Monday, November 1, 2021

A-mail publication will be suspended Tuesday, November 2, as Augsburg observes Election Day. Publication of A-mail will resume Wednesday, November 3. All messages submitted until midnight on November 2 will be distributed on November 3. Send questions or concerns via email to a-mail-corrections@augsburg.edu.

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Stop in the Strommen Center (Christensen Center, Suite 100. Across from Einstein’s) and meet with our Career Peer Advisors for a resume or cover letter review. They are trained, ready, and available to assist you with these important application documents.. Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 9am-2pm and Thursday 9-11am.

Check out online, on-demand career readiness resources on our Strommen Community Moodle Site

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Central Services, including the copy center, shipping/receiving and the mail room will be closed for the Election day holiday.

Go Vote!

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Every four years the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education publishes reports on voting rates for colleges and universities, and the 2020 report just came out last week. Augsburg’s report shows that our student voting rate went up 3.7% from 2016 to 2020, and 77.3% of eligible Augsburg students voted compared to 66% of college and university students nationwide.

Let’s keep our numbers growing as we demonstrate high participation in this aspect of civic engagement. Remember: tomorrow is the last day to vote in the 2021 elections, and you can register the same day.

submitted by robaka@augsburg.edu

Hello! We have been receiving many inquiries regarding how to locate/fill out forms, access employee resources, and receive general HR help; Augsburg HR wants everyone to be aware of the many self-serving resources on the Human Resources page in AugNet (inside.augsburg.edu). All necessary forms can be found at (https://sites.augsburg.edu/hr/forms/) where they can be downloaded as a PDF, populated online, and re-submitted to our secure drive at (https://augsburg.leapfile.net).

Additionally, when looking for specific help or questions that you did not find the answer to on our site, you can seek help by emailing one of the specific inboxes below:
studentemployment@augsburg.edu ~ Student Employment positions, info, questions
payroll@augsburg.edu ~ Timesheets, adjustments, general payroll questions
hr@augsburg.edu ~ General questions for Human Resources and info

By sending your question through email to the pertinent inbox it allows the appropriate team member to see and generally respond faster to your inquiries.

We are here to help and serve YOU!

Human Resources Portal

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When: Monday, November 1st 10:00am-12:30pm
Where: Lobby of the Christensen Center – Employer Table
Who: Everyone is invited to stop by and learn more.

Apply for a Summer Teaching Fellowship with LearningWorks!

LearningWorks is a chapter within Breakthrough Collaborative which comprises 25 sites across the country. Its overall mission is to launch high potential middle school students on the path to college, while also inspiring talented high school and college students to pursue careers in education.

At LearningWorks, we achieve this mission by using a “students-teaching-students” model. During our 9 weeks of summer programming, 35 talented high school and college students work as teachers, advisors, and mentors for 120 middle school students from Minneapolis Public Schools. LearningWorks teachers are creative, diverse, intelligent, and highly motivated. They represent many academic and personal backgrounds, but share a commitment to students and educational equity. LearningWorks is a Breakthrough site in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. Every summer, it offers:

· 100+ hours of professional development
· 65 hours of lead classroom teaching
· Autonomy to develop your own curriculum and course content
· Leadership opportunities in committee-structures and program planning
· Your own classroom for 6 intensive weeks
· Coaching and mentorship from experienced and licensed teachers
· Small classes of 8-12 students
· $2,500 stipend & housing options

Application is now open, head to bit.ly/teachLW22 to apply before the January 3, 2022

submitted by johns184@augsburg.edu

As we creep closer to regular operations, I am happy to announce that we are accepting cash transactions. You are now able to use Cash, Credit Card, Flex Points and Department Charges for any purchases.

Thank you.

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It is my pleasure to announce that Mary Elise Lowe, professor of religion, has been named the next Batalden Faculty Scholar in Applied Ethics. Mary’s appointment will take effect with the Spring 2022 semester.

Mary’s focus as Batalden Scholar will be on “embodied ethics” – an expansive category that includes traditional sexual ethics as well as questions of embodiment that are often excluded from traditional Christian ethics. These include inquiries regarding the ways humans relate to other creatures as well as intersectional topics such as disability/ability, race, body image, and human relationships. Mary brings an interest in convocations that feature multiple perspectives and panels of speakers and sees opportunities to engage questions of embodied ethics across the disciplines. She hopes to create a working group for faculty who are interested in integrating embodied ethical reflection into upper-division courses and will seek ways to create new space for ethics conversations among Augsburg staff and within our student services community.

The Batalden Faculty Scholar Program in Applied Ethics is designed to strengthen the infusion of ethics and values into our campus lives, so that ethical discourse and practice is enhanced as a hallmark of Augsburg’s students, faculty, staff and alumni. The Program is funded by an endowment established by Abner Batalden, Class of 1936, and supported today by his family.

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In honor of the Election Day holiday, Lindell Library will be open 9 AM – 5 PM on Tuesday, November 2. We will operate with a skeleton staff; no research support will be available that day.

Lindell Library

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WEAR YOUR SUPPORT: INTRODUCING NEW MNUDL MERCHANDISE!

The Minnesota Urban Debate League is a program of Augsburg University. We provide academic competitive debate programming to middle and high school students in the Twin Cities Metro. Over 1,000 students are gaining academic schools through national topic policy debate, Spanish Debate, East African Debate, Financial Literacy Leadership Debates, and Summer Camp!

Just in time for the holidays, we’re launching our new Bonfire store: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mnudl/

Bonfire is helping us raise money for the Minnesota Urban Debate League through merchandise sales. Purchase one of our unique MNUDL items, and you’ll receive them through the mail!

Our merchandise includes shirts & sweatshirts from Youth Sizes-4XL, plus mugs and tote bags!

Visit the MNUDL Bonfire Store & order your merch early today:

https://www.bonfire.com/store/mnudl/

Buy Merch Now

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Students – don’t forget about TutorMe! It is available to Augsburg students 24/7 and offers tutoring in over 300 subjects from qualified tutors. Students are able to use 3 hours a week; 3 one hour sessions or 6 thirty-minute sessions. You can access TutorMe through any of your Moodle classes. At the top left of your screen there is an orange tab to see the side panel of resources. As you scroll down, you will see the “Augsburg Tools” section and underneath is the link to TutorMe. For more information on other tutoring and academic skills options, please click “Tutoring & Academic Skills Information”.

Academic Skills & Tutoring Information

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Please join us in congratulating Uriah Ward on a wonderful new job opportunity in the financial aid office at the University of Minnesota. We have very much appreciated his contributions to the Augsburg financial aid office for the past two years, along with involvement in a variety of other committees and events on campus. He has been a valuable member of our team and we will greatly miss his strong work ethic, insightful ideas, and passion for our students and community. We wish him all the best on his new journey!

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Congratulations to our three Auggie Pride Award winners for the month of October- Emily Long, Ashley Adegeye, and Elizabeth Charnell, three staff members in the residence life department. The opening of the residence halls this year was one of the smoothest in the past 15 years. The praise goes to the leadership of Emily Long, Director of Residence Life, a new staff member who had not seen the process ever before. The praise also goes to Ashley Adegeye, Residence Hall Director, and Elizabeth Charnell, Residence Business Manager. They have continued their work now throughout the semester. They prioritized the student staff experience, challenging them with great expectations and supporting them with great care. In addition, Emily, Ashley, and Elizabeth provided resident students with responsiveness and respect. Our staff senate is excited to recognize them for all of their efforts!! Congratulation Emily, Ashley, and Elizabeth!

https://sites.augsburg.edu/staffsenate/

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Are you interested in a student leadership position for the 2022-2023 academic year? Apply to be an AugSem Leader, Orientation Leader, Resident Assistant, Residence Life Lead, Pan-Asian Mentor, Pan-Asian Student Services Intern, Augsburg Youth Theology Institute Mentor, and/or Strommen Peer Advisor today! The deadline to apply is November 10 at 12:00 pm.

Apply Here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctfOrt1VpVxBqco21z2izJNsG6PosCIOtITA94DHBX3Lrm6Q/viewform

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Do you have youth development skills? Are you curious to talk with high school youth about their faith? Would you like to be a mentor at an awesome week long institute in summer 2022, and get paid to be a leader?

Then APPLY TODAY to be Augsburg Youth Theology Institute Mentor! This application allows student leaders to apply and interview for multiple positions at one time. Check it out! Applications are due Wed, Nov 10th and interviews will be on Sat, Nov 13th.

You can learn more about AYTI on the website (https://www.augsburg.edu/ayti/), or questions about AYTI can be directed to Adrienne in CCV at eldridge@augsburg.edu or Pastor Babette in Campus Ministry at chatmanb@augsburg.edu.

Apply to be an AYTI Mentor Today!