Public Safety Cell Phone Drive

The Department of Public Safety is collecting used wireless phones and their batteries to benefit victims of domestic violence. Shelter Alliance will donate money to the Tubman Family Alliance Organization in Minneapolis for every used cell phone they receive from our department. Please be sure to deactivate your service before donating a phone. Donations are being accepted at the Dispatch booth in the Mort/Urness lobby. Any personal data found on the phone will be erased by Shelter Alliance, a program of GRC Wireless Recycling. Thank You!

Back to top

No postings

Weight Watchers

This is our second attempt to generate interest in Weight Watchers so that we could have Weight Watchers meetings come to Augsburg. If you are interested in joining Weight Watchers meetings on campus, please email hudlow@augsburg.edu.

Back to top

Final Week to Submit to Murphy Square

January 18th is THE LAST DAY to submit to Augsburg's Literary and Visual Arts Journal, Murphy Square.

We accept all submissions of art, poetry, or prose as long as they are original works by an enrolled Augsburg student, staff or faculty member.

All art that is not digital MUST be photographed and formatted at a resolution of 300ppi. Photography and digital art must also be high resolution at 300ppi. Visual arts submissions must be submitted in either .jpg or .tif format. No .pdf or .psd files will be accepted.

Any work of prose or poetry must have a title and must be submitted in a Microsoft Word .doc or .docx file or .rtf for a non-Word document. The file name MUST match the name of the work. Only one piece per file; please do not save two or more works in a single file as it gets confusing during the selection process!

Email all material as attachments to murphysquare@augsburg.edu. All work should be anonymous (no names in documents). Include your name, email address, campus box number, and the title of your attached pieces in the body of your email.

Email murphysquare@augsburg.edu or teodonno@augsburg.edu if you have any questions or need help in submitting.

Back to top

Preparing for Years of Service Awards

Hello fellow staff members! As your Staff Senate, we are preparing for our Years of Service awards and want to make sure we have an accurate list. We celebrate 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012. If you think you should or should not be on this list, feel free to contact me at Christi@augsburg.edu or ext. 1160.

5 Years
Ackerman, Kelly
Bekuto, Feyissa
Bereda, Eleni
Burgess, Amanda
Canada, DuShawn
Chamberlain, Mark
Collen, Jodi
Custer, Caren
Dida, Khadija
Erdman, Amanda
Fox Wassink, Sheila
Hamilton, David
Jarsso, Petrose
Kampf, Carole
Kershaw, Ryan
Larson, Leslie
Moore, Kasidy
Morales, Janet
Moulsoff, James
Noy, Brian
Otterson, Ericka
Panemalaythong, Sisavanh
Raven, Linda
Richardson Blackwell, Kelsey
Rowdon, Jeffrey
Scott, Douglas
Sedoro, Mulugeta
Shropshire, Lucas
Simon, Jennifer
Truax, Martha
Wanstall, David
Wolfe, Karl

10 Years
Benton, Carrie Ann
Dinger, Nicholas
Gonzales, John
Henslin, Lisbeth
Johnson, Judith
Phommapheng, Olee
Salmeri, Patrice

15 Years
Asmussen, Kevin
Benson, Avis
Green, Michael
Hemmingsen, Brenda
Hogan, Karen
Madigan, Arlen
Mariani, Carlos
Mata, Roberto
Stoner Jr, Donald

20 Years
Johnson, Sharon
McGoff, Regina
Peterson, Robert
Theophilos, Minasie

25 Years
Lester, Mark
Phinney, Jay

30 Years
Nielsen-Johns, Lois

Back to top

Free Yoga Starts TODAY

CCHP welcomes all students, faculty and staff back to a new semester of FREE yoga classes! The class starts today (Tuesday 1/15) and is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 noon - 1 p.m. in the Wrestling Room of Kennedy Center.

Please feel free to join as you are able to do so. You should wear comfortable clothing and feel free to bring your own yoga mat. A limited number of free yoga mats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Any questions or if you would like to be added to our email reminder list, please contact Dianne Detloff at detloff@augsburg.edu!

Back to top

Theater Department Auditions for "Cabaret"

All Augsburg students are invited to audition for the theater department's up and coming production of "Cabaret"! Auditions will be held Monday, January 28th from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Tuesday, January 29th from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. More information and sign-up sheets are posted on the Tjornhom-Nelson theater door in the Foss Atrium.

Back to top

Nominations Open for 2012 Outstanding Staff Awards

Staff Senate is seeking nominations for the 2012 Augsburg College Outstanding Staff Awards. This award is intended to recognize exceptional Augsburg staff members who exemplify the mission statement of the college through their actions.

To be considered for this award, the nominee must have a complete nomination packet that includes:

* A nomination packet: http://web.augsburg.edu/staffsenate/NominationForm2013.doc
* At least 2 letters of recommendation

Nomination forms and all letters of recommendation are due no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 8, to Jeff Rowdon at CB 316 or by email at rowdon@augsburg.edu.

Back to top

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

Back to top

Sad News About a Former Student

Former student, Eric Dietz, died on January 6 in Hawaii. Eric attended Augsburg between 2005 and 2011.

There are 2 events to celebrate Eric: a music jam at Twisted Groove in Minneapolis, Wed., Jan. 16 at 9 pm.

His memorial service will be 4-6 pm on Sat. January 26, at Anodyne Art Center: Anodyne Art Center 825 Carlton St. St. Paul.

Please keep Eric, his family and friends, in your prayers.

Back to top

Want to Get Involved in the Community?

Stop by Community Link's first meeting of the semester.

LINK's Main Goals:
1. LINK Augsburg to the outside community by inspiring, motivating, empowering students to get involved. Working to emphasize the importance and benefit of working with the community.
2. LINK the Community to Augsburg by finding and facilitating ways for Augsburg to benefit its neighbors through community events.
3. Support and promote pre-existing connections to the community.

Every Tuesday at 7pm in the Auggies Nest (basement of Christensen Center)

Please, email or check out our Facebook group if you can't make it. Everyone is welcome!

Pizza and candy might be provided!

Back to top

Calle Lake by Xavier Tavera - Art Reception

Reception: Friday, January 18, 6 – 8 p.m.
Christensen Center Art Gallery

Calle Lake
Xavier Tavera

January 14 – March 14, 2013

Tavera's recent photographic portrait series documents members of the Latino community on Lake Street in Minneapolis.

Back to top

LGBTQIA Ally Trainings Offered This February

LGBTQIA Ally Trainings are being offered this semester for all students, staff, and faculty:

*Ally Training I
Monday, February 11, 1-4 p.m.
OR
Tuesday, February 12, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Marshall Room

Ally Training II
Wednesday, February 13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Marshall Room

Ally Trainings are offered for all faculty, staff, and students at Augsburg College to gain knowledge, skills, and resources around being intentionally supportive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) communities. Participants will learn about LGBTQIA history and culture, confront myths and stereotypes, discuss heterosexual and gender-conforming privilege, discuss potential scenarios, ask questions in a safe environment, and discuss next steps on how to be an effective ally to LGBTQIA individuals at Augsburg.

To RSVP, email Michael Grewe at grewe@augsburg.edu.

*Those who attend Ally Training I receive an "Ally" placard.

Back to top

MFA Creative Writing Mentor Book Reading

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.

Back to top

Flu Shots Available on 1/23

CCHP welcomes back the MN Visiting Nurse Association for a flu shot clinic on Wednesday 1/23/13 from 12 - 1:30 pm. The flu shots will be administered in the East Commons. Please bring your insurance card or you can pay by cash or check in the amount of $29

We strongly encourage all students, faculty and staff to get a flu shot if you have not had a flu shot yet this season. The flu shot does not guarantee you will not get the flu but is very helpful in reducing the length and severity of the flu if you do get it.

Please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707 if you have any questions about the flu shot clinic.

Let's stay well Auggies -- get your flu shot next week!

Back to top

Discount Tickets for Nobel Peace Prize Forum

The 25th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum, scheduled from March 8-10, provides the Augsburg community the opportunity to hear from global, national and local leaders on topics related to peace and peacemaking. The cost for Augsburg students to attend is only $10 per day. The cost for Augsburg faculty and staff is only $20 per day, a discount of 50 percent from the full price of $40 per day. Faculty and staff should use the code "AUGSBURG" at the time of registration to receive the discount. This discount only is valid for Augsburg College faculty and staff. Register online at http://nobelpeaceprizeforum.org/new-2013-forum-the-power-of-ideas-people-and-peace/ .

Back to top

No postings

No postings

Looking for M/Nanny

I'm seeking to hire an Augsburg student to m/nanny my 2-year-old son on Mondays from approximately 8:30-4:30 p.m. Please contact schlipp@augsburg.edu if interested and available.

Back to top