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URGO Academic-Year Research Grants Available

Each fall, URGO offers $1,000 research grants for students who wish to gain research experience with an Augsburg faculty member. These grants require 100 hours of research over the course of the academic year and are a great way to ease into research or to continue work on an existing project. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and can be found under the "Research: On-campus" tab on menu of the URGO web page (http://www.augsburg.edu/urgo/ ).

To apply, complete the electronic application with your faculty mentor and have them email it to urgo@augsburg.edu. Grants typically run out in the fall, so apply as soon as possible.

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Model United Nations Delegation 2017

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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J. Zobitz | Research Associate in London Summer 17

I am pleased to announce that Prof. John Zobitz has been selected as a Research Associate in London through Augsburg College's Global Affiliate IES Abroad, which is financing the opportunity. John is 1 of only 2 professors selected nationwide for this opportunity.

While at the IES London Center this summer, Professor Zobitz will provide guest lectures, advance his research in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Environmental Sciences, and will explore study abroad options in Mathematics and Statistics.

For more information on Research Associate opportunities through IES Abroad, contact Leah Spinosa de Vega (devega@augsburg.edu) and/or visit: https://www.iesabroad.org/Research_Associates

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Planning Session for Nobel Forum - TODAY

Anyone interested in learning more about the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Forum is encouraged to attend this information and brainstorming session, today from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in the Augsburg Room (upstairs in the Christensen Center). Next September we will be hosting the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, and other local and global leaders, and want to make this event a powerful educational experience for our students. Learn more about plans for the coming year, and ways that you can be involved. We're looking for ideas, courses, community partners, student-led projects, and other ways to integrate this major event into the life and fabric of the college.

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Auggies Create Visual School Stories

Join us in the Marshall Room today from 2-3 PM for our Visual School Story multimedia exhibit. Twenty-six first years have created representations of the themes, events, experiences, feelings, and relationships that tell their story of school. What has school meant to them? What does it mean to you? All faculty, students, staff, and community members are encouraged to attend.

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Engage with Civic Studies - Apply for Fellows Now

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 amounts 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.

These amount to two core commitments:

- To become familiar with core texts of Civic Studies and engage in discussions with the other fellows about the readings and their strategic implications.
- To be part of an action team of fellows that are working on an issue at Augsburg.

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

Civic Fellow Requirements

- Attendance and participation in at least 2 of the civic studies symposium
- Attendance and participation in monthly dinner meetings
- Active participation in an action team that works to identify an institutional issue to make change at Augsburg College
- Students should watch for news of how to be involved in a student-organized Civic Studies initiative

To apply, go to http://inside.augsburg.edu/ctl/about/civic-studies-initiative/civic-studies-fellows-application/

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Registrar's Office Closed Today

Due to a staff retreat, the Registrar's Office will be closed today. Please allow one to two business days for a response to e-mails and voicemails.

The Registrar's Office will resume normal business hours tomorrow (Wednesday, October 12).

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month Week 2

From the Break Room to the Boardroom: Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity in the Workplace

All organizations -- from large and small businesses to health care providers, academic institutions, government agencies and civil society -- can experience data breaches or be targets of cybercrime, which can result in stolen intellectual property, theft of personal information or -- if our critical infrastructure is attacked -- a disruption to our way of life. Week 2 will focus on creating a culture of cybersecurity in the workplace through efforts like employee education, training and awareness and by emphasizing risk management, resistance and resilience.

At Augsburg, Faculty and Staff should yearly renew their Information Security Awareness Certificate through the short, 30 minute Moodle course. Students are welcomed to test their knowledge as well! These skills can apply at work or at home.

https://moodle.augsburg.edu/moodlecommunity/course/view.php?id=946

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Food Service Menus

The Nabo Special today is a Veggie Burger with Fries and Fountain Soda.

There is Freshly Rolled Tiger Sushi at Lunch in The Commons Today!

Market Place is Serving Bacon Cheddar Meatloaf, Grilled Zucchini, Fresh Corn, Mashed Potatoes.

Vege is Serving Chili Glazed Tofu, Wild Rice Blend, Grilled Asparagus, Oven Roasted Carrots.

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Congratulations to Dr. Nancy Steblay

The Psychology Department acknowledges and celebrates the recent accomplishments of Dr. Nancy Steblay in her prolific research on eyewitness memory. Just recently, Dr. Steblay has published two articles in peer-reviewed journals (citations below), and has shared her expertise as guest speaker with the Criminal Justice Institute -- a conference by the MN Bar Association. She will also be featured as the keynote speaker in the upcoming Tri-State Undergraduate Psychology Conference: http://www.uwplatt.edu/psychology-conference

Congratulations Dr. Steblay!

Steblay, N.K., & Dysart, J.E. (2016). Repeated eyewitness identification procedures with the same suspect. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.06.010
Steblay, N.K. (2016). Meta-analysis as an aid for judicial decision-making. Court Review: the Journal of American Judges Association. Vol. 52.

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Food Service Hours

Einstein 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

On Friday, October 14, Einsteins will be closing at 4pm.

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We Need You: 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 bells, candle, torch or banner in the gospel processional! This is a great way to settle into Advent and spend time with other students.

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 and some meals and snacks are also provided.

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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Happening At Cedar Commons

*INTERFAITH @ CEDAR COMMONS: FAITH AND POLITICS*
THURSDAY October 13, 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 whose political views differ from ours? 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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Morning Chapel: National Coming Out Day

It's National Coming Out Day: Join us for worship in the chapel at 11:30am for "Coming Out in Faith." Andy Anderson '19, Co-President of QPA, and Alexis Callen '19, speaking. Musician: Noah Quam '18, piano.

Chapel this week:
* Wednesday, 10/12, 10:40am: Dr. Mary Lowe, Assoc. Prof. Religion Dept, preaching
* Thursday, 10/13, 11:30am: "For the Healing of Creation"
* Friday, 10/14, 10:40am: Dr. David Tiede, past President of Luther Seminary, preaching. Musicians: The Augsburg Choir, directed by Mark Sedio '76

We gather in Hoversten Chapel - Everyone is welcome!

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Academic Freedom & AAUP Welcome Events

On Thursday, 13 October, immediately after the faculty meeting, the Augsburg chapter of the Association of American University Professors (AAUP) is hosting a "Buy a New Faculty Member a Beer Campaign" at the refurbished Viking Bar (just down Riverside, two blocks past Jimmy Johns). If you have joined the campus community in Fall 2015 or more recently, we want to welcome you to Augsburg. Please join us for a free beer, glass of wine, or non-alcoholic beverage.

AAUP was founded in 1915 by, among others, the philosopher and educator John Dewey. As our documents state, "we believe higher education is a fundamental human right to which freedom of inquiry and expression are integral" and advocate for and develop some of the most important policies and documents to this end in our profession. This year the Augsburg AAUP chapter has organized the presentation and discussion, "Why Academic Freedom Matters in the Classroom," with Carleton professors Jeff Snyder and Amna Khalid, who recently published a major article in The New Republic on academic freedom and campus bias response teams (11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Thursday, 17 Nov., in Sateren Auditorium). The event is co-sponsored by Faculty Senate with support from the Provost and CTL.

If you'd like to know more, contact Elise Marubbio, Cass Dalglish, Kathy Swanson, Bob Cowgill, Michael Lansing, or Doug Green.

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All Sweats 25% Off at the Bookstore Through 10/13

Currently all our sweatshirts and pants are 25% off at the bookstore through 10/13/16. This is the perfect time to stock up on your Augsburg apparel as the cold weather quickly approaches.

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Cambodian American Deportations in MN

Film Screening and Conversation with Family Members affected by Cambodian American Deportations in MN. Thursday, October 20, 5:30-8 PM Cowles Auditorium, University of Minnesota. Contact csam@umn.edu with any questions.

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New: Interfaith Ally Workshop, November 2, 11:10am

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/

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Focused Conversations re: Great Colleges Survey

The Focused Conversations series continues next week with conversation about the results of the 2016 Great Colleges to Work For survey. The session will be facilitated by Director and Chief Human Resources Officers Lisa Stock.

Dates, Times, Location:
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2 p.m., Marshall Room (remote access will be available for this session)
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 12:30 p.m., Oren 100

Click the following links to add a session to your calendar:

Tuesday session: https://augnet.augsburg.edu/protected/administration/reports/documents/president/allhands2016-17/index.htm?icalmail=7ef6aaa6383980a85abe1a541ff01933&returnpath=%2Fprotected%2Fadministration%2Freports%2Fdocuments%2Fpresident%2Fallhands2016-17%2Findex.htm%3Fmonth%3D10%26amp%3Bday%3D18%26amp%3Byear%3D2016

Wednesday session: https://augnet.augsburg.edu/protected/administration/reports/documents/president/allhands2016-17/index.htm?icalmail=f5c650c0f3c7ced19e479f8f1bb581c5&returnpath=%2Fprotected%2Fadministration%2Freports%2Fdocuments%2Fpresident%2Fallhands2016-17%2Findex.htm%3Fmonth%3D10%26amp%3Bday%3D19%26amp%3Byear%3D2016

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Study Away Information

Come live, work, and study in Washington D.C. for a semester! Join Chris Mesaros Tuesday, October 11, as he will be tabling in the Christensen Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for an info session on how you can earn academic credit, gain work experience, test out a career, and live in one of the most important cities in the world. All careers are represented and anyone is eligible for the program. Find your way into your career with an internship through The Washington Center.

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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, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 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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