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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. The final workshops will be held on:

9-12 a.m., Thursday, August 8, OGC 100

RSVP to ctl@augsburg.edu

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URGO Summer Research Conference Today and Tomorrow

Please join us for the URGO Summer Research Conference this Tuesday and Wednesday on the second floor of Oren Gateway Center. Students will be presenting original research that they have conducted over the past 10 weeks under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Feel free to come to some or all of the sessions and guests are welcome to move between rooms during a session.

Tuesday, July 30

Session 1: 8:45-10:15 a.m.

Oren Gateway Center 201
8:45: Michelle Grafelman (Biology; Dr. Matthew Beckman)
The Role of Hedgehog Protein in Daphnia magna Eye Development
9:00: Cedith Giddings (Biology; Dr. Matthew Beckman)
A Light Microscopic Study of Eye Development in Daphnia magna
9:15: Khomson Kerati Thamkul (Chemistry; Dr. Vivian Feng)
Surface Characterization and Modification of Silica Nanofibers
9:30: Katya Moghadam (Chemistry; Dr. Michael Wentzel)
Amides Synthesis Using a Catalyzed Continuous Flow Process
9:45: Panel Discussion with Presenters

Session 2: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Oren Gateway Center 201
10:30: David Bergstrand and Chris Myers (Biology; Dr. David Crowe)
Dynamic representation of Visual Information in the Human Brain
11:00: Lauren Windhorst (Psychology; Dr. Ben Denkinger)
The Age-Related Positivity Effect and the Perception of Time
11:15: Panel Discussion with Presenters

Session 3: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Oren Gateway Center 201
1:30: Daniel Hildebrandt (Chemistry; Dr.Sandra Olmsted)
Combating Antibiotic Resistance with Dextran-Linked Drugs
1:45: Lily Moloney (Chemistry; Dr. Michael Wentzel)
A Silane Protecting Group for the Synthesis and Functionalization of Amines
2:00: Benjamin Swanson (Chemistry; Dr. Michael Wentzel)
C-H Activation with Aryl-Directing Groups using an Iron Catalyst
2:15: Christa Blaquiere (Chemistry; Dr. Michael Wentzel)
Modification and Synthesis of Triblock Copolymers
2:30: Panel Discussion with Presenters

Wednesday, July 31st

Session 1: 8:45-10:15 a.m.

Oren Gateway Center 201
8:45: Eleni Beyene (Chemistry: Drs. Joan Kunz and Benjamin Stottrup)
Phase Behavior of 27-Hydroxycholesterol
9:00: Emil Eldo (Chemistry; Drs. Joan Kunz and Benjamin Stottrup)
Kinetic Study of Phase-Separated Phospholipid/Cholesterol Monolayers
9:15: Chris Devet (Chemistry; Dr. Vivian Feng)
Amide Synthesis with Acetonitrile Using a Catalyzed Flow Reactor
9:30: Emma Winegar and Andy Walsh (Mathematics; Dr. Pavel Belik)
Vortex Modeling Through Blobs and Fractals
9:45: Panel Discussion with Presenters

Oren Gateway Center 202
8:45: Alexandra Smith(History: Dr. Phil Adamo)
Guided by the Faith and Values of the Lutheran Church
9:00: Devyn Lempke (History; Dr. Phil Adamo)
Augsburg at 150: Architecture
9:15: Sadie Vahle (History; Dr. Phil Adamo)
Augsburg at 150: Curriculum
9:30: Anna Romskog(History; Dr. Phil Adamo)
A Two Way Street: The History of the Relationship between Augsburg College, Minneapolis, and the World
9:45: Panel Discussion with Presenters

Session 2: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Oren Gateway Center 201
10:30: Casey Powell (Biology; Dr. Brian Steffenson- University of Minnesota)
The Search for Resistance to Cochliobolus Sativus (Spot Blotch) in Barley
10:45: HeeChan Kang (Mathematics; Dr. Pavel Belik)
Dynamics of Systems of Vortices
11:00: Anika Clark (Biology; Dr. William Capman)
Patterns of Host Plant Resistance to the Parasitic Plant Cuscuta pentagona in Abutilon Theophrasti
11:15: Megan Rich (Biology; Dr. Ann Impullitti)
Developing Interactive, Standards-Based Lessons for a 7th Grade Science Classroom
11:30: Panel Discussion with Presenters

Oren Gateway Center 202
10:30: Thu Nguyen (Economics; Dr. Keith Gilsdorf)
The Relationship between Intercollegiate Sports Participation and Academic Performance
10:45: Lauren Haberman (Sociology; Dr. Colin Irvine)
Impact of Tibetan Buddhist and Navajo Mythology on Environmental Attitudes
11:00: Zachary Baltich (Music; Dr. Carol Barnett)
Idiomatic Music for Percussion
11:15: Anna Peterson (Music; Dr. Merilee Klemp)
Gouging Machines: A History and Analysis
11:30: Panel Discussion with Presenters

Session 3: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Oren Gateway Center 202
1:30: Margo Ensz (English; Dr. Colin Irvine)
Analyzing the Persistence of a Sense of Place Among Young Adults in the Technology-Rich, A-Contextual 21st Century
1:45: Katherine Berger (English; Drs. Doug Green and Adriane Brown)
Transgender Lives through Fiction
2:00: Chelsey Feder (English; Dr. Kathryn Swanson)
Common Core Nonfiction in Minnesota High Schools
2:15: Emerson Ball (Social Work; Dr. Alex Iantaffi- University of Minnesota)
Cultural Competence in the Care of Transgender Patients
2:30 Panel Discussion with Presenters

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Dining Services

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

Cheeseburgers
French Fries
Corn on the cob
Catfish Nuggets

Pasta Salads
Pizza
Made to order sandwiches

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State Fair Shifts in the Augsburg Booth

Last Call!! Help still needed!

We are still in need of people to staff the Augsburg booth at the State Fair. Sunday, August 25, 5-9 p.m. still needs ONE person. Monday, September 2, 5-9 p.m. still needs TWO people.

A ticket to the fair is provided, as well as training. It's a great chance to visit with alums and prospective students AND you get to enjoy the Fair as well! Please let me know if you are available. My ext. is 1525 and my email is herron@augsburg.edu. Thanks so much!

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Join Us for Readings by MFA Mentors and Guests

Augsburg's inaugural cohort is here on campus for a ten-day residency and literary festival of classes, workshops, open mics and public readings and screenings.

Please join us for evening readings featuring our MFA mentors and guest writers. All readings will be held in the Tjornholm Nelson Theater, Foss Center. All events begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

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.

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Farmers Market Today

West Bank Farmers Markets

Tuesdays
Augsburg Foss Chapel - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Brian Coyle Community Center - 2-5 p.m.

Thanks to everyone who came out and made the first market one of our best ever. The new farmers were touched with all the support from campus. Please join us again and see what else is coming out the fields. Could we have tomatoes this week? If not, they will appear soon and right now there's plenty of greens, herbs, squashes, cucumbers, potatoes, and much more.

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