submitted by selinski@augsburg.edu

Join Mel Lee, staff senate representative and our favorite associate athletics director, for a tour of the Augsburg fitness facilities on Monday, December 9 at 12:30pm! Mel will give a quick tour of Si Melby/Kennedy and will also be sharing how to use some of the workout equipment and a few exercises!

Please meet outside of the fitness center in the lower level of Kennedy at 12:30pm on Monday, December 9.

submitted by koyzin@augsburg.edu

Please consider bringing a nonperishable food or hygiene item to support the Campus Cupboard! Linked is a list of high priority/preferred items:) Thank you!

Suggested Items for Campus Cupboard

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Faculty and Staff Holiday Party
Thursday, December 12, 2024 | 3–5 p.m.
Christensen Center, Einstein’s Dining Area

You are invited to attend the annual faculty and staff holiday party! Celebrate the completion of a successful semester and the holiday season with colleagues on campus. Light food and beverages will be provided.

If you need accommodations, please call the University Events department at 612.330.1104 or email events@augsburg.edu.

To support our community, please consider bringing nonperishable food or hygiene product donations for Campus Cupboard. A list of preferred/needed items is linked below.

Suggested items for Campus Cupbaord

submitted by rengifoj@augsburg.edu

Warm up this holiday season at our Holiday Drop-In! Whether you’ve already applied or are thinking about applying, this is the perfect chance to stop by, enjoy some hot tea and cookies, and get your questions answered.
HOLIDAY DROP-IN
Thursday December 5th 2024
10am-1pm
Science Hall 110

Get cozy, chat with our friendly team, and make progress on your plans!
Don’t miss this festive opportunity to relax, connect, and prepare for what’s next!

Learn more about our programs here

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Please join us in Hoversten Chapel at 11:30 am to hear President Paul Pribbenow preach about “A Weary World.” Anna Colbenson will play the prelude on violin.

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Please join us in Hoversten Chapel on Wednesday, December 4, at 10:40 am for our final installment of the Living Stories for the semester. We will hear from Rev. K.P. Hong, who currently serves as the Minister of Faith Formation at Unity Church-Unitarian. He has served as a congregational minister in multiethnic communities and a college chaplain in interfaith settings, shaped particularly by Korean Buddhism and Christianity in the increasingly relational context of world religions. He finds cafés to be very sacred places and will almost never decline an invitation for good coffee and conversation.

submitted by escobarr@augsburg.edu

During the June 9, 2020, town hall for faculty and staff, President Pribbenow announced seven new equity initiatives born out of response to the murder of George Floyd and Augsburg’s renewed commitment to accelerate and expand upon our university’s efforts to promote equity and inclusion during a national moment of racial and social justice reawakening. One of these initiatives was the requirement of Augsburg faculty and staff to complete an annual anti-racism training.

Please visit the following link for more information about this year’s training:
https://sites.augsburg.edu/diversity/anti-racism-training/

Click Here to Register

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55454
All Ages, Seated
$18 Advance, $23 Day of Show – BUY TICKETS HERE

This is a seated show with general admission, first-come-first-served seating. The Cedar is happy to reserve seats for patrons who require special seating accommodations. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access page.

For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.

Join us for “Flowers Now!” a performance and an awards ceremony honoring the contributions of a generation who helped build the Black Arts Movement and happen to call the Twin Cities home. The event will honor Donald and Faye Washington, Jean Ann Durades, Babatunde Lea, Douglas R. Ewart, Janis Lane Ewart, Seitu Jones, Carolyn Holbrook, Ta-coumba Aiken and Louis Alemayehu, community elders who have left a distinct impact on the artistic culture of cities in the upper midwest. We gather to honor their work as beloved institution-builders, teachers, mentors, philanthropists, and devotees of the artistic calling. The program will be hosted by renowned poet Tish Jones.

With performances by drummer Kevin Washington, flutist Nicole Mitchell and poet Louis Alemayehu.

Event sponsors include the University of Minnesota Libraries, Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life and KFAI Radio.

BUY TICKETS HERE

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

FANAKA NATION + guests BAKARII, DJs Kwey and Salif Keita

Saturday, December 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM
All Ages, Standing

The Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar AvenueMinneapolis, MN, 55454

BUY TICKETS HERE!

$15 Advance, $20 Day of Show
STUDENT TICKETS ALWAYS $11 DAY OF SHOW WITH STUDENT ID!!!!

This is a standing show with an open floor. To request seating or other access accommodations, please go to our Access Page. For Cedar presented shows, online ticket sales typically end one hour before the door time, and then, based on availability, tickets will be available at the door.

The Cedar & Tamu Events Presents: Celebrating and wrapping up our 35th Anniversary highlighted shows in full shake body festive form, charismatic host/Culture Rapper, Fanaka Nation brings his fusion of hip-hop, African and other worldly sonic delights to our dancefloor.

Attendees will be the first to view/experience Fanaka’s new single release, “Loko-Motion”- with the video filmed in Kenya and Minneapolis!

BUY TICKETS HERE!

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All faculty and staff are invited to the December Focused Conversation at noon today. Join Vice President for Operations Rebecca John for a conversation about the refresh of the campus master plan.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024
12–1:00 p.m.
Marshall Room or via Zoom

To view the Focused Conversation schedule and access the livestream link, visit the All Hands page.

All Hands | Inside Augsburg (login required)

submitted by kojimam@augsburg.edu

Join Campus Kitchen for a Food Lab workshop making Stir Fry this Wednesday 12/4 at 4:30pm in Hagfors 108! Please RSVP via this google form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwKPzU3O3aIX6aR1ECeHgwk6-5I1wA6pCsSpntUd7Z3TI0-Q/viewform

The purpose of Food Lab Workshop is to teach the Augsburg community how to cook a variety of dishes and build community through food. Everything from the ingredients (e.g. Oil and Seasonings) to cooking appliances are provided for students attending workshops. If you are interested in hosting a workshop, email campuskitchen@augsburg.edu.

submitted by vaneck@augsburg.edu

The Augsburg Biology Department’s rooftop greenhouse grows an appreciation for and deeper understanding of the plants of our planet. The greenhouse is open to the Augsburg campus community on the first Friday of every month this semester, from 1pm to 3pm. The Augsburg community is invited to come see what we’ve got growing on, enjoy the tropical atmosphere and marvel at hundreds of plant species from all over the world.

The last First Friday of the semester is this week, December 6, 1pm—3pm. The greenhouse is located on the 4th floor of the Hagfors Center.

Stay updated on greenhouse events by following us on Instagram!