Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
Teaching and Learning
General Announcements
Event Announcements
- Power of Play
- Tickets On Sale Now for Spring Musical, Carousel
- Growing Augsburg's Corporate Relations Profile
- Native American Film Series: Tues. April 21 5:30 p.m.
- Mindfulness Today 5pm OGC 100 - Free Food
- Interfaith Community Sending for Grads: April 30
- Daily Chapel: Rachel Hastings '15
- Faculty/Staff of Color Luncheon
Keeping Track of Auggies
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Public Safety and Facilities Announcements
Tornado Siren Tests TODAY
Today, sirens across the state will sound off as a part of Minnesota Severe Weather Awareness Week. These drills are scheduled at 1:45 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. This is a great time for campus community members to be aware of designated shelter areas in all of our facilities. As a general rule, these areas are on lower levels with limited amounts of glass and exposure. Additional severe weather information can be found at
dps.mn.gov/divisions/hsem/weather-awareness-preparedness
Teaching and Learning
Need Help Finishing Those Papers? Visit the WL.
The end of the semester is coming quickly. It's time to visit and revisit the Writing Lab tutors. You'll be glad you did! Here are the hours:
Monday: 11:10 a.m.-1:40 p.m.; 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 12:30-3 p.m.; 3:30-6 p.m.; 7:30-10 p.m.
Wednesday: 3:30-6 p.m.; 6:30-9 p.m.
Thursday: 12:30-3 p.m.; 3:30-6 p.m.; 7:30-10 p.m.
Friday: 4:30-7 p.m.
Sunday: 5:00-8 p.m.
Questions? Please contact K. Swanson, English Department.
Final Call for CSBR Course/Course Revision Grants
This is the final call for Proposals to the CTL for courses and course revisions that reflect CSBR themes of disciplinary integration, broadly understood. Proposals are due to CTL by Monday the 20th.
This grant program is supported by the Provost and an Innovation Fund grant and dates to the work of half a dozen faculty two years ago who produced the "Declaration of Interdependence," with five theses:
(1) The conventional understanding of academic disciplines is an illusion.
The disciplinary structure of Western colleges and universities, as well as popular supposition, imagines that these areas do not lend themselves well to integration. The Declaration argues that this view is both mistaken and disabling for colleges, students and, more importantly, society.
(2) The tensions as a gateway to connections.
The usual view is that disciplinary tensions are destructive. But the historical tensions between them can be recast as creative tensions that are capable of generating new insight that can help us address better many long-standing problems.
(3) Real-world connections.
Religion and science both explore the natural order while religion and business work ethically for the common good. Business and science collaborate to identify effective practice while Augsburg strives to discern our connected vocations.
(4) Working to create a new coherence.
Coming to live in the new integration means traditional disciplines are more creative and productive. Students will see one integrated world with a raft of linked challenges rather than many disjointed disciplines with little common vocabulary.
(5) Our commitment to inhabit.
From our vocation as a college of the church we commit to inhabit both traditional disciplinary tensions and the world intentionally. Our commitment issues in interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue that more readily highlights productive connections. Our graduates will be skilled in precisely this problem-solving dialogue.
You are invited to submit proposals which reflect these commitments in current courses or in new course proposals.
Let's celebrate the new CSBR early with own commitments.
Contact Larry Crockett (crockett@augsburg.edu) or Russell Kleckley (kleckley@augsburg.edu) with questions.
Faculty Luncheon: Scholarship and Teaching Innovation
Faculty please consider displaying your most recent scholarship achievements such as book publications, book chapters, peer reviewed articles, book reviews etc. at the faculty luncheon on April 30th. We would also like to invite to showcase any teaching innovation you have developed. This is a great opportunity for colleagues to learn about your distinctions. Please notify Michael Wentzel (wentzelm@augsburg.edu) if you have materials for display.
Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat
Do you wish you had uninterrupted time to write/work on scholarship? If so, you will want to take advantage of the annual Jessica Nathanson Scholarly Writing Retreat. Jess established a tradition of allowing faculty and academic staff time away from campus to focus entirely on scholarship. There is no schedule for this retreat - it is simply time and space to work on scholarship. The Provost and the Center for Teaching and Learning will cover the cost of the retreat.
The retreat will take place Sunday, May 17 at 1:00 p.m. (after lunch) through Tuesday, May 19 at 1:00 p.m. (after lunch). Please email ctl@augsburg.edu to reserve your space.
Tomorrow - Nomination Deadline for CTL Fellows
Nominations for CTL Faculty Fellows are now being accepted. Fellows assist the CTL Director in designing and organizing programs with the goal of enhancing teaching and learning at Augsburg. Fellows serve two-year terms and have access to additional funds to support their work as leaders in faculty development. Nominations, both self and of your peers, should be sent to ctl@augsburg.edu by April 17th.
General Announcements
Campus-Wide IDI-Guided Development Reboot
In response to student input from the spring 2014 focus groups and the fall 2014 survey, and the "Great Colleges to Work For" survey, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee Core is implementing five initiatives, one of which includes increasing the intercultural competence of faculty and staff (and students when applicable). An associated action step includes the campus-wide revitalization and reboot of the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) and IDI-guided development process first implemented in 2010.
The IDI is Augsburg's preferred tool of measurement of intercultural competence and the IDI-guided development process offers Augsburg faculty and staff a confidential Individual Development Plan to support movement on the development continuum, i.e. growth in personal intercultural competence. Ultimately, Augsburg would like to have all faculty and staff complete the inventory and plan on a rotating basis so that individuals have an opportunity to monitor their personal growth.
Human Resources, in partnership with the Diversity and Inclusion Committee Core, is pleased to support five cohort groups completing the IDI. In addition to completing the IDI, each participant will receive a confidential Individual Development Plan with a consultant before the end of this fiscal year. This cohort group mainly includes new hires, individuals who have expressed interest in taking the IDI, and individuals from critical roles (such as supervisors) and departments with a high volume of student contact. Within the next few days these individuals will receive invitations to participate in the cohort group. For individuals who are not included in this May cohort group, please note that we are budgeting for additional cohorts in the new fiscal year. It is our goal to have all faculty and staff integrated into a rotation within the next couple of years.
Questions can be directed to Joanne K. Reeck at reeck@augsburg.edu.
Student Employment for Academic Year ends May 2
Supervisors of Student Employees:
The end of the academic year is fast approaching. The last day of the academic year for student employment is May 2nd! The summer term begins May 3, 2015. If you are a hiring manager planning on having students working over the summer, please be sure to review the information below regarding student positions for the 2015 summer term.
Steps to follow when hiring a student worker for the 2015 Summer Term
1. Students returning into a position they held previously will only need a Student Employment Hire Form Summer 2015 to be turned in to Human Resources (HR). This form can be found on the HR Moodle site.
2. Looking for a student worker to hire? Any new position will need to be posted on the Human Resources website. Fill out the Student Employment Posting Request form located on the HR Moodle site and return the form to HR. We will post the position online. Applications will be forwarded to the hiring manager for review.
3. The hiring manager will fill out the Student Employment Hire Form Summer 2015 and submit it to the HR office. Students who have never worked on campus before will need to fill out additional HR forms, including a background check, before they will be authorized to work.
Questions? Email HR at hr@augsburg.edu or 612-330-1058.
Food Service Hours
Thursday 4/16/15
Nabo is open from 7:30am-8:00pm.
Einsteins 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 Herb Roasted Pork Loin, Polenta with Spring Peas, Creamy Potatoes, and Garlic Green Beans. Vege is serving Boiled Baby Red Tomatoes with Dill & Beets, Carolina Kale, Sauteed Corn & Tomatoes with Basil, and Diced Sweet Potatoes with Banana & Walnuts.
Congrats to Augsburg Leadership Award Recipients
STUDENT LEADERS
Linda Schrempp Alberg Endowed Leadership Award: Banna Kidane
Student Leaders of the Year: Amber Kalina & Cuong Nguyen
Emerging Leader of the Year: Marisa Mosqueda
Dean of Students Award: John Boyd, Grant Griffin & Alisha Olson
Community Service Award: Pahoua Xiong
Peer Education Award: Reies Romero
Social Justice Award: Dua Saleh
Seniors of the Year: Leonie Mann, Tina Monje, Jens Pinther, Brad St. Aubin
Juniors of the Year: Sagal Ali & Julian Kritz
Sophomores of the Year: Nancy Lor & Cheemoua Vang
First-Years of the Year: Rita Lalime & Mai Xee Vang
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Student Organization of the Year: Augsburg Asian Student Association
New Student Organization of the Year: Save the Kids
Community Service Award: Pan-Afrikan Student Union
Programming Award: KAUG
Social Justice Award: Students for Racial Justice
Student Organization Advisor of the Year: Dulce Monterrubio
Timekeeping System Enhancement
The timekeeping system is now available by a mobile application. Instructions on accessing and downloading the application to your mobile device can be found on your home page of the timekeeping system. Under the Hyperlinks section, you can select the Time Entry Help link and select Installing the mobile time entry app (Students/Faculty/Staff) instructions.
Let IT or HR know if you have any issues.
CGEE - Job Postings
The Center for Global Education and Experience (including the former Center for Global Education, international student and scholar services, and the Augsburg Abroad) is progressing with the previously announced restructuring. The goal is to better support the College's commitment to fostering global understanding through a range of intercultural study programs and experiences--not only at our global education sites and other locations abroad, but also on campus, in our community, and through U.S.-based study away educational programs. To this end, internal, qualified, applications may be submitted for the positions listed below. It should be noted the listed opportunities include a variety of possible positions, which consider possible movement by staff currently within the Center. Such movement is not guaranteed and thus all positions might not be interviewed for.
- Director Operations and Global Inclusion Initiatives
- Associate Director Customized Programs
- Manager Recruitment and Partnership Development
- Coordinator Customized Programs
Position descriptions may be found at O:\Human Resources\public\CGE Position Descriptions.
Applications, which must include the following, may be submitted to mcbroom@augsburg.edu, with a deadline for all materials of Wednesday, April 22, 2015.
- A resume/curriculum vitae;
- A cover letter;
- A brief statement that describes your vision for a holistic model of Global Education that honors Augsburg College traditions as well as moves the Center forward into new areas.
Questions should be addressed to mcbroom@augsburg.edu.
FAFSA Deadline: May 1
Augsburg's deadline to submit a 2015-2016 FAFSA is May 1. Returning students who submit a FAFSA after this date may lose 50% of their institutional financial aid.
If you have any questions, please contact Student Financial Services at studentfinances@augsburg.edu, or stop by our service window in the Enrollment Center.
Forward Your Mail For The Summer
All students with campus mailboxes need to indicate mail forwarding information before leaving campus for the summer. Without this information your mail will not be forwarded to where you will be living off campus. Please check your campus box for instructions (orchid colored card) regarding your mail over the summer or if you are graduating. Fill out and turn in the card to the Mailroom or put it in the inter-campus mail, one of the mail collection boxes in Christensen center. This card needs to be filled out, if you want your mail forwarded, whether or not you are returning to Augsburg in the fall.
If you have any questions please stop by the Mailroom or call 612-330-1119, or contact Gao Vang @ 612-330-1054 or vanggao@augsburg.edu.
Food Service Specials
Thursday 4/16/15
The Nabo Special of the Day is a Sloppy Joe with Chips.
There is Duck Breast at Lunch in The Commons Today!
Come to Nabo and try some Blackeye Bottled Cold Brew Coffee, brewed in St Paul. Blackeye is a company formed by Augsburg Alum Matt McGinn.
Enjoy some of the new options at The Salad Bar in The Commons! Featuring locally grown items!
Wednesday April 22nd is Earth Day. Come to The Commons where prizes will be given out including; a bicycle, coffee grounds for fertilizer, and assorted herbs in cans. There will also be a special menu featuring locally grown ingredients!
Event Announcements
Power of Play
Do you ever miss coloring? Ever long for recess? Have you ever thought, "It's so unfair that kids are given entire sections at Target with fun toys for them to play with"? Do you ever miss playing with reckless abandon, without caring what other people think, without having to "act your age"? ME TOO! I have an idea! LET'S PLAY!
Today's Schedule:
-Sidewalk Chalk 10:45-11:45am on the sidewalk near the library.
-Music Jam 1:30-2:30pm at the "Ode to Joy" plaza (the big chimes outside the music building). Bring your instruments!
Tickets On Sale Now For Spring Musical, Carousel
Tickets on Sale Now for Carousel!
Music by Richard Rodgers
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Darcey Engen
Musical Direction by Sonja Thompson
April 16,17,18 at 7 p.m.
April 19 at 3 p.m.
In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive millworker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent ‘up there.' Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father's reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instills in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love. It's easy to understand why, of all the shows they created, CAROUSEL was Rodgers & Hammerstein's personal favorite.
For ticket information go to: http://www.augsburg.edu/theater/current-season/ticket-information/
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater, Foss Center
Growing Augsburg's Corporate Relations Profile
Growing Augsburg's corporate relationships is the topic of next Monday and Tuesday's Focused Conversation sessions.
The sessions will be facilitated by Jay D. Peterson, assistant director of Corporate & Foundation Relations; Heather Riddle, vice president for Advancement, and Amanda Scherer, assistant director of Corporate & Foundation Relations.
Three members of Augsburg's Institutional Advancement division will speak about the importance of
Come learn how faculty, staff, alumni, and Regents work in partnership with Institutional Advancement maintain and grow strong relationships with corporate and industry partners. Learn which corporations are putting their Corporate Social Responsibility efforts into higher education and workforce development and how Augsburg connects with leaders from area corporations.
Click the link(s) below to add the session(s) to your calendar:
Monday, April 20, 3:40 p.m. - Marshall Room - http://bit.ly/1ayNkJu
Tuesday, April 21, 3:40 p.m. - Marshall Room - http://bit.ly/1DltNGJ
Also, don't forget, President Paul Pribbenow will hold the second Focused Conversation discussing The 7 Augsburg2019 Institutional Initiatives on Thursday, April 23. Click the following link to add that session to your calendar:
Thursday, April 23: 3:40 p.m. - Marshall Room - http://bit.ly/1xwjuA2
Native American Film Series: Tues. April 21 5:30 pm
The Augsburg community is invited for a special screening of films about and by Native youth that focus on wellness and environmental issues. Our evening will begin with the short film, Mde Mka Ska Canoe Nation Gathering, by local youth producers from Migizi Communications followed by our feature documentary, March Point, a film by Swinomish youth from Washington State.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
University of St. Thomas
O'Shaughnessy Educational Center Auditorium
Located on Cleveland Ave.
5:30 p.m. - 8:30
http://www.augsburg.edu/filmseries/
Thank you to our sponsors:
Augsburg College
American Indian Studies Department
American Culture and Difference Program, University of St. Thomas
Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota
Migizi Communications
Mindfulness Today 5pm OGC 100 - Free Food
Please join the Mindfulness for Students Club in their final Spring event--"An Evening of Mindfulness Basics." Just to relax, de-stress, and enjoy a break from studying. Lead by Cedric Weatherspoon, former professional basketball player and current mental health expert with 12 years experience helping local students find direction and calm. Free Afro-Deli buffet for mindful eating.
Interfaith Community Sending for Grads: April 30
Graduating students of all religious and non-religious identities are invited to an interfaith service celebrating your educational journey. This 45-minute service will be a special time of reflection and blessing.
Thursday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m.
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
Daily Chapel: Rachel Hastings '15
Join us for worship in the chapel today at 11:30am: Rachel Hastings '15, Senior Chapel; The Augsburg Worship Band performing.
Upcoming Chapel Schedule:
Friday, 4/17, at 10:40am: AGAPE* Hip Hop Outreach, Dave Scherer
Monday, 4/20, at 10:40am: Pastor Sonja Hagander preaching, Blessing for Tony Metz '15 on his graduation
Tuesday, 4/21, at 11:30am: Babette Chatman preaching, Community Collaborative Partner, Redeemer Center for Life and Redeemer Lutheran Church. The Reed Trio performing: Kelsey Birkholz, Jeoffrey Eckblad, and Andrew Meyer; directed by Merilee Klemp.
Wednesday, 4/22, at 10:40am: Earth Day, Michael Martin preaching, Augsburg Groundskeeper; and Blessing of the Tools
Wednesday Night Communion at 9:30pm: Songs of Praise; Patrick Joiner preaching, Pastoral Intern
Thursday, 4/23, at 11:30am: Dr. Bev Stratton preaching and receiving a blessing upon her retirement
Friday, 4/24, at 10:40am: End of Academic Year Celebration, Pastor Justin Lind-Ayres preaching
We gather in Hoversten Chapel - Absolutely everyone is welcome!
Faculty/Staff of Color Luncheon
Thursday, April 21st.
OGC 100
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Join us for our last luncheon of the month. Bring your own lunch and join other faculty and staff of color who work here at Augsburg. This is a great opportunity to network and share in ways we can support each other and work together.
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For Sale: Women's Golf Clubs
For sale: full set of Wilson HT1000 Flow women's golf clubs.
Irons size 3 through 9 plus PW, drivers size 1,3,5,7, and a putter.
This would be a good starter set. Clubs are good quality (formerly used by a member of a high school golf team), though they do have a lot of surface scuffs. Asking $25; price includes a red and black Wilson golf bag in good condition and a zippered outer bag for air travel.
Contact Erin at voss@augsburg.edu if interested.