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Summer and Fall Book Orders

Summer and Fall Book orders will be due on Friday, April 13th! I will be sending out emails and forms over the next week. However, you may email me at any time with your information (forgey@augsburg.edu) or order via our website at www.whywaitforbooks.com - Thank you very much in advance!

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CTL Grant Applications Due TODAY

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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Remaining March CTL Activities At-A-Glance

Thursday, March 15, 11:50-1:20 pm, OGC 100 – Thinking About Teaching and Advising: "Project Based and Applied Learning" (Joe Underhill)

*Thursday, March 15, 2:00-3:30 pm, Lindell 202 – Mindful Dialogue: Ch. 6-8: "We Know More Than We Can Say; Knowing, Making, and Playing; and Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out" (Annette Gerten). Douglas Thomas and John Seeley Brown's A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change.

Thursday, March 15 – Applications due for Instructional and Course Design (ICD) and Summer Scholarship Grants

Friday, March 16, 12:00-1:30 pm, Augsburg Room – Well Being Series: "Physical Well-Being" (Tony Clapp)

Tuesday, March 20, 8:00-9:30 am, OGC 200 – Staff Development Series: "Building a Case for Change" (Jim Erchul and Staney Rostad)

*Friday, March 23, 12:00-1:30 pm, Lindell 202 – Resilience Reading Circle: Breaking Night, by Liz Murray (Sarah Hedstrom)

Tuesday, March 27, 12:00-1:30 pm, OGC 100 – Speaking of Scholarship Series: Social Work (Laura Boisen and Maryann Syers)

Tuesday, March 27, 3:00-5:00 pm, Marshall Room – Core Curriculum and Graduation Skills Workshops: "Quantitative Reasoning" (John Zorbitz and Stacy Freiheit)

*Wednesday, March 28, 12:15-1:15 pm, OGC 103 – Reading Circle: Ch. 13-18. David Brooks' The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Virtue, led by Jacqui DeVries.

Thursday, March 29, 11:50-1:20 pm, OGC 100 – Thinking About Teaching and Advising: "Teaching by Immersion: Interim Redux" (Garry Hesser)

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

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Well-Being Series - FRIDAY

CTL sponsors a series focused on well-being. It includes a broad look at well-being based on Rath & Harter's book Well-Being: The Five Essential Elements. It consists of the following remaining sessions:

Friday, March 16, 12:00-1:30 pm, Augsburg Room – Physical Well-Being (Tony Clapp)
Friday, April 13, 12:00-1:30 pm, Augsburg Room – Community Well-Being (Andrea Turner)

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

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Spring Break in the Writing Lab

During spring break week (March 18 -24, the Lab will be open M-W-F from 4:30 - 7 PM). Regular hours will resume on Sunday, March 25.

Any questions? Contact Professor Swanson (x1010).

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The Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat

The third annual Scholarly Writing Retreat will be held at Dunrovin Retreat Center near Marine on St. Croix from 10:00 am on Tuesday, May 29 to 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 31. Initiated by Jessica Nathanson, the retreat gives scholars time and space to work on scholarship, undistracted by meetings, classes, or even children and family responsibilities. Some come to plan an approach to a new project to be completed over the summer; others use it as an opportunity to finish articles they have been working on during the year. Those interested in participating should contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu). Registrants are accepted on a first come-first serve basis.

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Lindell Library Hours March 17-25

While Day students are on Spring Break, we're adjusting hours in order to be open for Augsburg for Adult students. See you in the library!!

Hours are:
Sat., Mar. 17 -- 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Sun., Mar. 18 -- Noon – 6:00 pm
Mon.-Thurs., Mar. 19-22 -- 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Fri., Mar. 23 -- 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sat., Mar. 24 -- 7:30 am - 6:00 pm
Sun., Mar. 25 -- Noon – Midnight

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Thinking About Teaching and Advising TODAY

These presentations and conversations are designed to share teaching innovations on campus and learn from each other's experiences. Sessions involve presentations followed by informal conversations about the issues raised by these experiences. The intent is to increase awareness of what we are collectively learning about teaching and advising.

Remaining sessions during the spring are as follows:

Thursday, March 15, 11:50-1:20, OGC 100 – Joe Underhill, "Project-Based and Applied Learning"
Thursday, March 29, 11:50-1:20, OGC 100 – Garry Hesser, "Teaching by Immersion: Interim Redux"

If you plan to attend any of these sessions, please rsvp to Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

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Staff Development Series

All staff are invited to participate in the ongoing series designed for staff. This series addresses both personal and professional development needs. Sessions will be held on from. The remaining workshops scheduled for Spring and Summer 2012 include:

Tuesday, March 20, 8:00-9:30, OGC 200 – Building a Case for Change (Jim Erchul and Staney Rostad)
Tuesday, April 17, 8:00-9:30, Riverside – Collaborating Across Boundaries (Jessica Fox-Wilson and Judy Johnson)
May 22-24 – Creating an Inclusive Campus conference and working session
Tuesday, June 19, 8:00-9:30, OGC 114 – Addressing Student Needs (Jennifer Simon and Ann Garvey)
Tuesday, July 17, 8:00-9:30, OGC 114 – Getting Involved in Campus Work (Kelsey Richardson Blackwell and Nate Hallanger)
Tuesday, August 21, 8:00-9:30, OGC 200 – Continuing to Learn: Preparing for the Future (TBD)

To rsvp for this series, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu).

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Creating an Inclusive Campus – Call for Proposals

This three-day annual conference will be held May 22-24 and is designed to feature key developments in fulfilling our commitment to intentional diversity and global learning at Augsburg College. It includes an opening session focused on one aspect of creating an engaged, inclusive learning community, and concurrent session tracks devoted to:

Engaging all students – These sessions explore student differences and what we can do to ensure that all students feel included and receive the support they need to be successful.

Embedding diversity and global learning in the curriculum – These sessions examine what departments are doing to address diversity and global learning in their courses and programs.

Developing our community – This track focuses on faculty, staff, and administrator skills and practices, and what we can do to ensure inclusiveness across the campus.

The third day consists of half-day workshops for faculty and staff to focus on setting departmental goals and action plans for creating inclusiveness. The conference is co-sponsored by CTL, the Office of International Programs, Human Resources, Student Affairs, and General Education.

We invite you to submit a proposal for a 90-minute session related to any of the 3 tracks. Please provide a title and list of presenters, along with a 150-200 word description of the session you would like to facilitate. Submit your proposal to Velma Lashbrook (lashbroo@augsburg.edu) by April 1.

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$1000 Grant to Study Abroad this Fall-Apply Apr 2

Receive a $1,000 automatic grant to participate in CGE or Augsburg Exchange Partners:

CGE's Fall 2012 semester programs in
-Central America
-Mexico
-Cuba
-Namibia.

Augsburg International Exchange Partners in
-Norway
-Germany
-Finland
-China

https://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/index.cfm?Program_Type_ID=O&Program_Name=Augsburg&pt=Fall+Semester%7F&pi=%7F&pc=%7F&pr=%7F&FuseAction=Programs.SearchResults&SimpleSearch=1

APPLY to AUGSBURG ABROAD by APRIL 2.
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Haven't attended study abroad advising--come to Murphy Place ASAP.

Walk-in Advising Times:
10:30-10:50 am: MTWF
2:30-2:50 pm: WF
3:30-3:50 pm: TTH

GET STARTED HERE:
http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

Questions? abroad@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1650

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Free Yoga TODAY

CCHP invites all interested students, faculty and staff to the last yoga session until after spring break week today from 12 noon - 1 pm in the Wrestling Room of Kennedy Center.

Please wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat if you have one. A limited number of CCHP yoga mats are available on a first come,first serve basis.

There will be NO YOGA the week of spring break. Yoga will resume on Tuesday 3/27/12.

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Volunteer at the Native American Pow Wow

Come volunteer with the Augsburg Thrivent Fellows at the Augsburg Pow Wow on Saturday March 31st! Two hour shifts starting at 10am and ending at 8pm. Duties include; concessions, hospitality to dancers and drummers, clean-up, etc. Get your volunteer hours at an event on campus, take part in a Native American cultural experience, support fellow Auggies, and the broader community, get a wonderful t-shirt and get your name entered into a drawing to win an I-Pad 2. The benefits are numerous. Come join the Thrivent Fellows Saturday March 31st!!!

For more info or to sign up please email Christine Smith (obrienc@augsburg.edu), with your name, email address and times you would be available to help!!!

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Bookstore Closed Tomorrow- Spring Break Hours

Upcoming Bookstore Hours for Spring Break
The Bookstore will be closed on Friday, March 16th for inventory.
March 19th- March 22nd - the bookstore will be open from 10am-1pm. March 23rd we will be open from 11am-6pm. Saturday, March 24th 10:30-1pm

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Use Your Community Service Days and Volunteer

The Augsburg Associates will be facilitating a sale in early April at Augustana Lutheran Church, Minneapolis and could use your help getting things organized and marked for the sale. They also need your help on the sale days filling out sales slips for customers. The schedule is below:

Staging, pricing and tagging – March 19-23 and March 26-30
Sale days – April 10, 11, 13, and 14

If you are able to help, please call Kate Anderson at 651-645-3262 or email Kate at andersoc@visi.com. Augustana is located at 704 11th Av - at the corner of 11th Av and 7th St - 2 blocks from the Metrodome. Do not show up without contacting Kate.

Thank you for volunteering!!

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Need Volunteers for 4/2 Multi Cultural Dinner

Want to help out in the community while getting volunteer hours. We are looking for 30-40 volunteers can be students, faculty, or staff to help out at the Brain Coyle Center on April 2nd, 2012. Thrivent Fellows are sponsoring the annual Multi-Cultural Dinner: Bringing the community together. This event will be from 5-7pm but we will have shifts for volunteers. You can volunteer from 4-5 pm (Set up) or 5-7pm (Servers) or 7-8pm (Clean-up) or all three shifts. If interested in volunteering please contact Maya Keith at keith@augsburg.edu or Shana Strong at strongs@augsburg.edu Don't forget all volunteers get a FREE Thrivent Fellows volunteer T-Shift, FREE food and the chance to win a Apple Ipad 2!!

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Minnesota Idea Open Challenge - Ideas due Mar 23

Working Together Across Cultures and Faiths

Minnesotans are known for their loyalty and tight-knit relationships. Unfortunately, our signature traits also mean we are not as welcoming or open to others as we are to those within our own circles. In a changing state that has become more diverse, we face more situations where conflicts may arise. The Minnesota Idea Open believes that Minnesota is a better place when we work together in ways that push us beyond our usual comfort zones.

Submit your best idea by March 23.

We are asking Minnesotans to help answer the question: What is your best idea to build bonds and work together across cultures and faiths in your community? Facing Race is a proud sponsor of this year's Idea Open Challenge. Three winning ideas may receive $15,000 each for implementation, and two runners-up are eligible for $5,000 each. Learn more and submit your idea at: www.MNIdeaOpen.org

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Upcoming Bookstore Hours for Spring Break

Upcoming Bookstore Hours for Spring Break
The Bookstore will be closed on Friday, March 16th for inventory.
March 19th- March 22nd - the bookstore will be open from 10am-1pm. March 23rd we will be open from 11am-6pm. Saturday, March 24th 10:30-1pm

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Tomorrow is Deadline for ordering Cap & Gowns, May

It is time to reserve your cap & gown! The deadline for May Graduates to reserve cap and gowns online is March 16th. www.herffjones.com/college/augsburg You will not need to pay until you pick them up! Cap and Gowns will be ready to purchase on April 20th at the Grad Fair in the bookstore. All late orders will incur a $10.00 late charge and must be placed in the bookstore. Reserve your Cap & Gown ...today!

Graduating in July?

Cap and Gowns must be reserved online by April 13th. www.herffjones.com/college/augsburg You will not need to pay until you pick up! Cap & Gowns will be ready to purchase on May 19th at the WEC/Masters Grad Fair on May 19th. 10:30am-1:00pm. All late orders will incur a $10.00 late charge and must be placed in the bookstore.

Rochester students we will deliver - date TBA

Prices for Cap & Gowns
Bachelor's Cap, Gown & Tassel - $52.95
Master's Cap, Gown, Tassel, & Hood -$91.00
Bachelor's gown only- $33.95
Master's gown only - $36.00
Cap $10.00
Tassel $11.00
Hood $36.00

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Great Colleges to Work For Survey 2012

We are participating in the 2012 Great Colleges to Work For program sponsored by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The survey program recognizes institutions that have built great workplaces. In addition to the opportunity for recognition, we will benefit from the program's nationally-normed benchmark data. The survey period is March 19 – April 13.

We first participated in the Great Colleges to Work For program in 2010. Our results from the 2010 survey spurred the College to implement a number of initiatives campus-wide. Our participation this year will allow us to compare our results from 2010 to 2012 and identify areas where improvement has been made and others where improvement is still needed.

Responses to the survey will be processed by ModernThink, the survey administrator, and will be completely anonymous. The College will receive a summary report of our results, which we will share with the college community. Given the parameters for benchmarking set by the Chronicle, only full-time faculty, exempt staff, and administrators at 1.0 FTE will receive an invitation to participate in the Chronicle survey. To ensure all employees have the opportunity to give feedback to the College, part-time faculty and staff and full-time hourly staff will receive invitations to a similar survey in April.

Please join us in our efforts to make Augsburg College a better place to work. Should you have any questions about the survey, please call Human Resources at 612-330-1058.

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Book Drive TODAY 2p-4p CC Lobby

The Hesser House of the Augsburg College Honors Program will be hosting a book drive until the end of the semester for Books for Africa, a nonprofit organization in St. Paul whose mission states:

"The mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa. With your help, we will help create a culture of literacy and provide the tools of empowerment to the next generation of parents, teachers, and leaders in Africa."

We will be tabling in Christensen Center TODAY from 2p-4p to collect donations, and will continue to table on Thursdays for the remainder of the semester. Acceptable donations include:

15 years old or newer popular fiction and nonfiction reading books (soft and hard cover).
1996 or newer publish date primary, secondary, and college textbooks (soft and hard cover).
1996 or newer reference books such as encyclopedias and dictionaries.
1996 or newer publish date medical, nursing, IT, and law books.
Bibles are sent when requested by African recipients.
School/office supplies—paper, pencils, pens, wall charts, maps, etc.

Whether you need space on your bookshelf for you daughter's new leather bound Twilight trilogy, or you are a college student with a few books you'll never read again, please give.

For more information on the organization, visit http://www.booksforafrica.org/

Contact ensz@augsburg.edu with questions or for alternate pick-up/drop-off times

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13th Annual Augsburg Leadership Awards Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the 13th annual Augsburg Leadership Awards! Students, staff, faculty, alums, and community members are strongly encouraged to nominate their fellow student leaders, student groups, and student group advisers for a variety of awards. People may also nominate themselves or a student group in which they are involved. Winners will be honored at the Augsburg Leadership Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 10th at 4:30 PM.

To submit a nomination, simply follow the link: http://augsburg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_e4WUPOlfotM7LPS

Please keep in mind that all nominations are due by Friday, March 16 at 4:30 pm. For questions, contact Michael Grewe at grewe@augsburg.edu.

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Graduation Information - Please Read Carefully

Graduation Information - Please Read Carefully
It is time to reserve your cap & gown! The deadline for May Graduates to reserve cap and gowns online is March 16th. www.herffjones.com/college/augsburg You will not need to pay until you pick them up! Cap and Gowns will be ready to purchase on April 20th at the Grad Fair in the bookstore. All late orders will incur a $10.00 late charge and must be placed in the bookstore. Reserve your Cap & Gown ...today!

Graduating in July?

Cap and Gowns must be reserved online by April 13th. www.herffjones.com/college/augsburg You will not need to pay until you pick up! Cap & Gowns will be ready to purchase on May 19th at the WEC/Masters Grad Fair on May 19th. 10:30am-1:00pm. All late orders will incur a $10.00 late charge and must be placed in the bookstore.

Rochester students we will deliver - date TBA

Prices for Cap & Gowns
Bachelor's Cap, Gown & Tassel - $52.95
Master's Cap, Gown, Tassel, & Hood -$91.00
Bachelor's gown only- $33.95
Master's gown only - $36.00
Cap $10.00
Tassel $11.00
Hood $36.00

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Prof. Dalglish Reading

Everyday Poems for City Sidewalks presents:

26th annual SAINT PATRICK'S DAY reading with
Saint Paul Poet Laureate Carol Connolly Reading by Writers Series at the Historic University Club Saint Paul 420 Summit Avenue.

Friday, March 16, 2012
7:30 performance
Free open to the public Reservations 651-222-1751. Not a member? Simply say you are attending Poetry Night

Featured artists:
CASS DALGLISH, Augsburg Professor, poet, fiction writer.

JOHN DEVINE musician.

MICHAEL DENNIS BROWNE, renowned and widely published poet and librettist.

KEVIN FITZPATRICK, poet, author

TED KING, poet

ETHNA McKIERNAN, poet, author of Sky Thick With Fireflies, Salmon Poetry, Ireland.

THOMAS DILLON REDSHAW, poet, PhD, writes for The Irish Times.

More info? Public Art Saint Paul 651-290-0921 or University Club 651-222-1751.

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How To Use Linked In For Your Job Search TODAY

The Strommen Career and Internship Center is hosting a workshop titled "How To Use Linked In For Your Job Search" on Thursday, March 15, 2012 from
4:30-5:45 p.m. in Sverdrup Hall, Room 201

Linked in is the world's largest professional network. Participate in a hands on workshop exploring the best ways to use this social media site for job searching and networking. Attendees will develop or improve their own linkedIn profile. Questions, call 612-330-1148

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$1 = $4 = $8= Annual FoodLess FoodDrive

Sabo Center for Citizenship and Learning is now organizing the 4th annual FoodLess FoodDrive, and our goal is to raise enough funds to provide three months worth of food purchased by Brian Coyle Food shelf to Cedar-Riverside residents. Each month they spend over $1,000 on bulk food purchasing for distribution, so Augsburg is setting a $3,000 goal to fill their shelves until the summer.

Using commodity programs and bulk buying power, money in the food shelf's hand is worth four times as much as ours in a grocery store. This makes your $1 equate to $4 of food in the hands of the food shelf. Money also allows the food shelf to purchase exactly what the community needs when it needs it.

The Cedar-Riverside community relies on us, so we ask you to join us in our effort to help them. More information about the FoodLess FoodDrive and how you can make a monetary contribution has been delivered by mail to all Faculty and Staff members this week. For students that wish to donate; look for our events later this month!

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Film Festival This Weekend

Where Condor Meets Eagle: Indigenous Bolivian and Native American Film Festival and Cultural Exchange is a three-night film festival celebrating Indigenous film, collaborations across national boundaries, and visual storytelling. Come see world class films from Bolivia, Canada, and Minnesota and meet some of the filmmakers, engage in conversation, and enjoy three great evenings for free. Filmmakers from Bolivia will be present, all films in Spanish will be translated, and lovers of film are welcome.

Dates: March 16, 17, 18, 2012
Screening Location: Parkway Theater, 4814 Chicago Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55407 (612-822-3030).
FREE Admission

For film schedules and information on the program visit www.augsburg.edu/filmseries

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Chapel on Friday: Monastic Chant & Prayer in Latin

Hear monastic chanting and prayer as it was performed in the Middle Ages. We invite you to join Medieval Studies major Andrew Fox for his senior "chapel talk", this Friday, March 16, at 10:20am, in Hoversten Chapel. This will be a memorable service, in which Andrew and a few of his friends attempt to reenact the medieval monastic practice of chanting the hours in Latin. The music will be beautiful. The ritual will be evocative. This is not your everyday chapel talk. It should not be missed.

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Native Music Flute Player on Campus

Michael "Scooter" Charette, Anishinaabe flute player and artist, will be performing here at Augsburg on Monday, March 26, 2012 from 7-8 PM in Sateren Auditorium. "Scooter" or Bapa Waagash, which is his spirit name meaning "Laughing Fox" in Ojibwe/Anishinaabe, is from the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe.
Charette's dedication to the traditional flute earned him a Native American Music Award nomination as the 2010 "Flutist of the Year" for his CD, "The Tales of Laughing Fox." The Nammys, as they are known, were established in 1998 to offer Native American musicians a place to showcase their work and raise public awareness of native music.

This is a free event and open to everyone. Hope you will join us for to hear some beautiful flute music!!!

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Auggie Athletics Update

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

Wednesday, March 14:
Baseball -- Augsburg 9-8, Wisconsin-Superior 7-7
http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2012/3/14/base031412.aspx?path=baseball

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

March 17-22:
Softball -- Augsburg at Tucson (Ariz.) Invitational Games (10 games)

March 18-23:
Baseball -- Augsburg at Greater Phoenix (Arizona) Invitational (10 games)

Friday, March 16:
M/W Track and Field -- Augsburg at Occidental (Calif.) Distance Carnival

Saturday, March 17:
M/W Track and Field -- Augsburg at Cal State-Northridge (Calif.) Invitational

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Oakes Named to D3Baseball.com Team of Week

http://athletics.augsburg.edu/news/2012/3/14/base031412a.aspx?path=baseball

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College pitcher Tanner Oakes (FY, Jordan, Minn.) was named to the D3Baseball.com Team of the Week, it was announced on Wednesday.

Making his second collegiate pitching appearance and first collegiate start, Oakes threw a seven-inning no-hitter, striking out seven, in Augsburg's 2-0 win over Mayville State (N.D.) in the first game of a doubleheader at the Metrodome in Minneapolis on Friday. The no-hitter was the first thrown by an Auggie in Keith Bateman's nine seasons as Augsburg's head coach.

Oakes allowed just five batters to reach base -- four on hit-by-pitches and one on an error -- while not walking a batter. The biggest threat came in the bottom of the seventh, when runners reached second and third on a hit batter and fielding error on a sacrifice bunt attempt. But Oakes struck out the final batter he faced to cap the no-hitter.

The D3Baseball.com Team of the Week is selected by the staff of D3Baseball.com, a national site that covers NCAA Division III baseball. Thirteen players are selected each week -- one at each defensive position, a designated hitter, three starting pitchers and a relief pitcher.

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