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Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is now accepting applications for its 2012-2013 Title VIII Grants for Research and Advanced Language Training programs in Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for these awards.

The application deadline for all Title VIII fellowships is October 1, 2011.

Please note that Title VIII Research Scholar Program and Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program must begin between June 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013; and must be completed by September 30, 2013. Title VIII Southeast European Language Training Program offers fellowships for Spring 2012 and Summer 2012 only.

Fellowships will be offered in three categories:

*Title VIII Research Scholar Program: Provides full support for three- to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Ukraine, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing and living stipend, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Annual deadline: October 1st.

*Title VIII Combined Research and Language Training Program: Provides full support for research and up to ten academic hours per week of advanced language instruction for three-to-nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Ukraine, and Moldova. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing and living stipend, tuition, visa support, medical insurance, archive access, and logistical support in the field. Open to U.S. graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Annual deadline: October 1st.

*Title VIII Southeast European Language Training Program: Provides fellowships for graduate students, faculty, and scholars to study language for spring 2012 and/or summer 2012 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia. Open to students at the MA and Ph.D. level, as well as post-doctoral scholars and faculty, who have at least elementary language skills. Deadline: October 1st.

For a full list of countries eligible for each fellowship, please see our website:
http://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org/

Applications are available for download at:
http://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org/ or by contacting the American Councils Outbound Office. Applications must be postmarked by the application deadline date.

Website: http://researchfellowships.americancouncils.org/

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Life of the Mind – October 22-23, 2011

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 Rental Gowns

If you rented a gown for the May or June Graduation, I need it returned no later than Thursday, July 21. If you need to rent a gown for opening Convocation please contact me. Gowns cannot be held over. Thanks!

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Einstein's is Here...Almost

The construction on the new Einstein Bagel Bros. shop in Christensen Center is nearly complete. The project went very well and we want to thank those who put up with the noise and dust through the process. We did run into one snag. Due to the state shutdown we are not able to have our final electrical inspection to be cleared to open. So the bagels will have to wait until the state shutdown ends. We still have plenty of training to do so here is the revised schedule (provided the shutdown ends soon). The official soft opening will take place on Friday, August 12. The full opening will be September 3 and the grand opening will be September 8 when the students return to school. If you get a chance and you are in Christensen Center take a look at the new shop.

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Records and Registration Maintenance July 17

Records and Registration on Inside Augsburg will be unavailable due to maintenance on Sunday, 7/17 beginning at 6am. Maintenance is expected to take about 6 hours.

During this time access to Records and Registration will be unavailable.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Bookstore Advisory Committee

I am putting together an advisory committee to meet once a semester to discuss how the bookstore can better suit the needs of the Augsburg community. I am looking for 3 faculty members, 2 staff members and 5 students. I have a tentative date of Saturday, November 5 at noon for the first meeting. If you are interested in joining, please contact me at forgey@augsburg.edu

Also, free food and Auggie gear will be on hand for those who join!

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Open to Public -- Arcadia Study Abroad Programs

An Arcadia representative will be at Augsburg on

September 20th, 2011
from 11am-1pm
in Christensen Center Lobby

Arcadia has programs in Europe, Latin America, Australia, Africa

For more information visit, http://www.arcadia.edu/abroad

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