Thursday, July 25, 2013
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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 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.

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General Announcements

Dining Services

Lunch Today: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Roasted Chicken
Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Broccoli and Carrots
Dinner Rolls
Salad and Pasta Salad Bar
Pizzas

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Call For Writers: Royal Norwegian Embassy

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!

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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.

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Film Tonight: The Central Park Jogger Case

The Central Park Five. Directed and produced by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns.

Thursday, July 25
doors open at 5:30, film at 6:00
Capri Theater, 2027 W. Broadway, Minneapolis, MN 55411

The Central Park Five 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.

Discussion after the film includes panelists:
Sidiq Abdullah, Brotherhood, Inc.
Damon Drake, who is coordinating an outreach project for St Paul Police Dept with youth in downtown St Paul
Nekima Levy-Pounds is a civil rights attorney and law professor at the University of St. Thomas
Julie Jonas, managing attorney for the Innocence Project of Minnesota

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. Donations are welcome.

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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 mikes 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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