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Papers Due? Spend Some Time with WL Tutors

So far this term, tutors in the Writing Lab have conducted more than 950 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.

Any questions? Contact Professor Swanson.

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Mayo Biomedical Ethics Summer Research Fellowship

On behalf of the Mayo Clinic, URGO announces the 2013 Vann Fellowship for summer undergraduate research in biomedical ethics! This fellowship is highly competitive and each college may only endorse two applicants. Applications for Augsburg's internal competition are due December 7, 2012.

Program details:
• Work with physician and research mentors within Mayo's Program in Professionalism and Ethics
• 8-10 weeks of full-time research
• $5,000 stipend
• Research topics may include (but are not limited to):
- Clinical ethics
- Informed patient consent, competence, and dementia
- Advanced directives, surrogate decision-makers, cultural values
- Ethical issues in end-of-life care and life-sustaining treatments
- Ethics in biomedical research, stem-cell research, and transplants

Qualifications:
• Enrolled in undergraduate courses for the fall of 2013
• Strong interest in biomedical ethics and/or clinical ethics (students with any major may apply)

If you are interested in applying for the Vann Fellowship, please contact Kirsten O'Brien at obrienk@augsburg.edu for application materials.

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Apply for a Udall Scholarship - Up to $5,000

In 2013, the national Udall Foundation expects to award 50 scholarships of up to $5,000 and 50 honorable mentions to sophomore- and junior-level college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.

Scholarships are offered in any of three categories:

1) To students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, economics, and other related fields; or

2) To Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy, including fields related to tribal sovereignty, tribal governance, tribal law, Native American education, Native American justice, natural resource management, cultural preservation and revitalization, Native American economic development, and other areas affecting Native American communities; or

3) To Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health care, including health care administration, social work, medicine, dentistry, counseling, and research into health conditions affecting Native American communities, and other related fields.

To find out more about the Udall scholarship and how to apply, contact URGO@augsburg.edu or stop by the URGO office at 152 Science Hall.

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Native Sky Watchers - New AIS Course Offered

Hello all,

For those of you looking for another course this upcoming semester, there is a new one being offered: it is Native Sky Watchers. The class emphasis will be on relationship between the sky, Earth and cosmology and indigenous people. The class is held on Mondays from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. For more information, contact the course instructor Jim Rock at rocksalt@ties2.net

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Dining Services

Einsteins is now offering peppermint flavors. Stop by to try a Mint Mocha or a Mint Hot Chocolate.

Nabo:
Nabo is offering a 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.

The special today is a Chicken and Broccoli Bowl with a fountain soda.

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.

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.

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Considering Google Apps for Augsburg

After several months of weighing options, the IT Advisory Group is considering a recommendation that Augsburg transition to using the Gmail/Google Apps platform for email, calendaring, and network/file storage. The committee invites faculty, staff and students to any of several upcoming brown bag sessions to learn about this powerful framework for collaboration and to provide feedback on the idea of transitioning.

Please join us with your lunch in East Commons on

Thursday, December 6 from 12 noon - 1 p.m.
Tuesday, December 11 from 12 noon - 1 p.m.
Wednesday, December 19 from 12 noon - 1 p.m.

(If you can't attend, please note that a few more sessions will be scheduled in January.)

There will be a brief presentation on what the Google Apps platform provides the campus and time for questions and answers. A comprehensive and growing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list will be available on the IT Website at http://inside.augsburg.edu/it shortly.

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ADSG Discrimination Awareness Events

Have you experienced prejudice, exclusion, or isolation on campus? Let us know so we can help.

The Augsburg Day Student Government Student Concerns Committee is holding a discrimination awareness event on December 10 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Student Lounge, Christensen Center. Additionally, instances of discrimination can always be reported at:

www.augsburg.edu/discrimination

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Velkommen Jul - TODAY

Join the Augsburg Associates as they welcome the Advent and Christmas seasons in Scandinavian style with Velkommen Jul TODAY Friday, November 30.

The celebration begins at 10:20 a.m. with an Advent worship service in Hoversten Chapel followed by a reception and boutique in Christensen Center at 11:00 a.m. You may find that perfect Christmas present at the boutique and there will be goodies galore at the bake sale. Cookies, lefse, krumkake, sandbakkels, rosettes and kringler are just a few of the sweet treats that will be available. Please join us and wear your Norwegian sweater!

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Vocatio Chapel with AGAPE, Hip Hop Outreach

"Faith and the Imagination: The Call to the Arts"

Special Guest: AGAPE* (David Scherer), www.hiphopoutreach.com

AGAPE* is a hip hop artist who combines dancing, rap and storytelling to spread the message of God's love through Christ. AGAPE* has been touring full-time as a musician for the last twelve years, performing for hundreds of thousands of youth across the US, and in eight different countries. He has recorded six CDs and has recorded with critically-acclaimed producer Ant (Atmosphere, Brother Ali) as well as Chris Brown's producer Ra Charm. He has shared the stage with the likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Toby Mac, David Crowder, Tony Campolo, and Gospel giant Kirk Franklin. In 2001 He co-founded JUMP (Joint Urban Ministries in Praise) a ministry dedicated to helping urban youth unleash their leadership skills through the arts. More recently he founded a youth-led worship service called AMP (All Metro Praise) which attracts hundreds of youth and young adults across the metro area. In 2009, he received the Tom Hunstad Award for excellence in youth ministry and his contribution to the lives of young people. His ministry was also recently featured in an ABC affiliated documentary entitled "Peace of Bread" about food insecurity in America.

Following chapel, there will be a luncheon for more conversation with AGAPE*. To attend the luncheon, RSVP to Lonna Field at fieldl@augsburg.edu

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