Monday, July 25, 2011
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Public Safety and Facilities Announcements

Help SOAR and Park in Lot L

All of our SOAR attendees have been directed to park on the WEST side of campus. This is to assist them in navigating around the construction and preparing them for move-in day. If you plan to be on campus over the next week, please plan to park in Lot L to allow room for parking for our SOAR visitors on the other end of campus (Lots D, G and the Augsburg streets etc). Thank you for your cooperation!

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Teaching and Learning

Writing Lab Open for SS II

The Writing Lab will maintain regular hours through Summer Session II, Aug. 11. Summer hours are Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, 4:30 - 6 PM. Visit the Lab located next to the circulation desk, street level, in Lindell Library for help with summer writing tasks.

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Staff Development Series

The next session in the Staff Development Series will focus on evaluating last year's workshops. If you attended any of the workshops throughout the year, please join us! We welcome your feedback on which topics were beneficial and how you applied the information and skills to your work at the college.

The remaining schedule for Summer 2011 is:

August 2, 2011, 3:00-4:30, OGC 200 – Summer Group Dialogues (Jessica Fox-Wilson)
Share Your Feedback on the Staff Development Series Workshops!

Hosts: Jessica Fox-Wilson

RSVP to hedstrom@augsburg.edu to ensure proper arrangements are made for each session and that your place is reserved.

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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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General Announcements

Relief for Somalia

The drought and resulting famine in Somalia are becoming more dire as each day passes. According to relief agencies working in the region, nearly 3 million Somalis are in urgent need and more that 10 million people are at risk across the parched Horn of Africa. Many local organizations and neighbors are mobilizing efforts to raise funds for the relief efforts in Somalia. Minnesota-based American Refugee Committee and American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa (ARAHA) are helping starving families in Mogadishu. Please consider making a donation to support these efforts - American Refugee Committee: 430 Oak Grove St., Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55403(www.arcrelief.org)or ARAHA: 2111 Central Av. NE., Minneapolis, MN 55418 (www.araha.org).

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Event Announcements

URGO Final Presentations Start TODAY

Please join us to celebrate the hard work of our students and the end of Summer Research!

2011 URGO Summer Research Presentations
Monday, July 25-Wednesday, July 27

Monday, July 25

10:30-12:00 Morning Session

Oren Gateway Center, Room 201
10:30 Kevin Newcomb (Biology): Effect of Lung Secretions on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Growth. [Dr. Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright, Biology]
11:00 Michael Baumrucker (Biology): Investigating Genetic Divergence in Hartmann's Mountain Zebra. [Tara Harris, Minnesota Zoo]
11:30 Nicole Stauffer (Biology) [Dr. Kevin Potts, Biology]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 202
10:30 Amy Balto (Chemistry): Oxidation of Toluene Compounds Using Green Chemistry Principles. [Dr. Sandra Olmsted, Chemistry]
11:00 Jessie Marolt (Chemistry): Dextrans As Drug Delivery Agents. [Dr. Sandra Olmsted, Chemistry]
11:30 Molly Miller (Medieval Studies): Unforgotten Familiar Faces: Finding Traditional Artistry in Contemporary Leather Commedia Dell'arte Mask Making. [Dr. Phil Adamo, History]


1:00-2:00 Afternoon Session

Oren Gateway Center, Room 201
1:00 Zach Stevens (Biology): Riboprobe Labeling of Dopamine-Associated Genetic Material in Daphnia Magna. [Dr. Matthew Beckman, Biology]
1:30 Zahra Bashir (Biology): The Role Specific Dopamine Receptors Play in the Control of Swimming Behavior in Daphnia magna. [Dr. Matthew Beckman, Biology]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 202
1:00 Caitlin Wirth (English): Jane Austen and Characterization. [Dr. Dallas Liddle, English]
1:30 Megan Steffl (Sociology): A Sociological Study of Christian-Muslim Friendships. [Dr. James Vela-McConnell, Sociology]


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Tuesday, July 26

10:30-12:00 Morning Session

Oren Gateway Center, Room 113
10:30 Allison Zank (Chemistry): Dental amalgam in the human cadaver: mercury quantification using the Zank-Myers method. [Dr. Sandra Myers, University of MN]
11:00 Nathan Freshour (Biology): The Effects of Previous Exposure to Acetate on Denitrification in Marine Aquaria.[Dr. William Capman, Biology]
11:30 Grace Edgar (Biology): Endophytic Fungi as Biocontrol Agents For Soybean Pathogens [Dr. Ann Impullitti, Biology]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 114
10:30 Jasmine Zand (Economics): Tournament Theory - Analyzed and Revisited. [Dr. Keith Gilsdorf, Economics]
11:00 Nick Gorman (Education): The Growing Garden: Connecting Gardening to Personal Growth and Development. [Dr. Anne Grugel, Education]
11:30 Devyn Pittorf (Education): The Construction of Gender Identity in Adolescent Environmental Literature. [Dr. Anne Grugel, Education]

1:00-2:00 Afternoon Session

Oren Gateway Center, Room 113
1:00 Sandra Hinz (Biology): The Effect of Lung Secretions on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Motilty. [Dr. Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright, Biology]
1:30 Alex Sorum (Biology): Optimizing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation. [Dr. Jennifer Bankers-Fulbright, Biology]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 114
1:00 Charlie Hinz (Psychology): Spiritual Struggles and Depressive Guilt and Shame in Young Adults. [Dr. Stacy Freiheit, Psychology]
1:30 Alix Young (Psychology): Investigation of P3-Related Time-Frequency Brain Components in Women with Externalizing Psychopathology. [Dr. Henry Yoon, Psychology)

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Wednesday, July 27

10:30-12:00 Morning Session

Oren Gateway Center, Room 201
10:30 Joe Buchman (Chemistry) Nanoparticle Catalysis of PCBs. [Dr. Vivian Feng, Chemistry]
11:00 Kirubel Gezehegn (Chemistry): Continuous flow production of consumable chemicals .[Dr. Vivian Feng and Dr. Arlin Gyberg, Chemistry]
11:30 Laura Essenburg (Sociology): Marketing of Colleges: Examining Race Based Patterns and Images in Recruitment Material. [Dr. Tim Pippert, Sociology]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 202
10:30 Austin Wagner(Mathematics): Bifurcations of Invertible Functions. [Dr. Jody Sorenson, Mathematics]
11:00 Nathan Ly (Physics) [Dr. Benjamin Stottrup, Physics]
11:30 Hue Vang (Physics): [Dr. Benjamin Stottrup, Physics]

1:00-2:00 Afternoon Session

Oren Gateway Center, Room 201
1:00 Dustin Ritchea (Theatre Arts) [Dr. Martha Johnson, Theatre]
1:30 Cole Seidl (Film) [Dr. Wesley Ellenwood, Film Studies]

Oren Gateway Center, Room 202
1:00 Ivory Phung (Finance): GAAP-IFRS Convergence - The new normal of accounting. [Dr. Stuart Stoller, Business]
1:30 Greg Cedarblade (Biology) [Dr. David Crowe, Biology]

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Affordable Home for Sale-East St. Paul

My friend is selling her parents' home. It is a nice house, with a walk-out basement and a great deck and backyard. Tell your house-hunting friends to check it out! http://www.cbburnet.com/custommodules/property/propertydetail.aspx?PropertyGUID=F9F07F38-79AB-4604-A8C1-1687168516DB

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Furniture for Sale

I am moving and need to sell some of my items. I have a queen bedroom set in medium brown for sale. A corner shelf and a coffee glass coffee table. I am also giving away an oversized cream chair that will not fit in my new place. Here's the ad from craiglist http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/fuo/2503215522.html and I can send a pic of the chair if interested.

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