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CTL Night at the Theatre

The Center for Teaching and Learning invites Augsburg faculty and staff to attend the Theater Department's production of Cymbeline and a post-show discussion next Thursday, November 3.

Cymbeline, one of William Shakespeare's final plays, is a fantastical fairy tale that swings from comedic heights to tragic despair with an added touch of romance. Taking place during King Cymbeline's reign in Britain, the play tells the story of Princess Imogen's romance with the courteous but poor Posthumus, their secret marriage and his consequent banishment. The couple's journey back to each other involves wagers and poison, hidden identities, long-lost brothers, deceitful villains, a lost bracelet, evil stepmothers, ineffectual fathers, and an invasion by the Roman army. Running time for Cymbeline is about 1 hour 45 minutes.

Attendees are invited to a dessert reception and discussion immediately following the production in the Foss Concourse area. English Professor Doug Green and Director Darcey Engen, along with student actors from the show, will lead the discussion during the dessert reception. Please join us for this event!

CTL Night at the Theatre: Cymbeline and Post-Show Discussion
Thursday, November 3
7:00pm
Tjornhom-Nelson Theater and Foss Atrium

A limited number of free tickets are available for faculty and staff. It's first-come, first-served, so email Mara at ctl@augsburg.edu now to reserve your spot!

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TOMORROW: Civic Studies Symposium

The Citizen Professional - Organizing Democracy Change
Thursday, Oct. 27 (TOMORROW)
8:00-9:30am
OGC 100

At this second symposium of Augsburg's Civic Studies Initiative, members of the Augsburg community as well as public and community partners are invited to explore questions such as: What are skills and theory of making democratic changes in professions like teaching and nursing? How can we prepare students to be civic agents of change? What are obstacles and opportunities in a time of turmoil, divisions, and growing economic and racial inequalities?

Tomorrow morning's symposium will feature:
- Margaret Finders on why the education department at Augsburg is focusing on developing “citizen teachers"
- Terrance Kwame-Ross on his experiences creating a democratic school
- Katie Clark on how the Nursing Program at Augsburg has come to focus on preparing the “citizen nurse”
- Introduction of the 2016-17 Civic Studies Fellows, an outstanding group of staff, faculty, and community-public partners who will work over the coming year on cultural and institutional change.
- Opportunities for small group discussions on these questions and how to operationalize civic agency (civic empowerment) practices in curricular and co-curricular life.

The three year Civic Studies Initiative aims at deepening a culture of civic empowerment (civic agency) across all aspects of Augsburg and its partners. It is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Department of Education, and the Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship. Harry Boyte, Senior Scholar in Public Work Philosophy at the Sabo CDC, is coordinator. Read more about the Civic Studies Initiative: http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/about/civic-studies-initiative/

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Study in Mexico on Spring Break

Food, Justice & Sustainability in Mexico

Environmental Justice and social change take on a local and global perspective in this course that starts in the US, travels to Mexico over spring break, and returns to Augsburg to continue the learning.

Faculty: Allyson Green and Joe Underhill

Courses:
SWK 210--Environmental Justice and Social Change, OR
POL 160--World Politics: Global Change and Local Connections, Focus on Mexico (fulfills LAF Social & Behavioral Sciences)
This program also fulfills Augsburg Experience

Dates: March 11-19, 2017

Cost:
$2,845 for Day students
$3,295 for AU/WEC
This includes round-trip flights from Minneapolis to Mexico City, transportation, lodging, all meals, and all program activities.

For more information and to apply, go to http://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/?go=FoodJustice

Apply by November 1!

Questions? contact Maren: stoddard@augsburg.edu

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Find Help in the Writing Lab

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. You'll be happy you did!

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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TODAY: Gen Ed Reform Campus Conversation

Heard the rumblings about the curriculum revision underway this year? Have opinions and questions? Eager to get involved?

Students, staff, and faculty are all welcome to attend the first in a series of focused campus conversations about Augsburg's General Education curriculum.

Academic Affairs Campus Conversation Series: Gen Ed Reform 2016-17
Wednesday, October 26 (TODAY)
3:40-4:40pm
OGC 100

A White Paper with a summary of the 2015-16 review and outline of future steps is available online: https://web.augsburg.edu/academicaffairs/GenEdRevisionWhitePaper.pdf

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"Who Are My Neighbors?" Somali Americans

The Sabo Center for Democracy and Citizenship is hosting "Who is My Neighbor" with Brian Coyle Center's Youth Director and long time community leader, Abdirahman Mukhtar on Friday, November 4 from 3:15pm-4:45pm in OGC #113. Come and learn more about our Somali Community.

All students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome to attend, so feel free to bring friends!

Contact Mary Laurel True with questions at truem@augsburg.edu

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Moodle + Assessment Lunch & Learn

The first Assessment Lunch & Learn of the year is next Tuesday, November 1. Faculty and staff are invited to grab lunch in the Commons (it's on us!) and gather in the Cedar Room to learn about how to use most effectively use Moodle for assessment of your students' learning.

Tuesday, November 1
11:30am - 12:30pm
Cedar Room

Sponsored by Assessment and Academic Affairs. RSVP to kilgorem@augsburg.edu for lunch.

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Physician Assistant '18 White Coat Ceremony

On September 26, the PA Class of 2018 participated in the annual White Coat Ceremony held by the Augsburg College Physician Assistant (PA) Program. The White Coat Ceremony joins the symbol of the white coat with the principles of humanism in medicine which include professionalism, altruism, responsibility, respect, and compassion. Thirty PA students, faculty and staff from the program were joined by nearly 100 friends and family members at the event. The White Coat Ceremony is held early in the academic phase of the Augsburg PA Program, and is an opportunity for students to share their commitment to the study and practice of medicine. In addition, each student received a Keeping Healthcare Human pin provided as a gift from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, initiators of the first White Coat Ceremony in 1993 as a visible reminder of the key principles of humanism in medicine.

Read more at: http://www.augsburg.edu/pa/program-news/

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Study in Nicaragua on Spring Break

Faith, Vocation, and Social Change in Nicaragua, Central America

Faculty leader: Matt Maruggi
Course: REL 480 (fulfills Keystone) or
REL 490 (fulfills Search for Meaning II)
This program also fulfills Augsburg Experience
Dates: March 10-19, 2017, with required course meetings before and after travel

Cost:
$2,990 for Day students
$3,440 for AU/WEC
This includes round-trip flights from Minneapolis, transportation, lodging, all meals, and all program activities.

Explore the concept of vocation in the context of poverty and political oppression, examining the ways in which Christian theology has been and continues to be used both to justify oppression and injustice as well as to support social justice movements and offer hope for a peaceful and just social order.

To learn more or apply, go to http://studyabroad.augsburg.edu/?go=CentralAmerica2017

Apply by November 1!

Questions? contact Maren: stoddard@augsburg.edu

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New Faculty Series: What Makes Augsburg Unique?

The next installment in the New Faculty Series is next Wednesday, November 2.

Professor Phil Quanbeck II, Professor in the Religion Department, will share stories of Augsburg's history, traditions, and his own personal experiences. He has some "skin in the game:" there has been a "Phil Quanbeck" on Augsburg's Religion Faculty for 60+ years! All faculty and staff are welcome.

New Faculty Series: What Makes Augsburg Unique?
Wednesday, November 2
11:30am-12:30pm
Riverside Room

The New Faculty Series is co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and Christensen Center for Vocation.

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Food Service Menus

Market Place is Serving Slow Roasted Cajun Turkey Breast, Creamed Corn, Boiled Baby Red Potatoes with Basil, and Fresh Green Beans with Sea Salt.

Vege is Serving Marinated Grilled Italian Tofu, Southeast Asian Zucchini Coconut Curry, Quinoa with Lemon and Peas, and Roasted Garlic Cremini Mushrooms with Thyme and Caramelized Onions.

Today is Wing Wednesday at World Flavors!

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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 starting at 10am

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

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Fair Labor Standards Act Information

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, record-keeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. Changes to this law, effective December 1, 2016, include increasing the salary threshold required for an employee to be considered exempt from overtime.

Human Resources has worked with supervisors and the President's Leadership Team to develop a plan that enables Augsburg to comply with changes to the FLSA. To learn more about the changes to FLSA and the types of positions that may be impacted, please refer to the Augsburg College FAQ's http://web.augsburg.edu/hr/FLSA_FAQ.pdf

Additional information about the FLSA can be found on the Department of Labor website: https://www.dol.gov/WHD/overtime/final2016/faq.htm

Employees who are in positions impacted by the change in FLSA will be contacted by their supervisor by October 31. Because there are special provisions for higher education, faculty and others in positions whose primary duty is teaching will not be affected by these changes.

Human Resources will be hosting meetings to update employees about the new regulations and provide guidance on record-keeping requirements, how to determine compensable time, and Augsburg's pre-approval requirement for working overtime. These sessions will be held in the Marshall Room on:
November 3rd from 10 – 11 am
November 14th from 9-10 am
November 15th from 1-2 pm

All are welcome to attend.

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Amazon Packages

Please address all Amazon packages to 731 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454 with your first and last name. We have found packages being dropped off around campus by Amazon delivery drivers. We at Shipping/Receiving have no way of tracking these packages or knowing they have been delivered if they do not come through our facility.

Thank you,
Shipping/Receiving Team
mailship@augsburg.edu
731 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454

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Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza

Barebones Halloween Extravaganza
You Were Once Wild Here
October 22 - 31
The 23rd annual BareBones Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza!

Come and see witches, weavers, crones, kittens, cats, fire, PUPPETS and an orchestra led by Venus DeMars. Directed by Melissa Birch.

Date: October 23, 2016
Time: 7:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue: Hidden Falls Regional Park
Address:
1313 Hidden Falls Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55101
From: BareBones Puppets

Since 1993, BareBones Productions has presented The Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza, a community-created spectacle pageant of larger-than-life puppetry, drama, stilting, dance, fire, song, and music that honors the circle of life by celebrating its seasonal arc of death in the Fall. After the performance, the audience joins the cast in enjoying hot food and drink served by Sisters' Camelot, Minneapolis' free organic food distribution collective, and raucous dancing with live music performed by local bands including Gypsy Brass-Americana party legends, the Brass Messengers.

We present the popular "Halloween Show" each year as an alternative Halloween community arts event, appropriate for all ages and without a commercial focus, that takes place in a Twin Cities urban neighborhood park. Over 250 artists, puppeteers, musicians, performers, builders, technicians, ushers, and helpers of all kinds are involved in the creation of each performance. The Halloween Extravaganza, through 2009, was built each year on the West Bank in Minneapolis.

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Morning Chapel: Prof. Hans Wiersma and Auggie Choir

Join us for worship in the chapel today at 10:40am: Dr. Hans Wiersma, Assoc. Prof., Religion Dept., preaching. Musicians: Jaz Vallin, flute; The Augsburg Choir, directed by Mark Sedio '76.

The Reformation Series continues:

Thursday, 10/27, 11:30am: Seminary & Divinity School Day Pastor Ingrid Rasmussen, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, preaching

Friday, 10/28, 10:40am: Dr. Russell Kleckley, Assoc. Prof., Religion Dept., preaching, "Preserving the Reformation: A Tale of Two Territories." Musicians: The Riverside Singers, directed by Nancy Grundahl

We gather in Hoversten Chapel - Everyone is welcome!

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New: Interfaith Ally Workshop, Nov. 2, 11:10 a.m.

Religious diversity is growing in our nation. As our campus becomes more religiously diverse, it's essential to engage in interfaith dialogue and understanding. This new workshop, offered by Augsburg Campus Ministries through the Diversity and Inclusion program, will explore how religious literacy and interfaith understanding can be effectively nurtured on our campus and our neighborhood. The workshop includes: current religious demographics for Augsburg students, case studies, best practices and local resources. Come prepared to engage one another in reflection and small group discussion.

We hope to see you there! You may register on the Diversity and Inclusion Events Calendar: http://inside.augsburg.edu/diversity/events-calendar/ or by contacting Amy Hanson at hansona2@augsburg.edu. REGISTRATION IS ALMOST FULL - ONLY A FEW SPOTS REMAIN!

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All Saints Day in Chapel on Tuesday, November 1

Please join us on Tuesday, 11/1, at 11:30am for All Saint's Day Festival Worship. We will remember with thanksgiving those who have died this past year during the "Litany of the Saints."

You may send the names of those people in your life who have died and who you would like to be named and remembered during chapel to Amy Hanson in the Campus Ministry Office at hansona2@augsburg.edu or fill out a form located by the Hoversten Chapel entrance in Foss Center -- please submit by Friday, October 28.

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Tuition Benefit Lunch and Learn: November 2, 12 p.m.

Mark your calendars! Human Resources and Student Financial Services are excited to be partnering up this fall to offer a Tuition Benefit Lunch and Learn on November 2, in Oren Gateway Center, Room 100, beginning at 12:00 p.m.

Bring your lunch and join other colleagues in learning more about the tuition benefit, the application process, and how to navigate getting the most of your benefit.

Questions? Email peterlin@augsburg.edu.

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Be a Part of Advent Vespers Processional Party

The 37th Annual Advent Vespers is approaching rapidly! Ten to twelve thousand people come to the 'cathedral-like' Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis for Augsburg's Advent Vespers. Hundreds of Augsburg singers, instrumentalists and liturgical participants will lead these five services. Be a part of vespers by carrying a candle, torch banner, or bells in the gospel processional! This is a great way to settle into Advent and spend time with other Auggies.

The services are on Friday, 12/2, at 5pm & 8pm, and on Saturday, 12/3, at 2pm, 5pm and 8pm. Bus transportation between Augsburg campus and Central Lutheran is provided, as well as meals and snacks.

Sound like fun? It is! Sign-up in Foss 104, contact Amy Hanson at hansona2@augsburg.edu or online at http://www.augsburg.edu/campusministry/advent-vespers/

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Rachel Kruzel Presents At National Conference

Rachel Kruzel, Assistive Technology/Accommodations Specialist in the CLASS/Disability Resources office, recently presented three sessions at the national Closing The Gap Conference. Her presentation included the following:

"2016 Update of the Latest and Greatest Free and Low-Cost Assistive Technology for Everyone"
"Toolkit for Transition: Preparing Students for Postsecondary Education"
"Tools to Support Students in Transition and Postsecondary Education"

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Laptop For Sale

Dell Inspiron 15 (3537) Laptop

Specs:
15.6" Display
Intel i5-4200U CPU, 1.60GHz
Intel 4400 Integrated Graphics
16GB GSKILLS Ripjaws RAM
(6GB Stock RAM included for free!)
750GB HDD 5400RPM, wiped of files with new Windows 10 install
40Wh 14.8V Battery
DVD/CD read/write disk tray
Comes with a charging cable, extra long.

Minor cosmetic damage in that one speaker is missing its second screen, has no effect on speaker function. No other scratches etc.

Price: $600 OBO
I can take cash, check or PayPal. Pickup on campus. Contact me for details. Email: kadrlikb@augsburg.edu Facebook marketplace listing: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/permalink/1733734303618166/?pnref=story

This listing is not the same exact build, but is from the same line and has many of the same specs, if you're interested in looking. It is currently selling for $879: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0AJ20D8265

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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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