Parking Permit Sales OPEN

Parking permit sales opened to Fac/Staff, MBA, and PA for regular surface lot permits on Monday at 8:30 a.m.

Day Commuter & Resident permits continue to register by class year on the specified day below. All sales open at 8:30 a.m. each morning and continue to the following morning at 8:30 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 7th- Seniors
Tuesday, Jan. 8th- Juniors
Wednesday, Jan. 9th- Sophomores
Thursday, Jan. 10th- First Years
Friday, Jan. 11th- All class years

Parking Permit Sales will open to ALL class years on Friday at 8:30 a.m.
Underground permit sales will open to Fac/Staff on Friday at 8:30 a.m.

Please visit the parking website for details on permit types, cost, and registration dates. http://www.augsburg.edu/dps/

Permits will be required in all parking lots beginning Jan. 14 at 8 a.m.

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Staying Healthy During Flu Season

One of the top news stories has been the rising number of flu cases.

We want all students to be successful and stay healthy, and we need your help to accomplish this.

Current recommendations for staying healthy include (Source: www.flu.gov):
• Wash your hands frequently with soap or hand sanitizer
• Practice good health habits including getting enough sleep, nutrition and hydration
• Avoid contact with sick people when possible
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth
• Cover nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze
• Know the signs and symptoms of the flu
• See your doctor if you have symptoms
• Stay home if you are sick
• Receive the flu vaccine (as advised by your physician)
What to do if you are ill:
• If you have an Influenza-Like-Illness (ILI), defined as fever equal to or greater than 100.0 plus a cough or sore throat, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends you self-isolate until at least 24 hours after you are free of a fever of greater than 100 degrees F without the use of fever-reducing medications.

Self-isolation means staying away from people except to get medical care or necessities. You should avoid large group gatherings including classes, sporting events and public forms of transportation. For most cases this period of isolation would last from 3 to 5 days.

• Call the Dean of Students Office at 612-330-1160, and we will help notify your instructors.
Professors are aware of these recommendations and will do their best to be flexible with your missing classes.
If you live on campus and have an Influenza-Like-Illness, you should talk with your family about going home, if you can, while you recuperate.

What to do if your on-campus roommate has Influenza-Like-Illness:
• Wash hands frequently
• Avoid close contact if possible
• If your roommate is not able to self-isolate by going to his/her permanent home and you live close by, consider going home for a few days and commuting to class.
If you are dealing with a situation and need assistance, please call the Dean of Students Office, 612-330-1160.

For the most up-to-date information on flu, visit www.flu.gov.

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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, January 17 from 12 noon – 1 p.m.
Tuesday, January 22 from 12 noon – 1 p.m.

Rochester opportunities are being planned as well.

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 is available on the IT website at http://inside.augsburg.edu/it

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Book Reading by MFA-Creative Writing Mentor

Augsburg MFA-Creative Writing Nonfiction Mentor Jack El-Hai will read from his work on January 31 in the Admissions Lounge, ground floor of the Christensen Center. The reading is sponsored by the Augsburg Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, and begins at 6:30 p.m.

Lost Minnesota and The Lobotomist will be for sale, and Jack will be available to sign books. The Lobotomist is print on demand, so if you would like to purchase a copy, please email Laura Forgey at the bookstore at forgey@augsburg.edu to make sure we have a copy for you.

Jack El-Hai is a writer of literary journalism and creative nonfiction. His books include The Nazi and the Psychiatrist (Public Affairs, forthcoming), Turbulent Air: A History of Northwest Airlines (University of Minnesota Press, forthcoming), and The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness (Wiley). The Lobotomist is currently in production as a TV series pilot for HBO and was previously adapted as a PBS American Experience television documentary.

Jack's newest project, The Nazi and The Psychiatrist is slated for publication by PublicAffairs Books and has recently been optioned for stage and screen by Mythology Entertainment. The book explores the complex relationship between American psychiatrist Dr. Douglas M. Kelley and Nazi war criminal and Hitler's right-hand man Hermann Goering. It is the first to access Kelley's personal and professional papers from the Nuremberg Trial years, which the shrink's family had hidden away for years.

Jack's essays and articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Wired, Scientific American Mind, The History Channel Magazine, American Heritage, and The Saturday Evening Post. Winner of a Minnesota Book Award and a McKnight Artist Fellowship, he is a past president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College and an undergraduate degree in English from Carleton College

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Mai Yang Vue & Travelers EDGE Program Featured

Senior Mai Yang Vue and Augsburg's Travelers EDGE Program were featured in a recent Star Tribune article.

Augsburg has been a Travelers EDGE partner institution since 2010. Program goals include increasing the number of underrepresented students attending college, helping them to graduate from college, and also building awareness of careers in the Insurance and Financial Services industry.

See this link for the full text of the article: http://www.startribune.com/local/186234531.html

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