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CUMU 2024 Conference Is in Minneapolis – Submit a Proposal

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities conference will be held in Minneapolis in October and welcomes proposals that highlight ongoing or completed work, within the following intersecting tracks that illuminate how our campuses and partnerships are redefining what is possible when we reach beyond boundaries.

Anchor strategies: What are effective strategies that positively contribute to regional well-being?
Belonging, equity, and justice: How do we move beyond rhetoric to advance belonging, equity, and justice for individuals and groups at the program, department, institutional and community levels?
Democracy: How can higher education play a constructive role in promoting democratic principles and engagement?
Impact: How do we know our efforts with and within communities are having the impact we intend?
K-16 partnerships: How do campuses initiate and build closer ties with primary, secondary, and/or higher education institutions and systems?
Social and economic mobility: How do campuses increase access for students facing barriers to education and help them succeed through graduation and into greater opportunities?
Session types and formats: Traditional sessions are 45 minutes in length and allow for in-depth conversations.
Community conversation
Mini workshop
Panel presentation
Research and impact presentation
Dynamic sessions are 75 minutes in length and allow presenters to share their work with larger groups of people in a more intimate, conversational setting.
Poster session
Roundtable
Pre-Conference Workshops are three hours in length and target specific audiences for interactive skill development and collaborative learning.

Submissions due: April 3
Notifications sent: mid-May
Conference: October 20–23

Check out their website for further information: https://www.cumuonline.org/cumu-annual-conference/call-for-proposals/

General Announcements

Fluent in Spanish? Get Paid to Help Students Improve Their Speaking Skills

submitted by froehlic@augsburg.edu

Fluent in Spanish? Be a Debate Judge for the Spanish Debate League

The Minnesota Urban Debate League, a program of Augsburg University, is looking for Spanish-speaking adults to judge our Spanish Debate League. This program helps middle and high school students build confidence, grow their academic skills, improve their fluency, and connect with other Spanish speakers in the Twin Cities.

*NO DEBATE EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, BUT YOU MUST BE FLUENT IN SPANISH!*

You will earn $55 for each tournament you judge. We will provide transportation if necessary.

Tournaments will happen at the following dates and times:

Thurs. 3/28, Roosevelt HS, 4-7 PM
Thurs. 4/11, South HS(tentative location), 4-7 PM
Thurs. 4/18, Highland Park HS(tentative location), 3:30-7:30 PM

Both Championship tournaments will be held at Augsburg University in late April/early May, with undetermined dates.

Learn more and sign up here: https://mnudl.augsburg.edu/volunteer-opportunities/

Search the calendar for: Español/Spanish Debate

Need more info? Talk to our volunteer coordinator, Johan, at: fullard1@augsburg.edu. He speaks Spanish!

Online Survey – Chance to Win $100 Gift Card

submitted by fleigr@augsburg.edu

Hello Auggies! I am a graduate student seeking participants for a research study. I am exploring how one’s ability to recognize and regulate their own and others’ emotions may relate to feelings of depression and social disconnect. Participation in this study will involve completing a series of behavioral health inventories and a demographic screener that will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. These inventories will ask if you have experienced symptoms of depression or loneliness and ask how intensely you experience your everyday emotions. Following completion of these inventories, participants will complete a test online that will walk participants through a variety of different tasks, such as recognition of facial expressions and implied social meanings. This test will take approximately 45 minutes to complete. All participation in this study is done online from the comfort of your own home. Students are invited to participate in this study if you: (1) are between the ages of 18 and 31; (2) have not been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, or a personality disorder; (3) have not experienced an interpersonally traumatic life event (i.e., assault by another human being); and (4) are not currently experiencing a major health concern (i.e., life threatening illness/injury or significant transplant/removal surgery).

For your time, participants will be entered into a random lottery drawing for one of three $100 Amazon gift cards!

If you have any questions or concerns regarding participation in this study, please contact me at fleigr@augsburg.edu. If you would like to participate in this study, please click the link below. You will be taken to a secure, online survey where you will be presented with a consent form followed by the demographic screener and brief inventories. Upon completion of these, you will be shown the link to the final assessment.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7LPN7K3

Thank you!

Students – Take the Textbook Affordability Survey

submitted by alexank@augsburg.edu

Calling all students! Please take the very short Textbook Affordability Survey sponsored by Augsburg’s Textbook Affordability Working Group.

We are seeking to understand how textbook and course materials costs affect students at Augsburg University. The survey is anonymous, but it does use your email address to ensure that we don’t get duplicate responses.

If you have questions about this survey or the Textbook Affordability Working Group, please contact Karen Alexander, alexank@augsburg.edu, or Sara Fillbrandt, fillbran@augsburg.edu.

Textbook Affordability Survey

Faculty Regalia Rentals for Commencement

submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu

For faculty who are planning to participate in this year’s commencement ceremony on May 7 or 8 and who need regalia, rentals are available through Herff Jones.
Please use the information below to verify your regalia order.

https://facultycapgown.herffjones.com
Spring 2024
Customer # 22001577000
Order # 5135945

Select your name to verify your information. If you are not shown in the dropdown menu, please select “new faculty member” and add your information in the portal. IMPORTANT: Please use your alma mater institution in order to receive the correct hood colors.

The deadline to order rental regalia is March 29, 2024. Please contact Kelly LaRocca, Augsburg bookstore manager, at at klarocca@bncollege.com if you have any questions.

Event Announcements

East Phillips Neighborhood Institute Community Meeting This Sunday Afternoon from 1-3 p.m.

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

This Sunday, please join us for conversations about landscaping and outdoor farming next to the Roof Depot building. (The City and County may be letting us use some land along the bike path to promote neighborhood health and beauty.)
We’ll talk about plants and ideas for this area. We’ll also hear from some of our partners, like the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Little Earth Urban Farm, Tamales y Bicicletas, and more.

Free childcare, snacks and warm beverages will be provided. Please wear a mask.
Location: Little Earth Gym, 2501 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis

For more information on the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute and Roof Depot Project, please visit: https://linktr.ee/epnifarm

TIAA Financial Consultant on Campus in April

submitted by rankiniz@augsburg.edu

Take advantage of this on-campus opportunity to discuss your personal financial situation with an experienced TIAA Financial Consultant. They are available to discuss how to help you pursue your financial goals, wherever you might be in your retirement planning.

All meetings are confidential!

Available dates and times:
Tuesday, April 2 / 9:00am – 4:00pm
Marshall Room, Christensen Center 1st floor
Wednesday, April 3 / 9:00am – 4:00pm
Marshall Room, Christensen Center 1st floor
Thursday, April 4 / 9:00am – 4:00pm
Marshall Room, Christensen Center 1st floor
Friday, April 5 / 9:00am – 1:00pm
Marshall Room, Christensen Center 1st floor

For questions, please contact hr@augsburg.edu

Schedule your consultation here!

Faculty Recital – Bergman and Dawe 3/26, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

submitted by mendezm@augsburg.edu

Faculty Recital – Bergman and Dawe 3/26, 7:30-8:30pm

Join us for a Faculty Recital featuring Rachel Bergman on flute and Jill Dawe on piano, accompanied by Merilee Klemp on oboe and Mark Bergman on double bass.

Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, March 26th
Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Sateren Auditorium, 1977 S 7th 1/2 St, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA

The program will feature a diverse selection of music, including pieces by Aaron Copland, Madeleine Dring, and three living composers, including a work for flute and electronics.

This event is free and open to the public. We encourage you to bring along friends, family, and fellow music enthusiasts to experience this memorable evening. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the talents of our esteemed faculty members!

For further details, please visit our event page: https://www.augsburg.edu/music/events/

“Dinner Dialogue” on the Future of George Floyd Square, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 28

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The City and engagement team (4RM+ULA and the Cultural Wellness Center) are holding a “dinner dialogue” March 28 to gather community visions within George Floyd Square. This event begins this year’s effort to create a community-centered vision for the area, including the Peoples Way site, street improvements, memorials and more.

Dinner dialogue on the future of George Floyd Square
6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 28
Sabathani Community Center, 310 E. 38th St.

Food and refreshments will be served; please RSVP using this link.

please RSVP using this link

The Soil and The Story: Free Exhibition at the UMN through April 19

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

The Goldstein Museum of Design’s latest exhibition, The Soil and The Story, celebrates Black Soilship in the Black Belt by highlighting 12 farms researched in the last three years across Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Its organizers, bridging the College of Design and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, invite you to explore the relationships between science, nature, history, and culture–here and wherever you stand.

There is no U.S. agricultural history without the expertise and labor of Black people. Black farmers, horticulturists, scientists, and inventors have revolutionized the way our agricultural system functions. During the Great Migration six million Black people moved north and west to escape racial violence, economic and educational disadvantage, and the oppression of Jim Crow laws.

But many Black farmers remained. They liberate and heal both themselves and the soil by incorporating ancestral African traditions and indigenous land knowledge. The voices of Black farmers are essential to the knowledge and practices of U.S. soil health today and the design of systems and policies for the future.

This exhibition is organized by Tiffany LaShae, MS Land and Atmospheric Science, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, with Terresa Moses, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design and Director of Design Justice, College of Design.

The exhibit is in the HGA Gallery in Rapson Hall on the East Bank Minneapolis Campus of the University of Minnesota. Primary entrances are open to the public during regular business hours.

For more information: https://design.umn.edu/research/goldstein-museum-design/exhibitions/soil-and-story

Rapson Hall
https://campusmaps.umn.edu/ralph-rapson-hall

Save the Date – Weaving the Past, Present, and Future of 2511 E. Franklin Avenue, Saturday, April 27

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

SAVE THE DATE! Weaving the Past, Present, and Future of 2511 E. Franklin Avenue, Saturday, April 27

Augsburg University recently announced an agreement to sell the property to the Somali Museum of Minnesota to develop a permanent museum facility and cultural center on the former Bethany Lutheran Church site at 2511 E. Franklin Avenue.

A link to the press release on Augsburg’s website is here.

Augsburg has worked with Redesign to identify a financially sustainable, community-serving use for the property that contributes to the vitality of the East Franklin corridor. During the 2023 legislative session, the Somali Museum was approved for state funding to advance the project.

Neighbors and community members are invited to attend a community gathering about the past, present, and future of 2511 East Franklin Avenue on Saturday, April 27, from 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM at Matthews Recreation Center (2318 29th Ave. S). Please join us to learn about the Somali Museum and its vision for the site. Participants will be invited to share stories about the site’s history and place in Seward.

For questions about the gathering, contact krista@redesigninc.org.

Economic Ownership and Power, March 27, 6 – 8 p.m., Virtual

submitted by gilmerje@augsburg.edu

Hosted by Nexus Community Partners, this Black Wealth Community Education Series is free, virtual, live, and open to all while centering Black people and Black experiences. Catch up on the last three sessions about financial well-being on Nexus’ YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@NexusCP).

To learn more visit: https://nexuscp.org/bwces-housing-shelter/

Vocation Chapel Tuesday, March 26: Jennifer Butler

submitted by dames@augsburg.edu

Jennifer Butler, Augsburg’s Director of Multicultural Life, will be our next Uncovering Vocation speaker on Tuesday March 26th at 11:30 a.m. in Hoversten Chapel. She will be speaking on “The Intersection Passion and Purpose: A Vocation Story”. Please join us for this ongoing Uncovering Vocation series where we hear and learn from various members of the Augsburg community. Uncovering Vocation is co-sponsored by Campus Ministry and the Christensen Center for Vocation.

Next Tuesday: Focused Conversation on HLC Accreditation Review

submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu

All faculty and staff are invited to the March Focused Conversation on Tuesday, March 26. Associate Provost Marah Jacobson and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs David Matz will provide an overview of the upcoming accreditation review by the Higher Learning Commission.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
12:00 p.m.
Marshall Room and via Zoom

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

All Hands | Inside Augsburg (login required)

Pan-Asian Student Services – Noodle On It Event

submitted by vangpa@augsburg.edu

Join Pan-Asian Student Services for the first part of a two part series called “Noodle on It!” This series is intended to explore the Asian Identity and promote critical dialogues with peers, faculty and staff. Enjoy an instant ramen (unique Asian brands) lunch while hearing from Professor Ly Nguyen. Questions? email vangpa@augsburg.edu

Check out the flyer

Keeping Track of Auggies

Auggies Named as Winners of the NASW-MN 2024 Social Work Awards

submitted by mouakao@augsburg.edu

BSW senior Bryce Premo is a recipient of the BSW Student of the Year Award, and Professor Emeritus Tony Bibus receives posthumously the Lifetime Achievement Award. Bryce and Dr. Bibus are recognized for “advancing the field of social work and driving positive change in our communities.”

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