Extreme Cold Safety

Public Safety encourages you to plan for your safety in traveling to or from campus, to remain indoors as much as possible while on campus, and be cautious during this time of extreme cold. If do you need to be outside, even for a short walk, bundle up to limit skin exposure.

For specific information on precautions to take during extreme cold weather, see the guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/guide.asp

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Teaching Civic Engagement -- Workshop on January 9

Faculty and staff are invited to an AACU-funded workshop on Thursday, January 9, 2014:

"From Theory to Practice: Teaching Civic Agency Across the Curriculum"

9:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Marshall Room

Please reserve a lunch by 12 noon on Tuesday, January 7 -- email Jacqui deVries devries@augsburg.edu.

Funded by an AACU "Bringing Theory to Practice Grant," this seminar will introduce participants to different models of civic engagement and explore how we might "bring theory to practice" in our curriculum. During the seminar we will consider new scholarship on teaching civic engagement, reflect on how we currently develop it in our students, refine our learning goals for "Engaging Minneapolis" in the first-year curriculum, and develop new ideas. Faculty and staff who work with first-year students are particularly encouraged to attend.

9:30 Introduction
9:45 Why This Conversation Now?
11:00 What Does It Mean to Teach Civic Engagement?
12:00 Lunch
1:00 What Are the Challenges?
2:15 What Does Success Look Like?

Short presentations will be made by Dennis Donovan, Joe Erickson, Michael Lansing, Susan O'Connor, and Donna Patterson

Readings Include:

A Crucible Moment: College Learning and Democracy's Future (Washington, D.C.: AACU, 2012)

John Dewey, "Creative Democracy: The Task Before Us," in John Dewey The Later Works, 1925-1953, vol. 14 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1998)

Harry Boyte, "Reinventing Citizenship as Public Work," in Democracy's Education: A Symposium on Power, Public Work, and the Meaning of Citizenship, ed. Harry C. Boyte (Vanderbilt University Press, forthcoming 2014.)

The planning team includes Katie Bishop, Harry Boyte, Jacqui deVries, Dennis Donovan, Joe Erickson, Michael Lansing, Mary Laurel True, Jim Trelstad-Porter, Joe Underhill, and Shana Watters.

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Moodle Huddle This Tuesday and Wednesday

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
STUDENT-CONTENT ENGAGEMENT AND ACCESSIBILITY TIPS
ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT MADE SIMPLER - RUBRICS AND MARKING GUIDES
QUIZZES - THE ANSWER KEY
MOODLE COURSE CONTENT - TIMING IS EVERYTHING

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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Residence Life Position Available

The Department of Residence Life at Augsburg College has an open staff position in the Everybody Loves Everybody (ELE) Community! If you are interested in this position please contact the Anderson Residence Hall Director, Eric Pegues at pegues@augsburg.edu.

We look forward to you applying for this awesome opportunity!

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Minnesota Masonic Charities Scholarships

Minnesota Masonic Charities (MMC) offers six distinct scholarship awards, making it one of the broadest reaching and largest providers of scholarships in the state. Students are eligible to receive $2,000 for each year they are in school, up to $6,000 total. Want more information? Check out their website for details and a downloadable application.

http://www.mnmasoniccharities.org/content/undergraduate-scholarships

Want more scholarship updates? Like the Enrollment Center on Facebook! Find us at https://www.facebook.com/enrollmentcenter.

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Supporting Our Somali Neighbors

Members of the Augsburg College community who wish to support our Somali neighbors impacted by the New Years Day fire at Otanga grocery on Riverside can make donations to the Brian Coyle Center.

Online contributions can be made at www.puc-mn.org/donate by clicking the "donate online" link. Please be sure to note in the comments section that the donation is for "Cedar Riverside Fire Disaster Relief."

Checks can be made out to "Pillsbury United Communities" with a note in the memo line referencing "Cedar Riverside Fire Disaster Relief" and sent to the Brian Coyle Community Center at 420 15th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454.

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Mandatory GHS (Chemicals Handling) Training

The Department of Public Safety is hosting four mandatory training sessions on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, for anyone who is employed by Augsburg and may work with or around chemicals.

The new OSHA rulings substantially modified its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to conform to the United Nations' Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The modifications to the HCS that will be covered during this training include:

- Revised criteria for classification of chemical hazards;
- Revised labeling provisions that include requirements for use of standardized signal words, pictograms, hazard statements, and precautionary statements;
- A specified format for safety data sheets;
- Related revisions to definitions of terms used in the standard; and
- Requirements for employee training on labels and safety data sheets

Training times will be at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m. for two hour durations.

Location: Science 123

To sign up
- go to Human Resources' Moodle Page https://moodle.augsburg.edu/moodlecommunity/mod/scheduler/view.php?id=23531 and
- Training
- "GHS Training"

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Augsburg Mourns the Passing of Dr. Annette Gerten

Dr. Annette Gerten, associate professor of Social Work, died from an aggressive cancer. Annette was a passionate and valued member of the Social Work faculty and the Augsburg community. Her time with us and our students--cut short too soon--was a blessing that we will long remember and greatly miss.

Annette's family has scheduled a Mass of Christian Burial memorial service on Friday, January 10, at 10 a.m. at the Church of St. Patrick, 3535 72ndSt. E., Inver Grove Heights. Visitation will be Thursday, January 9, from 3 to 8 p.m., also at the Church of St. Patrick.

The Augsburg community gathered on Friday, January 3, for a community prayer service.

We hold Annette's husband, Jim, their three children, her family, and all who knew Annette in our thoughts and prayers.

Read more: http://blogs.augsburg.edu/alumni/2014/01/03/augsburg-college-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-annette-gerten-associate-professor-of-social-work/

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Keeping Track of Auggies

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