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Applying for Med, PA, PT, or Other Health Schools?

URGO will be hosting Application Bootcamp for students and alumni who are applying to professional schools in the health field this year (Medicine, Dentistry, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, etc.). The bootcamp includes three sessions:

May 8, 10-2 in Sverdrup 201
May 14, 10-2 in Sverdrup 201
May 19, 10-2 in Sverdrup 201

It will feature application instruction from Dr. Dale Pederson, personal statement guidance from Dr. Dal Liddle, and individualized advising from URGO. Students are strongly recommended to attend all three sessions to develop a high quality application, and are encouraged to sign up for as many sessions as possible. The work time and support is designed for students at all stages of the application process, those who haven't started yet and those who are well under way. Students who attend will receive priority feedback on applications and secondaries following bootcamp.

Follow the link below to register!
http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo

If you have any questions, email urgo@augsburg.edu or call 612-330-1446

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There is Still Time to Find the Writing Lab

There are two days remaining in this term when you can take advantage of the WL tutors. Visit the Writing Lab during these days and hours:

Tuesday: 12:30-3:00 p.m.; 3:30-6:00 p.m.; 7:30-10 p.m.
Wednesday: 3:30-6:00 p.m.; 6:30-9 p.m.

The lab will open for the summer term on May 12.

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AugSTEM Scholarships for Auggie STEM Students

The AugSTEM Scholarship application for 2014-2015 is now available at the STEM Programs website (www.augsburg.edu/stem).

Applications are due July 1. Please email stem@augsburg.edu if you plan to apply.

The AugSTEM program is designed to support Augsburg juniors and seniors who wish to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Funded by the National Science Foundation, AugSTEM Scholars can receive up to $7,000 per year in financial support. Scholars also become a part of a vital STEM community at Augsburg with opportunities for research, faculty mentoring, and career development.

The AugSTEM scholar award is designated for students who are within five semesters of graduating. Applicants must be full-time students in a STEM major (biology, biopsychology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics) with a 3.0 GPA within their major. This award is available for U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents who demonstrate financial need via FAFSA. Students who began their college careers at community colleges are encouraged to apply for this scholarship.

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On-Campus GRE Prep Course - Register Now

Augsburg offers an eight week GRE prep course each summer for students and alumni at a cost well below those found at private test centers. This course is taught by Augsburg faculty and staff and walks students through each section of the general test. Throughout the course students complete sample test questions and receive in-depth feedback and instruction.

Tuesdays 4:00-6:30pm
May 27-July 22
Cost: $75

Registration is first come, first served, so sign up now at www.augsburg.edu/urgo!

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Moodle Help

Do you need some help
building/editing your hybrid course Moodle site?
planning the online components of your hybrid course?
creating engaging forum discussion assignments?
devising relevant online assignments?

For individualized Moodle help contact Dan McGuire (x1347) or Bonnie Tensen (x1574) or come to L119 Thursday, 1:00-2:30 p.m.

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Teach or Research Abroad with Fulbright

Fulbright is a competitive national fellowship that provides the opportunity to teach English, research, or study for a year (the 2015-2016 academic year) in one of 155 countries. Currently, we have three Auggies teaching English in Turkey, Taiwan, and the Czech Republic. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree by summer 2015 to be eligible (alumni are welcome to apply as well), and generally a GPA of 3.5 or higher is needed for a competitive application. If you are interested in applying for a Fulbright, summer is the time to get started! Please contact URGO at urgo@augsburg.edu to find out if Fulbright is a good fit for you!

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Student Campus Box Notifications

The 2014 Commencement is upon us and that means students may be returning home. Please complete a mail forwarding card to let us know what you would like done with your mail. First-class mail can be forwarded to you, either for the summer if you are retuning in the fall, or for six months if you are graduating or not returning. These cards can be picked up from the mail room, shipping and receivin,g and the copy center.

Also, please be aware that all undergrad students will be assigned a new campus box in the fall. Your current campus box will be available to you up until September 1, 2014. You will receive an email the first week of the fall semester with your new campus box number. Please be aware of this change and make sure your mail or any items in your campus box are picked up. If you have any question please call the mail room at 612-330-1119, or the copy center at 612-330-1054, and someone will assist you.

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Bookstore Hours and Rental Information

The bookstore will be open from
April 25: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
April 26: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
April 28-May 1: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
May 2: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

We will be open Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

If you have not purchased your cap and gown, please come into the store and do so ASAP. We will be open well before both ceremonies, so there is time to purchase prior to commencement if you are unable to make it in during our extended hours next week.

Rentals are due Thursday, May 1. If you are unable to bring to the store, please use the postage paid label we provide. All instructions are located in the first reminder email sent out Sunday evening, April 20. You will receive a total of 8 reminder emails before we consider your rental late (after May 1) and charge your card. Please make sure you are checking your emails if you are unsure how you acquired your books.

If you are selling your books back (next Monday, April 28-Thursday, May 1) please have your student ID on hand. All buy-backs will require your student ID. Please verify the books you are selling back are your purchased books.

Have a great finals week and congratulations to all that are graduating!

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Tuition Benefit Application Deadlines

The following deadlines are for classes starting Fall 2014. If you have questions regarding deadlines for spring or summer courses, please contact Human Resources at berggren@augsburg.edu

Applications for benefits for students attending Augsburg:
Classes starting Fall 2014: Application due July 1, 2014

Applications for exchange benefits:
ACTC Schools Application due April 15, 2014
CIC, TE, ELCA schools Application due May 1, 2014

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HSA Financial Forum Webinars

Do you have a HSA? Optum Health will offer three Financial Forum webinars to help you plan, save, and pay for qualified medical expenses, and to potentially grow your savings tax-free by investing in mutual funds.

You will learn:
- Who is eligible to invest
- How to use the available educational and account management tools
- How to set up an investment account, select funds, and allocate dollars
- How to transfer money between your HSA and investment account

Financial Forums have a 20/20 format -- taking only 40 minutes out of your day. The first 20 minutes are dedicated to discussing the HSA topic, with the last 20 minutes held for Q&A.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to take full advantage of the tax-free savings your HSA offers.

Times/Dates the forum is offered:
- Wednesday, May 7 - 3:00 p.m.
- Thursday, May 22 - 3:00 p.m.

Space fills up quickly, so register today. For more information or to sign up, visit:
http://go.optum.com/4820_FS_Financial_Forum_Spring_2014-Employee/employee_invite1.pdf?elq_mid=4778&elq_cid=972371&elq_ck=701a0000002AIcBAAW&elq=c24539b2e703407eb3b85c15a5b8d2ed&elqCampaignId=1439

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Vice President Finance/Administration interviews

We will welcome to campus two candidates for the position of Vice President of Finance and Administration. Campus community members are invited to an open forum 11- noon on Monday, May 5 to meet Werner Golling, and from 11-12 noon on Tuesday, May 6 to meet Margaret Tungseth.

Both meetings will be in Kennedy 303/305.

Materials for the candidates can be found on moodle, under "Vice President for Finance and Administration." The link is https://moodle.augsburg.edu/moodlecommunity/course/view.php?id=759

We will be providing a link to a survey for input from the community.

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Augsburg is Moving to a New Web Time Entry System

Everyone is invited to several information sessions / Q&A about our upcoming move to a new web time entry system. Starting May 25 everyone using the current time entry system will start using the new time entry system. All staff, faculty supervisors of students or staff, and student employees will begin using the new system starting May 25.

Both systems are from the same company, Kronos, but the new system has many improvements. Including:

- no Java except for what is in your coffee mug
- easy time entry for students with multiple jobs
- supervisors able to view time worked by student workers in all jobs
- up to the minute benefit accrual time information on the main screen showing time taken, available and requested
- easier reporting options for supervisors

The new time entry system will be the place where the benefit accrual time will be calculated each pay period for the benefit-eligible employees. It will be the main keeper of the benefit accruals.

We have been testing the system over the last few months and have received great feedback from our pilot group which included staff and students.

We have scheduled the following sessions to show what the system looks like and to answer questions. The first 45 minutes focuses on employee time entry and the last 15 minutes focuses on supervisor approval and reporting. You are welcome to stay for all of the time.

Thursday May 1, 9am-10am, Cedar room
Thursday May 1, 12 noon-1pm, Cedar room (bring your lunch)
Monday May 5, 2pm-3pm, Riverside room
Wednesday May 7, 9am-10am Cedar room
Thursday May 8, 5pm-6pm Cedar room

Hands-on training sessions will be coming in the weeks following these sessions so watch for those announcements.

If you have any questions please let myself or Theresa Gade (gade@augsburg.edu) know.

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ASAC Survey

The Augsburg Student Activity Council is seeking your opinions on the 2015 All-Nighter as well as other events on campus during the 2014-2015 school year. Please take a moment and fill out this survey!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GWG7NSS

Thanks,
-Augsburg Student Activities Council

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Fitness Challenge

Congratulations to Colin Irvine winner of the 9" color Nook HD! And thank you to everyone that participated in logging in thousands of hours of physical activity throughout the Auggie vs Tommie Fitness Challenge. We hope that you will keep up your fitness regimes. Our next wellness challenge will be announced in May and will run four the month of June. Stay tuned for more information to be announced.

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Last Day to Vote in Staff Senate Elections

Wednesday, April 30 is the last day to vote for next year's new Staff Senators.

Please copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser:
http://augsburg.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_72O6T8V0a1iPuV7&_=1

If you have any questions or issues, email grewe@augsburg.edu.

Thank you,
Staff Senate

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TIAA-CREF Individual Counseling Sessions

TIAA-CREF regularly offers individual counseling sessions at no additional cost to you.

You can discuss your personal financial situation with an experienced TIAA-CREF Financial Consultant on a confidential basis. They are available to discuss how to help you achieve your financial goals by investing in financial solutions such as mutual funds, brokerage, life insurance and annuities.

Sessions will be:
Tuesday, April 29, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. (Sverdrup 102)
Wednesday, April 30, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (Sverdrup 102)
Thursday, May 1, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. (Sverdrup 102)

Space is limited so please RSVP as soon as you can.
To sign up call 1-866-843-5640, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (CT).

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Send Silence Packing April 30

Send Silence Packing, a suicide prevention awareness campaign, will be holding an event in St. Paul on Wednesday, April 30. More than a thousand backpacks, each representing a suicide by a college student during the past year, will be displayed at 380 St. Peter Street, in St. Paul, during the day on April 30.

For more information, visit www.sendsilencepacking.org

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Marty Stortz at St. Olaf: Tuesday, April 29

At the invitation of John Barbour, the Boldt Chair in the Humanities, Marty will speak on "Footprints in the Gospel of John: Pilgrimage and the Body's Knowing," in Dittman Hall 305 at 7:30pm. The talk draws on the actual experience of pilgrimage to Santiago as a lens for reading John's gospel.

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Give to the Max Day Workshop on May 8

Interested in raising funds for your department for student research, new equipment, symposia, new equipment, or programmatic funding? A Give to the Max Day could be right for you! Learn more at the:

Give to the Max Day 2014 info session/workshop
Thursday, May 8
2:15-4:15 p.m.
Hoversten Chapel

This info session and workshop will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about Give to the Max Day (taking place on November 13, 2014), hear from last year's faculty project leaders, and begin to develop ideas for your own fundraising project.

To RSVP, visit https://fog.augsburg.edu/AlumniEvents or contact Martha Truax, Director of Annual Giving, at 612-330-1652 or truaxm@augsburg.edu.

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Final Free Yoga Class TODAY

Please feel free to come to the last FREE yoga class for this academic year today (Tuesday 4/29) from 12 noon-1:00 p.m. in the Wrestling Room of Kennedy Center. All interested students, faculty and staff are welcome to stop in for some stress relief as we wind down the year and finals week.

The free class this semester was supported from generous contributions by CCHP and The Augsburg Mindfulness Club.

We hope you will be able to come to the final yoga session this year.

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StepUP Program Graduation Celebration

We invite faculty, staff and students to attend the StepUP Program Graduation Celebration on Friday, May 2, at 1:00 p.m. in the Sateren Auditorium. We hope to see you there!

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Stage Direction Presentation: April 30

We'd like to cordially invite you to an evening of student directed work on Wednesday, April 30, 7:00 p.m., in the Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center.

The presentation will feature scenes from Pinter's The Birthday Party, directed by Quinci Bachman; Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, directed by Marit Bakken; Suzan Lori-Parks' Empty, from 365 Days/365 Plays, directed by Emma Capman; Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, directed by Stephanie Burt; Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House, directed by Isaac Kronlokken; Beckett's Waiting for Godot, directed by Michael Wesely; and Heiner Müller's Medeaplay, directed by Boo Segersin. (Martha Johnson, instructor)

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Finals Week Stress Relief and Dogs

CCHP welcomes back Paws for Learning for one final time this year on Tuesday 4/29/14 from 2-4 p.m. on the second floor of the Library near the Skyway. Please feel free to stop by for some finals week stress relief and a little pet therapy. Any questions feel free to call the CCHP office at 612-330-1707. Enjoy!

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Commencement Staffing Still Needed

Commencement 2014 is right around the corner and we're still looking for a few members of the campus community that would be able to assist with staffing various roles during the ceremony. Thank you to the many that have already volunteered from across campus. But, as you can imagine, it takes a lot of people to make sure that the nearly 3000 guests and our graduates have a seamless, enjoyable day. This year's ceremonies are:

Saturday, May 3, 2014
Ceremony Begins at 1:00 p.m.
Si Melby Hall

Sunday, May 4, 2014
Ceremony Begins at 1:00 p.m.
Si Melby Hall

Opportunities still remaining:

Student Check-In
Shift is from 11:00am-1:15pm
Christensen Center Lobby
SUNDAY ONLY: NEED FIVE PEOPLE

Flag Bearers (Ideally Students)
Shift is from 12:15am-1:00pm
Robes provided
Saturday and Sunday Shifts: NEED 20 PEOPLE

If you're available to help or have questions, please contact Jodi Collen in the Event & Conference Planning department at collen@augsburg.edu. Once shifts are assigned, additional information will be sent to all volunteers regarding their shift.

Thank you in advance!

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Used U of M Centenary Doctoral Gown and Tam

University of Minnesota Centennary Doctoral gown for sale
New at the U of MN bookstore, $659
Used gown 2x, $100.00

Eight-sided Doctoral Tam with gold tassel, new at UM bookstore $120.00
Used tam, 7 1/2, $20.00

Contact information: gretchenirvine@yahoo.com
Cell: 952 237 4727

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