Thursday, September 5, 2024

submitted by olsoni@augsburg.edu

The Share Shop is officially open for the semester! We are so excited to see you on Mondays from 1:00-5:00 pm, and Tuesdays and Fridays from 12:00-4:00 pm.

We will be accepting donations during these hours, you’re free to shop around, and we are available to schedule your formal clothing and outdoor activity rentals! Come check it out in Science Hall 8B across from the grey table (follow the blue arrows on the floor). See you there!

For more updates, follow our Instagram (augsburg.shareshop)!

submitted by engerj@augsburg.edu

Augsburg faculty,

I hope you all had a restful summer and are geared up for the fall semester! It’ll be an exciting year as we work to implement a number of university-wide initiatives, including our transition to the new General Education curriculum.

As Stacy Freiheit, General Education Director, communicated in a series of updates through A-mail, a subcommittee of AAC began this work over the summer, resulting in a large batch proposal to migrate the 475 courses that currently have gen ed implications to the new curriculum. The batch proposal will go to AAC for discussion and review during our first meeting on September 9th and will be the main focus of that meeting.

As a result of the general education changes as well as the change to the new 5-school structure, AAC will also need to update a number of forms and consider how to make the submission process and requirements for new proposals as clear and efficient as possible. There is also a large volume of proposals that need to be considered relating to the upcoming HLC visit.

As a result, we are asking that folks hold off on submitting new proposals to AAC until these forms and processes can be discussed and developed by the whole committee. Our goal is to have this work essentially completed by our second meeting (September 23rd) so we can then begin accepting proposals relating to the new curriculum by our third meeting on October 7th.

Until then, we ask for your patience as we try our best to set up procedures that will hopefully make the experience as painless as possible. We will provide updates as we progress through our first couple meetings, and notify faculty when new proposals can be submitted. Any questions can be emailed to aac-proposals@augsburg.edu.

Thank you,

The Academic Affairs Committee

submitted by froehlic@augsburg.edu

Love to talk? Need service hours? Have a busy schedule? We’ve got you covered!

The Minnesota Urban Debate League, a program of Augsburg University, serves middle and high school students in the Twin Cities by providing debate programming. We’re seeking volunteers to help make audio recordings of our evidence packets this fall.
 
Why are we doing this? Recording evidence helps improve the accessibility of our resources for English Language Learners and students learning below grade level, who can understand the evidence faster by listening to the recording while reading along in the packet. Plus, we’ve got students who simply want to multitask while studying the evidence (they could listen to your recording while taking the bus or doing chores at home!)

We’re seeking volunteers to record some pages of evidence from the Novice packet for our fall MSHSL Debate programming. The due date is October 1st and the topic is about AI & Intellectual Property Rights.

You don’t need to be an expert public speaker or have special recording equipment. You just need to speak slowly, clearly, have access to a phone or laptop with a microphone, and follow our instructions.

If you’re interested, I’ll send you a handful of assigned pages, instructions, and the Google Drive where you should put your recording.

If you can’t make the October 1st deadline, that’s fine- we’ll also have middle school debate packets and others to record in the future.

Please fill out this form if you’re interested! https://forms.gle/fT5nT8eHxddJohzj7

– Rebecca and the MNUDL Team

Sign up to make recordings as a volunteer

submitted by froehlic@augsburg.edu

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.

At our Rosebowl Tournament, held over Halloween weekend each year, debaters compete for our decorated bowling pin trophies. We painted a record number of bowling pins last year, and the tournament keeps growing. We’re looking for volunteers with an artistic eye who want to paint spooky and creative designs on the pins this fall.

Fill out the interest form so we can schedule a decorating date! Plan for the event to take place on Augsburg University’s campus. https://forms.gle/oQ5RP8MEmMwfMyA57

(This is an all-ages volunteer event!)

Supplies will be provided. Many of the design ideas are suggested by students and executed by the staff each year, but we also would love for you to bring your own ideas as well!

Fill out our pin decorating interest form

submitted by froehlic@augsburg.edu

The Minnesota Urban Debate League is a program of Augsburg University. We provide academic competitive debate programming for middle and high school students in the Twin Cities.

Our season opener is just weekends away on September 28th! We’re looking for individuals who are willing to judge at tournaments for our MSHSL Debate program.

We have virtual shifts available on Fridays and in-person shifts on Saturdays. We have roles available for experienced debaters and those without experience – we’ll train you!

Check out our tournament calendar and sign up for a shifts that works for you: https://mnudl.augsburg.edu/volunteer-opportunities/

By judging debate, you’ll help students improve important academic skills like critical thinking, argumentation, and reading comprehension, setting them up for success in school, college, careers, and beyond.

If none of these shifts work with your schedule, we encourage you to fill out this form. We’ll reach out to you when our next seasons, including middle school debate, East African Debate, and Spanish Debate League begin: https://forms.gle/SMzgyLwmPBCcxC6w8

submitted by longj@augsburg.edu

The new copy request system (IOnS) is currently live. Please submit all copy request through the new system and not by email. We need all cost center orders to go through the system for billing. If your user ID was uploaded it should have your default cost center number already in the drop-down menu. If you need more than the one cost center number, change areas or are new you will need email copyctr@augsburg.edu with your User ID and what cost center numbers you are authorized to us. I will add them to your User ID. For student worker or student organizations the email must come from your supervisor or advisors.

With the new copy request system, we have the option for a couple different forms. We have an Augsburg user guide in the process and a link will be added to the Copy Center page when complete. There is a general IOnS user guide linked at the bottom of the sign on page currently.

Print is for simple print jobs and has limited finishing option (only staple or stamping).

Print Advanced has more advance finishing options such as cutting, hole punch or laminate.

Copy Jobs are for items without a file to upload. If you are bringing in a hard copy for us to scan.

Booklet will be for Comb binding, coil binding or saddle stich books.

General Order is for reams of paper, envelopes and Augsburg general letterhead.

Service is to report a printer that need paper, toner or other trouble shooting.

The new system will allow you to store files so you will not need to upload each time you need to reprint the same item. Your cost centers will be in a pull-down menu so you don’t need to look it up each time. The option to pay at the Copy Center is also part of the drop down menu for any personal printing. (Fund numbers and project codes will still need to be entered by hand as too few departments use them.)

Please email copyctr@augsburg.edu if you have questions or stop by with your laptop and file if you would like a quick training session.

Central Services: Copy Services Website

submitted by hr@augsburg.edu

The following Augsburg Staff positions were posted within the past 7 days:

08/30/2024: 1st Shift Custodian
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000010434183-1st-shift-custodian
08/29/2024: Program Manager, Food Initiatives
– https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AugsburgUniversity-MinneapolisMN/744000010190400-program-manager-food-initiatives

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