested in what we've learned from specific initiatives to develop ourselves, but also welcome ideas about what we could do. Workshops designed to develop our own capabilities (e.g., intercultural development, intercultural conflict styles, strengths-based leadership, values clarification) are also invited.

This track will be hosted by Laura Boisen and James Trelstad-Porter.

Submitting a Proposal
If you would like to lead a session, please submit a proposal to Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu) by Sunday, April 17. In your proposal, please include: a title for your session, the names and departments of facilitators, a 150-250 word description of the session and intended outcomes (that can be used in the program), and the target audience (faculty, staff, and/or administrators). Thank you for contributing to make this a meaningful conference.

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Paso Doble Volunteer Opportunity

Paso Doble is a program that merges the performing arts, somatic movement awareness, community organizing and popular education to promote discussion around issues facing the Latino immigrant community. The objective is to connect the Latino community with allies. For more information and application materials, please contact Celia Hernandez-Payan at hernan13@augsburg.edu

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Graduation Skills Workshops

Graduation Skills Workshops
Co-Sponsored by CTL and General Education
May 6 and 19, 2011

All faculty who teach a course designed to develop one of the graduation skills – critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, writing, or speaking – are expected to participate in a workshop for each of the skills they are responsible for teaching. These workshops clarify the graduation requirement, and discuss strategies for teaching the skill, constructing activities and assignments to develop the skill, and providing assessments and feedback on skill development. This year's graduation skills workshops are scheduled as follows:

Friday, May 6, OGC 114
1:00-2:30 pm - Writing (Kathy Swanson and Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright)
3:00-4:30 pm - Speaking (Kristen Chamberlain and Darcey Engen)

Thursday, May 19, OGC 114
8:30-10:00 am - Critical Thinking (Bruce Reichenbach and Mary Lowe)
10:30-12:00 am - Quantitative Reasoning (John Zobitz and Stacy Freiheit)

These workshops are co-sponsored by General Education and the Center for Teaching and Learning. Please rsvp to Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) to indicate which workshops you will attend.

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Last Call – 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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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 final spring session will be:

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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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 Lessigs 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 Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu). The retreat will be limited to 30 participants, so make your reservation early.

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Powerful Conversations on NSSE

Enriching Educational Experiences
April 21, 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 session is scheduled as follows:

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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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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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:

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, Marshall Room – 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 (Jessica Fox-Wilson)
July 12, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 114 – Summer Group Dialogues (Jessica Fox-Wilson)
August 2, 2011, 3:00-5:00, OGC 200 – Summer Group Dialogues (Jessica Fox-Wilson)

Hosts and Organizers: Jessica Fox-Wilson and Julio Vargas/TBD
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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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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Award-Winning Event Planning: Advent Vespers 2010

Augsburg College's 2010 Advent Vespers dinner won the Minnesota Star award for "Best Design & Decor: Budget Under $25,000" at the annual award ceremony for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) last weekend.

Augsburg's invite-only Advent Vespers dinner honors donors to our institution following the tremendously popular Advent Vespers service. The 2010 event design focused on circles, which represent the relationship between the organization and the donor. See photo: http://web.augsburg.edu/~wheelerw/vespers.jpg

In addition, the ISES awards event itself was chaired by Augsburg's own Leslie Larson and was one of the most successful awards events in the Twin Cities chapter's history.

Congratulations to Leslie, Jodi Collen and the rest of the Event and Conference Planning team who worked on these events. Stellar job!

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Practice your Spanish this Thursday

Warm up for spring by practicing your Spanish with the conversation group! We meet this Thursday from 11:00-12:30 on the 2nd fl. of Christensen, in the Augsburg Rm. Signs will be posted. Join us at any time during our meeting and stay for as long as you like. From beginning to advanced, all levels are welcome to practice Spanish in this fun and friendly environment. If you have any questions, contact Emiliano Chagil, ext. 1309; Anita Fisher, ext. 1082 or Kate Reinhardt, ext. 1081. We hope to see you there!

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Cedar-Riverside Soccer Program

Jennifer Weber this year has been putting together various sports teams for the Cedar-Riverside School throughout the year. During the spring the children have decided that they want to play soccer but Jennifer has had trouble getting enough soccer balls for both the boys and the girls teams. If you have any soccer balls laying around that you are not using, does not matter old or new, and would not mind lending it to the Cedar-Riverside School for the children to use then please either contact Jennifer Weber at Weber2@augsburg.edu or Mikaela Zierden at Zierden@augsburg.edu. This would be a great help to the children of the Cedar-Riverside School and would give them more opportunities to participate in soccer. Thanks.

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Staff Senate Elections

Are you interested in, or do you know an Augsburg staff member that would like to be nominated for Staff Senate? We are looking to fill two recently vacated positions. These two positions are a one-year term.

The Augsburg College Staff Senate (ACSS) serves Augsburg College and its staff by providing a forum to foster and promote a positive and meaningful dialogue among staff, faculty, students and administration by advising in decision making processes, by serving as an advocate for Augsburg College staff, by promoting professional development opportunities and by recognition of Augsburg College staff's contributions to furthering and upholding the mission and values of Augsburg College.

Staff Senate is composed of six members who are nominated and elected by their peers, and two at-large members chosen by Staff Senate.

Nominees for Staff Senate may be submitted to Sally Daniels: daniels@augsburg.edu ; staff may self-nominate for these elected Staff Senate positions.

Nominations for Staff Senate will be accepted starting Monday, March 28. Nominations will close on Friday, April 8, 2011 at 4 pm.

Voting for Staff Senate will be April 13 – April 19, 2011. More information about the voting process will follow soon!

Please visit www.augsburg.edu/staffsenate for additional information about Staff Senate.

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Summer Housing Now Available

The school year is coming to a close and summer is right around the corner. We are now accepting summer housing contracts for Summer 2011. All contracts are due by April 10th to Cyndy Rowe's Office Urness 3.
For full details visit: http://www.augsburg.edu/reslife/housing/info/summerhousing.shtml
Any questions or concerns email rowe@augsburg.edu

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Flex Spending Account Claim Deadline (March 31)

Attention 2010 flexible spending account participants:

Please remember that all claims must be filed by March 31, 2011 for expenses incurred during the previous calendar year (2010). Any dollars from the previous year not claimed by March 31 are forfeited as required under the tax code.

Please use the form at the following link to file your claim:

http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/2011_Benefits/FSAHealthCareClaim.pdf

Please contact HR at x1058 with any questions.

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Donate Old Garden Tools to the Community Garden

If you have old garden tools that are cluttering your garage, please donate them to the community garden!!!

As apart of Lee Clarke's project management class we are helping Brian Noy get garden tool donations for the Community Garden.

Please show your support!!

If you have any questions or donations please contact Maddie Jensen at jensenm@augsburg.edu or Tara Sampson at sampsont@augsburg.edu.

Thank you!!

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Sverdrup Lecture Program, April 11-12, Hoversten

Sverdrup Lecture – 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 11
"How Cells Sense and Respond to their Environment – Zooming in to Understand and Intervene."

Sverdrup Student Convocation – 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 12

"Making a Contribution in a Complicated world – Individual Passion and Collaborative Power."

Sverdrup Lecturer: Barbara A. Baird is the Horace White Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. The Baird research laboratory integrates biochemical, biophysical, and nanotechnology approaches to investigate basic mechanisms of cell surface receptors for mediating trans-membrane signals in immune responses.

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Community Time TODAY

Plan now to attend Community Time today, 3:45-4:30. Come and enjoy refreshments, news, and conversation.

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Vocation Talk Thursday

The Sociology Department is sponsoring the fifth annual Torstenson Lecture. Greg Owen, consulting scientist from Wilder Research, will be discussing "Sociology as Vocation." Owen and his colleagues Ellen Shelton and Brian Pittman recently published Called for Life, an evaluation of college programs to support vocational discernment. This lecture may especially be of interest to those taking or teaching keystone courses!

The Torstenson Lecture is Thursday, March 31 at 5:00 pm in OGC100. We hope you can come!

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Free 2014 Class Party at Augsburg House

The class of 2014 won a free party at Augsburg House on Tuesday, April 5th from 5-7 p.m. There will be fantastic food including hot wings, fried ravioli, a brownie bar and much more!
KAUG will DJ the party, and a free photo booth with props for you to take fun group photos with your classmates!
There will also be outdoor lawn games to play, weather permitting.
Transportation from Augsburg to the party will be provided by shuttle, so even if you have a night class you'll be able to come and get back in time!

Register online today: www.augsburg.edu/alumnievents RSVP deadline is this Friday, April 1st.

This is your opportunity to visit Augsburg House, hang out with your classmates, and even meet some new friends, before the school year ends, don't miss it!

The class of 2014 won the party because you had the most participants in the "Feed the Pig" for student scholarships campaign this year, Congratulations! The event is hosted by the Augsburg Stewards, student alumni association.

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All Hands Meeting TODAY

The Augsburg Community is invited to attend an All Hands Meeting on Tuesday, March 29, 11:15-11:45 a.m., in the Hoversten Chapel.

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Intramural Volleyball

Attention interested intramural volleyball players!

*The Intramural Department will be accepting rosters for the spring volleyball league from 8 am Monday, March 28th until 8 pm Friday, April 1st.

*The league games will be held on Thursday evenings starting April 7th with playoffs occurring the last week on April 28th.

*If interested in participating, please gather the following information and send it to gormley@augsburg.edu:

1.Name of Team
2.Name of Team captain (and team captain's cell phone number)
3.List of team participants (and their ID numbers)

*We will be accepting a maximum of 8 teams for this league so please get in your rosters asap. We will email the teams in the league on Friday, April 1st with the schedule.

If you have any questions, please contact Laura Strandell at strandel@augsburg.edu or Tim Gormley at gormley@augsburg.edu. Thanks for your interest!

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Intramural Softball Deadline Extended

The intramural department has decided to extend the deadline for teams to sign up for the spring 2011 softball league. We are in need of a few more teams for the league. If interested, please submit the following information:

1. Team Name
2. Captain's name and cell phone number.
3. List of participants on team and their id numbers.

Please send the information to gormley@augsburg.edu by the new deadline of Wednesday, March 30th at 11:59 p.m. This league is a fun league to participate in and welcomes players/teams of any skill level. If you have any questions, please contact me at strandel@augsburg.edu.

Thanks for your interest and hope to hear from you!

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Summer Housing Now Available

The school year is coming to a close and summer is right around the corner. We are now accepting summer housing contracts for Summer 2011. All contracts are due by April 10th to Cyndy Rowe's Office Urness 3.
For full details visit: http://www.augsburg.edu/reslife/housing/info/summerhousing.shtml
Any questions or concerns email rowe@augsburg.edu

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Looking to Use Mattress, Car Seat, Double Stroller

My sister in law and her two year old are visiting us from Hungary for two months, April-June. In order to get things ready for them, we need the following items, hopefully to borrow (or rent, paid with Hungarian chocolates) and return in June:

Full sized mattress, firm preferably
Double stroller
Car seat large enough for two year old
Season appropriate clothes

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