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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, 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
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 p.m. (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)
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. (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.
New Course 2013: The Impact of the Internet Society
Using the Internet has become nearly as important as oxygen in life. How has this happened? This course will explore the power of the Internet as well as how rules and regulations limit it. It will cover how the Internet works, who decides and how it changes institutions and services including social life, education, health care, government, commerce, transportation, global connections, the environment and more. What are the current controversies and what are the main issues just ahead?
Access Center is now part of CLASS
With the retirement of Sadie Curtis in January, the CLASS office has taken over serving all students with disabilities. This includes students with learning disabilities, ADHD, psychiatric diagnoses, injuries (including brain injuries), physical disabilities, and other health concerns. Faculty, staff and students now have one place to contact with all of their questions about students with disabilities.
The only disability issues that the CLASS office will not be managing are those related to employment. See Human Resources for any job-related disability questions.
If you have or work with a student who has a health concern and needs academic accommodations, or a student who has broken their hand and needs a note taker, or a student with mobility issues or a brain injury—as well as any students with cognitive-related or psychiatric disabilities—send them to the Gage Center for Student Success in the Lindell Library and have them make an appointment with a CLASS Disability Specialist.
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)
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 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 who 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.
General Announcements
Dining Services
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. Today the special is Chicken Parmesan Pasta served with a breadstick and a fountain soda. Hot apple cider is now available at Nabo!
Stop by Einstein's for our special this week. Add a cup of soup to your lunch sandwich or salad purchase for only $1.50.
Einstein's is also now serving Caramel Apple Cider to warm up your autumn!
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.
The Commons currently is having a Candy Corn Counting Competition. Stop by to guess how many candy corns are in the jar for a chance 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
Participate in Augsburg LIVE - Tomorrow
Tune in for Augsburg LIVE! on Thursday, October 18 at 12 p.m. (CDT). Join President Pribbenow for the second annual Augsburg LIVE webinar. This will be an opportunity to hear first-hand from the President about his vision and College priorities.
Log in at http://www.augsburg.edu/ to join the dialog. Register at www.augsburg.edu/alumnievents. Submit questions to the President in advance by emailing alumni@augsburg.edu.
Spanish Conversation Meets This Thursday
Looking for a chance to improve your Spanish conversation skills? Then we've got just the thing for you - Spanish Conversation group!
Please join us as we gather to chat in Spanish, laugh, and have a bit of fun. From beginning to advanced, all levels are welcome. We meet every Thursday in the Riverside Room, 2nd floor Christensen, from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Signs will be posted. Join us for 10 minutes or for the whole session, whatever works for you. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Questions? Contact Emiliano Chagil, ext. 1309; Anita Fisher, ext. 1082; or Kate Reinhardt, ext. 1081. We hope to see you there!
Sweet Maladies Auditions
The Augsburg Theater Arts Department will hold auditions for its main stage production, Sweet Maladies, by Zakiyyah Alexander, directed by Dominic Taylor. Auditions will be held in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater in Foss Center, Tuesday, October 23 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Wednesday, October 24 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. An audition sign-up sheet will be posted on the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater door in the Atrium of the Foss Center.
Casting: 4 female roles
All Augsburg students are welcome to audition! Please choose and carefully prepare two (preferably contemporary) contrasting monologues lasting no longer than two minutes each. Copies of Sweet Maladies have been placed on reserve in the library under the name Dominic Taylor and monologue suggestions are available in the Theater office. It is recommended that you read the entire play in order to have a sense of the tone of the piece and the nature of the characters.
About the director:
Dominic Taylor's directing projects have included, Fresh Faust, The Negroes Burial Ground, Uppa Creek, Destiny, Ride the Rhythm, The Wiz, Night Train to Bolina, Execution of Justice, and Black Nativity. He has worked as a director and playwright with Penumbra Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Crossroads Theater, Rites and Reasons Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, and Ensemble Studio Theatre, among others. He holds both a Bachelor's and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Brown University. At present he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota.
Rehearsals will begin Monday, November 19 and performance dates are February 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17.
Email bakkenm@augsburg.edu with questions.
Puppet Extravaganza
Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza: "Chicka-BOOM!"
Art by Munir Kahar, Design by Giuliana Ciabo
Chicka-BOOM!
Five shows! Two spectacular weekends plus Halloween Night!
* Saturday, October 20 · 7 p.m. followed by The Poor Nobodys
* Sunday, October 21 · 7 p.m. followed by Jack Brass Band *ASL by Angelina Roslik
* Saturday, October 27 · 7 p.m. followed by Brass Messengers **AD by Cynthia Hamre
* Sunday, October 28 · 7 p.m. followed by Ukrainian Village Band
* Wednesday, October 31 · 7 p.m. followed by Brass Messengers
Hidden Falls Regional Park, North Gate (Magoffin Ave) Entrance
1305 Mississippi River Blvd. S., St. Paul, MN
(0.8 miles south of Ford Parkway)
* ADA accessible
The Halloween Extravaganza is both "pay-what-you-can" and "pay-what-it's-worth-to-you". Everyone is welcome and no one is turned away based on ability to pay. The production is grass roots community theater and the audience generously supports half of what it costs.
Interested in Engineering?
Ben Koch, transfer admissions counselor from the University of Minnesota, will be here Thursday, October 18, at noon in Science 21 to discuss the Dual Degree (3-2) and 4-2 pre-engineering programs. Bring your questions. See you there!
The Chronicle's Great Colleges to Work for Survey
We want to let the Augsburg community know that The Chronicle of Higher Education "Great Colleges to Work For" surveys from 2010 and 2012 can be found in two locations, the Human Resources Moodle page and the College reports page (accessed by signing into AugNet). Included in this information is a side-by-side comparison of 2010 and 2012, and the comments from both years. As with the 2010 results, HR is working with Cabinet to identify actions to address key themes.
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Used Bike Drive - October 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 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 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 http://spokesconnect.org/. For questions about the Used Bike Drive, contact Steve Peacock at 612-330-1583 or email peacock@augsburg.edu.
Event Announcements
Focused Conversation: Noon TODAY
The second Focused Conversation on the enrollment plan is scheduled today, October 17, from noon to 1 p.m. in Lindell 301. The session will be led by Julie Edstrom, vice president of enrollment management.
Future Focused Conversations are being planned to provide updates on revenue and cost structure (led by Tammy McGee, vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer) and academic programs (led by Barbara Farley, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the College). Dates, times, and locations for those sessions will be posted in A-mail in the coming weeks.
Learn About Health Careers - October 31 at 2:30
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a physician, physician's assistant, or medical student? Come to a panel discussion featuring an M.D., a P.A. and two medical students. They will provide some background about their particular training and their path into health care. Following their comments there will be a question and answer session.
October 31 from 2:30-3:30 p.m.
For questions, please contact Dr. Matthew Beckman at beckmanm@augsburg.edu or Kirsten O'Brien at obrienk@augsburg.edu.
Graduate and Professional School Fair 10/18
Check out more than 100 graduate schools, medical schools, and law schools at the U of M's Coffman Union this Thursday, October 18 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (stop by any time). You can browse programs, talk with admissions representatives, and even attend workshops on how to apply for graduate school and write effective personal statements. Coffman Union is a short walk from here and has many food options if you decide to attend over lunch! If you would prefer to walk over to the fair with a group from Augsburg, please contact urgo@augsburg.edu.
To find the list of featured graduate and professional programs or to learn more about the event, go to http://www.clacareer.umn.edu/GSD/index.html.
Government & Nonprofit Career Fair
The Strommen Career & Internship Services would like to invite all students to attend the upcoming Government & Nonprofit Career Fair. Visit with representatives from a variety of government branches and nonprofit organizations.
You can network and learn about jobs and internships or attend a workshop. This event is being sponsored by the MN Colleges and Universities Career Services Association. The fair is FREE, however, we would like you to register by emailing careers@augsburg.edu or drop by our office in Suite 100 of the Christensen Center.
To view employers and see other programming for event go to www.mcucsa.org/govnonprofitfair
Finnish Lessons with Pasi Solberg, Oct. 18, 7 p.m.
Presentation by Pasi Sahlberg, Director General of CIMO (in the Ministry of Education) in Helsinki, Finland and author of Finnish Lessons. The event is sponsored by Augsburg College Education Department and Upper Mississippi Academy.
Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m. East Commons, Christensen Center
The link to the registration is here: http://is.gd/augsburgpasi and on on the invitation. Please join us.
Dr. Solberg has experience in classroom teaching, training teachers and leaders, coaching schools to change and advising education policy-makers around the world. Dr. Sahlberg has lived and worked in the United States (World Bank in Washington DC) and Italy (European Commission). He is an international keynote speaker and has published over 100 articles, chapters and books, among them "The Fourth Way of Finland" (2011), "Rethinking accountability in a knowledge society" (2010), "Creativity and innovation through lifelong learning" (2009), and "Education Reform for Raising Economic Competitiveness" (2006). He earned PhD from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) in 1996. Dr. Sahlberg is a member of the Board of Directors of ASCD and Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki and the University of Oulu. His latest book is "Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?"
Visit www.pasisahlberg.com for more information.
STEM Opportunities at Augsburg
Want to learn more about STEM at Augsburg? Interested in URGO or McNair, but not sure what these programs are or where to start?
Come by the lounge area near the Enrollment Center (first floor of Sverdrup Hall) on Thursday, October 18 from 10-11:30 a.m. There will be cookies, cider and coffee. You will have the opportunity to talk to students who have participated in both on-campus and off-campus STEM-related programs. Staff representing the following programs will be available to answer questions: LSAMP North Star STEM, the NSF AugSTEM Scholarship Program, the McNair Scholars Program, and the Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) office.
If you have questions, feel free to contact Rebekah Dupont at dupont@augsburg.edu
Students - Attend the Etiquette Dinner
How To Eat Dinner & You Thought You Knew..... Attend the Etiquette Dinner!
Are you interested in learning basic etiquette skills that will help you manage first impressions and land a job or internship? Then join fellow alumni and students for a three-course dinner and hear a lively presentation from our guest speaker.
Cost $10
Register by November 5th and receive 10 free business cards and be entered into a drawing to win a $25 Target gift card.
Registration form can be found at: http://www.augsburgcareerservices.com/
Questions? Email tilton@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1148.
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10" Toshiba Netbook for Sale
I'm selling a well-cared-for Toshiba netbook with the following specs for $75.
Email if you have any questions or would like to see it.
Toshiba NB205
10.1" display
Windows 7
1GB RAM
140GB HD
3 USB 2.0 ports
VGA output
Ethernet port
Built-in webcam, microphone
Great battery life
AC adapter
Carrying Case