Snow Emergency/Removal

When a significant amount of snow falls, the city of Minneapolis declares a Snow Emergency to remove accumulating snow from the full width of city streets. If you are parked on a city street and do not follow the snow emergency rules, your vehicle will be ticketed and towed by the city.

Due to the current snowfall, crews are out plowing and treating streets. As of 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, a Snow Emergency has not been declared. BUT PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK BACK DURING THE DAY. If you park on city streets, please visit the city of Minneapolis snow emergency website. Here you will find the snow emergency parking rules along with an interactive map showing where you can park and when. The snow emergency parking page is:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/snow/index.htm

It is NOT Augsburg's responsibility to notify you of snow emergencies on city streets. If the city tows your car, it will cost you several hundred dollars to get it back. If you park on city streets, I STRONGLY recommend that you subscribe to email/SMS and phone notification of snow emergencies. The following links will take you directly to those services:

To receive an email of SMS message when a snow emergency is declared:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/snow/snow_stay-informed

If you have an Augsburg parking permit and are properly parked in one of our lots, our maintenance crews will do their best to plow around your car. If we need you to move your vehicle, we can look you up by your license plate if it is registered in parking services. If need be, you can check out a shovel with your student or employee ID card at the DPS desk in the Urness/Mortenson lobby.

Day (temporary) parking passes for Augsburg lots are available for $5 through Augnet's Parking Services. Passes are limited.

BICYCLES:
Bicycles must be parked and locked in approved bicycle racks on campus. Bicycles parked along fences or other unapproved areas may be damaged during snow plowing or may be removed by Public Safety to allow for plowing.

Those who do not plan to ride during the winter months are encouraged to store their bicycles at their homes, if possible. Thanksgiving break is a good time to load it up and take it home.

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TFAPS – Hybrid Learning Implementation

All faculty are invited to participate in two workshops offered by CTL and IT to support weekend and graduate faculty who are creating "hybrid" courses for 2013-14. If you are satisfied with the basic design of your courses, you only need to participate in the Moodle Labs to learn best practices for online learning and how to meet GAAC/AAC requirements for hybrid learning.

If you would like to improve the underlying design of your courses, you will also benefit from the integrated course design workshop.

Prerequisite: Please watch the screencasts in the Overview section of the Course Design Support Site (http://go.augsburg.edu/moodlelab) before coming to these sessions.

Moodle Lab for Hybrid Learning.
The Moodle Labs are hands-on workshops that introduce and support development of your Moodle sites. Upcoming workshops are held on:

3:10-4:40 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, Foss 22A
9-10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 13, Foss 22A
10 a.m.-12 p.m., Saturday, March 16, SVE 205
9-10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 19, SVE 205
3-4:30 p.m., Thursday, March 21, Foss 22A
9-10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 27, SVE 205

Additional spring and summer dates will be added later.

Integrated Course Design for Hybrid Learning.
The Integrated Course Design for Hybrid Learning is a hands-on workshop that explores Fink's model for course design, which integrates situational factors, learning goals, learning activities, and assessment. It addresses how to choose face-to-face and online activities to create an engaged learning community, provide direct instruction, and facilitate active, collaborative learning. Future workshops will be held on:

9-12 a.m., Tuesday, March 12, Marshall
9-12 a.m., Friday, March 15, OGC 100
3:40-6:40 p.m., Monday, April 8, Marshall
9-12 a.m., Saturday, April 13, Marshall
3:40-6:40 p.m., Thursday, April 25, Marshall
9-12 a.m., Tuesday, May 7, Marshall

RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu

Additional support includes:

Moodle Template for developing your course in accordance with GAAC/AAC requirements.
Course Design Support Site to provide additional detail and examples for Moodle applications.
Technology Tapas to showcase a variety of technologies that can improve your work.
Sloan-C Online Workshop passes to participate in further study of online learning.

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CTL Summer Scholarship Grants

Applications due March 15

Applications should be submitted online at http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/grant-applications/

The purpose of the Dean's Summer Scholarship Grants and the Grangaard Summer Scholarship Grants is to support well-defined faculty scholarship projects. The expectation is that receipt of the grant will make it possible for faculty to accelerate completion of a significant project.

Two $4,000 Dean's Summer Scholarship Grants will be awarded for Summer 2013. All tenured or tenure-track, full-time faculty who are in at least the second year of their contract are eligible to apply.

Three $2,000 Grangaard Summer Scholarship Grants will be awarded for Summer 2013. All full-time faculty are eligible to apply; priority is given to tenure-track faculty who have not received this grant in the previous three years.

Please complete the online Summer Scholarship application form (available at http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/grant-applications/) describing the project, explaining its potential significance, summarizing the work already accomplished, providing a timetable and plan for completion, explaining how it will accelerate project completion, and describing how it fits with your department's definition of scholarship. Submit a curriculum vitae (PDF document, please) as an email attachment to ctl@augsburg.edu. Applications should be submitted no later than March 15, 2013.

Applications will be reviewed by the full Faculty Development Committee, and awards will be announced in early April. All grant recipients must submit a progress report by September 1, 2013. Recipients of the Dean's Scholarship Grant must submit a short final report by February 1, 2014.

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Community Inclusiveness: Latino/a Voices

Thursdays, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Hosts: Emiliano Chagil and Matt Maruggi
RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu

To serve our neighbors and be inclusive of all members of our community, we need to learn more about each other. This year, CTL in conjunction with the Sabo Center and Hispanic/Latino Student Services is offering a series of opportunities to learn more. These include:

March 14, 3:30-5 p.m., Marshall Room – Olivia Olivares, Associate Professor of Learning Resources Services, St. Cloud State University, and President of the Minnesota Network of Latinos in Higher Education, "Latinos in Higher Education"

April 11, 3:30-5 p.m., Science 123 – Maureen Ramirez; Policy and Research Director, Growth and Justice Office; "Latino Political Involvement"

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CTL Night at the Theater

April 12 at 7 p.m.
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center

During both fall and spring semesters, CTL reserves tickets to an Augsburg theater production and offers them to faculty, staff, and their significant others. Theater offers a unique way of learning or knowing – from stories that touch our hearts and mind. Experiencing it together adds a social dimension that allows us to discover what the stories mean to others and what new possibilities they see. Through theater we can be healed and transformed, as well as entertained. All productions are in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater.

Reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like to attend the spring production, RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu This year, we have reserved tickets for:

Cabaret
By Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Darcey Engen
Music Direction by Sonja Thompson

Set in the fictional Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, the musical Cabaret depicts the immense political upheaval taking place in Germany during the rise of Nazi power. Based on a book by Christopher Isherwood, with music by Kander and Ebb, the story portrays several couples that meet and fall in love, only to see their relationships unravel as the Nazis begin to infiltrate all elements of their lives.

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Today - Christianity and Hinduism in India

You are most cordially invited to "Christianity and Hinduism in India," a presentation by Emmanuel Uppamthadadthil, a guest professor at Augsburg this semester. The presentation AND question-and-answer is today, Tuesday, March 5.

Start time is 3:30 p.m. in the Marshall Room. The planned ending time is 4:30 p.m.

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Speaking of Scholarship Series TODAY

Tuesdays or Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Hosts: Henry Yoon and Ankita Deka
RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu

These sessions provide an opportunity for scholars to share their work and engage in conversations about what they are doing. The upcoming presentations are:

Tuesday, March 5, OGC 100 – Matt Beckman, Biology, "Front seat at the zooplankton rodeo: Studying motor control in Daphnia"

Wednesday, March 13, Lindell 301 – Sarah Myers, Theater, "Learning to Listen: Lessons for Teaching Artists from a Minneapolis Mosque"

Wednesday, April 10, Riverside – Annette Gerten, Social Work, "Sabbatical Reflections"

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4th Annual Auggies vs. Tommies Fitness Challenge

The Auggie Fac/Staff are 2-1 vs. the Tommies in fitness challenges. Round 4 will begin Wednesday, March 6 and run through April 30. To sign up email enke@augsburg.edu.

Points are accumulated as follows: 1 pt. for 30 minutes of exercise, 2 points for 60 minutes of exercise and 3 pts. for 90 minutes of exercise. 3 pt. max/day, 21 pt. max/week. You keep track of your weekly points and report them to enke@augsburg.edu by 2 p.m. on Wednesdays. I will send weekly reminder emails to report points. The team with the most total points wins that week.

All fac/staff (adjunct, part-time, full-time) are invited to join in on the fun. If you any questions, please contact me. Go Auggies!

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Fund For Public Interest - On Campus

Representatives from the Fund for the Public Interest will be on campus in the lobby of the Christensen Center tabling this Tuesday and Wednesday, March 5-6, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. They are a national nonprofit organization, and right now they are hiring students to work summer 2013 jobs all over the country. Stop by their table to learn more. If you're good with people and feel passionately about the environment and human rights, this may be an opportunity for you.

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Dining Services

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 Parmesan Pasta with a bread stick and a fountain drink.

Einstein Bros:
Stop in and try one of our Egg White Bagel Thin Sandwiches. We are also featuring a combo option with a sandwich and a coffee.

The Commons:
In observation of Lent we will be having Fish every Friday starting Friday, Feb. 15.

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.

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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Register to Present at Zyzzogeton by March 15

This year's Zyzzogeton Research Symposium will take place on April 19 from 2-4 p.m. in Oren Gateway Center. Zyzzogeton is an opportunity for students to present a poster on research that they have conducted during the past year. Talk with your faculty advisor if you would like to present this year!

Students should submit their faculty-approved abstract to www.augsburg.edu/urgo/zyzzogeton by March 15.

If you have any questions about participating or the event, please contact the URGO office at urgo@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1446.

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Nominations Open for Augsburg Leadership Awards

Nominations are open for the 2012-2013 Augsburg Leadership Awards!

Student leaders, student groups, and student group advisors can be nominated for their outstanding leadership and contributions to the Augsburg community this academic year.

To nominate a student, advisor, or student group, please submit the following materials to Michael Grewe via email at grewe@augsburg.edu or to Christensen Center Room 1D by Friday, March 8:

--A nomination packet: http://web.augsburg.edu/cao/ALA_Nomination_Packet.doc
--Optional: Any supplemental materials that would enhance nomination, including recommendation letters, resumes, etc.

Award recipients will be honored at the 14th Annual Augsburg Leadership Awards on Tuesday, April 9. For questions, call 612-330-1499.

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Practice Spanish this Thursday

Shake off the winter blues in Spanish conversation group! Join us for laughs and interesting conversation as we practice speaking in a relaxed and friendly setting. All language levels are welcome.

We meet every Thursday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Riverside Room, 2nd floor of the Christensen Center. Signs will be posted. Drop in at any time and stay for as long as you like. We promise there will be no grammar lessons! You are welcome to bring your lunch.

Drop in three times and earn a free T-shirt!

If you have any questions, contact Emiliano Chagil, ext. 1309; Anita Fisher, ext. 1082 or Kate Reinhardt, ext. 1081. We hope to see you there!

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Cap and Gown Info - Please Read

Graduating in May?

Cap and Gowns must be reserved online by March 7. www.herfjones.com/college/augsburg
You will not need to pay until you pick up in the store. Cap & Gowns will be ready to pick on April 9 at the Day Grad Fair from 10:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. If you are unable to make it to the Grad Fair, you are able to pick up any time the store is open till graduation. If your gown is not reserved by March 7, a $15 late charge will be added to the final cost of your cap and gown.

Graduating in June?

Cap and Gowns must be reserved online by April 9.
www.herfjones.com/college/augsburg
You will not need to pay until you pick up at the store. Cap & Gowns will be ready to purchase on May 11 at the WEC/Masters Grad Fair 11 a.m.-1 p.m. If you are unable to make it to the Grad Fair, you are able to pick up any time the store is open till graduation. If your gown is not reserved by April 9, a $15 late charge will be added to the final cost of your cap and gown.

Prices for Cap & Gowns
Bachelor's Cap, Gown & Tassel - $52.95
Master's Cap, Gown, Tassel, & Hood -$91
Bachelor's gown only- $33.95
Master's gown only - $36
Cap - $10
Tassel - $11
Hood - $36

Please be sure to stop by the bookstore for your Grad Fair – in addition to purchasing your cap & gown, pick up your five free announcements, look at custom announcements, and diploma frames!

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Nominate Someone for a Courageous Woman Award

Do you know a woman who courageously strives for social justice and peace on campus or in the wider community? Someone who sees injustice and acts on it? Someone who raises her voice to champion women? If so, then nominate her for a Courageous Woman Award.

Award recipients are selected from a pool of nominations and receive a prize of $1,000. Anyone may propose a nominee but each individual may nominate only one woman per year. Eligible for nomination are women in the Augsburg student body, faculty, and staff as well as women from the Cedar Riverside neighborhood and the broader Twin Cities community.

Nominations may be submitted here: http://augsburg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2cvj7P29bIy1kwJ.

The deadline for nomination is March 15, 2013. For questions about the Awards, please contact Adriane Brown at brownad@augsburg.edu.

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Keeping Clean Yard Sale

As Spring slowly arrives, we all begin to clean out our closets, dorm spaces, homes and apartments in celebration of warmer weather.

Augsburg Step-Up and members of Project Management Section A, are asking for your help by donating your gently used clothing, accessories, dorm room/apartment furnishings, and electronics. Items will be donated to the First annual Keeping clean Yard Sale, Fundraiser and Informational. Being held on Friday, April 5, 2013 In the Oren Gateway Atrium (Date Change) from 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

We as Students of Project Management Section A, are looking to raise awareness and support of Augsburg's Step-Up program, the country's largest residential college recovery program. Every year Augsburg's Step-Up program serves and assists around 85 students from around the country and has served over 600 individuals during its strong sixteen year history.

All the proceeds made from this yard sale will go to the building of a Scholarship fund that would benefit the countless Students within the Step-Up program who cannot afford the ever rising cost of tuition, housing, and books.

With the help of donations from the Augsburg community and the broader surrounding Twin Cities area, we hope to make a difference and show our support for a pivotal group in our Augsburg community. All donations can be made to us in the Christensen Center on:
•Tuesday, March 5 from 11:20 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
•Wednesday, March 13 from 11:20 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
•Wednesday, March 26 from 11:20 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
•Wednesday, March 27 from 11:20 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For more information on how to donate or about the Keeping Clean Yard Sale and Fundraiser for Step-Up please contact us at: keepingcleanyardsale@gmail.com

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Student Government Elections

Hi All:

My Name is Jay Kline (Jaquan)

It's election time again and I wanted to request everyone's help with the voting process. This week is the last week to vote for student body president; I'm running along with my partner Mona Ahmed. I could really use the help of all Auggies in this election, as I'm attempting to bring a new face of diversity to our school's student student government. As i currently work for the state government under Governor Mark Dayton's administration, i am sure that i could bring a significant change to the way things are run upon campus.

My Message to all is: I joined to become a voice for the misrepresented within the Augsburg Community by taking a closer look at serious, often overlooked issues facing a variety of cultures. As a diverse private institution, our views should reflect more than just emphasis on academic issues.

Thank you All,

Jay Kline

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Housing Expo

The Housing Expo is the selection process for on-campus housing. If you are currently taking at least one course at Augsburg College then you are eligible for on-campus housing.

Things to have before Housing Expo!

Look at your student account on-line. If there's an "ARHOLD" on your student account please email the Enrollment Center at enroll@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1046 to correct this hold. Verify your class status is correct. Be registered for at least one spring semester Day class.

All Day students will receive a computer generated, randomly assigned, selection number based on class status. Those with the highest numbers will be the first to choose their housing for 2013-2014.

If you have any questions about Housing Expo contact the housing specialist at rowe@augsburg.edu (612)330-1488 or visit our website:

http://www.augsburg.edu/reslife/housing-expo/

Follow us on Twitter for more information and updates!

https://twitter.com/AugsburgRescomm

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AmeriCorps/VISTA Information Session

AmeriCorps/VISTA Information Session
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
4:45 -5:30 p.m.
Strommen Center for Meaningful Work, Christensen Center, First Floor

Stop by and learn how you can become a VISTA member! Pay back student loans, gain experience, and fight poverty.

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Exploring Culture: Zorongo Flamenco March 8-10

Zorongo Artistic director Susana di Palma is excited to announce her newest flamenco adventure, Locas Mujeres y Mas/Madwomen and More, which will premiere at The Cowles Center for the Performing Arts on March 8, 2013.

Locas Mujeres y Mas/Madwomen and More, is a three-part work featuring the "Madwoman" poems of Chilean diplomat, feminist, educator and author Gabriela Mistral; "Ida y vuelta," an exploration of the influence of New World rhythms on the flamenco tradition in Spain; and a new program of pure flamenco. Di Palma will be joined by Pedro Cortés, Jr., Zorongo's Musical Director, dancer Antonio Granjero, who appeared in the title role of 2012's Zorro In The Land of The Golden-Breasted Woodpecker (Moningwunakauning), Deborah Elias and Colette Illarde, as well as other musicians, singers and dancers. For more information, visit http://www.thecowlescenter.org/calendar-tickets/zorongo-flamenco-dance-theatre

Locas Mujeres y Mas/Madwomen and More is produced with the support of the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.

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Zyzzogeton Poster Design Workshop Tomorrow

If you are planning on presenting at Zyzzogeton this spring, URGO and McNair will be hosting a poster design workshop on March 6 from 4-5:15 p.m. in Sverdrup 201 to help you design and edit your poster.

This workshop is essential for students at any stage of the design process, whether you already have a poster nearly finished or if you have not started yet. Bring a flash drive if you have one, but it is not necessary if you do not.

Poster Design Workshop
Wednesday, March 6
4-5:15 p.m. in Sverdrup 201

Questions? Contact URGO at urgo@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1446.

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Target Corporation Information Session

Target Corporation Information Session
Monday, April 1, 2013
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Strommen Center for Meaningful Work, Christensen Center, First Floor

FREE and open to all students and majors

Target Stores, Business Analyst and Asset Protection divisions will share information about working at Target. You will have an opportunity to network with campus recruiters and recent Auggie Alumni. Pizza provided.
R.S.V.P at careers@augsburg.edu if you are planning to attend.

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Spring Blood Drive Next Week: March 13

Memorial Blood Centers will be on campus on Wednesday, March 13 from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. in East Commons for its annual spring blood drive. Auggies have typically done an awesome job at donating blood at these annual drives.

Let's continue that effort and help to save and sustain lives in our community. You can register online at www.mbc.org/searchdrives and enter sponsor code 0027 to find a time to donate.

Also, MBC will be tabling on Wednesday 3/6 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. in Christensen Center if you want to stop by and get an appointment time scheduled.

In addition, anyone donating will be entered into a drawing for 1 of 4 packs of tickets to an April Minnesota Timberwolves game in a suite with appetizers and non-alcoholic drinks.

So team up with Memorial Blood Centers and save lives during March Madness. Any questions, please call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.

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Auggies Connect with Employers - Thursday

Auggies Connect with Employers
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Strommen Center for Meaningful Work, Christensen Center, First Floor
3:00-5:00 p.m.

Stop by and ask representatives from Commonbond Communities, Lutheran Social Services, and Anoka County questions on your job or internship search and/or have your resume critiqued. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. Casual.

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