Thursday, June 23, 2011
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Public Safety and Facilities Announcements

Lot B Repair

On Friday June 24th, the parking lot to the south of the Mortensen and Urness Towers will be closed for repair. Please utilize the other parking areas around campus during this time. Any vehicles that are left in the lot may be relocated at the owners' expense. Thank you for your cooperation.

Department of Public Safety

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Teaching and Learning

Call for Proposals: IPSL 2011 Symposium - Italy

Symposium Theme: International Service - A History of Acceptance & Hospitality

WHEN: THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10th and 11th, 2011

WHERE: SIENA, ITALY (LA CERTOSA)

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM: https://ipsl.myedabroad.com/login

1. Sign Up with your email and a password of your choosing
2. Click on "Forms" on the left-hand side
3. Click on "All Available Forms" on the left-hand side
4. Fill out "IPSL Symposium 2011 - Call for Proposals" (you can save it and come back later to finish it.)

Early-bird Deadline for Proposal Submission is July 20th, 2011

Final Proposal Submission Deadline is: August 20th, 2011

Join us in a stunning setting just outside beautiful Siena for a thought-provoking look at international service and service-learning over the centuries! We will spend our days learning and sharing in the Certosa and our evenings exploring Siena. Symposium registration opens in August.

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Life of the Mind – October 22-23

Faculty and Staff

Next year's Life of the Mind Retreat will be held October 22-23, and focus on Global Poverty and Social Inequity. It will be organized by Katie Welle, Steve Peacock, Sarah Myers, Orv Gingerich, and Kevin Bowman. Please mark your calendar. Reservations will be taken in September.

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Faculty Fulbright Scholars – Apply by August 1

The application deadline for 2012-2013 Faculty Fulbright U.S. Scholar Competition is August 1, 2011. Visit www.cies.org/ for detailed award announcements, application and guidelines.

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Staff Development Series

Using Your Strengths

The next session in the Staff Development Series will focus on strengths. If you have not participated in the strengths-based workshop, please contact Sarah Hedstrom to get a copy of the book, so you can complete StrengthFinder before the next session.

The remaining schedule for Summer 2011 is:

July 12, 2011, 3:00-4:30, OGC 114 – Summer Group Dialogues – Using Your Strengths (Jessica Fox-Wilson and Velma Lashbrook)
August 2, 2011, 3:00-4:30, OGC 200 – Summer Group Dialogues (Jessica Fox-Wilson)

Hosts and Organizers: Jessica Fox-Wilson and 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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General Announcements

Volunteer With Campus Kitchen This Summer

Campus Kitchen is looking for volunteers to help with cooking classes, delivery shifts, youth cooking/gardening classes, and site monitoring.

COOKING CLASSES
To create the meals we serve Mon-Fri, we will prepare the meals Sun-Thurs evenings, 7-9 pm in the Christensen Center kitchen.
- Each evening Augsburg students will lead a class cooking a different meal (menus will be available online soon)
- Meals will be simple, affordable, use vegetables that are in season, healthy, and if all goes right, delicious
- All the participants will enjoy the meal at the end and can take 1-2 meals home with them along with the recipe

DELIVERY SHIFTS
Thursdays 11-1 pm - Peace House homeless shelter (free lunch)
Thursdays 2-3 pm - Prepare senior meals
Thursdays 3-6 pm - Deliver senior meals door to door
Fridays (1st and 3rd) 5:30-7:30 pm - Banquet at Ebenezer apartment (free dinner)
Sundays (some) 6-9 pm - Secure Waiting homeless shelter

EDUCATION CLASSES
We will be teaching kids cooking and gardening at the Brian Coyle Community Center Mon-Thu 12-4 pm, and we are looking for consistent volunteers (can be created as an education internship) to assist with those. Those helping will enjoy a lunch and snack with the kids.

SITE MONITORING
We are setting up a system for monitoring the eight sites we serve at (we are receiving federal funds that require intense reporting). We are looking for 1-2 students who will be briefly trained as monitors, and can visit these sites to ensure correct reporting, and always enjoy a meal onsite.


To sign up for cooking classes and delivery shifts, go to our calendar at www.tinyurl.com/ckpcalendar.
To learn more and sign up for other shifts, contact us at campuskitchen@augsburg.edu.
You can also add us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/augsburgcampuskitchen.

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President's Holiday July 1

As we were advised at the last All Hands Meeting, President Pribbenow has graciously proclaimed Friday July 1st as an additional paid holiday. This applies to all non-union benefits eligible staff, both exempt and non-exempt. It is in addition to the paid day off on Monday July 4th to recognize Independence Day.

These paid days off will be indicated on the time report with code PH (President's Holiday) on July 1st and code H (Holiday) on July 4th. For employees at less than 1.0 FTE, holiday hours are prorated. Temporary employees and student workers are not eligible for paid holidays. If a supervisor feels it necessary for an employee to work on July 1st, they will need to make arrangements with the employee to take a day off the next week and mark it as PH in the manner noted above.

Have a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend!!

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Sad News About A Staff Member's Family

Please keep Jill Davenport (Central Services) and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Jill's husband Joel died suddenly on June 15, 2011. Services were held Tuesday, June 21. If you desire, donate in Joel's name to his favorite place in the world, Voyageur's National Park, via www.voyageurs.org or to an organization of your choice.

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Dining Services

The Commons will be closed for dinner Thursday and will not be open for any meals on Friday.

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Calling All Gardeners

Enjoy natural green space in the heart of the cities.

Hop on the bus, the train or your bike and join Sierra Club members and others for a guide visit of the Midtown Ecoyard.

When: Saturday, July 9, 10-11am.

Where: The Ecoyard, at the “Green Institute building” near Hiawatha and the Midtown Greenway. Meet at the Ecoyard's entry Plaza, located at the corner of 28th St. and 21st Ave - one block north of the Lake Street LRT station and the #21 bus stop.

Who: Gregg Thompson,* a sustainable landscape specialist who helped plant the natural area, will share his love and knowledge of the native plants growing here, along with some history of the site.

Post Tour Option: For more nature enjoyment, we'll hop the train (with or without bikes) and head to Minnehaha Park for a walk and picnic lunch.

How: By transit: LRT or #21 bus to the Lake Street Station. Walk one block north and one block west to 21st Ave. Check metrotransit.org for connections or call the leader for help. By bike: the Ecoyard is adjacent to the Greenway - you can't miss it. For directions, call the leader or go to cyclopath.org.

Leader: Deb Alper, depalper@yahoo.com, or 651-699-9667. Please RSVP so that you can be notified if there are changes.

*Gregg Thompson is a Water Resources Specialist with the City of Eagan. He has been involved in native plant restoration & revegetation, stormwater-treatment practices utilizing native vegetation, and bio-stabilization on shoreland and streambanks. Gregg has over 15 years of sustainable landscape development experience working on residential, commercial, and public land-use projects. Gregg was involved in planning and planting the Midtown Ecoyard in his previous work with the Metropolitan Conservation District.
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Joshua Houdek

Land Use and Transportation Program Manager

Sierra Club North Star Chapter

2327 E. Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406

612-659-9124 x307

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Event Announcements

Faculty Volunteers Needed for SOAR: RSVP by June 30

The SOAR orientation program for new students greatly depends on faculty for its success. Students find it particularly meaningful to have the opportunity to meet faculty while they are on campus. To ensure the success of SOAR, we need your help!

SOAR this summer will run very similarly to last year in terms of schedule and requests for faculty involvement. It would be helpful to have each department represented for the SOAR activities below. Please contact Naomi Hagen (hagen@augsburg.edu or x1024) in the dean’s office by June 30 to indicate who will be present on which days from your department for the two SOAR activities below:

Here are the opportunities for faculty involvement on the first day of SOAR:
Friday, July 22
Monday, July 25
Wednesday, July 27

1)Neighborhood Excursions: 12:45 – 2:45 pm
Join a SOAR Neighborhood Group as they engage with and tour a specific neighborhood in Minneapolis. All arrangements will be handled by Orientation Leaders. Faculty may contribute as they choose or simply enjoy this time to get to know incoming students. (Faculty are welcome to join the neighborhood group at 11:45 am prior to leaving for the excursion.)
Students find their experiences in the neighborhoods worthwhile and exciting. They talk about it all year. This SOAR activity is an exciting, substantive, mission-based way for faculty to engage with students.

For questions about the Neighborhood Excursions contact CAO Orientation Programs at orientat@augsburg.edu or x1100.

To sign-up for the Neighborhood Excursions contact Naomi Hagen by June 30 at hagen@augsburg.edu or x1024.


2)Academic Success: 3:00 – 4:00 pm
As they did last year, Academic Advising will lead Academic Success sessions. They will recruit at least one faculty representative from each of the following five areas: Fine Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Professional Studies, and Social and Behavioral Sciences for these sessions. Departments are also welcome to send someone to represent individual major(s).

For questions about the Academic Success sessions contact Academic Advising at advising@augsburg.edu or x1025.

To sign-up for the Academic Success sessions contact Naomi Hagen by June 30 at hagen@augsburg.edu or x1024.

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Keeping Track of Auggies

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Garage Sale Fund Raiser for Study Abroad

My name is Ana Vergara and I am a day student trying to raise funds for an upcoming study abroad trip. I will be studying for a year so any contributions would be greatly appreciated.

What: Contribute gently used items such as apparel, furniture, appliances,or any other items for upcoming garage sale.
When: Starting Wednesday June 22nd-Wednesday June 29 from 11am-2pm
Where: Murphy Place RM 202 with Leah Spinosa de Vega

Questions? Concerns?
Contact
Ana Vergara
vergara@augsburg.edu
952.451.2670

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