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Memorial Window Washing and A/C this Week
Memorial Hall is scheduled for exterior and interior window washing and installation of air conditioners starting tomorrow. If you office in Memorial, please move personal belongings off window ledges and/or tables under your windows. Screens removed for window washing will be left down for cleaning and re-installation after a/c installation. Thanks for your cooperation.
Confidential Document Destruction THURSDAY
For those departments on campus that have been collecting confidential documents that need shredding, now is the time to place a facilities work request to have your materials picked up for storage in a secure location until the shredding truck comes this Thursday. Please place your request today so we have time to do all the pick-ups. If you have questions about what needs shredding and what is normal recycling, please consult your manager.
Also, we will once again accept your personal shredding. See details listed in Event announcement below.
Heating Work in Old Main and Music Buildings
Minnesota Control Solutions will be here working on our heating system in Old Main and the Music building over the next couple of weeks. They will be working in classrooms, offices and around schedules to be accommodating as possible. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Bryan in Facilities at 612-280-7447 or Massich@augsburg.edu.
Teaching and Learning
Assessment Workshops May 12-14, 2015
The members of the Assessment Committee are looking forward to engaging you in the workshops we have planned for the next three days.
Tuesday 5/12
Workshop Location: East Commons (NEW!)
Who Should Attend: Faculty
Faculty will work with others in their departments and/or similar disciplines.
9 am- Noon: Critical Thinking and Writing Action Planning
Noon -1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30-4:00 pm: Major Learning Outcome Mapping and Scaffolding
Please bring copies of your departments learning outcomes and curriculum map.
Wednesday 5/13
Workshop Location: KEN 303/305 (NEW!)
Who Should Attend: Faculty
9 am- Noon: Mapping the New Institutional Learning Outcomes in the LAF Courses, Signature Curriculum and Core Curriculum
Noon-1:30 pm: Working Lunch
1:30-4:00 pm: Incorporating Civic Engagement and Global Learning in Courses and Assessing Student Learning
Thursday 5/14
Morning Workshops Location: KEN 303
Who should attend: Staff
9 am- Noon: Co-curricular Learning Outcome Mapping and 3 year Assessment Plan
Lunch Location: KEN 303/305
Who Should Attend: Faculty and Staff
Noon-1:30 pm: Faculty and Staff Share Best Practices in Assessing Student Growth
Summer Hours in the Writing Lab
Yes, students write papers in the summer, too, and tutors in the WL can help! Summer hours started Monday, May 11 and will run through August 21 (break week is June 29 - July 6). The lab is located on the street level of Lindell Library and is just left of the circulation desk. This service is free and available to all Augsburg students; no appointments are taken. Just show up with your ideas and your work-in-progress (hard copy). Here are the summer hours:
Mondays and Thursdays - 4:30-7 p.m.
Questions? Contact Kathryn Swanson, English
General Announcements
Get Target Gift Card for Participating in Research
Hello, my name is Michael Kantor and I am an Undergraduate Exercise Science student at Augsburg College. I am writing to invite you to be a participant in my study: Physical Activity Levels and Motivation in Urban Midwest College students, faculty and staff. This research is funded by URGO Summer Research Program and the Northland Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine Student Research Grant. Dr. Ana Ribeiro, Assistant Professor of Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science will be mentoring me during this project.
If you agree to participate in this study, you will be asked to fill out a short anonymous one-time survey about physical activity participation and motivation. You will also have the option to participate in an additional in-person fitness assessment that requires a 30 minute visit to Kennedy Center 309. You will be compensated upon completion of the survey with a $5 Target gift card and upon completion of optional fitness assessment, another $5 Target gift card.
If you are interested check Augsburg email inbox in the coming weeks for the questionnaires and optional fitness assessment. Thank you for taking the time to consider the participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at kantor@augsburg.edu, or my mentor Ana Ribeiro at ribeiro@augsburg.edu.
Get Involved: Fall Major/Career Exploration Weeks
Get involved! New pilot program coming for Fall 2015: Fall Major/Career Exploration Weeks
To better support students in exploring options for majors and careers, Career & Internship Services is partnering with URGO to plan a new five-week program series for fall 2015 - and we hope you will be involved! (Details: http://www.augsburg.edu/strommen/calendar/fall-majorcareer-exploration-series/)
The program is designed to help students explore majors and careers by disciplines in alignment with our academic divisions, plus a week focused on pre-health and one designed to meet the needs of undecided students or those still exploring majors or careers.
During each of the five weeks Career & Internship Services and/or URGO will host a panel discussion featuring a mix of alumni, employers, faculty, and other experts linked to the majors and disciplines featured that week.
In addition, faculty, staff and students are invited to plan additional offerings during the weeks that most closely align to their major, department, or organization mission/focus (see list of dates below and online). Career & Internship Services will promote the full slate of offerings to students, provided information is received by our deadline.
The Fall 2015 weeks are scheduled as follows:
Week of Sept. 21: Professional Studies
Week of Sept. 28: Fine Arts & Humanities
Week of Oct. 5: Natural & Social Sciences
Week of Oct. 12: Pre-Health Week
Week of Oct. 19: Undecided/Exploratory Student Week
Next steps to get involved:
--> Learn more about the Fall 2015 pilot program: http://www.augsburg.edu/strommen/calendar/fall-majorcareer-exploration-series/
--> Let us know you will be involved by Friday, May 29 via this Google form: https://docs.google.com/a/augsburg.edu/forms/d/1beJykfif5fC-Sc1tru24eOLVO76vF8BBcZ18hU_OCbk/viewform
You do not need to know the full details - just let us know your initial thoughts now.
--> Confirm the details of your event/offering by Friday, July 10 via Google form: https://docs.google.com/a/augsburg.edu/forms/d/1-SfSjJCmpDW4WUzwgqhpypcvbutJzUmUsEOzRm4Ln5I/viewform
All individuals or groups who let us know their full plans by Friday, July 10 will be guaranteed to have their offering included in any web or printed promotional materials.
Questions or Comments? Contact Maggie Heier, assistant director in Career & Internship Services, or Catherina Kipper, health professions specialist in URGO.
Announcing Co-Curricular Assessment Subcommittee
Announcing Co-Curricular Assessment Subcommittee Members
Many thanks to those who submitted nominations for the newly-formed Co-Curricular Assessment Subcommittee. The following individuals have been named to the subcommittee:
Eric Canny - Global Education
Rebekah Dupont - STEM Programs
Andrea Dvorak - Augsburg Abroad
Elaine Eschenbacher - Sabo Center
Ann Garvey - Student Affairs
Michael Grewe - LGBTQIA Student Services and Campus Activities and Orientation
Maggie Heier - Strommen Center for Meaningful Work - Career & Internship Services
Jennifer Jacobs - Athletics
Kirsten O'Brien - URGO
Aly Olson - TRIO/SSS
Katy Risner - Office of Planning & Effectiveness
Shannon Smith - Academic Advising
Hli Vang - Pan-Asian Student Services
The group will begin meeting this summer to start the implementation of an established strategy for co-curricular assessment while supporting campus colleagues in growing a culture of assessment at Augsburg. Watch for more updates as the group digs in!
-Mike Grewe, Maggie Heier, and Katy Risner
Event Announcements
Feed My Starving Children Team Members Wanted
Auggies in Service to our Community,
The Augsburg Total Wellness program is calling for volunteers to join our team to pack meals for the Feed My Starving Children organization. This is a great opportunity to use your community service time to serve our global community. Together we can make a difference.
Join the Augsburg team on May 26 from 9:30 - 11:30 AM at the Coon Rapids Feed My Starving Children packing location.
Follow the instructions below to sign up:
Go to: http://volunteer.fmsc.org/Register/Group/JoinGroup.aspx?gid=671479
Reserve your spot by clicking: CONFIRM
You will be prompted to accept the terms of volunteering. Click: ACCEPT
You will be prompted to create an account; it will take just a few seconds to follow the steps
Click: CONTINUE
You will receive an email confirmation of your registration
An email will be sent to each registered participant with details for the day of the event. If we fill the available slots, we can add more - so encourage your colleagues to join you in this rewarding work!
If you have any questions, please contact Katie Berggren at berggren@augsburg.edu.
Gathering to Celebrate: May 19th, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Multicultural Student Services, Center for Global Education & Experience and International Student and Scholar Services would like to invite the campus community to join them to celebrate many happenings, including:
* Kasidy Moore's completion of her MAL degree here at Augsburg.
* Mohamed Sallam's successful completion of his dissertation defense on May 6th, now DR. Mohamed Sallam
* Hli Vang's baby #2 on the way ~ due June 5 ~ It's a boy!
* Jie He's baby #2 on the way ~ due June 24~ It's a boy!
* Dulce Monterubbio's purchase of a new home AND mother's arrival from Mexico
** And for another successful year completed within all of our areas
May 19th 11:30 - 1:00 PM in Suite 2 (downstairs Christensen Center across from the copy center). Please come join us in celebrating! Food and beverages provided.
Personal Document Destruction Event this Thursday
Faculty, staff and students are welcome to bring their personal confidential documents to a FREE Shred Event sponsored by Augsburg Facilities Management. Bring your material (two boxes or bags maximum, please) to the Shred Right truck parked between Sverdrup and Lindell Library on Thursday, May 14, between 8-9 a.m. You must present your documents at this time; I am sorry we cannot offer early pick-up and storage of your personal documents. If you are not available at this time, it is your choice if you wish to entrust one of your coworkers to bring the documents to the truck for you. An Augsburg ID is required, as we unfortunately cannot make this a community event.
Another tax filing season has passed, maybe that is an opportunity to purge older records? We can't give advice about what records you can destroy, but do your own research to figure out what you can get rid of from your home desk or file cabinet!
Symposium: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Boarding School Trauma
"The Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Boarding School Trauma: Toward Reconciliation and Healing"
The Episcopal Church in Minnesota, together with Erma Vizenor, Chairwoman of the White Earth Nation, are cosponsoring a symposium to bring attention to and promote reconciliation and healing from the traumatic legacies of the legal Doctrine of Christian Discovery and Boarding School Policy. The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
1-5 p.m.
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral Church, 519 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis. It will include a short video and breakout sessions.
The Doctrine of Christian Discovery refers to 15th and 16th century church pronouncements that gave absolute legal title to European monarchs, as they hired explorers to "discover" lands in the Americas. The theological pretense of Christian superiority also underwrote U.S. policies designed to eradicate indigenous cultures, languages, traditions, and to jointly civilize/Christianize indigenous people, especially in forced Boarding School education organized under the slogan "kill the Indian in order to save the man." Native American families and communities continue to struggle with historical trauma associated with the boarding schools and the widespread methods of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse.
The 2009 General Convention of the Episcopal Church formally repudiated the Doctrine of Discovery, as did the Episcopal Church in Minnesota Convention in 2012. Presiding Bishop Kathryn Jefferts Schori noted how European Americans continue to benefit from the Doctrine of Discovery and linked the Doctrine to subsequent policies of Christianization and Civilization. She called Episcopalians to go beyond repudiation and seek reconciliation and healing. Attempting to remake the land and peoples they found "in their own image" was a profound act of idolatry, she wrote. Repentance and amendment of life are the answer, and God asks us all – this Church, our partners and neighbors, and the nations, which were founded under the Doctrine of Discovery – to the challenging work of reconciliation.
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