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Document Shredding
The Facilities Department has scheduled a document shredding company to be on campus the morning of Wednesday, October 24. If you have any confidential materials that you wish to be shredded at that time, please box them up and mark the boxes "to be shredded." Then, submit an online facilities work request no later than Monday, October 22 for our staff to pick up these boxes from your office before the shredding company arrives. If you have any questions, please email me (adamsth@augsburg.edu) or call ext. 1566.
Heating Season
Due to the recent cold snap, the Facilities Department has completed the seasonal changeover to heating mode earlier than normal. For spaces that have local control, thermostats should be set to 68 degrees F and left there for the heating season. If you experience abnormally cold temperatures in any space, please do not "crank" the thermostat up; instead, submit a work request. We appreciate your help in reducing our energy bills!
The Facilities Department is currently processing work orders to remove window air conditioners, so please be patient with your requests for removal. If the unit in your area has not been removed or serviced by 11/15/12, please feel free to contact us at that time.
Also, additional items for sale will be posted on the Facilities Recycle Bin Moodle site this week. Please check them out if you are looking for some bargains.
Teaching and Learning
Managing Time and Tasks at Work
Staff Development Series: Managing Time and Tasks at Work
Date: Tuesday, October 16
Time: 8-9:30 a.m.
Place: Oren Gateway Center 103
RSVP online at: http://augsburg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_72Nf3rwg8kIDNGd
Join us to explore a few different systems for managing time, email, and
priorities during this practical, hands-on session! You will learn about
Stephen Covey's methods for prioritization, as well as David Allen's Getting
Things Done methodology for stress-free productivity. During the session, you
will capture some of the "open loops" in your professional life and explore a
tool for effective prioritization. We will also dive into practical tips for
managing your GroupWise email more effectively and efficiently as well as
explore a few different tools for tracking "to-dos."
About the facilitators:
Rick Gubash works in the CLASS Office where (among many other things) he coaches students on time management and prioritization to guide them to academic success.
Andrea Dvorak is the coordinator for faculty-led programs abroad in the Office of International Programs. She is a practitioner of the Getting Things Done methodology in her own work life as she tracks the comprehensive status of multiple overseas trips at any given time.
Questions? Contact Tracy Christianson or Erin Voss. The Staff Development Series is co-sponsored by Human Resources and the Center for Teaching and Learning.
General Announcements
The Honors Review is Accepting Submissions
honrview@augsburg.edu | http://honorsreview.wordpress.com/
The Honors Review is an academic journal published yearly through the Augsburg College Honors Program. Over the past several years, the Honors Review has distinguished itself nationwide by publishing volumes of excellent scholarship submitted by students from various institutions across the country. The Review aims to carefully select and publish quality research at the undergraduate level. All submissions meeting the criteria of the journal will undergo a blind peer review process and receive feedback from a peer editor as well as a faculty referee. The editorial team encourages students of all disciplines to submit their work and seize this unique opportunity for publication.
Priority Deadline: November 15
Final Deadline: January 15
Those who submit by the priority deadline will receive immediate feedback as well as an opportunity to revise and resubmit their work based on the editorial suggestions. Submissions should be approximately 6,000 to 10,000 words in length. For more information about the Honors Review and the submission process, please visit our website at the address listed above or email honrview@augsburg.edu
Used Bike Drive for SPOKES - Oct. 26
Cleaning out your garage or storage room in preparation for winter? Drop off repairable used bikes at the Sabo Center House (624 21st Ave. S.) anytime from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, October 26.
All bikes collected will be donated to SPOKES, a non-profit community bicycle and walking resource for the Cedar-Riverside, Seward, and Phillips communities in Minneapolis. The goal of SPOKES is to get more people to use biking and walking for transit, recreation, and exercise. SPOKES provides reliable low or no cost bikes, classes, programming and a space around which to build a diverse and thriving biking and walking community.
For more information on SPOKES go to www.SpokesConnect.org. For questions about the Used Bike Drive, call Steve Peacock at 612-330-1583 or email peacock@augsburg.edu.
Dining Services
Nabo will be closed this Saturday. Please stop by Einstein's, which will be open from 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Nabo will resume regular business hours on Monday.
Nabo is offering a new meal replacement special, one meal plan meal per week can be used to purchase the special of the day at Nabo from 1:30 p.m. to close. Hot apple cider is now here. Today the special is a Chicken Ranch Wrap.
Einstein's now has pumpkin. Stop by for a pumpkin bagel or a pumpkin scone. We also have the pumpkin spice drinks, try them iced or hot.
The Commons:
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.
Starting on Monday the Commons will be having a Candy Corn Counting Competition, stop by to guess how many candy corn in the jar to win a gift card or flex points.
Please return all coffee mugs, spoons, knives and forks back to the Commons in the Christensen Center. Thank you for your help in this matter to locate these misplaced items.
Flex Points can be purchased online at http://augsburg.aviands.com/flex-points/. You can pay with your student account or credit card.
Event Announcements
Final Open Hearing on Credit Hour
The federal government has issued a mandate that all colleges and universities must be in compliance with guidelines regarding course credit hours. The Higher Learning Commission has established protocols to ensure compliance and a group of Augsburg staff and faculty members (the Task Force on Academic Program Structure) has been meeting this past summer to work on means by which this compliance can be accomplished.
It is important that all faculty and staff members have opportunities to learn about the proposed changes and to discuss the implications of these changes. If you were not able to attend the previous hearings, Faculty Senate and the Task Force invite you to attend the final session scheduled for:
MONDAY, Oct. 15; 12-1 p.m. in Sverdrup 102
Cooking Classes Every Tuesday 7-9 p.m.
Campus Kitchen is excited to announce that we will be restarting our weekly Cooking Classes, every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. in the Christensen Central Kitchen. Here we'll learn how to cook healthy and affordable meals that will be served to youth at Brian Coyle -- we serve there every day 4:30-5:15 p.m. All who participate also will be fed themselves, and most likely sent home with food.
To sign up go to www.tinyurl.com/requestshift or see the calendar for all opportunities at www.tinyurl.com/ckpcalendar
We would like to extend a big thank you to every chef, manager, and server with A'viands for their support in the kitchen space and in the community, and for doing such a fine job feeding the Augsburg community.
Monday: Deadline to Apply for Winter Break Abroad
There is still time to complete your application to study abroad over winter break! You'll add another credit to your academic year, experience a new culture, and have fun over break!
The deadline for the following two winter break programs has been extended to October 15--MONDAY. There is still time to apply, come in to see us!
1. Indigenous Nation Building and History in Bolivia
January 3-12, 2013
WST/AIS 305 or AIS 490 or HIS 350
1 credit
Fulfills: AugExperience, WST/AIS 305/490 fulfills Keystone, HIS 350 fulfills HIS, IR, CCS major electives
Faculty: Michael Lansing & Elise Marubbio
https://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/?go=bolivia2013
2. Vocation & Christian Faith: El Salvador
January 3-13, 2013
REL 480
1 credit
Fulfills: AugExperience, Keystone for some majors, including BUS, and a REL Elective
Faculty: Bev Stratton
https://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/?go=vocation2013
Philanthropy Week Begins Next Week
Attention students, faculty, and staff! Save the date for Philanthropy Week!
From Monday, October 15 through Friday, October 19, be sure to stop by Christensen Center and check out The Augsburg Fund table to pick up your class piggy bank, win prizes, play games, and more!
The piggy banks are a competition to see which class can have the most donors "feed their pig" to win a class party on campus! Faculty & staff can "adopt" a piggy from any class year. Piggy bank round ups will happen throughout the year.
Check out the price tags around campus to see how donors have impacted your Augsburg experience today---and to participate in our Facebook challenge- "Tag it!" All you have to do is take a picture with one of the price tags on campus and post it on Auggie Eagle’s Facebook page. Auggie will be the judge and pick his two favorites, and those two students will each win $50!
Cultural Fashion Show/Open Mic
Come celebrate cultural diversity! Come showcase your talent! This event is hosted by the Women's Resource Center it will be held at the room East Commons in Christensen Center.
The event is on October 22 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Refreshments and food will be provided at the Women's Resource Center, which will be located in Sverdrup room 207 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at alis8@augsburg.edu
Exploring Mind/Meditation: Monday 7 p.m. OGC 100
Wolfgang Poier
"Exploring Mind"
Monday, October 15, 7 p.m.
Oren Gateway Center Room 100
The Diamond Way Buddhist Group on campus is excited to host Wolfang Poier from Germany on campus. The program at Augsburg will be about a hour long with an introduction to Buddhism and meditation, a time for questions, and an opportunity to try a guided meditation. Free and open to all.
He'll also speak at the Diamond Way Center in Uptown on Tuesday at 7 p.m. More information at http://www.facebook.com/augsburgdiamondway
You can also join us every Monday 10:20-10:55 a.m. in Si-Melby 206 for a short program: 10 minute introductory talk followed by a 15 minute guided meditation.
Next Focused Conversation: Tuesday
The third Focused Conversation in the initial series this fall will take place on Tuesday, October 16, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Marshall Room. The session will be led by Ann Garvey, vice president of student affairs, who will talk about the student success/Augsburg Promise initiative.
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