Day Student Spring Parking Permit Sales

Parking permit sale dates and cost information for Spring 2014 is in the attached link.
http://web.augsburg.edu/dps/parkingspring2014STUDENT.pdf
Details can also be found on our website www.augsburg.edu/dps/

Permits will go on sale at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 6.

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 13-14 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 in the coming months.

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Fac/Staff Spring 2014 Parking Permit Sales

Parking permit sale dates and cost information for Spring 2014 is in the attached link.
http://web.augsburg.edu/dps/parkingspring2014FACSTAFF.pdf
Details can also be found on our website www.augsburg.edu/dps/

Surface lot permits will go on sale at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 6. Underground permits will be available for purchase at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 8.

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 13-14 academic year permit will be acceptable. For example, if a faculty purchases a fall 2013 permit, that same permit can be used throughout the summer at no extra cost. More information regarding summer 2014 will be available in the coming months.

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Explore Summer Research Opportunities Now

Looking for something to fill your time this winter?

Take time to explore summer research opportunities. The URGO department has a great database of off-campus summer research opportunities. Take time over break to check it out!

Follow the link to the database
http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/off-campus-research/

Questions? Contact urgo@augsburg.edu

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Moodle Huddle Workshops Jan. 7 & 8

Moodle Huddle 2014
Get Cozy with Moodle - Two Days Only!

Tuesday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 8
9:00 a.m. - Noon
Sverdrup Hall, 2nd Floor

Harness the power under the hood with our ultra-concentrated series of Moodle workshops designed to maximize your time and effectiveness for delivering your courses. There will be sessions with hands-on time to dig in and create the next great iteration of your course.

Moodle Huddle provides development for faculty and staff on commonly used moodle features and its lesser-known gems, and promotes best practices of hybrid teaching and learning.

Topics include:
Course Building Shortcuts
Facilitate Student Success with Reports and Analytics
Design Effective Forum Discussions
Comprehensive Assessment with Gradebook
Integrate Accessibility - Understanding Student Access to Content
Assignment Assessment Made Simpler - Rubrics and Marking Guides
Converting Your Content - Quiz Questions

Workshop schedule (to be announced) is the same both days. Come to both days to see it all!
Refreshments provided.

Don't want to wait for Huddle? Find help with moodle everyday at the new Faculty Moodle Resource site:

http://go.augsburg.edu/fmr

For more information, contact Eric Strom at strom@augsburg.edu.

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URGO Summer Research Applications Are Out

Are you looking for a summer research opportunity? Would you like to get paid to do research? URGO applications for 2014 summer research are now available. All fields of study welcome!

Students must:
-Be a full-time Augsburg undergraduate
-Have completed at least one year of undergraduate study and have at least one semester of full-time study left
-Have a minimum GPA of a 3.0 (lower GPAs are considered on a case-by-case basis)
-Have not previously participated in URGO Summer Research or the McNair Scholars Program

Research options:
Full-time: 400 hours of research = $4,000 stipend
Part-time: 200 hours of research = $2,000 stipend
Research Assistant: 100 hours of research = $1,000 stipend

Application available here: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/research-funding/

Also check out off campus opportunities here: http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/off-campus-research/

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New Studio Class for Fall/WEC ART 118 Painting

The wonderful Fine Arts department is offering a new class this fall, 2-D Studio. If you are thinking about ART118 for Spring WEC, sign up soon it needs three more students to run it. It is the only chance WEC students will have to take beginning acrylic painting if they want to enroll in the fall 2014 inaugural section of advanced 2D studio. The advanced section combines acrylic, oil, watercolor, and drawing prerequisites for collaborative thematic visual studies in painting and drawing.

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Career Quick Stop Hours Are Changing

The last Career Quick Stop for Fall semester will be next Wednesday, December 18 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. in the Strommen Center.

Career Quick Stop hours for Spring semester will be changing to the following days and times starting Tuesday, January 14:

Tuesday's - 1:00-2:30 p.m. and Wednesday's 10:00-11:30 a.m.

These walk-in hours are meant for quick career question and short resume reviews. Appointments will be limited to 15 minutes and students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Simply check-in at Career & Internship Services (Christensen Center, Suite 100)

Individual career coaching appointments are still available - just call or stop-in to schedule.

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Dining Services Holiday Hours

Commons Cafe will be closing December 20 at 1:30 p.m. and will resume normal operating hours on January 12 for dinner.

Nabo will be closing on December 20 at 1:30 p.m. and will resume normal operating hours on January 13 at 7:30 a.m.

Einsteins will be closing on December 20 at 1:30 p.m. and will be open December 23, 26, 27, 30 and 31 from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. with a limited menu. Einsteins will also be open the January 2, 3, and 6-10 with a limited menu and will resume normal operating hours on January 13.

If you have any questions regarding Dining Services, please call Josh Ahrens at 612-359-6475. Thank you and have a great holiday season.

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Celebrate Professor Jeff Johnson TODAY

After more than 25 years of teaching physics at Augsburg, Jeff Johnson will retire at the end of this semester! Feel free to stop by the Chemistry/Physics Holiday Party (Friday afternoon) to wish Jeff well. We will have a small thank you celebration for Jeff at 3:05 in Science 21.

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Therapy Dogs Back During Finals Week

So many of you stopped by to meet and greet our furry friends from Paws for Learning yesterday and the comments, feedback, expressions were all awesome. Pets can be a helpful form of stress relief for people so we want you to know that the dogs will be back on campus during finals week.

Please feel free to stop by the Gage Center/Skyway level of the Lindell Library on Tuesday, Dec. 17 between 2 - 4 p.m. to see Annie or Hobson -- maybe even Charlie Too - the Great Dane.

Any questions, please feel free to call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707. Hope to see you on Tuesday afternoon!

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Free Tickets: Home and Landscape Expo

Human Resources has tickets available for the 2013 Home and Landscape Expo. The Expo runs December 27 through 29 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Stop into Human Resources in the Lower Level of Memorial Hall Monday through Friday to pick up your tickets while supplies last.

For more information about the show visit: http://homeshowcenter.com/visitors/homeshow.aspx?show=minneapolis

Also stop by Sierra Stamped Concrete, and mention you're an Auggie for a special offer being extended to Augsburg Faculty and Staff!

To learn more about Sierra Stamped Concrete visit their website at: http://www.sierrastampedconcrete.com/home.html

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Fac/Staff Fitness Wellness Incentive Program

If you've exercised 50 out of the last 100 days or 100 out of the last 100 days you are eligible for a "prize" through the Fac/Staff Fitness Wellness Incentive Program sponsored by Human Resources. If you've hit the 50 point mark you "win" an $8 gift card to eat/drink on campus. If you've hit that magical century mark you "win" a very nice Nike workout bag. Click on the Moodle site below to log your accomplishments or for more details about the program. https://moodle.augsburg.edu/moodlecommunity/course/view.php?id=521

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Daily Chapel: Las Posadas

Our Advent daily chapel series, "Behold! The Child of Our Longing," concludes with Las Posadas - a traditional Mexican Advent celebration with mariachi music, pinatas, and food!

Las Posadas (the inn) is a tradition celebrated in Mexico, Central and South American countries which re-enacts Joseph's search for room at the inn. Each Christmas season, a procession carrying a baby-like statue representing the Christ Child and images of Joseph and Mary riding a burro or on the shoulders of faithful church members walks through the community streets. The processional stops at a previously selected home and asks for lodging for the night. The people are invited in to read scriptures and sing Christmas carols called villancicos. Refreshments are provided by the hosts. The statue is left at the chosen home and picked up on the next night when the processional begins again. This continues for eight nights in commemoration of the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

Everyone welcome. Please join us for this Augsburg tradition!

10:40 a.m., Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center

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Late Night Breakfast - Dec. 16

It's Late and it's breakfast - Late Night Breakfast is Monday, Dec. 16, 10-11:30 p.m. Sponsored by A'viands food service - free to all Augsburg students (with ID).

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Biology Christmas Party - TODAY

The annual Biology Department and Tri-Beta Christmas Party will be held December 13 from 3-6 p.m. in SCI 213 (overflow seating in SCI 212). Stop by for hearty soups, sandwiches, beverages, holiday treats and more. Prize drawings for students. Hope to see you all there!

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Memorial Service for Mandela Arranged by Auggie

A public memorial service for the late President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul (239 Selby Ave., Saint Paul, MN 55102).

This service is organized by a planning committee led by Judge LaJune Thomas Lange '75 and who is the Honorary Consul for South Africa for the State of Minnesota.

The memorial service will feature remarks from:
--U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
--U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison
--St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman
--Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
--Minneapolis Mayor-elect Betsy Hodges
--Abdisalam Adam, Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Civic Center
--Kjell Bergh, Honorary Consul of the United Republic of Tanzania
--Mythili Chari, Hindu Temple of Minnesota
--Steve Hunegs, Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas
--Josie Johnson, civil rights icon and University of Minnesota Regent emeriti
--Father Kevin McDonough, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
--Bishop Peter Rogness, Saint Paul Area Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Immediate Past President of the Minnesota Council of Churches
--Rev. Billy G. Russell, Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
--Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, Temple Israel
--South Africans Carol McCullar and Leon Rodrigues

Music by David Billingsley, the Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Choir, the St. Peter Claver Cameroon Choir, the Saint Olaf African International Choir, and the African Harmony Choir.

The memorial service will honor Mandela, who served as South Africa's first democratically elected President from 1994 until 1999. He was imprisoned in South Africa for his struggle against racial oppression from 1963 until his release on February 11, 1990. He is South Africa's founding father and his tireless struggle for freedom earned him the respect of the world. His resilience and charisma made an impact on millions throughout his life.

The memorial service is free and open to the public.

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Mark Engebretson Honored with Housh CSBR Gift

Allen Housh began a long relationship with Augsburg College when his congregation Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Edina, Minn., nominated him to serve on Augsburg's Board of Regents. He served from 1989 to 2001.

Housh and his spouse Jean have made an estate plan commitment to Augsburg designated to sponsor a Physics faculty office in the new Center for Science, Business, and Religion.

They believe that the new CSBR will "make a statement. It will draw attention to Augsburg College's strength in all three departments: science, business and religion."

The Houshes are honoring physics professor Dr. Mark Engebretson through their gift. Engebretson, they say, "makes a big difference for students."

Read more at: http://blogs.augsburg.edu/riddle/?p=845

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Mary Laurel True Shares Thoughts on CSBR

Director of Service Learning and Community Engagement Mary Laurel True and Board of Regents member Wayne Jorgenson '71 believe Augsburg fosters a spirit of service by encouraging students to engage and serve in the local community. Likewise, Augsburg alumni recognize the generosity that made their educational experience possible and give back in order to allow future students to experience the same quality education at Augsburg.

See the video at: http://blogs.augsburg.edu/riddle/?p=679

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