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Apply by Oct. 12 for the Civic Studies Fellows

Civic Studies Fellows will be a group of 6 Augsburg faculty and staff and 3 community members who commit to engaging in civic studies and action for the duration of the academic year. The Civic Studies Fellows will work strategically so they can co-create with others to positively impact the Augsburg community, our partnerships, and the larger landscape of civic engagement in higher education. They will strategize about Augsburg's potential to be "Big to the World" by taking leadership in the field.

Being a Civic Studies Fellow involves commitment to the following:

- Monthly meetings to learn the literature of civic studies, the larger context (for instance, the Obama Foundation to be located in Chicago is using Civic Studies as its focus, with potential to powerfully impact the civic engagement landscape), and strategize how integrate Civic Studies themes into curricular and co-curricular life. Meetings will explore various topics including the history, theory and practices of Civic Studies, and strategy. In these monthly meetings we will discuss some shared readings and learn some organizing strategies.
- Be part of a work group that comes out of this work to identify an issue having to do with institutional and or cultural change at Augsburg. That work group will meet as a small group to engage around the issue that group members identify.

**Fellows will receive a professional development stipend of $700 for Augsburg Civic Studies Fellows and $1,000 for community fellows.**

See the following webpage for more details and the application. Applications will be reviewed starting on October 12. That's next week!

http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/about/civic-studies-initiative/civic-studies-fellows-application/

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Model United Nations Delegation - Apply Now

Applications for this academic year's Model UN Delegation are now being accepted!

Students must first apply for the Augsburg delegation using the link below. Those accepted will enroll in POL 368 in the spring semester and travel to NYC for the national conference on March 18-25, 2017. A lab fee of $500 is required; the college will cover the remainder of the cost.

The priority deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on Monday, November 14.

Prerequisites are POL 160 World Politics OR consent of the instructor. Any undergraduate student, regardless of major or class year, may apply.

Follow this link to download the application and read more details: http://web.augsburg.edu/~kilgorem/MUN_Application_2017.doc

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Student Success Talk - TODAY, 4 p.m., Lindell 301

New Faculty Series: Succeeding at Student Success

The next installment in the New Faculty Series is TODAY. Katie Bishop, Chief Student Success Officer, will address the many factors that contribute to students' success in college, as well as Augsburg's commitment to becoming a student-ready campus. Though this event is designed for the newest faculty members, all faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, October 5
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Lindell 301

Co-sponsored by the Christensen Center for Vocation (CCV) and Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

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Have You Found the Writing Lab Yet This Semester?

Hundreds of students have made their way to the Augsburg College Writing Lab in Lindell Library (street level, just left of the circulation desk). Tutors can help you with any writing assignment -- essays, resumes, applications, reports, or personal statements. Just show up with a hard copy of your work in progress.

These are the hours for fall term:

Mondays - 11:10 - 1:40; 6:30 - 9:30
Tuesdays - 12:30 - 3; 3:30 - 6; 7:30 - 10
Wednesdays - 3:30 - 6; 6:30 - 9
Thursdays - 12:30 - 3; 3:30 - 6; 7:30 - 10
Fridays - 4 - 6:30
Sundays - 5 - 8

Questions? Please contact Kathryn Swanson, English Department

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Food Service Specials

Come to The Commons on Tuesday, October 11, for Tiger Sushi! During lunch Tiger Sushi Chefs will be making fresh California Rolls, Spicy Tuna Rolls, Caterpillars, Sake Maki, and Veggie Rolls!

There is a Banana Split Bar at Lunch in The Commons Today!

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Food Service Hours

Einsteins is open from 7:30am-9pm, with the Late Night Menu starting at 7pm

Nabo is open from 7:30am-8pm, with Hot Food available at 10am

The Commons is open from 7:30am-7pm
Breakfast 7:30am-9:45am
Continental Breakfast 9:45am-11am
Lunch 11am-1:30pm
Light Lunch 1:30pm-4:30pm
Dinner 4:30pm-7pm

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'A Stray' To Be Show On October 15

The director and producer of the movie 'A Stray' (filmed here in Cedar Riverside and around Minneapolis) will be in town from NYC to show their award-willing film on Saturday, October 15 at 6 p.m. at the Brian Coyle Community Center.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film-review-stray-023118179.html

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NSF AugSTEM Scholarship Applications Now Open

AUGSTEM SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Applications are now open for the 2016-17 AugSTEM Program!

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 (NSF DUE-1565060), AugSTEM Scholars receive scholarships of $5,000, $7,500 and $10,000 per student per year. (Differences in award amounts correspond to levels of financial need.) Scholars also become a part of the STEM community at Augsburg with opportunities for summer research, faculty mentoring, and career development.

Eligibility:
* Enrolled full-time in a STEM major (biology, biopsychology, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, mathematics, or physics)
* Within 5 semesters of graduating
* Major GPA of 3.0 or higher
* U.S. citizen, national, or permanent resident
* Demonstrate financial need via FAFSA

APPLICATIONS DUE: OCTOBER 27, 2016

Incoming community college transfer students and Augsburg students who began their college careers at community colleges are encouraged to apply as well as students who began at Augsburg.

See http://www.augsburg.edu/stem/augstem/ or email Rebekah Dupont at dupont@augsburg.edu for more information.

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Give to the Max Day 2016 - Consultation Hours

Give to the Max Day is November 17!

Institutional Advancement is now holding consultation hours for Augsburg Give to the Max Day project leaders.

These 'office hours' are designed for any Give to the Max Day project leaders looking for advice and information about communicating with donors or managing their GiveMN.org pages.

Drop by and check in briefly with the Annual Giving Assistant or sit down and get answers to the questions that are confounding you!

Hours and location this week are as follows:
Wednesday, September 28: 12PM-2PM in the Cedar Room, Christensen Center
Friday, September 30: 10AM-12PM in Oren Gateway Center, Room 103

Sam Smith '11
Annual Giving Assistant
Institutional Advancement

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Catering Contact

Daniel Meyer is the Interim Catering Director starting 10/9/16. Please contact him at 612-968-7090 or dmeyer@aviands.com for any of your catering needs. Thank You!

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Food Service Menus

The Nabo Special is 4 piece Wings, Fries and Fountain Soda

Today is Wing Wednesday at World Flavors!

Market Place is Serving Ginger Lemon Cod with Lemon Butter Sauce, Butter Braised Carrots, Wild Rice Pilaf, Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli

Vege is Serving Asian Black Beans, Vegetable Fried Rice, Soy Glazed Carrots with Water Chestnuts, Sauteed Sesame Snap Peas

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Lilly Fellows National Conference | Oct. 14 & 15

The 26th Annual Lilly Fellows National Conference, Reformed and Always Reforming: Faith, Science, Art and Culture, will take place October 14 through 16 at Augsburg College!
Augsburg faculty and staff are invited to sit in and engage in the below plenary sessions:

Friday, October 14

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Address I: "Why the Reformation Still Matters (Whether We Want It to or Not)" | Brad S. Gregory, Ph.D. | Dorothy G. Griffin Professor of Early Modern European History University of Notre Dame
5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. "Vespers Liturgy: Drawn to the Word - An Artistic Expression of the Reformation" | Paul Oman, Pastor

Saturday, October 15

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Address II| "Seeing the Infinite in the Finite and Reforming Our Visions of Nature" | Lea F. Schweitz, Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Systematic Theology & Director, Zygon Center for Religion and Science | Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Session III | "None Liturgy: Drawn to the Word - An Artistic Expression of the Reformation" | Paul Oman, Pastor

For questions about the Lilly Fellows Program please contact: lillyconference@augsburg.edu

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Fall Blood Drive TODAY

Memorial Blood Center will be on campus today from 10 - 4 p.m. in the East Commons for the annual fall blood drive. If you did not have an opportunity to sign up for a donation time slot, walk-ins are available and welcome so please feel free to stop up and see if there is an opening.

Thank you all for helping save lives. A reminder - all donors will get a FREE t-shirt for their donation today, too.

Any questions, please call the CWC office at 612-330-1707.

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MFA at Twin Cities Book Festival on Sat., Oct. 15

Howling Bird Press, the Augsburg MFA program's student-run publishing house, will participate at the 2016 Twin Cities Book Festival at the State Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 15, 10a-5p. The Twin Cities Book Festival is not only the largest literary gathering in the Upper Midwest, it is the annual get-together for the Twin Cities' devoted literary community. This FREE, day-long festival brings people together to celebrate our vibrant literary culture. Look for us there!

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Morning Chapel: Pastor Jane Buckley Farlee

Join us for worship in the chapel at 10:40am: Pastor Jane Buckley Farlee, from our community partner Trinity Lutheran Congregation, preaching. Musical guests: Cedar Singers, directed by Jon Strommen-Campbell.

Thursday, 10/6, 11:30am: Rev. Melissa Melnick, preaching, from Tapestry Church in Richfield. Tapestry is working together to build a comunidad de fe multicultural that shares God's love with our neighbors as we listen to God, to each other, and to the community. "Bailamos, cantamos, hablamos, alabamos. 
We dance. We sing. We speak. We worship."

Friday, 10/7, 10:40am: St. Francis of Assisi Day - Blessing of the Animals. Jennifer Troy, Executive Director, Paws for Learning, bringing therapy dogs. Bring your pet (or a photo) for a special blessing.

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

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Satisfactory Academic Progress Info Sessions

The Registrar's Office and Student Financial Services are offering open sessions for faculty and staff advisers to learn about the new Satisfactory Academic Progress policy that was implemented this semester. The sessions are an opportunity to learn about the policy and to ask questions about its implications for advising students who are affected. The upcoming information sessions are:

Thursday, 10/6 from noon-1:00pm in OGC 100
Thursday, 10/6 from 3:40-4:40pm in OGC 100

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Drivers and Cyclists Social: October 6th, 8-9 A.M.

Staff and faculty are invited to the Drivers and Cyclists Social, Thursday, Oct. 6, 8-9 a.m., East Commons, Christensen Center

Staff and faculty are invited to this event so that
--drivers can meet and mingle with others from their zip code or along their travel route (and maybe form a carpool or find an opportunity for an occasional ride-share);
--cyclists can meet and mingle with others who ride their bike to Augsburg to share tips, trails and travails; this will also be an opportunity for cyclists to register for the ZAP Twin Cities program
--all enjoy some coffee, or tea, and snacks and conversation

If you can't make it, but would like to connect with others from your area about carpooling or occasional ride-sharing, please feel free to complete this form https://goo.gl/forms/ex8aNrzZMQ6QLwgh2

We also encourage people to check out Metro Transit Ride Share: http://www.metrotransit.org/ridematch

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Blessing of the Animals - Fri., Oct. 7

Join us at 10:40 a.m. this Friday, 10/7, as we celebrate St. Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals. Our service will include a lively blessing ritual of animals and pets to honor St. Francis' devotion to all God's creatures. Bring your pet (or picture of your pet) to chapel for this special worship service in Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center. Special guest: Jennifer Troy, Executive Director of Paws for Learning, will join us with her therapy dogs!

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Happening At Cedar Commons

* WEST BANK OPEN MIC: PEACE, LOVE, REVOLUTION.
THIS THURSDAY, October 6th 7:00-9:30pm

Featured artist: Pierre The Poet.
In partnership with Brian Coyle's Teen Voice, Cedar Commons hosts youth-centered Open Mics – anyone is welcome. Each week we feature one local artists who performs a set and shares some of their story, and one Cedar Spotlight – an up and coming young artist from Cedar whose work we also highlight. Throughout the night we facilitate dialogue around the theme for the night and the rest of the time open for others in the room to share spoken word, music, poems, and to plug opportunities for young people to get involved in the community work of those present! This Fall we will alternate between open mics and writing workshops, space for our open mic community to develop new work together with the support of a guest teaching-artist.

* INTERFAITH @ CEDAR COMMONS: FAITH AND POLITICS
NEXT THURSDAY October 13th, 6:30-8:30pm

Join us for dinner and discussion about how our faith and/or spiritual traditions shape our engagement with our governments and the political process.
+ How do the communities we're part of inform our political views?
+ How do we engage with people with diverse political views? Do our faith traditions help us to do this effectively?
+ How do our faith traditions shape our sense of society's future and our role in creating that future?
Do you have to be a person of faith to come? No! We welcome everyone who's interested in discussing experiences of faith and spirituality and how they intersect with the issues we care about.

Cedar Commons (2001 Riverside Ave. S., Across from Afro Deli)

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Olivia Maccoux to Receive Award

Olivia Maccoux, junior, will be honored at the Hydrocephalus Association annual recognition event in New York.

In the announcement, the Hydrocephalus Association wrote "Olivia suffered a brain hemorrhage (PHH) at birth and had her first shunt placed at nine
months of age. She has endured over 120 surgeries in her short 20 years. Despite all that she has been through medically, Olivia played four sports in high school and was awarded 'Athlete of the Year' in 2014, which was the same year that she graduated on time from high school with Honors. She is now a junior at Augsburg College in Minneapolis where she has been on the Dean's list each Semester. She is studying Communications and ultimately hopes to work for a nonprofit in healthcare like HA. Olivia was recently featured on People.com for her heroic journey and fighting spirit."

Congratulations Olivia.

For more information, you can visit the Hydrocephalus Association website, at http://www.hydroassoc.org/vision-dinner/

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Bob Stacke '71 honored by Somali Museum

On Saturday night, October 1, 2016, Bob received an award which read: "In recognition of your contributions to the Somali Museum" at the 3rd Anniversary of the Somali Museum. Bob shared, "I have done photography and music for them since their inception which has been very rewarding." Congratulations Bob, we are proud of you!

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Stop Endless Wars Protest on Saturday

Protest to Mark 15 Years after the U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan

Saturday, October 8, 2016
1:00 pm - Gather at Lake St & Hiawatha Ave South in Minneapolis.
Funds for human needs, not war. October 2016 will mark 15 years since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
Initiated by Minnesota Peace Action Coalition and endorsed by the Anti-War Committee. For information 612-275-2720 or 612-827-5364.

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Raising Money for Mission Trip

My name is Mulu Erana, I work in Custodial for 12 years. My favorite part is providing service to Augsburg students.

My daughter O'Quba Duressa is a hard worker. She loves to share about God, the Bible and helping people. She is 17 years old in 12 grade at Hope Academy and next year she is going to college. Her school is going on a mission trip to Dominican Republic November 11-19, 2016. The trip is $1300. We already have $500. There is $800 left.

Many of you help me two years ago in 2014 when O'Quba went on a mission trip. Thank you. She learned a lot how to help others and experience a different culture. I hope you will consider a donation. Any amount of money is good. If you feel interest I appreciate it.

To donate online go to http://hopeschool.org/dominican-republic/ and choose O'Quba Duressa.

Thank you. God bless you.

Mulu Erana

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