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Teaching and Learning
General Announcements
Event Announcements
- October 10 Vocatio Chapel
- Dignity and Empowerment: Women as the Keys...
- Exploring Culture: Teatro del Pueblo
- Graduate School: Unveiling the Application Process
- Branching out in STEM- October 9
- "Wade in the Water" - October 16
- Dignity and Empowerment: Women as the Keys...
- Three Focused Conversations: Oct. 9, 12, 16
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Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
2012 Annual Crime Report
The 2012 Annual Crime and Fire Report is available for the community to view at http://web.augsburg.edu/dps/Report2012.docx
If you questions about this report, please contact Jesse Cashman at cashman@augsburg.edu
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Vehicles Up for Bid on Facilities Moodle
Facilities Management would like to introduce the 'Recycle Bin' to the Augsburg community. Periodically, there are items in inventory that are no longer needed by the College and the 'Recycle Bin' will be used to eliminate these items.
The first two items going up for bid are the 1993 grey Athletic Department van and the 1993 Public Safety Ford Ranger. Bidding on these two items began on Thursday, 9/27, and will end on Friday, 10/5. Please go to the Facilities Management Moodle site for additional information.
Teaching and Learning
Leadership Reading Circle for Chairs
Don Chu's The Department Chair's Primer: What Chairs Need to Know and Do to Make a Difference
Facilitators: Joan Kunz and Merilee Klemp
Schedule:
October 4, 3:40-5:00 p.m., OGC 100
October 18, 3:40-5:00 p.m., OGC 103
January 24, 3:40-5:00 p.m., OGC 100
February 21, 3:40-5:00 p.m., OGC 100
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.
If you'd like to attend, please register with Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) and pick up a book.
Using Social Explorer
"How to Use Social Explorer: Learn a Powerful but Easy Tool to Enhance your Teaching and Research!"
Led by Lars Christiansen and Nancy Fischer, Sociology and Metro-Urban Studies
Friday October 19, 3:45-4:45 p.m. SVE 204
Refreshments provided.
If you'd like to attend, please register with Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu)
Writing Lab - 232 and Counting
So far this term, tutors in the Writing Lab have conducted 232 conferences with students on their writing assignments. Join them. Here are the hours:
Monday: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.; 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.; 3 - 5:30 p.m.; 7:30 - 10 p.m.
Wednesday: 3 - 5:30 p.m.; 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Thursday: 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.; 3 - 5:30 p.m.; 7:30 - 10 p.m.
Friday: 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 5 - 8 p.m.
Leadership Reading Circle
Julie Clow's The Work Revolution: Freedom and Excellence for All
Leadership Series for all chairs, managers, and supervisors
Facilitator: Paul Terrio
Schedule: Tuesdays 8:30-10:00 a.m. (October 2, November 6, December 4, January 8, February 5, March 5, April 2)
Location: Augsburg Room
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.
If you'd like to attend, please register with Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) and pick up a book.
Volunteer With Oak Park Neighborhood Center
Pillsbury United Communities' Oak Park Neighborhood Center is Seeking Volunteers
Help bridge the digital divide by volunteering to assist adults with basic computer skills, resume writing, and job searching.
Qualifications:
• Must be able to attend full 2 hour class. Ideally someone who can commit to at least 2 days each month for at least 3 months
• Must be prompt, patient, and willing to help.
• Must know basic computer skills (Windows, Microsoft Word basics)
• Ability to navigate multiple web-based experiences (E-mail, Search Engines, Job Searches, etc.)
• Must have basic computer skills and be familiar with Word.
• Experience developing resumes is a plus
• Experience with interviewing is a plus
• Must be able to give verbal and written feedback
There is potential to teach classes using established curriculum or one's own approved curriculum.
Oak Park Center affiliates will be able to provide volunteers with reference/recommendation information from an accredited non-profit organization.
**IF YOU ARE INTERESTED FOLLOW THIS LINK:**
http://puc-mn.org/SupportOurWork/Volunteer/tabid/2113/Default.aspx
Book Orders for Spring Day and Winter WEC
Please email me your book orders for the upcoming semester by October 31. forgey@augsburg.edu
The bookstore will begin sending books back to the publisher the week of October 15. Please let us know if we need to hold any books over as soon as possible!
Community Reading Circle
Seth Godin's Linchpin: An Unsettling Call to Be Indispensable
Community Building Series for all faculty and staff
Facilitator: Ashok Kapoor
Schedule: Thursdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m. (September 20, October 18, November 15, February 7, and March 14)
Location: Augsburg Room
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 rule books 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.
If you'd like to attend, please register with Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu) and pick up a book.
Conducting Faculty Reviews
Faculty Reviews: A Chairs Guide to the New Section 6 of the Augsburg Faculty Handbook
Facilitated by Su Doree and Dave Matz
Wednesday, October 31, 3:40-5:10 p.m., Marshall Room
If you'd like to attend, please register with Sarah Hedstrom (hedstrom@augsburg.edu)
General Announcements
URGO Academic Year Research Grants Available
URGO Academic Year Research Grants are now available for undergraduate students who wish to gain research experience with an Augsburg faculty member. This is a great way to ease into research if you have never done it before, or to continue work on an existing project. Students from all disciplines are invited to apply, and past projects have ranged from biology lab work to theater performance.
Contact a faculty member within your major to discover research in progress that you may be able to join. Alternatively, you can work collaboratively with a faculty member to develop a new project. Once you have a project in mind, work with your mentor to fill out the application found on our website: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/ under "applications."
Grant winners may receive up to $1,000 for research supplies and/or a student stipend. We are already nearing the limit for awards this year, so do not hesitate to talk with a faculty member and get the ball rolling!
Clearance Clothing 50% Off Today Only
It's National Student Day! To celebrate we are taking 50% off already reduced clearance items. Today only! Have you liked the Augsburg College Facebook page? If not, you are missing out on sales and freebies!
Event Announcements
October 10 Vocatio Chapel
"Faith and the Imagination: The Call to the Arts"
Wednesday, October 10 at 10:20 a.m. in Hoversten Chapel
The October Vocatio Chapel will feature special guest Dr. Thelma Buckner - gospel singer, inspirational writer, community leader, and pastor of Gospel Temple Church in St. Paul.
Students, faculty, and staff interested in attending a luncheon with Thelma Buckner should RSVP to Lonna Field at fieldl@augsburg.edu
Dignity and Empowerment: Women as the Keys...
The Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights-US Foundation is pleased to announce Dignity and Empowerment: Women as the Keys to Global Food Security. This prestigious international seminar will launch a movement to build new relationships among women leaders, promote new ideas and real-world solutions, and inform policy makers and the public about the need to empower women, who play the most important in food production. Speakers include the former Prime Minister of Norway, Kjell Magne Bondevik; from Norway, Ingrid Stange, the internationally known director of Partnership for Change; and Vigdis Vestad, Norway's prominent human rights expert.
OCTOBER 11 at the Humphrey School / Oct. 12 (9-11:30 a.m. at Augsburg College
Free Admission/Registration Required at dignityandempowerment.eventbrite.com
Exploring Culture: Teatro del Pueblo
"Long Island Iced Latina" is award-winning performer Marga Gomez's hilariously dark memoir of her four years as the only brown girl in a white high school. It's also a testament to her determination to reclaim the Latino culture that she lost. The show is also an intoxicating manifesto for Latinos who can't speak Spanish, can't dance Salsa, and suffer from Blonditis. "We're every- where." Gomez claims "And we vote!"
Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 19-21.
Info: TeatroDelPueblo.org, 651-224-8806
Graduate School: Unveiling the Application Process
Join us as Dean Tsantir, the director of Graduate Admissions at the University of Minnesota, shares the in's and out's of the graduate school application process. He will address topics such as how to choose a graduate school, how to apply, how to assemble a quality application, as well as answer questions from the audience. This event is open to all students, regardless of year.
When: Tuesday, October 9 at 3:15
Where: Marshall Room
Questions? Email: urgo@augsburg.edu
Branching Out in STEM- October 9
If you are a student interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math, come discover ways to "branch out" and become involved in Augsburg's vital STEM community:
* Get advice on how to choose and succeed in your major
* Learn about STEM research and volunteer opportunities
* Meet other STEM majors and hear from student researchers
October 9, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Marshall Room, Christiansen Center
Treats will be provided!
If you have any questions about the event or would like to learn more about STEM at Augsburg, please contact Rebekah Dupont at (612) 330-1042 or dupont@augsburg.edu.
"Wade in the Water" - October 16
Are you curious about the possibility of theological graduate study?
Consider attending "Wade in the Water", this year's Seminary and Divinity School Day. This special event will be on Tuesday, October 16. It is free and open to current students and alumni.
Seminary and Divinity School Day is a time for participants to connect with representatives of various top-notch seminary and divinity schools from multiple denominational affiliations. Throughout the event there are large and small group sessions aimed to help with discernment, as well as many opportunities to learn about specific graduate theological programs.
More details, including a schedule, are available at: http://web.augsburg.edu/~fieldl/2012SemDivDayAugsburg.pdf
If you are able to attend all or part of the event, please register in person at the campus ministry office OR online by October 8: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHdTT1h3SjNjRmZkeVBNbDlsMXJsM3c6MQ
Dignity and Empowerment: Women as the Keys...
See Dignity & Empowerment flyer located in the public folder of International Programs on the orgs drive.
Three Focused Conversations: Oct. 9, 12, 16
To help build a broader context for topics related to the State of the College address, three Focused Conversations are scheduled starting next week. The conversations, all to be held in the Marshall Room, are:
• 2 to 3 p.m., October 9. Tammy McGee, vice president of finance and administration, will talk about the College's existing revenue and cost structure.
• 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., October 12. Julie Edstrom, vice president of enrollment management, will discuss the enrollment plan currently under development.
• 12 to 1 p.m., October 16. Ann Garvey, vice president of student affairs, will talk about the student success/Augsburg Promise initiative.
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