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Winter Parking Information
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.
If you park on city streets, please visit the city of Minneapolis snow emergency web site. 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 e-mail/SMS and phone notification of snow emergencies. The following links will take you directly to those services:
To receive an e-mail 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.
Teaching and Learning
Apply to be a Peace Scholar
Augsburg sophomores and juniors with a strong interest in peace and justice issues are invited to apply for the 2014-15 Nobel Peace Prize Scholar Program. Two students will be selected to join a group of a dozen students taking courses in Norway at the International Summer School and the Nansen Dialogue Center. The travel and tuition costs are largely covered by the program. The Peace Scholars also take a leading role in promoting student participation in the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, held each spring on the Augsburg campus.
Full information, including application materials can be found at http://peacescholars.wordpress.com/ Applications are due Jan. 31, 2014.
Any questions or inquiries can be directed to Prof. Underhill: underhil@augsburg.edu or 330-1312.
Moodle Labs This Week - New Locations
Get help
building/editing your hybrid course Moodle site?
planning the online components of your hybrid course?
thinking through course management issues?
diversifying and expanding your Moodle course content?
Come to an Open Moodle Lab for individualized help.
Open Labs will be held Wed. from 9-10:30 am in Sverdrup 102
and Thurs. 1:00-2:30 pm in OGC 103
Staff Development - Workplace Health & Ergonomics
Topic: Workplace Health and Ergonomics
Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Time: 8-9:30am
Location: Marshall Room, Christensen Center
At this session, you will join members of the HPE department to learn about health and wellness at work. Learn the principles of ergonomics, discuss practices that you can do to maintain wellness in your workspace, and take away strategies to make your personal workspace an environment that is conducive to your physical and mental well-being.
RSVP online at http://augsburg.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0HXLADHRQYraRgh .
The Staff Development Series is co-sponsored by the Human Resources and the Center for Teaching and Learning.
Intergroup Dialogue - SWK 230
In a diverse society, multicultural dialogue about issues of similarity, difference, community and conflict help facilitate understanding between social/cultural groups. In this intergroup dialogue class, students will participate in semi-structured face-to-face meetings across social identity groups. Students will discuss relevant reading material, explore group experiences in various social and institutional contexts and examine narratives from historical, psychological, and sociological sources. Students will participate in intergroup dialogue sessions. These sessions will contain exercises that will facilitate dialogue among students about their own experiences and highlight similarities and differences across identity categories. All exercises will be debriefed in class and in weekly journals. Students will learn about pertinent issues facing the various social identity groups on campus and in society. The goal is to create a setting in which students engage in open and constructive dialogue, learning, and explorations concerning issues of intergroup relations, conflict, and community.
Join us or recommend a student for this class. We will meet on Tuesday and Thursday from 1:50 until 3:30. Open to any major.
General Announcements
Annual Benefit Enrollment Period
We are pleased to announce that we have made significant strides forward in creating a "green" open enrollment process. The annual benefit enrollment period will be from November 6-20. This year our enrollment process will be on-line.
All benefit eligible employees will need to complete the enrollment form, even if you plan to maintain the same benefit coverage elections from 2013. Additionally due to enrollment forms being submitted on-line, no paper forms will be accepted. Human resources will also be hosting three sessions for employees that would like assistance with the online enrollment process.
Please be advised that open enrollment will close on November 20 at 4:00 pm. No late submissions will be accepted.
Duriung the information sessions, representatives from HealthPartners, Interactive Wellness, OptumHealth and Hays will be at the information sessions to answer any questions you might have about our plan offerings for 2014.
Please plan to attend to learn what you need to do to enroll and/or make changes to your current benefit elections.
Open Enrollment Information Sessions:
November 6 at 2:00 pm, Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
November 8 at 12:10 pm, Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
November 11 at 8:30 am, Christensen Center, Marshall Room
November 12 at 4:45 pm, Oren Gateway Center, Room 201
*November 12 at 4:45 pm, Streaming at: http://connect.augsburg.edu/openenrollment/
November 13 at 8:30 am, Oren Gateway Center, Room 100
On-line Enrollment Help
November 13 at 2:30 PM, Svredrup Hall, Room 205
November 15 at 8:00 AM, Svredrup Hall, Room 201
November 19 at 4:00 PM, Svredrup Hall, Room 201
Become an Orientation Leader
Would you like to...
Gain valuable leadership experience?
Receive first-rate training?
Get involved at Augsburg?
Meet new people?
If you answered yes to any of the following questions, you should apply to be a 2014 Orientation Leader today! You can find the application here:
http://www.augsburg.edu/hr/
Applications are due on Tuesday, November 12th and must be turned in to Joanne K. Reeck-Irby in room 1B in the basement of Christensen Center.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Cuong Nguyen or Laurel Rohloff in CAO at orientat@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1100
General Election - Tues., Nov. 5
Minnesota general elections are TODAY, Tues., Nov. 5. Students who live on the Minneapolis campus may vote in the local precinct elections because we provided a list of resident students to the City of Minneapolis Election Board.
The precinct location for resident students in Minneapolis is at Augsburg.
For more information, visit the Minnesota Secretary of State website.
Used Bike Drive for SPOKES - Nov. 8
Cleaning out your garage or storage room in preparation for winter? Drop off repairable used bikes at the Sabo Center House (624 21st Ave. S.) anytime between 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Friday, November 8. All bikes collected will be donated to SPOKES, a non-profit community bike center serving the Cedar-Riverside, Seward, and Phillips neighborhoods in Minneapolis. SPOKES offers a variety of programs and services to the community with the goal of getting more people biking. SPOKES teaches adults and children how to ride a bike, provides bikes to low income residents, provides a space for anyone to learn how to work on their own bikes, and works to get better bike routes and more bike parking.
For more information on SPOKES, go to www.SpokesConnect.org.
This I Believe
The Christensen Center on Vocation would like to announce a new feature on our website called “This I Believe”. Every month, this series will highlight a reflection by a member of the Augsburg community on what it means to believe or doubt or not believe. We hope people see Augsburg as a place where questions of faith are part of the public square.
We invite you to take a look at the first two submissions for “This I Believe”, a regular feature for conversation on campus:
"Belief and Believing In" by Lori Peterson, http://www.augsburg.edu/ccv/october/
“For once, then, something”: Reflections of a Judeo-Christian Agnostic,
by Doug Green http://www.augsburg.edu/ccv/november/
Community Lunch
Join your colleagues and friends for lunch.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 HR will be hosting a community lunch for faculty and staff. The lunch will be in the East Commons of Christensen Center 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Since this will be the first day of benefits open enrollment for 2014 benefit booklets will be available.
Hope to see you there.
Event Announcements
Chapel Series Continues Thru November 8
Join us for an intriguing, week-long chapel series: "From Death to Life."
Today, 11/5, at 11:30am: Don Gus, History Department, "This Business of Dying"
Wednesday, 11/6, at 10:40am: Dr. Paul Pribbenow, President of Augsburg College, "Prophets for Life"
Thursday, 11/7, at 11:30am: Pastor Sonja Hagander, "Go to Hell"
Friday, 11/8, at 10:40am: Pastor Justin Lind-Ayres, "From Death to Life: Accompanied by Song"
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
Farewell Event for Penh Lo
Penh Lo, Director of Pan-Asian Student Services since 2008, is leaving Augsburg for a position with Hennepin County. His last day will be Fri., Nov. 8.
Come by to say hello and extend best wishes to Penh on Wed., Nov. 6, 3-4 pm in Christensen Center, suite 2.
Life After College Panel Today
Come hear from a panel of Augsburg alumni talking about their experiences following graduation, everything from looking for full-time employment to repaying student loans. Get advice on how to make a successful transition to post-college life.
The Life After College panel will take place today, Tuesday, November 5 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the coffee shop area of Christensen Center. Come for a little while or stay the whole time.
HFA Convo & Luncheon with The Rose Ensemble, 11/13
This year's Humanities and Fine Arts Convocation will feature The Rose Ensemble performing "Portraits of Peru, 1785: Exotic Folksongs and Dances from Trujillo."
Flora, fauna, and folk music mingle throughout this program of popular song and dance from late 18th-century Peru, frozen in the amber of an unlikely source, the Trujillo del Perú Codex. This collection of watercolor paintings was compiled by the local bishop for Spanish King Carlos IV, imaginatively depicting the plants, animals, people, and archeological monuments of this diverse region in northern Peru.
Peruvian and Bolivian music with Indian and African influences—party songs, love songs, and rhythmic sacred hymns—is presented by Rose Ensemble singers, a Baroque band, and an impressive collection of South American percussion instruments. The melodies are memorable, the harmonies catchy, the rhythms syncopated…all setting the stage for what would become present-day, Latin-American popular music!
Bonus: This unique performance features projections of the manuscript illustrations and supertitle translations.
The HFA Convo will take place on Wednesday, November 13, at 10 am, in Hoversten Chapel. Admission is free. A free luncheon with the musicians will follow, featuring a Peruvian menu. Space for the luncheon is limited. Please contact Phil Adamo if you would like to attend: adamo@augsburg.edu
Making Change Happen--Fall Sabo Symposium, 11/6
Fittingly, today's elections will be followed by tomorrow's Sabo Symposium, which will illustrate how elections matter. Augsburg alumus Juve Meza, State Senator Scott Dibble, and former legislator Kate Knuth will explain how they helped to change public policy in Minnesota, and how you can too.
Hear about their efforts on marriage equality, immigration reform, and climate change. Sateren Auditorium (Charles S. Anderson Music Hall), Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.
Discount Tickets for Rose Ensemble Concerts at Augsburg
On Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16, The Rose Ensemble will present "Portraits of Peru, 1785: Exotic Folksongs and Dances from Trujillo" at Augsburg College. (This is the full evening performance with material from the HFA Convocation.) Both concerts begin at 8 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel, with a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.
Tickets are normally $25 in advance ($27 at the door), but for Augsburg faculty and staff, The Rose Ensemble is offering a special discount. Augsburg faculty and staff may attend either concert for just $15. You must call the Rose Ensemble offices to reserve these specially priced tickets. This offer will not be honored at the door.
To reserve your tickets, call Peter Carlson at 651-225-4340.
Keeping Track of Auggies
SW Professor Participates in National Seminar
Assistant Professor of Social Work Melissa Hensley was a guest faculty member at the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care Intensive Seminar that was held October 28 through 31 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Dr. Hensley participated in two sessions: "Enhancing Support for Mental Health," and "Learning from Patient and Family Stories." The seminar was co-sponsored by Park Nicollet and Health Partners.
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DVDs for Sale
I am having a media purge . . . DVDs for sale $2 each OBO: Lock, Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels; Oceans 11 and 12; The Departed; Mullholland Dr; Shawshank Redemption; Old School; Casino Royale; Matrix; Usual Suspects; Seven; Fight Club; Apocoplypse Now; Hunt for Red October. For $25 you can have them all and a Toshiba HD DVD player for free (doesn't play Blu-Rays, just regular DVDs). Perfect for a cabin.
Contact me: shidla@augsburg.edu.
Seeking French Language Tutor for Jr. High Student
Native speaker preferred. Parent seeking tutor for 13 year old girl who wants to learn French outside of school time. Build a positive relationship with an eager and energetic learner. Student is beginner to advanced beginner level. Sessions to involve oral and written content; games, reading and conversation a must, some drills okay. One afterschool session per week, to be held in Lindell Library between 4-7 pm. Paid position. Contact Patricia at sheesh6@yahoo.com.
Save Money / Help High School Students
If you're familiar with the Chinook Book, you know about all the terrific savings it offers on your favorite restaurants, co-ops, bike shops, arts events and more.
Get your 2014 edition for the same price as in the stores ($20 print / $14 digital / $34 for both) and support the St. Paul Central High band and orchestra program.
To buy a copy or find out more, contact Jacqui deVries (330-1193) or devries@augsburg.edu.