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CTL Scholarly Writing Discussion - This Wednesday

Faculty, join your colleagues for a discussion on how to manage scholarly writing with a heavy teaching load. In preparation for the discussion, please read the two brief articles that are linked on the CTL events page http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/upcoming-events/. Come for the coffee (and tea), stay for the ideas and community.

This event will coincide with the announcement of dedicated space on campus for faculty and staff to focus on writing.

February 4th
10:30-11:45
Lindell 202

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Phase 1 URGO Summer Research App - Due Today

The Phase 1 Application for URGO summer research is due TODAY by 4pm! Students must drop off the hard copy of the application at the URGO office at Science 152. Applications can be found at www.augsburg.edu/urgo (click "Apply for Summer Research" orange tab on right).

There are two ways that students can do paid summer research with URGO:

URGO Summer Research Program: a 10-week, on-campus program where students are funded to join a faculty member's ongoing research/creative line or carry out an individually-designed project. Full-time researchers receive a $4,000 stipend and support throughout the research process from their faculty mentor, weekly seminars, and roundtable discussions with fellow researchers.

URGO Summer Research Assistantship: an opportunity to help a faculty member with an on-going research project or creative line by assisting with research tasks. Research assistants receive a $1,000 stipend for 100 hours of work, which can be completed at any time throughout the summer.

Contact the URGO office at x1446 or urgo@augsburg.edu if you have any questions.

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CTL Grant Deadlines Fast Approaching

Faculty, please visit http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/grant-applications/ to access the call for proposals and applications for the Provost's Internationalization Travel Grants and the Summer Scholarship Grants. Applications for both grants are due by February 9th.

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Study Abroad & Study Away in USA Deadline- March 1

Satisfy your Augsburg Experience, major, minor and general education requirements while you study abroad or away in the USA. Deadline for this summer, fall or academic year is March 1.

www.augsburg.edu/augsburgabroad/

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Apply to be a 2015-16 Interfaith Scholar

Attention current sophomores and juniors:

There's still time to apply to be an Interfaith Scholar! Applications are due Thursday, February 5th!

Want to engage in dialogue with people of different faiths and make a difference at Augsburg and in the wider community? Consider becoming an Interfaith Scholar.

Interfaith Scholars participate in a yearlong academic seminar (407/408) led by Professor Matt Maruggi and Pastor Sonja Hagander, earn four upper division semester credits in the Religion Department, and receive a $2,000 scholarship.

For more information and to apply, visit our website: http://www.augsburg.edu/ccv/interfaith-scholars-program/

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Food Service Hours

Monday 2/2/15

Nabo is open from 7:30am-8:00pm. The Special of the day is Sloppy Joes.

Einstein's is open from 7:30am-9:00pm with the Late Night Menu starting at 7:00pm.

The Commons is open from 7:30am-7:00pm. Market Place is serving Baked Jojo Potatoes, Parislied Cauliflower, Chicken Acapulco, and Green Beans. Vege is serving Red Bean Curry, Asparagus with Toasted Sesame Balsamic, Broccoli with Cheese Sauce, and Herb Roasted Tomatoes.

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Apply to be a 2015-16 Christensen Scholar

Attention current sophomores and juniors:

There's still time to apply to be an Christensen Scholar! Applications are due Thursday, February 5th!

Interested in exploring life's big questions? Will you be studying on campus all of next year? Consider becoming a Christensen Scholar.

Christensen Scholars participate in a yearlong academic seminar (REL 405/406) led by Professor Martha Stortz, earn four upper division semester credits in the Religion Department, and receive a $2,000 scholarship.

For more information, and to apply, visit our website: http://www.augsburg.edu/ccv/christensen-scholars-program/

There is also more information on our Blog: http://www.augsburg.edu/ccv/blog/

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Augsburg Receives $10 Million Gift for CSBR

On Friday, we shared with the Board of Regents and the campus community that Augsburg College had received a $10 million naming-level gift to the Center for Science, Business, and Religion. We will not be announcing the name of the donor at this time because we are working on a formal announcement event that we hope will be meaningful and include the donor's family. You will hear more about that celebration in the coming months as plans are confirmed.

The CSBR naming gift brings the total funds we have raised for the campaign to more than $40 million! And, in the interest of moving toward ground-breaking for the new building, the donor will make this gift in cash this year. I am truly humbled and inspired by the generosity and leadership of this donor, whose confidence in this project will inspire generosity in others throughout the final stretch of this campaign.

I am grateful to our Board of Regents and CSBR Campaign Chair Mike Good '71 for their leadership in the success of this campaign and to all the faculty and staff members who have supported this effort and inspired donors through the work you do.

It was a great day of celebration to honor the generosity of the donor and to recognize what we can accomplish together. To read more about the announcement and the campaign, see http://www.augsburg.edu/news and http://www.augsburg.edu/csbr .

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MN Job & Internship Fair - Prep Sessions

Are you registered for the MN Private College Job & Internship Fair, which is being held on Wednesday, February 18th? The Strommen Career & Internship Center will be holding a number of prep sessions (you only need to attend one) on the following days. To register for the fair and to learn more go to www.augsburg.edu/strommen

Tuesday, February 3rd: 10:30-11:00am
Tuesday, February 3rd: 11:25-11:55am
Wednesday, February 4th: 12:30-1:00pm
Monday, February 9th: 10:35-11:05am
Thursday, February 12th: 3:45-4:15pm

If you have questions, please call 612-330-1148.

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Augsburg's International Sites - Namibia Blog

Two weeks ago, we highlighted Augsburg's campus in Nicaragua with events and guest lectures - but did you know that Augsburg ALSO has a campus in Windhoek, Namibia?

CGEE encourages anyone who is interested in learning more about Augsburg's global sites to follow the student's experience in Southern Africa at CGEE's blogs. You can read about the students' first week here: http://www.augsburg.edu/global/2015/01/28/southern-africa-fall-semester-johannesburg/

Any students interested in spending a semester in Southern Africa with CGEE can contact Lucy Hardaker at hardaker@augsburg.edu.

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Multicultural Dinner this Thursday, 5pm-7pm

Annual Multicultural Dinner
Thursday, February 5th
5-7 p.m.
Brian Coyle Community Center
420-15th Avenue South

Good food and a chance to meet Cedar-Riverside neighbors!
Free!

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Thomson Reuters Informational Session

Thomson Reuters Informational Session
Wednesday, February 4th
4:30-5:30 pm, Strommen Center, Suite 100, Christensen Center
Attend this info session and learn about summer paid internship opportunities for Finance and Accounting majors. They are hiring students who will have completed their junior year or seniors that will be returning to Augsburg in the fall of 2015.

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. They combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

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Need Health Insurance?

CCHP will be hosting MN Sure navigators from Health Access on Tuesday 2/3/15 from 10-2 pm in the Riverside Room of Christensen Center for anyone who may be needing to enroll in a health insurance plan. The deadline for enrollment in the MN Sure health plans is 2/15/15. These health navigators can answer questions and will meet individually with interested students, faculty or staff.

The appointments will take about 45-60 minutes and you can sign up for a specific time slot by calling the CCHP office at 612-330-1707.

Representatives from Take Action MN will also be available and are interested in hearing people's stories about your health care experiences so please stop by the their table in Christensen Center on Tuesday as well.

Below is a checklist of info you will need to apply:

Checklist of Information for Applying
Have this information before your start the application process:

* Social Security number for each person applying
* Date of birth for everyone in household (not just those applying)
* Driver's license, Tribal ID, or other ID
* For non-citizens, Green Card or other immigration documents
* Last year's tax forms (1040EZ or page 1 of 1040)
* Two most recent pay stubs
* Documents for other sources of income (social security, unemployment, self-employment, etc.)
* W2 form or Employer Tax ID Number (EIN)
* Employer's address and contact information
* Information about any employer-provided health insurance available to each person applying (request this from the employer)
* Think of a username and password for your MNSure account
* DEPENDENT INFORMATION: Make sure you know whether your parent/guardian claims you as a dependent on their tax forms. If they do, you need to bring the above information for your PARENT/GUARDIAN.

If possible, ask your parent/guardian to be available via phone from during the event in case you need additional information from them.

Thank you!

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Save the Kids Movie Series

Save The Kids Augsburg College is continuing our movie series in honor of the late great James Dewitt Yancy aka J Dilla or Jay Dee. We will be showing 3 documentary films about this wonderful human being and musical genius to ensure people learn of his history, legacy, and tremendous contributions to Hip Hop and music as a whole.

Date 1: Monday, Feb. 9
Documentary: Stussy (28min) and Crate Diggers (26min.)
Time: 6pm
Location: East Commons (Augsburg College/Christensen Center)

Date 2: Monday, Feb. 16th
Documentary: Still Shining (39min.)
Time: 6pm
Location: East Commons (Augsburg College/Christensen Center)

FREE POPCORN and DONUTS!

Contact Reies Raees Romero for additional info/questions
romeror@augsburg.edu or 651-270-7592

This is a FREE event!

Surprise Skype-ins at each screening! (TBA)

This is in anticipation of Twin Cities Dilla Day 2015 on Feb. 21st at the Nomad World Pub.
https://www.facebook.com/events/795552197172346/

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Native American Film Series Starts Next Week

Fire and Ice - part of the series Standing on Sacred Ground.
Tuesday, February 10
Sateren Auditorium, Music Hall, 715 22nd Ave South
Reception 6:15-6:45
Screening begins at 7:00, Discussion to follow

Fire and Ice explores two mountain cultures fighting to protect their cultural and ecological heritage with the help of modern science. In the Gamo Highlands of Ethiopia, spiritual traditions that long protected trees, meadows and mountains are under attack by evangelical Christians.

Discussion hosted by Dr. Cecilia Martinez, Director or Research Programs at the The Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy, whose research is focused on the development of energy and environmental strategies that promote equitable and sustainable policies.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Augsburg College, American Indian Studies Department, Environmental Studies Program, Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota, Center for Earth, Energy, and Democracy

FFI: Elise Marubbio, 612-330-1523, or marubbio@augsburg.edu

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Housing Expo

February 17, 2015
Christensen Center, East Commons

All Day students will receive a computer generated, randomly assigned, selection number based on class status. Those with the highest numbers will be the first to choose their housing for 2015-2016. Find current Day students to room with and add the selection numbers of everyone in your group. Once you have the total, find the appropriate time slot and come to the Expo with your student ID and printed selection number email.

Questions? Email reslife@augsburg.edu

-Department of Residence Life

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1st International Hip Hop Activism Conference

1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference
Augsburg College
February 20 to 21, 2015
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Feb. 20, 7pm to 10pm - March and Hip Hop Show - Mayday Books to Common Table, Minneapolis
https://www.facebook.com/events/722627531186126/?ref=br_tf

Feb. 21, 8:30am to 6pm - 2nd Floor, Christensen Center Building, 2211 Riverside Ave. S., Minneapolis

Conference webpage:
http://savethekidsgroup.org/?p=5616

#HipHopActivismConference
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This event is FREE to all and open to the public like all Hip Hop should be.
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In reaction to systemic U.S. police brutality toward People of Color, the global mass demonstrations for Mike Brown and Eric Garner, and the many unknown victims of police brutality, this conference wants to mobilize and organize those involved in Hip Hop to work to end these acts and systems of violence, torture, and oppression. Taking place on February 21 to observe the horrific assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, this conference is dedicated to the history, research, practice, and theory of Hip Hop activism. The conference will host workshops, roundtables, teach-ins, panels, and lectures. We plan for this conference to be a mixture of political analysis and practical street-line skill building. Hip Hop activism uses the four elements of Hip Hop for justice and peace and is most often concerned with defending youth, self-expression, and claiming space. The topics that Hip Hop activism most often covers include, but is not limited to, police brutality, the war on drugs, mass incarceration, racism, poverty, education, and the criminalization of Hip Hop culture. All are invited to attend and present, and we hope to make this a yearly event held at different locations across the globe.

Contact Reies Romero for more info:
romeror@augsburg.edu or 651-270-7592

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Lynn Casey, CEO of PadillaCRT - Feb 12 at 5pm

Please join us for the next Strommen Executive Speaker Series on February 12th.
Lynn Casey will be speaking about "Building and Protecting Relationships in Real Time". Casey is dynamic, caring leader, who will share her personal story of building relationships throughout her tenure at PadillaCRT.

Augsburg Regent, and professor of strategic communication and program director of the U of M Professional M.A. in Strategic Communication Steve Wehrenberg, will introduce her presentation.

Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Sateren Auditorium, Augsburg College
Title: Building and Protecting Relationships in Real Time
Registration: www.augburg.edu/alumni/events

All are welcome to the a reception immediately following the presentation in the Christensen Center.

Lynn Casey ---

Casey has served on and chaired numerous nonprofit boards. Currently, she is vice chair of the Greater Twin Cities United Way, secretary of the University of Minnesota Foundation, and is an active member of the Minnesota Women's Economic Roundtable and the Itasca Project.

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22 Volunteers Still Needed for Scholarship Weekend

Dear Faculty,

Twenty-two faculty volunteers are still needed for Scholarship Weekend. This annual event brings a large group of high achieving high school students to campus not only to compete for scholarships but to spend the night on campus and get a better sense of the campus and the Augsburg community.

We need your help on Friday, Feb. 13th, to interview some of the talented student applicants who are vying for a President's Scholarship, an International President's Scholarship, or an Honors Regents Scholarship and a spot in the Honors Program.

As you may know, faculty interviews during Scholarship Weekend are an integral part of this event. Each applicant will participate in a 20-minute interview with two faculty members and a current Honors Program student. There is great anticipation and excitement for these students and for the faculty and staff who work with them over the course of their visit!

In person interviews will take place on Friday, Feb. 13th from 3pm to 6pm. If you cannot participate in these interviews but would like to help out, we are also looking for faculty to conduct phone interviews Monday-Wednesday, February 9-11, between either 9:00 am-12:00 pm or 1:00 pm-4:00 pm.

Any time you can give toward this process is greatly appreciated.

Participating faculty members are required to attend one of three training sessions. The training sessions are Feb. 9th from 10-11am or 11am-noon and Feb. 11th from 11-noon.

I hope you will consider this opportunity to meet with some talented prospective students and learn more about them, their academic interests, and their desire to come to Augsburg as well as to share some of your experiences with them.

Please send me (christi@augsburg.edu) a quick note if you can serve as an interviewer on Friday, and/or if you could be available to conduct phone interviews, or let me know if you have questions.

Again, my thanks for your assistance.
Tracy

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Budget Manager Training Starts Wednesday

Training for budget managers will be held:

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 9-10 a.m. in OGC 100
Monday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-Noon in OGC 100
Thursday, Feb. 12, 2-3 p.m. in Christensen's Augsburg Room

All budget managers should plan to attend one of these trainings. You will be provided with the framework and strategy behind the FY2016 budget. Also, specific information and direction will be given on the new format for your budget submission.

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Chapel Series "We Are Called: Masters of Vocation"

Please join us for worship in the chapel today at 10:40am as we begin a unique Three-Day Chapel Series: "We are Called - Masters of Vocation." Augsburg Masters students speak on vocation and faith. Jenna Noonan preaching, MA Physician Assistant Studies student.

Series continues:
Tuesday, 2/3, 11:30am: Erin Fox, MA Music Therapy student
Wednesday, 2/4, 10:40am: Breanne Royer, MA Social Work/Dual Degree with Luther Seminary student

Later this week:
Thurs. 2/5: Jane Ulring '15 senior chapel
Friday 2/6: TBA

We gather in Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center - Everyone is welcome!

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Augsburg Hosts 250 Native Students on Jan. 30

Thanks to students, staff and faculty for hosting over 250 Native students from Minneapolis, St. Paul, Osseo, Brooklyn Center, Anoka-Hennepin and Robbinsdale schools. Special thanks to Jennifer Simon, Director, American Indian Student Services.

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Seeking Auggies to Teach English in China

TEACH ENGLISH in CHINA

Graduating this spring? Already an Augsburg Alum? Teach English in China at Augsburg Exchange Partner United International College in Zhuhai, China. Paid airfare and housing, monthly stipend, excellent experience! 3.0 GPA required. Priority Deadline to apply is February 10.

Application Instructions and Forms
http://bit.ly/1xTBP7C

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