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Improve Intercultural Teaching and Learning

Faculty and Academic Staff Workshop
Facilitating Intercultural Learning
Thursday, January 5, 2017
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Christensen Center-Marshall Room

Now, more than ever, we must focus on becoming effective models and teachers of intercultural understanding. Show your support for this important institutional goal by making space in your schedule for this workshop. It is designed to help Augsburg faculty and academic staff effectively support the success of all students by increasing their own intercultural awareness as well as their capacities to effectively facilitate students' intercultural learning both on and off campus.

Seminar Goals:

Through presentations and interactive exercises, the seminar will help participants:
Understand what intercultural teaching and learning entails--including intercultural concepts and theory--and why it is important to the work they do with students.
Understand and be able to apply several pedagogical "best practices" for facilitating students' intercultural learning
Be more comfortable and skilled at facilitating dialogue across difference
Be familiar with several activities they can use to facilitate students' intercultural learning and have an action plan for integrating such learning into their work with students
Continue to work on their own intercultural development*

Facilitator:

Tara Harvey, Ph.D., possesses a unique combination of experience in the field of international education and understanding of the process of developing intercultural competence. Tara has worked in international student services at Texas A&M University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison; she has taught undergraduate- and graduate-level intercultural courses at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. As Academic Director of Intercultural Learning at CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange), Tara developed the signature course, 'Intercultural Communication and Leadership' (offered at dozens of study centers around the world), integrated intercultural learning frameworks into CIEE's wide array of study abroad programs, and trained and supported resident staff around the world involved in facilitating students' intercultural learning.

This workshop is co-sponsored by General Education, CTL, CGEE,
and the Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Initiatives

Questions: Jacqui deVries (devries@augsburg.edu)
or Leah Spinosa de Vega (devega@augsburg.edu)

RSVP by December 23:: https://goo.gl/forms/h171wgQXgGhfmgHp2

*Ideally participants in the workshop will have already taken the IDI and have received individual feedback. Please indicate if you have not received IDI feedback so that arrangements can be made to do take the IDI before the workshop.

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January Wkshp: Facilitating Intercultural Learning

Faculty and Staff Workshop
Facilitating Intercultural Learning
Thursday, January 5, 2017
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Christensen Center-Marshall Room

RSVP by December 9: https://goo.gl/forms/h171wgQXgGhfmgHp2

Now, more than ever, we must focus on becoming effective models and teachers of intercultural understanding. Show your support for this important institutional goal by making space in your schedule for this workshop. It is designed to help Augsburg faculty and academic staff effectively support the success of all students by increasing their own intercultural awareness as well as their capacities to effectively facilitate students' intercultural learning both on and off campus.

SEMINAR GOALS
Through presentations and interactive exercises, the seminar will help participants:
- Understand what intercultural teaching and learning entails--including intercultural concepts and theory--and why it is important to the work they do with students.
- Understand and be able to apply several pedagogical "best practices" for facilitating students' intercultural learning
- Be more comfortable and skilled at facilitating dialogue across difference
- Be familiar with several activities they can use to facilitate students' intercultural learning and have an action plan for integrating such learning into their work with students
- Continue to work on their own intercultural development*

*Ideally participants in the workshop will have already taken the IDI and have received individual feedback. On the RSVP form you will be asked to indicate if you have not received IDI feedback so that arrangements can be made to do take the IDI before the workshop.

Questions: Jacqui deVries (devries@augsburg.edu)
or Leah Spinosa de Vega (devega@augsburg.edu)

FACILITATOR
Tara Harvey, Ph.D., possesses a unique combination of experience in the field of international education and understanding of the process of developing intercultural competence. Tara has worked in international student services at Texas A&M University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison; she has taught undergraduate- and graduate-level intercultural courses at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. As Academic Director of Intercultural Learning at CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange), Tara developed the signature course, 'Intercultural Communication and Leadership' (offered at dozens of study centers around the world), integrated intercultural learning frameworks into CIEE's wide array of study abroad programs, and trained and supported resident staff around the world involved in facilitating students' intercultural learning.

This workshop is co-sponsored by General Education, CTL, CGEE,
and the Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Initiatives.

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Scholarships + 2 Paid Internships For First-Years

Apply to be a 2017 Kemper Scholar!

The Kemper Scholars Program is designed for first-year students who are pursuing, or intend to pursue, a business related degree program such as accounting, data science, finance, risk management, economics, statistics, math, and/or actuarial science. Scholars receive:

*Up to $10,000 yearly scholarship
*2 guaranteed paid internships:
*1 paid summer internship at a nonprofit in Chicago, learning and living with 25 fellow Kemper Scholars
*1 paid summer internship at one of the many Kemper companies around the US
*Paid trip to annual Kemper Conference in Chicago; 3 summers (Hard Rock Hotel)

Augsburg is one of only 14 liberal arts colleges selected to take part in the Kemper Scholars Program. Come learn more about this unique opportunity and hear from current Augsburg Scholars about their experiences.

Information Sessions:
Tuesday, November 29th from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in The Marshall Room
Wednesday, November 30th from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in The Marshall Room

To learn more about the Kemper Scholars Program email urgo@augsburg.edu.

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3D Printing for Faculty Happening Now

3D Printing for Faculty Panel
Thursday, November 17
9:40-11:00am
Riverside Room, Christensen Center

Faculty and staff are invited to arrive and leave at anytime during the session. Starting around 10:10, participants will be invited to explore hands-on and brainstorm how to use 3D printing technology in your classroom teaching. At 11:00 you'll have the opportunity to explore the software yourself - bring your laptop!

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Visit URGO For Advising On Grad School Apps

Applying to grad school? Come meet with URGO staff for individualized advising on finding and selecting programs, preparing for standardized tests, securing letters of recommendation, and writing application essays. We are here to help you through the process!

To make an appointment you can call the URGO office at 612-330-1446 or email us at urgo@augsburg.edu.

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Paid Internship Opportunity - Christensen Intern

Attention current sophomores and juniors!

Are you looking for a PAID work/internship experience for Spring 2017? Does the topic "We are Called to Service in the World" interest you? Are you curious about exploring purpose, meaning, and vocation in a practical way?

We may have a program for you!

The Christensen Center for Vocation invites you to apply for the Spring 2017 Christensen Vocation Internship Program. This is a 10-12 week, 8-10 hours a week, PAID internship for current sophomores and juniors that can go toward the Augsburg Experience.

Christensen Interns will have the opportunity to explore connections between purpose, meaning, and careers while interning at a local faith-based nonprofit organization and by participating in bi-weekly seminars with their fellow interns.

Want more information? Visit the CCV website at http://www.augsburg.edu/ccv/events/christensen-interns/

Note that specific internship positions are also available on AugPost, the Strommen Center's online job search website https://augsburg-csm.symplicity.com/students/

The Application Deadline is Monday, November 28, 2016

Want to apply? Visit
https://docs.google.com/a/augsburg.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScjuuo-NdEnnlEKUZxqSvo11jGLk5r59H1QOA61if0RUtMcXQ/viewform

Any additional questions? Feel free to email us at ccv@augsburg.edu

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Augsburg CSA Drop Site

Are you interested in easy access to nutritious, delicious, locally grown food throughout the summer? Campus Kitchen is conducting a survey to gauge the interest of a CSA Drop Site on Augsburg campus for students and faculty in the area. Please follow this link for more information and to fill out a brief survey.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOVR7kFMFnlvp5iYPxveSuuDXdywB8iNzVtv9GzlvP4Gh6fQ/viewform

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Coffee for Working SLR Film Cameras

As the new instructor of the darkroom photography class, I have taken it upon myself to try to make the class more affordable for students. I am looking for film SLR cameras so my students have one less item to purchase for the class. What I am asking you to do is to raid the back of your closets for an old film camera. Maybe one that has not seen the light of day for the last ten years (or since you bought your new digital camera/iPhone). I can't give you much for the camera, but I am will to hand out a pound of freshly roasted coffee from my local "coffee guy" at Sovereign Grounds in south Minneapolis.

In other words, you give me your old working camera, and I give you coffee.

For more info contact Stephen Geffre geffre@augsburg.edu 612 743 4695

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Need Great Elective Classes for Spring?

AIS has three classes we would love to recommend to you:

AIS 205: Contemporary American Indians: In this topics-oriented course, students focus on issues that face contemporary American Indians, including tribal sovereignty and identity politics, treaty rights, language retention and education, religious freedom, and Indian activism.
Core Curriculum Component: None Prerequisite(s): None 4 Semester Credits
Meets M-W-F 1:50-3:00

AIS 364: Indigenous Filmmakers. This film and media course introduces students to the exciting and expanding field of Indigenous media--specifically films and visual media made by Native Americans. We explore the political and social forces at work behind the American Indigenous film movement, which provides an extraordinary range in perspectives and views that inform Native American cultures.
Core Curriculum Component: None Prerequisite(s): None 4 Semester Credits
Meets: Wed. 6-9:30

AIS 405: Indigenous Activism and Resistance in the Americas. This course explores ongoing and current forms of activism and resistance across the Americas that are directly related to cultural survival and continuity, issues of sovereignty and peoplehood, autonomy and self-determination, and decolonization. Students do original research and signature projects.

Core Curriculum Component: AIS Keystone, Upper Division elective for AIS; capstone for Culture and Justice minor. 4 Semester Credits
Meets: M-W-F 11-12:20

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Food Service Hours

The Nabo Meal Replacement today is a Meatball Sandwich on a Hoagie with Chips and a Fountain Soda.

Market Place is Serving Tator Tot Hot Dish, Millet Cauliflower, Mashed Potatoes, and Buttered Corn.

Vege is Serving Garlic Roasted Mushrooms, Peas and Watercress with Green Onions, Baked Potato, and Brown Rice.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Don't sit on the sidelines ... Get involved with this year's Advent Vespers production. (One of the Twin Cities largest Christmas celebrations!)

- Be a member of the Liturgical Party
- Volunteer to Usher or help with Will Call Ticketing
- Assist congregation members with accessibility needs
- Help promote

Contact Cathy Knutson (knutsonc@augsburg.edu) today to see how you can get INVOLVED!

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Campus Cupboard Food Drive

Go BIG and Then Go Home!

Campus Cupboard is sponsoring a food drive leading up to Thanksgiving, and we need your help!

There's a giant turkey in the Christensen lobby - before you fill yourself with turkey, fill THAT turkey with the following food items for students to make it through the rest of the semester:
-Grains (rice, pasta, pancake mix, couscous)
-Snacks (granola bars, oatmeal, trail mix)

The Campus Cupboard is a student-run food shelf to address food insecurity on our campus. After you donate, spread the word to students about the updated hours of operation: http://inside.augsburg.edu/foodshelf/

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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

On Wednesday, November 23, All Food Service Locations will be closing at 1:30pm. Einsteins and Nabo will be closed Thursday-Sunday and will reopen on Monday, November 28. The Commons will be closed Thursday-Saturday and will reopen on Sunday, November 27, at 5pm for Dinner.

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Auggie Pride Award Recipients for October

Congratulations to Amanda Burgess and Mary Jastremski for receiving the October Auggie Pride Award. Their hard work and positive attitudes through tough transitions in their departments have made a huge impact to the people around them and campus as a whole. Staff Senate admires the work they do everyday and are honored to award them both with this month's Auggie Pride Award.

Learn more about their work at inside.augsburg.edu/staffsenate

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Residence Life is Hiring

Online applications for Residence Life are open through December 2nd! We are hiring for the 2017-18 school year as well as summer of 2017. Follow the links below to join the team!

Residence Life Lead Staff Member 2017-18: https://augsburg.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=78406

Residence Life Summer 2017 Lead Staff: https://augsburg.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=78403

Resident Advisor 2017-18 Academic Year: http://augsburg.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=78398

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International Coffee Hour TODAY 4 p.m.

International Coffee Hour 4-5 p.m. Marshall Room

Malek, an exchange student from Lebanon, will present on his home school, American University of Beirut. Have some coffee, try baklava and enjoy other treats from the Middle East!

Join us for this fun, sociable hour--All are welcome!

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Dialogue: The Role of Citizens After the Election

Please come to the Tom SenGupta Forum, a monthly dialogue that is open to the public focuses on bringing new ideas and new understanding of topics key to positive growth of society.

This month we will talk about what we as citizens can do to advance our society after this election.

TUESDAY, November 22, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Cedar Commons
2001 Riverside Avenue
This is the lower level of the Trinity Congregation Building on the corner of Riverside and 20th.

This dialogue is open to the public and will adhere to the following values:
* Forums will focus on bringing new ideas and new understanding of topics key to positive growth of society.
* We will establish democratic practices that encourage egalitarian participation of and learning among inter-generational groups with diverse experiences, talents, and ways of understanding the world.
* Forums will support transformational experiences of new leaders.

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TODAY: Why Academic Freedom Matters

This year the Augsburg chapter of the Association of American University Professors 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 (11:30-1pm, Thursday, 17 Nov, in Sateren Auditorium). The event is co-sponsored by Faculty Senate with support from longtime donor Judith McCartin Scheide, the Provost, and CTL. All students, staff, administration, and faculty are welcome. We anticipate a lively, vigorous, and challenging discussion. Please join us.

Here are two different views on the event topic, the first by our guests:
"The Rise of 'Bias Response Teams' on Campus." Jeffrey Aaron Snyder and Amna Khalid. The New Republic. (30 March 2016):
https://newrepublic.com/article/132195/rise-bias-response-teams-campus

"Can Cries of 'Free Speech' Be a Weapon? Students Say Yes." Jennifer Schluesser. The New York Times. (16 October 2016):
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/arts/pen-warns-that-college-students-often-see-free-speech-as-a-cudgel.html?_r=0

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Auggie Fundraiser: Come One, Come All 2 Break Free

Did you know that MN is 1 of the top 13 states in the country for high incidence in recruitment of minors? And in this day and age, there are more human slaves in the world than ever before in history.

We're students of Augsburg College wanting to combat these violent patterns with a fundraising campaign revolved around this cause. This project is to raise awareness and acquire funds for an organization that has been and continues to be dedicated to this work, Breaking Free. We're setting out to do services provided by you that you may not have the time/energy to do in exchange for monetary donations you can contribute! As well, other donations such as non-perishable foods, diapers, cleaning supplies and toiletries are needed! We want to serve our fellow peers, colleagues and community members for the purpose of coming together in support of the work Breaking Free dedicates their efforts to in eradicating human trafficking.

Breaking Free is located in St. Paul and one of the few in the nation to do work surrounding advocacy, direct services, housing, and education for women and girls escaping sex trafficking.

Contact the following for inquiries:
- Seng Xiong: xiongs6@augsburg.edu,
- Ruthina Belleh: belleh@augsburg.edu
- Aniekan Akpan: akpana@augsburg.edu
- Lauren Hurley: hurley@augsburg.edu

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Morning Chapel: Cyrus Elliot '16 Senior Chapel

Join us for worship in the chapel at 11:30am: Senior Chapel with Cyrus Elliot '16. Musician: Briana Ekstrom, vocalist.

Chapel this week:
Friday, 11/18, 10:40am: "Reflections on Standing Rock" with Shawn and Rebecca Ross. Musicians: Alex Bouvier, Kaylie Johnson, Abbey Stenersen, and Sabrina Shaw; trumpet quartet.

We gather in Hoversten Chapel - Everyone is welcome!

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Q&A with Sam Freedman, NYT "On Religion" Reporter

Earlier this week, Augsburg was featured in the New York Times article "Muslim College Chaplains Extend a Hand Across Religious Divides": http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/us/muslim-college-chaplains-extend-a-hand-across-religious-divides.html

The author of the article, Samuel G. Freedman, will visit campus on Wednesday, December 7 for a Q&A with the campus community.

This informal brown bag lunch (bring your own lunch) is jointly sponsored by Campus Ministry, the CCV, and CTL. All students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend.

Religion in Public: Sam Freedman Q&A
Wednesday, December 7
12:30-1:30pm
Riverside Room, Christensen Center

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Give to the Max Day is TODAY

This year, 36 Augsburg groups are raising funds on Give to the Max Day, a 24-hour online day of giving to support nonprofits in Minnesota. If you are part of one of these campus programs, athletics, or academic projects, you have a stake in Give to the Max!

Biology
Chemistry
Education--Support a Student Teacher
Howling Bird Press Publishing Fund
Master of Arts in Leadership Program
Music--Mary Roberts Wilson Endowed Music Scholarship
Music--Music Therapy
Peace Scholars Program
Physician Assistant Program Scholarships
Martin Olav and Sylvia Lee Sabo Scholarship for Leadership in Public and Community Service
STEM
Theater

Athletics
Baseball
Women's Basketball
Football
Gamma Row
Golf--Men's and Women's
Hockey--Men's
Women's Lacrosse
Augsburg Nordic Skiing Club
Soccer--Men's
Soccer--Women's
Softball
Volleyball
Wrestling

The Augsburg Fund
Augsburg Asian Student Association (AASA)
Augsburg Central Health Commons
Augsburg Women Engaged (AWE) "Emergence" Mural
Campus Kitchen
Lindell Library
Minnesota Urban Debate League
Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Augsburg's SMART - Sexual Misconduct Awareness-Raising Team
StepUP® Program

Anyone can give, any amount. Augsburg won the Colleges & Universities category last year and placed third overall, which earned us an additional $15,000 in prizes from GiveMN. We can do it again!

Each donation made to Augsburg gives the College the chance to win more through one of GiveMN's contests and drawings. Each hour on Give to the Max Day, one Golden Ticket of $1,000 will be awarded through a random drawing of all donations transacted during the previous hour. Two Super-Sized Golden Tickets of $10,000 will also be awarded.

See the links to each of these 36 Augsburg projects supporting athletics, academics, campus programs, and the Augsburg Fund here: http://www.augsburg.edu/giving/give-to-the-max/

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Hagfors Topping Off Ceremony is on Tuesday

Join with faculty, staff, students, and neighbors for the Hagfors Center Topping Off celebration Tuesday, November 22, at 11:30 a.m.

The celebration will take place at the intersection of 21st Avenue South and South 7th Street (outside the main gate of the construction site). Chapel service Tuesday will be relocated to that location so that attendees may participate in the ceremony. The event will include a brief program, after which the final construction beam -- the one signed by students, faculty, staff, and guests at the April groundbreaking ceremony -- will be lifted into place at the top of the Gundale Chapel.

No registration is required. The event is free and open to the public.

To learn more and add the event to your calendar, go to http://www.augsburg.edu/hagforscenter/2016/11/15/tuesday-november-22-2016-topping-off-ceremony

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Prof. D. E. Green at Poken Sword this Friday

Along with other poets, musicians, and artists, English Professor Doug Green will be reading his work at the Poken Sword's Evening of Gratitude, this Friday, 18 Nov. Doors open at 6:00, music typically begins at 6:30, and the reading runs from 7-8:15 pm.

Poken Sword, or "A Luminous Evening Dedicated to the Love of Language" is held every fourth Friday at 2001 A Space, 2001 5th St NE, Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55418. Read more about tomorrow event here: http://www.pokensword.com/happening-this-4th-friday

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International Education Week Festivities

This week is International Education Week! Celebrate with us!

Thursday: International Coffee Hour with student presentation
4-5pm Marshall Room--Coffee and snacks provided!
Malek will present Lebanon and his home school, American University of Beirut

Friday: International Dance Party
7 to 11 pm in East Commons

All Week: International Dishes in the Cafeteria!

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