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Parking Permit Sales Fall 2013
Parking permit sale dates and cost information for fall 2013 is in the attached link.
http://web.augsburg.edu/dps/parkingfall2013FACSTAFF.pdf
Details can also be found on our website www.augsburg.edu/dps/
Please be aware that due to academic schedule changes and the increase in summer activities, Public Safety will require parking permits to be displayed throughout the summer in 2014. Any 2013-14 academic year permit will be acceptable. For example, if a student purchases a fall 2013 permit, that same permit can be used throughout the summer at no extra cost to the student. More information regarding summer 2014 will be available next spring.
Teaching and Learning
Auggies Go Google Workshop
Join us today -- Monday, July 22 -- for our next Auggies Go Google Workshop in Sverdrup 205 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Hands-on experience and answers to your questions about Google Apps for Education.
No RSVP necessary.
Moodle Huddle Workshops Begin This Week
Moodle Huddle 2013
Strengthen Your Moodle Muscles!
To help you gear up for the 2013-2014 academic year, your IT User Support Team offers its Moodle Huddle workshop series for all Augsburg faculty and staff. Eighteen 20-minute sessions will be held in Sverdrup Hall, 2nd floor from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each of the following days:
July 23, 24, 25
August 6, 7, 8
August 20, 21, 22
View the full Moodle Huddle 2013 schedule at http://go.augsburg.edu/huddle2013
Each unique session targets specific features, workflows, or strategies to best implement your goals in Moodle. No RSVP is required. You are welcome to attend topics that fit your needs or schedule. Come for a few sessions or attend multiple days to get all 18! Refreshments provided.
Questions? Contact Eric Strom at strom@augsburg.edu.
Integrated Course Design Workshop
All faculty are invited to participate in a workshop designed to enhance your instructional design skills and discover ways to incorporate online learning in your courses. It is particularly critical for Augsburg for Adults and graduate faculty who are creating "hybrid" courses for 2013-14.
The Integrated Course Design for Hybrid Learning is a hands-on workshop that introduces Augsburg's Moodle Template for developing your course in accordance with GAAC/AAC requirements and a Course Design Support site to provide additional detail and examples for Moodle applications. In this workshop, you will explore Fink's model for course design, which integrates situational factors, learning goals, learning activities, and assessment. We will also address how to choose face-to-face and online activities to create an engaging learning experience, provide direct instruction, and facilitate active, collaborative learning. Workshops will be held on:
9 a.m. -12 p.m., Thursday, July 25, OGC 100
9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Thursday, August 8, OGC 100
RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu
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General Announcements
Royal Norwegian Embassy Call for Writers
The Royal Norwegian Embassy located in New York is looking for writers.
If you have an idea for an article for News for Norway, please contact the Embassy.
Writers are welcome from among students, staff, and faculty.
The Embassy's quarterly magazine News of Norway is written for a general North American audience on a variety of topics related to Norway -- popular culture, politics, science, literature, the arts and more. Visit http://norway.org/non for back issues. Most News of Norway features range from 750 to 1,500 words.
The Embassy is looking for story ideas, not completed articles. If the Embassy likes your idea, a member of the Embassy staff will follow up with an assignment. Please submit your story ideas, with clips, to either of the following addresses:
Email: editor@norway.org
Mail:
Kenneth Krattenmaker, Editor
News of Norway
Royal Norwegian Embassy
2720 34th St. NW
Washington DC 20008
Tusen takk!
Event Announcements
Ice Cream Social with CGE-Augsburg Int'l Staff
Four internationally-based Augsburg College (Center for Global Education) staff/faculty will be in Minneapolis this summer.
CGE invites you to meet, greet, and reunite with:
Cesar Acevedo (Program Coordinator - El Salvador)
Mark Lester (Co-Site Director - Central America, based in Nicaragua)
Ann Lutterman-Aguilar (Site Director, Faculty - Mexico)
Romanus Shivoro (Site Director, Faculty - Southern Africa)
Join us for good conversation and...ice cream!
When: Thursday, July 25, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Where: East Commons
Each of the above individuals will provide a brief update on Augsburg College programs in their countries/regions at 5 p.m.
Auggies Invited To Honor Nelson Mandela
Auggies and Twin Cities community members are invited to celebrate the legacy of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela by signing the Book of Honors and Tributes that will be housed in Oren Gateway Center through Monday, July 22.
The book officially opened during a July 17 ceremony attended by South Africa Consul Political Fransie Cooper and the Honorable LaJune Thomas Lange '75, who is Honorary Consul for the Republic of South Africa for the State of Minnesota. More information about the opening is at: http://inside.augsburg.edu/news-archives/2013/07_15_13/mandela.html
The Book will be open to the public the following hours today:
– 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, July 22
Dialogue on Race, Class, and the Zimmerman Trial
First Covenant Church Committee on Racial & Economic Justice Presents:
Faith and Justice: A Community Dialogue on Race, Class, and the Zimmerman Trial
Date: Sunday, July 21
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: First Covenant Church, 810 S. 7th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415
This event is free and open to the public. Youth are also strongly encouraged to attend.
The recently announced "not guilty" verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial has had a ripple effect throughout the country. Issues at the intersection of race, class, and social justice are at the heart of discussions surrounding the Zimmerman trial and the untimely death of Trayvon Martin. In order to promote healthy race relations and justice, it is important to create safe space in the community for open, honest, and sometimes painful dialogue on race, privilege, and power.
First Covenant Church seeks to be a diverse, multi-generational, urban Christian community that is a place of learning and transformation for all kinds of people. It is in that spirit that we are convening a community forum where persons of all backgrounds are invited to take part in the conversation and to identify next steps in bringing healing, reconciliation, justice and equality for all people. The forum will include a panel discussion, candid community dialogue, and inter-faith prayer.
Confirmed Panelists include:
*Rev. Richard H. Coleman, Executive Director, Hope United CDC
*Dr. Christena Cleveland, Social Psychologist
*Antonio Winston, Brotherhood, Inc. Participant
*Rev. Dr. Paula B. Nordhem, United Church of Christ
*Bill Keatts, Co-founder, Discussions that Encounter, Saint Olaf Catholic Church
*Chris Stewart, Executive Director, African American Leadership Forum
*Dr. Nancy Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology & Race/Ethnicity, St. Kate's University
For questions, contact Nekima Levy-Pounds at nvlevypounds@stthomas.edu or 612-210-3734. Event co-sponsors include Brotherhood Brew Coffee, Discussions that Encounter, African American Leadership Forum, Hope United Community Development Corp., and the Community Justice Project of the Univ. of St. Thomas Law School.
Farmers Market Starts Tuesday
West Bank Farmers Markets
Tuesdays
Augsburg Foss Chapel - 11-1 p.m.
Brian Coyle Community Center - 2-5 p.m.
It's finally happening - After weeks of delays due to a cold, wet spring, the West Bank Farmers Market is set to start next Tuesday, July 23. Normally we start the first Tuesday of July but we have had to find new farmers and wait until our previous ones were ready to start.
This year to start, we're welcoming back See and Shoua Vang's family and Campus Kitchen will sell oils, honeys, breads, and some new local products. We are excited to introduce a new family who will sell with us - Maly and Malia Thao, second year Auggies, and their family. They already have tomatoes to sell (normally not big news in July but especially exciting this year).
If you have any questions or ideas before we start, please let us know, and we look forward to seeing you at the market soon!
Free Film Screening: The Central Park Five
The Central Park Five, Thursday, July 25
Capri Theater, 2027 W. Broadway, Minneapolis, MN 55411
doors open at 5:30, film at 6:00, discussion afterwards
Donations are welcome, no cost to participate
The Central Park Five, directed and produced by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.
Refocus the Frame: Turning the Lens on Race and Racism is a series of powerful film screenings followed by facilitated discussion to stimulate insight and thoughtful dialogue. The films are free and all are welcome! Next film is Saving Face (2004) directed by Alice Wu, on September 26. http://www.overcomingracism.org/index.html
Invite your friends and family.
The MFA in Creative Writing is Officially Underway
Augsburg's inaugural cohort will arrive on campus Thursday for a ten-day residency and literary festival of classes, workshops, open mics and eight nights of public readings and screenings.
Public events begin Friday evening, July 26, with MFA mentors Stephan Clark and Jack El-Hai reading from their work.
Saturday evening, July 27, screenwriter Christina Lazaridi will be here for the screening of "One Day Crossing," the film that earned her an Oscar nomination.
On Monday, July 29, the evening reading will feature prize-winning creative nonfiction writer Sue William Silverman.
MFA mentors Cary Waterman and Cass Dalglish will read on Tuesday, July 30.
Nationally recognized Poet Ed Bok Lee will be the guest reader on Wednesday, July 31.
On Friday, Aug. 2, the MFA program will host the acclaimed fiction writer, Benjamin Percy.
All readings are scheduled in the Tjornholm Nelson Theater, Foss Center. The Lazaridi screening has been moved to Sateren Auditorium. All events begin at 7:30 p.m. and are open to the public.
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Host Families for Asian Exchange Students
We are looking for host families for a group of high school exchange students from Japan, China, and Thailand for this school year. Families can commit to one semester or a full academic year. Host families provide room and board, companionship, and transportation to school (student may take a school bus or public transportation if available).
Exchange students are 15-18 years old and speak English well enough to communicate with their host family and enroll in a regular schedule of classes. Students come with spending money for personal expenses and comprehensive health insurance provided by the program. Students also pay for their own school expenses, including activity fees, school supplies, and school lunches. A local coordinator in your area will provide support to you and your exchange student, and TLI also has bilingual emergency phone support available 24 hours a day.
We are hoping to identify host families for all of the students this week, because they are scheduled to depart their home countries for an orientation program in Seattle in just two weeks.
If interested, please contact
Sarah Fellows
Vice President
The Laurasian Institution
sfellows@laurasian.org
12345 Lake City Way NE #151
Seattle, WA 98125
Phone: 206-367-2152
Toll Free: 800-721-7474
Fax: 206-367-2193