Sign up for Emergency Notifications: "ACAlerts"

Sign up for Augsburg College Emergency Notifications: "ACAlerts":

http://web.augsburg.edu/dps/ACAlerts.pdf

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Embedding Diversity and Global Learning

This series of workshops 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. These sessions will be held from 3:15--5:00 on Mondays.

January 30, Riverside - Interpersonal Competence – using Intergroup Dialogue and other communication tools to develop empathy and improve relations with others (Laura Boisen, Nancy Rodenborg, and Vivian Jenkins-Nelson)
February 20, OGC 100, - Intercultural Competence – using cultural immersion to develop better understanding of other cultures (Orv Gingerich and Cheryl Leuning)
April 2, OGC 100 – Personal Competence – using self-assessment tools to better understand self (Tom Morgan and Velma Lashbrook)

To rsvp for these sessions, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

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CTL Grant Application Due Dates

ALL Spring Professional Travel Applications due February 1
We have almost reached the limit for professional travel grants for this academic year. If you would like to receive a grant for travel this spring, you must submit your application no later than February 1. Use the professional travel grant application on the CTL website (http://www.augsburg.edu/ctl/forms.html).

Hoversten Peace Seminar Applications due February 1
The next biennial Hoversten Peace Seminar will be June 1-9, 2012 in El Salvador. This is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to experience a Center for Global Education (CGE) program together, at a subsidized cost ($1090 for faculty and staff, $890 for students). The deadline for applications is February 1. More information and the application form are available from Andrea Dvorak (dvorak@augsburg.edu) or Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

Faculty Summer Scholarship Grant Applications due March 15
Two Dean's Summer Scholarship Grants ($4000) and two Grangaard Summer Scholarship Grants ($2000) are available to support faculty summer scholarship activities. Applications should be submitted electronically no later than March 15. For more information and to receive an application form, contact Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu.)

Instructional & Course Design Grant Proposals due March 15
Up to eight Instructional and Course Design Grants ($3000 each) are available to support faculty summer course design activities, using L. Dee Fink's Creating Significant Learning Experiences and D. Randy Garrison & Norman D. Vaughan's Blended Learning in Higher Education. The purpose of these grants is to support the development of instructional design skills, as well as their application to a specific course. Tim Pippert and Cari Maguire serve as consultants for grant recipients. Applications are due no later than March 15. For more information and a proposal form, and to submit applications, contact Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu).

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Writing Lab Is Alive and Well

The Augsburg College Writing Lab, located in Lindell Library (street level, left of the circulation desk), is now open for winter trimester and spring semester. Last term, tutors in the lab conducted almost 1300 sessions working with students on their writing assignments. Tutors can help writers at any stage of their writing process. No appointments are taken; just stop by. Hours are as follows:

Monday: 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. & 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 12:00-2:30 p.m.; 3:00-5:30 p.m. & 7:30-10:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 3:00-5:30 p.m. & 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Thursday: 12:00-2:30 p.m.; 3:00-5:30 p.m. & 7:30-10:00 p.m.
Friday: 4:30-7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Any questions? Contact Professor Swanson (x1010).

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Experience Thailand in May

The English course, Education and Culture in Thailand, will be offered again this May through Augsburg Abroad. Students will spend three weeks in Bangkok, Chiangmai, and Prachuab Khirikan, thus experiencing a very large city with temples, a palace, Chinatown, and markets; a northern city with cottage industries, elephants, and the varying cultures of hill tribes; and a small town on the Andaman Sea very close to Myanmar. Students will teach English at this last stop in the place where the trip leaders were Peace Corps volunteers. The course fulfills a Humanities LAF, an English elective, the Augsburg Experience requirement, and provides valuable experience in ELL. The deadline for application is near: Feb. 1.
Come experience amazing Thailand with us!
If you have questions, please contact K. Swanson (x1010) or Augsburg Abroad.

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Summer Internships in Namibia with CGE

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about contemporary and historical issues impacting development and social change in Southern Africa through internships, homestays, and travel through Namibia!

•Development and Social Change in Southern Africa
May 27 to July 8, 2012

2 credits. AugExperience and Internships in HIS,INS and POL

Application deadline: March 1st

Internships are available in organizations addressing homelessness, HIV/AIDS, environmental conservation, media/journalism, and microfinance, among others.

To learn more about our programs, application, and scholarship opportunities contact Dulce at monterru@augsburg.edu, or sign up for an Advising Meeting at https://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.Home#group

Find photos, application, blogs and more at http://www.augsburg.edu/global/summer/namibia.html

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January CTL Activities At-a-Glance

The following are the remaining CTL activities for January

Tuesday, January 24, OGC 100, 3:30-5:00 – Community Inclusiveness: "Forum on Historical and Cultural Context of Somalia" (Dahir Jabreel, Frankie Shackelford, and panel)

**Wednesday, January 25, 12:15-1:15, OGC 100 – Reading Circle: David Brooks' The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Virtue, led by Jacqui DeVries.

*Monday, January 30, 8:30-10:00, Lindell 202 – Leader-Manager Learning Circle: Ch. 6-7: "Disciplined Action" (Velma Lashbrook). Jim Collins' Good to Great.

Monday, January 30, 3:15-5:00, Riverside - Embedding Diversity and Global Learning: Interpersonal Competence – "Using Intergroup Dialogue and Other Communication Tools to Develop Empathy and Improve Relations with Others" (Laura Boisen, Nancy Rodenborg, and Vivian Jenkins-Nelson)

**Tuesday, January 31, OGC 100, 3:40-5:00 pm – Humanities and Democracy Reading Circle: Ch.3-4: "Educating Citizens and Socratic Pedagogy" (Phil Adamo & Matt Haines). Martha Nussbaum's Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, organized by Marty Stortz and Merilee Klemp.

*-These are continuing book groups, no longer open to new participants.
**-These are new book groups; new participants are welcome.

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Spring Mindful Dialogue and Reading Circles

Mindful Dialogues – A New Culture of Learning
Douglas Thomas and John Seeley Brown's A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change, led by Annette Gerten.

Mindful Dialogues is a series of conversations designed to collectively examine issues relevant to higher education. During the spring, is leading dialogues on. James Duderstadt, President Emeritus of the University of Michigan described this work as, "A provocative and extremely important new paradigm of a ‘culture of learning,' appropriate for a world characterized by continual change. This is a must read for anyone interested in the future of education."

All sessions are held from 2:00-3:30 on Thursdays in Lindell 202. Each session includes a facilitated conversation about the reading and healthy snacks. Remaining sessions will be held:

February 16 – Learning in the Collective and The Personal With the Collective, and (Ch. 4-5)
March 15 – We Know More Than We Can Say; Knowing, Making, and Playing; and Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out (Ch. 6-8)
April 12 – A New Culture of Learning for a World of Constant Change (Ch. 9)

If you would like to participate in these sessions, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

The Humanities and Democracy
Martha Nussbaum's Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities, organized by Marty Stortz and Merilee Klemp.

In this brief, but rich book, Martha Nussbaum argues the importance of the humanities to democracy. She believes that Americans increasingly treat education as though its primary goal were to teach students to be economically productive rather than to think critically and become knowledgeable and empathic citizens. She argues that this focus on profitable skills has eroded our ability to criticize authority, reduced our sympathy with the marginalized and different, and damaged our competence to deal with complex global problems. The loss of these basic capacities jeopardizes the health of democracy.

Faculty and staff are invited to participate in sessions to discuss this book and take a trip to St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN to hear Nussbaum lecture on February 23rd. By asking faculty/staff to lead each session, we hope not only to discuss her thesis, but to demonstrate it. Remaining sessions will be held:

January 31, OGC 100, 3:40-5:00 pm –3: Educating Citizens and 4: Socratic Pedagogy (Phil Adamo & Matt Haines)
February 7, OGC 100, 3:40-5:00 pm - 5: Citizens of the World and 6. Cultivating Imagination (John Schmit)
February 21, OGC 100, 3:40-5:00 pm –Implications for Augsburg (Marty Stortz & Merilee Klemp)
February 23, 7:30 pm, Mitchell Auditorium, St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN – "Why Democracy Needs the Humanities" (Martha Nussbaum)

To register for this book group, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

Social Learning
David Brooks' The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Virtue; led by Jacqui DeVries.

Wednesday, January 25, 12:15-1:15, OGC 100 – Ch. 1-6
Thursday, February 23, 3:10-4:30, OGC 100 – Ch. 7-12
Wednesday, March 28, 12:15-1:15, OGC 103 – Ch. 13-18
Thursday, April 19, 3:10-4:30, OGC 100 – Ch. 19-22

New York Times columnist Brooks attempts in The Social Animal to explain why so many of our contemporary social problems and inequalities have proven so intractable. Weaving insights from sociology, psychology, history and brain science into an engaging narrative reminiscent of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile (a classic study of how people learn), Brooks tries to "explain how these findings about the deepest recesses of our minds should change the way we see ourselves, raise our kids, conduct business, teach, manage our relationships and practice politics." His work is certainly not without critics, but his insights and findings can be valuable to educators, who grapple on a daily basis with the implications of his observation that "we're not rational animals, or laboring animals; we're social animals. We emerge out of relationships and live to bond with each other and connect to larger ideas."

To register for this book group, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

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Community Inclusiveness: Somali Voices

To serve our neighbors and be inclusive of all members of our community, we need to learn more about each other. This year, CTL in conjunction with the Sabo Center and Pan-Afrikan Student Services is offering a series of opportunities to learn more. These include:

January 24, OGC 100, 3:30-5:00 – Forum on Historical and Cultural Context of Somalia (Dahir Jabreel, Frankie Shackelford, and panel)
February 14, 3:30-5:00, OGC 113 – Faculty Experiences in Somali Community Engagement (Mary Laurel True and faculty panel)
March 13,3 :30-5:00, OGC 100 – Somali Student Experience at Augsburg (Mohamed Sallam and student panel)
April 10, 2:00-5:00. meet in OGC Atrium – Walking Tour of Our Neighborhood with Mary Laurel True and Steve Peacock, Sabo Center

To rsvp for these sessions, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

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Calling All Inter-Campus Envelopes

If you have amassed more inter-campus envelopes than you need, please return your extras to the Mailroom on main floor of Christensen Center so that we can keep them circulating to using departments. Thanks for your help.

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Teaching Assistant Opportunity in China

Augsburg's partner college, the United International College (UIC) in Zhuhai, China, is recruiting college graduates from Augsburg to assist in teaching English to undergraduate students. Augsburg graduates in any discipline may apply for a one year teaching assistantship (TA) to begin in August of 2012. Responsibilities include tutoring, reviewing papers and leading co-curricular club activities. Applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 and an excellent command of written and spoken English. Request additional information from Orv Gingerich gingerio@augsburg.edu The English Language Centre at UIC can be found at: http://uic.edu.hk/elc/

Assistantships are also available in the following departments at UIC: Whole Person Education Office, Physical Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, Technology, and Math. Assistantships in Business and Management require a masters degree.

To apply send a resume including academic credentials, co-curricular activities, a letter of application (describing your interest and skills related to a TA position in China) and 3 letters of reference to: Dr. Orv Gingerich, Office of International Programs gingerio@augsburg.edu

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Info Session: Post-Bacc STEM Teaching Residency

To all graduating seniors in math, chemistry, physics, and biology who want to become middle and high school teachers– come to an information session to hear more about the TC2 Urban STEM Teacher Residency program. This one year, school-based program is designed to prepare you to teach in an urban setting in your content field. Some highlights of the program include:
• Full-year classroom experience with a trained mentor teacher
• Graduate level course work taught at school site
• Cohort based program with residents from six Twin Cities colleges/universities
• Living stipend provided ($10,000); reduced tuition
Information Session Date/Time: January 26, 2012. 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Information session location: Sverdrup Hall 1 (ground floor, just down from the education department.)
Contact: Vicki Olson (olsonv@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1131 or Education Department offices in Sverdrup). If you can't be at the information session, but you are interested in knowing more about the residency program, I'm your contact and would love to talk with you about it.

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"Sweet Homes in Alabama" Alternative Spring Break

A group of 35 Auggies will be able to spend spring break serving through Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Alabama from March 17-24, 2012. This trip continues our commitment to help in the Gulf Coast and offers up an amazing opportunity for the participants to focus on service, vocation, and interfaith collaboration in a memorable way. We hope you might take part this year!

Registration details & forms are available in the Campus Ministry Office or by emailing fieldl@augsburg.edu. Please contact Lonna Field (612-330-1467) or Campus Ministry for more information or with any questions.

- Sponsored by Campus Ministry, Center for Faith and Learning, and the Bonner Leaders Program

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Free Lockers Available for Students

Campus Activities and Orientation has a limited number of lockers that students can reserve for their use for the academic year. These lockers are completely free and are located on the ground floor of Science Building. Lockers are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, and priority is given to students who commute from off-campus. Please go to http://web.augsburg.edu/cao to find the locker request form and return it to the Auggie's Nest located on the basement level of Christensen Center.

For questions, email AuBri Weatherspoon at cao@augsburg.edu

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Central Services Customer Satisfaction Survey

We, in Central Services, want to do the best possible job for you, our customers! We would love to hear what you think about our service. Please click on the following link to a short survey. http://augsburg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_09cTcAWMHtPIwPq
Thanks for your time!

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Enter to Win an iPad at Study Abroad Fair: Feb 17

Please mark your calendar for the Study & Intern Abroad Fair.

Friday, February 17
10:00-2:00 pm
Christensen Center Lobby

Representatives from all Augsburg and affiliate programs will be present.

Attend the fair. Enter a drawing for an iPad 2.

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Film Screening of Mahfouz's Al Karnak, Jan. 26

January 25 is the one-year anniversary of the protests in Tahrir Square which brought down the regime of Hosni Mubarerk. On Thurs., Jan. 26 at 7pm, join us in OGC 100 for a discussion of film, literature, and politics, with a screening of the 1975 Egyptian film, Al Karnak, based on the novella by Naguib Mahfouz (the Nobel Prize winning author of Cairo Modern). The film, originally banned because of its critique of the Nasser regime, is a story of young revolutionaries who become disillusioned with policies and practices of the Egyptian government and run afoul of its infamous secret police. The film provides a surprisingly timely backdrop to the events of the Arab spring. Augsburg faculty will provide brief background on the film and current events in Egypt, and there will be an opportunity to discuss the film afterward. Somali tea and baklava will be provided. The event, part of Augsburg's "Arab Spring" events, is sponsored by the English Department, Political Science Department, and Batalden Program, and is free and open to the public.

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Ally Trainings I & II Offered This February

Ally Training I
Tuesday, February 14 from 1pm-4pm in Marshall Room
OR
Friday, February 17 from 9am-12pm in Marshall Room

Ally Training II
Tuesday, February 21 from 9am-12pm in Marshall Room

Ally Training I & II are offered to all faculty, staff, and students at Augsburg College to gain knowledge, skills, and resources around being intentionally supportive of LGBTQIA communities. Participants will learn about LGBTQIA history and culture, confront myths and stereotypes, discuss heterosexual and gender-conforming privilege, discuss potential scenarios, ask questions in a safe environment, and discuss next steps on how to be an effective ally to LGBTQIA individuals at Augsburg. Ally Training II continues on what was discussed in Ally Training I and looks at how gender and sexuality intersect with race, class, ability, age, and other identities.

You don't need to attend both trainings, but it's recommended that you have attended Ally Training I before signing up for Ally Training II. To RSVP for either one, please email Michael Grewe at grewe@augsburg.edu.

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Early Auggie Open House Brunch Thank You

The Office of Admissions would like to thank everyone who participated in the Early Auggie Open House Brunch at the Augsburg House on Saturday.

The Early Auggie Brunch is an opportunity for students who applied to Augsburg College by November 1st to connect with the President, faculty, and staff.

We would especially like to thank President and Abigail Pribbenow for hosting us in their home and Seth Lienard and Margo Ensz from Events and Conference Planning. We would also like to thank all the faculty and staff who took time out of their Saturdays to meet with our students!

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Open Advising Sessions for AFA Business Students

Spring registration starts February 13 - get a head start on your advising!

Open advising sessions for AFA Business majors/minors to be held:

Friday, January 27, 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Saturday, January 28, 11:00 a.m. ‑ 1:00 p.m.

These sessions will be held in OREN GATEWAY 100

-Open to all AFA Business majors and minors
-No appointment needed
-Meet with a Business Department advisor
-Plan your spring course schedule

Please stop by and take advantage of this opportunity to have all of your advising questions answered without making an appointment.

JIMMY JOHNS SUBS PROVIDED!!!

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Party for Sadie Curtis on Wed., Jan.25

Sadie Curtis, Director, Access Center, has announced her retirement - and after 24 excellent years of care and service to students and the Augsburg community, she will retire as of Tues., Jan. 31 - a couple days later than the earlier announcement.

In the days ahead, please share in celebrating her achievements! If you can, join us for desserts and conversation on Wed., Jan. 25, Anderson Hall Lounge, 12-1 pm.

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Auggie Athletics Update

Auggie Athletics Update (click on link for story/stats):

Monday, Jan. 23:
Men's Basketball -- Hamline 83, Augsburg 77
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2012/1/23/mbb012312.aspx?path=mbball


Upcoming Events:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/

Wednesday, Jan. 25:
Women's Basketball -- Augsburg vs. Bethel, Si Melby Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg at Bethel, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 27:
Women's Swimming -- Augsburg at Macalester/St. Catherine Triangular, 6 p.m.
Women's Hockey -- Augsburg vs. St. Mary's, Ed Saugestad Rink, 7 p.m.
Men's Hockey -- Augsburg at St. Mary's, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 28:
Wrestling -- Augsburg hosting Minnesota Duals, Si Melby Hall, 10 a.m. (Augsburg vs. St. Olaf, 10 a.m.; Augsburg vs. Concordia-Moorhead, 12 p.m.; Augsburg vs. St. John's, 2 p.m.)
M/W Indoor Track and Field -- Augsburg at Wisconsin-Stout Warren Bowlus Open, 12 p.m.
Women's Basketball -- Augsburg at Concordia-Moorhead, 1 p.m.
Women's Swimming -- Augsburg at St. Catherine Invitational, 1 p.m.
Women's Hockey -- Augsburg at St. Mary's, 2 p.m.
Men's Basketball -- Augsburg at Concordia-Moorhead, 3 p.m.
Men's Hockey -- Augsburg vs. St. Mary's, Ed Saugestad Rink, 7:05 p.m.

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Grzesiak-Grimm Scores 1,000th Career Point

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2012/1/23/mbb012312.aspx?path=mbball

Andy Grzesiak-Grimm (SR, Wyoming, Minn./St. Francis HS) scored his 1,000th career point on Monday night, but the Augsburg College men's basketball team dropped a hard-fought 83-77 contest to rival Hamline University in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action at Si Melby Hall.

Grzesiak-Grimm posted a 24-point, 14-rebound effort on his way to recording his 1,000th career point to lead Augsburg (11-5 overall, 8-3 MIAC). He becomes the 18th player in school history to score 1,000 career points and just the sixth player in Augsburg men's basketball history to score 1,000 points and pull down 600 rebounds in their career. Grzesiak-Grimm now stands at 1,011 career points and 625 career rebounds.

For more on the game:
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2012/1/23/mbb012312.aspx?path=mbball

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1 Bedroom Apartment near Campus Available

Our tenant's lease is up April 1st but is ready to move sooner. It's a 1 bedroom apartment that's in the lower level of the duplex where my family lives and owns. Efficient and beautiful space that we just designed and built.

Unit:
- French doors, Bamboo floors, exposed wood beams
- Large windows have open south view, tons of light
- Looks into adjacent park
- Open kitchen\dining\living\office space, large bath, and bedroom
- Cozy European radiators and Air conditioning
- Pictures here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100183709661300.2883188.13911694&type=3&l=20c5f9e187

Neighborhood:
- In the Corcoran neighborhood http://corcoranneighborhood.org/
- Quiet, very residential, between Longfellow and Powderhorn
- Great Midtown location, 3 blocks from YWCA, farmers market, close to Target, Cubs, and many other groceries
- Commuters dream - blocks from Cedar and Lake bus lines, LRT station, Greenway bike trail
- 10 minutes from Augsburg, University UMN, and downtown (5 minutes by car)

The Deal and Perks:
- Asking $750, includes everything
- Available now or as late as April 1
- Free wireless and free laundry
- Learn new skills: Metal\Wood workshop, homebrew, and canning equipment all available
- Plenty of garden space, 5 chickens, raspberries, apples, etc

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