Monday, August 29, 2022

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Shortage of Faculty/Staff Permits

submitted by bierbaub@augsburg.edu

Public Safety is currently experiencing a temporary shortage of Faculty/Staff parking tags. More tags have been ordered and are scheduled to arrive in early September. Until the new tags arrive those applying for parking privileges will be issued a temporary tag that will grant them the same access as the regular tag. If you’re on the waiting list, received temporary parking tags, or bought a fall permit but wanted a year, you will be contacted when the new tags arrive. We apologize for any inconvenience this temporary shortage may create. The current shortage of parking tags does not affect the number of available spaces.

Building Access Changes for the Fall ‘22 Semester

submitted by erchula@augsburg.edu

Beginning on Monday, August 29, all Augsburg Minneapolis Campus buildings will only be accessible by fob and will no longer be open to the public, with the exception of Christensen Center. This is a pilot program in response to a perceived increase of crime around campus as well as a couple of major incidents that occurred on campus during the Spring ‘22 semester. If you will be on the Minneapolis campus and do not currently have a fob, you can request a fob through the Access Request Form on the Public Safety website (link is below), or stop by the Public Safety office located in the Urness/Mortensen lobby for more urgent requests.

If you are hosting a public event on campus, let your University Events Coordinator know and they will work with Public Safety to adjust the appropriate building schedules. If you need a building to open to the public but are not working with University Events, email publicsafety@augsburg.edu with the requested date(s), time(s), and reason(s) for having the building open to the public.

The Department of Public Safety is also requesting feedback about the changes in building access and we will be reviewing the pilot throughout the Fall ‘22 semester. If you would like to provide feedback about the changes in building access, please email publicsafety@augsburg.edu and include “Building Access Feedback” in the subject line.

Access Request Form

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Love to Sing? Vocal Ensemble Opportunities for Students, Faculty, and Staff

Augsburg University Music announces two unique vocal ensemble opportunities open to the Augsburg community.

For students, faculty, and staff:

The Augsburg/Twin Cities Global Harmony Project is open to students, staff, faculty, and community members. Available to students for course credit, this choir assumes no music-reading ability. The core of the curriculum is shared with our community cohort, open to anyone in the greater Metro area within driving distance of a weekly, joint rehearsal. This choir receives direct instruction from culture-bearers sharing their vocal harmony traditions from many continents. Our artist-instructors, teaching via the oral method, have taught us in regional styles from Appalachia, Bosnia, Corsica, Cuba, the Republic of Georgia, Iran, Madagascar, Nigeria, Quebec, Siberia, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, and the traditional Black gospel churches of the United States.

For students:

For singers with a firm base in music-literacy skills, the Augsburg/Mirandola Chamber Collective course brings students into weekly side-by-side study, rehearsal, and performance collaboration with the professional chamber artists of The Mirandola Ensemble. Students enrolled in this ensemble will also perform the international repertoire at the core of the Augsburg/Twin Cities Global Harmony Project.

Placement hearings will be held August 31–September 2. For details, visit the Music Department website or send questions to Dr. Kristina Boerger: boerger@augsburg.edu.

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Going Away Gathering for Keo Moua on August 29

submitted by hernaner@augsburg.edu

Despite her short time at Augsburg University, Keo Moua has played an essential role to our students and staff during a time of uncertainty and chaos. We give our sincere gratitude to Keo for her kindness, essential work, and creating a safe space for our students at MLife. We will miss her dearly and wish her the best in her future endeavors! Her last day as a program coordinator at Augsburg will be Friday, September 2. To celebrate her and what there is to come, MLife will be hosting a going away gathering today, Monday August 29th from 3-4:30 p.m. at Oyate Commons, located on the lower floor of Christensen Center. Join us as able and bring your smiles and laughs!

During our indoor gathering, we strongly encourage and recommend that you wear a mask to protect those around you and minimize the risk of COVID transmission. Thank you for considering!

URGO Department Is Hiring Health Professions Specialist

submitted by crombie@augsburg.edu

The office of Undergraduate Research and Graduate Opportunity (URGO) is hiring a full-time health professions specialist to coordinate the prehealth program at Augsburg University.

The health professions specialist will be charged with developing, supporting, and maintaining a high-quality prehealth program as well as advising prehealth students directly. This includes providing support and advice to current students, as well as alumni, who are considering a wide range of health professions and assisting them with finding vocational fit; assisting students with the health professional school application processes, providing information on entrance exams, fee waiver applications, accommodation requests, and interviews; collecting and disseminating information regarding health professions to students, faculty, and staff; collecting and maintaining data regarding students’ acceptances to health-related professional schools; coordinating campus health professions events; and developing relationships with health professions schools and programs to benefit applicants as well as alumni working in health professions to increase shadowing, mentoring and research opportunities for prehealth students.

Minimum Qualifications
– A master’s degree in the liberal arts or sciences is required.
– 3 to 5 years of experience in healthcare, higher education, or career development coaching is required.
– Knowledge and interest in the writing process; ability to evaluate and coach students’ writing from diverse educational backgrounds and with varied skill sets.
– Knowledge of the health professions.

For a full job description and to apply for this position, please visit the Human Resources website (link below).

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Event Announcements

Faculty and Staff: First-Year First Day Info for Tuesday, August 30

submitted by wendland@augsburg.edu

This year as Opening Convocation is back and so are several traditions! What staff and faculty need to know to participate in opening convocation:

The Clapping Tunnel: Faculty and staff are invited to form two lines down 7 ½ Street by Murphy Square.
Arrive 10:30 a.m. or earlier.
Please wear your regalia or Auggie gear.
In case of rain please line up on both sides of the Si Melby lobby.
Cyndi Berg will be standing at 7 ½ Street in case faculty or staff have any questions.

Timeline:
10:05 a.m. Student line up – two lines down 22nd Ave in both directions
10:30 a.m. Faculty/Staff Line Up
10:40 a.m. Processional Begins
11:00 a.m. Convocation Begins in Si Melby Gym
11:45 a.m. Recessional and Lunch in the Quad Begins

AugSem faculty will be sitting with their AugSem classes and transfer students will be with their Orientation Leaders.
All faculty and staff are invited to the luncheon. We ask that first-years, transfers, and AugSem faculty are prioritized in the lunch line due to timing.
In case of rain, the lunch will be located inside Christensen Center.

We hope that you will join us in welcoming our new first-year and transfer students to their Augsburg community!

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