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How to Earn $5,000 to Study Abroad

If you have a Pell Grant, chances are you may be eligible for the Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad!

Attend one of the Gilman Workshops to learn more about:

• How to earn up to $5,000 to study abroad
• How to apply
• Writing a winning essay
• Eligible Augsburg/CGE Programs

Friday, Sept. 14, at 2:30 p.m., Marshall Room

Thursday, Sept. 20, at 2:30 p.m., Marshall Room

http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program

Spring Gilman application deadline: Oct. 2, 2012

Complete program information at http://www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

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

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CTL Night at the Theater

During both fall and spring semesters, CTL reserves tickets to an Augsburg theater production and offers them to faculty, staff, and their significant others. Theater offers a unique way of learning or knowing -- from stories that touch our hearts and mind. Experiencing it together adds a social dimension that allows us to discover what the stories mean to others and what new possibilities they see. Through theater we can be healed and transformed, as well as entertained. All productions are in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater.

Reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to attend either or both of these productions, please contact Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu). This year, we have reserved tickets for:

Debt
Developed by Sarah Myers
Site Specific Performances: October 25-November 2
Town Hall Meetings: November 1
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center

What does debt mean to you?

Debt is an experiment in site-specific performance and public art exploring the topic of student debt in its many forms. A week of short performances throughout the Augsburg College campus lead up to four student-facilitated town hall meetings focused on different facets of debt in an academic setting.

As a Town Hall Nation project, Debt is part of a national engagement initiative inviting arts organizations, colleges, and other community groups to create events that demonstrate, present, or embody an ideal town hall meeting.

Cabaret
By Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Darcey Engen
Music Direction by Sonja Thompson

April 12, at 7 p.m.

Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center

Set in the fictional Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, the musical Cabaret depicts the immense political upheaval taking place in Germany during the rise of Nazi power. Based on a book by Christopher Isherwood, with music by Kander and Ebb, the story portrays several couples that meet and fall in love, only to see their relationships unravel as the Nazis begin to infiltrate all elements of their lives.

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2012-2013 Reading Circles

All faculty and staff are invited to participate in reading circles during the year. These circles are funded by Work Culture grants and led by faculty and staff. You are expected to attend at least four sessions and prepare by reading and identifying issues you'd like to discuss. If you'd like to attend, please register with Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) and pick up a book. Let her know if you prefer to receive an e-book.

Current circles include:
Community Building - Seth Godin's Linchpin: An Unsettling Call to Be Indispensable and Andrew Delbanco's College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be
Inclusiveness - Susan E. Pick and Jenna Sirkin's Breaking the Poverty Cycle: The Human Basis for Sustainable Development
Leadership - Julie Clow's The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All and Don Chu's The Department Chair's Primer: What Chairs Need to Know and Do to Make a Difference

For more information, see descriptions below.

Seth Godin's Linchpin: An Unsettling Call to Be Indispensable
Community Building Series
Facilitator: Ashok Kapoor
Schedule: Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m. (September 20, October 18, November 15, February 7, and March 14)
First Reading: Chapters 1-4

In our society linchpins are those individuals that hold things together. Yes, organizations might succeed or thrive for a while without them, but eventually as pressure is applied and structures are tested, things will fall apart. Godin clearly illustrates that we are in a critical time in history when a new breed of worker and leader are required. We need linchpins to solve our problems, keep us connected, and inspire us with art. People who are linchpins are creative, good at connecting with others, and able to see solutions like no one else. They truly are indispensable.

As Seth Godin explains this concept to his readers, he turns their minds upside down in order to convince them that they are in some way capable of being one. He explains how we got here, criticizing the public education system for creating cogs to fill factories and consumers to buy what they produce. He argues that we get exactly what we focus on. In the end we wind-up with drones that do what they are told.

There is no shortage of pundits today that criticize the flaws of our education system, but few will offer a solution. He challenges teachers to inspire student to think instead of follow rulebooks and ace tests. He even goes as far as telling us to give ourselves a D for the rut we have fallen into.
Linchpin could be Mr. Godin's greatest work so far. He treats the subject with history and sociology as well as a compelling mix of fact, story and philosophy. Using examples that will both shock and inspire, Linchpin leaves you feeling like you have no choice but to reassess your current situation and make the changes he so eloquently urges us toward.

Andrew Delbanco's College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be
Community Building Series
Facilitator: Doug Green
Schedule: Tuesdays 3:30-5 p.m. (September 25, October 16, November 20, February 19, March 26, April 16)

As the commercialization of American higher education accelerates, more and more students are coming to college with the narrow aim of obtaining a preprofessional credential. The traditional four-year college experience--an exploratory time for students to discover their passions and test ideas and values with the help of teachers and peers--is in danger of becoming a thing of the past.

In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In arguing for what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.

In a brisk and vivid historical narrative, Delbanco explains how the idea of college arose in the colonial period from the Puritan idea of the gathered church, how it struggled to survive in the nineteenth century in the shadow of the new research universities, and how, in the twentieth century, it slowly opened its doors to women, minorities, and students from low-income families. He describes the unique strengths of America's colleges in our era of globalization and, while recognizing the growing centrality of science, technology, and vocational subjects in the curriculum, he mounts a vigorous defense of a broadly humanistic education for all. Acknowledging the serious financial, intellectual, and ethical challenges that all colleges face today, Delbanco considers what is at stake in the urgent effort to protect these venerable institutions for future generations.

Susan E. Pick and Jenna Sirkin's Breaking the Poverty Cycle: The Human Basis for Sustainable Development Inclusiveness Series
Facilitators: Matt Maruggi and Joe Underhill
Schedule: 12-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays (October 10, November 7, December 5, and January 23)
Batalden Convocation, February 20 at 10 a.m.

Pick and Sirkin show how IMIFAP, a Mexican NGO, has employed a development strategy to encourage the establishment of a participatory, healthy and educated citizenry. IMIFAP was founded in 1984. Through its health promotion and poverty reduction work it has reached over 19 million people in 14 countries. Its mission is to enable society's poor and vulnerable to take charge of their lives through helping them develop their potential. The program strategy is grounded in Amartya Sen's approach to sustainable development through expanding individual's capabilities and freedoms.

The central premise of the book is that enhancing skills, knowledge and reducing psychological and contextual barriers to change are central (and often neglected) aspects of sustainable development.. Through powerful testimonies, the book shows how the IMIFAP "I want to, I can" programs assists people in taking the control of their lives. Our discussion will examine how this approach can apply to our work at Augsburg.

Susan Pick, a professor of psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, will give the Batalden Symposium in Applied Ethics on February 20.

Julie Clow's The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All
Leadership Series
Facilitator: Paul Terrio
Schedule: Tuesdays 8:30-10 a.m. (October 2, November 6, December 4, January 8, February 5, March 5, April 2)

Embrace connectivity, increase empowerment, and achieve better work-life blending.

We live in a new age of global organizations, hyper-access to information, and accessibility to tools that enable us to bring any idea life. Strangely, our workplaces are lagging behind the promise of this open and collaborative world. Most organizations are rule-based, top-down, dreary environments optimized for conformity and little else. The Work Revolution creates a compelling portrait of a different kind of work.

"I believe freedom in the workplace is worth fighting for and every person and every organization can be excellent."

Julie Clow articulates the rules we follow today in our work force, the reasons they no longer work, and what we can do instead. The Work Revolution deconstructs the magic behind thriving, liberated organizations (such as Google, which is repeatedly named as the Best Workplace) into clear principles that any individual, leader, and organization can adopt to create sustainable and engaging lives.
• Provides actionable changes anyone can make, regardless of where they work, to create a more sustainable work-life blend
• Details concrete ways to influence existing organizations to change
• Guides leaders to make tangible changes in their teams to enable greater autonomy and impact
• Outlines organizational culture principles that support and nurture high-performance and healthy environments, providing clear options for instituting cultural change based on specific organizational challenges
Rejecting productivity Band-Aids and quick fixes, The Work Revolution conceptualizes a completely new workplace that embraces the always-connected reality to create organizations in which high achievers can sustainably thrive.

Don Chu's The Department Chair's Primer: What Chairs Need to Know and Do to Make a Difference
Leadership Series for Chairs
Facilitators: Joan Kunz and Merilee Klemp
Schedule: Thursdays 3:40-5 p.m. (Dates TBD)

The Department Chair Primer provides the practical information that chairs need to do their jobs well. Many of the book's ideas come from practicing chairs and are proven strategies for dealing with a variety of issues. Each chapter details a particular problem, includes a brief introduction to the topic, provides tips on how to deal with the situation, and concludes with targeted questions for further consideration. Its concise format is ideal for busy chairs which need a brief but informative resource.

The readings will serve as a catalyst for conversations among chairs about how to be more effective.

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Business Card and Letterhead Changes

As you may have heard, Augsburg College is enhancing our brand identity with the addition of "We Are Called | Auggies". Don't throw away your existing business cards or letterhead, but when you are running low, the new items are ready to order. Along with the change, we are adding and eliminating some styles:

• Gone is the contemporary or style 2 letterhead and business card that I describe as a "paint swoosh."
• Traditional business card remains largely the same, except room for longer job titles.
• Added a business card with "We Are Called | Auggies" on the back.
• Athletics business cards and letterhead remain unchanged.
• CGE business cards remain unchanged.
• Envelopes are not affected by these changes, other than the discontinuation of the contemporary/style 2 "paint swoosh" when they run out.

We have switched to a new method of printing the business cards and should experience quicker turn around, and prices on some quantities of business cards are slightly increased. Phone number labels are enhanced from a single letter to a word. There are several choices in a drop down menu, so you can select the word that best describes each phone number you are listing. You will be pleased to note that the order site has been enhanced to include an order history feature. When you go to order more business cards in the future, your previous order will show up. If there are no changes, you can simply re-order without having to enter all the data again.

Also, to reduce the number of websites you have to visit to order items through Central Services, you will now find name badges as a product in the left-hand column on the business cards and letterhead order site. They are the identical name badges that you are used to.

Please order online as you always have, log in to Inside Augsburg> A to Z directory> Central Services> Online ordering> order letterhead, business cards, envelopes and name badges> order business cards, letterhead, and name badges. Note the login and password in red – it is NOT your Augsburg network login.

Feel free to direct questions about the new styles or ordering to me. Click on my name above to email or call ext. 1297.

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Influenza and Tdap Vaccination Clinic on Campus

Influenza and Tdap vaccination clinics are scheduled for faculty, staff, and students.

Flu Shots - Homeland Health provides flu vaccinations to patients ages 3 years and up. Please bring your health insurance card to the clinic. We are an in network provider for Medica, BCBS, HealthPartners, Preferred One, UCare, America's PPO, Prime West, South Country Health Care Alliance, and Medicare. We will bill your health plan. If you are not covered by one of these health plans, you may purchase a vaccination using cash on the day of the clinic.

Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria & Pertussis "Whooping Cough")
Is available for those 18 to 64 years of age only. It is covered by HealthPartners, BCBS, and Medica at the Member's Benefit Level. Sorry we cannot accept other insurance.

The cash price for vaccine is $25 per Flu Injection, $35 per FluMist and $55 per Tdap injection. We accept cash only, no checks please. Individuals are responsible for the cost of their shots, which may vary depending upon insurance plans.

Flu and Tdap clinics are from:
9 a.m. to 12 p.m., September 25, Christensen - Augsburg Room
12:30-3:30 p.m., September 27, Lindell Library 202

To register for the September clinics, visit Homeland Health at http://www.homelandhealthspecialists.com

In the bottom right corner of the main image on the Home Page, click the Customer Portal button (Client ID: HAIOY997). At this point Returning Users may sign in. Your email is your user name. If you have any questions, please contact 877-746-8060.

A walk-in clinic will be from 12-2 p.m., October 22, in the Marshall Room. Faculty and staff are welcome. Although pre-registration is not necessary, you must present an insurance card to receive the flu shot at no cost (coverage varies depending on member's benefit level). The cost for the flu shot is $29.

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Dining Services

Welcome back students!

Einstein's is now hiring for all positions and for a variety of hours.
Stop by Einstein's for more information or to pick up an application.

The Commons is open regular hours:
Breakfast: 7:30-9:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast: 9:45-11 a.m.
Lunch: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Pizza, Sandwich, Salad Bar: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
Dinner: 4:30-7 p.m.

Tuesday all locations will resume regular business hours.

Aviands is proud to announce our new food service director Joshua Ahrens. He can be reached at 612-359-6476.

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AugSTEM Scholarship Application Available

The AugSTEM program is designed to support Augsburg juniors and seniors who wish to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Funded by the National Science Foundation, AugSTEM Scholars can receive up to $7,000 per year in financial support. Scholars also become a part of a vital STEM community at Augsburg with opportunities for summer research, faculty mentoring, and career development.

The AugSTEM scholar award is designated for students who are within five semesters of graduating. Applicants must be full-time students in a STEM major (biology, biopsychology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics) with a 3.0 GPA within their major. This award is available for U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents who demonstrate financial need via FAFSA. Students who began their college careers at community colleges are encouraged to consider applying for this scholarship.
AugSTEM application materials can be found at http://www.augsburg.edu/ppages/~stottrup/SSTEM.html.

See the Inside Augsburg story https://augnet.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2012/06_01_12/stem.html for more background.

For more information, please contact Rebekah Dupont at dupont@augsburg.edu.

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Free Lockers Available for 2012-2013

Campus Activities and Orientation has a limited number of lockers that students can reserve for their use for the entire academic year. These lockers are completely free and are located on the ground and second floors of the 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/Student%20Locker%20Request%20Form.pdf to find the Locker Request Form and return the completed form to the Auggie's Nest, located on the ground level of Christensen Center.

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

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Music Ensemble Auditions

All music ensembles are conducting auditions this Wednesday (9/5), Thursday (9/6), and Friday (9/7), open to all Augsburg students. Sign up for audition times, posted on the bulletin board between the band and choir room on the main floor of the Music Hall. For questions, call ext. 1265 or email Tina at brauer@augsburg.edu.

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Smoking in Designated Areas Only Policy

Smoking will be permitted in designated areas only on the Augsburg Minneapolis campus. The 10 designated areas are:

1. Plaza area outside the Ice Arena.
2. Designated area in front of Si Melby.
3. Bench area outside of the Music building.
4. North side of the walkway entrance to Foss.
5. Oren Gateway Center near Lot H.
6. 7th Street side of the Library.
7. Quad: patio area near Christensen
8. Christensen Center vent area.
9. Urness/Mortensen: east side of 10 minute parking zone.
10. Bench area between Anderson and Luther Hall.

No smoking in/near building entrances except in a designated area. Smokers should use receptacles for cigarette butts.

Please help spread the word.

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Enrollment Center Hours for Tuesday, Sept. 4

The Enrollment Center will be closed for the opening convocation on Tuesday, Sept. 4, to allow all staff to attend. Our office hours for Tuesday, Sept. 4, will be 12-6 p.m. We will resume normal business hours on Wednesday, Sept. 5.

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Central Services Now Accept Credit Cards

We are delighted to announce that your wish has come true! So many of you have asked to pay for your personal copies, stamps, or package shipping with credit/debit cards; we listened and are now able to accommodate! We will accept VISA and MasterCard credit cards and VISA and MasterCard debit/check cards used as credit cards (no PIN numbers). Minimum credit card purchase: $2. For your protection and ours, we will also be checking your photo ID when your purchase is over $25.

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WordPress Training Sessions

In September, Marketing and Communication will hold training sessions on WordPress, the content management system for our new website. You may attend one of these sessions if:

- you have received an email from Marketing asking you to identify a content manager for your site(s) AND
- your content manager has met with Marketing to review your site(s).

RSVP to Wendi Wheeler wheelerw@augsburg.edu for one of the following sessions:

Wednesday, September 12, 4-5 p.m., SVE 205
Tuesday, September 18, 1:30-2:30 p.m., FOS 22A
Monday, September 24, 4-5 p.m., SVE 205
Thursday, September 27, 8-9 a.m., SVE 205

If you have questions about the WordPress system and the new site, please email Wendi Wheeler at wheelerw@augsburg.edu.

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City Service Day 2012 - TODAY

The first-year class, transfer students, AugSem faculty, and student leaders, and the President's Cabinet will all be out doing City Service Projects this afternoon at the following sites:

Cedar Riverside Community School
Korean Peace Garden
Seward Montessori School
Mississippi River
Powderhorn Park
Mixed Blood Theatre
Cedar Cultural Center
Brian Coyle Community Center
Aesthetic Apparatus
Bedlam Theatre
Focus MN
Spokes
Augsburg Community Garden
Trinity Congregation
KFAI Radio
Bethany Lutheran Church
West Bank Business Association Holy Rosary Church
Matthew's Center

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Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie

Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie will be speaking at Augsburg College on Thursday, September 20 in Sateren Auditorium from 1:30-3 p.m. He will speak about Minnesota's voting history and our rights and responsibilities as voters. There will be more details coming. Plan to bring yourselves, your classes, friends, and family. Mark your calendars.

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LGBTQIA Ally Trainings Offered This October

LGBTQIA Ally Trainings are being offered this semester for all students, staff, and faculty:

*Ally Training I
Monday, October 8, 1-4 p.m.
OR
Friday, October 12, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Marshall Room

Ally Training II
Tuesday, October 15, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Marshall Room

Ally Trainings are offered for all faculty, staff, and students at Augsburg College to gain knowledge, skills, and resources around being intentionally supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and asexual (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.

To RSVP, please email Michael Grewe at grewe@augsburg.edu.

*Those who attend Ally Training I receive an "Ally" placard.

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